Chapter 16
Sunnydale
"So did you two have any fun together, alone?" Buffy asked sarcastically.
Angel froze not knowing what to say all he wanted to do was to reach out and take hold of Cordelia's hand but he knew that it would be wrong and cruel.
"Gee suspicious much. We had to take a baby and hide waiting to see if Angelus was going to make us cocktails, your right we had a lot of fun, a huge party that turned into an orgy." Cordelia muttered sarcastically while glaring at the tiny blonde.
Buffy felt embarrassed and could feel her face go read but that did not stop that feeling deep inside of her that was saying something was wrong with this picture and something had happened.
Angel and Cordy glanced at each other knowing that something had happened they had felt it but knowing just like everyone else nothing could be said. This was not the time, not their time and definitely not the place.
Wes looked at Gunn and Fred and raised his eyebrows knowing that things could get out of hand very quickly with the way Cordelia and Buffy were glaring at each other and if they started to snipe it would get even worse.
"Giles do you have the spell?" Wes asked quickly hoping to break the tension. He watched the older Englishman nod in return.
"Let's get this party started." Gunn said with a grin and watched his friends groan at him, he couldn't help it, he laughed.
Hyperion Hotel, LA
Faith's head snapped back as a demon punched her hard in the face, she groaned mentally as the blood fell from her nose. She did like a good fight but this was getting ridiculous she hoped that back up would be here soon, if not there could be more trouble when and if the guys arrived back.
"So that's how you want to play. You like it rough do you boys." Faith grinned manically at them, her mind was screaming for her friends to hurry back. She spinned on one foot and kicked the vampire hard in the chest and before he could do anything to her the wooden stake that she held in her hand plunged deep into his heart and she watched him explode around it. "Another one bites the dust."
"You think you're funny bitch." Another vampire growled at her as he stalked towards her.
"Well I like to think I am, you don't? I'm wounded, deeply wounded." Faith answered sarcastically.
"You
will be, you will be." The vampire said as he sped up and ran at
her.
"You can try." She said laughing but before they could
start fighting there was a loud crash and lightening started to flash
around the room like a thunderstorm and suddenly out of nowhere a
vortex appeared.
"Finally." Faith muttered hoping that they had Connor and that everyone was ok.
Sunnydale
"Goodbye all, it was nice to meet you and thanks for all your help." Fred said smiling and waving.
"Yes uhhh thank you." Angel agreed slightly stuttering as he stared at his son and then Cordy with love.
Buffy turned away from the family scene, she had always believed that her and Angel would be forever, they would have a love that transcended time but the evidence in front of her told her that it was not going to happen, it wasn't even going to last a decade.
"Buffy?" Angel said softly.
"Go home Angel, go back to your time and be with your family." She whispered and with each word her heart broke a little more.
The Scoobies stood and watched as one by one those who had come from the future walked back through the portal to their time, their home.
Angel and Cordelia stood at opposite ends of the room, suddenly they were in each others arms kissing and touching as much as they could as if there were no tomorrow in their case, in this time period that was correct and just as quickly as it started it ended and they stepped away from each other staring. Buffy watched open mouthed, the whole world around her seemed to have stopped and her mind was blank she had no idea what to do.
"I love you Cordelia Chase." Angel told her.
"And I love you angel." Cordelia replied softly.
Hyperion Hotel, LA
The vampires slowly moved back at the now armed people grinning evilly, revenge was clear in their eyes. The portal had closed, they were all home safe and now it was time to make the vampires pay, and the were going to and it was going to be a dear price, their lives.
Cordy moved back away from the up coming fight so the rest of her family was between her holding Connor and the vampires.
The vampires glanced at each other, they had enough problems keeping up with the brunette slayer and now they had Angelus and his friends, their plan had failed and they were going to do the smart thing, run away to fight another day and that was exactly what they did.
"Great they run away, that sucks." Gunn mumbled looking mournfully down at his axe, he had been so looking forward to killing some of them.
"Don't worry Charles they'll be back and you can kill them then." Fred said cheerfully.
"So guys it looks like everything ends well." Faith grinned as she wiped blood from her face.
Cordy handed Connor over to Angel and she took hold of Faith's hand. "Come on let's get you sorted out."
Faith rolled her eyes but let herself be pulled to one of the couches, but the slayer had a smile on her face it had been a long time since anyone had wanted to take care of her and she liked it.
Sunnydale
Buffy glanced around confusion all over her face; she opened her mouth to say something.
"Ok what have you freaks done this time and why am I here?" Cordelia said.
Everyone else looked at her blankly they had no idea what had happened.
"It must have been a spell." Giles muttered as he pushed his glasses back up his nose.
"Well I am out of here." The brunette muttered and she turned and walked regally out the door but her eyes caught Angel's who was hiding in a dark corner just for a second and something passed between them, neither of them knew what it was and they were just going to ignore it.
Angel watched as she left he had no idea why his fingers itched to touch her or why deep within he felt that he knew what she tasted like, what she felt like inside and how her eyes would shine with desire. He shook his head and turned to Buffy and she smiled at him, he forced a smile back.
Buffy watched Cordelia leave and then her gaze turned to her vampire, but something inside made her feel ill, made her feel like she was going to lose him. The blonde slayer pushed that emotion back, her and Angel would have the romance of all time, and she knew it.
Hyperion Hotel, LA
Cordy and Angel lay wrapped up in each others arms, looking over at the crib that sat in his hotel room.
"Do you think that things would have been better if we had go together back then?" Cordy asked curiously.
"No things would have changed, I may never have come to LA, I may never have had Connor, or met all of you. This is my life and I wouldn't change it for the world we are all where we are meant to be, home with our family." Angel pulled her closer to him and lowered his head and kissed her softly and lovingly. "Nothing could beat this." Just as he was about to kiss her again, there was a cry from the cradle.
Cordy smiled as Angel climbed out of the bed naked and walked over to his, no their son. But he was right this was how things were supposed to be and all their defeats and triumphs made them who they were and that was all that counted, the now. With everything that happened in their lives you could only plan a little. Why? Because you never know when the next apocalypse would arrive on your doorstep.
The End
