Cordy woke up the next morning with a massive headache. She hasn't had a headache like that since before she turned part demon. She knew it was because of all of the crying that she did the night before. She rolled over and looked at Angel who was sleeping on his side of the bed, nowhere near her. Her heart ached. She wanted to wake him from his peaceful sleep and confront him about what she saw, but she also wanted to believe that he would tell her on his own. Cordelia Chase was always a woman who had total control over her life and right now, her life was spiraling out of control and she hated that she couldn't stop it and it was all because she fell in love.

She quietly got up and headed to the bathroom. She quickly swallowed some aspirin and jumped in the shower before Catherine woke up. Thirty minutes later, she came out of the bathroom, feeling slightly better. Angel was still sleeping and Catherine was awake. She heard her through the monitor babbling softly to herself. Turning off the monitor, she walked to Catherine's room.

"Morning baby." Cordy said as she went into her room and shut the door. She didn't want Angel sneaking up on her.

"Mommy." Catherine smiled and wrapped her arms around her mom. Cordy picked her daughter up and hugged her tightly and then proceeded to get her ready for the day, pouring her heart out to her at the same time.

"Oh Catherine mommy is scared. Daddy messed up big time and I'm afraid that I lost him. I thought that Buffy was over him and he was over her, but little girl, from what I saw last night he is not over her. I hope your daddy comes clean with mommy. If he does, I think that I can forgive him."

After Catherine was dressed they headed back to her bedroom. Angel was still sleeping but as soon as Catherine saw him she started yelling for him.

"Daddy. Daddy." She was squirming so much in Cordy's arms that she couldn't hold on to her. Cordy sat her down on the bed and she bounded over to Angel, jumping on him. He rolled over and smiled at his daughter.

"Good Morning Chipmunk." He said as he kissed her. "Morning Cor."

"Morning."

"Come here." He said as he held out his hand. She took it and sat down on the bed next to him. He pulled him toward him and kissed her softly and she quickly pulled away. She wasn't ready for that yet.

"What time did you come to bed last night?" Come on, here is your opening. Tell me.

"Oh, Buffy and I lost track of time making the plans so it was pretty late."

Chicken shit. Cordy thought

"Oh. So what is the plan?"

"We have called in Gunn's old crew for extra muscle."

"That's a good idea."

"We are going to attack at sundown tonight. They already know that Buffy is in town, and if we wait any longer they will split."

"Daddy, mommy. Jump." Catherine said as she started jumping on the bed.

"Catherine, no. Sit." At the sound of her mother's stern voice, she quickly sat on Angel's chest. "Tonight, are we ready?"

"Yeah, were ready. Look, I slept for shit last night so I'm going to get a few more hours of shut eye."

Good, you deserved not to sleep. "Ok, I'll wake you in a few hours. Come on Catherine, let's get you some breakfast."

"No, stay wit daddy." She whined as she wrapped her arms around Angel's neck.

"Daddy needs a nap. Go with mommy." He said as he pulled her away from his neck, and handed her to Cordy.

"Nig night?"

"Yep night, night." He paused for a moment. "Cor, are you ok?'

Hell, no I'm not ok. You broke my heart. "I'm fine, just a little headache."

"You sure?" Cordy nodded. She didn't trust herself to speak. She headed for the door and with her back to Angel she wished him a good sleep as her silent tears fell.

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The morning and early afternoon was busy. Cordy concentrated on Catherine but every time she looked at Buffy, her heart broke all over again. Buffy was extremely happy considering that she was headed into a huge battle in a few hours. The Buffy she remembered from high school was always focused before a fight, but today she was just damn right giddy and it was really pissing Cordy off.

Angel finally came down in the early afternoon. He took some time playing with Catherine before he got to work. It had become a tradition, that before he went out to fight, he spent some one on one time with his daughter. He said that was a great motivation to kick ass. After an hour of good quality time he got right to work.

Gunn's crew started to arrive, extremely pumped up ready to stake some vamps. There was an air of excitement in the lobby of the hotel. Everyone knew that this was huge and there would be a ton of lives saved tonight.

Buffy was pretty much throwing herself at Angel and it was making Cordy want to puke. If they were sitting at the table, her chair was right next to his, if he was standing, she was right beside him, and if he was walking she was following right behind him. Cordy couldn't get anywhere near him. Finally, she couldn't take it any longer. Fuming, she grabbed Buffy's arm and drug her into Angel's office, where they could be alone.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Cordy sneered

"What are you talking about?" Buffy asked innocently

"You know damn well what I'm talking about."

"I really don't."

"Stay away from him. He is in love with me."

"Oh really? Are you sure about that?"

"Yes, I am." Cordy said with confidence that she really wasn't feeling

"Then why didn't he tell you about our phone calls?"

"He did, I just forgot about it."

"You are such a liar. You never will change will you?"

"I have changed. My goal in life is to help people. To save people."

"But you can't save yourself, can you Cordelia?"

"I have been saved. My visions saved me. Angel saved me."

"That's Angel, helping the helpless."

"I. Am. Not. Helpless."

"Okay, if you say so."

"I am not the first thing that I think of when I wake up in the mornings anymore. I no longer think what about me. My first thoughts are always about my daughter followed by thoughts of her father."

"Speaking of Catherine, how in the hell did you manage to convince Angel, that she is his?"

Cordy's hand connected with Buffy's cheek. "You bitch, how dare you?"

"Seriously Cordelia, one kid fathered by a vampire is amazing enough. No way it could happen twice. What happened? Did you get knocked up by some loser, drop a few crocodile tears in Angel's lap and convince him to lie for you so that you wouldn't look like a tramp around your friends?"

"Angel is Catherine's father. We made love, we made Catherine. End of story."

"Yeah kinda funny about the whole sex with Angel thing huh. If you remember correctly, when we made love, he had that one moment of pure happiness. Since Angel isn't Angelus, and if you guys really made love like you claim, then he obviously isn't in love with you because if he was Angelus would be here, not Angel."

"You have no idea what you're talking about."

"Oh I don't huh?

"Look, just stay the hell away from Angel. Stake some vamps and get the hell out of my town." Cordy headed for the door.

"Maybe you should tell Angel the same thing." Cordy's hand froze on the handle.

"Excuse me?"

"If I have to stay away from Angel then he needs to quit coming to Sunnydale."

"He's been back?" Cordy gasped

"He didn't tell you that either did he?" Buffy said smugly.

The tears fell from Cordy's eyes as certain memories came rushing back. The countless times that she had walked into his office while he was on the phone and how quickly he hung it up, and the times when he claimed he had to go out of town to take care of some demons or vamps when he was really going to Sunnydale to see her. She never questioned his actions because she trusted him completely. Forgetting, that she wanted him to come clean about the kiss she saw, she stormed out of his office. The whole crew was there, in the lobby, with the exception of Catherine who was upstairs napping. Angel saw her coming towards him, fury in her eyes and tears streaming down her face. He knew that she knew his secret.

"Cor, I can explain." Cordy slapped him hard across the face.

"You lying son of a bitch."