A/N: As usual, a thank you to my reviewers! I love you guys! Keep on working. lol

Okay, it's a bit shorter, but that doesn't make it a bad chapter, right? Still B/A with C/A undertones and X/C friendship. (Well, if it's gonna be B/A or C/A, that's still to find out huh. Maybe I should set up a poll. Or not, then I might have to revise my ending. lol) Anyway, review plz!

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PART THREE

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A little beam of sunlight emerged form the prison of curtains, gently caressing her face, forcing her to leave her dreams behind.

A moan escapes her lips 'no.'

Too soon to wake up, too soon, too bright.

Slowly her eyes flutter open, quickly closing again, trying to adjust to the light.

Light. a switch went off in her brains. sun!

Like struck by lightening she jumped out of bed, closing the curtains for real now, closing off all sunlight. A reaction, all normal. Consequences of having lived with a vampire for so long.

Cordy sighed as she slowly left her dreams behind.

'No Angel in here anymore.' She said while opening her curtains completely, looking at the sun who was shining brightly. A new day.

Stumbling towards the bathroom, she set eyes upon Xander, still fast asleep on the couch.

'Dork.' She mumbled. It was funny how Xander, and his clumsy ways reminded her of Angel.

'Maybe that's why I fell for him.' She thought last night, thinking her relationship with Angel over.

'Maybe I just saw a heroic version of Xander, and fell for that act again.' She'd told herself in an attempt to make her feel better, but it didn't really work. Truth was she loved Angel, more than anything else in this world, and it killed her.



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By the time Angel and Buffy got downstairs, the kitchen was already pretty crowded. Dawn and Connor talking some more while finishing their bowls of cereal, Gunn and Fred eating toast while making googoo-eyes at each other, Wesley who had just arrived taking a cup of coffee, talking to Giles and Willow.

'Good morning!' Buffy said as she entered the kitchen.

The others smiled, and Angel, coming in right behind Buffy, greeted them too.

'Where's Xander?' he asked, getting some weird looks. It was true he didn't like Xander, but he just wanted to know.If Xander was here, so was Cordy. And that's what he really wanted to know. There were still some things left unsaid, things that needed to be cleared up between them.

'Still at Cordy's.' Gunn said, taking up the pot of coffee, 'Want some?'

'No, thanks.'

'So. what 'cha guys gonna do today?' Fred asked.

'I dunno. We shall see.' Angel said, pulling Buffy onto his lap, pressing a kiss upon her soft hair, inhaling the sweet scent. 'I think making up for lost time is a good plan.' He then said, smiling down upon the woman he loved.



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When she got out of the bathroom after a refreshing shower, she found him in the kitchen, making fresh coffee while Dennis was setting the table for breakfast.

'Hey.' She greeted them in a soft voice.

'Good morning.' Xander said as he saw Cordy emerging from the bathroom, walking into the kitchen. Her voice was raw of the tears, and her eyes were still a bit swollen due to the many sobs last night. Her skin had gotten a bit paler, and dark circles were visible around her eyes, reminders of a sleepless night, and morning sickness, the miserable feeling still etched on her pale features. He hated seeing her like this, not because it made her less beautiful, no. Just because it made him feel miserable too.

'How are you feeling?' he asked as he watched her sit down, gratefully accepting the cup of coffee Dennis handed her.

'I'm okay, Xander, don't worry.' She said with a weak smile before nipping at the dark liquid.

He smiled back and went to sit down across from her.

'Listen.I got to pick up some stuff at the hotel.I won't be long.'

'I'm coming along.' She said, interrupting him.

'Cor.'

'No, I want to come along.besides I've still got stuff down there too.' A sigh escaped her lips and Xander got a hold of her hand, gently squeezing it.

'Are you sure.about coming along I mean?'

'Yes.I'll be fine.'



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