I don't own any of the characters. They are owned by Joss Whedon

Cordy smiled as her friends walked into her hospital room.

"Cordy, I'm so glad that you are ok." Fred said as she rushed over to Cordy and hugged her.

"Fred, easy there girl. I'm fine." She said laughing.

"I am so sorry. I am just so happy that you are not dead." Fred explained.

"Yeah, well that makes two of us."

The gang all began talking at once, but Cordy didn't really hear them. She was looking around because someone was missing. She got a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach.

"Angelus." She whispered

"Cordy It's ….." Wes began but she interrupted him.

"Don't tell me that asshole is still alive. If that is the case then I almost died for nothing and that really pisses me off."

"No Cordy, we took care of him." Gunn quickly said.

"What, oh my God, you killed Angelus."

"No Cordy cakes, Angel has his soul back," Lorne explained.

Cordy breathed a sigh of relief. "Well where is he?"

"He said that he had something to take care of." Wes said

Cordy clapped her hands like an excited child. "Oh goody. That means that is probably buying me a gift." Everyone laughed.

Angel sat inside the dark office waiting. He knew what he has to do to keep Cordy safe. It is going to hurt both of them. Cordy will be mad. She may even stake him, but if it will keep her safe, then it will be worth it. The door to the office opened, pulling him out of his thoughts.

Let the games begin. He thought smiling to himself.

"Angelus." Lilah asked with a hint of fear in her voice. "How did you get in my office?"

"We have some unfinished business Lilah." Angel said smiling. This was going to be fun.

"What can I do for you? Do you need money, lodging, endless blood supply? Whatever it is Wolfram & Hart will be happy to supply it for you." She was scared and Angel was loving every minute of her fear.

"Lilah, Lilah, Lilah will you ever learn?" He pushed Lilah into her desk chair.

"Angelus, what do you want?" She asked in her bravest voice.

"To kill you." Angel whispered in her ear.

"Then go ahead and do it."

"Believe me Lilah, if Angelus was here right now, you would be dead."

"Angel?"

"Yes, you dumbass, I am back and I am here to give you a warning."

"Warning?"

"If you ever use any one of my friends, especially Cordelia I, not Angelus, I will kill you. Do you understand?"

"You don't kill humans."

"I don't consider you to be human. If you ever cross me again, I won't think twice about destroying you."

"Angel, you don't have it in you." She said smugly.

"Do you really want to push me?" He sneered at her

"Consider yourself pushed"

"Lilah, whatever happens to my crew, son, or Cordy, I will do the same to you. An eye for an eye, I am sure that you have heard that before."

"Great, a vampire quoting the Bible."

"Starting, right now." Angel said as he stabbed her in the side with a stake. "That happened to me yesterday. Have a great day." He winked and walked out of her office.

An hour later, Angel Inc. left Cordy to get some rest. Angel still hasn't showed up. She was becoming anxious. She needed to see the man that she loved. She needed to kiss him, hold him and tell him how much he means to her. She was growing tired. She closed her eyes and continued to think about Angel. Suddenly, she sensed his presence beside her. She opened her eyes and smiled at the man of her dreams.

"Hey." She broke out into her huge smile.

"Hey yourself."

"Did you bring me a present?" She asked happily

God, this is going to be hard. He thought

"No."

"No?" She pouted. "Well where were you then?"

"It's not important." She didn't comment but motioned him to her bedside.

"Well, since you didn't bring me a present, you have to make it up to me." She said smiling coyly.

"How will I do that?" Please, Cordy, don't make it any harder then is has to be. He thought

"Like this." She reached up and took his face in her hands and pressed her lips to his.

Oh, hell. I have got to stop this now, but God, I love kissing her. Maybe it can wait until later. He thought as he began to return her kiss.

The kiss was hesitant at first. Slow and feather like. Angel's tongue gently probed Cordy, encouraging her to open up for him. She eagerly responded. Their tongues came together making up for lost time. She moaned and he groaned as she pulled him onto the bed with her.

Since Angel didn't breathe he could have kissed her all night without stopping, but unfortunely for him Cordy had to breathe. Whenever she broke the kiss for air, he just moved his lips over to her ear or down on her beautiful neck until she pulled him back up to her mouth. An hour later they finally parted.

"Now that was definitely better than a present." She said happily.

"Cordy, we need to talk."

"Oh no Angel not now." She had a bad feeling

"This can't wait."

"Look, I am not in the mood for a lecture. Can't we just make out again?"

"We shouldn't have done it the first time." Cordy sighed.

"I know that I shouldn't have gone out alone that night." She did expect this lecture from him.

"How could you of been so stupid?" He snapped

"I wasn't being stupid. I was just trying to get you back."

"You know, better than anyone, how dangerous Angelus is."

"That's why I had to help capture him."

"Cordy, I almost killed you."

"No, Angelus did." She said softly

"He is part of who I am. If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be here right now."

"That's stupid and you know it."

"No, it's not. It's the truth Cor. He is and always will be a part of who I am."

"Quit being such a drama queen."

"I can't risk you getting hurt. We can't be together like this Cordy."

"Why are you doing this Angel?"

"Because I love you and being with you can get you hurt, maybe even killed. Look what just happened to you."

"I don't like people making my decisions for me." She snapped

"I need to make this decision. It's the right one."

"It's not all about you anymore Angel. There is no just you anymore. There is an us. We love each other. When you love someone you make decisions together. Your not alone anymore Angel."

"I do love you and I have to protect you and this is the only way that I know how to do that."

"I am not a child, I don't need your protection. You trained me well Angel."

"Not well enough obviously since you almost got killed."

She ignored that comment. "You can't just come in here and kiss me like you did then break up with me. That is just unacceptable and I won't allow it."

"I'm sorry, Cordelia. It's over." He said softly, not looking at the woman he loved. He couldn't let her see the tears in his eyes.

"I'm not giving up on us." She shouted to his back as we walked toward the door. He felt her water pitcher hit the back of his head but he never turned around.