This is Fifth in the series and you can find parts 1 to 4 in my profile,
mind the picture. There is more to come if you like this one. More Fluff,
slight angst. You need to read the other parts to get a drift on this
one!!!
Disclaimer: Nothing belongs to except Abbie Chase and the plot line so
don't sue. All other Characters belong to Joss and David, and all those
rich folks at WB, Fox and Mutant (Grr, Arr) Enemy!
I would like to dedicate this to Daniel (extraconfused@hotmail.com) for
his great review that inspired me to write this part, this way, but sorry
there's hardly any Giles in this one.
Previously on 'And Baby Makes Four' Cordelia has had a baby girl called
Abbie and Wesley and Angel vow to stand by her. No Angel is not the
father!!!! But then the Scooby Gang show up and don't take it very well
especially. Buffy but then Angel tells Buffy to leave in the nicest
possible way! After saving the world again!
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It had been a month since he had told Buffy to leave and not come back.
He had stopped brooding long before that, he had to. There was so
much to live for, in a sense. There was his Shansu, a heartbeat, Abbie
and Cordelia plus he still had to protect Wesley. Abbie was now 5
months old and getting into all sorts of trouble. Angel and Cordelia were
kept busy most of the time trying to find where she had crawled off to.
The apartment was full of pictures and drawings of Cordelia and Abbie
together that Angel had took. He treasured each one close to his heart.
This was his future. Hopefully soon his picture would soon be up there
with Cordelia and Abbie, as a family. He couldn't deny the feelings that
he had, had recently, in fact ever since Buffy and Riley had left. Buffy
leaving he gave him permission to move on and let go of what happened in Sunnydale. He heard Cordelia trying to tip-toe up behind him but he
turned around and scooped her onto the table.
"Oh, I think some one has been working out more, not that you
need to." Cordelia smiled as she felt his abs under his woollen jumper.
"No I haven't. It's hard work being a full-time da...uncle. You
should know that. Is she sleeping?" Angel walked away so she wouldn't
see the love in his eyes.
"Yeah she went down about 20 minutes ago. I'm glad she's
actually sleeping now. Hey, what's wrong" Cordelia noticed Angel sudden
quietness. She walked over to him, hearing her music playing softly in
the background.
"Nothing I was just thinking about some things, not brooding, just thinking. I just can't stand the waiting, it's enough to drive someone
insane. From what the scroll says it maybe lifetimes before I turn
human. I can't wait that long. Everything I want to do, I want to do now. In a few life time it won't matter." A bloody tear tracked down his
cheek as he thought of a life without Cordelia and Abbie filled his head.
"Hey come here." Cordelia drew him into a tight hug. They began swaying to the music playing in the background. "Hey, I think we're
dancing. That has got to be a first."
Cordelia and Angel danced around the room till Cordelia collapsed in his
arms, fitting from a vision. As she came out of it he could see the tears
pouring from her eyes.
"Cordelia, Cordelia. Cordelia look at me, " He shouted, shaking her. "Cordelia what do you see? Cordelia you have to speak to me."
"This one wasn't for you, it was for me. I saw my mother lying in a hospital bed with lots of wires and my dad...my dad was standing there, holding her hand. He was crying, he never cries."
Angel pulled her close as they sank to the floor, he whispered
reassurances in her ear. The silence was broken by the high shrill of the
phone ringing. Angel answered it before handing it to Cordelia.
"Hello, baby is that you?" Cordelia drew in a sharp breath at the
sound of the voice. "Honey, it's daddy. Mum has been in an accident,
she's in hospital in Sunnydale. She's fine but she wants to see you, and
so do i. Can you come through from LA tomorrow?"
"Yeah daddy of course I can. I have some news for you but I think it can wait till I get to Sunnydale. See you tomorrow."
"Angel, how do you fancy a trip for a few days. To...Sunnydale.
Please!" Cordelia pleaded
"Oh Cordelia I don't know, I hate that place you know that." He
looked into Cordelias eyes. "But if you want me to go then I'll go."
Cordelia grabbed Angel by the arms and whirled him around the room.
They crashed on the couch laughing. "You do realise that Buffy is still
there."
"Yes Cordelia I do realise she's there." Angel said in his best
it-doesn't-worry-me voice. "It doesn't bother me, I have moved on. " He
answered looking deep into Cordelias eyes.
She put her hand on his chest but weakly let it drop. He pulled her in till
he could feel her increasing heartbeat against his chest. Angel heard
Cordelia whimper slightly before their lips met. He shuddered as the
warmness of her lips echoed on his cold lifeless ones. He felt the
ecstasy as his tongue entered her mouth. Cordelia shivered as she felt
his cold tongue explore her mouth as if it were the first he had kissed.
They kissed for a few seconds but it felt like an eternity, before Angel
remembered Cordelia still had to breathe and they pulled slowly apart.
He sat there staring at Cordelia and feeling her heaving chest against
his. He felt his heart sink when he saw tears in Cordelias eyes.
"What's wrong, what did I do?" Angel asked, afraid of the answer he would get.
"It's what your going to say. You're gonna tell me that, that was a mistake and it wasn't me you were thinking of." The tears trickled from
her eyes.
"Oh Cordy, of course it was you I was thinking of. I told I had
moved on from Buffy. It was you I wanted and was thinking of. I was
afraid you were going to say that you thought it was a mistake." Abbies
crying broke Angels concentration as Cordelia got up and went through
to the nursery. Angel listened as Cordelia sung a lullaby to Abbie and
then the crying stopped. He got up and padded through to Cordelia,
wrapping his arms around her waist and kissing Abbie on the head.
Three Hours Later In Sunnydale:
Angel strode out of the reception of the hotel with a glare on his face.
"The hotel's full booked, there's some sort of convention in town. I
think we're running out of options here."
"We could always go to Giles's. He always put me up before when I ran out in a huff, plus he still doesn't know about Abbie, unless Buffy told him. Anyhow I thought you two patched things up."
"Yeah we did but I don't know how he would feel about me staying there, with you. And Buffy will be there, I don't want conflict. She still doesn't know about us. I known where we can go, the mansion. I had it done up when I left just incase things didn't work out in LA or my soul
was made permanent. It's empty and people still help with the up-keep."
"It better not still stink of damp and must. I still don't know how you could have lived in that. It's so dark and drery. You better of
lightened it up a bit." Cordelia said wrinkling her nose.
"No I had it painted cream and gold, kinda Greek style, you'll love it."
The car pulled up in front of the imposing building. The nights darkness
made it look as if it belonged in the fairground as the Haunted House.
The inside couldn't be more opposite. The wall was painted cream as
Angel had said and there were huge mirrors everywhere reflecting the
light that came from the chandeliers fixed to the ceilings.
"Wow, this is amazing. You weren't kidding were you. No wonder you pay me such lousy wages. This must have cost a fortune. Where are me and Abbie sleeping?"
"I'll show you, how about the Master bedroom? It's big and has
it's own bathroom, plus the biggest mirror in the house so you can see
your whole outfit at once." Angel said leading Cordelia down the long
hallway, getting a punch on the arm in the process. "I'll be just next
door so yell if you need something."
Later:
Cordelia lay on the bed stroking Abbies brown locks, while she slept in
the Moses' basket. She never heard the connecting door open but she
could feel his presence in the room before he uttered a word. Angel lay,
half dressed, on the bed next to Cordelia, watching her playing with
Abbies hair. She turned away from Abbie and looked at Angel and
whispered 'Stay tonight?' before turning back to watch Abbie sleep.
Angel drew her in close, their two bodies merging into one, and drunk in
her scent. That was how they woke in the morning, in the masked dawn
sunshine. Cordelia lazy got up and got dressed for her day at the
hospital and prepared to tell her parents about Abbie. Not something
she was looking forward to. Angel had agreed to look after Abbie while
she was away on the condition he didn't have to meet any of the Scooby
gang before they left that night. She grabbed her late lunch and left.
"Hey daddy, mum. How you doing? Listen before we go any futher I've got something to tell you. I didn't tell you 'cos I thought it would be better face to face, then I just kept putting it off, and putting it off, so you can't be to mad at me. 5 months ago I gave birth to a baby girl
called Abbie." She watched as her parents ad the same reaction of Buffy, Riley and Spike. "Your Grandparents!"
"What? Please tell me your kidding. I see no wedding band and we haven't heard of any long-term boyfriends. Oh honey how could you?"
Her mother said almost in tears. "Please tell me you are at least still
with the father."
Cordelia looked at her parents disappointed parents faces. "Oh yeah I'm
still with Abbies dad. He's called...He's called Angel. You'll love him. He
owns his own business and he takes really good care of me." She watched
her parents faces relax and her father smiled. Opps!
"Well honey we're just gonna have to meet him. He sounds like a fine young man to me."
"Oh you can't, we have to go back to LA tonight. Angel has a case to work on and Abbies a bit anxious but I'll bring her round just before I go so you can meet her, if the nurse lets me. Well I gotta go OK,
Angels looking after Abbie and I want to get back before it gets to dark."
Cordelia sighed in relief as she saw the hospital shrink in her rear-view
mirror. How was she going to explain this one to Angel? In no time she
pulled up the drive as the last of the suns rays disappeared for the
night. She opened the door to find Angel lying on the couch with a piece
of paper in her hand. He greeted her with a passionate kiss.
"Look at what I drew today." He held up a charcoal picture of
Abbie in the light. "What do you think?"
"Oh Angel it's beautiful. We're gonna run out of room on the wall back home. Where is Abbie." Cordelia asked looking around and in the basket.
"Oh Willow came round and took her for a walk. So much for not wanting to meet the gang while we're here. But that was over an hour
ago."
There was a pounding at the door followed by a girls voice shouting for
help.
"That sounds like Willow, quick Angel go get the door."
Angel opened the door to find a battered and bleeding Willow, out of
breath and confused. Angel shock her asking where Abbie was, his face
whitening by the second.
"The demon took her pram, I tried to fight him off but he was
too strong for me. He took her to a crypt in the top cemetery. We've
been tracking him for days. He's trying to raise a demon who can steal
souls, he needs an innocent soul, a baby, to do it. Angel you only have a
few hours left before the ritual is complete. Hurry.
Angel quickly hugged Cordelia, "I'll find our baby, don't worry. I love
you. Willow take Cordy to Giles's house and get Buffy." He grabbed his
duster and fled through the open door.
"Giles open up it's me." Giles appeared in the glass doorway. "Giles get Buffy quick and tell her to meet Angel at the First Cemetery, a
demon kidnapped Abbie." Willow said all in one breath.
"Oh god, Willow are you alright?" Buffy appeared, "Page me if you get anything new. I'll get Riley. Don't worry Cordelia will find her."
Giles guided Cordelia to the couch and pushed her down by her
shoulders, shocked at how cold she was. He made her a cup of tea to try
and warm her up. She just sat there muttering Abbie's name over and
over again. Horrible thoughts swirled around her mind. Having been given the greatest give a person could receive the Powers were going to take it away from her. She sat in her thoughts till a vision invade them. She saw Angel fighting at a crypt that had a fish sign above the door. Abbies pram was sitting in the corner and she was crying. Her baby was crying. Cordelia sprung up and ran out the door to the cemetery.
She found Buffy and Riley checking the left hand crypts while Angel
search the right hand ones. She ran up to Angel and told him where the
demon was. Buffy and Riley followed suit. They found the demon
standing in front of a roughly drawn circle while Abbie cried in the
corner. Angel took control.
"Riley get Abbie and Cordelia out of here. Buffy help me here."
Angel launched the attack, curving his broadsword across the demons
stomach while Buffy high-kicked it's head sending it across the room.
Angel aimed the sword at the demons heart then allowed Buffy the
fly-kick it in back, making the sword pierce the demons heart. He walked
out of the crypt to find Cordelia. She was standing with her back to him,
cradling Abbie to her chest. He walked over and slid is arms around
them both and pulled her around to face him.
"I thought that I had lost her. Oh Angel, what would have
happened if I had lost her? I could live with myself. I could have lost you too. Never let me go."
"I'll never let you go, I promise. Is she alright?" He looked down
at the sleeping baby.
"You said she was our baby. You said you were Abbies' father. Are you serious?"
" I also said I love you. I have for months. I need you and Abbie
more than you need us. I hope you realise that. I'll never leave you I
promise."
Cordelia felt his grip loosen and turned around to find him on his knees.
Angel felt the pain sear though his, his heart felt like exploding. He felt
the ache of his veins as they craved blood. His acute eyesight vanished
in a blink, his intense hearing left just as fast. For the first time Angel
could taste the air. The strength drained from his body and he felt his
belly growl. The demon inside was gone, the nagging hatred was gone. He
opened his eyes to find Cordelia crouched in front of him, with fear in
her eyes.
"It's alright Cordy, I'm hungry. I feel like Cookie Dough Ice
Cream." He chuckled at her confused face. "Here feel." He lifted her
hand up to his chest and watched her face change from confusion to awe
to delight. She could feel a very solid heart beat.
"I guess Shansu can true. For once I'll thank TPB. It must have
been when you saved Abbie. You did something unselfish, it wasn't for
your redemption or because you were told to, you did it out of love."
They both stood up, Angel holding Abbie in his arms and Cordelia with
her arms around her living lovers waist as they smiled and watched the
first sunrise of a new life.
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OK, I'm thinking of writing one more piece in this series, or more I don't
know. Well tell me if you would like another piece please.
mind the picture. There is more to come if you like this one. More Fluff,
slight angst. You need to read the other parts to get a drift on this
one!!!
Disclaimer: Nothing belongs to except Abbie Chase and the plot line so
don't sue. All other Characters belong to Joss and David, and all those
rich folks at WB, Fox and Mutant (Grr, Arr) Enemy!
I would like to dedicate this to Daniel (extraconfused@hotmail.com) for
his great review that inspired me to write this part, this way, but sorry
there's hardly any Giles in this one.
Previously on 'And Baby Makes Four' Cordelia has had a baby girl called
Abbie and Wesley and Angel vow to stand by her. No Angel is not the
father!!!! But then the Scooby Gang show up and don't take it very well
especially. Buffy but then Angel tells Buffy to leave in the nicest
possible way! After saving the world again!
*********************************************************************************
It had been a month since he had told Buffy to leave and not come back.
He had stopped brooding long before that, he had to. There was so
much to live for, in a sense. There was his Shansu, a heartbeat, Abbie
and Cordelia plus he still had to protect Wesley. Abbie was now 5
months old and getting into all sorts of trouble. Angel and Cordelia were
kept busy most of the time trying to find where she had crawled off to.
The apartment was full of pictures and drawings of Cordelia and Abbie
together that Angel had took. He treasured each one close to his heart.
This was his future. Hopefully soon his picture would soon be up there
with Cordelia and Abbie, as a family. He couldn't deny the feelings that
he had, had recently, in fact ever since Buffy and Riley had left. Buffy
leaving he gave him permission to move on and let go of what happened in Sunnydale. He heard Cordelia trying to tip-toe up behind him but he
turned around and scooped her onto the table.
"Oh, I think some one has been working out more, not that you
need to." Cordelia smiled as she felt his abs under his woollen jumper.
"No I haven't. It's hard work being a full-time da...uncle. You
should know that. Is she sleeping?" Angel walked away so she wouldn't
see the love in his eyes.
"Yeah she went down about 20 minutes ago. I'm glad she's
actually sleeping now. Hey, what's wrong" Cordelia noticed Angel sudden
quietness. She walked over to him, hearing her music playing softly in
the background.
"Nothing I was just thinking about some things, not brooding, just thinking. I just can't stand the waiting, it's enough to drive someone
insane. From what the scroll says it maybe lifetimes before I turn
human. I can't wait that long. Everything I want to do, I want to do now. In a few life time it won't matter." A bloody tear tracked down his
cheek as he thought of a life without Cordelia and Abbie filled his head.
"Hey come here." Cordelia drew him into a tight hug. They began swaying to the music playing in the background. "Hey, I think we're
dancing. That has got to be a first."
Cordelia and Angel danced around the room till Cordelia collapsed in his
arms, fitting from a vision. As she came out of it he could see the tears
pouring from her eyes.
"Cordelia, Cordelia. Cordelia look at me, " He shouted, shaking her. "Cordelia what do you see? Cordelia you have to speak to me."
"This one wasn't for you, it was for me. I saw my mother lying in a hospital bed with lots of wires and my dad...my dad was standing there, holding her hand. He was crying, he never cries."
Angel pulled her close as they sank to the floor, he whispered
reassurances in her ear. The silence was broken by the high shrill of the
phone ringing. Angel answered it before handing it to Cordelia.
"Hello, baby is that you?" Cordelia drew in a sharp breath at the
sound of the voice. "Honey, it's daddy. Mum has been in an accident,
she's in hospital in Sunnydale. She's fine but she wants to see you, and
so do i. Can you come through from LA tomorrow?"
"Yeah daddy of course I can. I have some news for you but I think it can wait till I get to Sunnydale. See you tomorrow."
"Angel, how do you fancy a trip for a few days. To...Sunnydale.
Please!" Cordelia pleaded
"Oh Cordelia I don't know, I hate that place you know that." He
looked into Cordelias eyes. "But if you want me to go then I'll go."
Cordelia grabbed Angel by the arms and whirled him around the room.
They crashed on the couch laughing. "You do realise that Buffy is still
there."
"Yes Cordelia I do realise she's there." Angel said in his best
it-doesn't-worry-me voice. "It doesn't bother me, I have moved on. " He
answered looking deep into Cordelias eyes.
She put her hand on his chest but weakly let it drop. He pulled her in till
he could feel her increasing heartbeat against his chest. Angel heard
Cordelia whimper slightly before their lips met. He shuddered as the
warmness of her lips echoed on his cold lifeless ones. He felt the
ecstasy as his tongue entered her mouth. Cordelia shivered as she felt
his cold tongue explore her mouth as if it were the first he had kissed.
They kissed for a few seconds but it felt like an eternity, before Angel
remembered Cordelia still had to breathe and they pulled slowly apart.
He sat there staring at Cordelia and feeling her heaving chest against
his. He felt his heart sink when he saw tears in Cordelias eyes.
"What's wrong, what did I do?" Angel asked, afraid of the answer he would get.
"It's what your going to say. You're gonna tell me that, that was a mistake and it wasn't me you were thinking of." The tears trickled from
her eyes.
"Oh Cordy, of course it was you I was thinking of. I told I had
moved on from Buffy. It was you I wanted and was thinking of. I was
afraid you were going to say that you thought it was a mistake." Abbies
crying broke Angels concentration as Cordelia got up and went through
to the nursery. Angel listened as Cordelia sung a lullaby to Abbie and
then the crying stopped. He got up and padded through to Cordelia,
wrapping his arms around her waist and kissing Abbie on the head.
Three Hours Later In Sunnydale:
Angel strode out of the reception of the hotel with a glare on his face.
"The hotel's full booked, there's some sort of convention in town. I
think we're running out of options here."
"We could always go to Giles's. He always put me up before when I ran out in a huff, plus he still doesn't know about Abbie, unless Buffy told him. Anyhow I thought you two patched things up."
"Yeah we did but I don't know how he would feel about me staying there, with you. And Buffy will be there, I don't want conflict. She still doesn't know about us. I known where we can go, the mansion. I had it done up when I left just incase things didn't work out in LA or my soul
was made permanent. It's empty and people still help with the up-keep."
"It better not still stink of damp and must. I still don't know how you could have lived in that. It's so dark and drery. You better of
lightened it up a bit." Cordelia said wrinkling her nose.
"No I had it painted cream and gold, kinda Greek style, you'll love it."
The car pulled up in front of the imposing building. The nights darkness
made it look as if it belonged in the fairground as the Haunted House.
The inside couldn't be more opposite. The wall was painted cream as
Angel had said and there were huge mirrors everywhere reflecting the
light that came from the chandeliers fixed to the ceilings.
"Wow, this is amazing. You weren't kidding were you. No wonder you pay me such lousy wages. This must have cost a fortune. Where are me and Abbie sleeping?"
"I'll show you, how about the Master bedroom? It's big and has
it's own bathroom, plus the biggest mirror in the house so you can see
your whole outfit at once." Angel said leading Cordelia down the long
hallway, getting a punch on the arm in the process. "I'll be just next
door so yell if you need something."
Later:
Cordelia lay on the bed stroking Abbies brown locks, while she slept in
the Moses' basket. She never heard the connecting door open but she
could feel his presence in the room before he uttered a word. Angel lay,
half dressed, on the bed next to Cordelia, watching her playing with
Abbies hair. She turned away from Abbie and looked at Angel and
whispered 'Stay tonight?' before turning back to watch Abbie sleep.
Angel drew her in close, their two bodies merging into one, and drunk in
her scent. That was how they woke in the morning, in the masked dawn
sunshine. Cordelia lazy got up and got dressed for her day at the
hospital and prepared to tell her parents about Abbie. Not something
she was looking forward to. Angel had agreed to look after Abbie while
she was away on the condition he didn't have to meet any of the Scooby
gang before they left that night. She grabbed her late lunch and left.
"Hey daddy, mum. How you doing? Listen before we go any futher I've got something to tell you. I didn't tell you 'cos I thought it would be better face to face, then I just kept putting it off, and putting it off, so you can't be to mad at me. 5 months ago I gave birth to a baby girl
called Abbie." She watched as her parents ad the same reaction of Buffy, Riley and Spike. "Your Grandparents!"
"What? Please tell me your kidding. I see no wedding band and we haven't heard of any long-term boyfriends. Oh honey how could you?"
Her mother said almost in tears. "Please tell me you are at least still
with the father."
Cordelia looked at her parents disappointed parents faces. "Oh yeah I'm
still with Abbies dad. He's called...He's called Angel. You'll love him. He
owns his own business and he takes really good care of me." She watched
her parents faces relax and her father smiled. Opps!
"Well honey we're just gonna have to meet him. He sounds like a fine young man to me."
"Oh you can't, we have to go back to LA tonight. Angel has a case to work on and Abbies a bit anxious but I'll bring her round just before I go so you can meet her, if the nurse lets me. Well I gotta go OK,
Angels looking after Abbie and I want to get back before it gets to dark."
Cordelia sighed in relief as she saw the hospital shrink in her rear-view
mirror. How was she going to explain this one to Angel? In no time she
pulled up the drive as the last of the suns rays disappeared for the
night. She opened the door to find Angel lying on the couch with a piece
of paper in her hand. He greeted her with a passionate kiss.
"Look at what I drew today." He held up a charcoal picture of
Abbie in the light. "What do you think?"
"Oh Angel it's beautiful. We're gonna run out of room on the wall back home. Where is Abbie." Cordelia asked looking around and in the basket.
"Oh Willow came round and took her for a walk. So much for not wanting to meet the gang while we're here. But that was over an hour
ago."
There was a pounding at the door followed by a girls voice shouting for
help.
"That sounds like Willow, quick Angel go get the door."
Angel opened the door to find a battered and bleeding Willow, out of
breath and confused. Angel shock her asking where Abbie was, his face
whitening by the second.
"The demon took her pram, I tried to fight him off but he was
too strong for me. He took her to a crypt in the top cemetery. We've
been tracking him for days. He's trying to raise a demon who can steal
souls, he needs an innocent soul, a baby, to do it. Angel you only have a
few hours left before the ritual is complete. Hurry.
Angel quickly hugged Cordelia, "I'll find our baby, don't worry. I love
you. Willow take Cordy to Giles's house and get Buffy." He grabbed his
duster and fled through the open door.
"Giles open up it's me." Giles appeared in the glass doorway. "Giles get Buffy quick and tell her to meet Angel at the First Cemetery, a
demon kidnapped Abbie." Willow said all in one breath.
"Oh god, Willow are you alright?" Buffy appeared, "Page me if you get anything new. I'll get Riley. Don't worry Cordelia will find her."
Giles guided Cordelia to the couch and pushed her down by her
shoulders, shocked at how cold she was. He made her a cup of tea to try
and warm her up. She just sat there muttering Abbie's name over and
over again. Horrible thoughts swirled around her mind. Having been given the greatest give a person could receive the Powers were going to take it away from her. She sat in her thoughts till a vision invade them. She saw Angel fighting at a crypt that had a fish sign above the door. Abbies pram was sitting in the corner and she was crying. Her baby was crying. Cordelia sprung up and ran out the door to the cemetery.
She found Buffy and Riley checking the left hand crypts while Angel
search the right hand ones. She ran up to Angel and told him where the
demon was. Buffy and Riley followed suit. They found the demon
standing in front of a roughly drawn circle while Abbie cried in the
corner. Angel took control.
"Riley get Abbie and Cordelia out of here. Buffy help me here."
Angel launched the attack, curving his broadsword across the demons
stomach while Buffy high-kicked it's head sending it across the room.
Angel aimed the sword at the demons heart then allowed Buffy the
fly-kick it in back, making the sword pierce the demons heart. He walked
out of the crypt to find Cordelia. She was standing with her back to him,
cradling Abbie to her chest. He walked over and slid is arms around
them both and pulled her around to face him.
"I thought that I had lost her. Oh Angel, what would have
happened if I had lost her? I could live with myself. I could have lost you too. Never let me go."
"I'll never let you go, I promise. Is she alright?" He looked down
at the sleeping baby.
"You said she was our baby. You said you were Abbies' father. Are you serious?"
" I also said I love you. I have for months. I need you and Abbie
more than you need us. I hope you realise that. I'll never leave you I
promise."
Cordelia felt his grip loosen and turned around to find him on his knees.
Angel felt the pain sear though his, his heart felt like exploding. He felt
the ache of his veins as they craved blood. His acute eyesight vanished
in a blink, his intense hearing left just as fast. For the first time Angel
could taste the air. The strength drained from his body and he felt his
belly growl. The demon inside was gone, the nagging hatred was gone. He
opened his eyes to find Cordelia crouched in front of him, with fear in
her eyes.
"It's alright Cordy, I'm hungry. I feel like Cookie Dough Ice
Cream." He chuckled at her confused face. "Here feel." He lifted her
hand up to his chest and watched her face change from confusion to awe
to delight. She could feel a very solid heart beat.
"I guess Shansu can true. For once I'll thank TPB. It must have
been when you saved Abbie. You did something unselfish, it wasn't for
your redemption or because you were told to, you did it out of love."
They both stood up, Angel holding Abbie in his arms and Cordelia with
her arms around her living lovers waist as they smiled and watched the
first sunrise of a new life.
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OK, I'm thinking of writing one more piece in this series, or more I don't
know. Well tell me if you would like another piece please.