Part 4.
Liam awoke with a shudder, the light shining through his bedroom window hurting his eyes considerably. He pushed the sheets back and walked over to his window, he shut the curtains and walked back over to his bed, all energy suddenly leaving him, he fell back onto his bed with a thud. The suddenness of his action caused the room to spin once again and memories of last night to come rushing back to him.
Liam smiled to himself as he remembered the newcomers that had arrived from the new world, especially the Cordelia girl. Then Liam cringed inwardly as he remembered the events that followed :
-Alcohol -Bets -Drinking Competitions -Losing -Tom proclaiming his love for Marie in public -Theresa drinking way too much. -Laughing -Cordelia's smile -Getting along with Wesley and Gunn -Fred's amusing personality He pulled his pillow over his head and groaned inwardly. Then there came a knock on his door. The knock made the thumping in his head considerably worse, he sat up and immediately regretted his action as the room once again began to spin. He got up and went to his door.
"What" he asked as he opened it.
Kathy's pixie face lit up in laughter as she took in her brothers dishevelled appearance.
"Mother and I are going into town Lee, we'll be gone all day, all right?"
"All right" Liam really just wanted to return to his bed. " Yes, Fine, Ok, Go, Bye !"
"Bye Liam" Kathy said as he closed the door in the fifteen year olds face.
Theresa woke up, sat up, and flopped straight back down again.
"Oh hangover, hangover" she groaned.
"Well Pumpkin that's what'll happen if you stay out drinking all night and then come home at one in the morning via your bedroom window"
"Huh ?" Theresa looked around her room trying to find the source of the voice. Her eyes finally settled on the figure lying on the floor next to her bed.
"Oh Lorne, Hello"
"Well I'm glad we've got past The Demon thing" said Lorne shifting in discomfort.
"Oh last night I'm so sorry"
"That's okay'
"No it's not your a really nice demon it's just all the other demons I've met have either wanted to kill me...." "Understandable being the slayer and all'
"Or" Theresa continued "wanted to impregnate Chris with it's spawn"
Lorne looked up from his makeshift bed on the floor, a look of utter bewilderment on his face.
"Chris, my watcher" she explained " It's a long but funny story y'know about the spawn"
"Right" Lorne began to turn once again.
"Are you okay down there?" Theresa asked
"Yeah, it's just I'm used to comfort and the wooden floor isn't exactly..."
"Comfortable" she finished for him.
"It's okay" she continued "Mother is going away a couple of weeks with Mr Davies" she said the name with a hint of contempt "to England for a couple of weeks and as I'm such a dutiful daughter I'm allowed to stay here on my own as long as Liam's mother checks up on me every now and again, so you can have a spare room, with a nice big comfy bed"
" Thank you"
"That's okay, now I have to get up, get dressed and go and call on Liam without falling flat on my face.............This should be fun"
"I still can't believe that was Angel" Fred said to Cordelia who was currently sitting at the dresser in their room.
"I know" she said.
"I mean, he was laughing and joking and"
"I know Fred" Cordelia replied her tone slightly agitated.
"What's wrong Cordy?"
"Nothing......It's silly really, it's just that was the guy Angel was before he died, I mean. Liam's so full of life and it breaks my heart to think that he'll die and turn into Angelus" Cordelia turned back to the dressers mirror. Fred watched Cordelia with a smile and to herself thought,
'Boy has she got it bad'.
Wesley and Gunn started to get dressed whilst discussing all that had happened in the past 24 hours.
"Man I still can't believe we went back in time ! It's phat!"
"I agree it's quite extraordinary, I don't recall ever reading or hearing of an account like this"
"Wait" Gunn quickly shoved the shirt over his head "You don't think anyone's ever gone back in time before?"
"Well no, not in the material I've read anyway" Wesley said fidgeting with his tie.
Gunn looked at the man appalled that he wasn't more phased by this whole thing.
"Wesley you've read most of the books on freaky assed mojo and demons ever written and your telling me you've never come across anything like this before ?"
Wesley shook his head whilst still messing with his tie.
"So how we gonna get home ?" Gunn asked
"Long or short answer ?"
"Short"
"Don't know"
"Out of curiosity the long?"
" I don't know"
Gunn looked at Wesley as tough he had grown a second head.
"But don't worry Gunn I'm certain Theresa's watcher will be able to help us with the situation at hand" said Wesley having finally done his tie and walking to the door.
"Yeah I'm sure" said Gunn following closely behind.
Cordelia and Fred were already seated when Wesley and Gunn reached the makeshift dining room. The guys quickly joined them.
"Hey" Cordy greeted them with a smile.
"So what are our plans today ?" Gunn asked
"Well I'm going to go and see Theresa's watcher with her about this whole thing" Wesley said.
"But I thought last night that Tom, Liam and Theresa all decided we should meet Marie and then go into town together" Fred interjected.
Whilst pondering this the door to the inn opened and in walked Liam and Theresa talking about something or other and both looking slightly messy as they were both suffering from heavy hangovers.
Tessa stopped to talk to Rose who was currently talking to some other patrons whilst Liam walked over to the table and sat down in one of the spaces that was left at the table which just happened to be next to Cordelia.
Theresa turned to look at her best friend taking a seat next to Cordelia and thought to herself,
'Boy has he got it bad'
Liam awoke with a shudder, the light shining through his bedroom window hurting his eyes considerably. He pushed the sheets back and walked over to his window, he shut the curtains and walked back over to his bed, all energy suddenly leaving him, he fell back onto his bed with a thud. The suddenness of his action caused the room to spin once again and memories of last night to come rushing back to him.
Liam smiled to himself as he remembered the newcomers that had arrived from the new world, especially the Cordelia girl. Then Liam cringed inwardly as he remembered the events that followed :
-Alcohol -Bets -Drinking Competitions -Losing -Tom proclaiming his love for Marie in public -Theresa drinking way too much. -Laughing -Cordelia's smile -Getting along with Wesley and Gunn -Fred's amusing personality He pulled his pillow over his head and groaned inwardly. Then there came a knock on his door. The knock made the thumping in his head considerably worse, he sat up and immediately regretted his action as the room once again began to spin. He got up and went to his door.
"What" he asked as he opened it.
Kathy's pixie face lit up in laughter as she took in her brothers dishevelled appearance.
"Mother and I are going into town Lee, we'll be gone all day, all right?"
"All right" Liam really just wanted to return to his bed. " Yes, Fine, Ok, Go, Bye !"
"Bye Liam" Kathy said as he closed the door in the fifteen year olds face.
Theresa woke up, sat up, and flopped straight back down again.
"Oh hangover, hangover" she groaned.
"Well Pumpkin that's what'll happen if you stay out drinking all night and then come home at one in the morning via your bedroom window"
"Huh ?" Theresa looked around her room trying to find the source of the voice. Her eyes finally settled on the figure lying on the floor next to her bed.
"Oh Lorne, Hello"
"Well I'm glad we've got past The Demon thing" said Lorne shifting in discomfort.
"Oh last night I'm so sorry"
"That's okay'
"No it's not your a really nice demon it's just all the other demons I've met have either wanted to kill me...." "Understandable being the slayer and all'
"Or" Theresa continued "wanted to impregnate Chris with it's spawn"
Lorne looked up from his makeshift bed on the floor, a look of utter bewilderment on his face.
"Chris, my watcher" she explained " It's a long but funny story y'know about the spawn"
"Right" Lorne began to turn once again.
"Are you okay down there?" Theresa asked
"Yeah, it's just I'm used to comfort and the wooden floor isn't exactly..."
"Comfortable" she finished for him.
"It's okay" she continued "Mother is going away a couple of weeks with Mr Davies" she said the name with a hint of contempt "to England for a couple of weeks and as I'm such a dutiful daughter I'm allowed to stay here on my own as long as Liam's mother checks up on me every now and again, so you can have a spare room, with a nice big comfy bed"
" Thank you"
"That's okay, now I have to get up, get dressed and go and call on Liam without falling flat on my face.............This should be fun"
"I still can't believe that was Angel" Fred said to Cordelia who was currently sitting at the dresser in their room.
"I know" she said.
"I mean, he was laughing and joking and"
"I know Fred" Cordelia replied her tone slightly agitated.
"What's wrong Cordy?"
"Nothing......It's silly really, it's just that was the guy Angel was before he died, I mean. Liam's so full of life and it breaks my heart to think that he'll die and turn into Angelus" Cordelia turned back to the dressers mirror. Fred watched Cordelia with a smile and to herself thought,
'Boy has she got it bad'.
Wesley and Gunn started to get dressed whilst discussing all that had happened in the past 24 hours.
"Man I still can't believe we went back in time ! It's phat!"
"I agree it's quite extraordinary, I don't recall ever reading or hearing of an account like this"
"Wait" Gunn quickly shoved the shirt over his head "You don't think anyone's ever gone back in time before?"
"Well no, not in the material I've read anyway" Wesley said fidgeting with his tie.
Gunn looked at the man appalled that he wasn't more phased by this whole thing.
"Wesley you've read most of the books on freaky assed mojo and demons ever written and your telling me you've never come across anything like this before ?"
Wesley shook his head whilst still messing with his tie.
"So how we gonna get home ?" Gunn asked
"Long or short answer ?"
"Short"
"Don't know"
"Out of curiosity the long?"
" I don't know"
Gunn looked at Wesley as tough he had grown a second head.
"But don't worry Gunn I'm certain Theresa's watcher will be able to help us with the situation at hand" said Wesley having finally done his tie and walking to the door.
"Yeah I'm sure" said Gunn following closely behind.
Cordelia and Fred were already seated when Wesley and Gunn reached the makeshift dining room. The guys quickly joined them.
"Hey" Cordy greeted them with a smile.
"So what are our plans today ?" Gunn asked
"Well I'm going to go and see Theresa's watcher with her about this whole thing" Wesley said.
"But I thought last night that Tom, Liam and Theresa all decided we should meet Marie and then go into town together" Fred interjected.
Whilst pondering this the door to the inn opened and in walked Liam and Theresa talking about something or other and both looking slightly messy as they were both suffering from heavy hangovers.
Tessa stopped to talk to Rose who was currently talking to some other patrons whilst Liam walked over to the table and sat down in one of the spaces that was left at the table which just happened to be next to Cordelia.
Theresa turned to look at her best friend taking a seat next to Cordelia and thought to herself,
'Boy has he got it bad'
