Part 13 – No we are not going skinny dipping
Cordelia pulled up to the gate and punched in her access code. The gate doors were barely open before she sped through the gate up the driveway to her parent's house. She hit the button for the garage door and it slowly swung open, revealing two other cars, a large black Mercedes sedan and a red BMW convertible.
"Jeez, Cordelia could you have driven any faster?" Angel asked as she quickly pulled into the empty spot in the garage and hit the button to close the garage door. He knew that he could be an aggressive driver, but this girl drove the streets of Sunnydale like it was the Autobahn in Germany. "What, I am an excellent driver Angel. Now I know that I don't have all the years of experience driving that you do, I mean what was it like to be around when Henry Ford rolled out the first Model T?" Cordelia was beginning to enjoy ribbing him about his age.
Angel did not respond, he growled under his breath and undid his seatbelt. I am driving us home tonight.
Cordelia turned to him, "Did you just growl at me Angel?"
"No, just clearing my throat," Angel said, and gave her a small smile.
"Oh, well come on, I will show you around." Cordelia said, getting out of the car and walking to the door leading into the house. She unlocked the door and walked into the kitchen of the house.
Angel stood at the door frame..."Ahh, Cordy, I need an invitation."
She turned around and smiled "Go grab your blood out of the trunk and you clothes, and then you can come in Angel." She flicked a button on her key chain and he heard the trunk pop open.
Angel turned around and went out to car and pulled out the little blue cooler. He had never felt so taken care of by anyone. He closed the trunk to the car and then walked through the door into the kitchen.
Angel set the cooler on the counter and looked around. It was a very modern kitchen with lots of stainless steel and glass. He also noticed the number of windows in the kitchen, and made a mental note that this was not a room to wander into by accident during daylight hours.
"I am so ready to go swim some laps, I am going run upstairs and change. You can change in the cabana by the pool. Just go through those doors and down the path. The lights are motion sensitive, so you should have no problem finding the pool." Cordelia said causally as if it was just another friend over to visit her pool and house.
Can't wait to see you in a swimsuit. "Sure, see you down there Cordy."
Meanwhile...at Buffy's house
"So I think that I saw Cordelia tonight driving around with a guy in her car." Xander said, sitting on Buffy's couch, Willow next too him on one side and Buffy on the other.
Buffy dug into the big bowl of popcorn that was resting on Xander's lap and popped a few kernels into her mouth. "hmm are you sure it was Cordy?" She asked with popcorn in her mouth.
"Fairly sure, not that many red convertibles around town." Xander replied a little sadly.
"Well maybe if it was Cordy it was just one of her you know other friends." Willow said positively. Cordy would not cheat on Xander, she was positive of that, as she looked at the shape of Xander's lips wondering what his kiss would feel like. Stop..bad thoughts...Xander is Cordelia's boyfriend...and I have Oz.
"I guess, but I didn't recognize him, other than the dark hair, and that he was a guy." Xander said, looking at Willow. She looks really good tonight, I wonder if her hair is as soft as it looks. Stop...bad thoughts...Oz is Willow's boyfriend...and I have Cordy...I think.
"Xander it is probably no big deal, just ask her, I am sure she will tell you." Buffy said, Cordelia was nothing if not brutally honest. What did she say once..' Tact is just not saying true stuff. I'll pass.'
"Yah you are probably right Buffster. I so don't want to be the jealous boyfriend type. Plus, how lucky can a guy be my two best girls," Xander said, stretching his arms so they rested on the back of each of the girls shoulders, "and watching movies." The girls relaxed against him, he was their friend and they trusted Xander.
Buffy pressed play on the remote and the three friends went back to watching Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman.
Poolside
Angel walked out of the Cabana wearing surfer shorts that were a dark blue, almost black. He didn't have many other colors. His chest and abs had well defined muscles under pale skin and he moved toward the edge of the pool. All of a sudden soft music started playing out of speakers hidden around the pool area and then lights came on all around.
The pool glowed a soft blue color and the lights around the pool made the whole place look magical. He heard Cordelia's heartbeat and turned around to see her coming down the path.
She was dressed in a terry cloth robe and had her hair clipped up. Cordelia smiled when she saw that Angel did have swim trunks. Boy does he look good in those.
"Thought you would like some music, the sound system out here is great." Cordelia said. Stopping at a lounge chair by the pool and looking at Angel standing on the other side of the pool.
"Yes, it is nice, I love music." Angel said absently, he sat down at the edge of the pool and put his feet in. Expecting the water to be cold he was surprised when it was warm, almost bath water warm.
Cordelia read the surprised expression on his face, almost everyone had it when they first touched their feet to the pool and found out the water was warm. "Isn't it great, the pool is heated."
"Yes, I can see why you heard your pool calling." Angel said looking at her. He then watched as she took off her robe, revealing a bright red swimsuit. As she turned around he saw that it scooped open in the back, revealing a great deal of skin, and showed off her tone body well. She unclipped her hair and let it fall down her back.
He was glad it wasn't a bikini. I would never survive that. And that red color...Angel held back a growl at the site of her next to naked, watching her move around the edge of the pool closer to him.
"Yes, I have been really lucky." Cordelia bent down and hopped into the pool and started swimming clean strokes toward the other end of the pool. She never had felt so lucky in her entire life since she had hit Angel with her car.
Angel watched her swim back and forth across the pool. She was athletic without the build of an athlete. She looks like a water nymph...no a Greek Goddess. Angel chuckled; Cordy would like to know he thought she was a goddess.
Cordelia did ten laps back and forth, and felt the stress of the day leave her body. The water felt good and holding her breath as she dove under the warm water was also nice. She swam over to the edge of the pool where Angel's feet were dangling in the water and popped up between his legs to get a breath of air.
"Hey" Angel said softly looking down at her.
"Hey, are you going to get wet or what?" Cordy asked, and then playfully splashed his legs with water.
"Well, I kinda don't swim Cordelia." Angel said, a bit embarrassed
"Oh that is fine, I can teach you, not a problem. I have been swimming forever." She said, moving a hand to tug on his leg and pull him into the water.
"No it isn't that I don't know how...well it is just that vampires don't exactly float." Angel felt the heat of her hand on his leg. He wanted to feel her whole body around him.
"What are you kidding?" Cordelia asked, loving the new vampire fact she had just learned.
"Nope, sink like a stone, I can walk through water, but can't float on it, making swimming next to impossible."
"Weird." Even if he couldn't swim, he should at least enjoy the water. Cordelia moved her hand back and then skimmed it across the top of the water, creating a huge splash, soaking Angel."
Angel wiped the water from his faced and looked down at the girl. Her hair wet and slicked back, the swimsuit covering all her curves completely, but making him crazy because he could see the shape of her body so perfectly under the thin material.
Cordelia splashed him again, and that is when he made his move. Pushing off the edge of the pool into the water, he made a dive for her. But she anticipated this and swam just out of his reach toward the deep end of the pool. She was treading water out in the middle of the pool, laughing at Angel appearing to be stuck in the shallow end.
"I got you Mr. Vampire!" She said, she wanted to say something witty and that was the only thing that came to mind. She looked at his wet body and absently licked her lips.
Angel looked at her, and then sunk under the water to wet his hair, coming back up he looked around the pool and didn't see Cordy. He turned around was doused again with water. She had quickly swam around behind him and had again splashed him.
"You're a quick swimmer Ms. Chase" Angel said more to himself as Cordy was under the water swimming towards the safety of the middle of the pool.
Cordelia got to the middle of the pool, and thought to herself, safe! When she was grabbed from behind and dunked.
She came up quickly...spitting water, having gotten a mouthful and turned to find that Angel was right behind her. Floating rather easily....."Hey I thought you said you couldn't float?" Cordy demanded.
"I lied." Angel said then let his legs float up and laid back in the water, clearly floating and gloating. He had a smirk on his face, happy he had gotten Cordelia at her own game.
"Why you..." Cordy said taking a quick breath and then diving into the water, swimming underneath Angel's back. Cordy reached out and tugged on his shorts to pull him in the water...effectively trying to dunk him from underneath, before coming back to the surface for air.
Angel reacted quickly and grabbed Cordy by the upper arms and pulled her to the surface of the pool, "Got ya" He said, feeling like a champion.
"No..Annngelll don't dunk me" Cordy said, laughing, and smiling as she felt Angel's hands push her under the water, and then in the same quick motion pull her back to the surface. This time her body was held close in the circle of his arms. She didn't pull away...didn't want too.
Angel pushed her wet hair away from her eyes and let his hand rest on her cheek. They got really quiet and the sound of the pool filter running and the gentle lapping of the water filled the air. The stars in the sky filled the night with twinkles.
"Cordy, I just want to..." Hold you, kiss you, make you mine for eternity.
"Want to what Angel?" kissmekissmekissme Cordy moved closer to Angel's chest, resting her hand on his shoulder for balance in the pool...brushing her foot against the calves of his legs as they both treaded water.
Angel saw the heat in her eyes and felt her heart pounding. "I want to thank you for taking care of me, for bringing me back to reality." He said very softly, looking down into her hazel eyes, feeling the weightlessness of the water.
"I am glad that I hit you with my car, or else who knows what might have happened." So glad I got to him first to take care of him.
"Cordy, I..." Awe to hell with it. Angel leaned in and kissed Cordelia on her lips...pulling her into his embrace in the water. Feeling her sigh and pull in closer to him. It was a kiss full of gratitude and friendship and the spark of something more.
Cordelia fell into the kiss and saw stars from it. She had never seen stars before. She wrapped her arms around his shoulders and kissed him back deeply. I am kissing Angel.
Xander dropped down from looking over the top of the fence at the Chase Residence. Needing to know what Cordy was up to, or if she was cheating (not that kissing Willow counted as cheating on her really. Willow was his best friend, he rationalized)
"Who the hell is that guy?" Xander said out loud to himself. For some reason the dark spike hair seemed really familiar. ...... Angel?
Cordelia pulled up to the gate and punched in her access code. The gate doors were barely open before she sped through the gate up the driveway to her parent's house. She hit the button for the garage door and it slowly swung open, revealing two other cars, a large black Mercedes sedan and a red BMW convertible.
"Jeez, Cordelia could you have driven any faster?" Angel asked as she quickly pulled into the empty spot in the garage and hit the button to close the garage door. He knew that he could be an aggressive driver, but this girl drove the streets of Sunnydale like it was the Autobahn in Germany. "What, I am an excellent driver Angel. Now I know that I don't have all the years of experience driving that you do, I mean what was it like to be around when Henry Ford rolled out the first Model T?" Cordelia was beginning to enjoy ribbing him about his age.
Angel did not respond, he growled under his breath and undid his seatbelt. I am driving us home tonight.
Cordelia turned to him, "Did you just growl at me Angel?"
"No, just clearing my throat," Angel said, and gave her a small smile.
"Oh, well come on, I will show you around." Cordelia said, getting out of the car and walking to the door leading into the house. She unlocked the door and walked into the kitchen of the house.
Angel stood at the door frame..."Ahh, Cordy, I need an invitation."
She turned around and smiled "Go grab your blood out of the trunk and you clothes, and then you can come in Angel." She flicked a button on her key chain and he heard the trunk pop open.
Angel turned around and went out to car and pulled out the little blue cooler. He had never felt so taken care of by anyone. He closed the trunk to the car and then walked through the door into the kitchen.
Angel set the cooler on the counter and looked around. It was a very modern kitchen with lots of stainless steel and glass. He also noticed the number of windows in the kitchen, and made a mental note that this was not a room to wander into by accident during daylight hours.
"I am so ready to go swim some laps, I am going run upstairs and change. You can change in the cabana by the pool. Just go through those doors and down the path. The lights are motion sensitive, so you should have no problem finding the pool." Cordelia said causally as if it was just another friend over to visit her pool and house.
Can't wait to see you in a swimsuit. "Sure, see you down there Cordy."
Meanwhile...at Buffy's house
"So I think that I saw Cordelia tonight driving around with a guy in her car." Xander said, sitting on Buffy's couch, Willow next too him on one side and Buffy on the other.
Buffy dug into the big bowl of popcorn that was resting on Xander's lap and popped a few kernels into her mouth. "hmm are you sure it was Cordy?" She asked with popcorn in her mouth.
"Fairly sure, not that many red convertibles around town." Xander replied a little sadly.
"Well maybe if it was Cordy it was just one of her you know other friends." Willow said positively. Cordy would not cheat on Xander, she was positive of that, as she looked at the shape of Xander's lips wondering what his kiss would feel like. Stop..bad thoughts...Xander is Cordelia's boyfriend...and I have Oz.
"I guess, but I didn't recognize him, other than the dark hair, and that he was a guy." Xander said, looking at Willow. She looks really good tonight, I wonder if her hair is as soft as it looks. Stop...bad thoughts...Oz is Willow's boyfriend...and I have Cordy...I think.
"Xander it is probably no big deal, just ask her, I am sure she will tell you." Buffy said, Cordelia was nothing if not brutally honest. What did she say once..' Tact is just not saying true stuff. I'll pass.'
"Yah you are probably right Buffster. I so don't want to be the jealous boyfriend type. Plus, how lucky can a guy be my two best girls," Xander said, stretching his arms so they rested on the back of each of the girls shoulders, "and watching movies." The girls relaxed against him, he was their friend and they trusted Xander.
Buffy pressed play on the remote and the three friends went back to watching Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman.
Poolside
Angel walked out of the Cabana wearing surfer shorts that were a dark blue, almost black. He didn't have many other colors. His chest and abs had well defined muscles under pale skin and he moved toward the edge of the pool. All of a sudden soft music started playing out of speakers hidden around the pool area and then lights came on all around.
The pool glowed a soft blue color and the lights around the pool made the whole place look magical. He heard Cordelia's heartbeat and turned around to see her coming down the path.
She was dressed in a terry cloth robe and had her hair clipped up. Cordelia smiled when she saw that Angel did have swim trunks. Boy does he look good in those.
"Thought you would like some music, the sound system out here is great." Cordelia said. Stopping at a lounge chair by the pool and looking at Angel standing on the other side of the pool.
"Yes, it is nice, I love music." Angel said absently, he sat down at the edge of the pool and put his feet in. Expecting the water to be cold he was surprised when it was warm, almost bath water warm.
Cordelia read the surprised expression on his face, almost everyone had it when they first touched their feet to the pool and found out the water was warm. "Isn't it great, the pool is heated."
"Yes, I can see why you heard your pool calling." Angel said looking at her. He then watched as she took off her robe, revealing a bright red swimsuit. As she turned around he saw that it scooped open in the back, revealing a great deal of skin, and showed off her tone body well. She unclipped her hair and let it fall down her back.
He was glad it wasn't a bikini. I would never survive that. And that red color...Angel held back a growl at the site of her next to naked, watching her move around the edge of the pool closer to him.
"Yes, I have been really lucky." Cordelia bent down and hopped into the pool and started swimming clean strokes toward the other end of the pool. She never had felt so lucky in her entire life since she had hit Angel with her car.
Angel watched her swim back and forth across the pool. She was athletic without the build of an athlete. She looks like a water nymph...no a Greek Goddess. Angel chuckled; Cordy would like to know he thought she was a goddess.
Cordelia did ten laps back and forth, and felt the stress of the day leave her body. The water felt good and holding her breath as she dove under the warm water was also nice. She swam over to the edge of the pool where Angel's feet were dangling in the water and popped up between his legs to get a breath of air.
"Hey" Angel said softly looking down at her.
"Hey, are you going to get wet or what?" Cordy asked, and then playfully splashed his legs with water.
"Well, I kinda don't swim Cordelia." Angel said, a bit embarrassed
"Oh that is fine, I can teach you, not a problem. I have been swimming forever." She said, moving a hand to tug on his leg and pull him into the water.
"No it isn't that I don't know how...well it is just that vampires don't exactly float." Angel felt the heat of her hand on his leg. He wanted to feel her whole body around him.
"What are you kidding?" Cordelia asked, loving the new vampire fact she had just learned.
"Nope, sink like a stone, I can walk through water, but can't float on it, making swimming next to impossible."
"Weird." Even if he couldn't swim, he should at least enjoy the water. Cordelia moved her hand back and then skimmed it across the top of the water, creating a huge splash, soaking Angel."
Angel wiped the water from his faced and looked down at the girl. Her hair wet and slicked back, the swimsuit covering all her curves completely, but making him crazy because he could see the shape of her body so perfectly under the thin material.
Cordelia splashed him again, and that is when he made his move. Pushing off the edge of the pool into the water, he made a dive for her. But she anticipated this and swam just out of his reach toward the deep end of the pool. She was treading water out in the middle of the pool, laughing at Angel appearing to be stuck in the shallow end.
"I got you Mr. Vampire!" She said, she wanted to say something witty and that was the only thing that came to mind. She looked at his wet body and absently licked her lips.
Angel looked at her, and then sunk under the water to wet his hair, coming back up he looked around the pool and didn't see Cordy. He turned around was doused again with water. She had quickly swam around behind him and had again splashed him.
"You're a quick swimmer Ms. Chase" Angel said more to himself as Cordy was under the water swimming towards the safety of the middle of the pool.
Cordelia got to the middle of the pool, and thought to herself, safe! When she was grabbed from behind and dunked.
She came up quickly...spitting water, having gotten a mouthful and turned to find that Angel was right behind her. Floating rather easily....."Hey I thought you said you couldn't float?" Cordy demanded.
"I lied." Angel said then let his legs float up and laid back in the water, clearly floating and gloating. He had a smirk on his face, happy he had gotten Cordelia at her own game.
"Why you..." Cordy said taking a quick breath and then diving into the water, swimming underneath Angel's back. Cordy reached out and tugged on his shorts to pull him in the water...effectively trying to dunk him from underneath, before coming back to the surface for air.
Angel reacted quickly and grabbed Cordy by the upper arms and pulled her to the surface of the pool, "Got ya" He said, feeling like a champion.
"No..Annngelll don't dunk me" Cordy said, laughing, and smiling as she felt Angel's hands push her under the water, and then in the same quick motion pull her back to the surface. This time her body was held close in the circle of his arms. She didn't pull away...didn't want too.
Angel pushed her wet hair away from her eyes and let his hand rest on her cheek. They got really quiet and the sound of the pool filter running and the gentle lapping of the water filled the air. The stars in the sky filled the night with twinkles.
"Cordy, I just want to..." Hold you, kiss you, make you mine for eternity.
"Want to what Angel?" kissmekissmekissme Cordy moved closer to Angel's chest, resting her hand on his shoulder for balance in the pool...brushing her foot against the calves of his legs as they both treaded water.
Angel saw the heat in her eyes and felt her heart pounding. "I want to thank you for taking care of me, for bringing me back to reality." He said very softly, looking down into her hazel eyes, feeling the weightlessness of the water.
"I am glad that I hit you with my car, or else who knows what might have happened." So glad I got to him first to take care of him.
"Cordy, I..." Awe to hell with it. Angel leaned in and kissed Cordelia on her lips...pulling her into his embrace in the water. Feeling her sigh and pull in closer to him. It was a kiss full of gratitude and friendship and the spark of something more.
Cordelia fell into the kiss and saw stars from it. She had never seen stars before. She wrapped her arms around his shoulders and kissed him back deeply. I am kissing Angel.
Xander dropped down from looking over the top of the fence at the Chase Residence. Needing to know what Cordy was up to, or if she was cheating (not that kissing Willow counted as cheating on her really. Willow was his best friend, he rationalized)
"Who the hell is that guy?" Xander said out loud to himself. For some reason the dark spike hair seemed really familiar. ...... Angel?