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That son of a bitch. Cordy thought as she sat in her hospital bed fuming. Who the hell does he think that he is? Dumping me, Cordelia Chase. No one dumps me. I dump them. I am the dumper not the dumpee. If he thinks that I am going to take this lying down then he doesn't know me at all and if he doesn't know me, do I really want to fight for us? Who am I kidding of course I am going to fight for our relationship. I want a relationship with Angel and I always get what I want. Cordy thought smiling as she began forming a plan.

One week later Cordy walked back into the hotel with three suitcases.

"Cordy, welcome back." Wes said as he hugged her causing her to drop her suitcases.

"Glad to be back." Cordy said as she hugged him back.

"What's up with the suitcases?" Conner asked her.

"Oh termites at my apartment so I am moving in for a week."

"Goody. Finally, some more estrogen around here." Fred said happily

"So where's Angel?" Cordy asked

"Oh sleeping beauty was out all night working so he is catching up on his beauty sleep." Lorne said

"Hopefully he will be waking up soon, because I found out where the Hocksaw demon is hiding." Wes said

"Well I will go and wake him up. I know just what he needs. Blood in bed." She said smiling as she warmed a cup of blood in the microwave.

She turned the knob on his bedroom door and smiling when it turned. She walked in and took the scene around her. The room was boring. No pictures. Nothing personal. Cordy decided that she would have to change it. She looked at the sleeping vampire before her. He was lying on his back, mouth open.

Damn he looks hot. Cordy thought to herself as she sat on the edge of the bed. Ok sexy, time to wake up.

Cordy leaned down and pressed her lips to his sleeping ones. Even though he was still sleeping his body responded. He began to kiss her back. She ran her hands through his hair. She suddenly felt his eyes open and he pushed her away.

"Cordy, what the hell? What are you doing?" He asked sleepily

"Waking you up."

"Cordy, we talked about this."

"No you talked, and I choose not to hear what you said."

"Cordy, this isn't going to change anything."

"We'll see about that." She winked at him and headed to the door. "Oh by the way, Wes has located the Hocksaw demon."

Great, just great. Angel thought to himself as he got out of bed and began to get dressed. I knew that she was going to make this hard but when I am responding to her touch while I am sleeping I am a fish out of water. Ok, Angel, be strong, you can do this.

He went downstairs and caught up on the location and the how to of killing the Hocksaw demon.

"All right, let's do this." He said as he headed to the weapons cabinet. He gave out weapons to everyone but Lorne and Cordy. Lorne was fine with that because he rarely goes out with the gang. Cordy on the other hand was not ok.

"Excuse me, have I suddenly become invisible?" She asked

"You're not going." Angel said bluntly and the rest of the gang backed away and decided to let their two friends hash this one out on their own.

"Yes I am." She said as she headed to the weapons cabinet but Angel blocked her.

"No your not."

"Jesus Angel, we are not children. Now move so I can get a weapon."

"You are staying here where it's safe."

"Either let me get a weapon so I can defend myself or I'm going without one but either way, I'm going".

"Fine." He sighed and moved aside. He knew there was no point in arguing with her.

Much to Angel's torture Cordy slid in the car right beside him. As he was driving she placed her hand on his knee.

Dammit Cordy He thought. I can do this. Just concentrate on the road.

Hmmm, ok then that's not working. Well, time to up the ante. Cordy thought as she slowly worked her hand up to his inner thigh. She smiled as she saw his knuckles turn white as he gripped the steering wheel harder. Her hand traveled higher. She grinned. She could feel his desire.

The car skidded to a halt.

"Thank God. Here we are." Angel said as he jumped out of the car. "Ok let's kill the demon."

Two hours later they all were back in the lobby covered in demon slime.

"Ewwww." Cordy said

"I'll second that." Fred said

"No matter how many times I get covered in this shit, it is still gross." Cordy said

The group laughed and all dispersed to their own rooms to shower and change. As Angel came out of his room with a towel around his waist he smelled her before he actually saw her sitting on his bed wrapped in a towel covered in water. He groaned.

"Cordy, what are you doing in here?"

"I need some shampoo." Angel walked into his bathroom grabbed a bottle of shampoo and tossed it at her.

"Here, now please go back and finish your shower." He begged her

Cordy slithered up to him, stood on her tiptoes, and lightly brushed her lips against his.

"Thank you." She whispered as she ran her hand down his bare chest.

For the next week life went on as usual with the exception of Angel and Cordy. She continued to flirt shamelessly with him and he continued to ignore it but as the days wore on it got harder for him. Cordy had told them that she would only need to stay a week and her time was up. She had one more night and she planned to use it well. She knew that she was wearing him down. He was spending a lot of time in the bathroom. Cordy laughed at that.

Cordy's last night at the hotel there were no demon or vampire attacks. They ordered some Chinese food, drank some wine, talked and laughed. It had been a long time since they had done anything like that.

About 12:30am Cordy decided she needed to put the last part of her plan to work. Angel had started to lock his bedroom door but she had learned to put her maxed out credit card to use. Wearing a very sexy nightgown she walked into Angel's room. He was wide awake staring at the ceiling.

"Cordy, please." He said as she slipped into bed beside him.

"Haven't you realized that I don't give up?"

"I've noticed that."

"Angel, you know me. I always get what I want."

" And what is it that you want Cordelia?" He asked as he rolled over to face her

"I want you. I want us."

"It's not safe for you."

"Haven't I proved to you that I can take care of myself?"

"I…I don't want to lose you. I can't lose you."

"Hey, I just got what I wanted. I'm not going anywhere."

"I can't give you what you deserve Cordy. You deserve to walk in the park during the day with your boyfriend. You deserve to babies. You deserve to make love to the man that you love. Cor, I can't do or give you any of those things." He said sadly

"As long as I have you, I don't need any of that shit. And hello? Since when I do I like walking in the park?" Angel laughed and pulled Cordy into his arms.

"It was just an example. I meant any activity in the daylight."

"Activities in the dark work just as well."

"Cordy are you sure that this is what you want?"

"I've never been so sure of anything before." She said smiling.

Angel leaned forward and kissed the woman he loved with all that he had. They spent most of the night exploring each other's bodies. Shortly after their kiss began her nightgown was off and his pants were quickly removed. She ran her hands over his finely sculpted chest and back. His rough and calloused hands ran all over her soft, creamy skin. They kissed every available piece of skin their lips could find. They lavished in this newfound taste. Even though Angel couldn't achieve a moment of pure happiness he came pretty darn close a few times and he made sure that his Cordelia had pure happiness many times. Hours later they finally fell asleep in each other's arms, skin on skin.