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Secrets Chapter 6

Damien cleared his throat nervously and straightened his shirt. He fixed his hello-I'm-a-nice-guy smile on his face and tapped lightly on the door to Cordelia Chase's apartment.

After a couple of minutes, Damien's jaw was beginning to ache. He raised his hand and rapped his knuckles on the wooden door again with a little more force. Presently he heard the sound of approaching feet.

When the door swung open, it wasn't the young woman he had been promised at all, it was a guy. A sweaty guy at that. Damien's face crinkled in distaste. Was he at the right apartment?

"Um.. Is Cordelia here?" He tried, shifting uncomfortably.

"Who are you?" The sweater monkey growled.

Funny, Gunn hadn't mentioned that this supposed, "dream date" was already taken. She was probably married to this guy, and he hit her around and watched football all day with a crate of beer. Yes, he had built her whole history now. They had probably dated all through high school and then as soon as they were married he had started to take her for granted but she was to afraid to leave him and-

"Well? Who are you?" The guy growled. Damien jumped.

"I'm a friend of Gunn's. Charles Gunn. My name is Damien Richards, I'm supposed to be taking Cordelia bowling." Damien said, puffing up his chest. He could take this guy on.

"Oh. Right. Well I'm sorry but she's come down with the flu. Tell Fred and Gunn that Wesley is taking care of her. Have a nice time."

"Oh. Well, I guess I'll see you." Damien said intelligently and started to shuffle away.

"Wait!" A female voice called. "I suddenly much better." The voice said with a dangerous edge that made Damien shudder. He turned, and saw the girl who was undoubtedly Cordelia Chase. Maybe Damien had screwed up on the history of the couple, as the other guy was cowering in the corner.

Damien tried to smile, but it came out as an odd grimace.

"Hey." He greeted his date.

"Hey sugar." Cordelia purred.

"Cordelia!" Sweaty guy croaked.

Cordelia grinned at him.

"Wesley, I owe you."

Then a fist flew at Damien's head and he crumpled onto the floor.

"Jerk." Cordelia muttered.

*

Minutes later, Wesley was tied up in Cordelia's bedroom. His hands tied together and his legs strapped by a belt. He was strapped down to a chair in the middle of the room.

"I owe you big time Wesley." Cordelia said sincerely. "But I guess I take after my father, I don't like paying of my debts." She said and circled around him. In her hand, a long knife gleamed. Wesley gulped. "You've woken up the inner demon in me Wesley. God, I had no idea it could feel this way! When I became part demon, I had no idea it could feel so good! All this time I've had so much power and never knew it, the possibilities for what I can do are endless, and thanks to you I know it and am capable now of doing them. Wesley, I can feel the power pumping through my body, it's amazing!"

"Cordelia, please, I know this is all my fault, but please, don't do this, don't go down this path." Wesley pleaded hoarsely.

"How'd you do it Wesley?"

"Soul snatcher."

"Never heard of it. Never mind, you have forever to tell me all about it." Cordelia said, then giggled. "Actually, change of plan, you have three seconds." She hissed.

Nothing was stopping her from killing him.

The phone started to ring, but this time Cordelia didn't even seem to hear it. Instead she perched on his lap and held the knife out. She pressed it firmly against his cheek and dragged it down. The pain wasn't all bad, a sharp stinging was all. But the emotions inside Wesley were so strong. How could he have turned Cordelia into such a monster?

The blood trickled down his face and Cordelia watched it fall with fascination. Then her head hovered closer and her pink tongue licked its way all the way up the sound of his face.

Wesley wanted to throw up. Then she pulled the knife back so it was parallel to his chest.

"Say goodbye Wesley." She hissed and thrust the knife forward. Wesley closed his eyes and his face set in a grimace, ready to brace the pain.

But nothing happened. Wesley dared to open an eye. Cordelia was still sat on his knee, but her finger was raised to her lips and an evil smirk played at her lips. Wesley tried to calm down the mad beating of his heart and steady his frantic breathing and listen.

".I think we should tell everyone about us. I know it's been fun having it all a secret but I think it's about time we come clean. It's for the best don't you think? No more lies or hiding, and this way you'll never have to go out with one of Gunn's friends again if you don't want to. Well, as soon as you get this message why don't you come over? I miss you. Bye."

The machine beeped to show Angel had hung up.

"Well Wesley. Looks like you get to live a little while longer. I'm going to go and have some fun."

****

Angel sighed and hung up the phone. Cordelia had been gone for only an hour and a half and already he missed her, which was strange because sometimes he didn't see her for a whole day and he didn't feel like this. But that was probably because all those over times he knew she wasn't out on a date with someone she'd never even met.

And with one of Gunn's friends? Was she crazy? He had met some of these friends before. They were all young, dangerous and troublemakers. Oh God, what if she found that appealing. According to Fred's Cosmopolitan, women are attracted to bad boys. Not that he'd READ it or anything..

****

"Come on Charles, they aren't here. We might as well start without them." Fred said, tying up the laces on her disgusting bowling shoes.

"He called me right before he went up to her apartment. It's her, she probably ran back to Angel." Gunn grumbled. Fred rolled her eyes.

"It wasn't a real date anyway. We only did this so they'd come clean about there relationship." Fred said and picked up a heavy bowling ball. She hobbled over to their lane and dropped it onto the lane.

"I can see you're an experienced bowler." Gunn said sarcastically. They watched the bowl ricochet off the bumpers and hit the pins right in the middle, knocking them all down.

"Yay! Strike!"

****

As soon as Cordelia left the apartment with a slam of the door, Dennis floated into the bedroom and picked up the knife and cut Wesley free.

"Thanks." Wesley muttered and tried to stand up. The rope had cut of the circulation in his feet, so when he stood, he fell over again. He stayed down for a while and took deep breaths. Dennis opened the bedroom door, urging him to leave. Wesley tried again, and this time managed to stumble out of the bedroom and over to the apartment door.

As soon as he was out of the building he felt a lot better. The fresh air helped to calm him down, but only for a few seconds. He sat down in exhaustion. Sharing his body with the soul snatcher was getting harder with each day, and already it was starting to get hungry again. Wesley knew he couldn't handle fighting it for all that time again.

Wesley had to warn Angel about Cordelia. There was no telling what she would do now. But the pain and the tiredness were too much. All he wanted to do was sleep.

His eyes closed and his body went limp. He curled up into a ball and lay shivering under a bush.

****

"Cordelia!" Angel exclaimed cheerfully as Cordelia shoved the door open. "I thought you were going out with Fred and Gunn?"

"Change of plan." She replied and walked slowly over to him. Angel didn't ask anymore. It didn't matter to him what happened with Damien, all that mattered was that she was here now with him.

He stood up and kissed her. It surprised him when she tutted and pulled away.

"Cordy, what's the matter with you?" Angel asked her with concern. Cordelia sighed and tossed her hair and then folded her arms.

"It's not what's the matter with me. It's what's the matter with you." Said Cordelia arching an eyebrow.

"What?" He didn't understand what she was talking about. Had he done something wrong?

"You Angel." Cordelia said. "I'm sorry, but this isn't working for me anymore. Sure, at first it was fun, but now it's more of a chore just seeing you. I'm doing us both a favour by ending this." Cordelia said without a trace of regret or emotion. In fact, she could have been telling him about the weather and she wouldn't sound any different.

"Cordelia." He said weakly. What could he say to that? He had no idea where all this had come from. "Why? Was it something I said? Was it me?"

"Yes. It was you. You're so boring Angel."

Now Angel knew he was a lot of things, but he was not boring.

"Cordy, I don't know where this came from, can we just sit down and talk about this? Was it because I said we should tell Fred and Gunn? Because if that's the reason then we just won't tell them! Please Cordelia, I love you so much, please don't so this to me."

"That's sweet Angel, really sweet. But it doesn't change the way I'm feeling." Cordelia said in a bored voice.

"Cordelia-"

"Oh for Gods sake Angel! DO you have any idea how whiny you are?" She snapped. "Cordelia! Cordy! Please! Will you shut up? It's over! The end. In the unlikely event that you ever get a new girlfriend you'll know not to act like such a nice guy. I really hate that."

"Just go Cordelia." He said croakily. He didn't want her to see him crying. Not while she was being like this. How could she be so cruel? He loved her, and he had thought she had loved him.

Cordelia smirked as she watched his tears cascade down his cheeks. That hadn't been as fun as she had fist thought. It might be fun to torture him for a while.. but she knew he could handle that. She could parade around a new boyfriend, yeah that would hurt him. But then again, She couldn't be bothered putting up with another whiny nice guy.

What she really wanted was someone who was like she was. And that's when the idea hit her. A grin appeared on her face and she turned around and exited the hotel.

****

"Um, Wesley? If you're going to try and escape then at least go somewhere I won't find you. Waiting for me on my own front lawn? Oh yeah Wes, good plan. Now I see why you're the brains of the outfit." Cordelia said, shaking her head in disbelief.

"Cordelia, I'm begging you-"

"Cut the crap Wesley. I have a little job you need to do for me."

****

It didn't take long for Cordelia to arrive back at the hotel along with Cordelia.

"What are you doing?" Angel asked her shakily. Something was wrong with her. And now she had Wesley with her. Something had happened to both of them. "What's going on around here?" He growled.

"Shh. Don't worry about it," Cordelia assured him and pressed herself against him. "Everything is going to be ok now." She promised and gently kissed him.

"What's happening?" He whispered to her. She raised her finger to his lips.

"Don't worry sugar." She said and then pulled Wesley towards them. "Do it." She ordered.

"Do it?" Angel repeated. "With Wesley?" He said a sickly expression coming upon his face. "Ew."

"I'm sorry Angel. I really am." Wesley said, his voice shaking dangerously.

Then Wesley leaped on Angel. Angel didn't have time to move, he was paralysed in shock. Wesley's mouth clamped over his and then he felt like retching as he felt that familiar feeling. He had felt this before and he knew what was going to happen now.

****

Wesley woke with a start, gasping for breath. He had no idea where he was or what he was doing there. He ordered himself to calm down and gradually he did.

He recognized the room, he was in the Hyperion. But how did he get there?

He remembered the dream he'd just had and felt sick. He leaned over the bed and threw up. His dream had been so real and frightening. He knew he could never let that happen really.

A lot of times he had told himself he needed to get help, but after the dream he knew he needed help and this time he knew he was going to ask for it. Staying away from Angel wasn't an option anymore. Besides, if he did try and suck Angel's soul, he was sure Angel could overpower him.

Wesley got out of the bed, his feet were wobbly and his head was spinning but the aching in his chest had disappeared and there was no voice was hissing in his voice. Maybe it was gone. Or full up.

When Wesley stumbled into the hall of the Hyperion, he saw Angel sat down reading a book, a thoughtful look on his face. He looked up when Wesley entered.

"Oh Hey Wes, I was wondering when you'd wake up." He said then turned back to his book.

"Angel! I have to tell you something!" he said urgently.

"That you're sharing your body with a soul snatcher?" Angel asked nonchalantly.

"How did you know? And how did I get here?"

"I recognized the symptoms. I went round to tell Cordelia and found you unconscious in the bushes, so I took you straight back here. It's best you stayed away from her. If you snatched her soul then we'd all be in big trouble wouldn't we?" Angel explained with a little chuckle at the last part.

"I had a dream Angel. I thought I took your soul, and Cordelia's." Wesley said and laughed. He suddenly felt like everything was going to be ok again. He was with his friend now, the friend who could help him. "I need your help Angel. Please help me."

"Don't worry Wesley, I'll help you." Angel said and gripped Wesley's shoulder, shaking them a little for dramatic effect. "Just relax. You don't have to let the soul snatcher kill you."

"I don't?"

"No. You can let me."

Wesley felt his world crumble before him. He hadn't been dreaming, this was real. He had done this; he had brought back Angelus and made a new kind of terror.

Cordelia giggled cattily and stepped out of the private office, a delighted grin on her face.

This was it. This was the end. He tilted his head. There was no hope now. Just approaching death. It didn't even hurt that much, Wesley thought, ad the sharp teeth pierced his neck. For a while Angelus sucked up the blood, and then Wesley was thrown carelessly on the floor.

It was all beginning to fade.

The last thing Wesley saw was Angelus kissing Cordelia, the last thing he heard was her evil laughter and the last thing he felt was the soul snatcher dying inside him. It would be his turn next.

Then the world disappeared and Wesley was surrounded by darkness.



***Ok, do you think I should just leave it at that? Because personally I think it's an ok ending, but tell me what YOU think as it could all change! It's a long chapter as well isn't it? DO you prefer it like that or would you rather have it split into two shorter ones? Well review! Tell me what you think.

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