The week that Cordy was on bed rest was one of the most unproductive of Angel's extremely long life.
"Angel, I can walk." Cordy said as Angel carried her into their room.
"I'm not taking any chances. The doctor said bed rest so you will rest." He said as he deposited her on their bed.
"I need a pair of PJ's. I need to get out of these clothes."
Angel rummaged through her dresser and pulled out a pair of shorts and a tee shirt. Cordy doesn't actually own any pajamas, she either sleeps in sweats, shorts and a tee shirt or she sleeps naked.
"Will this work?" He asked as he held up his choice.
"No, it's too cold for shorts."
"Ok, how about these?" Angel asked as he held up a pair of red sweat pants.
"No, it doesn't match the shirt. Grab my blue ones."
"Cordy, you'll be sleeping in them. Matching doesn't matter."
"It matters to me. You never know who might walk in here." She said smiling.
After Cordy was changed he handed her a walky talky.
"What's this for?"
"I'll be downstairs working, so if you need anything just talk into it."
"I know how it works."
"I'll have the other one."
"Fine." She sighed
"What?"
"Nothing."
"Cor."
"I just thought that you would say up here with me."
"I've been with you for the last two days. We have a lot of clients and we've gotten behind, so I need to get back to work."
"Oh ok. Well I'll just take a nap then."
"Sleep tight." He said as he tucked her in and quickly kissed her.
Two hours later, Angel's walky talky went off. Cordy was lonely and hungry. Of course she was in the mood for something that they didn't have so Justine and Gunn had to go out and pick up some a mixture of Thai, Mexican, and fast food.
The first day that Cordy was home went pretty smooth. She pretty much just slept. The gang arranged a schedule so someone was always with her. Angel, Gunn and Wes went out to infiltrate a vampire nest. Angel was exhausted when he got back to the hotel. He had big plans of a shower and sleep.
"Hey honey, how was work?" Cordy said happily when Angel walked into their room.
"Same as always. Killed some vamps." He said as he headed for the shower.
"Whatcha doing?"
"Showering."
"Ok, well hurry back."
Twenty minutes later, Angel crawled into bed.
"So ya wanna tell me about it?"
"No not really."
"Oh ok."
"Babe, I am so tired. I slept for shit at the hospital. I just want to sleep."
"That's fine."
Angel leaned over and kissed her goodnight.
"I love you." He said as he closed his eyes.
"Love you too."
Angel had just started to doze when he heard Cordy whisper his name.
"What?" He mumbled, not opening his eyes.
"The baby is kicking. Want to feel it?"
No matter how tired he was he couldn't resist feeling his child move inside of Cordelia. He rolled over and placed his hand on her belly. He grinned when the baby kicked him.
"That is amazing." He whispered
"You should feel it from my perspective." She said smiling as she placed her hand over his.
He quickly fell asleep, never taking his hand off of her belly. Cordy was wide awake and she wanted to talk to him about so many things, but she knew how tired Angel was so she grabbed her book and read until she feel asleep.
The next morning when Angel headed to work, Cordy was still asleep. He was at work for three hours when Connor came from her room to Angel's office.
"Dad, she wants a bath and that's your territory." Angel sighed and picked up his walky talky.
"Cor?"
"Hi."
"I'm in the middle of research right now. Can you wait awhile for a bath?"
"Angel, I smell bad and I never smell. In fact, my stench is making me sick to my stomach. My legs are hairy…"
Angel sighed. He set the walky talky down with Cordy still talking.
"I'll be back." Angel told Wes who was helping him with the research. Wes grinned at him.
"Don't start." Angel sneered as he headed up to help Cordy bathe.
She was still talking into the walky talky when he walked into the room. She looked up in surprise.
"What are you doing here?"
"You wanted a bath didn't you?" Cordy nodded.
Angel went into the bathroom and began to run the bath water.
"Don't forget the bubbles." Angel poured in a cap full of her bubble bath. Ten minutes later he assisted Cordy to the tub.
"It's too cold." She whined.
Angel turned on the hot water.
"It's getting too hot."
"Cordy." Angel warned
"All right. It's fine. Can you get me some clean jammies?"
Five minutes later Cordy hollered for Angel.
"Yes dear?"
"I can't reach my razor." He handed her the razor.
"Shaving cream?" He handed that to her.
"Would you like me shave your legs too?" He asked her sarcastically
"Well actually, now that you mention it." She said grinning as she held up her leg.
"I was kidding."
"I'm not. The doctor did say to rest."
Angel shook his head as he sat on the edge of the tub. He lathered her legs up and gently shaved them. It was turning them both on. When he finished her legs, she handed him a sponge.
"I can't reach my back."
Angel slowly cleaned her back. She closed her eyes as his hands ran up and down her back. Just as he was finished she grabbed his arm and pulled him into the tub with her.
"What are you doing? My clothes." He stuttered.
"I can fix that." She said as she unbuttoned his shirt.
"I don't want to hurt you or the baby."
"Are you kidding, this tub is huge."
"The doctor wants you to rest."
"Oh believe me, I'll be relaxed" She said as she pulled him towards her for a kiss.
Their anxious mouths met. She sucked on his tongue. He bit her lower lip. One hand found her soapy wet breasts. He fondled her nipples. With his other hand he placed two fingers inside of her. She moaned in pleasure. His fingers worked magic. She was screaming in pleasure within minutes.
This is how her week on bed rest continued. Cordy hated just laying around and it showed. She became very finicky. She didn't like any of the DVD's that Angel rented for her. When he returned them for new ones, she decided that she wanted them back. One minute she was in her shorts and she was cold. Once she was in her sweats, she got hot. It was a never-ending battle. The schedule for babysitting Cordy, didn't really work out because she became irritable from just lying in bed and their friends didn't have much patience so whenever Angel wasn't with her, she was bugging him on the walky talky. At night when Angel wanted to sleep, Cordy was wide-awake ready to talk about anything and everything. To say the least Angel didn't get much sleep that week. The only thing that kept him from totally losing his mind was the crazy reasons that Cordy made up to get Angel up to the room that ended up in a hot and heavy make out session. Even though he loved the make out sessions he was glad when the doctor released Cordy back to work.
"Excuse me everyone, I have something to say." Cordy said to her friends during her first day back.
Everyone looked at her, waiting.
"I am sorry that I was such a pain in the ass this past week. I just hated lying in bed, being useless, doing nothing."
"It's ok Cordy. You still had your visions so you weren't completely useless." Fred said smiling and everyone laughed.
