Part Three
Lindsey McDonald looked at the woman sitting in the chair across from his desk. The shade from the closed curtains played shadows across her face, yet her beautiful features were still distinguishable.
Holland was in front of him, to the left. He was quietly talking to the blonde woman.
Lilah was seated on the edge of his desk, listening to Holland speak. She was the picture of cool, calm, and collected, except for the slight shaking in her hands, that was hardly noticeable unless you were looking real hard, that betrayed her calm exterior to show the nervousness she felt.
He was broken out of his musings by the sound of Holland's voice speaking to the woman.
"So we have a deal then? You turn Angel dark for us, and you'll get back your Angelus, a win-win situation."
The blonde agreed and smiled.
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"I'm bored," stated Anya to Xander bluntly.
"Ahn, we're researching," he replied.
"We have been researching for days and it's boring. We don't even know what we are looking for. We found just nothing and more nothing. Let's go have sex." she suggested.
The others that were gathered around the apartment looking through various books gave a short glance toward the couple. They were pretty use to Anya's tactless statements. Willow also gave a little roll of her eyes and shared a small smile with Tara as they watched Giles take off his glasses with a small shake of his head and clean them. First Cordelia, then Anya, Xander sure did have strange taste in women, she thought to herself, not even forgetting the praying mantis lady or the Incan mummy princess.
"Honey, remember our little talk about private conversations, they are suppose to be done in private," Xander said as his cheeks turned a slight shade of red with embarrassment.
"Oh please, it's not like they don't know that we have sex. They are probably having sex to," she defended herself, then added as an afterthought, "Except Giles, because he's old."
"I'm not old!" Giles replied insulted.
"It's ok though because you're still kinda sexy," she complimented.
"Oh god," Xander muttered as he put his hands over his eyes in mock horror, "I can't hear this."
The others just gave them amused glances.
Trying to steer the topic away from Giles, because of the major wiggins he was getting, he got back to why they were all there in the first place, "Aren't we suppose to be researching."
"I'm finding nothing," stated Riley, who got a thankful glance from Xander.
"I second that," Willow agreed, "Usually, I'm all for a research party and donuts, but there is just nothing."
Anya gave Xander a smug smile that screamed "see, I was right."
"Well, we must keep looking. If we don't know what we are facing, then there could be dire consequences," Giles stated.
"What are we looking for again? Impending apocalypses? Some big bad demon? There are a lot of those around," Anya stated.
"Patrol has been way too quiet lately. Calm before the storm kinda deal. Something is up and I wanna know what it is," Buffy told the group again from her spot on the couch.
"Maybe it's because Adam is gone," Riley suggested, trying to be helpful.
"That was months ago, and normal patrol stakeage is still down."
"I think you should stop for today and we'll start researching again tomorrow," Giles told the tired group.
They all agreed and talked softly to each other as they got ready to leave.
"So what's happening now? It's still early, anyone want to go see a movie with me and Tara?" Willow suggested as she held Tara's hand in hers.
Xander looked at his watch and shook his head, "Darn, if it was a few hours earlier, we could have made matinee, but I need to save money for a few things, like food, rent-"
"-And pretty things for me," Anya cut in and added as an afterthought, "Plus, we are going to go have sex now."
"That's nice," Willow said uncertainly, "Buffy? Riley? Want to catch a movie with us then maybe get highly caffeinated with mass amounts of mochas?"
Buffy looked at Riley to see if it was O.K with him. He smiled and nodded to Buffy, before turning back to Willow and saying, "Sure, why not."
They were opening the door, about to head out when they heard the phone ring. Walking through it, Buffy, Willow, and Xander came back in to look at Giles when they heard his "Cordelia, what?" indicting who was on the other line. Tara and Riley just looked at each other confused as they wondered who Cordelia was and why the others seem interested in her calling.
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"Hi," the woman at the bar said to Angel after he left the Host on the stage.
"I wasn't sure you would come," Angel replied truthfully.
"Of course I would, I miss you," Buffy said to him as he led her onto the dance floor and pulled her into he arms to dance to the sound of the Host's voice singing in the empty Caritas karaoke bar.
"I miss you too. Always," Angel replied as his arms tightened around her slightly.
"I'm so lonely without you," she pouted slightly as she looked into his eyes.
"What about Riley?" he asked her as the blonde man's face came into his mind at his words.
"Riley?" Buffy asked confused. Who was this Riley person?
"You know, your b-boyfriend, solider boy," he gritted out, confused as to why she didn't know who Riley was.
Still confused, Buffy slightly shook her head and replied, "I don't care about Riley," then her eyelashes lowered slightly and her lips formed a small smile as she said coyly, "I like you."
Looking into her lust filled eyes, he lowered his head towards hers for a passionate kiss. The kiss went on and on until he pulled away breathing heavily for unneeded air as he looked at her and her breathless face, her chest heaving for air. He slowly looked around him to notice, that they were no longer in Caritas, but a small cozy home that looked like something from the past. A fire was roaring in the fireplace that was a few feet next to them. Looking down, he noticed that the sexy black dress she wore before was replaced by a beautiful pink corseted 18th century gown; his own attire was replaced by something he hasn't worn since the late 1700's.
She pulled him in for another kiss and guided him onto the floor, climbing on top of him. His nimble fingers reached for the strings on the back of her dress.
Blue sheets covered the vampire with a soul's body and were tucked under his arms as he moved slightly
"Buffy" Angel murmured in his sleep smiling.
Unbeknownst to him, the nude blonde woman in his bed next to him smiled.
"I have missed you so much," Buffy whispered against the skin of his chest as she placed kisses all over him, though in the back of her mind she noted to herself to ask Lindsey who this Riley person was. She hated not knowing things.
Angel, blissfully unaware, gave a small moan.
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Cordelia sat at her desk, going through the files while occasionally glaring at the ceiling.
"Cordelia, do you really think glaring at the ceiling will wake Angel up?" Wesley asked as he noticed what she was doing.
"It might. I mean, nowadays he is waking up later and later and going to sleep early, it is almost sunset now! If I didn't know him better I would think he has some blonde up there. What if something happens like-like," but before she could finish her sentence a vision hit her. Blonde girl in an old fashion dress. Blonde is Buffy. Buffy in modern clothes. Library. Monster in a hole in the center of a burnt library. The Hellmouth.
Wesley raced to her side and held her still as waves of the vision passed through her. When the tremors subsided he went to get her a glass of water as he asked, "What did you see?"
Thanking him for the glass and then taking a sip she looked him in the eye and said, "Buffy."
"You saw Buffy?"
Cordelia nodded and replied, "That's not all. I saw the library."
Wesley looked at her confused and she clarified, "I saw the Hellmouth opening."
A flash of fear came across his face before he said, "You call Giles and I'll wake Angel."
Cordelia nodded, then went picked up the phone on her desk as Wesley walked towards the stairs that led to Angel's room.
Cordelia dialed Willow's dorm only to have no one pick up. Then trying Buffy's house, her mother told her she was at Giles'. Finally dialing Giles' number, she heard someone pick up and a tired sounding "Hello."
"Giles, its Cordelia."
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The two nude, sweaty bodies were tangled together on the rug in front of the fire.
Angel nuzzled his face into Buffy's long blonde hair.
"Angel! Angel! Wake up!" he heard a voice call in the background, in addition to a pounding noise, he looked around to find the source only to find the door to the small home they were in vibrating in time with the pounding noise.
Buffy sighed in disappointment and sadly said, "I have to go now."
Angel looked at her sadly and held on to her even tighter than before. "Don't go."
"But I have to. Your friend is calling you."
Angel looked back towards the vibrating door and the voice that he could vaguely recognize as Wesley's.
"Maybe he'll go away if we are quiet," Angel whispered in hopes of getting her to stay longer.
She smiled coyly, "We are never quiet," then sobered and finished, "but he won't leave, so I will have to go."
"Where? I'll go with you." Angel asked, ready to go anywhere with her, just so he wouldn't have to lose her.
"I wish you could, but," she paused, and then finished," but, what about your friends?"
Angel just looked down, he couldn't abandon his friends, but he didn't want her to leave.
"Will you come back?" he asked instead.
She smiled and whispered, "Always," before disappearing.
Buffy looked at the deliciously looking naked Angel in bed that was frowning, then out the glass doors that lead into the living room where the door to his suite was being pounded on by one of Angel's friends who was calling for him. With rapid speed she put her sundress back on and the dark heavy cloak on before going to the bed to give her Angel one last kiss before going out onto the balcony and jumping onto the shaded grounds below, just as Wesley finally managed to bust the lock and run into the room.
Running towards the bedroom, he was shouting, "Angel, wake up!"
As he neared the bed, the vampire in question sprang awake, through him onto the floor and then pounced on him with his hand onto his throat.
Still half asleep, he murmured, "You made her go away."
Frightened for his life, he tried to claw at the hand holding his throat and wheezing out, "Angel, it's me, Wesley."
As he fully woke up, Angel looked at him and his surroundings.
"Angel, can't breathe."
Angel looked at him for another moment before realizing what he was doing; he hastily let his friend go, stepped back a little, and gave an "Oh sorry."
Still on the floor Wesley rubbed at his throat and said, "It's alright."
He then remembered his reason for coming up here and said to the vampire, "Cordelia had a vision about the hellmouth opening and about," he paused a little, "Buffy."
After he said that he finally noticed something about his boss that he never wanted to see, he looked down then looked up into his face and then away at nothing and embarrassedly said, "Now about the naked thing."
Angel looked down at himself, noticing for the first time his state of undress. "Right, I'll get dressed."
Wesley, still on the floor and looking at the wall, ignored Angel's hand to help him up and murmured, "Much appreciated."
With that Angel walked towards the closet and put on some boxers and pants, and noticed Wesley left the bedroom, although he could hear him moving around in the living room.
He called out to him and asked, "Did you call Giles?"
"Yes, Cordelia is contacting him now. I'll go down and see how that is working out." With that said, Angel heard the door open and close and the footfalls of his friend walking downstairs.
As he put on his shirt, Angel thought to himself. First the dreams, now Cordy having a vision. What was going on?
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TBC..Feedback please? Pretty please with Angel on top? (
Lindsey McDonald looked at the woman sitting in the chair across from his desk. The shade from the closed curtains played shadows across her face, yet her beautiful features were still distinguishable.
Holland was in front of him, to the left. He was quietly talking to the blonde woman.
Lilah was seated on the edge of his desk, listening to Holland speak. She was the picture of cool, calm, and collected, except for the slight shaking in her hands, that was hardly noticeable unless you were looking real hard, that betrayed her calm exterior to show the nervousness she felt.
He was broken out of his musings by the sound of Holland's voice speaking to the woman.
"So we have a deal then? You turn Angel dark for us, and you'll get back your Angelus, a win-win situation."
The blonde agreed and smiled.
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"I'm bored," stated Anya to Xander bluntly.
"Ahn, we're researching," he replied.
"We have been researching for days and it's boring. We don't even know what we are looking for. We found just nothing and more nothing. Let's go have sex." she suggested.
The others that were gathered around the apartment looking through various books gave a short glance toward the couple. They were pretty use to Anya's tactless statements. Willow also gave a little roll of her eyes and shared a small smile with Tara as they watched Giles take off his glasses with a small shake of his head and clean them. First Cordelia, then Anya, Xander sure did have strange taste in women, she thought to herself, not even forgetting the praying mantis lady or the Incan mummy princess.
"Honey, remember our little talk about private conversations, they are suppose to be done in private," Xander said as his cheeks turned a slight shade of red with embarrassment.
"Oh please, it's not like they don't know that we have sex. They are probably having sex to," she defended herself, then added as an afterthought, "Except Giles, because he's old."
"I'm not old!" Giles replied insulted.
"It's ok though because you're still kinda sexy," she complimented.
"Oh god," Xander muttered as he put his hands over his eyes in mock horror, "I can't hear this."
The others just gave them amused glances.
Trying to steer the topic away from Giles, because of the major wiggins he was getting, he got back to why they were all there in the first place, "Aren't we suppose to be researching."
"I'm finding nothing," stated Riley, who got a thankful glance from Xander.
"I second that," Willow agreed, "Usually, I'm all for a research party and donuts, but there is just nothing."
Anya gave Xander a smug smile that screamed "see, I was right."
"Well, we must keep looking. If we don't know what we are facing, then there could be dire consequences," Giles stated.
"What are we looking for again? Impending apocalypses? Some big bad demon? There are a lot of those around," Anya stated.
"Patrol has been way too quiet lately. Calm before the storm kinda deal. Something is up and I wanna know what it is," Buffy told the group again from her spot on the couch.
"Maybe it's because Adam is gone," Riley suggested, trying to be helpful.
"That was months ago, and normal patrol stakeage is still down."
"I think you should stop for today and we'll start researching again tomorrow," Giles told the tired group.
They all agreed and talked softly to each other as they got ready to leave.
"So what's happening now? It's still early, anyone want to go see a movie with me and Tara?" Willow suggested as she held Tara's hand in hers.
Xander looked at his watch and shook his head, "Darn, if it was a few hours earlier, we could have made matinee, but I need to save money for a few things, like food, rent-"
"-And pretty things for me," Anya cut in and added as an afterthought, "Plus, we are going to go have sex now."
"That's nice," Willow said uncertainly, "Buffy? Riley? Want to catch a movie with us then maybe get highly caffeinated with mass amounts of mochas?"
Buffy looked at Riley to see if it was O.K with him. He smiled and nodded to Buffy, before turning back to Willow and saying, "Sure, why not."
They were opening the door, about to head out when they heard the phone ring. Walking through it, Buffy, Willow, and Xander came back in to look at Giles when they heard his "Cordelia, what?" indicting who was on the other line. Tara and Riley just looked at each other confused as they wondered who Cordelia was and why the others seem interested in her calling.
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"Hi," the woman at the bar said to Angel after he left the Host on the stage.
"I wasn't sure you would come," Angel replied truthfully.
"Of course I would, I miss you," Buffy said to him as he led her onto the dance floor and pulled her into he arms to dance to the sound of the Host's voice singing in the empty Caritas karaoke bar.
"I miss you too. Always," Angel replied as his arms tightened around her slightly.
"I'm so lonely without you," she pouted slightly as she looked into his eyes.
"What about Riley?" he asked her as the blonde man's face came into his mind at his words.
"Riley?" Buffy asked confused. Who was this Riley person?
"You know, your b-boyfriend, solider boy," he gritted out, confused as to why she didn't know who Riley was.
Still confused, Buffy slightly shook her head and replied, "I don't care about Riley," then her eyelashes lowered slightly and her lips formed a small smile as she said coyly, "I like you."
Looking into her lust filled eyes, he lowered his head towards hers for a passionate kiss. The kiss went on and on until he pulled away breathing heavily for unneeded air as he looked at her and her breathless face, her chest heaving for air. He slowly looked around him to notice, that they were no longer in Caritas, but a small cozy home that looked like something from the past. A fire was roaring in the fireplace that was a few feet next to them. Looking down, he noticed that the sexy black dress she wore before was replaced by a beautiful pink corseted 18th century gown; his own attire was replaced by something he hasn't worn since the late 1700's.
She pulled him in for another kiss and guided him onto the floor, climbing on top of him. His nimble fingers reached for the strings on the back of her dress.
Blue sheets covered the vampire with a soul's body and were tucked under his arms as he moved slightly
"Buffy" Angel murmured in his sleep smiling.
Unbeknownst to him, the nude blonde woman in his bed next to him smiled.
"I have missed you so much," Buffy whispered against the skin of his chest as she placed kisses all over him, though in the back of her mind she noted to herself to ask Lindsey who this Riley person was. She hated not knowing things.
Angel, blissfully unaware, gave a small moan.
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Cordelia sat at her desk, going through the files while occasionally glaring at the ceiling.
"Cordelia, do you really think glaring at the ceiling will wake Angel up?" Wesley asked as he noticed what she was doing.
"It might. I mean, nowadays he is waking up later and later and going to sleep early, it is almost sunset now! If I didn't know him better I would think he has some blonde up there. What if something happens like-like," but before she could finish her sentence a vision hit her. Blonde girl in an old fashion dress. Blonde is Buffy. Buffy in modern clothes. Library. Monster in a hole in the center of a burnt library. The Hellmouth.
Wesley raced to her side and held her still as waves of the vision passed through her. When the tremors subsided he went to get her a glass of water as he asked, "What did you see?"
Thanking him for the glass and then taking a sip she looked him in the eye and said, "Buffy."
"You saw Buffy?"
Cordelia nodded and replied, "That's not all. I saw the library."
Wesley looked at her confused and she clarified, "I saw the Hellmouth opening."
A flash of fear came across his face before he said, "You call Giles and I'll wake Angel."
Cordelia nodded, then went picked up the phone on her desk as Wesley walked towards the stairs that led to Angel's room.
Cordelia dialed Willow's dorm only to have no one pick up. Then trying Buffy's house, her mother told her she was at Giles'. Finally dialing Giles' number, she heard someone pick up and a tired sounding "Hello."
"Giles, its Cordelia."
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The two nude, sweaty bodies were tangled together on the rug in front of the fire.
Angel nuzzled his face into Buffy's long blonde hair.
"Angel! Angel! Wake up!" he heard a voice call in the background, in addition to a pounding noise, he looked around to find the source only to find the door to the small home they were in vibrating in time with the pounding noise.
Buffy sighed in disappointment and sadly said, "I have to go now."
Angel looked at her sadly and held on to her even tighter than before. "Don't go."
"But I have to. Your friend is calling you."
Angel looked back towards the vibrating door and the voice that he could vaguely recognize as Wesley's.
"Maybe he'll go away if we are quiet," Angel whispered in hopes of getting her to stay longer.
She smiled coyly, "We are never quiet," then sobered and finished, "but he won't leave, so I will have to go."
"Where? I'll go with you." Angel asked, ready to go anywhere with her, just so he wouldn't have to lose her.
"I wish you could, but," she paused, and then finished," but, what about your friends?"
Angel just looked down, he couldn't abandon his friends, but he didn't want her to leave.
"Will you come back?" he asked instead.
She smiled and whispered, "Always," before disappearing.
Buffy looked at the deliciously looking naked Angel in bed that was frowning, then out the glass doors that lead into the living room where the door to his suite was being pounded on by one of Angel's friends who was calling for him. With rapid speed she put her sundress back on and the dark heavy cloak on before going to the bed to give her Angel one last kiss before going out onto the balcony and jumping onto the shaded grounds below, just as Wesley finally managed to bust the lock and run into the room.
Running towards the bedroom, he was shouting, "Angel, wake up!"
As he neared the bed, the vampire in question sprang awake, through him onto the floor and then pounced on him with his hand onto his throat.
Still half asleep, he murmured, "You made her go away."
Frightened for his life, he tried to claw at the hand holding his throat and wheezing out, "Angel, it's me, Wesley."
As he fully woke up, Angel looked at him and his surroundings.
"Angel, can't breathe."
Angel looked at him for another moment before realizing what he was doing; he hastily let his friend go, stepped back a little, and gave an "Oh sorry."
Still on the floor Wesley rubbed at his throat and said, "It's alright."
He then remembered his reason for coming up here and said to the vampire, "Cordelia had a vision about the hellmouth opening and about," he paused a little, "Buffy."
After he said that he finally noticed something about his boss that he never wanted to see, he looked down then looked up into his face and then away at nothing and embarrassedly said, "Now about the naked thing."
Angel looked down at himself, noticing for the first time his state of undress. "Right, I'll get dressed."
Wesley, still on the floor and looking at the wall, ignored Angel's hand to help him up and murmured, "Much appreciated."
With that Angel walked towards the closet and put on some boxers and pants, and noticed Wesley left the bedroom, although he could hear him moving around in the living room.
He called out to him and asked, "Did you call Giles?"
"Yes, Cordelia is contacting him now. I'll go down and see how that is working out." With that said, Angel heard the door open and close and the footfalls of his friend walking downstairs.
As he put on his shirt, Angel thought to himself. First the dreams, now Cordy having a vision. What was going on?
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TBC..Feedback please? Pretty please with Angel on top? (