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 up sprawled in Faith's bed with Faith and Buffy.

"What happened in here last night?" She asked groggily.

She received no answer. Faith was snoring and Buffy was drooling, her head lolling off the side of the bed.

"Well, I'm still dressed so at least nothing kinky happened." She told herself, looking down.

She moved off the bed and groaned as her head exploded in pain.

"Uh, I am never drinking again." She groaned as she stumbled into the bathroom. "Never."

Angel woke up to the sound of Ashleigh crying.

He climbed out of bed and went to get her. He lay back down with her on his chest and she drifted back off to sleep.

The sound of clomping down the hall confused him. A demon?

Cordelia flung her door open. Without saying a word she shut it behind her and crawled into bed with him.

With his free hand he stroked her hair. "Feeling okay?"

"Except from the room spinning and my head feeling like it's about to explode? Yeah, fine." She murmured, her eyes closed.

He laughed. "That good, huh?"

She didn't reply.

"I could cook you eggs." He offered.

She moaned in response. "No."

He smirked. "What time did you leave the club?"

"Five thirty." She replied groggily.

"Did you have champagne in your limo too?"

She nodded and then held her head, she'd moved too fast.

"I'll get you some water." He told her.

He stood up and placed Ashleigh on her arm, watching as Cordelia's arm bent to cup her, making sure she didn't drop off the bed. She dropped a little kiss on her forehead.

Angel smiled and went to fetch a glass of water.

Faith came stumbling into Angel and Cordelia's room a couple of hours later. Cordelia was now awake, sort of, and Angel was now holding Connor. Cordelia had Ashleigh laid on her chest, fast asleep.

"Do you feel as bad as I do?" She asked Cordelia, holding her head. "Man, I haven't felt this bad since I went through my Cher phase in high school."

"You had a Cher phase?" Angel asked with a smirk.

"You know who Cher is?" Cordelia murmured.

Faith came to curl up on the bottom of the bed, shoving Cordelia's feet out of the way.

"Wild night." She muttered, closing her eyes again, just as Cordelia had done. "All we need is Buffy in here and we can make it a wild morning too."

"What did we do last night in your room?" Cordelia asked her, opening an eye.

Faith laughed. "You don't remember?"

She shook her head, more slowly this time.

"Well, we had a little make out session, then a little sex." Faith teased.

"Very funny." Cordelia told her.

"No, we just talked." Faith admitted.

"Did you have sex last night?" Angel suddenly asked, causing both girls to look at him funny.

"Where did that come from?" Cordelia asked him.

"She has the look of a woman who has just had sex." Angel explained.

Faith giggled. "It's okay Cor, he's right."

"Oh my God!" Cordelia exclaimed. "Not with the stripper?"

Faith laughed. "Ew! No!"

"Then who with?" She raised her head slightly to get a better look at Faith.

"Wes." Faith said quietly and then covered her face with her hands, laughing. "I had sex with my ex-watcher!"

"Better Wes than Giles." Cordelia told her. "I can't believe you had sex with Wes! Details!"

"No details." Angel interrupted.

Faith ignored him. "We were in the club; I think he was drunk too. It was hot, wild and very good! He's not as stuffy as he looks! He knows moves!"

Both girls laughed and Angel cringed.

"Oh my God." Cordelia said again as she flopped against the pillows. "I can't wait to tell Buffy about this one."

Faith began to laugh again but fell off the bed.

Cordelia and Faith spent the morning talking in Cordelia's room while Angel went downstairs to work on a case with Wes. She'd finally agreed to hold Ashleigh while Cordelia went to get some toys for Connor. When she brought them back Faith wouldn't let her Cordelia have her back. Buffy stumbled in around lunch time.

"Don't ever let me drink again!" She ordered them both and sank on the bed next to Cordelia. "And what the hell happened in your room last night?" She asked Faith. "I have my own room here and I woke up in yours!"

"I woke up there too." Cordelia added.

"What the hell happened?"

"Nothing." Faith replied, holding up her hands. "I swear!"

Buffy made a noise that sounded like 'whatever' and then closed her eyes.

"Faith had sex with Wes." Cordelia told her.

Buffy's eyes shot open.

"Hey, what happened to subtle?" Faith asked but she was smiling.

"Wes? Wesley? As in ex-watcher?" Buffy exclaimed in disbelief. "But he's old!"

"Not that old." Faith insisted and then started to divulge. "He's got a pretty good set of abs. And he knows all the right moves. I mean, sure he's a pretty short guy but downstairs, wow!"

Cordelia and Buffy both laughed and 'eewed' causing Faith to grin proudly.

"Hey, just because you two never thought to go for him." Faith replied, stroking Ashleigh's hair. "You two just go straight to the dead guys."

"I kissed Wes." Cordelia told her. "Twice. It was horrible." She admitted. "All slimy and drooly."

"Bad combination." Faith decided. "You'd better let me have him then!"

Faith didn't stop at the hotel that night, Cordelia and Buffy found. Fred and Gunn had left early, saying they were going to go to the pictures. Cordelia was guessing Faith had gone to stop at Wes's as he had disappeared earlier on too.

The next night everyone was going to Caritas where Lorne was throwing them a party and after Angel was stopping at Wes's with Gunn, Giles, Wes, Xander, Lorne and Connor ready for the wedding. Cordelia was stopping at the hotel with the girls and Ashleigh.

The party Lorne threw for them was amazing. He'd decked out the place in streamers and balloons. All of Cordelia and Angel's favourite songs were played and he'd even invited some of the people they'd rescued over the years, including Kathryn, Morgan and Jake. It had been a great surprise for Cordelia and she'd spent the best part of the night talking to them. Morgan had made her a wedding card full of glitter and ribbons. Jake had been enthralled with Ashleigh and was intrigued as to how she'd gotten out of Cordelia.

Cordelia had insisted that she should ask Kathryn when they got home.

Near the end of the night Lorne got up on stage and made a speech.

"I've known Angel and Cordelia since they both came to LA. I've seen the good and the bad, the rough and the smooth. But Angel and Cordelia have always had something a little special to get through the bad times. They had faith in each other and truly believed in each other. Angel and Cordelia are the two most dedicated people I know, especially to each other. I ask you to raise your glasses to Angel and Cordelia, wishing them many years of love and happiness."

Everyone raised their glasses.

"If you guys would like to step up and you can have your wedding gift from me."

They stood up with trepidation, having no idea what he was up to.

"Come on guys, don't be shy!" He urged and held out his hand to Cordelia. "I wrote this song for you two and I thought this could be your song. Feel free to dance."

Angel wrapped his arm around Cordelia's waist and placed her hand on his shoulder. "He does know I don't dance, right?"

She laughed softly. "I guess so; I don't think he cares though to be quite honest."

"This is okay though, this is good." He reassured himself.

"This is very good." She agreed. "But you know what will be the best?"

"Our wedding." He answered.

Cordelia and Angel were stood outside Caritas saying goodnight.

"Are you nervous?" He asked.

"Terrified." She replied, her arms wrapped around his neck.

"Come on Cor!" Faith shouted from behind the wheel of Spike's car. "Get your ass over here! I'm cold!"

She rolled her eyes. "I guess I'll see you tomorrow then."

"I guess."

"Come on, we're not getting weepy, it's for one night and we're getting married tomorrow. Give me a kiss and let go of my sweater, it was expensive and you're wrinkling it."

He smiled and complied.

She ran to Spike's car casting a goodnight over her shoulder.

Cordelia was literally quivering in excitement and with a tiny bit of nerves. Fred had put her hair in rollers and Faith was painting her toenails, Tara her finger nails. Buffy was trying to add foundation to Cordelia's face but she kept moving so she sat down on the bed instead to wait while she'd calmed down a bit.

"Go through the list again." Cordelia told her.

Buffy sighed and began to read the check list again. "Waxing?"

"Yes."

"Highlights?"

"Yes."

"Conditioning treatment?"

"Yes." Cordelia blew on her nails to dry them faster.

"Oh my God!" Buffy exclaimed and jumped up.

Cordelia jumped up causing Tara to smear nail varnish on her toe, terror on her face.

"What? What did I forget?"

"Relax Cordy, I was kidding." Buffy told her, afraid that the joke had gone too far.

Cordelia seemed to relax and smiled. "I'm sorry; I just don't want to forget anything."

"How could you with all them fussing over you?" Dawn told her, having been forbidden to go anywhere near Cordelia by Buffy.

"You can do something for me if you want Dawn." Cordelia told her, looking at her through the mirror.

She brightened. "Yeah?"

"You can wash and dress Ash for me if you want." Cordelia offered.

"Really? You'd trust me to do that?" She smiled. "I'm on it."

Faith put the cap on the nail varnish she was using. "All done, do you want a vodka?"

Cordelia nodded gratefully.

"Why am I nervous?" She asked herself more than anyone else. She picked up the foundation tube. "I mean, it's not as if I'm not ready for commitment. I've got two kids and I've been living with Angel for the past God knows how long."

"It might be performance anxiety." Willow told her helpfully.

"No, Angel performs just fine." Cordelia replied distractedly causing Willow to blush and Buffy to laugh. "Maybe I'm just scared of making a mess of my vows or something with all of you watching."

Willow waved her hands in the air. "Kind of what I meant."

Buffy bit her lip to keep herself from laughing again.

"Here." Buffy interrupted and took the tube off Cordelia. "Keep still."

Faith came back with the vodka and six glasses. "Bottoms up everyone. Cor, still nervous? You shouldn't be, everything will be five by five, I'm sure of it."

She nodded absentmindly and sipped her drink around Buffy's working hands.