New Beginnings Series

Series: New Beginnings

Chapter: Handled with Grace

Author: LonleyJoey

Summary: Slight AU 8 years after graduation Xander and Cordelia meet again and Cordelia gets a second chance at her calling

Pairing: Xander/Cordelia and mentions of Wesley/Fred

Spoilers: All the general spoilers for ''Ats'' and ''BtVs'' this takes place after the ''Buffy'' finale so expect lots of recaps

Disclaimer: All rights reserved to Joss Whedon (the crack-head) and Co. Mutant Enemy Kuzi Productions Lazy Dave Co. FOX and all the other brain-dead writers (come on I want a Joss to sue me I'll probably win) oh and I don't Michelle Branch's ''Goodbye to You'' either

Distribution: Permission granted to Old School, Take On Me and the many AU sites otherwise ask

Author's Notes: italic flashback italic/bold song

Handled with Grace

Cordelia rushed Xander to the hospital barely breathing she was waiting for The Nurse to update her on his condition when she drifted off to sleep

Cordelia was in a dark spacey place ''Where am I'' was what she was thinking she saw pictures of Wesley, Gunn and Fred and her she saw herself when she read a tombstone that said Cordelia Chase but before she could figure out The Nurse voice had woken her

''He'll be okay the loss of blood was of a small amount He's hopefully going to be okay'' The Nurse offered a hand of support but Cordelia just got her purse and walked out

''I'm sorry but I just can't accept the fact that my friend was going to die on the first day of his job While you two Blue-Man-Group Wannabes just sit on your flat ass and do nothing'' Cordelia said yelling at the oracles

''You will not speak to The Oracles as that'' the male oracle threatened ''You don't see what's to come, This is your journey There is greater evil out there some that you might not be able to survive thorough Its not our choice what happens after that''

As Cordelia walked to her apartment she tried to think of what The Oracle meant by It's not our choice what happens after that she shrugged that off

From Geek to Chic and from Freak to VisionGirl, Yep that's the life of Cordelia Chase

When Cordelia finally reached her apartment she unlocked the door and put her purse down and again sighed she picked up a picture of Fred, Gunn, Wesley and Her Wesley leaning against Fred and Gunn was holding her she smiled sadly though She didn't know if should accept her new found visions again after what she preserved to be having a happy life

Tears fell down her cheek she had no idea what to do tomorrow would be better at least she hoped

The sun is flashed and a new day beings

Cordelia wakes up to find a messy house she sighs and looks into the mirror still finding tears in her eyes

Later Cordelia went to check-on Xander whom was still asleep typical she thought She was waiting in his room, When the vampire bite shot her heart skipped a beat worried he might have been turned she titled his head to see if the fangs slinked in luckily it didn't she saw Xander's eyes open

''Hey'' he greeted ''How am I?'' He asked

''Your fine'' she assured ''I think they just might keep you longer just in-case'' she smiled

''No the worse thing in the world Free sponge-bath mean anything to you?'' he smirked

''Way too much free-time mean anything to you?'' she smiled

''Anything on that vision of yours though'' he said

''Oh that... no'' she shook her head nervously

''Listen, I was thinking when I get otta here I thought maybe we could…''

''Mr. Harris'' the doctor interrupted

''Oh'' Cordelia muttered ''I should probably go do some research'' she said quietly leaving the room

''But Mia we can't what if Louise finds out'' Cordelia was watching a re-run of her favorite soap-opera when the phone rang ''Hello'' she greeted ''Hey Girl'' Shirley addressed her friend

''What's up?'' Cordelia wondered

''Oh nothing, you just haven't been to the mall much lately can I take a guess as to way'' she smirked

''Oh Sheri, What ever do you mean?'' she joked

''So cute ex-boyfriend is not an option'' Shirley asked

''No, I just don't think he's interested when we were dating it was…'' she frowned

''Horror story huh?'' she asked

''Yeah that's… putting it lightly'' she laughed

''Well I gotta go I gotta costumer'' she excused and Cordelia hung up

Cordelia opened her laptop to a demon search website she a put a keyword search on ''Visions'' they were 2545 results thinking how good MSN was compared to this after about 10 pages Cordelia gave-up But if she looked a bit longer she would've found a search about The Death of The Messenger was this her fate?

TBC

R&R

Well first off I would like to address some questions

- Why doesn't Xander have an eye-patch, Well I figured Willow would fix his eye it will come in handy soon though I will explain come next chapter

- Why isn't Cordelia in a-coma, Because in my version of the story Angel dies early Season 3 which prevents the events of Season 4 and Season 5

- The oracles are different oracles I didn't do too good of a job explaining that Sorry :(

I know you think you know what's going on to happen by now, You have no idea Special thanks to Melissa Flores for beta and Nodaskip, MBB and Kali for reviews Thanks you guys! New chapter will be added in 3 weeks maximum