Title: Visitation Rights
Author: victoriamartynne
Rating: R
Disclaimer: I own nothing!
Spoilers: None, I think!
Summary: The Scoobies come to visit in the face of an apocalypse and Buffy learns some home truths about Cordelia and Angel's relationship.
Despite what he'd said to Cordelia, he stayed there all night watching over her.
He didn't even sleep.
Giles and Xander had eventually arrived the night before after stopping to kill a vampire on the way to the hospital.
They were relived that Cordelia was fine.
Angel had glowered, they were only glad for Buffy's sake. She, however, had not paid a visit.
Cordelia woke up about four o clock. She moaned as she tried to move and then stopped, seeming to remember where she was. "Hey." She said, her voice hoarse.
"Hey, are you feeling any better?"
"I feel sore and like I want to get out of this place." She shuffled up the bed slightly but even the slightest of movements made her wince in pain. "What are you doing here anyway?"
He smiled sheepishly. "I didn't want to leave you. You looked kind of lonely. And besides, we're used to sleeping together now."
She smiled, love in her eyes. "Yeah we are. Is someone going to bring Connor today?"
"Maybe at a more reasonable hour. Not everyone is up this early you know."
"I don't know why everyone was fussing so much. I only fell off the balcony."
"You could hear us?" She nodded. "You know damn well that you didn't just fall off the balcony, you were pushed. When I was waiting for the ambulance to get here I was convinced that you were going to die. And I realised that I couldn't let that happen. I couldn't live with you not by my side."
"I wouldn't have died on you. And besides, you've got Connor and Fred and Gunn and Wes. You'd have been fine."
"I wouldn't have had you. And I wouldn't have been fine. You were my best friend before you were my lover. You still are my best friend but you're so much more. You're my soul mate. In all of my two hundred and forty seven years, I never met anyone remotely like you." He told her, by the time he had finished talking she had tears in her eyes.
"I love you so much." She said and held out her arms so he could hug her. He embraced her for what seemed like hours.
He released her and they sat talking until the sun rose. Gunn, Wes and Fred arrived with Connor.
Cordelia smiled. "Let me have him." She held out her arms and Angel nestled him into the crook of her arm.
"Mummy's here." Angel said.
Connor instantly recognised her and began making little noises and laughing happily.
The rest of the AI gang sat around the bed.
Giles arrived a couple of minutes later. "Forgive me for intruding, I was worried about you."
"I'm okay Giles. Thank you for coming." She spoke to Giles but didn't take her eyes off Connor. "Have you seen Buffy?"
"Yes, she came back to the hotel late last night. I can't apologise enough for what she did."
"It was my fault Giles, I hit her first." Cordelia ignored the sour look on Angel's face.
"Yes but still, that does not excuse what she did." Giles took the last empty chair in the room now he felt that he wasn't intruding.
Cordelia just shrugged and carried on cooing to Connor. "When mummy gets out of here she's going to take you to the park, yes she is and she's going to." The words died on her lips and her face twisted in agony. "Take him!"
Angel took him and gave him to Fred. "What's wrong?"
"A pain, in my side." She uttered, sweat breaking out on her forehead.
The nurse and doctor from the night before had picked up a change in heartbeat on the monitors and came rushing in, ushering everyone else out in the process. It took Gunn, Wes and Giles to get Angel out of the room.
"She'll be okay, man. It's Cordy, she survived killer visions. She's gonna be fine." Gunn reassured.
"This isn't mystical though, it's." Angel began to argue but stopped when Cordelia was brought out on the bed. "What's happening? Where are you taking her?"
"To theatre. There seems to be some sort of internal bleeding that we missed last night. We need to go in and stop it right away." The doctor rushed down the corridor after explaining.
They were shepherded into Cordelia's room again by an orderly. "I wouldn't worry if I were you. Doctor Jacobson has never lost a patient. He's very good in surgery."
"There's a first time for everything." Angel said bluntly.
Author: victoriamartynne
Rating: R
Disclaimer: I own nothing!
Spoilers: None, I think!
Summary: The Scoobies come to visit in the face of an apocalypse and Buffy learns some home truths about Cordelia and Angel's relationship.
Despite what he'd said to Cordelia, he stayed there all night watching over her.
He didn't even sleep.
Giles and Xander had eventually arrived the night before after stopping to kill a vampire on the way to the hospital.
They were relived that Cordelia was fine.
Angel had glowered, they were only glad for Buffy's sake. She, however, had not paid a visit.
Cordelia woke up about four o clock. She moaned as she tried to move and then stopped, seeming to remember where she was. "Hey." She said, her voice hoarse.
"Hey, are you feeling any better?"
"I feel sore and like I want to get out of this place." She shuffled up the bed slightly but even the slightest of movements made her wince in pain. "What are you doing here anyway?"
He smiled sheepishly. "I didn't want to leave you. You looked kind of lonely. And besides, we're used to sleeping together now."
She smiled, love in her eyes. "Yeah we are. Is someone going to bring Connor today?"
"Maybe at a more reasonable hour. Not everyone is up this early you know."
"I don't know why everyone was fussing so much. I only fell off the balcony."
"You could hear us?" She nodded. "You know damn well that you didn't just fall off the balcony, you were pushed. When I was waiting for the ambulance to get here I was convinced that you were going to die. And I realised that I couldn't let that happen. I couldn't live with you not by my side."
"I wouldn't have died on you. And besides, you've got Connor and Fred and Gunn and Wes. You'd have been fine."
"I wouldn't have had you. And I wouldn't have been fine. You were my best friend before you were my lover. You still are my best friend but you're so much more. You're my soul mate. In all of my two hundred and forty seven years, I never met anyone remotely like you." He told her, by the time he had finished talking she had tears in her eyes.
"I love you so much." She said and held out her arms so he could hug her. He embraced her for what seemed like hours.
He released her and they sat talking until the sun rose. Gunn, Wes and Fred arrived with Connor.
Cordelia smiled. "Let me have him." She held out her arms and Angel nestled him into the crook of her arm.
"Mummy's here." Angel said.
Connor instantly recognised her and began making little noises and laughing happily.
The rest of the AI gang sat around the bed.
Giles arrived a couple of minutes later. "Forgive me for intruding, I was worried about you."
"I'm okay Giles. Thank you for coming." She spoke to Giles but didn't take her eyes off Connor. "Have you seen Buffy?"
"Yes, she came back to the hotel late last night. I can't apologise enough for what she did."
"It was my fault Giles, I hit her first." Cordelia ignored the sour look on Angel's face.
"Yes but still, that does not excuse what she did." Giles took the last empty chair in the room now he felt that he wasn't intruding.
Cordelia just shrugged and carried on cooing to Connor. "When mummy gets out of here she's going to take you to the park, yes she is and she's going to." The words died on her lips and her face twisted in agony. "Take him!"
Angel took him and gave him to Fred. "What's wrong?"
"A pain, in my side." She uttered, sweat breaking out on her forehead.
The nurse and doctor from the night before had picked up a change in heartbeat on the monitors and came rushing in, ushering everyone else out in the process. It took Gunn, Wes and Giles to get Angel out of the room.
"She'll be okay, man. It's Cordy, she survived killer visions. She's gonna be fine." Gunn reassured.
"This isn't mystical though, it's." Angel began to argue but stopped when Cordelia was brought out on the bed. "What's happening? Where are you taking her?"
"To theatre. There seems to be some sort of internal bleeding that we missed last night. We need to go in and stop it right away." The doctor rushed down the corridor after explaining.
They were shepherded into Cordelia's room again by an orderly. "I wouldn't worry if I were you. Doctor Jacobson has never lost a patient. He's very good in surgery."
"There's a first time for everything." Angel said bluntly.