Chapter 4

A/N I didn't get any reviews at all for the last chapter, so unless I get at least one review for this one, I'll take the hint and leave this story for good. It's you're choice people lol.

A few hours later, a very exhausted Doyle and Angel got into Angel's car. Angel had a cut along his arm and Doyle's ribs were aching, but there was no lasting damage, to them anyway. They had killed the demon and freed the children and Doyle had an hour to get ready for Cordelia. Everything was going to be fine.

"So…" Angel began "Want to go out for a drink tonight to celebrate?"

"Nah thanks Angel, man, I'm a bit tired."

"Come on Doyle, it's New Year's Eve. We'll call Cordelia and we'll go have fun for once. You're the one that always says that we don't get out enough."

"Cordelia's busy tonight"

"Doing what?"

"She has some actor party thing,"

"She'll probably come with us anyway. I know she seems like she cares more about her career than she does about us, but she doesn't. She'd rather spend time with us than a group of people that look down on her any day." Angel said, reaching for his cell phone

"Really Angel, I'm too tired" Doyle said, taking the phone off him, "Let's just leave it, alright?"

"Since when do you turn down the chance to go out with Cordelia?" Angel asked him, sounding amazed. "Are you in some sort of trouble again?" Doyle opened his mouth to say he wasn't but then realized that this was probably the perfect chance to get out of spending the night with Angel.

"Actually, yes, I am" he lied.

"Right, where is this guy and I'll sort it"

"His name is John." Doyle lied "John Smith" Angel raised an eyebrow

"You're in trouble with a demon… called John Smith? You really expect me to believe that?"

"Ahhh… yes?"

"What's really going on Doyle?"

"Before you came over, Cordelia rang and asked me to come with her to her actor party, but that was probably only because she didn't think you were back from Sunnydale yet or she would have asked you instead, so I didn't want her to know you were back, so I can go with her"

"Cordelia's knows I'm back, I went to check with her before dawn to see if we had any cases on"

"So she asked me to go with her, over you?" Doyle said in disbelief "That can't be right." Angel just shrugged, not mentioning the fact that he had been there when Cordy had been asked to the party and he'd suggested bringing Doyle. She hadn't taken much persuasion though. Angel knew Cordy had wanted Doyle to take her deep down, but he also knew that to protect her image, she couldn't have asked Doyle before asking himself. Doyle was looking extremely happy, more so than Angel had seen him look in a long time, if not ever.