Wolfram and Hart's New Guest

Chapter 19

By jessebelle

Author's Note: Still writing. Hope you like the new chapters. Oh, and tell me what you think, please. I love feedback and any suggestions on where the story should go are welcome. Oh, and you know something weird, I just checked cuz it looked odd to me, but most of my chapters start with the word, Hermione. Weird. Anywho, happy reading!

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jessebelle

Hermione (what'd I tell yah?) stared down at the comatose form of her cousin, Cordelia Chase. After a lighthearted morning, in which everyone had gotten to know each other a lot better, Hermione had requested to see her cousin. Xander had brought her, as everyone else had to actually do their jobs, and he had also wanted to see the former Prom Queen. Looking at her cousin, she felt a deep sadness, and yet looking at her cousin's serene face, she knew that Cordy was happy and calm, wherever her subconscious had taken her.

"How did she get this way?" She looked over to the nurse in charge of Cordelia's care.

The nurse smiled softly. "Well, from what I gather, the stress of the whole pregnancy was a little too much, and after the birth, well, her energy was just gone. But we have hopes she'll recover, someday."

"Cordelia was pregnant? What happened to the baby?"

The nurse nodded. "Yes, but the baby didn't survive." She finished making notes on Cordelia's chart, and left the room.

She heard someone enter the room and knew it was Xander. The one-eyed carpenter didn't hesitate to come over and take Cordy's hand. "Hey there Queen C, ruler of bitchiness. It's Xander, or as you know me, dorkface, idiot, zeppo." The last name he spoke softly.

Hermione couldn't believe what she was hearing and looked at Xander curiously. "What's with all the names?"

Xander smiled. "It was how we showed our affection. Uh, Cordy and I used to go out, during high school, then after some of my world famous stupidity, I uh, screwed things up. I really hurt her. Seeing her in a hospital bed, brings back some real bad memories." She noticed his gaze was focused on her midsection. She sensed their was more to it, but realized that Xander just needed to talk.

"I finally gained some peace at prom, we understood each other, then there was the whole battle at graduation, blowing up the school and all."

He quickly looked up and Hermione was reminded strongly of

Hagrid. "Uh, there was a gas leak, only a few casualties. But uh, we sorta didn't keep in contact afterwards. I heard she moved to LA to become an actress. Didn't expect her to hook up with Angel though."

"You knew Angel before?"

"Yeah, he ah, dated one of my best friends in high school."

"Oh yeah? I take it you didn't like him much."

"No, he was too old for Buffy."

"Buffy? Someone actually named their child Buffy?"

Xander chuckled. "What can I say, it's Southern California."

"Wow, you've known him for a while then?"

"Unfortunately. Met him sophomore year. But yeah, we were all surprised when we learned Cordy had started working with Angel."

"As a lawyer?"

Xander laughed. "God no, Angel was a detective, then he became head of this place last year. Not too sure on the details."

Hermione's head was spinning with all of the information. "Wow." Then she and Xander sat quietly and watched Cordelia, both deep in thought.