Title: Family: Wedding in LA
Author: victoriamartynne
Rating: R
Disclaimer: I own nothing!
Spoilers: None, I think!
Summary: Sequel to Family: Back to Sunnydale, Family: Forward to LA, Family: Return to Sunnydale and Family: On to LA. As Cordelia and Angel's wedding approaches, old friends reunite.
Cordelia woke early. She dressed and went to Faith's room. She wasn't there.
"Hey tough girl." Faith said in Cordelia's ear, causing her to jump. "Trying to steal something?"
Cordelia turned around to see Faith's grinning face. "Ha ha, very funny. Are you ready?"
"Bring it on."
They went down into the lobby and collected various weapons and then went down to the basement.
Faith grabbed one of Angel's favourite broadswords. "Ready?"
Cordelia picked up one of her favourite swords and nodded.
Faith lunged at her but Cordelia blocked her swing and sent her backwards.
"Pretty good C." Faith commented and then blocked one of Cordelia's swings.
"You too."
Faith flipped and went in for an attack from behind but Cordelia spun and evaded it, sending Faith to the ground. Cordelia held out her hand and she stood up. Cordelia started off with the first swing, sending the sword in a swing inches above Faith's head. Faith swung her leg up and knocked her sword from her hand.
Cordelia raised an eyebrow. "I take it this would be where I would die?"
Faith laughed. "Why don't we try the sticks?"
Cordelia eyed the long wooden poles Angel had acquired as a new method of training. As of yet he hadn't used them.
"I never used them before." She admitted but picked one up.
"They're easier to manage than swords." Faith told her. "Just go with the flow. Don't worry; I'll go easy on you."
Cordelia pulled a face but braced herself for Faith's attack.
Faith swung the pole, lightly tapping it with Cordelia's, urging her to respond.
Crossing over they switched angles which they bit each other's poles. Faith changed tack and used the pole as a vault and swung herself around Cordelia, causing her to turn and counter attack. Cordelia swung her pole over Faith's head but she dropped into a crouch and met it with equal force, knocking Cordelia onto the floor.
She looked up at Faith and laughed. "This is fun."
Faith held out her hand and they continued.
Xander and Anya came into the hotel after walking Dawn to her dad's and heard sounds of fighting from the basement. They set off at a run down the stairs.
Faith was on top of Cordelia who was trying to push Faith and her wooden pole off her.
Running forwards Xander grabbed Faith's shoulders to pull her off. Faith allowed herself to be moved but quickly unbalanced Xander and sent him to the floor and straddling his body, keeping him there, the pole against his neck.
"Uh, Xander." Anya tried to interject but he waved her off.
"Faith, I know things must be hard for you right now but killing people you used to know is not the answer." He was cut off by sounds of laughing from Cordelia and someone in the corner. He turned and looked.
Cordelia was not half laid down, half sat up and laughing at his position. In the corner Buffy was laughing, and sat next to Spike and Angel, who both had amused looks on their faces. Fred was sat a little back in a comfy chair, resting her cast on the arm.
"Uh, what's going on here?" He asked.
"I tried to tell you." Anya said.
"Training Xander." Faith told him and took the pole away from his neck to stand up.
She gave Cordelia her hand and she stood up.
Xander hastily stood up. "I knew that."
"Maybe we should call it a day." Cordelia suggested and went to sit on Angel's knee. As she did the baby monitor went off. She stood up. "Or maybe not."
She left the basement to go and see who was crying.
"That was pretty good." Buffy told Faith. "Maybe later this week you'd like to train with me."
Faith smiled shyly. "If you think you're up to it."
Buffy laughed. "I think I'll risk it."
Cordelia came back with Wes, Giles and Connor.
"Wes has an idea." Cordelia said glumly.
"What is it?" Spike asked suspiciously.
"He wants to forfeit my wedding dress shopping for a weapons inventory." She replied, rolling her eyes at the ex-watcher.
"I simply suggested it." He replied haughtily. "If you don't want to then it's fine."
"I'd help you if you wish." Giles told him.
"Oh, splendid." Wes said and the two of them began to wander up the stairs and out of the basement without saying anything else.
"I'm going to go find Charles." Fred decided and stood up a little stiffly due to her healing ribs. "I think he said he was going in the office to make a phone call."
Cordelia sat down with Connor on Angel's knee.
Faith was peering at him over Angel's shoulder.
"You can hold him if you want." Cordelia offered.
Faith shook her head. "I'm not good with kids. I'm better with weapons."
They all laughed.
"I want a baby." Anya said dreamily, causing Xander to look alarmed.
Angel remembered seeing Xander's face that panicked before when Anya had made a comment similar. He had to admit, he liked to see the boy panicking.
"I don't know what I want." Cordelia told the saleswoman the next day. "Something plain, I don't want ruffles or bows or fluff." She waved her arms around for emphasis. "I'm not sure I even want white."
"Well, you're hardly the pure virgin." Faith added.
Cordelia turned to glare at her and Buffy dug her in the ribs.
"I'm sure we can find something perfect for you." The saleswoman insisted and pointed to two rails on the wall. "Why don't you have a look at those and I'll see what we've got in the back."
Faith and Buffy weren't helping in picking a dress. The ones they picked were either too bare or too fancy. Cordelia knew what she wanted but she hadn't seen it yet. The saleswoman was still finding dresses in the back and bringing them out for her inspection but none of them so far had been right.
"How about this one?" Faith asked and held out an ivory dress with beads on the bodice.
Cordelia shook her head. "Too old fashioned."
"What about this one?" Buffy held out a white dress with faux diamonds on the skirt.
She shook her head. "Ugly."
Buffy rolled her eyes and sat down on one of the chairs.
"When I see it I'll know it." Cordelia retorted and discarded a couple more dresses the exasperated saleswoman brought out.
She flicked through the rail of dresses and saw it. It was perfect.
Thin spaghetti straps held onto a plain satin band. From this chiffon fell in waves, leading to a small train. Small diamante stones adorned the skirt which was the palest cream she'd ever seen. "This is it."
Both slayers looked up in relief.
"Wow." Buffy murmured.
"You like it?" Cordelia asked, seeking their reassurance.
"Cor, girl, that dress will make God want to marry you, never mind Angel." Faith exclaimed. "It'd look good in black."
Cordelia pulled a face at her and informed the saleswoman she'd found her dress.
"Why don't you try it on?" She suggested eagerly and directed her to the dressing area.
"Wait, I need some shoes and something for my hair first." Cordelia insisted and let the woman take the dress from her.
After quickly picking a pair of satin sandals and a tiara incrusted with faux diamonds she went to get dressed.
When she appeared from behind the curtain she looked like a princess. The dress moulded her body perfectly. It accented her curves and showed the swell of her breasts above the fairly low neckline.
"You look beautiful." Buffy told her and Faith nodded her agreement.
"Thanks." Cordelia smiled and looked in the floor length mirror. "I love it."
The saleswoman hovered. "Shall I arrange for alterations?"
Cordelia shook her head. "No, its fine like it is."
The saleswoman nodded. "I'll cash it then. Do you want the shoes and tiara also?"
She nodded. "Yes, thank you."
The three days that followed were uneventful. Buffy and Faith trained and got to know each other again. Spike and Angel had gone hunting again and had created some sort of bond, in other words saying that they wouldn't try to stake each other in the middle of the night.
The bachelor and bachelorette party night was looming. Faith had picked out Cordelia's outfit, black leather pants and a red leather halter. Buffy and Dawn had a blazing argument where Dawn wanted to go to the bachelorette party but Buffy wouldn't let her.
"It's not fair." Dawn whined. "I'm seventeen and I know all about sex."
"Not too much, I hope, or you won't live to see eighteen!" Buffy threatened.
"Oh, come on Buffy. Let me come!"
"Yeah Buffy, let her come." Faith mimicked; more to annoy Buffy than anything else.
Buffy turned and glared at her. "She cannot come."
"Why?" Dawn asked; a hand on her hip.
"Because. because I said so." Buffy concluded.
"Very grown up." Cordelia said as she came down the stairs with Angel.
"Keep out of it." Buffy scowled and then turned back to Dawn. "You are not coming!"
"You can't stop me!" Dawn shouted back.
"Uh, she can't, but I can." Willow admitted and cast a quick spell around Dawn that wouldn't allow her leave the hotel.
"That is so unfair!" Dawn complained loudly.
Cordelia shushed her. "Ashleigh's asleep." Cordelia had hired a babysitter to look after Connor and Ashleigh so everyone could go out.
"Sorry." Dawn apologised and then spotted Spike. "Spike! Tell her."
"I'm keeping out of it Niblet." He told her and went to stand next to Buffy.
"Wagons roll!" Gunn announced as he and Fred came out of the office. "Transportation has arrived!"
"His phone call the other day." Fred explained as they left the hotel.
"Behave yourself!" Buffy shouted over her shoulder.
"Oh my God!" Cordelia exclaimed as they went out onto the sidewalk.
Two black stretch limos were parked in front of the hotel.
She turned to look at Gunn.
He blushed and looked boyish. "A little wedding gift from me."
She hugged him. "You're a star."
She turned to Angel. "Have fun."
"You too." He kissed her cheek and then got bustled into one of the limos.
Author: victoriamartynne
Rating: R
Disclaimer: I own nothing!
Spoilers: None, I think!
Summary: Sequel to Family: Back to Sunnydale, Family: Forward to LA, Family: Return to Sunnydale and Family: On to LA. As Cordelia and Angel's wedding approaches, old friends reunite.
Cordelia woke early. She dressed and went to Faith's room. She wasn't there.
"Hey tough girl." Faith said in Cordelia's ear, causing her to jump. "Trying to steal something?"
Cordelia turned around to see Faith's grinning face. "Ha ha, very funny. Are you ready?"
"Bring it on."
They went down into the lobby and collected various weapons and then went down to the basement.
Faith grabbed one of Angel's favourite broadswords. "Ready?"
Cordelia picked up one of her favourite swords and nodded.
Faith lunged at her but Cordelia blocked her swing and sent her backwards.
"Pretty good C." Faith commented and then blocked one of Cordelia's swings.
"You too."
Faith flipped and went in for an attack from behind but Cordelia spun and evaded it, sending Faith to the ground. Cordelia held out her hand and she stood up. Cordelia started off with the first swing, sending the sword in a swing inches above Faith's head. Faith swung her leg up and knocked her sword from her hand.
Cordelia raised an eyebrow. "I take it this would be where I would die?"
Faith laughed. "Why don't we try the sticks?"
Cordelia eyed the long wooden poles Angel had acquired as a new method of training. As of yet he hadn't used them.
"I never used them before." She admitted but picked one up.
"They're easier to manage than swords." Faith told her. "Just go with the flow. Don't worry; I'll go easy on you."
Cordelia pulled a face but braced herself for Faith's attack.
Faith swung the pole, lightly tapping it with Cordelia's, urging her to respond.
Crossing over they switched angles which they bit each other's poles. Faith changed tack and used the pole as a vault and swung herself around Cordelia, causing her to turn and counter attack. Cordelia swung her pole over Faith's head but she dropped into a crouch and met it with equal force, knocking Cordelia onto the floor.
She looked up at Faith and laughed. "This is fun."
Faith held out her hand and they continued.
Xander and Anya came into the hotel after walking Dawn to her dad's and heard sounds of fighting from the basement. They set off at a run down the stairs.
Faith was on top of Cordelia who was trying to push Faith and her wooden pole off her.
Running forwards Xander grabbed Faith's shoulders to pull her off. Faith allowed herself to be moved but quickly unbalanced Xander and sent him to the floor and straddling his body, keeping him there, the pole against his neck.
"Uh, Xander." Anya tried to interject but he waved her off.
"Faith, I know things must be hard for you right now but killing people you used to know is not the answer." He was cut off by sounds of laughing from Cordelia and someone in the corner. He turned and looked.
Cordelia was not half laid down, half sat up and laughing at his position. In the corner Buffy was laughing, and sat next to Spike and Angel, who both had amused looks on their faces. Fred was sat a little back in a comfy chair, resting her cast on the arm.
"Uh, what's going on here?" He asked.
"I tried to tell you." Anya said.
"Training Xander." Faith told him and took the pole away from his neck to stand up.
She gave Cordelia her hand and she stood up.
Xander hastily stood up. "I knew that."
"Maybe we should call it a day." Cordelia suggested and went to sit on Angel's knee. As she did the baby monitor went off. She stood up. "Or maybe not."
She left the basement to go and see who was crying.
"That was pretty good." Buffy told Faith. "Maybe later this week you'd like to train with me."
Faith smiled shyly. "If you think you're up to it."
Buffy laughed. "I think I'll risk it."
Cordelia came back with Wes, Giles and Connor.
"Wes has an idea." Cordelia said glumly.
"What is it?" Spike asked suspiciously.
"He wants to forfeit my wedding dress shopping for a weapons inventory." She replied, rolling her eyes at the ex-watcher.
"I simply suggested it." He replied haughtily. "If you don't want to then it's fine."
"I'd help you if you wish." Giles told him.
"Oh, splendid." Wes said and the two of them began to wander up the stairs and out of the basement without saying anything else.
"I'm going to go find Charles." Fred decided and stood up a little stiffly due to her healing ribs. "I think he said he was going in the office to make a phone call."
Cordelia sat down with Connor on Angel's knee.
Faith was peering at him over Angel's shoulder.
"You can hold him if you want." Cordelia offered.
Faith shook her head. "I'm not good with kids. I'm better with weapons."
They all laughed.
"I want a baby." Anya said dreamily, causing Xander to look alarmed.
Angel remembered seeing Xander's face that panicked before when Anya had made a comment similar. He had to admit, he liked to see the boy panicking.
"I don't know what I want." Cordelia told the saleswoman the next day. "Something plain, I don't want ruffles or bows or fluff." She waved her arms around for emphasis. "I'm not sure I even want white."
"Well, you're hardly the pure virgin." Faith added.
Cordelia turned to glare at her and Buffy dug her in the ribs.
"I'm sure we can find something perfect for you." The saleswoman insisted and pointed to two rails on the wall. "Why don't you have a look at those and I'll see what we've got in the back."
Faith and Buffy weren't helping in picking a dress. The ones they picked were either too bare or too fancy. Cordelia knew what she wanted but she hadn't seen it yet. The saleswoman was still finding dresses in the back and bringing them out for her inspection but none of them so far had been right.
"How about this one?" Faith asked and held out an ivory dress with beads on the bodice.
Cordelia shook her head. "Too old fashioned."
"What about this one?" Buffy held out a white dress with faux diamonds on the skirt.
She shook her head. "Ugly."
Buffy rolled her eyes and sat down on one of the chairs.
"When I see it I'll know it." Cordelia retorted and discarded a couple more dresses the exasperated saleswoman brought out.
She flicked through the rail of dresses and saw it. It was perfect.
Thin spaghetti straps held onto a plain satin band. From this chiffon fell in waves, leading to a small train. Small diamante stones adorned the skirt which was the palest cream she'd ever seen. "This is it."
Both slayers looked up in relief.
"Wow." Buffy murmured.
"You like it?" Cordelia asked, seeking their reassurance.
"Cor, girl, that dress will make God want to marry you, never mind Angel." Faith exclaimed. "It'd look good in black."
Cordelia pulled a face at her and informed the saleswoman she'd found her dress.
"Why don't you try it on?" She suggested eagerly and directed her to the dressing area.
"Wait, I need some shoes and something for my hair first." Cordelia insisted and let the woman take the dress from her.
After quickly picking a pair of satin sandals and a tiara incrusted with faux diamonds she went to get dressed.
When she appeared from behind the curtain she looked like a princess. The dress moulded her body perfectly. It accented her curves and showed the swell of her breasts above the fairly low neckline.
"You look beautiful." Buffy told her and Faith nodded her agreement.
"Thanks." Cordelia smiled and looked in the floor length mirror. "I love it."
The saleswoman hovered. "Shall I arrange for alterations?"
Cordelia shook her head. "No, its fine like it is."
The saleswoman nodded. "I'll cash it then. Do you want the shoes and tiara also?"
She nodded. "Yes, thank you."
The three days that followed were uneventful. Buffy and Faith trained and got to know each other again. Spike and Angel had gone hunting again and had created some sort of bond, in other words saying that they wouldn't try to stake each other in the middle of the night.
The bachelor and bachelorette party night was looming. Faith had picked out Cordelia's outfit, black leather pants and a red leather halter. Buffy and Dawn had a blazing argument where Dawn wanted to go to the bachelorette party but Buffy wouldn't let her.
"It's not fair." Dawn whined. "I'm seventeen and I know all about sex."
"Not too much, I hope, or you won't live to see eighteen!" Buffy threatened.
"Oh, come on Buffy. Let me come!"
"Yeah Buffy, let her come." Faith mimicked; more to annoy Buffy than anything else.
Buffy turned and glared at her. "She cannot come."
"Why?" Dawn asked; a hand on her hip.
"Because. because I said so." Buffy concluded.
"Very grown up." Cordelia said as she came down the stairs with Angel.
"Keep out of it." Buffy scowled and then turned back to Dawn. "You are not coming!"
"You can't stop me!" Dawn shouted back.
"Uh, she can't, but I can." Willow admitted and cast a quick spell around Dawn that wouldn't allow her leave the hotel.
"That is so unfair!" Dawn complained loudly.
Cordelia shushed her. "Ashleigh's asleep." Cordelia had hired a babysitter to look after Connor and Ashleigh so everyone could go out.
"Sorry." Dawn apologised and then spotted Spike. "Spike! Tell her."
"I'm keeping out of it Niblet." He told her and went to stand next to Buffy.
"Wagons roll!" Gunn announced as he and Fred came out of the office. "Transportation has arrived!"
"His phone call the other day." Fred explained as they left the hotel.
"Behave yourself!" Buffy shouted over her shoulder.
"Oh my God!" Cordelia exclaimed as they went out onto the sidewalk.
Two black stretch limos were parked in front of the hotel.
She turned to look at Gunn.
He blushed and looked boyish. "A little wedding gift from me."
She hugged him. "You're a star."
She turned to Angel. "Have fun."
"You too." He kissed her cheek and then got bustled into one of the limos.
