PART SIX

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
WOLFRAM & HART, ATTORNEYS AT LAW
LOBBY

"So, we're just supposed to stay out here until they finally admit something to each other?" Gunn asked.
"That's the plan." Paige told him, coming over to his side.
"Do you know how long that's going to take?" Spike said.
"Not really." Piper said, sitting down on the sofa in the middle of the lobby. Gunn looked back and peered into the glass, hoping to hear or see something between the two.

ANGEL'S OFFICE

Turning towards the window, Angel shut the blinds and the rest of the world out of their private conversation. Walking back over towards her, he grabbed a hold of her waist and pulled her into his lips and didn't let go.
"I was wondering when you were going to show up." Angel said, breaking off the kiss, but not their embrace.
"But what about..."
"No, stop right there. We aren't going through this again. I'm not in love with Buffy. And before you even start with me, kiss me." Angel said as Cordelia leaned up and took him into a deep kiss. Backing away from his lips before things got anymore out of hand, she smiled at him. Opening her mouth to try and say something, Angel covered it with his hand. "Okay, so you still don't get to talk. You listen. I love you. I love you and only you. It's been you since the beginning. Well not the very beginning seeing how I have been around since the 1700s and..." Cordelia pulled him into a kiss, cutting him off before he went into the whole I-was-turned-into-a-vampire-by-Darla story for the thousandth time. He cupped her face and kissed her again, not wanting anything to ruin this moment.
"You know what the best part of this is?"
"What?"
"I can get happy." Angel smiled at her.
"You drank it?"
"Well, kind of had it shoved down my throat, but yeah, I drank it. How'd you do that?"
"Three little birds helped me." She smiled up at him, fixing his shirt collar.
"They're handy to have around."
"Yes they are."
"Can we get happy now?"
"Oh yea. Very happy." Cordelia smiled and kissed him again, toppling him over and landing on the floor. Gunn and Lorne broke through, wanting to know what was going on.
"Doesn't anybody knock anymore?"