Chapter 6.
Harmony squealed at Fiona like a fan-girl about to meet her biggest idol for the first time. "She's so cute. Hello, hello. I'm your Auntie Harmony, yes I am."
"Harmony, get a grip. You could traumatize her for life," Cordelia lifted Fiona out of her crib and put her on the floor.
"Are you sure she should be crawling on the floor?"
"It's okay, I've learned pretty much about babies for the past months. She won't die sitting on the floor."
"She's just so tiny, and lively." Harmony's eyes got wistful.
"You try calling her tiny when she's crying her lungs out in the middle of the night," Cordelia went into her kitchen. "Can I get you a cup of coffee?"
"No, that's alright," Harmony dropped herself onto the floor next to Fiona who had begun to crawl towards the kitchen. She lifted her up and looked at her neck. Licking herself around the mouth she tilted her head, vampiric visage on and leaned in just as Cordelia returned.
"Harmony? Can I get you anything else?"
"Yes?" Harmony turned towards the sound, momentarily forgetting the alteration of her normal looks.
Cordelia quickly ran over and grabbed Fiona.
"You're a vampire."
"How did you guess?" Harmony looked confused.
"Duh, the teeth and the bumpy forehead's a big giveaway. Trust me." Cordelia held tight onto Fiona while Harmony ran off to find a mirror. "She can't have been a vampire that long," Cordelia told Fiona. "Of course it's all very Harmony."
*@*
Angel locked himself into Cordelia's apartment. He was just going to take Fiona out for a stroll, and then he was going to plan her next visit to Faith with Cordy.
He hummed a bit, until he heard a voice he remembered from Sunnydale. What was she doing here? The last he had heard from Willow was that Harmony had been sired during the battle of the Graduation. And Cordelia had invited her in?
Angel dug out his stake and stormed into the kitchen where he came to a sudden stop. Cordelia had fed Harmony his blood. Well, the blood she kept around for him, but why get caught up in the semantics? Harmony was drinking his blood while Cordelia was feeding Fiona mashed carrots.
He quickly hid the stake.
"Hi Harmony. I haven't seen you around for a while."
"Angel." He was pretty sure that if there were any bugs in the apartment they were all dead by now. Fiona didn't even squeal like that.
"Hi, Angel. Harmony's a vampire."
"Yeah, I know."
"How?" Harmony asked, befuddled.
"The blood was a clue. Willow told us, as well."
"Did she, now?" Cordelia huffed before smiling at Fiona. "Just another spoon of these delicious carrots, bunny. Then you can go out and play with uncle Angel when aunt Cordy have a major heart to heart with little miss Harmony here. But maybe aunt Cordy ought to have a talk with uncle Angel as well, about the information that he needs to share."
Harmony squealed at Fiona like a fan-girl about to meet her biggest idol for the first time. "She's so cute. Hello, hello. I'm your Auntie Harmony, yes I am."
"Harmony, get a grip. You could traumatize her for life," Cordelia lifted Fiona out of her crib and put her on the floor.
"Are you sure she should be crawling on the floor?"
"It's okay, I've learned pretty much about babies for the past months. She won't die sitting on the floor."
"She's just so tiny, and lively." Harmony's eyes got wistful.
"You try calling her tiny when she's crying her lungs out in the middle of the night," Cordelia went into her kitchen. "Can I get you a cup of coffee?"
"No, that's alright," Harmony dropped herself onto the floor next to Fiona who had begun to crawl towards the kitchen. She lifted her up and looked at her neck. Licking herself around the mouth she tilted her head, vampiric visage on and leaned in just as Cordelia returned.
"Harmony? Can I get you anything else?"
"Yes?" Harmony turned towards the sound, momentarily forgetting the alteration of her normal looks.
Cordelia quickly ran over and grabbed Fiona.
"You're a vampire."
"How did you guess?" Harmony looked confused.
"Duh, the teeth and the bumpy forehead's a big giveaway. Trust me." Cordelia held tight onto Fiona while Harmony ran off to find a mirror. "She can't have been a vampire that long," Cordelia told Fiona. "Of course it's all very Harmony."
*@*
Angel locked himself into Cordelia's apartment. He was just going to take Fiona out for a stroll, and then he was going to plan her next visit to Faith with Cordy.
He hummed a bit, until he heard a voice he remembered from Sunnydale. What was she doing here? The last he had heard from Willow was that Harmony had been sired during the battle of the Graduation. And Cordelia had invited her in?
Angel dug out his stake and stormed into the kitchen where he came to a sudden stop. Cordelia had fed Harmony his blood. Well, the blood she kept around for him, but why get caught up in the semantics? Harmony was drinking his blood while Cordelia was feeding Fiona mashed carrots.
He quickly hid the stake.
"Hi Harmony. I haven't seen you around for a while."
"Angel." He was pretty sure that if there were any bugs in the apartment they were all dead by now. Fiona didn't even squeal like that.
"Hi, Angel. Harmony's a vampire."
"Yeah, I know."
"How?" Harmony asked, befuddled.
"The blood was a clue. Willow told us, as well."
"Did she, now?" Cordelia huffed before smiling at Fiona. "Just another spoon of these delicious carrots, bunny. Then you can go out and play with uncle Angel when aunt Cordy have a major heart to heart with little miss Harmony here. But maybe aunt Cordy ought to have a talk with uncle Angel as well, about the information that he needs to share."