Xander heard the ring almost instantly, and he quickly snatched the phone
from the counter and answered it. "Hello? Oh hi Willow. Yeah. Yeah
everything's fine. Why? Oh no nothings happened. Oh well apart from
Cordelia showing up, but she's sleeping now. Yeah here at Giles. Why? Oh
okay! See you in fifteen. By Will."
Willow placed the phone onto the coffee table.
"Cordelia's fine Angel, she's at Giles' place, with Xander and Spike." She said with a yawn.
"Great, I'll be going then." And before Buffy or Willow could stop him, he was in his car and gone.
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Xander opened the door and took a step back.
"Dead boy." Xander stated calling the vampire by the name he hated.
"Where is she Xander?"
"Where's who?"
"Don't play games with me Xander. Where. Is. Cordelia?" Angel asked his temper beginning to affect his speech.
"What do you want with Queen C?" Xander asked the impatient vampire.
Angel growled, "DON'T YOU CALL HER THAT!"
"Chill dead boy, c'mon its Queen C we're talking about." Xander replied with a cocky grin.
"I TOLD YOU, DON'T CALL HER THAT! ITS NOT WHO SHE IS XANDER AND IF YOU SAY IT ONCE MORE YOU'LL REGRET IT." Angel growled as loudly as he could.
Xander realised he wasn't kidding and nodded, calling Giles he yelled out to the watcher, "Giles, Erm Angels come to pay a little visit."
Cordelia saw the look Spike gave her as she quickly closed the door when she heard Xander answer the door.
"He's come to get you Barbie." Spike said sitting on a chair next to the bed and watching the ex May Queen's face sadden.
"I can't Spike, I really can't see him." She walked towards the bed and collapsed on it facing his chair.
"What happened?" Spike asked slowly.
"I don't know, things just changed and I couldn't handle it. Darla, Connor, The Ballet, Groo so many things happening changing and all I could think about was Angel. Angel, Angel, Angel and all it was doing was tearing me up inside, knowing. Knowing that I could never be to him what Buffy was, knowing he'd never love me back. All I seemed to be doing was crying and I cant take that. I can't take the fact I'm not strong enough to get through it. So I came back here. I thought that maybe I could make amends with the people I needed to and maybe move on."
Spike nodded, "You want me to tell him to go away?"
Cordelia nodded with glassy eyes and he smiled sadly and bent down to brush a piece of hair behind her ear. "It'll be okay Barbie, It'll be okay."
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"Spike?" Angel growled as he saw the blonde vampire exiting the room where he knew Cordelia was.
"Angelus." Spike nodded.
"Its Angel!" Angel stated moving closer to the door, yet Spike blocked his entrance.
"No!" Spike said as he watched the vampire with a soul reach to the door handle, and knocking Angel's hand out of the way he stood directly in front of him.
"Move." Angel growled.
"No! Barbie asked me to tell you to leave so I'm suggesting you do as she wants, before you lose her completely." Spike replied casually but so Angel knew he was serious.
"What on earth is going on here?" A voice called from the door. Angel froze as did Spike.
Buffy stood at the doorway with Willow, Dawn and Tara, watching the vampires argue. Xander and Giles appeared from the kitchen, and Angel gathered they had rang the slayer and her friends.
Angel and Spike backed away from the door and stood in silence.
"I said 'WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?' Is no one going to answer me?" the blonde slayer asked. "What's the big with Cordelia Chase all of a sudden and why on earth are you Angel so desperate to talk to her?"
"Because I love her." Angel said simply realising he couldn't avoid the topic for much longer.
"Took you long enough." Spike growled and promptly sat down on Giles' couch.
"What?" Xander asked confused, "You mean platonic right? RIGHT?"
"Wrong." Spike quipped.
"Shut up Spike." Buffy said and Angel saw the blonde vampire cringe as she gave him an emotionless order.
"NO," a voice said daringly, "you shut up Buffy."
"Cordelia? What is going on here?" That was Xander?
"Yes Cordelia Chase explain." That was Buffy, jeez. Cordelia thought she'd just told her to shut up.
"Cordelia are you okay?" that was Willow as kind as ever.
"Cordelia?" that was Tara's back up to Willow's question.
"Erm niblet why are you wearing slippers?" that question wasn't for her it was from Spike to Dawn but Cordelia heard it and smiled.
"Awkward much?" Cordelia said in answer to all of the questions and from out of no where all she could feel was arms wrap around her and a face bury into her hair. Cordelia stood frozen, it was Angel hugging her and as she looked around the room everyone was staring.
"Angel get off me. Let me go." She commanded and confused he withdrew. Stepping back from him towards the room she had came from she took a deep breath and collapsed onto the floor in agony.
"Cordelia." Angel ran forward and picked her up carefully carrying her to the sofa he settled her down.
"What's the matter with her?" Buffy asked putting her hand on Angels shoulder. Angel shrugged her hand off and frowned.
"Visions." He replied and, "Anyone got any aspirin?"
"No need," Cordelia replied opening her eyes, "The pains gone"
She noticed Angel was still holding her hand and looked up to see Buffy looking confused and hurt. Pulling her hand away she sat up and he immediately sat next to her.
"Now that Miss-I-Have-To-Collapse-In-Pain-So-People-Will-Love-Me is okay maybe we can clear this matter up." Buffy said coldly.
"Slayer, give the girl a break." Spike spoke out and Buffy was surprised.
"What is it with everyone today?" Xander asked, "First Cordelia shows up, then dead boy, then they argue about dead boy seeing Cordelia, then the girls turn up, dead boy declares his love then Cordelia re enters and collapses, and now.now Spike is sticking up for her?"
Cordelia sat on the couch her head spinning, "You declared your love?"
Angel nodded a little sheepishly.
"For Buffy!" She finished. And angel looked at her shocked.
"No Cordy."
It was Buffy's turn to be surprised since when did Angel call Cordelia, Cordy, since when did anyone call Cordelia, Cordy?
"What?" She asked still not able to take anything in.
"FOR GODSAKE BARBIE, HE DECLARED HIS LOVE FOR YOU!" Spike yelled as Giles' put on the kettle.
"Platonic love right? RIGHT?" Xander repeated.
"No Xander," Dawn said maturely, "Romantic Love."
"Soul mate love." Willow said with a smile.
"True Love." Tara added.
"But.but.we," Buffy indicated herself and Angel, " we are soul mates, we had true love."
Angel shook his head, "No Buffy we were first loves, and I will always love you. But I am in love with Cordy and she is my soul mate."
"You are?" Cordelia asked quietly and Angel nodded.
"You are?" Buffy said shocked
"Just as Spike is yours." Cordelia said quietly referring to Buffy's soul mate.
"SPIKE?" Xander asked, "Did you hit you head.Buffy and Spike." he looked at the slayer and the blonde vampire who were sat together and then groaned, "You didn't hit your head, although I'm thinking maybe I did."
Willow placed the phone onto the coffee table.
"Cordelia's fine Angel, she's at Giles' place, with Xander and Spike." She said with a yawn.
"Great, I'll be going then." And before Buffy or Willow could stop him, he was in his car and gone.
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Xander opened the door and took a step back.
"Dead boy." Xander stated calling the vampire by the name he hated.
"Where is she Xander?"
"Where's who?"
"Don't play games with me Xander. Where. Is. Cordelia?" Angel asked his temper beginning to affect his speech.
"What do you want with Queen C?" Xander asked the impatient vampire.
Angel growled, "DON'T YOU CALL HER THAT!"
"Chill dead boy, c'mon its Queen C we're talking about." Xander replied with a cocky grin.
"I TOLD YOU, DON'T CALL HER THAT! ITS NOT WHO SHE IS XANDER AND IF YOU SAY IT ONCE MORE YOU'LL REGRET IT." Angel growled as loudly as he could.
Xander realised he wasn't kidding and nodded, calling Giles he yelled out to the watcher, "Giles, Erm Angels come to pay a little visit."
Cordelia saw the look Spike gave her as she quickly closed the door when she heard Xander answer the door.
"He's come to get you Barbie." Spike said sitting on a chair next to the bed and watching the ex May Queen's face sadden.
"I can't Spike, I really can't see him." She walked towards the bed and collapsed on it facing his chair.
"What happened?" Spike asked slowly.
"I don't know, things just changed and I couldn't handle it. Darla, Connor, The Ballet, Groo so many things happening changing and all I could think about was Angel. Angel, Angel, Angel and all it was doing was tearing me up inside, knowing. Knowing that I could never be to him what Buffy was, knowing he'd never love me back. All I seemed to be doing was crying and I cant take that. I can't take the fact I'm not strong enough to get through it. So I came back here. I thought that maybe I could make amends with the people I needed to and maybe move on."
Spike nodded, "You want me to tell him to go away?"
Cordelia nodded with glassy eyes and he smiled sadly and bent down to brush a piece of hair behind her ear. "It'll be okay Barbie, It'll be okay."
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"Spike?" Angel growled as he saw the blonde vampire exiting the room where he knew Cordelia was.
"Angelus." Spike nodded.
"Its Angel!" Angel stated moving closer to the door, yet Spike blocked his entrance.
"No!" Spike said as he watched the vampire with a soul reach to the door handle, and knocking Angel's hand out of the way he stood directly in front of him.
"Move." Angel growled.
"No! Barbie asked me to tell you to leave so I'm suggesting you do as she wants, before you lose her completely." Spike replied casually but so Angel knew he was serious.
"What on earth is going on here?" A voice called from the door. Angel froze as did Spike.
Buffy stood at the doorway with Willow, Dawn and Tara, watching the vampires argue. Xander and Giles appeared from the kitchen, and Angel gathered they had rang the slayer and her friends.
Angel and Spike backed away from the door and stood in silence.
"I said 'WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?' Is no one going to answer me?" the blonde slayer asked. "What's the big with Cordelia Chase all of a sudden and why on earth are you Angel so desperate to talk to her?"
"Because I love her." Angel said simply realising he couldn't avoid the topic for much longer.
"Took you long enough." Spike growled and promptly sat down on Giles' couch.
"What?" Xander asked confused, "You mean platonic right? RIGHT?"
"Wrong." Spike quipped.
"Shut up Spike." Buffy said and Angel saw the blonde vampire cringe as she gave him an emotionless order.
"NO," a voice said daringly, "you shut up Buffy."
"Cordelia? What is going on here?" That was Xander?
"Yes Cordelia Chase explain." That was Buffy, jeez. Cordelia thought she'd just told her to shut up.
"Cordelia are you okay?" that was Willow as kind as ever.
"Cordelia?" that was Tara's back up to Willow's question.
"Erm niblet why are you wearing slippers?" that question wasn't for her it was from Spike to Dawn but Cordelia heard it and smiled.
"Awkward much?" Cordelia said in answer to all of the questions and from out of no where all she could feel was arms wrap around her and a face bury into her hair. Cordelia stood frozen, it was Angel hugging her and as she looked around the room everyone was staring.
"Angel get off me. Let me go." She commanded and confused he withdrew. Stepping back from him towards the room she had came from she took a deep breath and collapsed onto the floor in agony.
"Cordelia." Angel ran forward and picked her up carefully carrying her to the sofa he settled her down.
"What's the matter with her?" Buffy asked putting her hand on Angels shoulder. Angel shrugged her hand off and frowned.
"Visions." He replied and, "Anyone got any aspirin?"
"No need," Cordelia replied opening her eyes, "The pains gone"
She noticed Angel was still holding her hand and looked up to see Buffy looking confused and hurt. Pulling her hand away she sat up and he immediately sat next to her.
"Now that Miss-I-Have-To-Collapse-In-Pain-So-People-Will-Love-Me is okay maybe we can clear this matter up." Buffy said coldly.
"Slayer, give the girl a break." Spike spoke out and Buffy was surprised.
"What is it with everyone today?" Xander asked, "First Cordelia shows up, then dead boy, then they argue about dead boy seeing Cordelia, then the girls turn up, dead boy declares his love then Cordelia re enters and collapses, and now.now Spike is sticking up for her?"
Cordelia sat on the couch her head spinning, "You declared your love?"
Angel nodded a little sheepishly.
"For Buffy!" She finished. And angel looked at her shocked.
"No Cordy."
It was Buffy's turn to be surprised since when did Angel call Cordelia, Cordy, since when did anyone call Cordelia, Cordy?
"What?" She asked still not able to take anything in.
"FOR GODSAKE BARBIE, HE DECLARED HIS LOVE FOR YOU!" Spike yelled as Giles' put on the kettle.
"Platonic love right? RIGHT?" Xander repeated.
"No Xander," Dawn said maturely, "Romantic Love."
"Soul mate love." Willow said with a smile.
"True Love." Tara added.
"But.but.we," Buffy indicated herself and Angel, " we are soul mates, we had true love."
Angel shook his head, "No Buffy we were first loves, and I will always love you. But I am in love with Cordy and she is my soul mate."
"You are?" Cordelia asked quietly and Angel nodded.
"You are?" Buffy said shocked
"Just as Spike is yours." Cordelia said quietly referring to Buffy's soul mate.
"SPIKE?" Xander asked, "Did you hit you head.Buffy and Spike." he looked at the slayer and the blonde vampire who were sat together and then groaned, "You didn't hit your head, although I'm thinking maybe I did."