Title: Family: Forward to LA
Author: victoriamartynne
Rating: R
Disclaimer: I own nothing!
Spoilers: None, I think!
Summary: Imagine if Connor had never been taken by Wesley, Xander and Anya had never split up and Angel had told Cordelia how he felt. Sequel to Family: Back to Sunnydale. The Scoobies visit the Fang Gang.
Cordelia came back down the stairs wearing a pair of Angel's grey sweats and a cream sweatshirt. She'd pulled her hair back into a pony tail and scrubbed her face clean of makeup. Her natural beauty was astounding.
She went straight back over to where Connor was playing. "Hey little man, don't you know it's past your bedtime?"
He gurgled and laughed in response.
"Yeah, I know, it's past my bedtime too. Let me go make us some hot chocolate, okay, and then I'll take you upstairs with me."
"I'll make it for you." Angel offered and received a winning smile in response.
"Have you been shopping recently?" Buffy asked Cordelia.
"Not recently, why?" She asked warily.
"I was just wondering if you thought about buying yourself some proper pyjamas or a night shirt." Buffy commented innocently.
"I find these more comfortable, what with being pregnant and all."
"But surely you don't really know whether or not another woman has worn them." Buffy said, once again innocently. "You know men today."
Cordelia flushed and looked down, she knew what Buffy was implying and it was true, she could have worn them when she and Angel were seeing each other. "Maybe so, but at least I know I'm the only woman wearing them now. Angel's very selective about who he lets wear his clothes. And at least I know that they've been washed, no offence."
"Oh, so you're his maid as well as the girl he knocked up." Buffy snapped her fingers as if everything had suddenly been revealed.
Cordelia looked at Buffy and saw the venom in her eyes. "I'm going to bed."
She picked Connor up and went upstairs murmuring goodnight to Fred, Gunn and Wes as she went past them.
"That was out of line Buffy." Angel said from the doorway where he'd been listening.
"I know you're finding it hard that me and Cordelia are together but you don't have to be mean to her."
"Oh yeah, because she was never mean to me. Queen C never made a snide remark in her whole life." She said sarcastically.
"Okay, I think I'm going to go see what's going on at that Karaoke Bar." Spike said and stood up. "They had nice blood."
The rest of the Scoobies got up and went with him except for Giles. He sat and watched the slayer.
"That was then, this is now." Wesley added.
"I don't care, you all keep saying that but I don't care! Angel and I are meant to be together. Whether it's the dying or just a feeling but I know it's true." She raised her voice slightly in desperation.
"You've been through a lot Buffy, and wanting to go back to your past is understandable, but Angel has moved on and you had too, before you died." Giles told her gently.
"No, she's right." Angel said. "I want her. I love her."
Buffy turned to him. "I knew you could feel it too. Kiss me."
Angel was kissing her within seconds. His arms wrapped around her and he kissed her like he hadn't done in three years.
The AI gang looked on in shock, as did Giles.
From the top of the stairs, Cordelia looked on in sadness.
Author: victoriamartynne
Rating: R
Disclaimer: I own nothing!
Spoilers: None, I think!
Summary: Imagine if Connor had never been taken by Wesley, Xander and Anya had never split up and Angel had told Cordelia how he felt. Sequel to Family: Back to Sunnydale. The Scoobies visit the Fang Gang.
Cordelia came back down the stairs wearing a pair of Angel's grey sweats and a cream sweatshirt. She'd pulled her hair back into a pony tail and scrubbed her face clean of makeup. Her natural beauty was astounding.
She went straight back over to where Connor was playing. "Hey little man, don't you know it's past your bedtime?"
He gurgled and laughed in response.
"Yeah, I know, it's past my bedtime too. Let me go make us some hot chocolate, okay, and then I'll take you upstairs with me."
"I'll make it for you." Angel offered and received a winning smile in response.
"Have you been shopping recently?" Buffy asked Cordelia.
"Not recently, why?" She asked warily.
"I was just wondering if you thought about buying yourself some proper pyjamas or a night shirt." Buffy commented innocently.
"I find these more comfortable, what with being pregnant and all."
"But surely you don't really know whether or not another woman has worn them." Buffy said, once again innocently. "You know men today."
Cordelia flushed and looked down, she knew what Buffy was implying and it was true, she could have worn them when she and Angel were seeing each other. "Maybe so, but at least I know I'm the only woman wearing them now. Angel's very selective about who he lets wear his clothes. And at least I know that they've been washed, no offence."
"Oh, so you're his maid as well as the girl he knocked up." Buffy snapped her fingers as if everything had suddenly been revealed.
Cordelia looked at Buffy and saw the venom in her eyes. "I'm going to bed."
She picked Connor up and went upstairs murmuring goodnight to Fred, Gunn and Wes as she went past them.
"That was out of line Buffy." Angel said from the doorway where he'd been listening.
"I know you're finding it hard that me and Cordelia are together but you don't have to be mean to her."
"Oh yeah, because she was never mean to me. Queen C never made a snide remark in her whole life." She said sarcastically.
"Okay, I think I'm going to go see what's going on at that Karaoke Bar." Spike said and stood up. "They had nice blood."
The rest of the Scoobies got up and went with him except for Giles. He sat and watched the slayer.
"That was then, this is now." Wesley added.
"I don't care, you all keep saying that but I don't care! Angel and I are meant to be together. Whether it's the dying or just a feeling but I know it's true." She raised her voice slightly in desperation.
"You've been through a lot Buffy, and wanting to go back to your past is understandable, but Angel has moved on and you had too, before you died." Giles told her gently.
"No, she's right." Angel said. "I want her. I love her."
Buffy turned to him. "I knew you could feel it too. Kiss me."
Angel was kissing her within seconds. His arms wrapped around her and he kissed her like he hadn't done in three years.
The AI gang looked on in shock, as did Giles.
From the top of the stairs, Cordelia looked on in sadness.
