Buffy and Cordelia

"Season 6"

Disclaimer: I don't own it!

Pairings: Buffy/Cordelia; Faith/Willow

Summary: Re-write

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Chapter 48: Wrecked

Buffy's room

Cordelia had gotten home, to Sunnydale, late that night. The night Doyle died, she didn't think she would have been staying at Angel's that long but he didn't want her to go. So she told him that she had to go to the bathroom but instead she called Kate. And when she came over Cordelia was aloud to go, because she really needed to get home to her wife.

When she entered the bedroom she saw that Buffy was not in bed. At first she was confused but then she looked toward the window and saw that it was open. Sometimes, when she needed to think Buffy would go and sit on her roof outside her window. Cordelia guessed that it gave her some kind of peace, a place where no one could touch her.

She walked over to the window and ducked her head outside to say hi to her wife but when she looked out the window Buffy wasn't there. Now Cordelia started to panic, Buffy never went anywhere without telling her first. Just before Cordelia decided to go wake everyone she saw a note on the bed. She walked over and picked it up:

Cordy,

I know your wondering where the hell I am but I need to tell you to not send anyone to look for me. I need some time alone, away from everyone including you. I saw Doyle, I saw that he kissed you and I don't know if it was my imagination but I also saw that you didn't fight back. I'm not mad…yet…I'm just confused. Don't look for me, tell everyone that I'm fine and I'll be back in a few days. Meanwhile if anything happens there Faith should be able to handle. I'm sorry baby; I just need time to think.

Love always,

Buffy

Cordelia felt her lags buckle and she sat on the bed. She couldn't believe Buffy had seen the kiss, she couldn't believe that she didn't realize that Buffy saw the kiss. Buffy had become all quiet and when she offered to go home with the gang she should have known that something was wrong. But Buffy didn't think Cordelia fought it, well she didn't because she didn't have time to, but that didn't mean she didn't try. Doyle had kissed her but only for a second before he killed himself.

Cordelia crumbled up the note and threw it into the garbage. She grabbed her bag and tossed it into the corner. Then she got ready for bed and went to sleep. At first she couldn't fall asleep because the last time she went to sleep by herself not knowing where Buffy was, Buffy was dead and she didn't know if she was in heaven or some hell dimension.

Cordelia lay in bed staring at the clock as she watched the time pass by. She didn't know when but eventually she fell asleep.

Next morning

Cordelia woke up and walked downstairs to where everyone was sitting. When she walked into the kitchen she saw Faith making breakfast, Dawn pouring drinks for everyone, and Willow was just walking in the house with the mail. The only person she didn't see was Buffy and that saddened her more. She turned and tried to walk back upstairs but she had been spotted.

"Cor, come on, I'll back you breakfast," Faith said as she gestured toward the empty seat. "Pancakes sound good?" she asked and Cordelia looked at her and she saw in Faith's eyes that she knew about Buffy and the others did so don't say anything.

"Sure pancakes sound great," Cordelia said. She sat there with her orange juice in front of her.

"Is Buffy coming down?" Dawn asked as she sat next to Willow.

"No, she already went to work," Faith said. "I heard her this morning. Something about an early meeting thingy that she had to attend." Faith explained looking at Cordelia.

"Wow that means Buffy was up before six…that's got to be a first," Dawn said as she started to eat her pancake. Everyone looked at Cordelia and she smiled. "Okay I'm done I better go to school," Dawn said.

"Damn you ate that fast…did you even taste it?" Faith asked as she looked at the empty plate.

"Hey living with two slayers who eat anything that's not nailed down after a good nights slay makes you consume your food faster." Dawn said as she grabbed her back pack and headed for the door. "Cordelia can you drive me?" Dawn asked. "Buffy usually takes me but she left early," she explained.

"Sure," Cordelia said getting up and throwing her hair up in a pony tail. She could still remember a time when she wouldn't be caught dead looking like this. "Keep these warm," Cordelia said pointing to the pancakes. "Come on," she said as she grabbed her keys and followed Dawn out the door.

"What's going on?" Willow asked Faith as she stuck Cordelia's pancakes in the microwave.

Faith looked at her and smiled. "What are you talking about?" she asked confused. But Willow didn't say anything, she didn't even look away. "Okay, Buffy left last night," Faith said. "She said she saw Cordelia kiss someone else and she walked out, said she needed a break. Don't worry she'll be back, she said she only needed a few days alone," Faith explained.

"I'm gonna kill Cordelia," Willow said.

"Don't," Faith said.

"Why not?" Willow asked confused.

"Because it's not her fault, the guy was going to kill himself remember," Faith said. "Doyle has liked Cordelia since she walked into Angel's office." Faith said. Willow hung her head as she remembers the person they lost last night.

"I feel like an ass," Willow said.

"Don't it's not your fault," Faith said as she walked around the island and gave her a kiss on the top of her head. "Just don't be mad at Cordelia," Faith added. "Pancake?" Faith asked and Willow smiled.

England (AN: I know and England trip is long but for the story pretend it's not)

Buffy stepped off the plain and smiled but then she frowned. That had been the longest plain ride of her life. She had remembered to call the school and tell them that she was taking a vacation, due to personal problems. As she stepped out of the airport she smiled again.

She remembered how Giles could go on and on about England and how beautiful it was. He is back here now and she knows that he is loving it. He moved back to England after the whole Spike, Tara and spell ordeal that made everyone forget whom there were. He left that night and he had told Buffy to tell everyone he said bye. He knew that if he had to tell each one of them himself he wouldn't be able to and he would end up staying.

Buffy had done what he said and said goodbye to everyone and he had given her his phone number so she could call anytime she wanted. But she decided that she could surprise him. She walked over to the payphone and pulled out the number and dialed.

"Hello?" came a husky replay.

"Giles its Buffy," she said.

"Buffy what's wrong?" he asked instantly going into father mode, that's what she missed about him.

"Guess what…I'm in England," she said and there was silence over the phone. "Giles?"

Some warehouse

Amy rolled over that morning and noticed that she couldn't move because someone's arm was around her. When she turned over she saw the vampire from last night fast asleep. She couldn't help but notice how human he looked but she knew better, he wasn't human, he was a vampire and he would kill her if he got the chance.

Then she looked around the building that they had fought in last night. The building was no longer standing. "Oh God," she said.

That's when she felt the arm lift from around her was it and when she looked at the thing sleeping next to her she saw that he was awake. "You weren't thinking about leaving and not saying goodbye were you?" he asked in a little boy's voice.

"Listen, what happened last night, it was a mistake." She paused. "You're a vampire and I'm a human, this could never work," she said as she went to get up but he grabbed her. "What are you doing?" she asked.

He brought his lips to hers in a hard kiss. When he pulled away he held her in front of him. "We could make it work," he said.

"No," she said pushing his and jumping to her feet. She went and stood in the sun. "And this is why," she said. "You could never take me into the light and that's where I live, in the light," she explained.

She went to leave by he cleared him throat and she turned to look at him standing before her…naked. "You're going to need these, no?" he asked.

Amy saw him holding her underwear. She walked over and grabbed it and then turned and left. She could not believe that she just did that with a vampire last night.

Summers' House

Amy walked up the Summers' house and she didn't know if she should just walk in or knock. Buffy had told her that she was welcome any time she wanted so did that mean she could just walk in whenever she wanted. That's when she saw Willow sitting in the kitchen and she decided to walk on in. When she opened the door Willow tuned to look at her and smiled.

"Hey Amy, where have you been?" she asked when she saw her fellow witch. "Did you find a place to stay?" she asked. "Because if not I'm sure Buffy won't mind having another person in the house." She said.

"I didn't really look for a place last night," she said. "I've just been walking around, you know wondering," she added.

"Oh, okay," Willow said confused. Willow didn't understand her friend but she decided not to push is since she was newly brought back to the world. "So Amy, what do you want to do today?" Willow asked her.

"I think I'm gonna head over and see my dad," she said and Willow could tell that she looked a little distracted.

"Okay well I have to head over to school, maybe I'll see you afterwards and we can hang out," Willow said and Amy just nodded looking off into the distance. Willow smiled as she walked out the back door.

Buffy and Cordelia's room

Cordelia was sitting on the bed, everyone was gone now. Willow she guessed was off to school so she had the house to herself. She looked around the room and stopped and admired the various pictures that she and Buffy had scattered around the room. She stopped on one particular picture that was of her, Buffy, Willow and Faith. They were down by the beach and they were looking at the sunset, it was where they were a lot.

Cordelia's eyes traveled to another picture that was just of her and Buffy. Buffy had her arms wrapped around her waist from behind and they were smiling. The other thing she noticed about the picture is that they were soaking wet, it had been raining that day but they didn't care. Willow ended up telling them later that some of the best picture that they took together came from that day. Mostly because neither one of them had their hair done or their make-up.

Cordelia was about to lay down and go to sleep but the phone rang and she picked it up excited that it might me Buffy. "Hello?"

"Cordelia is that you?" it was Giles.

"Yes, what can I do for you Giles? Buffy isn't here," she said and she knew she sounded tired but she didn't care.

"I know Buffy isn't there," he said. "She's here with me," he added.

Cordelia didn't know what to say. "So you're telling me Buffy's in England?" Cordelia asked. "She traveled all the way to England to get away from me?" she said.

"I'm sure she didn't come here to get away from you," Giles said trying to sound supportive.

"Yeah right Giles, look at her track record. She ran away when she sent Angel to hell, she panics every time something doesn't go her way," Cordelia paused. "I guess I should just start packing my clothes now then," she said with a sigh. "Now why did you call because I'm sure you didn't want to talk to me," she explained.

"Is Faith around?" she asked.

"No she's at work, try again around five now I gotta go, I have a house to look at today. It was going to be for me and Buffy but I guess now it's just going to be for me," she said as she hung up the phone.

England

Giles hung up the phone after talking to Cordelia and he looked over toward Buffy whom was sitting on the couch watching TV. He wondered what had happened between them that would make Cordelia give up and Buffy come all the way to England.

Magic Box

Anya and Xander where sitting at the table in the Magic Box when the door swung open and in walked Faith. She walked right over to them and sat down at the table. "Okay guys I only have a ten minute break but there something I need from you, a favor," she said as she looked at the couple.

"Sure thing Faith, what's the favor?" she asked.

"Find out everything you can about Amy, because Will was out all night last night and when she got up she looked exhausted and I don't like that look. It almost looked like she was drained or something. I do know that her and Amy where at the Bronze last night," she said.

"How do you know that?" Anya asked. Faith just gave her a look. "Oh right, you work there," she said as realization dawned on her.

"Sure will ask around about her but you know if Will catches hold of this she won't be happy," Xander explained.

"That's why she not going to find out," Faith said as she looked at the clock on the wall. "I gotta go, see you guys later at home," she said as she got up and left leaving the couple behind researching whatever it was they were researching.

Summers' house

When Willow got home from school later that day she went straight to her room. She was beyond tired and all she wanted was to sleep. She didn't understand why she was so tired but she was and she needed sleep. When she laid down in her bed she realized that she had forgotten to close her blinds.

She said a spell that was supposed to close the blinds for her but nothing happened. She shrugged her shoulders and got up off the bed as she walked over to the windows and closed the blinds. "That's weird," she said to herself as she lay herself back down on her bed.

Just as she was starting to go to sleep she heard a knock at her door and when she looked at the open doorway she saw Amy standing there. "Hey there," Willow said as she stood up. "What's up?" she asked.

"I was wondering if you wanted to go out and have a round two of last night," Amy said.

"You see I would but all my powers are gone, I mean I couldn't even close the blinds," Willow explained.

"I know someone that can fix that," Amy said. "Come on it'll be fun," she said as she grabbed Willow's hand and they left the Summers' house.

Somewhere in an alleyway

Amy had been dragging Willow around town for little over three hours trying to find the place. When Willow asked if Amy knew where she was going Amy said yeah and she explained by saying that they place she is trying to find is somewhere that moves around a lot. To stay hidden from the slayer and other supernatural things. Willow didn't argue mostly because she didn't have the energy to.

"HA!" Amy exclaimed. "Told you I knew where I was going," Amy said as she looked behind her at nothing.

"Um, Amy I don't see anything but more alleyway," Willow said.

"The trick is to look harder," Amy said as she walked backwards and slowly disappeared. Willow confused, scared and interested decided to walk forward and if she was able to look at herself she would see that she too disappeared.

Once inside the place Willow was unable to see or feel from the outside the first thing she noticed was the smell, it smells horrible, like something had died. She placed her hand over her mouth so she didn't gag and as soon as she did that someone walked out of the door way in front of her.

Her eyes came into contact with the person, a man, and the first thing she noticed was the scar. It was a scar across his eye; at least she thought it was a scar.

"Amy," he said. "You've brought me something new," he said as he walked over to Willow. Willow put her hand up to stop him from coming any closer. "Hey if you want you have to give a little," he said as he licked the side of her face. "Hmm, she tastes like strawberries," he said. "This way," he said motioning to the door that he himself had just walked out of.

Somewhere in Sunnydale

Cordelia had been with the real-estate agent all day and so far nothing that is until now. Right at this moment she is standing outside a house that is amazing…it is the house she dreamed of ever since she was a little girl. She knew that Buffy would love this house that is if Buffy ever came back, after all she didn't need to be here, Faith was here.

"What do you think of this Miss?" the real-estate agent asked.

Cordelia looked at the lady, then back at the house and finally down at her wedding band. "I'll take it," she said and she and the woman walked into the house. Cordelia didn't know if she and Buffy would ever get through their rough patch but if they did, this is the house she wanted to become her's and Buffy's.

Giles' apartment (England)

Buffy was sitting alone in Giles' apartment looking out at the rain falling outside. It has rained the whole time she had been here and it was depressing. The more it rained the more she thought about Cordelia and Doyle, the kiss that they shared. She never thought that she could hurt this much.

Sure there was Angel and when he died, or she sent him to hell, she hurt but not like this. And then there was Riley when he left with his soldier buddies she was hurt for awhile but she got over it, for some reason this was a different kind of hurting, which made Buffy hurt more. Because the more she hurt the more she realized that Cordelia was the one that she was looking for and then she found her and now she might lose her. Buffy once again let the tears fall from her eyes.

Somewhere in the alleyway

It was a magic place; anyone who had a little bit of magic would be able to feel it. Now Tara wasn't the best witches, Willow had her beat, but she knew when she was close to this place. She walked through the invisible barrier and was inside. She saw a man on the couch and he was mumble.

"Take two women over me," she heard him say. "Stupid red head," she head and that's when she realized that one of the women must have been Willow. She turned and quickly ran out of the room.

In the other room

Willow was up on the ceiling surround by magic. She had never felt anything like this before, it felt amazing. She would open her eyes every once in awhile and see Amy over in the corner also surround by magic. Then he heard something and when she looked out into the distance she saw blackness. But then she saw a white strip form out of nowhere and then she saw a demon walk out. She screamed and fell to the floor.

Summers' house

Faith walked into the house and the first thing she noticed was that the TV was on. When she looked over at the couch she saw Dawn passed out with the cartoons playing. She made her way upstairs and she looked at Buffy's room and neither her nor Cordelia where there. Then she walked into her bedroom and noticed that Willow wasn't there either. That's when she heard the back door open and close. She ran down stairs.

When she entered the kitchen she saw Tara standing there. "What are you doing here?" Faith asked trying to control her anger.

"I know where Willow is," Tara said. "And I think she's in trouble." She added.

"I'm not in trouble," Willow said from behind them as she started to take off her jacket. "And I would appreciate it if you stayed out of my business," Willow said as she walked over and kissed Faith on the cheek. "Everything's fine," she added.

"Sorry I must have been mistaken," Tara said as she turned and walked out of the house.

Faith looked back and forth between the two women. Willow wasn't acting like herself but Faith didn't know if she should believe Tara. Faith just watched as Willow walked upstairs not saying anything more to her.

Cordelia's new house

She had gotten almost everything over here, Faith was going to help her tomorrow to bring in the new King sized bed she bought. Since Buffy wasn't here she needed someone to help her lift the heavy things. She sat down on the floor and looked at her new place; she always wanted her own place.

Summers' house (later that night)

Faith was up when Willow got up and got out of the bed. When Willow existed the bedroom she got up and looked out the window and saw her and Dawn walking away. Faith got out of bed and got dressed then she existed the house and followed behind them.

"So Dawnie what movie do you want to see?" Willow asked and Faith could faintly hear.

"I don't care," Dawn said looking around.

"Oh I have to make a quick stop first," Willow said as they turned down and alley and when Faith turned the corner they where gone.

"What the hell?" Faith asked herself. Faith looked around and around and still she saw nothing.

Cordelia's house

It was raining out now and as she looked outside she remembered all the good times she and Buffy would have when it rained. The moments they shared because they didn't want to go outside and get wet. The happiness that was experienced.

Giles' apartment (England)

As Buffy watched the rain fall she thought of Cordelia.

Alleyway

It had begun raining since Faith was standing there. She was huddled in a corner when she heard Willow's voice. When she stood but she saw Willow and Dawn but then she noticed something weird about Willow, something different.

As she was about to follow Willow she noticed something else come out of nowhere and start to fallow Dawn and Willow too. Before the thing could get too far Faith tackled it which caught the attention of Willow and Dawn. Dawn almost screamed when she saw the demon but Willow just looked surprised. As the silence grew it was easy to hear the crack of a neck.

Faith stood up and dusted herself off. She looked directly at Willow. "We need to talk," she added and graded her hand. "Come on we're goin home," she said as she dragged Willow along behind her. Dawn followed silently behind.

Giles' Apartment

When Giles walked into the apartment he saw Buffy sitting in the window sill, where she was when he left. He walked over to her and sat down next to her. She looked at him and he could see the tears in her eyes.

"Buffy, what's wrong?" he asked in his fatherly tone. Buffy missed that tone. "What happened between you and Cordelia?"

"I saw her kiss someone else," she said. "Now I knew the guy had a crush on her for a long time and he was just about to sacrifice himself but still…" she paused. "She didn't even look like she pushed away." She added.

"Did you give her a chance to explain?" Giles asked.

"No," Buffy said shyly, she knew she owned Cordelia a chance.

"Maybe you should," Giles said. "Call her Buffy." He said before he left her alone again.

Summers' house

Faith was sitting in her room with Willow lying on the bed. She turned and looked at her girlfriend. "I think Amy's been a bad influence on you," she said. "You never and I mean NEVER, used to use magic like this before," she said. "And what if I hadn't of followed you, what would have happened with that demon, he would have killed you," she explained.

"Faith…"

"No…Willow you need to cut back on magic and stop hanging with Amy." She said.

"You're not my mother," Willow said. 'You don't control me," she added.

"Fine I guess I'll sleep on the couch," Faith said as she grabbed a pillow and before Willow could say anything her bedroom door was slammed. Willow began to cry as she heard Faith footsteps on the stairs.

Cordelia's house

Her phone was ringing, she had just gotten it installed and the only one with the new number was Giles so she was hopping he had some info on when Buffy might return.

"Hello Giles?" she asked hopeful.

"Cor?"

"Buffy?"

"We need to talk."

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AN: Hope it was worth the wait. Until next time.