Just want to remind you again that although Cordelia has been 'demonised'
the effect isn't instant in my fic, it's gradual, so when she gets a vision
there is still pain.
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Chapter Four
"Hey Harry, How's it going?" asked Draco cheerfully
Harry looked suspicious instantly. "What do you want?"
"I just asked how you are, why would you assume I want something?" asked Draco looking offended
"Because as much I hate to admit I know you" he shuddered a little at saying that "And if you're being nice then you want something"
"How are you with kids?" he asked sweetly
Harry just stared at him. Waiting for the real question
"Will you look after Connor while I take Cordelia out?"
"You are joking aren't you?" said Harry. Why God? Why him?
"Please, come on if you do this for me, then" he thought for a minute, "I'll get Cordelia to set you up with one of her friends and you can finally pop that cherry of yours"
"Damn it Malfoy I'm not a damn virgin" he shouted. "And if Cordelia had friend here do you really think a man she's met for two minutes would be her first choice as a babysitter?"
Hmm, he had him there. "Damn it Potter don't make me beg. You're right, she doesn't have friends here. She's all alone with only her son for company and I just wanted to take her out, let her enjoy herself without having to worry about him. Plus you've got all that experience from after Granger and Weasley's Kid" He said trying to play to the sickeningly good guy in potter.
Harry just stared at him, and Draco knew instantly what he had to do. He almost decided it wasn't worth it. "Please Harry, I'm begging you. I really need you to do this. I'm sorry for being rude to you earlier. It won't happen again for at least a day"
Harry couldn't help it, he laughed. The Slytherin Prince was begging him to baby-sit. That was definitely worth a laugh. 'Wait till I tell Ron about this one' he thought, then he remembered he couldn't speak to Ron, or Hermione, or any other friend. It wasn't permitted. "OK" he said, "Do I get paid?"
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"Thanks again Harry" said Cordelia just before she left. Connor was fast asleep in his playpen again. She had left the formula milk for him, and the diapers, making sure he knew how to do everything. She felt weird about leaving him, a month ago she had got to hold him every now and then, but only when she could loosens Angel's constant grip for a second or two, now she was with him constantly, and it felt strange for him to be away from her, any further than in the next room or up the stairs.
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Cordelia had fun with Draco that night. They went to a movie then dinner. She liked talking to him; she felt she could tell him stuff. She never told him the full truth though. She had perfected the art of telling real stories but leaving out all the vampires and demons and the fact that she kidnapped her best friends son. It wasn't hard once you got the hang of it.
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"Shh" said Draco as caught sight of the seen in the living room with a grin on his face.
"What?" asked Cordelia quietly. Draco motioned to the couch. Harry was fast asleep with Connor in his arms. She smiled "I should probably take him home".
"Put him in the pen for a while" said Draco, When Cordelia looked at him he made a said face "You promised me coffee"
She grinned. "You go get started on that and I'll move Connor, I really don't want Harry to roll over and squash him or anything"
Draco nodded and laughed.
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In the kitchen he checked the coast was clear then got his wand out to start on the coffee. He could do it the muggle way but he found anything muggle difficult, he hated getting the cups out the muggle way.
Which was why they were floating across the room when Cordelia walked in. She stopped frozen. Draco saw her and the cups dropped and smashed on the floor.
"Do you have a ghost?" she asked panicked. "Please tell me you have a ghost"
"I don't have a ghost" he said "But listen I can explain."
"Don't bother. I know, you're evil, what is it with me and my taste in me. I'm the female equivalent of Xander 'demon magnet' Harris. God I suck at this, I take Connor away form all the evil away from Angel and what do I do? I go and fall for someone who's evil"
She stormed through to pick up Connor. Both he and Harry had woken up by the sound of the cups smashing and Cordelia's screams. "Are you a demon?" she asked as she tried to calm Connor.
"No" he said surprised.
"Well I'm getting a bit better. Do you work for a demon? Have any 'money and fame if you impregnate women with demon spawn' deals going on?"
"No" he said, now just confused.
"OK, so what are you? And what's with the mini stake? Oh God who cares you're evil and..." she was stopped by a familiar sensation. "Take the Baby"
"What?" he said. She thought she was evil so she was giving him her child.
"Take the baby" she said thrusting Connor into his arms just as she fell to the floor in pain.
Draco handed the baby over to Harry and tried to help Cordelia as she screamed in pain holding onto her head. "Cordelia" he said, not knowing what was happening or what to do about it.
"It looks like the Cruciatus curse" said Harry
Draco tried saying the counter curse but nothing happened.
Then it stopped. Her head still hurt but the images were gone. She smiled "They're getting better" Then she remembered where she was. She grabbed the baby from Harry, and left not bothering to take all her other stuff. She just ran out of the door and drove home.
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Home was no longer the motel. It was an apartment that made her miss the motel. If it was possible it was worse than her first apartment in LA. She missed her home, she missed Dennis. She wondered if Connor missed the Hyperion or if it was all the same to him. She hoped it was all the same. She watched him lying in his crib; she had customised the mobile hanging above his bed. On the little ducks she had stuck pictures of Angel. She wasn't sure if he understood it but she wanted him to always be able to see his Daddy. She would tell him all about Angel while letting him suck a picture of him. Hoping he understood somehow.
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Cordelia thought about Draco. He just seemed so nice. He didn't seem evil, a bad boy perhaps, but not evil.
"Damn" she sighed. "It isn't supposed to be like this"
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"What the hell happened there?" asked Harry
"She saw me doing magic in the kitchen, then started saying I was evil. Actually she thought I was a demon" said Draco
"Why would a nice normal girl from LA immediately assume that you were a demon?" asked Harry
"Yeah, I'm beginning to wonder about the nice normal part. Nice I'm sure of, but normal, no"
"What was the deal with seizure?"
"Your guess is as good as mine" said Draco
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Chapter Four
"Hey Harry, How's it going?" asked Draco cheerfully
Harry looked suspicious instantly. "What do you want?"
"I just asked how you are, why would you assume I want something?" asked Draco looking offended
"Because as much I hate to admit I know you" he shuddered a little at saying that "And if you're being nice then you want something"
"How are you with kids?" he asked sweetly
Harry just stared at him. Waiting for the real question
"Will you look after Connor while I take Cordelia out?"
"You are joking aren't you?" said Harry. Why God? Why him?
"Please, come on if you do this for me, then" he thought for a minute, "I'll get Cordelia to set you up with one of her friends and you can finally pop that cherry of yours"
"Damn it Malfoy I'm not a damn virgin" he shouted. "And if Cordelia had friend here do you really think a man she's met for two minutes would be her first choice as a babysitter?"
Hmm, he had him there. "Damn it Potter don't make me beg. You're right, she doesn't have friends here. She's all alone with only her son for company and I just wanted to take her out, let her enjoy herself without having to worry about him. Plus you've got all that experience from after Granger and Weasley's Kid" He said trying to play to the sickeningly good guy in potter.
Harry just stared at him, and Draco knew instantly what he had to do. He almost decided it wasn't worth it. "Please Harry, I'm begging you. I really need you to do this. I'm sorry for being rude to you earlier. It won't happen again for at least a day"
Harry couldn't help it, he laughed. The Slytherin Prince was begging him to baby-sit. That was definitely worth a laugh. 'Wait till I tell Ron about this one' he thought, then he remembered he couldn't speak to Ron, or Hermione, or any other friend. It wasn't permitted. "OK" he said, "Do I get paid?"
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"Thanks again Harry" said Cordelia just before she left. Connor was fast asleep in his playpen again. She had left the formula milk for him, and the diapers, making sure he knew how to do everything. She felt weird about leaving him, a month ago she had got to hold him every now and then, but only when she could loosens Angel's constant grip for a second or two, now she was with him constantly, and it felt strange for him to be away from her, any further than in the next room or up the stairs.
--------------
Cordelia had fun with Draco that night. They went to a movie then dinner. She liked talking to him; she felt she could tell him stuff. She never told him the full truth though. She had perfected the art of telling real stories but leaving out all the vampires and demons and the fact that she kidnapped her best friends son. It wasn't hard once you got the hang of it.
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"Shh" said Draco as caught sight of the seen in the living room with a grin on his face.
"What?" asked Cordelia quietly. Draco motioned to the couch. Harry was fast asleep with Connor in his arms. She smiled "I should probably take him home".
"Put him in the pen for a while" said Draco, When Cordelia looked at him he made a said face "You promised me coffee"
She grinned. "You go get started on that and I'll move Connor, I really don't want Harry to roll over and squash him or anything"
Draco nodded and laughed.
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In the kitchen he checked the coast was clear then got his wand out to start on the coffee. He could do it the muggle way but he found anything muggle difficult, he hated getting the cups out the muggle way.
Which was why they were floating across the room when Cordelia walked in. She stopped frozen. Draco saw her and the cups dropped and smashed on the floor.
"Do you have a ghost?" she asked panicked. "Please tell me you have a ghost"
"I don't have a ghost" he said "But listen I can explain."
"Don't bother. I know, you're evil, what is it with me and my taste in me. I'm the female equivalent of Xander 'demon magnet' Harris. God I suck at this, I take Connor away form all the evil away from Angel and what do I do? I go and fall for someone who's evil"
She stormed through to pick up Connor. Both he and Harry had woken up by the sound of the cups smashing and Cordelia's screams. "Are you a demon?" she asked as she tried to calm Connor.
"No" he said surprised.
"Well I'm getting a bit better. Do you work for a demon? Have any 'money and fame if you impregnate women with demon spawn' deals going on?"
"No" he said, now just confused.
"OK, so what are you? And what's with the mini stake? Oh God who cares you're evil and..." she was stopped by a familiar sensation. "Take the Baby"
"What?" he said. She thought she was evil so she was giving him her child.
"Take the baby" she said thrusting Connor into his arms just as she fell to the floor in pain.
Draco handed the baby over to Harry and tried to help Cordelia as she screamed in pain holding onto her head. "Cordelia" he said, not knowing what was happening or what to do about it.
"It looks like the Cruciatus curse" said Harry
Draco tried saying the counter curse but nothing happened.
Then it stopped. Her head still hurt but the images were gone. She smiled "They're getting better" Then she remembered where she was. She grabbed the baby from Harry, and left not bothering to take all her other stuff. She just ran out of the door and drove home.
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Home was no longer the motel. It was an apartment that made her miss the motel. If it was possible it was worse than her first apartment in LA. She missed her home, she missed Dennis. She wondered if Connor missed the Hyperion or if it was all the same to him. She hoped it was all the same. She watched him lying in his crib; she had customised the mobile hanging above his bed. On the little ducks she had stuck pictures of Angel. She wasn't sure if he understood it but she wanted him to always be able to see his Daddy. She would tell him all about Angel while letting him suck a picture of him. Hoping he understood somehow.
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Cordelia thought about Draco. He just seemed so nice. He didn't seem evil, a bad boy perhaps, but not evil.
"Damn" she sighed. "It isn't supposed to be like this"
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"What the hell happened there?" asked Harry
"She saw me doing magic in the kitchen, then started saying I was evil. Actually she thought I was a demon" said Draco
"Why would a nice normal girl from LA immediately assume that you were a demon?" asked Harry
"Yeah, I'm beginning to wonder about the nice normal part. Nice I'm sure of, but normal, no"
"What was the deal with seizure?"
"Your guess is as good as mine" said Draco