Title:
Shades of Gray (Chapter 3)
Summary: The line between good and evil
is not black and white, but filled with shades of gray.
Disclaimer:
Don't own "Angel" or any characters, locations or other
things related to it. Just borrowing it for a little while.
Notes: Yay, here's another chapter. Sorry it's another short one. Hope you all like. All feedback, comments and constructive criticism is welcome. :P
Chapter 3
At ten-thirty there was a knock on Angel's door. He opened the door and smiled at Alejandra. "Please come in." He stepped out of the way to allow her into the room.
She smiled. "Thank you." They sat down in the living room.
"Did your meeting go well?"
"Yes, it did. How was your afternoon?"
"It was fine. Spike showed up to harass me a little more, but then he left and all was well again." Angel said with a smile.
"I see. He shows up a lot?"
"No, not really. Usually just when he doesn't have anyone else to annoy." Angel answered.
"Oh." She stared off into space for a moment.
"You really fell for him, didn't you?" Angel asked.
Alejandra looked back at him. "Yes. I fell in love with him the minute I saw him, and after all these years it has not faded."
"After twenty years, after all that he did to you, you still love him?"
"Don't you?" Alejandra countered.
Angel nodded. "Touché." Then he turned to look at her. "But it's not the same."
"You're right. It's not the same, at least not exactly the same. But it's the truth, and he loves you as much as you love him. He pretends to hate you but he doesn't really. He hates that you left him, but he cannot hate you. He needs you as you need him."
Angel looked at her. "It's not that simple."
"Oh, but it is. You two are just too prideful to allow yourselves to need each other. You just need to get over the stubbornness and concentrate on yourselves and each other."
"Someday, maybe." Angel smiled. They were quiet for a moment. "So, do you have any childer?"
"Yes, I have one. His name is Fabrizio." Alejandra answered.
"Do you see him anymore?" Angel asked.
"I haven't seen him in over two hundred years." She paused. "I turned him the same year that Darla turned you. He was a very handsome young man. For forty years we traveled through Europe together. He was with me when I first started to follow Angelus, but Fabrizio had a good heart. He was kinder than I thought a vampire should be, and I finally sent him away from me. I have not seen him since."
"You miss him." It was more of a statement than a question.
"Yes. I missed him more after my soul was returned to me than I did before that, but I always missed him. I have no idea where he is now, and I'm sure even if I found him, he would not want me."
"You don't know that. Maybe he's looking for you, maybe he misses you as much as you miss him, maybe he needs you just like you need him." Angel paused. "That is why you want me to work on things with Spike, isn't it?"
Alejandra smiled. "It's just that I know what it's like to need someone like that. And I know what it's like to know that you have lost them; I don't want you to have to know how that feels. Don't lose him, Angel."
Angel nodded. "I won't. You don't give up on finding your childe."
Alejandra nodded and smiled. "Ok. Let's make a deal. I won't give up on finding Fabrizio, and you don't let Spike get away from you."
Angel smiled. "Deal."
"Ok."
They talked for the rest of the night. When dawn started to get close, Alejandra left and promised to come back the next evening.
