Title:
Prophecy Boy 7? Chapter
7 Cordy and Angel arrived back at the mansion.
They had found nothing it was too much for the seer. She wanted
her son back and she wanted to be home. Angel pulled the woman
he loved into his arms and held her tightly against his chest.
The other Cordelia and Angel stood with Willow and just watched them,
the sadness evident in the room. Buffy stormed into the
mansion her face red with anger, she had controlled her emotions
until they found the kid but now they had it was a free for all her
anger consumed her. How dare Wesley and Gunn talk to her like
that? This was her town she was the slayer and deserved to be
treated as such. Angel and Cordy's heads whipped around and
stared at her. Buffy's hands were empty. "Connor?"
Cordy whispered fear clutching at her heart and her hands tightening
around Angel. Buffy watched her carefully, the blondes eyes
narrowing she opened her mouth to tell her to get away from Angel, it
didn't matter which vampire it was, it was her Angel past, present
and future. The doors opened again and in walked Wesley and
Fred followed by Gunn who was cooing at the little boy in his
arms. Cordy and Angel looked at each other and grinned, her
face lit up the whole room. Xander just walked in and he froze
in his tracks as he looked at the beauty that was Cordelia Chase.
The future had been good to her and he felt his heart break deep down
knowing that he had nothing to do with the woman she was going to be
and that he would never see that change. He moved his eyes to
the Cordelia he did know, she had moved closer to Buffy's boyfriend
and they were both hidden in the darkness of a corner. Xander
may be the idiot, but he could see things and what he saw was that
the two of them did not want to interfere in the family reunion but
they couldn't drag themselves away either. Before anyone
could stop her, Cordelia jumped to her feet, she stopped short right
in front of Gunn, and the two friends stared at each other for a
moment, the street fighter smiled and said to Cordelia: "We
didn't find any bruises or scratches; plus, he is alert and
responsive. But I think we should keep an eye on him for the next 24
hours or so, just in case, but we don't think there'll be any
problems." Then he gently handed the boy over to Cordelia
without another word. He watched in silence as Cordelia took a step
back, holding Connor as tight as possible and covering the baby's
face with kisses and tears. "Sorry, buddy," said Angel, smiling through
his tears and releasing his grip on him, "I guess you need some
space to breath, huh?" he added, wiping the tears off his face
and affectionately kissing his son. Buffy couldn't believe
what she was seeing her eyes filled with tears and she ran off and
past Angel ran after her. The vampire managed to catch her once
they reached the cemetery. He stood in front of the slayer not
sure what he should do he could see she was upset but it wasn't his
fault he had no idea what the future had planned for him and now he
found out it was with Cordelia Chase. "Buffy?"
Angel said. "I thought we were forever Angel, I thought we
were soulmates." She looked up at him teary eyed, she waited
for an answer for him to say that they were, that this was a trick,
that he would never leave her but he didn't. "Oh so you and
Cordelia how long has it been going on?" Angel's eyebrows
creased in confusion. "How long has what been going
on?" "Well I assumed that your 'love affair' started
while you were here and the two of you are so chummy now."
She said bitterly. Angel rolled his eyes and groaned.
"There is nothing going on between me and Cordelia." He
said through gritted teeth and then watched as both her eyebrows
vanished into her fringe. "Ok there is nothing NOW going on
between me and Cordelia." The vampire paused and took a deep
breath. "You seem to blame me for what is going to happen in
the future, it has nothing to do with me." "Yeah right?"
Buffy mumbled sarcastically. Angel was getting tired of this.
"What if it was you?" And as soon as he spoke those words he knew
that it was the wrong thing to say. "Oh so now it's my
fault, I am the one who chases you off and you end up with the bitch
of Sunnydale High, with a child from your sire that was stacked but
brought back to life." Buffy shook her head. "My life
is sounding more and more like a soap opera. Angel I just want
to be normal and do normal things." She sniffed exhaustion
was getting the best of her. "Buffy you are never going to
have normal you had better get used to it. But if you want to
get close to it then you better find someone else to date. I'm
a vampire, a vampire with a soul remember I am less normal than
you." He said with a small sad smile he saw her hurting and
his heart ached, but he saw the future and he saw what it brought
him, he had a family, a son and a woman who loved him and whom he
loved, it eased his soul and made him look forward to the coming days
but it didn't help his girlfriend any. "I'm sorry Angel,
I can't deal with this." And with that she ran off and
disappeared into the night. "Angel?" Said a feminine
voice he turned and it was the future Cordelia. "Angel uhhh
my Angel has gone after her he thinks maybe he can help her, make
things a little easier. Wes says that none of you will probably
remember this but since he has never time travelled before he is not
exactly sure so we thought that if we split up and talked to each of
you it may make things a little easier." He smiled at her.
"Thanks I have so many questions?" "Well ask away I'm
here to answer them or as many as I can all the others you going to
have to well ask yourself." Cordy said laughing. "You
and me what, why and uhh how?" Angel asked stuttering. Cordy
laughed at him. "Sit down this might take a
while" "Buffy?" Angel called out.
"We need to talk I need to explain things." "What the
hell could you explain? Why did you leave me Angel wasn't I
good enough for you?" Her eyes were red and puffy from all
the crying. "Buffy you were more than I could ever imagine
when I was more then I ever thought I deserved but it was hard we
couldn't get past the slayer and vampire thing, that was the one
thing you couldn't except whole heartedly and in the end we just
hurt each other so I decided to leave and went to LA." Angel
told her softly the last thing he wanted was to hurt this young girl
in front of him and even he seemed young when he watched himself
which was funny when you think how old he actually was. "With
Cordelia." Buffy said sadly. "No we never left
together I never really got to know her here and to start of with it
was just to help her out, then we became friends, then best friends
and then without realising it I just fell in love with her it was so
simple." Angel eyes lit up as he thought about the woman he
loved with every fibre of his being, the memories flooding back. "I
don't understand how?" The blonde said wiping her
eyes. "Do you really want to hear this." He watched
as she nodded. "Take a seat." Buffy sat down
and watched him as he started to tell her about his
life. Hyperion Hotel Present Faith
paced the hall patience was not one of her virtues, it wasn't fair
why the hell couldn't she have gone with them, she had almost
begged Angel to let her go but Nooooooo she had to stay here and keep
an eye on the place. She could see their point of view but it
didn't mean she had to like it. They did need someone to make
sure that there weren't going to be any surprises when they arrived
home, that an army of vampires or demons weren't going to snack on
them as soon as the portal opened and they walked through, there were
still a lot of people out going for the kid so they did what they had
to. The slayer heard the door open she turned. "Oh
just great." She mumbled why couldn't she just keep her
mouth shut. Faith groaned. TBC
Author: THE PTB (Nieves and Lea)
Rating:
PG
Email:
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Category: Romance/Crossover/AU
Genre:
Crossover
Summary: All of Angel and Buffy season 2. A
travel to the past to see the truth of a future. We have
slightly changed the story so it is an AU.
Disclaimer: The
characters in the Angelverse were created by Joss Whedon & David
Greenwalt. No infringement is intended, no profit is made I am just
poor.
Distribution: FSB, ST and AO if anywhere else please
just us me know!
Feedback: Yes please!
Angel had stood up and was standing
right behind Cordelia; he tried to speak, but choked, and just passed
one arm around her shoulders and the other around their baby, holding
them both in the same loving embrace. They stood there for a moment,
until Connor started to feel uncomfortable: being hugged and kissed
was a common part of his life, and one he quite enjoyed, but now
mommy and daddy were starting to squeeze him a little too hard, and
he whined and squirmed in their arms, trying to free
himself.
