It'd been 19 days since he'd become Angelus because of some brunette bimbo, and unlike Wesley's theory of him turning back to Angel after the drugs wore off he didn't… 19 days, and he was still Angelus. 19 days and Wes was still dead. 19 days and 'Raven' was still a vampire. 19… oh wait, it's 12:01 am, 20 days since Cordelia had felt safe… 20 days since she felt stalked… 20 days since she'd had any sleep during the nighttime hours…
As Cordelia was contemplating this, she failed to notice the soft clicking and scraping of her front door opening.
"Dennis… I think I'm losing my mind…" she sniffled.
Dennis as usual silently consoled her, carrying a tissue box through the air to her, suddenly it just plopped onto her lap… unusual…
"Thanks Dennis… just what I need, my ghost throwing things at me…"
"He can't hear you… you know that right?" a dark chuckle came from her bedroom door.
She jumped. "Angelus…" she chuckled nervously, "Of course he can't… he's dead, not deaf…"
"You see this pretty little thing," he held up a shiny stone, it looked like a giant opal almost… but that thing was huge! No way, he had an opal that big!
"What… what is that?"
"Funny you should ask… it's called a spirit stone… wanna know why?" he stepped forward, his perfect teeth set in a gleaming smile. "It's because it sucks ghost rite up into 'em… like a vacuum cleaner for ghost!" he chuckled. "Sooo… no more Dennis for right now… just me and little ol' you… ahh Cordie… it's so nice to be back with an old friend…" he sat on the edge of her bed forcing her to recoil her feet, "Remember all the fun we had in Sunnydale?" he smiled wider.
"Fun? FUN! You call stringing up Willow's fish and leaving them in an envelope for her, fun? You call snapping Jenny Calenders neck, fun! You call nailing a puppy to Buffy's door, FUN! Or torturing Giles, FUN? You call me finding out my boyfriend was cheating on me with the mousy girl who was supposed to be my best friend, and getting thrown on rebar because of it! FUN! Then yeah, I guess we had a friggin' ball! God for a vampire you're stupid…" she scoffed.
"Hmm, kitty got claws…" he chuckled. "So I take it acting wasn't the only reason you left Sunnydale for LA… could it perhaps have to do with little Xan…"
"Shut up! Shut up rite now!" she slapped him across the face without thinking… "You don't know anything about me! Mr. Soulless, and if you ever, EVER say that name again in my house! I will stake you quicker than a shish-kabob at one of my father's over-rated cocktail parties!" she fumed.
He was somewhat shocked at her passion, and that she could still be hurt by that little vagrant… he'd make Harris pay for that later… but he was really stunned that she had smacked him… and kind of hard for a human… girl…
He growled and pinned her to the bed.
She let out a scared squeak.
"Next time you smack me… remember I'm a vampire… and I'm stronger than you…" he said it almost like a lovers secret… almost…
"Next time you dare to insult me… remember what you said… kitty… got… claws!" she dragged her nails across his left cheek from eye to chin, causing him to retreat backwards with an angry hiss.
"Damn!" he pinned her again, this time holding onto her slim wrists, "you would make an interesting vampire…" he watched her face while instead of filling with fear it filled with frustration and anger, as she desperately tried to free herself from his grasp.
"Keep squirming… I kinda like it…" he chuckled next to her face blowing hot air into her ear, causing her to shiver against her will…
"Stupid vampire…" she muttered.
"What was that Cordie… I didn't catch it all…"
"STUPID… VAMPIRE… Catch it now caveman?"
His grip tightened painfully, causing her to let out a small cry followed by a whimper.
"What did you just call me?" he gritted out.
"A… a vampire? Are you really mad about that? Cause if so you should've thought about that before making such a drastic life change…"
He shook her, "No you smart mouthed little bitch, after that…"
"A… a caveman?" she barely whispered.
He vamped out, ok not on such good territory here…
"If you ever call me that again I will bite into your throat so you choke on your own blood as I'm sucking it out of you till you die a slow and agonizing death…" he gently dragged his fangs across her collar bone, it actually kinda tickled, "Understand?" he now looked at her with his human face, smirk free and all stony.
"Uh-huh…" Cordelia could barely breathe from the fear of the situation.
"Good girl…" he whispered gently to her.
She stared at him intently, trying to figure out what he was going to do next, as he simply stared back at her just as intently as she was.
He finally spoke, "Leave your door unlocked tomorrow…" he whispered gently in her ear, so gently it tickled. "I'll be back…"
He then rose off of her, leaving her in such a stunned state that she didn't move and barely breathed.
"Sweet dreams… darling…" he added with a low chuckle.
And with that he left… with her Dennis…
