Angel is spragged out on his couch with an open book on his chest. He has
fallen asleep. He dreams about all sorts of things, mainly people he killed
and fed on when he was still Angelus, interrupted with images of Buffy. His
memory takes him back to the night he became a vampire, then further back a
few days to visions of one of his many conquests at that time. A woman
named Isabelle. They were lovers. He wakes up and realizes that Keavy,
Eden's mother, is Isabelle. But could it really be her? If she were human
as he had thought her to be, she would have died a long time ago.
Cordelia gets back to the office to find Wesley alone, and bored. He is sitting at her desk reorganizing her things, when he notices her presence he stops and leans back in the chair knowing she is probably cursing him silently in her head.
Cordelia: "Wesley, will you please leave my stuff alone! Why do you have to make everything so... Neat anyway?"
Wesley: "Well..."
He realizes that whatever argument he poses will be a waste of time so he decides not to bother.
"Just one of my little quirks I suppose... Or rather a mild case of obsessive compulsive behavior, perhaps."
Cordelia: "Whatever. Out of my chair 'Monica'."
He reluctantly moves out over to the neighboring chair and allows Cordelia to take his place. She takes out the photograph of Keavy and Eden along with the letter and plonks them on the desk in front of her.
"By the way, where's Angel?"
Wesley: "He went downstairs to look through his books not long after you left and he hasn't been back up since."
Cordelia starts to read the letter as the rumbling of the elevator fills the office and Angel appears.
"Speak of the devil... I thought you had got lost."
Angel: "I don't know what happened. I sat down to read and I must have just dozed off."
Wesley: "Pleasant dreams?"
Angel: "Its funny you should say that..."
Cordelia: "Funny 'ha ha' or funny peculiar?"
But he ignores her and continues.
Angel: "I did dream but I'm starting to think I was actually remembering something, it all seemed a little too familiar."
Wesley: "Care to share?"
Angel: "It was kinda weird. Before I was changed there was this woman, we were... you know."
Wesley: "Lovers? You can say it you know Angel."
Angel: "Anyway, her name was Isabelle and she looked a lot like Keavy, I mean a lot."
Wesley: "What are you saying? You think Keavy might be related to Isabelle some how?"
Angel: "No, I'm saying what if Keavy is Isabelle?"
Cordelia: "Damn it, damn it damn it!! I hate it when you're right. Why do you always have to be right Angel?"
She throws the letter on desk and pounds her head with a clenched fist.
Angel: "What? What is it?"
Cordelia: "I stole this letter from Keavy's house... It says here that she was from Galway, that's your home town right? So there's a pretty good chance that she's exactly who you think she is, but get this... It also says that she is a 'fairy', so forgive me if I'm wrong, and I usually am, but I thought fairies were tiny little fluttering, wish granting type things?"
Wesley: "So did I but it would seem not... That means Eden would have been a fairy too?"
Cordelia: "Only a half fairy, his father was some human guy called Liam, I finally find Mr. Wonderful and he turns out to be mythical creature from a children's story..."
Angel tries to interrupt her ranting but she doesn't hear him
Angel: "What did you say?"
Cordelia: "Now all I can see is Eden wearing a set of wings and tights, Why me!!!"
She bangs her head on the desk.
Angel: "Cordelia! What did you say?"
Wesley picks up the letter from the desk and starts to read it out loud...
Wesley: "Dear Eden, I don't know how to begin. I've missed you so much, I was so happy when I got your letter. I hope this means we can start to put our differences behind us, what's past is past and there's nothing I can do to change that. I just want to say one thing, I know you think our people's ways are strange, but whether you like it or not it's part of you too. You can't just throw your heritage to one side and forget about being a fairy. It's who we are. I understand that you want to know about your father and I'm sorry that I've lied to you about him all these years, but I honestly thought it was for your own good. Sometimes the truth isn't what we want to hear and I didn't want you to get hurt, I'm sorry if I was wrong in not telling you. He was from my hometown, Galway and we were very much in love, he was human. He didn't know I was a fairy, he thought I was an ordinary young girl, he didn't need to know and I didn't want him to think I was crazy or anything. I never got the chance to tell him about you either which saddens me when I think about it, I often wonder what he would have said had he known. His name was Liam and sometimes when you laugh you look just like him."
Angel sits down and puts his head in his hands.
"I wasn't being entirely honest when I told you he was killed by a vampire, she didn't just leave him to die, she changed him. He became a vampire too and there was nothing I could do to stop it. When I found out that he had murdered all his family and friends I knew he would come after me next and I didn't want to lose you, so I ran. I don't know if he is still alive or not but I'm sure I don't have to ask you not to go looking for him. I can't tell you how sorry I am Eden, I know how much this all means to you, and I wish there was something I could do to make it better. I can only hope that what I've told you isn't too hard for you to hear or that it makes you hate him because when he was alive he was a good man and I loved him so much. I'm sure he would have been proud of you. Write soon love mom."
He folds the letter up slowly and looks back at Angel. Cordelia looks up too noticing that their attention is no longer hers.
Cordelia: "Hello! Feel my pain people, I just found out my boyfriend was a freak of nature..."
Angel: "Cordelia shut up."
Cordelia: "So she was cheating on you big deal! It was two hundred and forty seven years ago. Get over it. Oh my god, Eden was two hundred and forty seven years old! And Liam? That doesn't really sound like a jock name, I bet he was a real pansy."
Angel: "I'm Liam."
Cordelia: "What?"
Wesley: "And the penny drops."
Cordelia: "You mean... You are Eden's father? Oh my god."
They all look at each other in stunned silence, trying to take in the news.
Wesley: "What do you want to do now?"
Angel: "I don't know, it's a little too much to take in at once."
Angel is usually the calm within the storm in times of crisis but this time it is obvious to Wesley that right now Angel is incapable of thinking straight. The reason he left Buffy was because he wasn't able to give her a normal life, they would never be able to have a family of their own and he wasn't going to be the one to deprive her of her dreams. To suddenly discover he has had the one thing he has always wanted is too devastating to hear.
Wesley: "The letter mentioned something about her people's strange ways, I suggest we try and find out what those ways are. Cordelia, you stay here with Angel and I'll go to the library and see what I can find... We'll take it from there."
Angel: "Thanks Wesley."
Angel stands again and walks slowly down the stairs to his apartment.
Cordelia gets back to the office to find Wesley alone, and bored. He is sitting at her desk reorganizing her things, when he notices her presence he stops and leans back in the chair knowing she is probably cursing him silently in her head.
Cordelia: "Wesley, will you please leave my stuff alone! Why do you have to make everything so... Neat anyway?"
Wesley: "Well..."
He realizes that whatever argument he poses will be a waste of time so he decides not to bother.
"Just one of my little quirks I suppose... Or rather a mild case of obsessive compulsive behavior, perhaps."
Cordelia: "Whatever. Out of my chair 'Monica'."
He reluctantly moves out over to the neighboring chair and allows Cordelia to take his place. She takes out the photograph of Keavy and Eden along with the letter and plonks them on the desk in front of her.
"By the way, where's Angel?"
Wesley: "He went downstairs to look through his books not long after you left and he hasn't been back up since."
Cordelia starts to read the letter as the rumbling of the elevator fills the office and Angel appears.
"Speak of the devil... I thought you had got lost."
Angel: "I don't know what happened. I sat down to read and I must have just dozed off."
Wesley: "Pleasant dreams?"
Angel: "Its funny you should say that..."
Cordelia: "Funny 'ha ha' or funny peculiar?"
But he ignores her and continues.
Angel: "I did dream but I'm starting to think I was actually remembering something, it all seemed a little too familiar."
Wesley: "Care to share?"
Angel: "It was kinda weird. Before I was changed there was this woman, we were... you know."
Wesley: "Lovers? You can say it you know Angel."
Angel: "Anyway, her name was Isabelle and she looked a lot like Keavy, I mean a lot."
Wesley: "What are you saying? You think Keavy might be related to Isabelle some how?"
Angel: "No, I'm saying what if Keavy is Isabelle?"
Cordelia: "Damn it, damn it damn it!! I hate it when you're right. Why do you always have to be right Angel?"
She throws the letter on desk and pounds her head with a clenched fist.
Angel: "What? What is it?"
Cordelia: "I stole this letter from Keavy's house... It says here that she was from Galway, that's your home town right? So there's a pretty good chance that she's exactly who you think she is, but get this... It also says that she is a 'fairy', so forgive me if I'm wrong, and I usually am, but I thought fairies were tiny little fluttering, wish granting type things?"
Wesley: "So did I but it would seem not... That means Eden would have been a fairy too?"
Cordelia: "Only a half fairy, his father was some human guy called Liam, I finally find Mr. Wonderful and he turns out to be mythical creature from a children's story..."
Angel tries to interrupt her ranting but she doesn't hear him
Angel: "What did you say?"
Cordelia: "Now all I can see is Eden wearing a set of wings and tights, Why me!!!"
She bangs her head on the desk.
Angel: "Cordelia! What did you say?"
Wesley picks up the letter from the desk and starts to read it out loud...
Wesley: "Dear Eden, I don't know how to begin. I've missed you so much, I was so happy when I got your letter. I hope this means we can start to put our differences behind us, what's past is past and there's nothing I can do to change that. I just want to say one thing, I know you think our people's ways are strange, but whether you like it or not it's part of you too. You can't just throw your heritage to one side and forget about being a fairy. It's who we are. I understand that you want to know about your father and I'm sorry that I've lied to you about him all these years, but I honestly thought it was for your own good. Sometimes the truth isn't what we want to hear and I didn't want you to get hurt, I'm sorry if I was wrong in not telling you. He was from my hometown, Galway and we were very much in love, he was human. He didn't know I was a fairy, he thought I was an ordinary young girl, he didn't need to know and I didn't want him to think I was crazy or anything. I never got the chance to tell him about you either which saddens me when I think about it, I often wonder what he would have said had he known. His name was Liam and sometimes when you laugh you look just like him."
Angel sits down and puts his head in his hands.
"I wasn't being entirely honest when I told you he was killed by a vampire, she didn't just leave him to die, she changed him. He became a vampire too and there was nothing I could do to stop it. When I found out that he had murdered all his family and friends I knew he would come after me next and I didn't want to lose you, so I ran. I don't know if he is still alive or not but I'm sure I don't have to ask you not to go looking for him. I can't tell you how sorry I am Eden, I know how much this all means to you, and I wish there was something I could do to make it better. I can only hope that what I've told you isn't too hard for you to hear or that it makes you hate him because when he was alive he was a good man and I loved him so much. I'm sure he would have been proud of you. Write soon love mom."
He folds the letter up slowly and looks back at Angel. Cordelia looks up too noticing that their attention is no longer hers.
Cordelia: "Hello! Feel my pain people, I just found out my boyfriend was a freak of nature..."
Angel: "Cordelia shut up."
Cordelia: "So she was cheating on you big deal! It was two hundred and forty seven years ago. Get over it. Oh my god, Eden was two hundred and forty seven years old! And Liam? That doesn't really sound like a jock name, I bet he was a real pansy."
Angel: "I'm Liam."
Cordelia: "What?"
Wesley: "And the penny drops."
Cordelia: "You mean... You are Eden's father? Oh my god."
They all look at each other in stunned silence, trying to take in the news.
Wesley: "What do you want to do now?"
Angel: "I don't know, it's a little too much to take in at once."
Angel is usually the calm within the storm in times of crisis but this time it is obvious to Wesley that right now Angel is incapable of thinking straight. The reason he left Buffy was because he wasn't able to give her a normal life, they would never be able to have a family of their own and he wasn't going to be the one to deprive her of her dreams. To suddenly discover he has had the one thing he has always wanted is too devastating to hear.
Wesley: "The letter mentioned something about her people's strange ways, I suggest we try and find out what those ways are. Cordelia, you stay here with Angel and I'll go to the library and see what I can find... We'll take it from there."
Angel: "Thanks Wesley."
Angel stands again and walks slowly down the stairs to his apartment.