TITLE: Interlude II
AUTHOR: Leni
DISCLAIMER: They belong to their fans.
DISTRIBUTION: You actually want this???
TIMELINE: Just after 'Realising the Truth'
SUMMARY: Plans are finally brought to an end.
FEEDBACK: Please!!!!!!!!!
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Two girls were singing softly under their breath, they both trying not to awake their respective wards. Their hands worked fast packaging a small object and their eyes moved at random times to vigil the entrance to the room they were in. To be discovered would mean the end of their good intentions, the end of their long-awaited peace. It was to be avoided at all costs.
They went on with their work and fortunately nothing happened. The packets were finished and they left their respective houses to go to the nearest post-office.
Before leaving Willow took a last glance at her friend. Buffy was thankfully still asleep on her bed.
Cordelia sighed in relief. The door of her boss' room was still closed. That meant he still hadn't risen. She left as silently as she had come.
So far everything was okay.
A little smile lightened the face of the two friends. Apparently their plan had worked. Now to go for the last step. They breathed in and parched decisively towards their next goal.
In California two employees of the post-office were surprised at seeing a beautiful woman whistling happily in their respective offices.
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*Hours later*
The night had just settled over California.
At two different points of the state two beings hadn't taken notice of it. For the first time in months it didn't matter that their real lives started at this point. Sundown came and went and they kept on sleeping... whatever fantasy -or lack of- their subconscious was in it was obviously better than the reality that would be facing them if - when - they woke up.
He didn't see the darkness spreading rapidly through the city's sky
She didn't hear the noises that kept surrounding her dorm room.
And, of course, none of them even guessed that their lives had just taken another route...
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Willow glanced furtively into the room before entering. Her friend was still in the same position she had left her. She sighed in relief. She took a small piece of paper from her pocket and put it with another small package on the most visible spot: the fridge.
Maybe Cordelia's plan hadn't been so crazy after all.
Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, Cordelia Chase was opening a door slightly, wincing when it cracked noisily. From her spot she could see the shadowy form that was her boss on the bed. Her hand crept swiftly into the room and stuck a little note on the door and then put the little box just below it.
She closed the door and smiled. Now she was sure that this was going to work.
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She opened her eyes.
It was dark.
He should have woken hours ago, he thought.
She was hungry, she realised, was there something left in the fridge?
He remembered Cordelia going out for blood just some days ago. Something about needing a healthy boss to secure her own well being...
But to eat something would mean to stand up and go for it.
She didn't have the strength for it.
He didn't have enough appetite.
He closed his eyes.
Soon a myriad of scenes rushed in front of her eyes. Sadness, love, anger and fear... all of them in one nice, big packet.
It hadn't been a dream, he realised.
She frowned. She didn't want to remember. She had just passed the last hours trying to forget it.
But he knew that some Cordelia's mothering wasn't going to do the trick. She had really tried to make it easier for him, she really had.
But it hadn't worked.
Willow had put her to bed after her sudden outburst of tears and confessions.
Cordy had threatened to chain him to the bed if he didn't rest some.
Sleep hadn't scared the nightmares away; it had only delayed the real ones.
Her stomach rumbled. She could swear she had heard Willow talking about mint-chip-cookie-dough-fudge ice cream. Was there something better in the world for a depressed Slayer?
He heard strange noises coming form the office. He better investigated them
Nothing like a large pint of her favourite dessert to forget the heartbreak, she decided.
Nothing like kicking some evil demon's ass to forget her face, he mused.
She raised from the bed. There was a fridge to raid.
He walked towards the door. There was a demon to scare off.
And then...
... then their lives took yet another route...
AUTHOR: Leni
DISCLAIMER: They belong to their fans.
DISTRIBUTION: You actually want this???
TIMELINE: Just after 'Realising the Truth'
SUMMARY: Plans are finally brought to an end.
FEEDBACK: Please!!!!!!!!!
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Two girls were singing softly under their breath, they both trying not to awake their respective wards. Their hands worked fast packaging a small object and their eyes moved at random times to vigil the entrance to the room they were in. To be discovered would mean the end of their good intentions, the end of their long-awaited peace. It was to be avoided at all costs.
They went on with their work and fortunately nothing happened. The packets were finished and they left their respective houses to go to the nearest post-office.
Before leaving Willow took a last glance at her friend. Buffy was thankfully still asleep on her bed.
Cordelia sighed in relief. The door of her boss' room was still closed. That meant he still hadn't risen. She left as silently as she had come.
So far everything was okay.
A little smile lightened the face of the two friends. Apparently their plan had worked. Now to go for the last step. They breathed in and parched decisively towards their next goal.
In California two employees of the post-office were surprised at seeing a beautiful woman whistling happily in their respective offices.
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*Hours later*
The night had just settled over California.
At two different points of the state two beings hadn't taken notice of it. For the first time in months it didn't matter that their real lives started at this point. Sundown came and went and they kept on sleeping... whatever fantasy -or lack of- their subconscious was in it was obviously better than the reality that would be facing them if - when - they woke up.
He didn't see the darkness spreading rapidly through the city's sky
She didn't hear the noises that kept surrounding her dorm room.
And, of course, none of them even guessed that their lives had just taken another route...
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Willow glanced furtively into the room before entering. Her friend was still in the same position she had left her. She sighed in relief. She took a small piece of paper from her pocket and put it with another small package on the most visible spot: the fridge.
Maybe Cordelia's plan hadn't been so crazy after all.
Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, Cordelia Chase was opening a door slightly, wincing when it cracked noisily. From her spot she could see the shadowy form that was her boss on the bed. Her hand crept swiftly into the room and stuck a little note on the door and then put the little box just below it.
She closed the door and smiled. Now she was sure that this was going to work.
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She opened her eyes.
It was dark.
He should have woken hours ago, he thought.
She was hungry, she realised, was there something left in the fridge?
He remembered Cordelia going out for blood just some days ago. Something about needing a healthy boss to secure her own well being...
But to eat something would mean to stand up and go for it.
She didn't have the strength for it.
He didn't have enough appetite.
He closed his eyes.
Soon a myriad of scenes rushed in front of her eyes. Sadness, love, anger and fear... all of them in one nice, big packet.
It hadn't been a dream, he realised.
She frowned. She didn't want to remember. She had just passed the last hours trying to forget it.
But he knew that some Cordelia's mothering wasn't going to do the trick. She had really tried to make it easier for him, she really had.
But it hadn't worked.
Willow had put her to bed after her sudden outburst of tears and confessions.
Cordy had threatened to chain him to the bed if he didn't rest some.
Sleep hadn't scared the nightmares away; it had only delayed the real ones.
Her stomach rumbled. She could swear she had heard Willow talking about mint-chip-cookie-dough-fudge ice cream. Was there something better in the world for a depressed Slayer?
He heard strange noises coming form the office. He better investigated them
Nothing like a large pint of her favourite dessert to forget the heartbreak, she decided.
Nothing like kicking some evil demon's ass to forget her face, he mused.
She raised from the bed. There was a fridge to raid.
He walked towards the door. There was a demon to scare off.
And then...
... then their lives took yet another route...