Title: Reminiscing
Author: PrincessKrysta (cordygunn@yahoo.com)
Rating: PG
Pairing: C/G
Spoilers: None really.
Distribution: Take it, just tell me were it goes.
Disclaimers: I don't own any of these characters, trust me.
Summary: Cordy gets injured and looses her memory. (Stupid summary I know)
Authors note: There hasn't been any C/G fic for a while so I decided to give it a try.
Feedback: PLEASE!! PRETTY PLEASE!! DO I HAVE TO BEG!!
Chapter 1
Cordelia stormed out of the Hyperion doors into the night. She ran as far away from the place as she could get before stopping and finally letting the tears she had been holding in for so long come out. She couldn't let anyone ever see her cry, not Gunn, not Angel, not Wesley, not anyone. She made a vow to herself when she was younger to never cry in front of anyone. She was strong, not weak. Nothing and no one could get to her. She also vowed to never let anyone in. If no one got in no one could hurt her. But somehow someone always managed to get in, and it always ended the same way. Pain. Her parents, Xander, Doyle, and even Angel. The only difference between Angel and the others is that after he abandoned her he came back and did everything he could to make it up to her. And she had forgiven him. And now here she was sitting in a dark alley sobbing because once again she let someone in, Gunn. They had been together for a few months now. She didn't really know how it started. They had just grown closer and then she started to realize that she had feelings for him, and she tried to fight those feelings, but they just wouldn't go away. Then when she found out the feelings were mutual her defenses crumbled. At first she was cautious, but somehow he had managed to get past those walls of hers, and she got past his. Sure they bickered a lot, but it was all going really well. They had a few fights, but their relationship made it, but she wasn't sure this time it would.
They had been sitting in the old hotel with Angel and Wes researching (as usual). Just another boring night. They had a disagreement and it just seemed to grow. They had started off arguing about where the demon they were looking for would be and somehow it grew into a full-blown fight about who had a harder life and other stupid things. They were practically screaming at each other. Angel and Wes had tried to intervene, but didn't have much luck. When Cordy said that she had had her share of hard times and that Gunn wasn't the only who had a hard life growing up Gunn just blew her off.
**
"Oh yeah, I'm sure the princess had such a hard time dealing with being popular, pretty, & rich. The worst thing that probably ever happened to you was loosing some pageant, or maybe someone out-bitching you. But somehow I doubt the second one."
"What the hell is that supposed to mean!!??"
"It means that all you ever cared about was yourself!"
"Who the hell are you to say that!? You have no idea what I was like pre-here! And I am not a self centered person!"
"That's what you tell yourself. The only reason you do good things is so you can live with yourself, you could care less what…" Gunn had stopped mid sentence realizing he had gone too far. He knew she was very self-conscious about those things.
Cordelia had just stared at him for a few seconds. Then she turned, grabbed her bag, and simply said, "If that's the way you feel." With that she walked to the door and slammed it shut as she left.
**
Normally if someone had said that to her she would have just came with something ten times worse. What he had said wasn't even that bad. She didn't know why it bothered her so much. //oh god, he's right. I'm nothing but a self-centered bitch.// She sat there in the dark alley sobbing.
The second she slammed the door Gunn yelled, "SHIT!" and threw the book he was holding.
"You had no right to say that, you…" Angel growled.
"You think I don't know that. God. What was I thinking!"
"What were you thinking indeed." Wesley snapped.
After crying for what seemed like hours Cordelia finally collected herself and stood up. As she was wiping away the tears on her face she hear a yelp coming from the other side of the alley. She cautiously got up and started to approach the area were she had heard the faint cry.
When she got there she realized it was a young girl sitting next to a dumpster crying.
"Are you okay?" She whispered.
"Nnno..Iiii..there was someone"
"Who? What happened? Are you hurt?"
"Nnno…yes…I dunno…did you hear that?"
"Hear what?" the seer replied while slowly scanning the area around her.
"Over there." She pointed to a dark spot in the alley, "I heard a noise. Oh god, I think it's them."
"Who?"
"These guys. They looked funny. They attacked me. There was something wrong with their faces." She girl continued to stutter.
//vampires// Cordelia got a stake out of her bag and slowly approached the area. When she was satisfied that there was nothing there she said while turning to go back to the girl, "There's nothing h..where are you?"
"Right behind you."
Before she could respond she was thrown across the alley. As Cordelia got up the girl she had attempted to help turned into a hideous demon.
"Eww…I'd say the human look is much better for you…and you're going to try and kill me aren't you?" the seer stated nervously while backing away.
"Yep."