Chapter 3

"Right! That's it I've had enough! I mean come on we have being going at it for hours!

Although she moaned she kept going and he had to keep side stepping to dodge her, moving as fast as he could he ducked the sword and tried to push against it with his own. Angel kept a steady pace and kept trying to get a killing blow.

"Good" he thought, "She is getting faster"

Finally he swept his foot under her leg and she fell to the floor landing hard on her ass.

"What the hell! God I swear I sometimes hate you!" she cried as she started picking herself up while rubbing her ass a little.

"Well Cordelia you wanted to stop and you weren't stopping me. It was the best thing I could do" He replied teasingly while taking her sword off her.

Angel had been teaching Cordelia how to fight for the past two years, since he saved her from a massacre at the Bronze, the night the master rose. Although she insisted on training in secret, which meant she wasn't as prepared for a big fight yet. Cordelia was afraid that if people found out she was going out killing vampires at night then she would be attacked like the people who worked for Mr. Giles in her school. They had one horrible turnover and she didn't fancy becoming one of them. Plus she went out in ninja style to cover up her face, so she also feared being made a laughing stock. As she put it to Angel, she had a reputation to uphold damn it! So they trained in Angel's flat which was below an old factory out near the woods in Sunnydale.

"Angel, throw me that towel please. I'm sweating like crazy here!" she was wearing a small gym top and a pair of jogging bottoms, and the sweat was running off her.

But not like Angel had noticed. Not like he had been slowly becoming more and more attracted to her the more they practiced. It's not like five minutes ago he was ready to bend her over bite her neck and take the tiniest bit of blood and then maybe use his mouth for other things. No. Angel shook his head. He didn't want to endanger their friendship. And although Cordelia can be very brave and take on vampires most nights of the week, she still managed to piss him off with her demanding and the fact that at times she was far too vain and annoying. He went over to his bed to fetch his own shirt and looked at the clock.

"Shit! I was meant to be at the school three hours ago! I need to run Cordelia can you let yourself out?" Angel started moving about his flat looking for his shoes and coat.

"Sure, but does that mean your not going to take me home first?"

"Cordelia, Willow is waiting for me, she is taking care of her puppy of a boyfriend. It's a full moon tonight remember?"

"Fine but at least get me most of the way there. I can take care of myself from then on." She started putting on her black jogging top when she winced at her side. Some asshole of a vampire had decided to use knives against her a few weeks back and it still hurt. She was lucky Angel showed up when he did. The asshole had managed to cut into her side. Nothing too major but it still hurt like a bitch and he stabbed her in the leg. Her leg wasn't too bad, she was lucky he didn't twist the knife but still it was making her slower which she hated. At times she wished she was a vampire like Angel. Sure it was crap that he couldn't go out into the daylight and that he could only drink blood but at least he had a soul, and could heal mega fast.

"You ready to go? Oh how is your side and leg?" he said as he noticed her hand resting where the cut was.

"Yeah fine, sore but you know I will live as per usual. Nothings going to bring this bitch down. Ha ha."

He saw a slightly worried look on her face. Getting her that badly had brought her back down to earth. She was human and she couldn't always handle vampires no matter how much she kitted herself out with gadgets and how much she drenched herself in holy water. Some vampires don't just want the blood, they want the pain. That last vampire was ready to torture her to death just for kicks and that made Angel so mad. When he killed the vampire he only cut his head off halfway, stuffed a crucifix down his throat and then staked him.

"God we better get over there as soon as possible. If Xander realises that Willow is left alone then she might be killed!"