Thanks to everyone for their support. I'm in a little but of writers block so if you have any ideas as to what should happen next or in future chapters, yet me know and I'll try and work them in.

Chapter 3

Collins awoke to the sun shining in his face. He squinted and looked at his watch; it read seven forty five. He noticed Angel was no longer in bed. "What the hell s she doing up so early" Collins asked himself. It was a known fact that Angel wasn't to be disturbed till after nine, unless you wanted to get up close and personal with a stiletto heel.

Just then Angel pranced out the bathroom door in a bathrobe, with her face done up perfectly. Collins reached a hand up to rub his eyes while Angel came over and gave him a warm hug. "Morning love" she said as Collins lowered his hand.

"Honey what ya doing up so early?" Collins asked her as she frolicked over to her suitcase.

Angel bent over searching through the suitcase while replying "Child services opens soon".

"Yeah in two hours" Collins told her as he threw the covers off of himself.

"Gotta look good for my baby" Angel told him while pulling a blue skirt out of the bag.

"Sweetie she's three weeks old, I'm sure she doesn't care about what skirt you have on" Collins said to her with a laugh.

Angel turned to face him and folded her arms over her chest. He was laying there in just a pair of green shorts, he rubbed the empty spot on the bed next to him and said in a seductive voice "Why don't you come back to bed, I'm getting cold over here".

Angel let out a small laugh before adding "As much as I would love for you to take advantage of me right now, we don't have time. So get up and put some pants on before I change my mind".

Collins sighed and said "Fine, you never let me have any fun".

" I know but you can punish me later" with that she turned and waltzed back to the bathroom, clothes in hand.

They were out the door by eight thirty, Collins had never seen Angel get dressed so quickly. To kill some time, the two walked around town stopping in a shop from time to time. Collins caught a few of the female shoppers checking him out, if they only knew. They didn't buy anything just looked at the things they wish they could afford. When Collins glances at his watch and it read a quarter to ten, he was shocked who knew shopping could take up so much time.

The two got to child services a little after ten. Angel walked up to the receptionist to sign in, while Collins found them a pair of seats. The receptionist told Angel that they would be seen shortly, and to just take a seat for now. Angel couldn't keep still, nerves were getting the best of her now. Collins had to place his hand on her knee to keep her leg from shaking.

The case worker appeared at the door five minutes later, and gestured for them both to come into her office. "Nice to meet you, I'm Veronica Perez" she said to them while extending her hand to them both. After exchanging greetings, Veronica took a seat behind her desk as Angel and Collins sat across from her.

"Let me start by saying I'm sorry about your sister" Veronica told Angel. Angel said a quiet thank you and Veronica continued. "None the less I'm glad we managed to get in contact with you, I feel its best to place a child with their next of kin. Plus since she named you guardian before she passed we get to cut out some of the more hectic paperwork" she opened a draw on her desk a pulled out a fairly decent sized pile of paperwork before say "Now if you can just take your time filling out these papers then we'll be on our way.

After the twelfth and final form Angel sighed and said "I think my hand is going to fall off". She dropped the pen and handed the forms to Veronica. Veronica read over the papers, stood up and headed for the door "Well everything seems to be in order, you have steady employment, and a place to live. Now let me just go run all this through the system, and then I'll go get Evangeline.
When she left neither one said anything, the tension was so thick you could cut right through it. Collins started tapping the arm of his chair, much to Angel's annoyance. She finally had to grab his hand because it was driving her crazy. Collins squeezed her hand knowing she was tense too. Angel just breathed in and out very slowly trying to relax.

Then the sound of a baby crying caught their attention, and they both turned toward the door. The crying got louder till it was right outside. Angel took a deep breath as the door opened. In stepped Veronica holding a little pink bundle in her arms. While trying to quiet the baby she turned to the two new parents and said "She has a good set of lungs on her this one". She leaned over and placed the baby girl in Angel's open arms. Once placed there the baby immediately stopped crying.

Angel, for once, was at a loss for words. She looked down at the little bundle in her arms. The only thing running through her mind was how precious Evangeline was. On the top of her head was a little patch of brown hair, she opened her eyes to reveal the brightest green color Angel had ever seen. Her skin was the color of mocha, and her little chubby hands were curled up against her face. Angel couldn't get over how much she looked like Desiree. Except for the eyes; neither Angel or her sister had green eyes. Angel rubbed her finger across Evangeline's cheek, just gazing into those little green eyes. Collins stood up, walked behind Angel and leaned over her shoulder. He extended his index finger down to Evangeline and she grasped it with her little hand.

Veronica finally broke the silence by saying "She's a cutie that one, I've never seen a baby with green eyes like that before. Well all the paperwork checks out so you can take her home." Angel stood up slowly shifting the baby in her arms, said goodbye to Ms. Perez, and turned to leave.

Once outside Angel looked at Evangeline and said " You're going to love it in New York baby" then leaned down and gave her a kiss on the forehead.