Title: It's Not like I Got to Choose
Chapter: 1/15~The Truth Shall Set You Free
Author: stonecold_48228
Web Address: http://www.buffymail2002.com
Rating: NC-17 Eventually
Pairings: Too many to explain. You'll get it though. Mostly Connor/Serenity (new character)
Authors Note: I had to change the dialogue. I couldn't stand the fact the whole Cordy/Connor thing. That's just nasty. Anyhow, I gave Cordeila a younger sister named Serenity. She's about 17/18 years of age. I also changed that fact that Cordeila came back from the higher plane back at the Casino to help Angel and she also had her memory back. Angel and Cordy have a good relationship, and they extend their stay in Vegas to catch up.
Summary: Buffy, Xander, and Dawn cope with the updated info on Angel, Cordy's Secret about Serenity is revealed, Serenity deals with Angel not being Angelus.
Spoilers: BTVS Season 7 ATS Season 4
Disclaimer: The only Character that belongs to me is Serenity. Nothing more. ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Connor continued to watch from the balcony. He was amazed to see that Cordy was back. He wondered where she had been these past 4 months. Connor watched her hug that young girl that cried in her arms. His unique vision gave him a closer look at the girl. She resembled Cordelia a lot, and she was just as beautiful as Cordy was. She looked about his age, and she was very slim and fit. He wondered if she was a demon hunter like the others. He decided to keep quite and watch the strange group of people talk with Angel and Cordy, just to get more of an understanding of just whom they were.
Cordy, could feel the tension. Serenity looked so different. She straightened her curly blond hair, and her braces were removed, and she wore contacts now instead of glasses. She almost thought she was looking in a mirror of just how much she really did resemble her. Cordy was impressed that her clothing style wasn't just of her nature, but it passed down a generation. Serenity wore tight clothing, showing her fit figure off.
Cordy released her tight hold on Serenity to get a good look at her. She was very pretty. "You've done a lot of changing sis. I can't begin to tell you just how much I really miss you." Cordy said as she kissed Serenity on the forehead.
Serenity walked away from Cordy to stand with Buffy and the others.
Angel walked down the steps to stand by Cordelia. Fred and Gunn stayed by the front door, trying to figure out how they were.
"Buffy, hi. I wasn't expecting you to drop by." Angel said as he looked at his hand to notice that Cordy was holding it tight.
"Yeah, I noticed you haven't checked your messages for a couple of days. I didn't know that you and Cordy were a couple?" Buffy said looking to Serenity and Dawn.
"Hey, don't look at me, I haven't spoken to my sister in months." Serenity spoke.
"What brings you here Serena?" Cordy asked.
Serenity tried to hold back her anger from the question that Cordy asked her. "Why don't you check your messages and find out sis? Or was it just recently that your phone was disconnected. You really hate me that much Cordy? I've done nothing but try to prove myself to you. I've wanted for so long for you to just say, hey sis. You look pretty today, or let's have a sister talk. You want to know why I'm here? It's because I don't have anywhere else to go." Serenity said wiping her tears.
"What are you talking about Serena?" Cordy asked looking to Angel confused.
"Mom and Dad are dead. We were on our way home from my birthday party, which you completely forgot about. As we were approaching the front door, 4 Vamps attacked us. Buffy saved me, but it was too late for Mom and Dad. They're gone." Serenity said looking away.
She looked up to the ledge of the 2nd floor. She saw someone; at least she thought she did. She turned back to Cordy to see her expression.
Cordy seemed to fall in a trance. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. Suddenly, her knees began to weaken, and she fell into Angel's arms screaming and crying. Serenity grabbed her coat and walked out of the back door of the hotel. She needed some air. Angel held Cordy tight as she cried.
Fred and Gunn walked down to help Angel with Cordy. Cordy noticed Serenity walk out of the hotel. She wiped her tears, letting Angel, and Gunn help her up. Fred ran to the front desk to grab a box of tissues. As she turned around, she noticed Cordy leaving after Serenity.
Angel looked back to Buffy who was folding her arms. He could smell the jealousy all over her. Angel looked to Fred and Gunn. "Umm. Buffy, these are my friends, Fred and Gunn. And guys, these are my old friends from Sunnydale, Buffy, Xander, and Dawn." Angel introduced them as he walked out of the hotel to see to Cordy and Serenity.
Serenity stood by the fountain, dropping a penny in the water, wishing for her life to be easier. She wished she didn't have to stay here with them. Cordy was having such peaceful life here. She didn't want to complicate things, nor did she even want to make up with her sister. Cordy stood behind her, watching Serenity's long blond hair glow in the night.
"I know it must have been hard for you Serena. I didn't know. I should have been there for you." Cordy spoke.
Serenity continued to stare at the fountain. She didn't want to face Cordy. "It doesn't matter Cordy. I expected this action out of you, and I assume you want to talk about it." Serenity spoke as she sat down by the fountain, flicking her fingers in the cold water.
"I can explain my absence Serenity." Cordy said walking closer to Serenity.
While remaining on the second floor, Connor walked to the back of the building to listen to Cordy and her sister talk. He had heard everything. He felt bad that she lost her parents just around the same time that Holtz died. He envied her though. She had people to comfort her, while Connor, on the other hand had to morn alone.
He looked out the window, getting a good glance at the two women and he concentrated on hearing their conversation.
As Cordy tried walking closer to Serenity, she got up walking away from her. "I don't need your explanation Cordy, I can see that you had a great time forgetting about me. Forgetting about your family." Serenity said as she turned to face Cordy.
She noticed Angel walking to Cordy with a jacket. "It's cold. Why don't you both come inside an talk?" Angel spoke.
Serenity became furious when she noticed Angel standing next to Cordy.
She was confused as well, but her anger began to take control over her. "You've been shacking up with the man that stalked me for six months?" Serenity asked calmly.
Cordy began to remember the trail of mistakes that Angelus left in Sunnydale. "Serenity, that was a long time ago, and this isn't Angelus. This is Angel." Cordy spoke.
"I don't care what his name is. He's a vampire. Cordy, what is wrong with you? You'd think you learn from other people's mistakes. But I guess not." Serenity spoke.
"Serenity, I want to explain." Angel tried speaking as he walked closer to her. Serenity backed away, pulling a stake out of her coat pocket. " Get away from me you demon." Serenity said charging at Angel with the stake.
Meanwhile, back in the lobby of the hotel stood Fred, Gunn, Buffy, Xander, and Dawn. They were a bit silent for a moment, not knowing how to spark a conversation with each other.
Buffy looked around once more. "Wow, Angel has a nice place here." Buffy spoke hoping that would ease the tension in the office. Fred and Gunn looked at each other. "Thanks. Cordy and I did most of the decorating." Fred spoke looking over to Gunn.
"So you are a couple?" Dawn bluntly asked.
Buffy gave Dawn a "why'd you say that look". "What?" Dawn said in response to Buffy's expression.
The gang suddenly paused when the heard Cordy screaming out back. The gang decided to head back their to find out what was going on.
Connor began go into his fighting stance and save the girl from Angel. He quickly resisted when he saw the others from inside walking out.
Serenity charged at Angel with the stake. Angel caught her arm, twisting her hand, and Serenity dropped the stake from the pain. In return, she gave Angel a hard punch in the nose and he released her arm giving her the opportunity to grab the stake she dropped. As she picked the stake back up, Buffy stood in front of Angel.
"Serenity, wait! Don't do this. It's okay sweetie. Just relax and put the stake down." Buffy calmly spoke.
Tears began to roll down Serenity's eyes. "How could she? How could she? You know what he did to me Buffy, how could she?" Serenity spoke dropping the stake to the ground.
Connor continued to listen. Angel was a bad man. What did he do to that girl? Why was she so defensive around him? He needed to talk to that girl. He needed to know more about the Vampire he was fathered by.
Buffy hugged Serenity tightly, as Serenity cried, releasing all the pain she held from the past 4 months. Fred and Gunn helped Angel back to his feet, while Xander kept Dawn safely behind him.
Everyone walked back inside, Fred ran to answer the phone as she began to hear it ring. As she hung the line up, she looked to Angel. "We have a client." Fred said looking to Gunn. Angel didn't want to leave his company. "Fred, why don't you and Gunn take care of that matter? I need to talk with Buffy. "Angel asked looking directly to Buffy.
"Sure, well get right on it." Gunn said leading Fred out the door.
Angel stood quite, looking to Buffy. Cordy walked over to Angel and hugged him. As Cordy pulled back from the hug, Angel looked directly into her eyes. "I just need to talk to her." Angel whispered to Cordy.
Cordy kissed him on the lips and walked over to Xander and Dawn. How about we find you some rooms to sleep in?" Cordy asked.
"Finally. I'm too tired to complain about how long it took you to ask." Xander joked, walking upstairs behind Cordy.
Cordy stopped at the stairs, looking to Serenity. "Don't go anywhere Serena. I'll be back down to talk with you." Cordy said walking back upstairs.
Connor heard Cordy walking upstairs and he tried to find a quick room to hide in.
Meanwhile, back in the lobby of the hotel, Angel stood silently looking at Buffy. "Do you wanna go for a walk or something?" Angel asked.
"Sure." Buffy answered.
As they left, Serenity realized that she was all-alone in the lobby of the hotel.
She looked around, giving the place a cold look. She wondered, yet hoped that she wouldn't be staying here with Angel. She became startled when she saw a green man walking towards her.
"Ahhh!" Serenity screamed. She punched him in the nose watching him fall to the ground.
"Ouch miss. What did you do that for?" He said looking up to the girl from the ground. "Cordelia?" He asked as he could she the young girls resemblance.
"Oh come on. I don't look that much like her." Serenity said helping the green man to his feet. "You shouldn't sneak up on people like that." Serenity spoke as she walked to the front desk to grab a tissue. "Here. Put this over your nose. I'm sorry if I hurt you. You just never know these days." Serenity spoke as she helped him to a seat.
"Don't worry about it. It happens all the time. By the way, who are you?" Lorne asked.
"My name is Serenity." She answered. "Well I'm Lorne. I'm a friend of Angel's. You know you look a lot like this girl that works here with us named Cordelia?" Lorne asked her.
"Yeah unfortunately, she's my older sister." Serenity said getting up to get more tissues.
"I didn't know that Cordy had a little sister." Lorne spoke. "I figured as much. Cordy doesn't like to mix her family life with her personal life." Serenity spoke giving him some fresh tissue for his nose.
"That understandable, considering what she's been through." Lorne spoke.
Serenity looked to him confused. "What are you talking about?" Serenity asked.
"You didn't know? She's been on a higher plane for the past 4 months. She's like a demon/angel or something weird. Whatever she is, your sister has a great power." Lorne spoke.
"I guess that means that supernatural stuff runs in the family." Serenity answered.
"Are you a demon?" Lorne asked her.
"No. I'm worse. I'm a witch. A natural to be exact. Got it from my mother." Serenity answered.
While she continued to help him with his nose, she began to realize that Cordy did have a good excuse for not being around these past few months, but it still didn't explain why she's with the demon that almost made her a vampire.
"What kind of demon are you?" Serenity asked.
"Trust me, you don't wanna know." Lorne answered.
Cordy came running downstairs from Serenity's scream. "Is everything okay. I thought I heard screaming." Cordy asked.
"You know Cordy, the usual misunderstanding me for a evil demon when I'm just a wimp." Lorne spoke holding his nose.
Walking through the dark streets of LA, Buffy struggled gathering the perfect words to spark a conversation with Angel.
As she began to look at him, he had already answered her question. "Yes." Angel spoke.
"What do you mean yes?" Buffy stopped to ask. "Yes. I'm in love With Cordy." Angel answered.
"Well, I'm glad to see that you are happy, but I really wasn't very concerned about that. I have a life to you know." Buffy replied.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you about me and Cordy. I couldn't bring the right words to say it to you." Angel spoke.
"And that explains why you and Cordy have been ignoring us for 4 months." Buffy said as she started to walk off.
Angel ran up to face her. "I can explain Buffy." Angel said.
"Really?" Buffy asked.
"Actually it's a little embarrassing." Angel said.
"Okay?" Buffy Spoke.
"Cordy spent 4 months on a higher plane because she has these special demonic/angel powers, and I've spent the past 3 months at the bottom of the ocean because my son was upset with me." Angel said.
"Son???" Buffy asked. ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Chapter: 1/15~The Truth Shall Set You Free
Author: stonecold_48228
Web Address: http://www.buffymail2002.com
Rating: NC-17 Eventually
Pairings: Too many to explain. You'll get it though. Mostly Connor/Serenity (new character)
Authors Note: I had to change the dialogue. I couldn't stand the fact the whole Cordy/Connor thing. That's just nasty. Anyhow, I gave Cordeila a younger sister named Serenity. She's about 17/18 years of age. I also changed that fact that Cordeila came back from the higher plane back at the Casino to help Angel and she also had her memory back. Angel and Cordy have a good relationship, and they extend their stay in Vegas to catch up.
Summary: Buffy, Xander, and Dawn cope with the updated info on Angel, Cordy's Secret about Serenity is revealed, Serenity deals with Angel not being Angelus.
Spoilers: BTVS Season 7 ATS Season 4
Disclaimer: The only Character that belongs to me is Serenity. Nothing more. ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Connor continued to watch from the balcony. He was amazed to see that Cordy was back. He wondered where she had been these past 4 months. Connor watched her hug that young girl that cried in her arms. His unique vision gave him a closer look at the girl. She resembled Cordelia a lot, and she was just as beautiful as Cordy was. She looked about his age, and she was very slim and fit. He wondered if she was a demon hunter like the others. He decided to keep quite and watch the strange group of people talk with Angel and Cordy, just to get more of an understanding of just whom they were.
Cordy, could feel the tension. Serenity looked so different. She straightened her curly blond hair, and her braces were removed, and she wore contacts now instead of glasses. She almost thought she was looking in a mirror of just how much she really did resemble her. Cordy was impressed that her clothing style wasn't just of her nature, but it passed down a generation. Serenity wore tight clothing, showing her fit figure off.
Cordy released her tight hold on Serenity to get a good look at her. She was very pretty. "You've done a lot of changing sis. I can't begin to tell you just how much I really miss you." Cordy said as she kissed Serenity on the forehead.
Serenity walked away from Cordy to stand with Buffy and the others.
Angel walked down the steps to stand by Cordelia. Fred and Gunn stayed by the front door, trying to figure out how they were.
"Buffy, hi. I wasn't expecting you to drop by." Angel said as he looked at his hand to notice that Cordy was holding it tight.
"Yeah, I noticed you haven't checked your messages for a couple of days. I didn't know that you and Cordy were a couple?" Buffy said looking to Serenity and Dawn.
"Hey, don't look at me, I haven't spoken to my sister in months." Serenity spoke.
"What brings you here Serena?" Cordy asked.
Serenity tried to hold back her anger from the question that Cordy asked her. "Why don't you check your messages and find out sis? Or was it just recently that your phone was disconnected. You really hate me that much Cordy? I've done nothing but try to prove myself to you. I've wanted for so long for you to just say, hey sis. You look pretty today, or let's have a sister talk. You want to know why I'm here? It's because I don't have anywhere else to go." Serenity said wiping her tears.
"What are you talking about Serena?" Cordy asked looking to Angel confused.
"Mom and Dad are dead. We were on our way home from my birthday party, which you completely forgot about. As we were approaching the front door, 4 Vamps attacked us. Buffy saved me, but it was too late for Mom and Dad. They're gone." Serenity said looking away.
She looked up to the ledge of the 2nd floor. She saw someone; at least she thought she did. She turned back to Cordy to see her expression.
Cordy seemed to fall in a trance. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. Suddenly, her knees began to weaken, and she fell into Angel's arms screaming and crying. Serenity grabbed her coat and walked out of the back door of the hotel. She needed some air. Angel held Cordy tight as she cried.
Fred and Gunn walked down to help Angel with Cordy. Cordy noticed Serenity walk out of the hotel. She wiped her tears, letting Angel, and Gunn help her up. Fred ran to the front desk to grab a box of tissues. As she turned around, she noticed Cordy leaving after Serenity.
Angel looked back to Buffy who was folding her arms. He could smell the jealousy all over her. Angel looked to Fred and Gunn. "Umm. Buffy, these are my friends, Fred and Gunn. And guys, these are my old friends from Sunnydale, Buffy, Xander, and Dawn." Angel introduced them as he walked out of the hotel to see to Cordy and Serenity.
Serenity stood by the fountain, dropping a penny in the water, wishing for her life to be easier. She wished she didn't have to stay here with them. Cordy was having such peaceful life here. She didn't want to complicate things, nor did she even want to make up with her sister. Cordy stood behind her, watching Serenity's long blond hair glow in the night.
"I know it must have been hard for you Serena. I didn't know. I should have been there for you." Cordy spoke.
Serenity continued to stare at the fountain. She didn't want to face Cordy. "It doesn't matter Cordy. I expected this action out of you, and I assume you want to talk about it." Serenity spoke as she sat down by the fountain, flicking her fingers in the cold water.
"I can explain my absence Serenity." Cordy said walking closer to Serenity.
While remaining on the second floor, Connor walked to the back of the building to listen to Cordy and her sister talk. He had heard everything. He felt bad that she lost her parents just around the same time that Holtz died. He envied her though. She had people to comfort her, while Connor, on the other hand had to morn alone.
He looked out the window, getting a good glance at the two women and he concentrated on hearing their conversation.
As Cordy tried walking closer to Serenity, she got up walking away from her. "I don't need your explanation Cordy, I can see that you had a great time forgetting about me. Forgetting about your family." Serenity said as she turned to face Cordy.
She noticed Angel walking to Cordy with a jacket. "It's cold. Why don't you both come inside an talk?" Angel spoke.
Serenity became furious when she noticed Angel standing next to Cordy.
She was confused as well, but her anger began to take control over her. "You've been shacking up with the man that stalked me for six months?" Serenity asked calmly.
Cordy began to remember the trail of mistakes that Angelus left in Sunnydale. "Serenity, that was a long time ago, and this isn't Angelus. This is Angel." Cordy spoke.
"I don't care what his name is. He's a vampire. Cordy, what is wrong with you? You'd think you learn from other people's mistakes. But I guess not." Serenity spoke.
"Serenity, I want to explain." Angel tried speaking as he walked closer to her. Serenity backed away, pulling a stake out of her coat pocket. " Get away from me you demon." Serenity said charging at Angel with the stake.
Meanwhile, back in the lobby of the hotel stood Fred, Gunn, Buffy, Xander, and Dawn. They were a bit silent for a moment, not knowing how to spark a conversation with each other.
Buffy looked around once more. "Wow, Angel has a nice place here." Buffy spoke hoping that would ease the tension in the office. Fred and Gunn looked at each other. "Thanks. Cordy and I did most of the decorating." Fred spoke looking over to Gunn.
"So you are a couple?" Dawn bluntly asked.
Buffy gave Dawn a "why'd you say that look". "What?" Dawn said in response to Buffy's expression.
The gang suddenly paused when the heard Cordy screaming out back. The gang decided to head back their to find out what was going on.
Connor began go into his fighting stance and save the girl from Angel. He quickly resisted when he saw the others from inside walking out.
Serenity charged at Angel with the stake. Angel caught her arm, twisting her hand, and Serenity dropped the stake from the pain. In return, she gave Angel a hard punch in the nose and he released her arm giving her the opportunity to grab the stake she dropped. As she picked the stake back up, Buffy stood in front of Angel.
"Serenity, wait! Don't do this. It's okay sweetie. Just relax and put the stake down." Buffy calmly spoke.
Tears began to roll down Serenity's eyes. "How could she? How could she? You know what he did to me Buffy, how could she?" Serenity spoke dropping the stake to the ground.
Connor continued to listen. Angel was a bad man. What did he do to that girl? Why was she so defensive around him? He needed to talk to that girl. He needed to know more about the Vampire he was fathered by.
Buffy hugged Serenity tightly, as Serenity cried, releasing all the pain she held from the past 4 months. Fred and Gunn helped Angel back to his feet, while Xander kept Dawn safely behind him.
Everyone walked back inside, Fred ran to answer the phone as she began to hear it ring. As she hung the line up, she looked to Angel. "We have a client." Fred said looking to Gunn. Angel didn't want to leave his company. "Fred, why don't you and Gunn take care of that matter? I need to talk with Buffy. "Angel asked looking directly to Buffy.
"Sure, well get right on it." Gunn said leading Fred out the door.
Angel stood quite, looking to Buffy. Cordy walked over to Angel and hugged him. As Cordy pulled back from the hug, Angel looked directly into her eyes. "I just need to talk to her." Angel whispered to Cordy.
Cordy kissed him on the lips and walked over to Xander and Dawn. How about we find you some rooms to sleep in?" Cordy asked.
"Finally. I'm too tired to complain about how long it took you to ask." Xander joked, walking upstairs behind Cordy.
Cordy stopped at the stairs, looking to Serenity. "Don't go anywhere Serena. I'll be back down to talk with you." Cordy said walking back upstairs.
Connor heard Cordy walking upstairs and he tried to find a quick room to hide in.
Meanwhile, back in the lobby of the hotel, Angel stood silently looking at Buffy. "Do you wanna go for a walk or something?" Angel asked.
"Sure." Buffy answered.
As they left, Serenity realized that she was all-alone in the lobby of the hotel.
She looked around, giving the place a cold look. She wondered, yet hoped that she wouldn't be staying here with Angel. She became startled when she saw a green man walking towards her.
"Ahhh!" Serenity screamed. She punched him in the nose watching him fall to the ground.
"Ouch miss. What did you do that for?" He said looking up to the girl from the ground. "Cordelia?" He asked as he could she the young girls resemblance.
"Oh come on. I don't look that much like her." Serenity said helping the green man to his feet. "You shouldn't sneak up on people like that." Serenity spoke as she walked to the front desk to grab a tissue. "Here. Put this over your nose. I'm sorry if I hurt you. You just never know these days." Serenity spoke as she helped him to a seat.
"Don't worry about it. It happens all the time. By the way, who are you?" Lorne asked.
"My name is Serenity." She answered. "Well I'm Lorne. I'm a friend of Angel's. You know you look a lot like this girl that works here with us named Cordelia?" Lorne asked her.
"Yeah unfortunately, she's my older sister." Serenity said getting up to get more tissues.
"I didn't know that Cordy had a little sister." Lorne spoke. "I figured as much. Cordy doesn't like to mix her family life with her personal life." Serenity spoke giving him some fresh tissue for his nose.
"That understandable, considering what she's been through." Lorne spoke.
Serenity looked to him confused. "What are you talking about?" Serenity asked.
"You didn't know? She's been on a higher plane for the past 4 months. She's like a demon/angel or something weird. Whatever she is, your sister has a great power." Lorne spoke.
"I guess that means that supernatural stuff runs in the family." Serenity answered.
"Are you a demon?" Lorne asked her.
"No. I'm worse. I'm a witch. A natural to be exact. Got it from my mother." Serenity answered.
While she continued to help him with his nose, she began to realize that Cordy did have a good excuse for not being around these past few months, but it still didn't explain why she's with the demon that almost made her a vampire.
"What kind of demon are you?" Serenity asked.
"Trust me, you don't wanna know." Lorne answered.
Cordy came running downstairs from Serenity's scream. "Is everything okay. I thought I heard screaming." Cordy asked.
"You know Cordy, the usual misunderstanding me for a evil demon when I'm just a wimp." Lorne spoke holding his nose.
Walking through the dark streets of LA, Buffy struggled gathering the perfect words to spark a conversation with Angel.
As she began to look at him, he had already answered her question. "Yes." Angel spoke.
"What do you mean yes?" Buffy stopped to ask. "Yes. I'm in love With Cordy." Angel answered.
"Well, I'm glad to see that you are happy, but I really wasn't very concerned about that. I have a life to you know." Buffy replied.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you about me and Cordy. I couldn't bring the right words to say it to you." Angel spoke.
"And that explains why you and Cordy have been ignoring us for 4 months." Buffy said as she started to walk off.
Angel ran up to face her. "I can explain Buffy." Angel said.
"Really?" Buffy asked.
"Actually it's a little embarrassing." Angel said.
"Okay?" Buffy Spoke.
"Cordy spent 4 months on a higher plane because she has these special demonic/angel powers, and I've spent the past 3 months at the bottom of the ocean because my son was upset with me." Angel said.
"Son???" Buffy asked. ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????