Chapter 3
It was 5 am by the time Cordelia fell asleep. She awoke when she felt Angel moving next to her. She opened her eyes and looked at the clock. It was 12:30 pm in the afternoon. She looked at Angel. Cordelia could tell he was dreaming because his eyes were moving a lot under his eyelids. All of a sudden he sat up yelling "NO". When he realized it was just a dream he laid back down. After a minute he smelled a familiar scent. He turned to his left and realized where it came from.
"Good morning, you must of been having a bad dream." Cordelia said just as though he always woke up with her lying next to him without a stitch on.
It took Angel a few minutes for his brains to become accustomed to being awake. He looked at her and lifted the covers. It was then that he realized she didn't have a thing on. Where as he at least had his shorts on. He put the covers back up over his shoulders and hers. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her lightly on the lips and then her neck.
"How did I come to be so lucky that I have you beside me in bed in such a pleasing condition?"
Cordelia smiled her best million dollar smile at him.
"When I went to bed this morning I saw a falling star and made a wish."
"Pray tell Madam, please tell this unworthy servant of yours what you wished for?"
Angel kissed her again then started down her neck and then to her ear. He held her tightly as though he didn't intend to ever let her go.
"I said ' I wish I may I wish I might have the wish I wish tonight. I wish to wake up next to the love of my life'". Cordelia answered as she playfully pushed him away and continued speaking in the same manner as he started.
"I then fell asleep and awoke next to you this morning."
"And how did I get up here? The last thing I remember was talking to Dr. Martin downstairs. Don't tell me she arranged this."
"As a matter of fact she did, but for now my beloved manservant I order you not to talk about her anymore. I order you to join me in my state of undress."
Without any further encouragement he swung his legs over the side of the bed and took his shorts off and joined her under the covers again. He started to kiss her more passionately but she pushed him back and got to her knees. The covers fell down from her shoulders and allowed him to get a good look at her. The training and exercise kept her in good shape. Her breasts remained firm and well rounded. His eyes wandered down to her narrow waist and full hips. Some day he thought, I want to paint her portrait. Cordelia saw him looking at her just as she wanted him to.
"Today my good manservant I will show you what I have learned from all of my silly girlie magazines, as you call them, and all of the love stories that I read."
"And what is that my lady?"
"Today my goodman I will show you how to make love without giving Angelus an invitation to join us." Cordelia said as she came down on him and kissing him while holding his arms back against the bed. She found that she liked being in control for once.
During the passion of the moment she had forgotten about last night when she touched his left hand and felt the bandage. It helped to remind her of what Dr. Martin had told her, 'If you don't feel that you can control yourself then don't do it.' With that in mind Cordelia continued making love to Angel for a little while longer then stopped and stretched out beside him. Angel started to make love to her but she pushed him back.
"I stopped my good man because I could see that you were on the verge of sending out an invitation to Angelus to take over."
Angel fell back on the bed.
"If you do that too often your going to break it then when we are really able to do it, it will be broken from being mistreated." He laughed and jumped out of bed to take a cold shower. While he was in the shower she put her pants and blouse on then went to her own bedroom to get some clean clothes on then left to go down stairs. She ran into Angel just as he came out of his room. He grabbed her around the waist and gave her several kisses before he pulled his head back. She still had her eyes closed when he said something. She didn't hear him at first because her brain was in a fog. He always did that to her whenever he kissed her.
"Did you forget something madam?" He then held up her bra and panties on one finger. She blushed and grabbed them from his hand and ran down stairs. She felt her ears get even hotter when she saw Dr. Martin in the kitchen. She just looked at her and said good morning then ran downstairs to throw her clothes into the dirty laundry. She was famished so she waited just until she felt her ears cool off then slowly walked back up to the kitchen. Dr. Martin was over by the coffee machine pouring herself some coffee. Cordelia came up next to her and while grabbing a coffee cup from the cabinet she whispered to her.
"Mission accomplished Doctor. I baited the hook and reeled him in. Then just as I was about ready to pull him into the boat I let the line go limp." She laughed while telling her.
"You know what he said to me?" "No but I can guess."
"He said Cordy, if you do that to often it's going to be broken when we finally are able to actually go all the way and finish it." They both had a good laugh.
Dr. Martin was thinking to herself 'this is why I don't tell them I'm a sister. She would never have told me this if she knew.'
After Cordelia had something to eat she warmed up some blood for Angel and added a few drops of tobasco sauce. She grabbed some more coffee for herself and joined everyone else at the counter in the lobby of the hotel.
Wesley and Fred were showing Dr. Martin their extensive listings on the internet of demons. They were listed by various descriptions. The web sight was set up so that they could do a search on various bits of information that would then give them a list of matching descriptions. Cordelia was proud of the fact that she had created the Web site and had personally entered descriptions of over 1,000 demons.
Dr. Martin was truly impressed, but now it was time to go to work and help St. Michael help this group.
"Thank you Fred and Wesley I am very impressed. I never thought that their was so many different kinds of demons."
She stood up then and took her cup of coffee and note book. Today she had brought a tape recorder as well.
"Could everyone please take your seats again in the same positions that you were in last night."
"How are you feeling this morning Angel, did you have a good nights sleep?" Dr. Martin asked.
Angel just looked at her for a moment before answering.
"You drugged me didn't you? You gave me something to sleep."
"Yes, I did." She said. She decided to be completely honest with him. If he asked the right question she would answer truthfully.
"Thank you. I haven't slept that well in a long time." He raised his head and looked at Cordelia.
"Thank you also for the present this morning."
Cordelia had a surprised look on her face. Then she leaned forward and said "you know me Angel, I wouldn't have done it if I didn't want to."
Angel looked at the other men including Connor.
"Men we don't have a chance. Just when we think we are in control we look up and see that they're working us like puppets." Everyone laughed and Gunn piped in with "ain't that the truth."
Tell me Angel why do you think I insisted that everyone sit in certain places?" The doctor was walking around the room now. She was behind Angel now when she asked the question.
"You placed Cordy across from me because my love for her tends to have a calming effect on me. Gunn and Connor are on either side of me because they are the strongest and have a better chance of controlling me if something should happen." All the time he was answering her question he had his head down and was picking at lint that was on his pants.
"Wesley is to my far right so he can nod to you when you look at him for confirmation of something that you ask me. Lorne is behind the counter so that he can tell you if I'm getting dangerous." He paused for a moment then finished it with "or if Im going to run. He's also controlling the camera that Gunn installed."
Everyone looked at each other in surprise that he should have seen so much without being told or seeing what was being set up.
"Is that all?" Dr. Martin asked.
"No, there is one more. You told Cordy to sleep beside me so that I would see her in the morning beside me and we would go as far as we could without, as Cordy puts it, send an invitation to Angelus. I would then be reminded of what I am working for. " Angel paused for a moment.
"And Dr. Martin" Cordy looked at him and could see one tear roll down his face.
"Yes Angel." Dr. Martin said to encourage him to continue. When Angel felt he could trust his voice he said, while looking at Cordelia, "it worked."
Cordelia ran to Angel and jumped into his arms crying all the time. Angel was crying also as he hugged her so tightly he was afraid he might hurt her.
"I would go through hell to be with you Cordy." he whispered in her ear. Cordelia pulled back and gave him a long kiss.
By that time everyone was crying. When Angel heard Gunn sniffling he put Cordelia down. He kissed her again and then she returned to her chair. By that time even the doctor had returned to her chair and was pulling out her handkerchief.
When they were able to control themselves the doctor started again.
"Well your very intuitive. Can you tell us how you figured all of this out?"
"Yes, I could hear the camera and I know that Lorne can see peoples aura that he has told me changes color as we go through different emotions. As for Connor and Gunn, Connor has Darla's and my Vampire abilities including strength. With Gunn's help they might be able to restrain me if you scare Angelus enough. As for the rest I just know Cordy very, very well."
"Why do you say scare Angelus?" Dr. Martin asked.
"I know that one of your goals and everyone else's as well as myself, is to make my soul permanent and that scares him. Even now he is exerting pressure on me to run out of here so that he can have a chance to take over. If my soul is permanent then he'll never have a chance. "
"What about when you and Cordy are together doesn't he pressure you to go all the way?"
"Yes, but I've learned to let Cordy control what we are doing. Let's face it, it's true what they say about men when were having sex. We're focused on one thing and one thing only. During that time it's worse for me because Angelus is trying to drive me to take it further so that he can take over."
"Have you ever lost control and tried to force her into having intercourse?"
Angel looked embarrassed. Not because they were talking about his sex life but because he had lost control and Angelus almost took over.
Cordy knew how badly he felt about those times so she answered the Doctors question.
"The first time I hit him over the head with his old wind up clock. After that I kept a bat under the bed. But like he said he has learned to let me control what we are doing."
Angel looked at Wesley. Wesley did his best not to laugh. He had his head down and was doing his best to cover his laughing but his shoulder's were shaking. He finally couldn't help it any longer and he busted out laughing. The rest finally joined in. Angel looked at Conner and just said "and you think you have it bad."
Poor Angel, everyone else was having a good time at his expense. The Doctor waited for everyone to stop laughing. It took almost 15 minutes because they kept remembering the days when Angel came down the stairs rubbing his head. He would usually have a headache on those days. Then they would start all over again.
"Hey, it's not funny. Wesley and Gunn. How would you like to be stopped just as you were approaching home base."
"So you never really loved my mother." Connor said in a low threatening voice.
"All you did was use her to get what you wanted." Conner was leaning forward and looking at Angel with nothing but pure hatred.
The room became silent at the sound of Connors voice. They had been through this with him before.
"It's true Connor. I never did love Darla and I did use her. But she used me as well. I guess you could say it was just a matter of convenience. Don't forget that she was the one that turned me in the first place. She chose me because she liked the way I looked. She liked watching me fight in the tavern. When I was a young human I worked hard all day and played just as hard all night. She liked what she saw and she wanted it. But she wanted it in her world. That's all I was to her Connor. Just a piece of meat to use. She taught me how to live in high society and she dressed me accordingly. Darla was one of the ones that taught me how to be cruel. The only difference between her and I was that I liked carrying it further. So if you want to talk about someone using someone look at your mother first because she was at the head of the line."
"So I am nothing but a by product of mothers and your lust." Connor was red hot. But Dr. Martin could tell he was more hurt then mad.
"Yes that is correct. But Connor we never thought that what we were doing could possibly create life. How you were created we don't know. You are a physical impossibility. Two Vampires cannot have children. Remember that we die when were turned. That's why our souls leave our bodies and a demon takes over."
"But you had your soul when you and mother had sex." Connor was almost crying now.
"Connor you're a young man. At your age all your looking for is the sex. Well it doesn't change as you get older. It just get's harder to get it unless you have a willing partner or your married and sometimes not even then from what married men have told me. In your mother I had a willing partner. To both of us it was a physical activity and nothing else. The last time that I had sex was with Buffy. That was 3 almost 4 years before. I was hungry and she was too. But Connor I want you to understand and believe me when I say this. I loved you from the first time I saw you in your mothers womb. There is nothing that makes a man more proud and feel like a man than when he knows he has helped to make a boy. When I held you in my arms for the first time I felt so much love for you that I could have sworn that my heart started to beat again. I didn't love your mother but I do love you. Please don't ever think that I don't love you. "
Connor was quiet after that. He was a troubled young man that needed help but was unwilling to reach out and take it even though it was offered by a loving father.
There was a few moments of silence after that. Dr. Martin thought it was a good time to take a break.
"Let's take a 15 minute break." Dr. Martin told everyone and as usual everyone took a bathroom break. And as usual Angel didn't need to relieve himself so he was still sitting their when Gunn and Wesley came back. As soon as they came back downstairs he called them into his office.
"What's up boss?" Gunn asked.
Angel told them to sit on his couch and then pulled his chair close to them.
"Men we are going to take Connor and get him what every young man at his age wants. Tonight my son will become a man."
"Angel you can't possibly really want to do that. Do you?" Wesley asked him. What Wesley was thinking of was all of the diseases out their that Connor could get. What Angel and Gunn were thinking of was Connor having his first girl or woman, depending on what they were able to get for him.
"Let's take him to one of those xxx theaters just in case he doesn't know what to do. We have no idea what Holtz taught him or what he was exposed to." Angel said.
"Would you be my Daddy. Because I sure would like to have a Daddy like you." Gunn said as he busted up laughing.
"Do you want to join in Wesley? I'll understand if you don't." Angel asked him.
"I better go or else you two won't teach him anything about protection against all the diseases that are out their." Wesley said.
"We better go back in before she comes after me." Angel said.
Everyone else was waiting for them when they came out of Angels office. They all took their seats right away. Dr. Martin watched them and thought they look awfully guilty. They look like three teenagers that are planning something that they shouldn't be planning. Wesley looked like he was really worried that they were going to get caught.
"Angel I noticed that when you talk about things that happened when Angelus was in control you say I instead of Angelus. Why is that?" Dr. Martin asked.
"It depends on what the conversation is about. If it's something Angelus did in a physical activity then it's I but if it's something he said then it's Angelus.".
"I've heard you talk about your pre Vampire days before. You see yourself as Liam at those times is that correct.
"Yes.
"Am I correct in that you didn't like yourself very much when you were young and you acted on impulse. After working on the farm all day you would go into town to let off some steam and have some fun. For some strange reason known only to men part of that fun was getting drunk and fighting. From what I've read about you the women were practically having to take a number to be with you each night. Is that all correct?"
Angel looked at the Doctor and everyone else. They all had grins on there faces. Although the mens smiles were a lot wider then the women. He knew that Fred and Cordy were smiling about something else and didn't view the Doctors rendition of his misspent youth in the same way as the men did.
"I felt bad about the way I acted back then. I used women for what I wanted and was not a very responsible person. I had sex with them without even thinking about them or caring how they felt afterwards. To me it was nothing but sex, to them it was making love. If they tried holding onto me I would go on to the next girl. When I left my fathers house I had no problem finding a bed at night or money for my food and ale. I never stayed with one woman very long. When the well dried up I would go on to the next girl. I was a real bastard back then and I wanted to separate myself from that life."
"Isn't it also that you wanted to forget your family?" Dr. Martin asked.
"Maybe, I'm not sure." Angel answered.
He seemed to be getting agitated. Right away she recognized this as proof that she was hitting on the truth and Angelus didn't like it.
"You loved your sister Kathy very much didn't you?"
"Yes, I was twelve when our mother died and Kathy never really knew her. The woman that my father married became the only mother that Kathy knew. But I spent as much time as I could with her. I would tell her about our mother. Even though Kathy couldn't remember what our mother looked like I wanted her to know what she was like. I would tell her about how she loved to cook for us and how Kathy loved her pies and cakes. I told her how our mother would let her lick the spoon and I got the bowl when she made the frosting for the cake. I showed her the little dresses our mother made for her when she was little." Angel stopped for a moment. He was having a hard time talking about this.
Everyone noticed how Angel was speaking with an Irish accent. The more he spoke about his family the heavier the accent became. You could tell that his mind had gone back to when he was just a teenager and it gave you a glimpse into how deep his thinking went and how he could get lost in them.
"My father wasn't a very loving man and he left Kathy's upbringing to his new wife. He wouldn't even speak to her except tell her to mind her mother. Of course I would remind him that she wasn't her mother, and of course we would get into an argument from their and of course I would leave at that point."
"Did you go back to see your family very often afterwards?"
Dr. Martin was slowly working Angel to a critical point.
"I met Darla shortly after I left the farm. I had been drinking and fighting and running out of money. I thought she was just going to be another woman that I could stay with for awhile. We walked to the alley next to the tavern. My brain wasn't functioning very well because of the ale but I remember her saying something and then she pulled me down where she could reach my neck. Darla was only about 5'3" and the top of her head only came to my shoulder. I felt her bite into my neck and start to drain my blood. Before I passed out from the loss of blood she stopped. Pressing down hard she used one of her fingernails to open a gash at the top of her breast. My legs were getting weak and I went down to my knees. She forced my face into the blood and told me to drink her blood. Since my head was so foggy from the ale and loss of blood I just did as I was told. That night I died."
Angel looked exhausted after telling his story. Dr. Martin looked at her watch. She looked up at the rest. They all seemed to be lost in their own thoughts. Connor was the only one that was still looking at Angel. She knew that this boy needed help almost as much as his father. Dr. Martin wanted to press forward a little longer even though she knew they were all hungry and needed a break. But she didn't want to loose the momentum that she had gained.
"What do you remember after, the night that you died that is?"
Angel was trying to remember the details after that night. He wasn't answering so Dr. Martin asked more specific questions.
"Do you remember waking up and having to fight to get out of your coffin and up to the surface?"
Once again Angel was quiet. He just couldn't remember the details from the time that he first woke up.
"No. I can't remember that. I just remember that Darla was their and the grave digger coming to my grave sight. I remember that he was my first kill and how sweet his blood tasted."
"Do you remember approaching him, did he try to run or did he stand and fight or at least struggle?"
Once again Angel could not remember the details.
"As I understand from my readings of the Watchers Chronicles you then killed Kathy, your step mother and then your father. Can you tell me if you went to your fathers house right away or did you stop along the way at a farm for the rest of the night or day? Do you remember what you saw along the way? Was it very dark that night or was the moon full that night? Can you tell me anything about your trip to your fathers house?" Dr. Martin was pushing a lot of questions on to him all at once. She didn't want to give him too much time to think about her questions. What she really didn't want was for Angelus to feed him the answers. She stood up from her chair and continued to ask him questions as she walked around the lobby. The questions came one right after the other. Angel was unable to think about anything. Gunn felt bad for Angel because it seemed that the Doctor was attacking him and trying to confuse him.
Gunn stood up and took a step toward the Doctor.
"Wait a minute Doc give the man a chance to answer."
"Why, don't you think he can answer them. I sure would the first night I was a Vampire and woke up in a coffin 6 feet under ground. Then walking or riding to my 2nd kill which just happened to be my former family. Then sucking my sister dry. The sister that I said I loved more than life itself. " Dr. Martin was trying to get Angel mad. If he didn't get mad she was afraid he would realize what she was doing. People tended not to think straight when they get mad and Angel was very intelligent and would shortly figure out what she was doing.
"What's the matter Angel do you need someone else to defend you. If you don't give me an answer pretty soon I'm liable to start seeing you as a fake and pack up my bags and leave. I have patients back home that really need me." She was bending over Angel now and had her hand on the back of his chair while talking to him.
Before she had time to even turn around Angel was on her as he pushed her back in her chair. He had his Vampire face on and his hand on her neck.
"Is this fake Dr. Martin. Does my hand around your neck feel fake."
Connor was scared. He never saw Angel even get up. No wonder he could never win against his father. It took both Gunn and him to hold Angel back. Angel was even dragging them at one point. Connor was still standing by his side when the Doctor calmly sat up and acted as though nothing had happened. She waited for Angel to regain control of himself and sit down. She then went over to Angel and sat on the coffee table in front of him and took his hands.
"Angel, do you remember what I told you last night. That you were not evil?"
"Yes, but how can you say that when I killed so many people. I tortured them because their terror made their blood taste sweater. Darla taught me that with my first kill. I did it because I liked it and I didn't realize it was wrong until I got my soul back. Until I killed that poor young Gypsy girl I didn't care." Angel was yelling at her by the time he finished. He had pulled away from her and walked away.
At first Dr. Martin thought he was going to leave and started to tell Gunn and Connor to stop him. But then Angel just went to the corner of the room and sat on the floor bringing his knees up to his chest. He wrapped his arms around his legs. He started rocking back and forth saying over and over " I am evil. I killed hundreds of people. I am evil. I killed hundreds of people." He said this over and over again to himself.
Wesley had gone over to the Doctor and whispered to her.
"If your not careful Doctor we are going to lose him. Maybe your pushing him to far to fast."
"I know what I'm doing Wesley."
The Doctor was distracted by Cordelia's crying. Her love for Angel was making her suffer almost as much as Angel. Dr. Martin put her hands together and pressed them to her lips and closed her eyes. 'God help me to say the right words to this man. Help me to bring him back from the darkness that he has lived in for so long.'
She opened her eyes, took a deep breath and carefully and slowly approached Angel. Fred and Cordelia came up behind her. Cordelia was holding onto Fred for support. Dr. Martin got down to her knees in front of Angel. She put her finger to her lips and looked at everyone. She then turned back to Angel who was still rocking himself.
"Angel" she said as softly as she could. When he didn't look at her she said his name a little louder but this time she put her hand on his arm.
Once again she said "Angel look at me."
Angel finally stopped rocking himself back and forth and stopped with his self accusations. He slowly turned his eyes towards her.
She saw that she had his full attention now.
"Angel you don't remember how you got out of your coffin and digging your way out of your grave because you weren't there. You don't remember traveling to your fathers farm because you weren't there."
Angel looked at her like she was crazy.
"How can you say that when I told you I remember seeing the grave digger fall to the ground. I remember how his blood tasted. I remember seeing Kathy crumble on the floor against the fire place. I remember seeing all of the people I killed my first night as a Vampire."
Wesley then spoke up. "Angel, according to Darla's Watcher you did not kill your family until the 2nd night."
"No your wrong, the books are wrong. I was there, I know what and when I did it."
"No Angel, you saw these things happen 'ONLY' when Angelus let you see them. That is why you think they happened all in one night. Don't forget that Angelus gets a kick out of torturing people." When the Doctor said this it was like everything hit him at once and his mind wouldn't except it. He started to withdraw into himself. He closed his eyes and just laid down and pulled himself into a fetal position.
Dr. Martin turned to Cordelia.
"Cordelia, come over here and hold him. Talk to him. Angelus is talking to him at the same time and telling him all kinds of lies. He is telling him anything it takes to keep control of him. Don't let Angelus take him away from you. Angel belongs to you, don't... let... Angelus... win."
Dr. Martin stood up and turned to Fred.
"Fred would you get a couple of blankets and put one under Cordelia and the other over both of them. It's important to keep Cordelia's body heat in between them. I hope that he will respond to her voice, scent and body heat and stay with us."
Fred went up stairs to get a couple of pillows a blanket and the quilt off of Cordelia's bed. She came downstairs and told Cordelia to get up for a second while she put the blanket on the floor. Cordelia once again laid down and held Angel close to her as best as she could, which was hard because he was still in the fetal position.
"Lets leave them alone for awhile. Turn some of the lights out." Dr. Martin said as she walked back to the kitchen to get some hot tea. She made enough for everyone if they wanted it. She also started a pot of coffee.
"Do you think he'll be alright Dr. Martin." Wesley asked.
"I hope so Wesley. I would say that we have a better then 50/50 chance that he will respond to Cordelia and climb his way out of that hell hole that Angelus has kept him in for so long."
"Why did he withdraw like that?" Gunn asked.
"Try to think of it like this. What if I came along and told you that the last 20 years of your life did not really happen. The daylight that you saw was not really daylight but moonlight. You are like a lab rat that has been shown movies of someone's life. You were put to sleep for most of the time and we occasionally let you out to see this other persons life. That life that you were allowed to see was a life where you had a wife and children. I tell you that you never had a wife or children. You tell me no I know I have a wife and children. I remember our wedding night. I remember our children being born. I remember her going into labor when we were at the Rose Bowl game. We almost didn't make it to the hospital. I remember the Doctor giving me the scissors to cut the umbilical cord. I remember when we bought our first house. I remember all of that. Then Wesley comes over with a recording showing you in a lab being shown someone else's home movies then being put back to sleep until the next event that we wanted you to remember. Tell me what you would do as a reaction to the truth of that virtual reality."
"When you put it that way I can understand why." Gunn said after thinking about it for awhile.
"I was never so glad that I had you and Connor sitting on either side of him as when he pinned me in my chair and his hand around my throat. I have never been more frightened of a patient as I was then."
"You sure acted like it was nothing at all. I have never seen anyone in a comparable situation and acting so cool like it was nothing." Gunn said.
"Believe me when I say that it took everything that I had in me to control my reaction because I was scared. I think it was only my training that kept me cool. I remember one of my first professors in psychiatry telling us 'whatever you do don't let the patient know you are being affected by their actions.'"
"I'll be right back, I'm just going to check on Angel." Dr. Martin said.
Dr. Martin quietly walked over to Cordelia and Angel.
"How's he doing?" she asked Cordelia.
"He started to relax a while ago and now he is holding onto me. He seems to be just sleeping now. I think that if you wanted to we could wake him."
"No I think well give him a little more time and let him wake up by himself. Is their a room that I could use that is as far away as possible from everyone else?" Dr. Martin asked Cordelia.
"Yes, Fred and I just finished fixing up a room that is on the 4th floor and in the front corner of the hotel on the right. I think it was room 412. It has a nice view of the city and mountains through 2 french doors that lead to a balcony. It has a bathroom, kitchenette, dining table and of course a bed. I fixed it up for Angel and I but you can use it for now. May I ask why you need a room that is so far away? Were not interfering are we?"
"No, no. I just need to have better control over his environment. When I meet with the rest of you with Angel it's because I need for you to know what he is going through or I need interaction between everyone. It's kind of added fuel to the fire. Also if we are alone I'm hoping he'll talk more if there is no one else around. Would you make sure that the refrigerator is stocked with food and drinks. Especially for Angel. If there is no microwave then put one in okay?"
"Sure I'll take care of it first thing tomorrow. " Cordelia said.
Angel started to wake up. He opened his eyes to find he had his head on Cordelia's chest and was holding onto her waist.
"How are you feeling Angel. What do you remember from before you lost consciousness?" Dr. Martin asked him.
"I remember that you told me that black was white and night was day and that for 150 years I didn't really exist."
"Yes that's about it. I think you should get up off of that cold floor now." Dr. Martin said. Everyone else had heard them talking and had come over to check on Angel.
Angel opened his eyes and looked at everyone and then up at Cordelia. He closed his eyes again and snuggled his head in between her breasts. "No I think I'll just stay here. It's so nice, comfy and warm right were I am."
"Get up from there. No getting nice, comfy and warm while your supposed to be working towards your redemption." Wesley said as he pulled off the quilt. Angel jumped up and pulled up Cordelia. Then turned to Wesley and said "why? Jealous."
"Your dam right." Wesley said with a big grin on his face.
"Dr. Martin do you think we could have a break tonight?" Angel asked.
"Angel you are simply amazing. I just gave you such earth shattering news that you almost left us permanently. Not physically but mentally. Now you look like you want to go out and paint the town red tonight. No pun intended. What brought you out of it in such good spirits?"
Angel was quiet for a moment. The grin left his face and he didn't look so happy anymore.
"When you told me that all those years, from the time that I was placed in the grave to the time that I was given my soul back, where not really mine I couldn't except it. I remembered so many things so clearly. I kept hearing your voice so clearly and then Angelus started in. He kept saying that you were lying. Then he started to remind me of Kathy and of all of the others. I remember sinking deeper and deeper into a pool of darkness. Then I saw a hand reach out to me and a voice calling me, telling me to grab her hand and she would pull me out. She said 'Angel you belong to me and the darkness can no longer hold onto you, you are mine. The darkness is no longer your home. Come into the light with me.' Then I grabbed her hand and climbed out of the darkness. When I reached the top I saw Cordy." He had a big grin on his face again. He grabbed Cordelia and hugged her.
"Uh...Angel. If you don't loosen your grip a little the twins will be flattened and their will be no more warm and comfy place." Cordelia said. Angel released her and said "here let me inflate them." He pulled her to him and gave her a long kiss. He raised his head and asked her "are the twins back to normal now?" She looked down and lightly pressed her breasts. "Yes they feel fine now. All ready to make you nice and comfy again."
"You two are terrible. But that love of yours saved you today Angel. Go ahead and take the night off. We'll meet tomorrow at 10 am so don't stay out to late." Dr. Martin grinned at Angel and gave him a pat on the back.
"What are you doing tonight that you needed the whole night off?" Cordelia asked.
"Wesley, Gunn and I are taking Connor out on the town." Cordelia looked at him and tried to read his mind. "What are you guys cooking up for Connor?"
"Just a boys night out on the town. Just a little play time. I have to go now. I promise we won't stay out to late." Angel said as he ran up the stairs.
Angel ran over to Wesley's room and knocked on the door. Wesley opened the door.
"Lets go. You get Gunn and I'll get Connor. Well meet you at the back."
Angel went to get Connor. He knocked on Connor's door. When Connor answered his door Angel said "lets go."
"Where are we going. Did Cordelia have a vision."
"Uh..no. Wesley, Gunn and I are taking you out on the town."
"Really?" Connor said.
"Yes, let's hurry before any of the women catch us."
Angel and Connor went through the back stairs and then down to the back door through the basement. When they reached the car they found Gunn and Wesley waiting.
"Where are we going. I can't get into a bar. I'm not 21 yet."
"Don't worry about that. I know someone that owns a theater and has a stable of nice clean girls." Gunn said.
"I thought we were going to paint the town. Why are we going to a theater. I know you guys are old but going to a movie is not known as painting the town." Connor said. He had a look of disappointment. Here he was all psyched up to paint the town and these old guys are taking him to the movies.
"Let's go before Cordy figures it out."
They all jumped into the car. Wesley sat up front with Angel and Gunn and Connor jumped in the back. Angel took off like the Devil himself was after them.
"Where is this theater Gunn?" Angel asked.
"It's in the San Gabriel valley in Covina. It's called the Rose Garden." Gunn said.
It took them about 45 minutes to get their. Angel found the theater with no problem. They parked in the back and Gunn went in to find his friend. He returned in a few minutes through the back door.
"Hey guys this way." They all went through the back which Connor thought was cool. They were getting in for free. He was wondering what was playing. Angel had reached the parking lot through a back street so he couldn't see the front to check on what was playing. Connor had no idea that this was one of those XXX rated theaters.
"Gabriel this is Angel, Wesley and Connor Angels son. Guys this is Gabriel Fuentes. Gabriel and I used to be buddies in the old neighborhood."
"So this is the boy that will be initiated into manhood tonight." Connor looked at him. Then at Angel.
"Is he talking about what I think he is talking about." Connor asked Angel.
Angel walked over to Connor and put his hand on his shoulder.
"Remember tonight when I was telling you about your mother and I, and what we had was nothing but sex to us."
"Yes." Connor responded. He was starting to wonder what was up. These old people had strange ideas of what a night on the town meant.
"It occurred to me that maybe you couldn't understand me because you were still a Virgin."
Connor blushed.
"Well tonight my son you will become a man."
TBC..............
Thanks for the reviews. It will become clear later on why I am using a Sister as my main character. At the end of the story everything will be pulled in and explained.
