Disclaimer: Y'all know the drill.

K, this chapter is mainly some Fred-Cori bonding, cuz I reread what I've written and realized that I haven't exactly included Fred. And, has she's one of my fav Ats characters, I thought why not.

Angel Sumoritos: thanks, i like ur last chappy, it was sweet.

Mollie R. Moony: thanks, here i was thinking it was just plain funky:)

"Tired?" Cori asked when her friend laid her head on her shoulder, her eyes closed.

"Duh," Dani answered, already half-asleep. "I dunno why, it's not like I do anything. Or anyone," she added, slightly grumpily.

"That's a bad thing for you, but at least I know my dad's not doing my best friend," Cori grinned. Dani smiled, opening her eyes for a moment when a pair of toddlers started arguing.

"Why's it always so loud here?" she complained.

"Because it's a park," Cori looked down at her book.

"Oh yeah," Dani shut her eyes again, and barely paid attention to what her friend was saying.

"You know Connor's got a crush on you."

" 'Course he has," Dani shrugged. "He's one of m'boys, isn't he?"

"At least he doesn't like Cordelia anymore," Cori added absently. This woke Dani with a jolt.

"What? He liked that-" Cori cut her off with a glance at the kids playing. "He liked that...wench?"

"Yeah, you didn't know? It was only a couple of weeks," Cori shrugged. "Why do you care? You're dating Dad, I mean, Angel."

"I just don't like Cordelia, that's all," Dani replied. "I mean it, I have no feelings like that towards him. But if Cordelia tries another shot at Angel..."

"You'll what? Stake her?" Cori teased. "She's not a vampire. Vamp, yeah, but vampire, no."

"What's the dif?" Cori just rolled her eyes and looked back down at her book.

"Just don't kill her."

"Fine," Dani grumbled, now too awake to sleep.

0o0o0o

"Hey, Fred," Cori sat down next to the brunette. Fred looked up and smiled shyly.

"Hi," Fred was curious. The two girls barely ever talked. Not because they didn't like each other, but because they were usually busy with their repsective boyfriends, or an apocalypse.

"I was thinking, since our boys are out of town, having fun fighting demons, we should go have some fun," Cori explained.

"You thinking killing demons is fun?" Fred asked before she could think about it. "I mean-I'm sorry."

"It's ok," Cori shrugged it off. "I think it's part of the Slayer thing. Anyway, We could to a club or something."

"A club?" Fred asked nervously.

"What, you never been to a club before?"

"Well..."

"Oh, we so have to go out now," Cori decided.

"But I don't think I could," Fred protested. "I mean, Dani spends more time in those places than anyone else and she lives in-"

"Black leather," Cori finished for her. Fred nodded. She snorted. "You don't have to wear leather. Just something that shows off your bad girl side."

"I'm not too good at that either," Fred admitted.

"So I'll help you. We can go shopping or something." Fred thought about it for a minute.

"Why not?" she finally mused out loud. Cori grinned.\

"Trust me, you'll love it. And if you don't, we can stop," Cori promised.

0o0o0o

"Wow," Fred checked her outfit out in the mirror. It wasn't as immodest as she'd originally thought. A light purple off the shoulder top that showed off her stomach and some black hip-huggers.

"Told you," Cori grinned. "Lemme do your make up."

"You're not going to do it like-"

"Like mine?" Cori asked, smirking slightly. Fred nodded mutely, glancing at the dark eye make up on the other girl. "Don't worry, I won't goth you out," she reassured Fred. Fred thought about it for a second and, nibbling on her bottom lip nervously, allwoed Cori to put on make up on her.

"Well, whaddya think?" Cori asked when she finished.

"I like it," Fred admitted in surprise, studying her face in the mirror. Her lips and eye-lids were colored the same shade as her top, and she looked way different than her normal self. "I look so...so-"

"Hot?" Cori supplied. Fred giggled and nodded.

0o0o0o

"Um, I don't know how to dance," Fred looked at the people dancing on the floor. "Well, I do, but not like that."

"It's not that hard," Cori smiled, leading the other girl onto the dance floor. "Just go with the music," she added vaguely, already dancing. Fred looked perplexed for a minute. Then she got an idea. Studying the other girl Fred started dancing, slowly at first, but then with more enthusiasm. Cori grinned and pulled the girl closer, so that they were dancing together. When Fred looked at her, confused, she clarified. "So the boys don't get any ideas," she said with a roguish grin.

"Good idea," Fred returned the grin. She hadn't been like this since she was sixteen. And even then, she hadn't gone this far. Which, admittedly, wasn't that far, but still.

0o0o0o

The girls returned to the hotel a couple of hours later, talking animatedly.

"Where did you go?" Cordy asked curiously, not liking being left out.

"We went dancing," Cori rested an arm over Fred's shoulders.

"It was awesome," Fred added, slightly surprised at herself for saying 'awesome'.

"I knew you'd love it," Cori grinned victoriously.

"You are so weird," Cordy just shook her head.

"That's why my man-well, vamp-loves me," Cori snickered. Cordy snorted and walked off, leaving the other two girls in a fit of giggles.

Hey, please review. I'll update faster if you do.