Prologue
It was three months since that night at the boat docks, and they had flown by. A small crowd of people came out of Wolfram and Hart. They had been celebrating; Gunn was going to college. They walked him over to a car.
"Good luck, don't forget to call." Wesley said.
"Man you sound like my old man." Gunn laughed, he shook Wesley's hand and pulled him into a hug.
"We'll miss you!" Fred said, and she gave Gunn a hug too.
"See ya, and really don't forget to call. I don't care how much I sound like your mom!" Cordelia said giving Gunn a hug.
Doyle walked up to Gunn with his hands in his pockets. They hadn't known each other very long so Doyle felt a little out of place. "Congrats man, good luck." He stuck out a hand and Gunn took it before pulling him into a hug too.
Angel came up last, "I'll see you around. Have any trouble be sure to call ok?"
"Yea sure man." Gunn said; Angel hugged Gunn before he got into the car and it drove off.
Slowly the crowd separated, Cordelia and Doyle walked back to the apartment. Cordelia went into the bathroom to freshen up and Doyle began a weekly game of checkers with Phantom Dennis. When Cordelia came out of the bathroom she stopped and leaned in the doorway watching them. Dennis made a move that finished the game and Doyle sat there trying to figure out how he'd lost. He looked up at Cordelia and smiled.
"I think I need to get some new tricks, Dennis seems to have figured them all out." He said.
Cordelia laughed and Doyle got up and walked over to her, "So how are you Doyle?" she asked.
Doyle put his arms around Cordelia's waist, "What do you mean princess?"
"Are you ok now? Are you, I don't know, well and…" Cordelia said. Doyle put his finger to her lips to stop her from continuing.
"Since when do you worry so much about other people?" He asked with a smile
"I started that a while ago, thanks to those visions you gave me and you don't have to apologize again, its ok, they helped me become a better person." She smiled.
"Well then I can tell you, I honestly have never felt better in my life." Doyle said as he leaned in to give Cordelia a kiss. They walked over to the couch and sat down. They went on to live there lives as normally as possible.