Part 14 – Nighttime activities.
Angel pulled away from Cordelia's lips, ending the soft gentle kiss, and moved his wet hand to rest on the side of her cheek.
Cordelia's eyes were closed and she had a dreamy look on her face. She opened her eyes, and looked at Angel and whispered "wow."
"My thoughts exactly" Angel said. Loving how it felt to have her so close to him.
"I'm starting to wrinkle" Cordelia said as she pushed away from him gently and swam to the edge of the pool, and then pulled herself up out of the water. She need to get a little distance from him, her heart was racing and she wasn't sure what it all meant.
Angel watched her swim to the edge of the pool and get out. He heard her heart racing and the macho side of him swelled with pride, as well as another region he was sure Cordelia wasn't ready to know about yet. He swam over to the edge and got out of the pool. He picked up a towel and began rubbing the water off his body. He watched as Cordelia stepped over to the fresh water shower and rinsed the chlorine water from her body. He loved the sight of her standing under the shower of water, he only wished she wasn't wearing anything.
He picked up the another towel resting on the lounge and walked it over to Cordelia, and as she stepped out from under the spray of warm fresh water, he handed it to her.
"Thanks Angel." She said quietly. Why did she feel shy around Angel. I am Cordelia Chase Damn it!
Angel remained quiet but stepped under the shower himself and rinsed away the chorine smell from his body as well. He only wished the water was a little hotter so that his body would be warm for when he kissed Cordy again, which was going to be very soon.
Cordelia moved slowly over to the lounge chair, having wrapped the one towel around her body, she picked up another to dry her hair. She wanted to say something to him, anything, but was afraid to open her mouth for fear of the instantaneous babble factor starting. She started fiercely rubbing the towel to her hair.
Angel moved from the shower to sit behind Cordy on the lounge chair. He put his hands up to her head and stopped her rubbing so hard. "Hey your going to pull all your hair out." He pulled her hands down then took the towel and gently started rubbing her hair, liking being close to her. "I am not sorry that I kissed you."
"I am not sorry either Angel. It just took me by surprise." Cordy said, relaxing at Angel's touch and leaning back into him as he dried her hair. He was running his fingers through, gently combing out the tangles.
"Me too." Angel said, he loved having her close.
"Can we take this slow Angel." Cordy asked, not sure why she needed time to figure everything out, but that she knew that she didn't want to rush.
"Yes, I have been practicing patience for 240 years; I can give you all the time that you need Cordelia."
"276 years, Angel" Cordy said with a smile. Her eyes closed, relaxed against the feel of his hands in her hair.
"Pfft.....How about if we go home and get some sleep, maybe they will have finished the bedroom by now?" Angel asked. He wanted to sleep in his bed with his girl, and was a little worried that the Chase residence had plenty of other bedroom choices that would not involve him being able to sleep next to Cordelia.
"Sounds good, it is a school night. Let me just change out of this swimsuit and grab some more clothes." Cordelia said. I think I want to go home with him.
Angel smiled and pressed a kiss onto the top of his girl's head. "I am ready to be out of these wet swim trunks as well. Meet you in the kitchen in a few?"
"Yep, give me 5 minutes, and then we are off." Cordelia said standing up and looking down at Angel. She knew she was making a Big choice going back to the mansion with him. I think I am ready to make that choice.
...meanwhile on the mean streets of Sunnydale
Xander scuffed his way home from what he had just witnessed. Cordy was kissing another guy. He saw Cordy kissing another guy. Couldn't have been Angel, he was gone. It must have been some guy from UC Sunnydale. Cordelia is not a cheater...how did this happen. Had she found out about the kisses he had had with Willow? He didn't know for sure, but really wanted to know. He looked down at his watch, it was almost 1 am. Too late to call Willow and talk to her, he'd have to sort this out in the morning. Xander continued on his way home, wondering how he could have lost Cordy without a big fight scene.
....Ten minutes till 2 am
Angel sat patiently at the kitchen table. It had taken him all of 5 minutes to change out of the swim trunks back into jeans and a black button down shirt. He had heated up a packet of blood and drank it down. Happy that Cordy had thought to bring him food. He had put the blood cooler in the backseat of the convertible as well as his duffle bag. He had paced through the kitchen waiting for Cordy.
He heard the sounds of her moving around the house and wasn't worried that she had gone off to hide somewhere. But she sure was taking a long time. I wonder what would have happened had we agreed on 15 minutes, it would be dawn before she made it back down the stairs.
Cordelia came into the kitchen with a large suitcase and a garment bag hung over her shoulder. "Sorry, wanted to have enough to last till my Rosario gets back next week." She said rolling the suitcase toward the door to the garage. Angel got up and walked over to her, taking the garment bag off her shoulder, amazed at how heavy it was.
"Let's load this up, and get going." Angel said. He wanted to get home and see how the cleaning crew was progressing and then go crawl into bed with his girl.
Cordy took a look around the kitchen and then followed Angel into the garage. She let out a big yawn and looked at the clock, amazed that it was almost 2 am. She pressed the button on the wall and the garage door opened, and then she clicked the smaller button on her key chain to open the trunk. Angel had taken both bags from her and loaded them quickly into the trunk. He had to maneuver them a little so that they would both fit in the small car. Cordelia stood next to him as he packed up the sports car and yawned.
"I am driving." Angel stated. Not a question, not a request, a statement.
"No...(yawn)...I can drive...(yawn)" Cordy said, nobody but her drives her sports car.
"Cor, you don't see me yawning, give me the keys and I will get us home safely, you are about ready to fall asleep where you stand." Angel said, using his most convincing voice possible, and maybe a little vampire thrall.
Cordelia stood there a moment and thought about it, and then decided that Angel was a creature of the night, and she, a human, could not keep her eyes open much longer. "Okay, but be careful." She ordered, and then tossed him her keys.
"Arrgghhh!!" Angel shouted after catching her keys and then instantly dropping them. He looked down at the metal on the ground and saw that there was a little silver cross attached to the key ring. He put his hand to his mouth and sucked on the little red mark that had formed where the cross had burned him.
Cordelia couldn't help herself, she started laughing. Maybe she was just overtired, but that had to be the funniest thing she had seen all day. Angel was giving her a fierce look, like a very pissed off vampire, at being laughed at.
"Oh Angel it is only a little burn, no worse than if you got sunburned..." She giggled at that comment. She was hysterical because she was overtired. She bent over and picked up the key ring. Maybe she was too tired to drive. She took the cross and twisted it around on the key ring until it popped off and then she dropped the cross into her purse. "A girl can never be too careful Angel, especially in Sunnydale."
"Well it stings." Angel said pouting.
"Here..." Cordy reached up and pulled his hand away from his mouth to inspect the damage, "I have seen much worse damage done to your body Angel." She turned his hand looking at the little burn and then bent her head down and kissed it softly. "See all better, by morning you won't even notice that it was there." Even exhausted she was sensible. "Take me home Angel." And she placed the keys into his hands.
"Okay." Angel said, and smiled. Taking the keys and hopping into the driver's seat to the little red speed machine.
Angel drove across town quickly and well, like a race car driver, is what Cordelia thought. Funny, I have known Angel for quite a while and this is the first time I have ridden with him driving a car. Yawn....I can keep my eyes open. Cordy's eyes closed and she nodded off.
Angel turned down Crawford Street and then up turned into the driveway. The cleaning crew vans were still there and he could hear the sounds of people working. He put the car in park and then turn off the ignition. Little Miss 'I can drive' was sound asleep in the passenger seat, with a little bit of drool running down the corner of her mouth. Angel got out of the car and quietly closed his door and then went around to the passenger side, opened the door, and picked up the sleeping girl. She moved her arms around Angel's neck and snuggled closer in her sleep. He noticed that she was in a soft t-shirt and flannel pajama bottoms, looking about 10 years old, except for the ripe full breasts under her t-shirt.
He closed the passenger door with his hip and then walked toward the front door. It opened for him and standing there was Jerry, the foreman of the cleaning crew.
"Sir your back earlier than we expected!" Jerry said loudly and quickly.
"Shh" Angel growled at the man as Cordy shifted in his arms, starting to wake from the noise. "Shh...go back to sleep Cordy," and then in a quite voice to Jerry, "Is the second floor bedroom clean?"
"Yes Sir, we just have the lower level." Jerry said, this man looked powerful and not someone he wanted to piss off.
"Fine, I am taking her up to bed, I don't expect we will be disturbed. You can let yourselves out I presume." Angel said in a quiet but commanding tone.
"Yes that won't be a problem; we should be done in about an hour or so Sir."
"Good, thank you Jerry." Angel said moving toward the staircase, Cordelia nuzzling her head further into his neck, still sleeping. He took the stairs two at a time to get to his bedroom. He did notice that the banister was cleaned and polished, and he could smell that much of the dust and dirt was gone. Cordelia Chase you are an amazing woman.
Angel pushed open his bedroom door with his shoulder and was again pleasantly surprised at how good things looked cleaned up. He walked over to the bed and gently put Cordy down on it and untangled her arms.
"(yawn)...Angel where am I?" Cordy asked still a half asleep. She felt the soft bed under her bottom and knew all she had to do was crawl under the covers and go back to sleep.
"My bed Cordelia, we are home." Angel said softly, moving a stray lock of hair away from her face. He pulled back the covers and lifted one leg at a time, gently pulling away her sneakers, and then placing her feet on the bed. Cordelia blinked at him with big eyes, and would have smiled had she not been so tired. Angel pulled the blanket up over her legs and started to push her down into the bed.
"No, wait" Cordelia said, not ready to lie down just yet. She reached under her t-shirt and unhooked her bra and then wiggled her way out of it without taking off her t-shirt. She tossed the lacy fabric to the end of the bed then pushed herself under the covers and closed her eyes. More than ready to go to sleep.
Angel watched her in total amazement. Granted he could have gotten the bra off in record time, but that was impressive. He bent down and kissed her forehead. Her hair smelled soft and clean and so Cordelia. He pulled back and looked at her, then moved around the room, noting that nothing looked out of place from the cleaning crew's activities. He walked over to the door and closed it then headed to the bathroom to take a quick shower before getting into bed with Cordy. He at first thought a cold shower would be what would cool down his libido, then decided a hot one so that his body would be warm for her. The sounds of the cleaning crew working downstairs were only heard by him and his super vampire hearing.
The next morning...
Cordelia woke up to find herself again in the arms of a vampire. She was starting to get very use to waking up in his arms. Well actually one of his arms was above his head, and the other arm was bent so that his hand was cupping her bottom underneath the blankets. The mansion was quiet and she looked over at the digital clock that she had put on Angel's nightstand and saw that the time read 5:30 am. Way too early to get up...another hour, hour and a half, don't want bags forming under my eyes. Cordy closed her eyes and went back to sleep, content in Angel's grasp.
Angel pulled away from Cordelia's lips, ending the soft gentle kiss, and moved his wet hand to rest on the side of her cheek.
Cordelia's eyes were closed and she had a dreamy look on her face. She opened her eyes, and looked at Angel and whispered "wow."
"My thoughts exactly" Angel said. Loving how it felt to have her so close to him.
"I'm starting to wrinkle" Cordelia said as she pushed away from him gently and swam to the edge of the pool, and then pulled herself up out of the water. She need to get a little distance from him, her heart was racing and she wasn't sure what it all meant.
Angel watched her swim to the edge of the pool and get out. He heard her heart racing and the macho side of him swelled with pride, as well as another region he was sure Cordelia wasn't ready to know about yet. He swam over to the edge and got out of the pool. He picked up a towel and began rubbing the water off his body. He watched as Cordelia stepped over to the fresh water shower and rinsed the chlorine water from her body. He loved the sight of her standing under the shower of water, he only wished she wasn't wearing anything.
He picked up the another towel resting on the lounge and walked it over to Cordelia, and as she stepped out from under the spray of warm fresh water, he handed it to her.
"Thanks Angel." She said quietly. Why did she feel shy around Angel. I am Cordelia Chase Damn it!
Angel remained quiet but stepped under the shower himself and rinsed away the chorine smell from his body as well. He only wished the water was a little hotter so that his body would be warm for when he kissed Cordy again, which was going to be very soon.
Cordelia moved slowly over to the lounge chair, having wrapped the one towel around her body, she picked up another to dry her hair. She wanted to say something to him, anything, but was afraid to open her mouth for fear of the instantaneous babble factor starting. She started fiercely rubbing the towel to her hair.
Angel moved from the shower to sit behind Cordy on the lounge chair. He put his hands up to her head and stopped her rubbing so hard. "Hey your going to pull all your hair out." He pulled her hands down then took the towel and gently started rubbing her hair, liking being close to her. "I am not sorry that I kissed you."
"I am not sorry either Angel. It just took me by surprise." Cordy said, relaxing at Angel's touch and leaning back into him as he dried her hair. He was running his fingers through, gently combing out the tangles.
"Me too." Angel said, he loved having her close.
"Can we take this slow Angel." Cordy asked, not sure why she needed time to figure everything out, but that she knew that she didn't want to rush.
"Yes, I have been practicing patience for 240 years; I can give you all the time that you need Cordelia."
"276 years, Angel" Cordy said with a smile. Her eyes closed, relaxed against the feel of his hands in her hair.
"Pfft.....How about if we go home and get some sleep, maybe they will have finished the bedroom by now?" Angel asked. He wanted to sleep in his bed with his girl, and was a little worried that the Chase residence had plenty of other bedroom choices that would not involve him being able to sleep next to Cordelia.
"Sounds good, it is a school night. Let me just change out of this swimsuit and grab some more clothes." Cordelia said. I think I want to go home with him.
Angel smiled and pressed a kiss onto the top of his girl's head. "I am ready to be out of these wet swim trunks as well. Meet you in the kitchen in a few?"
"Yep, give me 5 minutes, and then we are off." Cordelia said standing up and looking down at Angel. She knew she was making a Big choice going back to the mansion with him. I think I am ready to make that choice.
...meanwhile on the mean streets of Sunnydale
Xander scuffed his way home from what he had just witnessed. Cordy was kissing another guy. He saw Cordy kissing another guy. Couldn't have been Angel, he was gone. It must have been some guy from UC Sunnydale. Cordelia is not a cheater...how did this happen. Had she found out about the kisses he had had with Willow? He didn't know for sure, but really wanted to know. He looked down at his watch, it was almost 1 am. Too late to call Willow and talk to her, he'd have to sort this out in the morning. Xander continued on his way home, wondering how he could have lost Cordy without a big fight scene.
....Ten minutes till 2 am
Angel sat patiently at the kitchen table. It had taken him all of 5 minutes to change out of the swim trunks back into jeans and a black button down shirt. He had heated up a packet of blood and drank it down. Happy that Cordy had thought to bring him food. He had put the blood cooler in the backseat of the convertible as well as his duffle bag. He had paced through the kitchen waiting for Cordy.
He heard the sounds of her moving around the house and wasn't worried that she had gone off to hide somewhere. But she sure was taking a long time. I wonder what would have happened had we agreed on 15 minutes, it would be dawn before she made it back down the stairs.
Cordelia came into the kitchen with a large suitcase and a garment bag hung over her shoulder. "Sorry, wanted to have enough to last till my Rosario gets back next week." She said rolling the suitcase toward the door to the garage. Angel got up and walked over to her, taking the garment bag off her shoulder, amazed at how heavy it was.
"Let's load this up, and get going." Angel said. He wanted to get home and see how the cleaning crew was progressing and then go crawl into bed with his girl.
Cordy took a look around the kitchen and then followed Angel into the garage. She let out a big yawn and looked at the clock, amazed that it was almost 2 am. She pressed the button on the wall and the garage door opened, and then she clicked the smaller button on her key chain to open the trunk. Angel had taken both bags from her and loaded them quickly into the trunk. He had to maneuver them a little so that they would both fit in the small car. Cordelia stood next to him as he packed up the sports car and yawned.
"I am driving." Angel stated. Not a question, not a request, a statement.
"No...(yawn)...I can drive...(yawn)" Cordy said, nobody but her drives her sports car.
"Cor, you don't see me yawning, give me the keys and I will get us home safely, you are about ready to fall asleep where you stand." Angel said, using his most convincing voice possible, and maybe a little vampire thrall.
Cordelia stood there a moment and thought about it, and then decided that Angel was a creature of the night, and she, a human, could not keep her eyes open much longer. "Okay, but be careful." She ordered, and then tossed him her keys.
"Arrgghhh!!" Angel shouted after catching her keys and then instantly dropping them. He looked down at the metal on the ground and saw that there was a little silver cross attached to the key ring. He put his hand to his mouth and sucked on the little red mark that had formed where the cross had burned him.
Cordelia couldn't help herself, she started laughing. Maybe she was just overtired, but that had to be the funniest thing she had seen all day. Angel was giving her a fierce look, like a very pissed off vampire, at being laughed at.
"Oh Angel it is only a little burn, no worse than if you got sunburned..." She giggled at that comment. She was hysterical because she was overtired. She bent over and picked up the key ring. Maybe she was too tired to drive. She took the cross and twisted it around on the key ring until it popped off and then she dropped the cross into her purse. "A girl can never be too careful Angel, especially in Sunnydale."
"Well it stings." Angel said pouting.
"Here..." Cordy reached up and pulled his hand away from his mouth to inspect the damage, "I have seen much worse damage done to your body Angel." She turned his hand looking at the little burn and then bent her head down and kissed it softly. "See all better, by morning you won't even notice that it was there." Even exhausted she was sensible. "Take me home Angel." And she placed the keys into his hands.
"Okay." Angel said, and smiled. Taking the keys and hopping into the driver's seat to the little red speed machine.
Angel drove across town quickly and well, like a race car driver, is what Cordelia thought. Funny, I have known Angel for quite a while and this is the first time I have ridden with him driving a car. Yawn....I can keep my eyes open. Cordy's eyes closed and she nodded off.
Angel turned down Crawford Street and then up turned into the driveway. The cleaning crew vans were still there and he could hear the sounds of people working. He put the car in park and then turn off the ignition. Little Miss 'I can drive' was sound asleep in the passenger seat, with a little bit of drool running down the corner of her mouth. Angel got out of the car and quietly closed his door and then went around to the passenger side, opened the door, and picked up the sleeping girl. She moved her arms around Angel's neck and snuggled closer in her sleep. He noticed that she was in a soft t-shirt and flannel pajama bottoms, looking about 10 years old, except for the ripe full breasts under her t-shirt.
He closed the passenger door with his hip and then walked toward the front door. It opened for him and standing there was Jerry, the foreman of the cleaning crew.
"Sir your back earlier than we expected!" Jerry said loudly and quickly.
"Shh" Angel growled at the man as Cordy shifted in his arms, starting to wake from the noise. "Shh...go back to sleep Cordy," and then in a quite voice to Jerry, "Is the second floor bedroom clean?"
"Yes Sir, we just have the lower level." Jerry said, this man looked powerful and not someone he wanted to piss off.
"Fine, I am taking her up to bed, I don't expect we will be disturbed. You can let yourselves out I presume." Angel said in a quiet but commanding tone.
"Yes that won't be a problem; we should be done in about an hour or so Sir."
"Good, thank you Jerry." Angel said moving toward the staircase, Cordelia nuzzling her head further into his neck, still sleeping. He took the stairs two at a time to get to his bedroom. He did notice that the banister was cleaned and polished, and he could smell that much of the dust and dirt was gone. Cordelia Chase you are an amazing woman.
Angel pushed open his bedroom door with his shoulder and was again pleasantly surprised at how good things looked cleaned up. He walked over to the bed and gently put Cordy down on it and untangled her arms.
"(yawn)...Angel where am I?" Cordy asked still a half asleep. She felt the soft bed under her bottom and knew all she had to do was crawl under the covers and go back to sleep.
"My bed Cordelia, we are home." Angel said softly, moving a stray lock of hair away from her face. He pulled back the covers and lifted one leg at a time, gently pulling away her sneakers, and then placing her feet on the bed. Cordelia blinked at him with big eyes, and would have smiled had she not been so tired. Angel pulled the blanket up over her legs and started to push her down into the bed.
"No, wait" Cordelia said, not ready to lie down just yet. She reached under her t-shirt and unhooked her bra and then wiggled her way out of it without taking off her t-shirt. She tossed the lacy fabric to the end of the bed then pushed herself under the covers and closed her eyes. More than ready to go to sleep.
Angel watched her in total amazement. Granted he could have gotten the bra off in record time, but that was impressive. He bent down and kissed her forehead. Her hair smelled soft and clean and so Cordelia. He pulled back and looked at her, then moved around the room, noting that nothing looked out of place from the cleaning crew's activities. He walked over to the door and closed it then headed to the bathroom to take a quick shower before getting into bed with Cordy. He at first thought a cold shower would be what would cool down his libido, then decided a hot one so that his body would be warm for her. The sounds of the cleaning crew working downstairs were only heard by him and his super vampire hearing.
The next morning...
Cordelia woke up to find herself again in the arms of a vampire. She was starting to get very use to waking up in his arms. Well actually one of his arms was above his head, and the other arm was bent so that his hand was cupping her bottom underneath the blankets. The mansion was quiet and she looked over at the digital clock that she had put on Angel's nightstand and saw that the time read 5:30 am. Way too early to get up...another hour, hour and a half, don't want bags forming under my eyes. Cordy closed her eyes and went back to sleep, content in Angel's grasp.