"Buffy's Cordelia"
Season 5 and up
Disclaimer: I don't own it!
Pairings: Buffy/Cordelia; Willow/Faith
Summary: Re-write
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Chapter 51: Somnambulist
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Cordelia's apartment
Buffy and Cordelia walking into the apartment and almost fell once the door closed. Cordelia herself was carrying five bags and Buffy was carrying at least six. It was almost like they were just moving in, but they both decided to bring everything so when they moved into their new house they wouldn't have to keep going to the old house.
Cordelia set everything down and then she made her way over to the couch. She was soon followed by Buffy who basically fell onto Cordelia. They started laughing as Buffy straightened herself out. When they sat up they realized that they were sitting in the dark. Buffy reached over and flicked on the light, as she did so Cordelia let out a scream.
Buffy looked in the direction that Cordelia was looking and she nearly jumped off the couch. "God!" Cordelia said once her heartbeat was normal again. "What are you doing here?" she asked. "I mean you almost gave me a heart attack at twenty three," she said as she stood up.
"Angel what are you doing here?" Buffy asked as she walked over to the kitchen and turned on the lights so he wasn't sitting in the dark anymore. "Hello earth to Angel," Buffy said as she waved her hand in front of his face. But before either one of them knew it Angel jumped up and took Buffy and bit her.
Buffy jumped up in her seat grabbing at her neck. "What's wrong?" Cordelia asked from the seat next to her. Buffy looked around and noticed that she was still on the bus back to L.A. "Buffy?" Cordelia asked again as she grabbed her wives hand. "It was just a dream clam down," she said.
Buffy looked around as if someone was after her. "You should know that my dreams are never just dreams," Buffy said as she looked out the window and saw the 'welcome to Los Angeles' sign. "We're home," she said and Cordelia noticed the fear in her voice.
"Buffy what was your dream about?" Cordelia asked as she looked at her wife and noted how jumpy she was upon just waking up. "Buffy answer me," she added.
"I can't not here," Buffy said. "But I tell whatever is going on here in L.A but I know it's not good," she said as she took Cordelia's hand. "I don't want you to leave my sight," Buffy said as she looked her in the eyes. The bus came to a stop and Buffy was the first one to stand up. "Come on," Buffy said as she basically dragged Cordelia behind her.
"Buffy will you please slow down and explain to me what the hell is going on," Cordelia said stopping in her tracks. "I'm not moving another step until you explain to me what the hell is wrong?" she said when Buffy turned around and looked at her. Buffy shrugged as she moved closer and then she bent down and put Cordelia over her shoulder. "BUFFY!"
Buffy walked over to where she was supposed to pick up her luggage and grabbed their two bags. She noted all the weird looks that were being thrown their way but she simply ignored them. She walked over to the side of the road and waved for a taxi. When the taxi pulled up she placed Cordelia in the back seat and then put in the bags in the trunk before she got in the back seat after her.
"Buffy you better explain yourself right now," Cordelia said.
Buffy leaned over and Cordelia backed away up she grabbed her and pulled her closer so Buffy was right by her ear. "Angel," was all Buffy said before she went back to her seat. Cordelia at first didn't understand but then she saw the terror in Buffy's eyes and she realized what was wrong with her. Cordelia moved closer to Buffy and Buffy placed her arm over her shoulder as they rode the rest of the way home in silence.
Angel's apartment
Angel jumped up in his bed as he clutched his chest. His breathing increased as he looked around and realized that he was still in his own room. She then breathed a sigh of relief. He got up from his bed and made his way upstairs. When he was able to he opened the door just a crack to grab the new paper.
He walked back down into his apartment underneath Angel Investigations and set the paper down on the table. After he got himself a nice warm cup of blood he sat down to read the paper. As soon as he saw down he noticed the picture on the front of the paper and dropped it.
He couldn't believe it his dream had come true. In his dream he dreamt about chasing down a girl and killing her, yet still making sure to mark her with a cross on her cheek. And on the front page of the news paper was that girl with the cross in her cheek, yet Angel never remembered leaving the apartment.
He stood up from where he was sitting and started to pace. He didn't know what to do. He knew if Wesley saw this he would notice that it was his handy work, after all he is a Watcher. He and his fellow watcher have probably studied Angelus and his habits just in case he ever returned, or at least he knew Giles did. Especially after what he did to Ms. Calendar.
He sat back down in his chair. There was no way that Wesley or anyone else could prove that he did this; all they could do is assume. They wouldn't have any backing in the assumptions. Then again Buffy is the slayer, and she has the right to defend the dead. That's when he decided to panic.
Cordelia's apartment
Cordelia was sitting in the living room alone as Buffy was in the bedroom packing some of her things. She didn't want to leave but she knew Buffy wouldn't let her stay if Angel was evil. She wouldn't risk it not after what happen with Ms. Calendar, she knows Buffy feels responsible still ad there is nothing any of them can say that will make her feel other wise.
Buffy came walking out of the bedroom and saw Cordelia sitting there with her head in her hands. She walked up to her and took her wife in her arms. "Cor you know I only do what's best for you," Buffy said as she held her.
"I know but I don't want to leave you here alone, it's just not right, you should have someone here with you," she explained. "What about Faith?" Cordelia asked hopefully. "She could be here in less then a day and then you wouldn't have to worry about facing Angel alone." She supplied.
"Cor," Buffy said. "Babe, Faith is already on her way." Buffy said Cordelia looked up at her. "I called her as soon as we got back," she said. "Now you having nothing to worry about, Faith will make sure nothing happens to me…you know how she is," Buffy said as she looked eye to eye at Cordelia.
"Yeah if anything happens to you she'll feel my wrath," Cordelia said with a smile. "I'm scared," Cordelia admitted. "Last time Angel was evil he didn't care about you…he cared about your friends," she explained.
"And that is exactly why I want you gone," Buffy said as she looked at her. "I don't want to worry about him coming after you while I'm not around," she said. Before Cordelia could say anything Buffy brought their lips together. When she pulled apart Cordelia was looking at her and she knew that there was no way she was leaving…at least not tonight. Buffy kissed her again and they slowly moved back on the couch. "I love you," Buffy said.
"Likewise," Cordelia said as she wrapped her arms around Buffy's neck and brought their lips together once again. Cordelia slipped her hands up underneath Buffy tank top as Buffy hands moved underneath Cordelia t-shirt. Just as Buffy was about to sit up and take off her top someone knocked at the door. "Ignore it," Cordelia said as she pushed up Buffy's top urging her to take it off.
"What if it's Faith?' Buffy asked in-between kisses. The knock came again.
"Cordelia! Buffy! Are you guys home?!" the voice outside the door came.
"Is that…"
"Wesley," Cordelia said as she moved to get up from underneath Buffy.
"Ignore him," Buffy said as she pulled Cordelia back.
"He could have important information about Angel," Cordelia said and Buffy let her go. "Fix yourself up," Cordelia said. Buffy smirk at her as she pushed down her tank top. "We'll finish later," Cordelia said as she opened the door to reveal Wesley standing there. "This better be important," she said.
"Oh did I interrupt something?" he asked oblivious of the situation he found himself in.
"You could say that," Buffy said as she got up off the couch and walked into the kitchen. "Tea?" she asked.
"Please," he said. "Actually I came over here to tell you something important." He said. "It's about Angel," he said and Buffy looked at Cordelia as Cordelia smirked at her.
"What about Angel?" Buffy asked as she walked back over to where Wesley had sat down. She sat across from his on the comfy chair.
"Look at this," he said as he placed the newspaper in front of him. "Look familiar?" he asked.
"It was his signature," Buffy said. "I remember when he went evil back in Sunnydale Giles made me do a whole bunch of research on him. And what I found out wasn't pretty," she explained.
"How come I never had to do research?" Cordelia asked. "I was part of the group," she said with a little pout.
"No one else but me did it," Buffy explained. "He thought Angel would come after me, but in reality he came after you guys…we weren't prepared for that," Buffy explained and Cordelia knew she was talking about Jenny. Buffy looked at the picture once again. "Angel used to mark his victims with crosses on their cheeks," Buffy said handing the paper to Cordelia.
"This doesn't prove that it was him though," Cordelia said. "It could be a copycat," she explained. "A follower of his," she explained further. She noted the looks she was receiving from them. "Listen I know you guys are worried that big bad Angel might be back but I'm not ready to condemn my boss without some sold facts," Cordelia said as she got up from where she was sitting and went into the bedroom.
Buffy hung her head. "Wes, why don't you spend the night here I don't think it's safe to be walking the streets," she said. "I'll bring you out a pillow and blanket," she said as she made her way into the bedroom. She returned a few minutes later with a blanket and two pillows. "From the looks of it I might be spending the night out here with you," Buffy said.
"I didn't mean to cause trouble," he said as he accepted the pillow and blanket.
"Don't worry it was headed in the direction anyways," Buffy said. "See you in the morning," Buffy said as she made her way back to the bedroom. When she walked into the bedroom she made sure to close the door behind her. "You wanna talk about this?" Buffy asked as she looked at her wife. "I know your upset but…"
"No buts Buffy, your just looking for someone to blame this murders on…you guys have no proof that Angel did this," she said.
"That was his mark for over a hundred years, I think that gives us proof," Buffy said.
"You might want to ask him about this before you go accusing him of murder," she explained.
"I don't understand where this is coming from. Not more than half an hour again we were agreeing on this, what happened?" she asked.
"I realized that we didn't think the whole situation through and that we just assumed that he did this. All because of some dream that you had on a bus," Cordelia said.
"I know you're not blaming this all on my dream," Buffy said as she stood up from where she had been sitting on the bed. "You and I both know that it is a lot more than that," she said.
"Come on Buffy, are you telling me that you would go along with what Wesley was saying if you didn't have the dream on the bus," she said and Buffy hung her head. "Yeah I didn't think so." She added.
"You know what I really don't want to fight about this," Buffy said as she looked at Cordelia. She started to unbutton her pants. Once her pants were unbuttoned she pulled them down and then grabbed a pair of sweatpants out of the drawer and put them on. "I am going to wait up for Faith," Buffy said as she went to walk out of the room.
"So we're just going to leave this unsolved like this?" Cordelia asked. "Same old Buffy always walking away from her fights," Cordelia said and as soon as she said she covered her mouth realizing what it was she had just said.
"You know what…I think you need some time alone," Buffy said as she walked over to the bed and grabbed a pillow. "I'll sleep in the living room thank you very much," she said.
"Buffy I didn't mean that," Cordelia said as she reached for her.
"No you did and it's okay because that's just how you are. You don't think before you talk and you never have," Buffy said as she walked out of the bedroom closing the door behind her.
"Way it go Cor," Cordelia said to herself as she got into bed. "Way it go." Cordelia leaned over and shot off the bed side lamp.
Buffy walked into the living room and saw Wesley reading a book. "Looks like we're bunk mates tonight," she said with a hint of sarcasm.
"I didn't mean to cause you two troubles," he said as he noticed that sad look on her face.
"Don't worry Wes, it had nothing to do with you," she said as she sat in the comfy chair. She set up her blankets and then she looked at him. "So do you really think it is Angel doing this?" she asked.
"I'm not sure Buffy," he said as he looked at her. "I don't think there is a way that we can be totally sure about this kind of thing. We just have to assume until we are proven wrong." He said as he laid his book down on the end table. "Good night Buffy," he said as he shut the light off.
"Night Wes," she said as she got comfortable in the chair. Buffy looked at him as he slept and she noticed that he looked peaceful. She knew she probably looked that same way. If people only saw them when they were sleeping then they would have no idea what true troubles they faced once their eyes were open. Buffy looked back toward the bedroom door and she noticed that Cordelia left it open with a little crack. She never sleeps with the door open, something about someone walking right in on them. Which Buffy never understood since they always locked the door, although Angel did have a key…and so did Doyle.
Buffy looked back out the window and she saw nothing but blackness. All the lights of L.A were out and Buffy looked over at the clock. It was three in the morning. For some reason she was afraid to go to sleep, she didn't want to fall asleep and then wake up to find that Cordelia and Wesley were gone. Because if it was Angel doing these things then she knew that he wouldn't come after her instead he would go after everyone she loved, plus Faith was supposed to be here any minute.
Buffy turned quickly when she heard creaking noises coming from behind her and when she turned around she saw Cordelia standing there. "What are you doing?" Buffy asked as she got out of the chair. "You should be sleeping," she said as she walked over to her wife.
"I can't sleep without you there with me anymore," Cordelia said as she looked at her and Buffy noticed that tears were threatening to come out. "Because when I sleep by myself it reminds me of when you died and I had to sleep alone because you weren't coming home," she said as the tears fell. "I never fell more alone then when you're not in the bed beside me," she said as she took Buffy in her arms. "I don't want to fight about this, the more we fight I feel like it is ripping our marriage apart," she said as hugged her tighter.
"Cor nothing will ever rip out marriage apart," Buffy said as she took her wife in her arms. "Now go back to sleep, I need to wait up for Faith and then I'll be right in," Buffy said as she let her go. "I promise…I'm not going anywhere," she added. Cordelia nodded and then turned and walked back into the bedroom. Buffy looked after her until the door closed and locked into place. She turned back and looked at the darkness of the living room.
Just as she was about to go back and lay down on the chair a knock came and she went over to the door. When she walked over she looked into the peephole and saw Faith standing there. She opened the door and smiled. "Faith," she said.
"Hey B," Faith said and she walked into the apartment. "So this is Cordelia's apartment here in L.A, I have to say she did good," she said as she noticed Wesley on the couch. "Is that?" she asked and Buffy nodded. "Well you guys got yourselves a houseful don't you," she said. "Where do I sleep?" she asked.
"You get the guest bedroom," she said. "We would have given it to Wesley but we figured since you were expected to show up and he wasn't then he can have the couch. Plus he has an apartment too," she added as they walked past the kitchen and the bedroom and walked into the guestroom. "Here we are," she said.
"Thanks B," Faith said as she set her duffel bag on the floor and walked over and sat on the bed.
Buffy noticed that something was wrong and walked over and sat next to her. "Things still aren't right between you and Will?" she asked as she looked at her sister slayer.
"Not really," Faith said as she looked over at Buffy. "I don't know what it is but for some reason I just don't trust her anymore, and she needs to do a lot of work to build that trust back," Faith said. "I mean you know how I am with trust," she said.
"Yes I do…isn't that what went wrong with us?" Buffy asked as she looked at her. "I broke your trust and I didn't know how to get it back," she explained. "I don't know but Willow better hurry up before she loses you," Buffy said as she stood up.
Faith smiled and laughed a little. "Yeah right B," Faith said as she looked at the floor. "I am so hooked on her that I will wait for her forever," she said. "The question is will she wait for me," Faith said. Faith looked at Buffy just as a tear slide down her face. "The funny thing is last time I felt this way was with you," she paused. "And you didn't wait for me," she added.
"I wanted to," Buffy said. "Things are different now, you're different now," she said. "Don't worry Will is head of heals for you," Buffy said as she kneeled down in front of her friend. "She will wait for you," she said full of confidence that she didn't feel. They remained silent for awhile before Buffy broke it. "We better get some rest because we are going to have a long day tomorrow," she said as she walked out the door as she went to close the door she noticed that Faith still didn't move. "Don't worry everything will work out," she said as she closed the door. She really did want to see her friends work things out but the odds of Willow waiting around were rare.
Buffy walked toward her bedroom and when she walked in she noticed that Cordelia was sitting up in the bed holding her knees to her chest. Buffy just shuck her head as she walked over to Cordelia side of the bed. "I love you," she said as she kissed her. "I will always wait for you," she said.
"Huh?" Cordelia asked confused.
"Don't worry about it just remember that I will always wait for you," she said and then she got into bed next to her wife.
Angel Investigations
They all came walking to Angel Investigations that morning cautiously. Buffy was the first one through the door and when the noticed that Angel wasn't here yet they decided to walk faster. Cordelia decided that after last night she didn't want to go home so she stayed and Buffy, although unwilling, agreed. Cordelia walked past the two slayers and went toward the elevator.
"What are you doing?" Buffy asked when she noticed where she was going. "You are not going down there," she said.
"I'm not?" Cordelia said as she closed the door and started to go down.
Buffy and everyone else headed toward the stairs and when the reached the basement they saw that Cordelia was over by Angel's bed with a confused look on her face. "How the hell did you tie yourself up?" Buffy asked as she walked over toward him.
"I had Kate come over and do it," he said and when he saw the looks on all their faces. "It wasn't like that so get your minds out of the gutters." He said.
"Why did you tie yourself up I think is the more important question?" Wesley said as he looked at his boss on the bed.
Cordelia look on at him. "You're not evil are you?" she asked the question that everyone was thinking.
"No it's just that I have been having these dream…" he trailed off.
"Of killing people," Buffy said and then she looked at Cordelia. "The dream on the bus was about Angel killing us," she explained.
"Yeah and it was done in the manor that I did it a long time ago," he explained. "So I had Kate tie me up before she left last night so if I was doing in my sleep I wouldn't be able to do it." He said. "Will someone untie me so I can look at the paper," he asked.
"No need," Wesley said as he threw the paper on the bed. "It happened again which means you're not the one doing this," he explained.
"You mean a copycat?" Cordelia asked. "Great and Angelus wannabe." She finished. Buffy looked at her, "What?"
"Okay can someone please untie me now then?" he asked and Buffy walked over to him and started to untie him. When he sat up in his bed he looked at all of them. "We need to end this because last night Kate had a lot of questions so I explained to her why she was tying me up," he said.
"Did you tell her?" Cordelia asked.
"Yes I told her I am a vampire," he said. "And she didn't believe me at first so I then showed her," he explained. "I haven't heard from her since," he added. "Can someone call her and make sure she is alright?" he asked.
"Of course," Cordelia said. "I'll do it," she said as she mad her way back upstairs.
"We'll figure this out," Buffy said as they all made there way upstairs.
When they made it upstairs Cordelia was just hanging up the phone. "She didn't answer," she explained. Angel hung his head as he looked at them. Cordelia walked over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Listen Angel I'm sure she just needs time to think it over," she explained. "The question is will you wait for her?" Cordelia said and then suddenly what Buffy said to her last night made a whole lot of since. She looked at her and Buffy smirked. "You need to wait for her," she said as she looked at Buffy.
"Meanwhile we need to find out who is doing these killings and pinning them on you," Buffy said as she looked at everyone. "Wesley bring in the newspaper clippings and we'll get started. Cor you and I are going to go to the police station and see if they have a lead or anything. Angel, well you have to wait until night fall and then we'll hunt," she explained and he nodded.
Police station
Buffy and Cordelia walked into the police station and they looked around until they saw who they were looking for. When they spotted Kate they headed toward her desk. She looked up and saw them coming and as soon as she saw them she hung her head again, she really didn't want to be bothered right now.
Buffy and Cordelia walked until they were right in front of her desk. "Can we talk to you alone please?" Cordelia asked.
"I'm busy," Kate said as she looked up at the two women in front of her.
"It won't take long," Buffy said.
"Fine," Kate said as she got up from where she was sitting and they followed her into the interrogating room. "What?" she asked and it was easy to tell that she really didn't want to be with them right now. "Can we get on with this some of us have a job to get back to," she explained.
"You know what," Buffy said as she stood up to Kate and sized her. "Some of us are doing our jobs right now," Buffy explained. "You see I deal with stuff everyday that you couldn't even dream of," she said. "And right now what I'm after is something straight out of a nightmare." She said. "So don't push me," she finished.
"What like vampires?" Kate asked in a non-believing tone. "Please," Kate said dismissively.
"You don't believe in vampires then that's fine," Buffy said. "But this guy you're after…"
"You mean Angel?" Kate said.
"Huh?" Cordelia asked confused.
"The person committing these crimes is Angel, I know, and so does everyone else. Speaking of which you can turn him over now and save everyone a lot of trouble looking for him," she explained.
"Why would Angel be a suspect?" Cordelia asked.
"Because he fits the profile," she explained.
"You know what I can easily see when I am wasting my time," Buffy said. "Come on Cor lets go this is a dead end," Buffy said as she walked out of the room with Cordelia in tow leaving Kate behind.
Together they headed out of the garage. "Buffy I'm sure we could have gotten something outta her all we had to do was talk to her," she said.
"Listen Cor she already made her mind up about Angel and this whole situation," she said. "And she did help us," Buffy said as she walked over to a police car. She opened the door and took out one of the radios.
"We are so going to jail," Cordelia said as they walked away from the car with the radio in Buffy's bag.
Angel Investigations
When Buffy and Cordelia walked into the offices at Angel Investigations she noticed that Wesley was already back. He was sitting on the couch with all the newspaper clippings laid out in front of him. Buffy walked over to the table and sat down the radio on the newspapers and looked at Angel.
"Tonight you and I are going hunting," she said. "You're going to look at these clippings and see if you can remember anyone from you past that would know this much about you to do this," she ordered.
"What about…"
"Forget about Kate, she isn't going to be a help in this," Cordelia said. "They think you did this," she explained as she looked at him. "You're a suspect," she added.
Angel hung his head. "That's enough with the brooding," Buffy said. "The only way for you to get Kate back is to prove to her that you're no evil and that you're not the one killing these people," Buffy said as she looked at him. "Go hook this up in your car," she said tossing him the radio.
"Cor come on," Buffy said.
"Where are we going?" Cordelia asked as she followed her wife out.
"To get Faith and tell her that we need to be on the look out for an Angel wannabe," she explained as the door closed behind them and they made their way to Cordelia's apartment where Faith was still asleep, or so they hoped.
Cordelia's apartment
There was always something in Faith as a person that just made her happier when she was alone. Yet now being alone in Buffy and Cordelia's apartment it just wasn't the same, there was something about not having Willow by her side that made her lonely. And this type of loneliness she only felt once before and that was when Buffy turned on her once Angel came back into the picture.
Faith heard the sound of a car door opening and when she looked out the window she saw Buffy and Cordelia walking toward the apartment. She stood up and walked out into the living room so it didn't look like she was waiting for them to come home and get her. She did after all have a reputation to uphold.
Buffy and Cordelia walked into the apartment and saw Faith sitting on the couch watching TV. "Come on we have some serious work to do," Buffy said as she walked over to Faith. "As it turns out Angel wasn't the one committing the crimes therefore he has a copycat running around out there trying to pin this on him." Buffy explained as Faith stood up. They walked out of the apartment without any other words being said.
Angel Investigations
Wesley was sitting at Cordelia's desk looking through newspaper clippings on the computer. He didn't understand what was happening, everything that has been found at the crime scene lead straight to Angel, every little detail. Yet he knew it wasn't Angel because last night he was tied to his bed and yet there was still a murder.
Just as Wesley closed down all the articles he had popped up on the computer Angel came out of his office. "Anything?" Angel asked as he looked at the former watcher. Wesley hung his head. "Great," he added. "Who could do this? I mean they need to know me to be able to do this right?" he asked. "I mean the detail."
"I know," Wesley said. "You're still going out tonight?" he asked.
"Yeah the radio Buffy stole should work perfectly. It will let me know where the next murder has taken place an hopefully I can get there before whomever is doing this leaves." He explained as he walked back and forth in front of Cordelia's desk.
The door opened and in walked Cordelia, Buffy and Faith. "Anything?" Buffy asked.
"Nope," Wesley said.
"Looks like we're going to have to do this the old fashioned way," Faith said and when everyone looked at her she smiled. "Stakeouts," she said with a huge grin.
"And they need for smiling?" Cordelia asked confused.
"That means food," she said and again confusion was passed her way. "Why do you think detectives get so fat?" she asked.
Cordelia shuck her head as she looked at Buffy. "Can we talk?" Cordelia asked her and Buffy nodded. They walked out of the offices and made their way down into Angel's apartment where they knew they would have some privacy.
"What's up?" Buffy asked as she looked at Cordelia. When Cordelia didn't say anything Buffy continued to look at her and her wariness grew. "Cor what's wrong?" she asked.
"I scared," she said. "I mean the last time you went out their without me not knowing what you were getting yourself into you didn't come home," she paused as tears started to fall.
"Listen Cor I have Faith and Angel with me this time," she said. "Everything is going to be fine," she said and Cordelia let out a laugh. "What?"
"That's what you said last time," she said as she walked over and sat down on Angle's couch. "I just need something that will let me know when you're in trouble and I can come and help," she said.
"Cor you knew what my profession was before we even got involved. You knew the risks that I would have to take every night I stepped out of the house," she said. "You were their when I died the first time," she said.
"But this is different," Cordelia said.
"How?"
"I didn't even like you back then," she said. "Well I did but I didn't." she explained. "Yeah I knew what you had to face every night but I really didn't care because I knew you could handle it. And I wasn't there when you first died. Xander brought you back and you told us when you came into the library after killing the master." She paused to whip tears away. "That's the moment I knew that the feelings I had for you were different. I had never felt my life shatter like that when you told us you died, if only for a second." She explained. "I didn't know what I would have done if Xander came and told us that you were dead," she said as she looked at Buffy standing in the doorway. "That was the moment I realized that I wouldn't be moving to L.A after senior year." She added.
"You know that I take precaution that I need to when I'm out there just so I can come back home to you," she explained. "The whole Glory thing was different. As much as I wanted to come home to you I could sacrifice my sister," she said. "You knew that," she added.
Cordelia hung her head and Buffy walked over to her and took Cordelia in her arms. She held on to her until Angel came walking down the stairs and told her that it was time to go. "Don't worry I will come back to you," Buffy said as she kissed Cordelia on the forehead and followed Angel out of the apartment.
"That's what you said last time," Cordelia mumbled to herself.
Angel's car, some alleyway
Buffy was sitting in the front seat of the car with Angel and Faith was in the back. They were parked behind some warehouse waiting for the police to find something and come over the radio. Buffy looked over at Angel and then behind her at Faith. She didn't know what to think of these two. Angel was having girl troubles because Kate thinks he is an evil killing vampire and she is out their waiting to arrest him. Faith is having girl troubles because Willow is getting too hooked on Magic and she doesn't know how to stop her.
Buffy on the other hand really wasn't having any girl troubles except that Cordelia is worried that she won't come home. Buffy didn't know how to make her feel safe and for her to think that she will come home to her every night. Buffy understands that she worried but she knows that Cordelia knew what she was getting into when she married the slayer. After all slayers aren't supposed to live past their 21st birthday.
Buffy was just about to ask Angel what Cordelia was like after she found out that she had died. But the a police officer's voice came over the radio. "That's it," Angel said as he listened to the voice on the radio. "It's the building right here," he said as he looked to his right.
In a matter of seconds both Buffy and Faith where standing outside the car and Angel wasn't far behind. "Let's go," Angel said as he started to climb the ladder on the side of the wall. Buffy went second and Faith followed up the wall. When they reached the roof of Angel saw a figure jump into the roof radio. He started to run with Buffy and Faith following close behind. He jumped in and when he saw who was standing in front of him he wanted to smack himself.
"Angelus?" the person said.
"Penn, I should have known it was you doing this," he said. "I mean I sired you, you knew everything I did, you are the only one that could mirror my work to this kind of perfection," he said. Just then the door slammed opened and in walked Kate. Buffy and Faith were just know coming down the stairs since jumping through the roof window would've either killed them or broken their legs.
"Angelus since when do you fight for the good side? I mean you were a terror all over Europe and now you're a big softy," Penn said as he looked around at all the people surrounding him. "And your hanging out with the vampire slayer…this is even a new low for you," he said.
"You don't know me anymore," Angel said as he looked at him. "And the killing…it ends tonight," he said as he took a step closer.
"DON'T MOVE!" Kate screamed.
They all stopped in there tracks. "Kate come on, we need to end this and you won't be able to do it," Angel said.
"Angel don't move," Kate said as she moved and pointed the gun at him. Angel knew the gun wouldn't be able to do anything to him but the bullet would still hurt like hell.
"Faith," Buffy said low enough so Kate couldn't hear but she knew Faith would. "We need to take Kate out of the equation and let Angel and this Penn guy duke it out," she said as she looked at her sister slayer.
Faith nodded and started walking in one direction and Buffy started walking in the other direction. "Stop!" Kate said. They didn't stop instead they started to walk faster. "I will shot you," she said. That's when both girls burst into an all out sprint and ended meeting Kate at the same time. And that's when Angel charged Penn catching him off guard.
Faith was able to get the gun out of Kate's hands and right before Kate she took the gun apart in a matter of seconds. "This is for your own good now just sit back and watch the show," Faith said as she turned and watched as Angel ran Penn into the wall.
Just as Angel was about to punch Penn in the face again Penn ducked and took Angel's legs out from underneath him. Angel hit the floor but he was up in a matter of minutes. He grabbed Penn and threw him toward the other side of the room and Penn ended up taking two pillars out with him. He hit the ground and he was a little slow getting up.
"What happened to you Angelus?" Penn asked as he made his way to his feet.
"I drank a girl and her family put a curse on me…they returned my soul," he explained as he walked toward the stumbling vampire. "Then I fell in love," he said. "You know the typical," he added as he drew back and hit Penn again.
"Just do it, kill me," Penn said as he didn't even bother getting off the floor.
Angel reached into the back pocket and he pulled out a stake. He bent down. "Bye Penn," he said as he plunged the stake into the heart of the vampire below him. When he stood but he turned and saw Kate standing between Buffy and Faith. He didn't say anything instead he just started running toward the window and dove out.
"Don't worry he'll get over it," Buffy said as she and Faith made their way down the stairs leaving Kate alone.
Cordelia's apartment
Cordelia was alone in the apartment and every few minutes she would look at the clock and sigh. Buffy was supposed to be home hours ago. She said she was going to take Faith to the bus station and then come right back, Cordelia couldn't get the horrible feeling out of her that Buffy wasn't going to be coming home.
The front door opened and Buffy walked in soaking wet. "It started raining," Buffy said as she looked at Cordelia. "It took longer than I thought it would," Buffy explained as she walked into the bedroom and a few minutes later she walked out in dry clothes. "Listen Cor about earlier…"
"Don't worry about it," Cordelia said as she set the book she had been reading down. "I knew as soon as I got into the relationship with you that I would be worried all the time and it didn't stop me then and it wont stop me know because I love you Buffy Summers," she said. She stood up and walked over to her. "Do you hear me I love you and I love every part of you…even the slayer and the fact that you face death every day you leave the house," she said as she brought her lips to Buffy's.
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AN: Chapters aren't going to be updated as fast as before but I will try to get them up in a reasonable amount of time.