1 Author: Spike 'n Cordy
Summary: When Angel's soul becomes permanent but he neglects to tell the group and they hear it from Spike. How will they react?
Rating: PG13
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Authors notes: HELP! If you have any titles rolling around in your head and think they mught apply to this story, I would apreciate any help you could give me.
Authors notes: Just a quick note. I started this last year so it does not relate to this season at all. Enjoy and please review.
Timeline: Set after Reunion and Crush.
Chapter Two
Cordelia quickly walked towards her apartment building. She clutched the cross she used earlier on Spike, tightly in her hand. The fast approaching footsteps behind her, made her grip tighten even more.
"Cordelia," she calmed down at the familiar British accent, "Wait up, pet, I want to talk to you."
She stopped so Spike could reach her, then resumed her pace. "What do you want now, Spike?" She still had not looked at the blonde vampire.
Spike fell into step with the beautiful girl beside him, "Well, I was just thinking, you don't want to work with the poof and slutty, and neither do I. So."
"So what?" Cordelia stopped and looked at him, "You want me to team up with you? No way. I have better things to do with my time then bicker with you."
Spike caught up to her again after she stormed off, "Come on, pet. Think about it. You're gonna get those vision things until the day you die, but you don't want a warrior? What are you going to do, fight all the big nasties yourself?"
This put a halt to Cordelia's plans of just staking the annoying vampire. "How do you think it would work? I get the visions you kill the scary."
"Yeah, pretty much," Spike shrugged.
"What happens when you get bored, huh? Decide that you've done enough for the good guys and want to go back to wrecking havoc. What happens to me then?" He tries to interrupt but she held her hand up to stop him. "It'll probably be too late for me to hook up with the Scooby gang, not that I'd want to."
"Pet, I wouldn't leave you. Even if I tried you could kick my ass right back where it belonged. Think about it. You would never have to see Angel or Buffy again. I would be your warrior not them. They can find their own mission, you can lead me on mine. I could teach you how to fight and use weapons. We could drive from town to town fighting evil as we go. We would be mobile so if a demon is too bad we'd be gone before it knew what happened to us. We'd make a great team Cordelia," he pointed to her, "Seer," then pointed to himself, "Warrior. We'd be unstoppable." Spike's eyes were so sincere Cordelia wondered if that was how he got his victims to trust him.
"Did you ever use that 'I promise nothing bad will happen to you if you just come with me' look on any of your victims?"
Spike smiled at her and cocked his head to the side and gave her a lopsided smile, "All the time. You have to stick with what works."
"So you're admitting to me that I will be a victim of your game. What are you going to do, get an old friend to kill me so Angel will be hurt? You would do that to get back at him for stealing Buffy away from you, not that you ever had a chance."
"Yeah well, at least I was brave enough to tell her I loved her. You probably don't even know you love Peaches. Your justifying that the reason you won't go back is because of high school."
"Because it is."
"No. I don't think that it is. I think you don't want to be downstairs while you know the vampire you love is shagging some other girl upstairs."
Cordelia glared at Spike, "Fine. You got me. Now what the hell do you expect me to do about it? Should I go in there and beg him to love me back? It wouldn't happen. He's in love with Buffy. He can now be with Buffy for the rest of her life. He doesn't want to be with me. I'm just the girl with the visions. He's willing to let me suffer for his redemption. Even with me gone he's going to find a way to redeem himself. I'm just a faster way of getting there."
"So come with me," Spike held her shoulders so she faced him, "He'll find his own way, like you said, and we'll find ours."
"What's your plan Spike? If I leave I'll have no money, no job to get money, and no place to live. How's it suppose to work?"
They had just reached her apartment door, and Spike looked at her with a blank expression. "I've never planned before. I usually just get an idea and go with it."
She walked over the threshold, turned back and looked at him thoughtfully. "Just go with it," she said almost to herself. She stepped back from the door, "I think I like that."
Spike could see the wheels turning in her head. He was about to mention that he couldn't enter her apartment when he heard a quiet, "Come in."
He stepped through the door and closed it behind him. She turned to face him with a huge smile, "I've never done anything without an itinerary. Until I moved here, that is. And even then I always had a plan. I've never just done something for the hell of it. Will you help me pack?"
Spike smiled back at the brunette, "Whatever you say pet, whatever you say."
Summary: When Angel's soul becomes permanent but he neglects to tell the group and they hear it from Spike. How will they react?
Rating: PG13
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Authors notes: HELP! If you have any titles rolling around in your head and think they mught apply to this story, I would apreciate any help you could give me.
Authors notes: Just a quick note. I started this last year so it does not relate to this season at all. Enjoy and please review.
Timeline: Set after Reunion and Crush.
Chapter Two
Cordelia quickly walked towards her apartment building. She clutched the cross she used earlier on Spike, tightly in her hand. The fast approaching footsteps behind her, made her grip tighten even more.
"Cordelia," she calmed down at the familiar British accent, "Wait up, pet, I want to talk to you."
She stopped so Spike could reach her, then resumed her pace. "What do you want now, Spike?" She still had not looked at the blonde vampire.
Spike fell into step with the beautiful girl beside him, "Well, I was just thinking, you don't want to work with the poof and slutty, and neither do I. So."
"So what?" Cordelia stopped and looked at him, "You want me to team up with you? No way. I have better things to do with my time then bicker with you."
Spike caught up to her again after she stormed off, "Come on, pet. Think about it. You're gonna get those vision things until the day you die, but you don't want a warrior? What are you going to do, fight all the big nasties yourself?"
This put a halt to Cordelia's plans of just staking the annoying vampire. "How do you think it would work? I get the visions you kill the scary."
"Yeah, pretty much," Spike shrugged.
"What happens when you get bored, huh? Decide that you've done enough for the good guys and want to go back to wrecking havoc. What happens to me then?" He tries to interrupt but she held her hand up to stop him. "It'll probably be too late for me to hook up with the Scooby gang, not that I'd want to."
"Pet, I wouldn't leave you. Even if I tried you could kick my ass right back where it belonged. Think about it. You would never have to see Angel or Buffy again. I would be your warrior not them. They can find their own mission, you can lead me on mine. I could teach you how to fight and use weapons. We could drive from town to town fighting evil as we go. We would be mobile so if a demon is too bad we'd be gone before it knew what happened to us. We'd make a great team Cordelia," he pointed to her, "Seer," then pointed to himself, "Warrior. We'd be unstoppable." Spike's eyes were so sincere Cordelia wondered if that was how he got his victims to trust him.
"Did you ever use that 'I promise nothing bad will happen to you if you just come with me' look on any of your victims?"
Spike smiled at her and cocked his head to the side and gave her a lopsided smile, "All the time. You have to stick with what works."
"So you're admitting to me that I will be a victim of your game. What are you going to do, get an old friend to kill me so Angel will be hurt? You would do that to get back at him for stealing Buffy away from you, not that you ever had a chance."
"Yeah well, at least I was brave enough to tell her I loved her. You probably don't even know you love Peaches. Your justifying that the reason you won't go back is because of high school."
"Because it is."
"No. I don't think that it is. I think you don't want to be downstairs while you know the vampire you love is shagging some other girl upstairs."
Cordelia glared at Spike, "Fine. You got me. Now what the hell do you expect me to do about it? Should I go in there and beg him to love me back? It wouldn't happen. He's in love with Buffy. He can now be with Buffy for the rest of her life. He doesn't want to be with me. I'm just the girl with the visions. He's willing to let me suffer for his redemption. Even with me gone he's going to find a way to redeem himself. I'm just a faster way of getting there."
"So come with me," Spike held her shoulders so she faced him, "He'll find his own way, like you said, and we'll find ours."
"What's your plan Spike? If I leave I'll have no money, no job to get money, and no place to live. How's it suppose to work?"
They had just reached her apartment door, and Spike looked at her with a blank expression. "I've never planned before. I usually just get an idea and go with it."
She walked over the threshold, turned back and looked at him thoughtfully. "Just go with it," she said almost to herself. She stepped back from the door, "I think I like that."
Spike could see the wheels turning in her head. He was about to mention that he couldn't enter her apartment when he heard a quiet, "Come in."
He stepped through the door and closed it behind him. She turned to face him with a huge smile, "I've never done anything without an itinerary. Until I moved here, that is. And even then I always had a plan. I've never just done something for the hell of it. Will you help me pack?"
Spike smiled back at the brunette, "Whatever you say pet, whatever you say."
