Chapter 16: are you talking about what I think you're talking about?

Title: Reunion time.

Author: Nikka

Author notes: Hi everyone, If you need to know about summary, rate and all the rest it's all in chapter 1 I'll just remind you that English is not my native tongue so you may find some spelling & grammar mistakes, you're more then welcome to let me know about them but remember you may find them while you read the story. Have fun.

Disclaimer: Angel & Buffy's characters are not my creation (wish they were) they belong to Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt. Other characters that are not familiar from the show do belong to me.

Author's remark: My chapters as of ch 12 will no longer be reproof by Sigma due to the fact that I have no internet and I'm asking someone else to post the remaining chapters for me. I want to take this opportunity and thank sigma for all the help. And I hope you will continue reading my story even without the excellent work sigma has done. Thank you again sigma for all your great work.

She opened her eyes; she didn't know what time it was. She looked to her side where he laid so peaceful, so beautiful. She got up and covered the baby with the blanket making sure he was warm enough. She opened the door softly and walked out closing the door behind her. 'A glass of milk would do the trick' she thought to herself as she went gently down the stairs trying not to make too much noise.
The house was so quite. She walked to the kitchen and to her surprise she wasn't alone.

"Buffy, what are you doing up at this hour?" Cordelia asked as she poured herself a glass of milk.

"Same as you I imagine couldn't sleep. Thought this might help". She raised her glass of milk. "So, what keeps you awake?" Buffy asked as Cordelia set in the stool in front of her on the other side of the counter.

"I had a wired dream and I couldn't go back to sleep." She looked at Buffy who seemed used to been up at this hour of the night.

"Must have been one hell of a dream to wake you up like this."

"I guess, I don't remember much of it but I know it frightened me." Cordelia took a drink from the glass.

"Scared you how? Maybe you had a vision?" Buffy didn't know much about Cordelia's visions; only what she saw for herself and heard from the others.

"No, they never come in the shape of a dream." Cordelia explained.

"Still first time for everything, maybe worth taking a look." Buffy played the roll that usually Giles did.

"No, I'm sure it wasn't a vision. If it was I would have remembered it all. And I don't, not all of it."

"Okay then what do you remember?" Buffy asked.

"I remember Angel was in trouble and I tried to help him but I couldn't and then I heard him call out to me asking for my help but I couldn't move. I could hear a baby crying and that's when I woke up. I thought Conor was crying but he wasn't he was asleep, just like Angel." Buffy tried not to look in her eyes. She knew that Angel loved Cordelia, but it was hard for her to actually see the closeness and love they shared.

"Probably a nightmare." Buffy said and got up and put the glass in the sink. "Well I'm going to bed. Goodnight." Buffy turned to walk away as Cordelia called her name. She turned again facing Cordelia.

"I was just wondering why you were up at this hour?" Cordelia asked.

"I'm always up at this hour, at least since I came back." She looked tired, Cordelia couldn't blame her after all she knew how Buffy felt, she knew how horrible it was, still is.

"I've been meaning to say thank you but I didn't get a chance." Buffy said and Cordelia looked beveled.

 "You know, when you read my feelings. You felt I wasn't happy about the truth coming but I was, still am. It was time they knew."

"I wanted to apologies." Cordelia said. "For disturbing you and Angel."

"It's okay". Buffy said. "You didn't disturb us at all. Don't worry about it." Cordelia felt relived, she got up and put her glass in the sink. "Well I think that glass of milk helped, I think I'll go to bed." She said.

"Yeah I think I'll try to get some sleep, big day tomorrow." Buffy said and walked out of the kitchen, Cordelia was right behind her. As they reached the stairs Buffy stopped all of the sudden and turned to face Cordelia. Cordelia who was a bit stunned stopped also staring at Buffy confused.

"He loves you, you know." Buffy said quietly almost whispering.

"Buffy, I… who loves me?" Cordelia didn't follow her lead.

"That's what kills me…" Cordelia looked at her beveled, but Buffy paid no attention to her looks and kept on.  "The men who was doomed for an eternity of loneliness found love when I couldn't, a love even greater then the one we shared." Cordelia looked at her, an expression of understanding replaced the beveled look. Was Buffy talking about what she thought she was talking about? Could it be? Could they both be talking about the same men? It couldn't be. She shook her head in disbelieve.

Buffy looked at her, she knew Cordelia had finally got it.

"Angel…. You're talking about…" Cordelia said as she walked to the living room and set on the sofa trying to grasp it all. Buffy followed her.

"I'm sorry Cordelia, I just… I thought you should know." Buffy set in the couch in front of her.

"Your wrong Angel doesn't love me, at least not like that. He admires me and cares for me as a friend but not… not like that." Cordelia couldn't believe it, she must be mistaken it's the only answer; Buffy must have gotten it wrong.

"Didn't you notice the way his eyes lit up when you enter the room, or the way he thinks of you as Conor's mother…." Cordelia interrupted her.

"No it's not like that, you don't understand Buffy."

"But I do, I've seen that look before. The way he protects you, and worries for you. How he always makes sure you're all right. The way he confides in you and tells you so much, more then he ever told me." Cordelia still couldn't believe it. "Cordelia for god sake you sleep in the same bed." Buffy raised her voice.

"NO!" Cordelia startled Buffy. "We're just friends, good friends, we're a family."

"Yes you are a family all of you but it doesn't change the fact that he loves you, not in a friendly way." Buffy stopped looked at Cordelia who had a shocked expression on her face. "He loves you like he loved me… even deeper."

Cordelia raised her head and looked at Buffy, now she knew Buffy was telling the truth. It must have taken so much out of her just to mutter this last sentence she couldn't be mistaken, not like this. She knows him too well.

"I better get some sleep." Buffy got up and walked towards the stairs, leaving Cordelia to her thoughts.

"Buffy?" She turned facing Cordelia. "Thank you."

"You're welcome". She said and went up the stairs.

Cordelia set there going trough every thing Buffy said in her mind and slowly it all started to make sense, the pieces came together. And now instead of confusion she felt anger. She was angry with Angel for not telling her the truth. He could tell Buffy but not her; the woman he supposedly loves. She couldn't wait till morning to confront him; she had to talk to him right now.

She quickly went up the stairs and into the bedroom. She walked towards him and gently woke him up.

He woke up startled. "What? Cor… what? Is it Conor?"

Scaring him was not part of her plan so she quickly reassured him. "It's not Conor. Every one are safe but I need to talk to you.

"Right now, Cor? It's the middle of the night, can't it wait till morning,

"No, it's important." She said a bit annoyed.

"What happened? Did you have a vision? Is someone in trouble?"

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. " she trued to say it as quietly as she could. "You're unbelievable. Is all you think about is work?" She whispered real loud. She looked over at Conor he was asleep still.

"Cor I…? I just thought that…"

"Well you thought wrong". She said angrily. "Now get dressed and meet me in the kitchen" she snapped at him and walked out the door.

Angel who was still surprised by all that have just happened got dressed. He didn't know what it was about but he knew better then to piss Cordy off, well even more pissed then she is now. He took one last look at Conor making sure he was asleep and went down stairs. 'I wonder what I did this time' he thought to himself as he entered the kitchen.

TBC.

Hi ppl,

I wanted to say thank you for all your great reviews and thank you for hanging on. I did plan to finish the story by now but I had an unexpected change of heart and after reading your requests to continue it I couldn't end it, not yet at least.

So here is chapter 16 and as I'm writing this lines chapter 17 is in the making. Hope you keep reading it. And again a huge thank you.

Nikka