Chapter 13

Cordelia, Angel, Buffy and Spike were sitting at the Bride and Grooms table. A special catering service that Lorne had recommended to Cordelia was serving the dinner which was steaks, shrimp, oysters and several different types of fish. Both Buffy and Cordelia had conferred on what would be served. They both agreed that they most definitely did not want chicken. The champagne was flowing like water. Angel wasn't eating anything but the glass of blood that someone had fixed for him. Spike of course was having something to eat although he was keeping his meal light. He told Buffy he didn't want to be exchanging wedding gifts with her on a full stomach.

Cordelia had become very quiet while she ate her dinner. She was reliving the wedding ceremony in her mind. Especially the exchange of vows. To her surprise Angel had chosen what he would say.

When it was time for them to exchange their vows Fr. Barris told them to turn to one another and hold hands.

"Angel and Cordelia have chosen not to use the traditional exchange of vows. Instead they have written their own. Angel will say his vows first."

"For a long time Cordelia I lived in darkness and then I met you. You are the light that I now know I have always been running to. What I thought was sun shine at the end of the tunnel was you. Now on this day I have finally reached the end of that tunnel. I have walked the roads through hell so that I could reach out and touch that light. If you except me Cordelia I promise to love you till the end of my days in this world and beyond. I promise to take care of you in sickness and in health. No matter what may happen to us Cordelia I promise to be a friend foremost and a companion to you today and for all of our tomorrow's."

Cordelia then gave Angel her vows.

"I have dreamed my whole life of having someone as wonderful as you to love me the way you do. I ask God almost every day 'What have I done to be blessed by you with the gift of this man'. A man that loves me the way you do Angel. A man that I can love and above all respect. I promise to take care of you in sickness and in health. I promise to be a friend foremost and a companion to you today and for all of our tomorrow's."

When the wedding rings were blessed Cordelia saw her wedding ring for the first time. At the sight of her ring she couldn't hold back the tears anymore. Her wedding ring had seven diamonds. One large diamond in the middle and 3 smaller diamonds on each side of it. Angel had chosen a plain gold band for himself. Buffy and Spike had done the same. They said it would be less messy when fighting demons. This was the only thing concerning the wedding that Cordelia let Angel control. After Angel had proposed to Cordelia and shortly before he was kidnapped and crucified he had gone shopping with Fred for the wedding bands. Fred took Spike to the same store to purchase his and Buffy's wedding bands after they had decided to get married at the same time as Angel and Cordelia.

When Angel looked at Cordelia he could see that her mind was not here with him.

"What are you thinking about Cordy?"

"I am thinking about our wedding ceremony. I am thinking about the vows we exchanged. I am thinking about our rings and how yours represents all that you have dreamed of. To everyone else I know that it is what they see, a plain gold band. But I know that you see it as much more then that. To you it is the ring that holds the key to the gates of heaven. Every single day you will be tempted by Angelus and his master to follow the easier path. But every single day you will feel the ring in the palm of your hand and the ring on your finger and remember our love. It will help you to remember the true path that you walk." Angel gave his wife a kiss.

"My husband, let's have our first dance together as husband and wife." Cordelia said.

"Lorne please play something that we can dance the waltz to. Spike do you and Buffy want to join us?" Angel asked.

Lorne stood up and tapped the microphone to get everyone's attention..

"May I have every ones attention please. Our newly married couples will be taking over the dance floor for their first dance as husband and wife."

The new husbands stood up and pulled their wives chairs back and guided them to the middle of the floor. Lorne and his band started to play. Someone turned some spot lights on. One for Angel and Cordelia and the other for Spike and Buffy. Gunn and Fred were surprised that Angel and Spike were such good dancers. They twirled their wives around the circle of guests. Angels eyes never left Cordelia's face. She didn't know how he did it but they never ran into anyone. She saw Spike slow down his pace until Angel caught up with him and they switched partners so easily that if you had blinked you would have missed it. They did this several times as they went around the circle and each time it went as smoothly as the first. When the music stopped everyone clapped. Angel bowed and Cordelia gave a deep curtsy, Buffy and Spike did the same.

When they were done Xander looked at Willow and saw that she was crying. "Why are you crying Will?" He asked as he put his arm around her. "It was so beautiful." she said. He looked at Anya and saw she was crying also. He noticed that even Giles was crying, but of course he tried to hide it by cleaning his glasses.

Everyone else joined in on the dance floor for the next 2 hours and then the wedding cakes were brought in.

Cordelia and Angels cake was a 3 tiered cake of yellow and white. Covered in white frosting from top to bottom it had 2 large layers, one smaller then the other, on the bottom. On top of these 2 layers a fountain sat in the middle between 4 pillars that held the 3rd tier which was the bride and grooms cake. The fountain had green water flowing in it and was surrounded by white and yellow roses. Each rose had a floret of babys breath and a few deep green ferns laid beneath the roses. On the top their was one white rose with yellow highlights and next to it a deep red rose. Both roses had long strings of narrow silk ribbons of white, yellow and red. Buffy and Spikes cake was also a 3 tiered cake. Buffy had chosen a completely white cake with a bowl in the middle of the 4 pillars that was overflowing with real roses of deep red and pink roses. The roses were interspersed with Babys Breath and dark green ferns.

Everyone gathered around the cakes with the brides and groom by their respective cakes. Cordelia put her hand on the knife to make the first slice and Angel put his hand on top of hers. The photographer took several pictures and then they sliced the cake and fed some to each other. Every ones attention then went to Buffy and Spike. They did the same thing but Buffy and Spike being the way they were did the usual hijinks and smashed the cake into each others face. Spike sliced an extra large piece of cake with lots of frosting and gave it to Connor and asked him to take it up to their room. When he saw a curious look on Connors face he just looked at him and raised his eyebrows a couple of times letting him know that he had plans for it tonight. Connor turned around and took the cake upstairs like Spike asked but when he came downstairs he cornered Gunn and told him what had happened. He told Gunn that he didn't understand what Spike meant by him raising his eyebrows a couple of times. Gunn looked at him with a slight smile.

"When he did that he was telling you that he was going to use it tonight when they are having sex." "What are they going to do stop and have some cake?" Connor still looked perplexed as to what the cake was for.

"I would guess that he means to spread the frosting on her and lick it off." Connor looked at him like he was thinking 'Why in the world would he want to do that'. Then it was like he just had a light go on in his head. "Ooohhh." He smiled at Gunn and raised his own eyebrows a couple of times then left. Gunn cracked up.

After finishing off his last glass of champagne Angel bent over to Cordelia and whispered in her ear. "Lets go upstairs now for our private party." He bit her lightly on her ear and blew on it softly.

"Yes, lets go. I want to give you my wedding present."

Angel stood up and pulled Cordelias chair back for her. He then took her hand and turned to go. Wesley stood up also and turned to Angel and Cordelia and asked them to wait a minute.

"Angel I just wanted to wish you all of the happiness that you can get out of life. I have never met anyone as deserving as you. God bless you both."

Angel hugged Wesley and then Wesley hugged Cordelia and gave her a kiss on the cheek. Cordelia whispered in his ear. "You and Fred will be next Wesley. The waiting will make it all more precious when you are finally able to be together." "Thank you Cordelia. I hope it won't be too much longer. When Cordelia let Wesley go she saw that Dr. Martin and Giles were standing in front of the table and waiting for her attention.

"Angel, Cordelia, Spike and Buffy. Everyone in the family kicked in to buy your wedding gift. Willow was just now able to get all of you first class tickets to Hawaii for your honeymoon. David is giving you the use of his estate in Hawaii. He has two bungalows right on the beach that you will be occupying. The appropriate supplies will be delivered every day for Spike and Angel and whatever else you want. We have rented a couple of cars for you and David has also put his limousine at your disposal. You will all leave tomorrow night at 9 p.m.. Your return flight will be in approximately 2 weeks at the same time."

Giles gave the tickets to Angel and Spike.

Buffy and Cordelia were ecstatic. Neither one of them had been out of California for a long time. Everyone had a few tears in their eyes including Spike. Of course the men tried to hide it.

"Before you leave for the evening we want to have one more dance. In some cultures it is traditional for the bride and groom to dance with all the men and women that want to dance with them. As each man or woman dances with you they will pay for the privilege by pinning money to your clothes. In this way you will have enough spending money for the honeymoon."

The music started and Spike and Angel led their wives over to the center of the lobby. Giles danced with Buffy after pinning some money on her gown and Wesley danced with Cordelia. Willow danced with Spike and Fred danced with Angel.

At the end of the dance those that weren't staying at the hotel started to leave. Fred and Willow helped Cordelia and Buffy with their dresses so that they could go to the bathroom. The large gowns made it very difficult to do this. When they were done they came out to see what they had cleared.

"So how much did we get?" Cordelia asked.

"Well thanks to your long skirts and our devastating charm and good looks, we each made out with $5 thousand." Angel answered.

"Now of course since you have made me the happiest man in all of the history of the world, I will give this to you."

"Well in that case I'm going to keep this in a safe place until we get to Hawaii."Cordelia rolled up the bills and lifted the top of her dress and put it between her breasts.

"What about you Spike, do you have anything to give me?" Buffy asked.

"I sure do Luv, but why give it to you now when I'll just be taking it from you in a few minutes anyway?"

Buffy slapped him on his shoulder. "You're a wicked Vampire." Buffy said as she kissed him.

Spike picked up Buffy and threw her over his shoulder." Enough of this lets get onto the real party." Spike said as he made his way up the stairs.

"What's the matter old man? Are you to old to pick up your wife and carry her over the threshold?" Spike yelled back to Angel.

In response Angel picked up Cordelia and threw her over his shoulder. After getting control of her dress and veil he turned to everyone. "Goodnight and thank you again for everything." He turned and ran past Spike who was standing on the stairs. Buffy and Cordelia were laughing so hard they could barely wave goodnight.

Angel arrived at his room first. He put Cordelia down and turned to Spike. "Wait a minute Spike. I wanted to congratulate you and Buffy. I didn't get a chance to kiss the bride." Angel said.

"Me too." Spike said.

Angel went to Buffy and gave her a chaste kiss. "I think you made the right choice Buffy. You two go together better." "I think you did to Angel. Cordelia has changed a lot since she left Sunnydale. She's more your style now. She's been with you through thick and thin and never questioned her love for you as to whether it was right or wrong. Besides I wouldn't have been able to call you Daddy like Drusilla did if I had married you instead of Spike."

"Daddy, what makes you think you can call me Daddy." Angel sounded mad but he had said it with a smile.

Spike heard the exchange between Buffy and Angel. Angel had his back to Spike and Spike was signaling to Buffy with an AOK. When Angel saw Buffy laughing and looking around him he turned around.

"So, Spike put you up to this. You 2 think this is pretty funny don't you? Okay let me bring mommy into this then we'll see how funny you think it is. Cordelia would you come over here please. Spike and Buffy have something to tell you."

Spike and Buffy said good night and went to their room.

"What's the matter." Cordelia asked.

"Spike told Buffy to call me Daddy like Drusilla used to."

"That's something I think your going to have to put up with for awhile. When they have their first baby they'll be teaching the baby to call you Grandpa."

"Well Grandma, lets see if we can provide an Uncle or Aunt."

Angel picked Cordelia up and opened the door to their room. As soon as he opened the door and stepped in he noticed a different scent. Cordelia turned the lights on while Angel was still holding her. When he turned around he set her down slowly.

"Oh Angel, did you do this?" Cordelia asked with tears starting to fall.

"No, I had my hands full just taking care of me."

Cordelia went to the bed which had been made up in a beautiful set of red silk sheets and comforter. Two white roses were crossed over each other on the pillows with a card. She picked it up and read it out loud.

"From Fred and Dr. Martin."

While Cordelia read the card Angel was looking at a beautiful bouquet of dark red roses surrounding one white rose and 3 bundles of babys breath flowers. By the roses was an antique oil lamp that had rose scented oil in it. As the heat from the flames rose the scent of roses was sent through out the room.

Cordelia went to the doors leading to the balcony and closed them and the heavy curtains. As always she was careful that no light could come in. She came back to where Angel was standing.

"Angel pulled Cordelia to him and started to kiss her."

"Angel do you mind if I take a shower first?" "No, I'll still be here and no one would dare bother us and take me away."

"Would you help me take this gown off?" Cordelia removed her veil and carefully laid it over a chair then turned around for Angel to unzip her dress. He unzipped the back and started to push it over her shoulders as he kissed them.

"Not just yet my dear husband, not yet. Cool your engines. I'll just take a quick shower and be right out." Cordelia's dress stopped sliding down at her hips so she decided to torment Angel a little. She didn't want his engine to get too cold. Angel was still standing behind her so she bent over without bending her legs as she pushed the dress all of the way down. Then she carefully stepped out of the dress and walked over to the table and pulled out a chair. Cordelia had worn nylons that had to be held up with garters, she knew that men thought that they were much more sexy looking then pantyhose. She took her shoes off and put her left foot up on the chair. She slowly unhooked each garter and slowly pushed the nylon down to her foot and took it off. Then she did her right leg and did it just as slowly. She then undid her corset. Cordelia had selected an old fashioned light corset that was much lighter and less restrictive then the previous generation of corsets. She had chosen it for this particular event. This one had long red silk laces. She slowly untied each lace just enough so that it would have to be taken off by pushing it down to her feet. All of this was done almost in slow motion so that she could get the maximum effect. She made the whole dance last about 15 minutes. The last to come off was her panties. Cordelia walked over to Angel who was now sitting on the bed. Halfway thru her undressing his legs got rather wobbly and they wouldn't support him. He had just sat their watching what he knew to be a performance for his sake. Cordelia approached him. "Would you like to take the last bit of clothing that stands between you and the treasure that you have suffered so greatly for."

Angel reached for the panties and unhooked the sides and pulled it down. Cordelia started to unbutton his shirt and took his jacket off. She reached for his arms and undid the diamond studded cuff links that she had bought for him to wear today. She slowly pushed his shirt over his shoulders and kissed him. Getting control of her actions again she pulled his shirt all of the way off and got on her knees and undid his shoe laces and took his shoes and then his socks off. She pulled him up from the bed and undid his belt then the button at the top of his pants. Cordelia got on her knees and unzipped his pants and pulled both his pants and shorts off at the same time. Angel stepped out of them while she held onto his pants. She threw his clothes over onto her dress then took his hand and led him to the shower. They bathed each other and the way they did it was a sex act in itself. When they were done they both got out of the shower and dried each other off. Cordelia gently ran the towel between his legs and he did the same for her. As he dried her between her legs he dropped the towel and played with her a little. She was already so primed for sex that his hand between her legs was like having a small electrical current pass through her and she gave an involuntary jerk as he touched her center. He didn't even have to play with her, all he had to do was touch her. When he removed his hand he picked her up and she turned off the light as they went through the door. Angel carried her and placed her on the edge of the bed.

Cordelia started to kiss Angels stomach and ran her hands over his back as she stood up. They let their lips touch lightly at first then Angel kissed her and forced her mouth open so that his tongue could search hers out. He lifted his head and kissed her neck and down to her shoulder. Once again he picked her up and put her on the bed. This time he straddled her and held her arms over her head. "Don't move from that position, even if I let go." She answered him with a kiss. He studied her face. Even without makeup she was beautiful. Her smile always made her look so beautiful. Her smile always made his heart beat faster. Sometimes he felt like it was going to come out of his chest. He would notice it because he so rarely felt it so it was a sensation that was noticeable to him. "I love you Cordy and now I can prove it to you."

"Let me check you to see if you can do that or not." She started to lower one hand to feel him. As she put her hand on him he could feel his heart beating faster to push more blood into his erection to make it harder. Every inch of him was ready to take her now.

"I want you now Cordy. If I don't have you now I think it will be permanently broken." Angel grabbed her hips and he entered her. Cordy realized that he intended to get what he wanted first just like she had done several days ago. She contracted her muscles around him and moved her hips to meet his every thrust. He pumped her faster until he obtained what he wanted. Drained of all his strength he fell on top of her. After a few minutes he looked at her. "I have been waiting all night for this Cordy and now I know why." "Why." She asked. "I wanted you so badly because your putting out those sexy pheromone's. We may very well have created a brother or sister for Connor right now."

"Just in case your boys didn't find that egg we had better do it again. Are you up to it old man?" "No not right now. I seem to need more rest these days. I think I am still recovering from being crucified. Angelus isn't giving me what I need to recover more quickly. I guess it's his way of getting back at me. Lets sleep for awhile then I'll take care of you and give you a proper wedding gift." Angel withdrew from her and pulled the covers up. The quilt made Cordelia feel so nice and warm. Even though Angels body was warm right now she knew he would gradually become colder. She cuddled up to him and they went to sleep for a few hours.

After a few hours of sleep Cordelia woke up to Angel kissing her shoulder. She turned towards him and said "Have you had enough rest now old man?" "Let me show you how rested I am." Angel started kissing Cordelia. He started with her mouth and worked his way down her as though he was following a path that was pre-ordained when a woman's body is made. Cordelia felt his every touch like small charges of electricity was being sent coursing through her body. The signals made her body respond of it's own volition. She brought her hands down and she ran them through his hair. As he played with her right breast he lightly bit the nipple and began to suckle and played with it at the same time. When he changed to her left breast and touched the nipple with his mouth she flinched in pain. "Does it hurt when I touch it?" "Yes, I think it's to soon after the last time you gave me such a good time. You seem to like my left breast more then the right and I think it hasn't had time to heal properly." "I didn't realize I had a preference." "You do. Ever since we started having sex you started out going for my left breast. Usually you play with my right one for only a short time. When we have our first baby and I'm nursing your going to be in trouble if the baby likes the left one also." "I've never heard of baby's preferring one breast over the other. I thought they just went for which ever one would give them the milk they wanted." "Yes they do. I remember when my cousin was nursing her baby she always looked kind of lopsided like one breast was bigger then the other but just slightly. I asked her about it and she said her daughter preferred her left breast to her right. Her doctor said it was probably because she didn't like lying on one side. It also turned out that her husband preferred the same breast." "I'm sorry I didn't realize I was doing it. How is your neck? I bit you in the same place the last two times also." "It's okay. For some reason it heals right away and there are no lingering after affects." "Well there are plenty of other things I can do to you. Angel started to kiss her again. He kissed her lightly on her lips then he pursued her more vigorously until he felt her start to relax again. Once again he followed the path down her body but this time he continued downward. He put his hands on her hips and descended down further to her center that controlled her now. As he forced her legs apart he blew on her lightly and kissed her inner thighs. She was responding just as he wanted her to. As he explored her with his tongue she almost couldn't stand it and once again her body started to respond of it's own volition. She grabbed him by his hair and forced his head back as she sat up and kissed him. She pushed him back on the bed and straddled him as she positioned herself over him. She was so warm and buttery that he slid right in without any problem. But Angel had other plans. He turned her over onto her back again and withdrew from her. It was his wedding gift to her and he intended for her to except it no matter what. Even if she became so hot that she suffered a total melt down. He pinned her body down with his as she tried to get away and get what she wanted.

"Your going to stay put Mrs. Martin and take it. Remember I said that you are not to remove your hands from this position or do I have to get some hand cuffs and tie you to something." "You wouldn't dare. Besides you don't have any hand cuffs. I would know if you had any in here." In response Angel reached under the mattress and pulled out a pair of handcuffs. He held them in front of her. "You were saying?" "Angel, you'll drive me crazy if you continue on like that." In response he just gave her a wicked grin. He slowly let go of her arms and started kissing her mouth. His tongue sought entrance into her mouth and he found hers. Angel left her mouth and once again he started his journey down the path. Once again he reached her center and proceeded to do exactly what Cordelia said he would do. Except her insanity lasted only a short time after she reached her orgasm. She laid on the bed breathing heavily. She was bathed in perspiration. As she started to regain her normal breathing pattern she put her arms around him and fell asleep. Angel pulled the cover up again and went to sleep also. Four hours later Cordelia woke up again and saw that the sun was up. She looked at the clock. It was 7 a.m. in the morning.

Cordelia looked over at Angel. He was lying on his stomach so she could easily see the tattoo. The tattoo was of a phoenix in the middle of a large A. She thought it was so sexy. She started to kiss his shoulder and went to the middle of his back and traced her tongue along the muscles in his back. She continued kissing his back until she got to his neck and nibbled at his earlobe.

Angel turned to her and kissed her again and again. "Your putting out those pheramones again and it's driving me wild." "Well lets get you ready then for one last time before we have to get ready to leave." Cordelia put her hands down to his erection. She felt herself getting warm and moist between her own legs. Her muscles were starting to hurt. She was so anxious to have him in her. She put her hand between her legs and wiped up some of the moisture and then grabbed him and ran her hand up and down his erection. Angel couldn't stand it anymore. He had to have her now. He kneeled at her feet and grabbed her legs and put his arms under them and raised her hips so that he could more easily reach her opening. He entered her and literally slammed his body against her. Her body started to rise to his every thrust. Just as she started to climax he started pumping her harder and faster then at just the right time he vamped out and bit into the right side of her neck. She started to scream his name so he put his hand over her mouth and they came at the same time. Angel collapsed on top of her and withdrew his teeth. As his body emptied itself inside of her he licked her neck until not even a drop was left. Angel maneuvered Cordelia so that her back was to him so that they're bodies could remain connected as their souls were. He thought of the term soul mate, and that it was never more true then at this time, here and now, for Cordy and I. Angel pulled the covers up. He thought she was asleep already when she said "Angel." "Yes." "I am going to have a statue made of you and I am going to have a plaque at its feet that says 'Angel, the best lover in the world.' Women will come from all over the world and lay flowers at your feet and pray to you to make their husbands great lovers also. Then they will say 'That Cordelia is the luckiest woman in the history of time.'"Angel laughed softly, kissed her on her shoulder and hugged her closer to him.

The next morning Angel woke up and just looked at Cordelia. He kissed her lightly on her forehead. He put his finger to her face. He ran his finger down her nose and over her eyes. Cordelia woke up then. "Good morning my beloved wife." "Good morning my husband." "When we get back from Hawaii and the first chance we get I want you to pose for me. I want to paint your portrait. I want our children to know how beautiful their mother is. I want them to see what I see." He started to kiss her again but she pulled away. "Save it for tonight my dear. My lips feel like they're swollen. You don't want everyone to think were sex starved animals do you?" "Yes I want the guys to know that I am now able to make love to the woman I love."

Angel jumped up on the bed and stood up. He threw out his arms and said "I want everyone to know that I am the best lover in the whole history of the world." He beat his chest like a gorilla and gave out a yell like Tarzan.

Cordelia was laughing. She grabbed him and tried pulling him off of the bed. "Angel stop that. Everyone will hear you acting like a teenager."

"I want everyone to know that I can now make love to you and go all the way." Angel beat his chest again and gave his Tarzan yell again.

"Stop that." Cordelia said. "Do you want everyone to think you've gone crazy or Angelus is back. They're going to come busting through that door any second now." She grabbed his leg and then his arm and pulled him off of the bed.

"We need to take a bath, get something to eat and start packing." "Only if you let me give you a bath my sweet." Angel grabbed her by the waist and pulled her to him. She started to struggle to get out of his grasping and grouping hands.

"Angel let me go I have a lot to do and we only have a few hours before we have to leave for the airport." He didn't let her go. Cordelia tried a different tactic. She stopped struggling and started crying.

Angel released her immediately. "What's the matter did I hurt you?"

Cordelia ran to the bathroom as soon as he let her go. She quickly opened the door again and yelled back at him. "Faked you out." Angel could hear her laughing on the other side of the door.

"Angel just give me a few minutes to take care of myself okay. I promise I'll let you in and we can take a bath together."

"I'll be waiting right here by the door."

She heard him sitting on the floor. "Cordy." "Yes." "Don't worry about packing too much. We can buy what we need in Hawaii."

He heard the shower start. He was still sitting on the floor with his back to the door. When he heard the shower start he banged his head against the door just to remind her he was still there. After a few minutes he heard the shower stop and then she started the water going into the large bath tub. He heard her approach the door so he jumped up. Cordelia had a bathrobe on when she opened the door.

"Angel I have to go to my room to get something. Why don't you get in the tub and I'll be back in about 15 minutes. Okay?"

"Yea, sure. Cordy, is their something wrong?"

"Nothing a big girl like me can't handle."

For some reason Angel didn't believe her. He went and got in the tub anyway. She would let him know when she was ready.

Cordelia went to her room and called Dr. Martin.

"Dr. Martin, this is Cordelia. Could you come to my personal room not Angel's?" "I'll be there in a second." Dr. Martin said. By the sound of her voice Dr. Martin thought something was wrong with her. She knocked on Cordelia's door.

"Come in Dr. Martin."

Dr. Martin came in, she took one look at Cordelia and saw how pale she was.

"What's the matter, your awfully pale Cordelia." It took Dr. Martin about 20 minutes to find out about the problem and to examine her. Cordelia didn't get back to Angel until 30 minutes later. She went into the bathroom and found Angel was still in the tub.

"How is the water?" she asked.

"It's starting to get cold since I'm cold."

"Do you mind staying in a little longer?" "Are you going to join me?" "Yes sir I most certainly am. I'm going to warm the water up though and put in some nice smelling bubbles."

She started the hot water and put more of the bubble bath in. When it was full again she untied her robe and let it fall to the floor. She slipped into the bath between Angels legs. As she slipped into the water Angel swore he could almost hear her humm with satisfaction. The warm water felt so good as it encircled her hips and over the flat surface of her stomach.

"What happened Cordy? You seem to be in pain and you were gone so long."

She took awhile to answer him. She wanted to choose her words carefully so he wouldn't be afraid to have sex with her ever again.

"I'm okay Angel. I was gone because Dr. Martin and I were talking."

"Why did you have to talk to Dr. Martin?"

Cordelia was hesitant to answer him. Angel had his hands on her breasts so she picked one up and was washing it.

"Cordy, what's wrong? Your starting to scare me."

"The next time we have sex Angel your going to have to be careful. I'm not long enough inside to take all of you. Dr. Martin said that my uterus is pressing down on my vagina. She thinks something happened to my uterus when I had that accident when I was in high school. We were going at it pretty hard last night and I guess that's why I didn't notice the pain. When I was cleaning myself this morning blood was coming out. That's why I went to talk to Dr. Martin. She examined me and told me what was wrong. She said she would get some medicine for me to use for a few days so that means no sex for at least a couple of days."

Angel was quiet. He didn't say anything so she continued talking.

"Angel do you remember what it was like when you had sex with Buffy? The reason I'm asking is Buffy is so small. I was wondering if she had any problems."

"I don't think she did. Buffy was a virgin when we had sex. I was very careful with her."

Again they sat in silence for awhile. Then Cordelia started crying. She turned around and kneeled in front of him.

"I'm sorry Angel."

"Why are you sorry?"

"Because I can't be the perfect wife for you. I can't give you perfect sex. You'll always have to be careful when we have sex." Cordy was crying and talking at the same time. She almost made herself choke on her own tears. Angel patted her on the back and then pulled her to him.

"Cordy you could never disappoint me. Well I take that back." He was trying to lighten the mood and make her smile again.

"I do get mad at you and I'm disappointed in you when we're fighting something and you ignore me and do exactly what I tell you not to do. So don't forget that you have to start doing what I tell you to Mrs. Martin." "Yes dear." Cordy kissed him. "Thank you for being you." Angel laughed at what she said. It didn't sound logical but he understood what she meant.

"We need to bath so we can get out or were going to turn all pruny." Cordelia said. They finished bathing and started getting ready to start their honeymoon.


TBC.........................................