Sorry, this chapter isn't as good as the others, but my initial plan didn't
work the way I wanted it to. Please R & R anyway.
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Fred realizes her feelings for Wesley. They seem to be around each other a lot more now. Lorne notices this. He knows that Gunn will be furious if he finds out. He's seen his bad side before.
It's a dark, sunless day, again. Fred heads down to the lobby for another day of work. Lorne is there with Cordelia on the computer. She peeks in the office and sees Wesley. Calmly she enters the office. He looks up at her.
"Hey" Fred greeted.
"Hello" he replied.
"Whatcha doing?" she asked walking to the desk as he stood up.
"Just a little research, trying to find out about the beast" Wesley said rounding the desk. She walked closer to him.
"That's good, because we need to . . ." she began.
"Research" he finished, now centimeters from her.
"Yeah" she said as he leaned down and kissed her. He pulled her close. Then suddenly Lorne walked in.
"Hi, I . . . oh sorry" he said closing the door and leaving. They spun around. He was gone, but they were blushing form embarrassment. Fred left to go talk to Lorne.
"Lorne" she called. He turned to her. "I need to talk to you," she said, as they descended into the garden. "What you say . . . we were just . . . we . . ." she began.
"I know, but you have to stop" he aid.
"Please don't tell Charles," she begged.
"I won't as long as you break it off or tell Gunn the truth," he said.
"I can't tell him what's going on," she said.
"Then you have to break it off. Gunn still loves you," he said. "And if he does find out, he'll kill Wesley" Lorne finished as he walked away. She gasped and headed back to the office. She knew she couldn't do it right now, but she'd have to eventually. She paced her room thinking a way to let him down. But the problem was she didn't want to let him go. She loved Wesley, she always did and she can't let him go now. As the days went by, she still didn't say anything. She and Wesley would sneak around in the hotel when no one was there or paying attention. Gunn would try to steal kisses here and there and she would brush him off saying they had to work. Gunn was getting suspicious by now. He tried approaching Fred.
"Hey" Gunn said as he and Fred were just standing around.
"Hey" she greeted uncomfortably.
"I've been meaning to talk to you," he said.
"Okay" she said turning to face him.
"Are we okay?" he asked.
"What do you mean?" she asked nervously.
"Well, you've been avoiding me a lot lately and you've been around Wes a lot more" he commented.
"Well, we have a lot of work to do and I don't have time to . . ." she began.
"What you don't have time to have a boyfriend," he said.
"No, that's not it. It's complicated," she said.
"How so?" he asked.
"I can't explain," she said. "Look we have a lot of work to do now," she said changing the subject.
"You're in love with him aren't you?" he asked.
"What?" she said. "No, we're just . . ." she began.
"I saw you with him" he yelled.
"It was an accident. He has an infatuation with me" she said.
"This infatuation will stop" he said as he stormed out of the hotel.
Fred sighed as she watched Gunn leave. She knew now, that Gunn really would kill Wesley and she didn't want to see Wesley get hurt, not physically anyway. Fred stayed away from Wesley the rest of the day and when night neared, she headed to her room to retire for bed. As she was about to get into bed, she heard a knock at her door. Sighing she stood up and opened to the door. Wesley stood on the other side looking worried and confused.
"Hi" he greeted. "I just wanted to make sure you were okay" he walking in and leaning down to give her a kiss. She pulled away. "What's the matter?" Wesley asked confused.
"We can't do this anymore" she said.
"What?" he asked, walking to her.
"We have to end it," she told him. "Everyone knows, Charles knows" she said.
"But, we can tell him how we feel and come out about it" Wesley said, grabbing her hand.
"No, we must stop, we can't do this anymore" she said pulling away from his grip.
"I don't understand" he said sadly. "I know you still love me in your heart" he said as tears came to Fred's eyes. She was going to respond but didn't know how.
"Oh Wesley . . . I do love you, but we can't be together. Fate won't allow it" she said.
"Yes we can" he said caressing her face. He leaned down as he kissed her. Then suddenly, there was a loud banging at the door. They stopped and backed away. Fred gathered herself and went to open the door, and Gunn burst in.
"I need to . . what is he doing here?" he asked approaching Wesley.
"I am here to talk to Fred" Wesley replied.
"Well so am I so get lost" he ordered. They began fighting again.
"oh no, my dream" she said as she remembered these events form her dream. "it was a vision" she said. "Stop " Fred whispered to herself as she closed her eyes. "stop" she said out loud. "STOP!" she yelled. They both stopped.
"What?" Gunn asked.
"I can't do this anymore" she said, tears streaming down her face.
"What? You're my girl" he said.
"Stop saying that" she replied. "I am not something to own. I am a persona dn I haven't felt more like a person as I do now. In Pylea I wasn't a person I was a thing, a property. Charles I was a slave. And now I feel like your slave because for so long that's all I've been to people. Well I haven't felt more like a person than I do when I . . . when I'm with Wesley. He makes me feel like a human being not a deed. Why can't you understand that" she said.
"but you never said anything" he replied.
"I tried, but I couldn't so I went to Wesley" she said.
"Well. Then you'll have to choose. It's me or him" Gunn said.
"Oh Charles, I'm sorry. I . . I love Wesley" she said.
"But . . .This is all your fault" he said turning to Wesley.
"My fault?" he questioned.
"No Charles it's not. I think I've always known that I love Wesley, I just was never able to express it" she said.
"Fine, if this is the way you want it to be" Gunn said gritting his teeth as he began to leave. Fred reached up and put her hand on his shoulder. He turned and slapped her to the ground.
"You made me believe you loved me" he said as he walked out. Fred figured she may have deserved that. Wesley went to her and helped her up. She knew she belonged with Wesley it felt right. They had too much in common to not be together. She and Gunn didn't fit, it didn't make sense. She decided not to think about that though and focus on the future.
The end.
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Fred realizes her feelings for Wesley. They seem to be around each other a lot more now. Lorne notices this. He knows that Gunn will be furious if he finds out. He's seen his bad side before.
It's a dark, sunless day, again. Fred heads down to the lobby for another day of work. Lorne is there with Cordelia on the computer. She peeks in the office and sees Wesley. Calmly she enters the office. He looks up at her.
"Hey" Fred greeted.
"Hello" he replied.
"Whatcha doing?" she asked walking to the desk as he stood up.
"Just a little research, trying to find out about the beast" Wesley said rounding the desk. She walked closer to him.
"That's good, because we need to . . ." she began.
"Research" he finished, now centimeters from her.
"Yeah" she said as he leaned down and kissed her. He pulled her close. Then suddenly Lorne walked in.
"Hi, I . . . oh sorry" he said closing the door and leaving. They spun around. He was gone, but they were blushing form embarrassment. Fred left to go talk to Lorne.
"Lorne" she called. He turned to her. "I need to talk to you," she said, as they descended into the garden. "What you say . . . we were just . . . we . . ." she began.
"I know, but you have to stop" he aid.
"Please don't tell Charles," she begged.
"I won't as long as you break it off or tell Gunn the truth," he said.
"I can't tell him what's going on," she said.
"Then you have to break it off. Gunn still loves you," he said. "And if he does find out, he'll kill Wesley" Lorne finished as he walked away. She gasped and headed back to the office. She knew she couldn't do it right now, but she'd have to eventually. She paced her room thinking a way to let him down. But the problem was she didn't want to let him go. She loved Wesley, she always did and she can't let him go now. As the days went by, she still didn't say anything. She and Wesley would sneak around in the hotel when no one was there or paying attention. Gunn would try to steal kisses here and there and she would brush him off saying they had to work. Gunn was getting suspicious by now. He tried approaching Fred.
"Hey" Gunn said as he and Fred were just standing around.
"Hey" she greeted uncomfortably.
"I've been meaning to talk to you," he said.
"Okay" she said turning to face him.
"Are we okay?" he asked.
"What do you mean?" she asked nervously.
"Well, you've been avoiding me a lot lately and you've been around Wes a lot more" he commented.
"Well, we have a lot of work to do and I don't have time to . . ." she began.
"What you don't have time to have a boyfriend," he said.
"No, that's not it. It's complicated," she said.
"How so?" he asked.
"I can't explain," she said. "Look we have a lot of work to do now," she said changing the subject.
"You're in love with him aren't you?" he asked.
"What?" she said. "No, we're just . . ." she began.
"I saw you with him" he yelled.
"It was an accident. He has an infatuation with me" she said.
"This infatuation will stop" he said as he stormed out of the hotel.
Fred sighed as she watched Gunn leave. She knew now, that Gunn really would kill Wesley and she didn't want to see Wesley get hurt, not physically anyway. Fred stayed away from Wesley the rest of the day and when night neared, she headed to her room to retire for bed. As she was about to get into bed, she heard a knock at her door. Sighing she stood up and opened to the door. Wesley stood on the other side looking worried and confused.
"Hi" he greeted. "I just wanted to make sure you were okay" he walking in and leaning down to give her a kiss. She pulled away. "What's the matter?" Wesley asked confused.
"We can't do this anymore" she said.
"What?" he asked, walking to her.
"We have to end it," she told him. "Everyone knows, Charles knows" she said.
"But, we can tell him how we feel and come out about it" Wesley said, grabbing her hand.
"No, we must stop, we can't do this anymore" she said pulling away from his grip.
"I don't understand" he said sadly. "I know you still love me in your heart" he said as tears came to Fred's eyes. She was going to respond but didn't know how.
"Oh Wesley . . . I do love you, but we can't be together. Fate won't allow it" she said.
"Yes we can" he said caressing her face. He leaned down as he kissed her. Then suddenly, there was a loud banging at the door. They stopped and backed away. Fred gathered herself and went to open the door, and Gunn burst in.
"I need to . . what is he doing here?" he asked approaching Wesley.
"I am here to talk to Fred" Wesley replied.
"Well so am I so get lost" he ordered. They began fighting again.
"oh no, my dream" she said as she remembered these events form her dream. "it was a vision" she said. "Stop " Fred whispered to herself as she closed her eyes. "stop" she said out loud. "STOP!" she yelled. They both stopped.
"What?" Gunn asked.
"I can't do this anymore" she said, tears streaming down her face.
"What? You're my girl" he said.
"Stop saying that" she replied. "I am not something to own. I am a persona dn I haven't felt more like a person as I do now. In Pylea I wasn't a person I was a thing, a property. Charles I was a slave. And now I feel like your slave because for so long that's all I've been to people. Well I haven't felt more like a person than I do when I . . . when I'm with Wesley. He makes me feel like a human being not a deed. Why can't you understand that" she said.
"but you never said anything" he replied.
"I tried, but I couldn't so I went to Wesley" she said.
"Well. Then you'll have to choose. It's me or him" Gunn said.
"Oh Charles, I'm sorry. I . . I love Wesley" she said.
"But . . .This is all your fault" he said turning to Wesley.
"My fault?" he questioned.
"No Charles it's not. I think I've always known that I love Wesley, I just was never able to express it" she said.
"Fine, if this is the way you want it to be" Gunn said gritting his teeth as he began to leave. Fred reached up and put her hand on his shoulder. He turned and slapped her to the ground.
"You made me believe you loved me" he said as he walked out. Fred figured she may have deserved that. Wesley went to her and helped her up. She knew she belonged with Wesley it felt right. They had too much in common to not be together. She and Gunn didn't fit, it didn't make sense. She decided not to think about that though and focus on the future.
The end.