A.N-Total AU as far as I'm concerned this is just before season three
finale but Cordelia and Angel are together. Conor is being a good boy,
Wesley is with Lilah and Gunn and Fred are a happy, happy couple.
There's not going to be any Wesley in this story, sorry to any of his fans.
Fred and Gunn are in it but as a background not centred around them.
Mainly A/C.
Any suggestions/Flames are welcome but if you can't be nice them be
constructive!
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The hotel was silent.
It was 5 am and every one was asleep.
An old woman appeared in the lobby.
She floated up the stairs to the bedrooms.
She had grey hair and her face was lined with knowledge, wisdom and age.
She looked in at Conor sound asleep in a bare room.
She smiled and floated to Angel's door.
He was asleep, curled up in bed with Cordelia a content smile on his face.
The woman picked up Cordelia's bag and extracted a red lipstick.
She opened it and began to write on the wall.
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Cordelia woke with a start and looked at Angel's watch. It was eight am, she sighed, time to get Conor up and out of the hotel for school in half an hour. She picked up Angel's arm and lifted it off of her. He groaned and put it around her again. 'I have to get Conor up for school. Why don't you stay here and I'll be back in half an hour and then we can stay here all day long.' 'Promise?' he asked groggily 'Promise, cross my heart.' She got out of bed and pulled on her dressing gown. She spent so much time here now she might as well not have an apartment but she didn't want to tell Dennis that she was leaving. She stretched out as she walked across the room and then she caught site of the wall. 'You are chosen to protect her. Please care for her. She will arrive shortly' 'Sweetie have you been writing on the wall?' 'No. why?' his voice was muffled by the quilt he had over his head. 'Apparently one of us is chosen to protect and care for some girl.'' Angel sat up straight and read the wall. Cordelia had never seen him get up so fast in her life. 'Oh no. no. no. This cannot be happening I'm not ready for this.' 'Will you please tell me what's going on?' 'Okay so years ago I knew this demon Maeve, she's a Diograis. They're like the catalyst for everything, they inspire and influence everyone they meet. They live for around five hundred years but sixteen years before they die they have one child. When they are about to die they choose someone to care for their child until the child is twenty one, that's when they get their powers until then they're human. We just got chosen.' 'Is this a good or bad thing?' 'Good but with a lot of responsibility. I didn't even know that Maeve was considering me to care her kid. I mean it's not like I'm ready for this responsibility.' Angel was babbling. 'Look we'll sort this out we've been through worse.' Cordelia sat down on the bed and wrapped her arms around Angel 'It'll all be okay, babe. We're responsible people we can cope with this.' She looked at the clock. Eight thirty-five flashed up in big neon numbers. 'Shit Conor's late for school.' She ran out of the room shouting for Conor to get up and out as fast as possible. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Conor ran to school. It was almost nine o' clock. He was so going to get a detention for being late. He slowed down when he got to the school entrance. Caoimhe Ross (pronounced- Qweevah) was standing inside the gate. She was a cheerleader, popular and a junior who took the names of the late comers for the principle. He hated her, she had already caught him three times this year and he'd only been in school for two weeks. His father had enrolled him as a junior in the local high school, it was okay but he didn't really get a long with a lot of people. He used Cordelia's last name because Conor Angel just sounded dumb. 'Late again Conor Chase. Looks like yet another detention for you.' She smiled at the captain of the football team Kyle Carter as he passed them even later than Conor had been. 'Caoimhe you wouldn't over look this would you? I slept in.' 'Of course I will Kyle. What are friends for?' Kyle headed into school. 'Okay this is so unfair you let him off because he's captain of the football team.' Conor protested 'And he hot, you're not so you'd better start coming to school on time.' She smiled sweetly and headed inside to the principle's office. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Cordelia woke with a start and looked at Angel's watch. It was eight am, she sighed, time to get Conor up and out of the hotel for school in half an hour. She picked up Angel's arm and lifted it off of her. He groaned and put it around her again. 'I have to get Conor up for school. Why don't you stay here and I'll be back in half an hour and then we can stay here all day long.' 'Promise?' he asked groggily 'Promise, cross my heart.' She got out of bed and pulled on her dressing gown. She spent so much time here now she might as well not have an apartment but she didn't want to tell Dennis that she was leaving. She stretched out as she walked across the room and then she caught site of the wall. 'You are chosen to protect her. Please care for her. She will arrive shortly' 'Sweetie have you been writing on the wall?' 'No. why?' his voice was muffled by the quilt he had over his head. 'Apparently one of us is chosen to protect and care for some girl.'' Angel sat up straight and read the wall. Cordelia had never seen him get up so fast in her life. 'Oh no. no. no. This cannot be happening I'm not ready for this.' 'Will you please tell me what's going on?' 'Okay so years ago I knew this demon Maeve, she's a Diograis. They're like the catalyst for everything, they inspire and influence everyone they meet. They live for around five hundred years but sixteen years before they die they have one child. When they are about to die they choose someone to care for their child until the child is twenty one, that's when they get their powers until then they're human. We just got chosen.' 'Is this a good or bad thing?' 'Good but with a lot of responsibility. I didn't even know that Maeve was considering me to care her kid. I mean it's not like I'm ready for this responsibility.' Angel was babbling. 'Look we'll sort this out we've been through worse.' Cordelia sat down on the bed and wrapped her arms around Angel 'It'll all be okay, babe. We're responsible people we can cope with this.' She looked at the clock. Eight thirty-five flashed up in big neon numbers. 'Shit Conor's late for school.' She ran out of the room shouting for Conor to get up and out as fast as possible. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Conor ran to school. It was almost nine o' clock. He was so going to get a detention for being late. He slowed down when he got to the school entrance. Caoimhe Ross (pronounced- Qweevah) was standing inside the gate. She was a cheerleader, popular and a junior who took the names of the late comers for the principle. He hated her, she had already caught him three times this year and he'd only been in school for two weeks. His father had enrolled him as a junior in the local high school, it was okay but he didn't really get a long with a lot of people. He used Cordelia's last name because Conor Angel just sounded dumb. 'Late again Conor Chase. Looks like yet another detention for you.' She smiled at the captain of the football team Kyle Carter as he passed them even later than Conor had been. 'Caoimhe you wouldn't over look this would you? I slept in.' 'Of course I will Kyle. What are friends for?' Kyle headed into school. 'Okay this is so unfair you let him off because he's captain of the football team.' Conor protested 'And he hot, you're not so you'd better start coming to school on time.' She smiled sweetly and headed inside to the principle's office. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^