I own none of the characters of Angel
The years after Angel returned were wonderful for them. Cordelia never did end up pregnant again which was fine with them. They were able to live a relatively normal life or as normal as a vampire and half demon and their children could live. Angel went back to work for the agency and Cordy continued to work for the soap opera, occasionally helping out when needed. She wanted to give her children as normal an upbringing as possible. A year after Angel returned they traveled to Ireland. It had changed since he had last been there but it was as beautiful as he remembered it and Cordy absolutely loved seeing the country that Angel or Liam hailed from and the shopping wasn't so bad either. For the most part they lived like any other American family; the kids played sports, they had family dinners, birthday parties, date nights and lots of sex, they had a lot to make up for and like every other American family they weren't without their problems.
Catherine age 12, Chase age 9
"Catherine open the door." Chase yelled as he banged on the closed and locked bathroom door.
"Go away Chase."
"Catherine I really gotta go. You have been in there FOREVER."
"Go away." She shouted but he didn't leave. He continued to stand there and bang on the door. He would stand there forever if he needed to.
"Chase." Angel yelled. "Quit banging on the damn door. What is going on?"
"I really gotta go and Catherine is not coming out."
"Then go use mom and my bathroom."
"But I wanna use this one." He really wanted to annoy his sister.
"A toilet is a toilet."
"But…"
"GO." Chase sulked off to his parent's bedroom, slamming the bathroom door behind him. Angel sighed and knocked softly on the door.
"Catherine sweetie, is everything okay?"
"Go away."
"Catherine open the door."
"No, I'm never coming out."
"What's wrong chipmunk?"
"I can't tell you. I want mom."
"She is shopping with Aunt Fred."
"I need mom." She sobbed.
"How about if I call her and you can talk to her. How does that sound?'
"Okay." She blubbered. He pulled out his cell phone and called his wife.
"Hey babe." Cordy answered.
"Catherine has locked herself in her bathroom and she won't come out until she talks to you. I have no idea what is going on."
"Give her the phone and wait in the hall." Angel gently knocked on the door.
"Sweetheart, mom's on the phone." The door creaked open and she stuck her hand through a small crack. Angel gave her the phone and she quickly shut the door.
"Mommy."
"What's wrong Catherine?"
"I started my period today." She sobbed.
"Honey, it's okay. We talked about this. We knew that it was going to happen."
"I know but I don't have the stuff that you said I would need and it's on my clothes." She cried into the phone.
"I'll buy you the stuff that you need but until then you can use mine. Just ask daddy to go get you what you need and some clean clothes."
"I can't. I'm embarrassed." She whispered into the phone.
"You have nothing to be embarrassed about princess. He is your daddy. He is used to periods. I have mine every month. This is nothing new to him."
"I don't want Chase to know. He will make fun of me."
"I'll make sure daddy doesn't tell him. Now let me tell you what you need you to do." Cordy spent the next five minutes giving her daughter encouragement and instructions. They had all ready been over this but Catherine had panicked and forgotten everything. When they were done Catherine opened the door again and handed the phone back to her father.
"Mommy wants you." Came her voice from the other side.
"Cor?"
"Go and get my pads out of the bathroom and give them to her."
"Why does she need those?" As soon as the words were out of his mouth he realized what had happened. His little girl had become a woman and he didn't like that. "Oh no. This can not be happening."
"It's happening big guy. Now get her what she needs and don't make a big deal out of it. She is embarrassed."
"Why is she embarrassed and where the hell are your pads?"
"Under the sink and you're a man and she is a girl. That's why she is embarrassed."
"God, I hate this."
"Love you babe. Call me if you have any more issues." He slowly walked back to the bathroom and knocked again.
"Chipmunk, I have what you need." Again the door opened and she stuck her arm out and took what her father had for you and quickly shut the door. "Dinner will be ready in about an hour."
"Thanks daddy." Came her reply and he smiled.
Catherine age 15, Chase age 12
"Mommy, mommy look at my report card." Chase yelled as soon as he got home.
"Okay let me see." He shoved the paper in her hand.
"Where's daddy? I want him to see."
"He's a work baby." Cordy looked the list of A's in front of her. "Chase I am so proud of you. You know what this means don't you?"
"I get the newest Micro Ninja Zombies Four."
"Stupid video game." Catherine muttered.
"Where is your report card?"
"We didn't get them."
"Liar. We all got them." Chase said
"Shut up Chase."
"Hand it over young lady." Cordy held out her hand and Catherine grudgingly dug in her backpack and handed her report card to her mother. Cordy looked at it and sighed.
"Catherine, I am so disappointed. C's and D's. You are capable of so much more."
"Whatever." She smarted.
"You do realize that you are not going to the dance on Friday don't you."
"No that's not fair."
"You know the rules Catherine. Why should you be rewarded for slacking off at school?"
"It's not my fault mom. It's too hard."
"Bull shit Catherine. It wasn't too hard last semester when you got all A's."
"Please mom, if you let me go I promise to do better."
"Not happening."
"Mommy please. I have waited forever for Jason to ask me out."
"You know the rules. If Jason really likes you he will ask you again."
"I hate you." She yelled as she ran to her room.
"What else is new?" Cordy mumbled and Chase giggled.
Catherine age 16, Chase age 13
"Cordy I don't think that this is a good idea." Angel said pacing around the living room.
"Relax babe."
"She is too young."
"Angel she is sixteen. I was dating when I was sixteen. In fact when I was her age I.." Angel cut her off with a kiss.
"I don't want to know what you were doing at sixteen." The doorbell rang, Catherine ran down the stairs and Angel picked up a sword.
"You've got to be kidding me." Cordy said as she rolled her eyes.
"He's here. Oh my God, he's here." Catherine said. "How do I look mommy?"
"Beautiful."
"That skirt is to too short." Angel commented.
"No it's not." Cordy said. Catherine was wearing a jean skirt that came to her mid-calf.
"Daddy put the sword away."
"I need to clean it."
"Mom."
"Go get the door sweetheart."
"Daddy please." She begged but he shook his head. "Don't embarrass me."
"Count on it." Catherine rolled her eyes and she went to answer the door. After a few minutes Catherine hadn't brought her date in so Angel and Cordy went out to the hall.
"Catherine, aren't you going to introduce us?" Cordy said.
"Mom dad, this is Ryan, Ryan my parents."
"What's up?" Ryan said. Angel seriously wanted to throw this loser out the front door but held back the urge because his daughter's big brown eyes were begging him not to so he did the next best thing. He pulled out the sword and began to shine it. Ryan's eyes widened in shock.
"My dad collects swords. Don't mid him." Catherine said nervously glaring at her father.
"It's cool babe." Cordy gripped his arm.
"So what are your plans for this evening?" Cordy asked.
"Dinner and the new vampire flick." Angel laughed. A movie about vampires. He actually would like to see what Hollywood's take on vampires was.
"Have her home by eleven. Not a minute later." Angel said.
"Sure thing dude."
"Have fun sweetie." Cordy said
"Thanks mom." She kissed both of her parents and left with Ryan for their first date.
"I hate the kid. He is a prick." Angel said.
"He is just a kid." Cordy said.
"You liked him?" Angel asked incredulously
"No I hated the little asshole but our little girl likes him."
"But he's a slime."
"She's smart. She is infatuated right now but she realize that she can do much better."
"I just don't want her heart to get broken." He sat down heavily on the couch. Cordy sat down next to him and placed an encouraging hand on his knee.
"It's all part of growing up."
"I just want to protect her."
"You do sweetheart." She leaned forward and kissed him gently. The gentle kiss quickly turned hot and heavy.
"Gross." Came Chase's voice. "Don't you guys ever get tired of kissing?" Angel and Cordy quickly pulled themselves into a sitting position.
"Never." Angel smirked.
"I'm hungry."
"Why don't you go order some pizza?" Cordy suggested.
"All right." He said as he ran out of the room and his parents laughed.
At 10:30 Cordy and Angel were waiting up for Catherine to return from her date, cuddled on the couch watching some movie and sharing occasional kisses. Chase as usual was upstairs on his computer. His parents didn't worry about him because he was a genius when it came to computers and he was always working on some program that bored his family to tears but fascinated him. A sudden slamming of the door caused Cordy and Angel to jump up. Catherine walked into the room and right to her mother with big silent alligator tears rolling down her face.
"I'm going to kill him." Angel grumbled.
"Sweetie what happened?"
"He wanted to….but I told him that I wasn't ready…and…"
"Did he hurt you?" Angel whispered and Catherine shook her head.
"I may have hurt him though. My reflexes just kicked in and I forgot how strong that I am."
"What do you mean you may of hurt him?" Cordy asked.
"When he put his hand under my shirt…" Angel felt his blood boil.
"He did WHAT?" He croaked. Catherine ignored her father and continued.
"I grabbed it and twisted it. I think I broke it." Cordy couldn't hide her smirk.
"Where is he?" Angel asked.
"He was in too much pain to drive so I drove his car back here with him in the passenger seat. I still felt the need to punish him so I tossed his keys in the yard. He was looking for them when I came in." Within two seconds Angel was slamming the front door. Cordy and Catherine stared at each other.
"Mom stop him. He'll kill him." Both women jumped out and ran outside.
Meanwhile Angel scanned the yard and found that pathetic excuse for a human babying his arm and roaming around the yard looking for his car keys. "So Ryan did you like the vampire movie?" Angel called out as he walked over to the boy.
"We didn't make it."
"Well let me show you what you missed." Angel vamped, reached out, grabbed Ryan by the neck and lifted him off of the ground.
"Oh, God, please…don't kill me." He begged.
"I really should after what you did or what you tried to do to my daughter."
"I…I'm sorry."
"Angel. Put him down this instant." Cordy yelled as she walked up to Angel.
"Daddy…stop it." Angel slowly relinquished his grip and lowered Ryan to the ground.
"Don't you EVER come near my daughter again. In fact don't even think about her, look at her, say her name or even breathe in her direction. Do you understand me?" He nodded. " If I find out that you have broken any of my rules you won't need to see a vampire movie to find out what they are capable of. I'll give you a personal lesson. Now get the hell away from my daughter."
"My…my keys." He blubbered and Cordy handed them to him.
"Bye bye now." They stood there and watched as Ryan pulled out the driveway as soon as his headlights faded in the distance Catherine turned around a faced her father, fury burning in her brown eyes.
"How could you do that?" She spat at her father.
"What? I…"
"When it gets back at school what you did, what you are, I'll be humiliated. I had it under control. Are you happy? You've ruined my life." She shouted as she ran it the house.
"What the hell was that?" He mumbled
"Well you did overreact. You didn't have to go all vampy."
"Yes I did. He hurt my little girl."
"She is fine. She had it under control. She broke his arm for God's sake. Next time wait until she asks you for help."
"Next time?"
"It's all a part of growing up."
Catherine age 19 Chase age 16
"Daddy I'm nineteen years old. I want my own apartment." Catherine shouted at her father.
"Why are you in such a God damned hurry to move out?" He shouted back
"Why are you trying to keep me here?"
"Catherine we consider you an adult and give you the freedom to come and go as you want and you don't have to pay rent. Why would you want to give that up?" Cordy asked.
"I'm a big girl now. As much freedom as I have it's not my own place. I can't bring friends over."
"Of course you can." Angel said. "We have always welcomed your friends."
"A boyfriend daddy. I can't very well bring a boyfriend over for a night of romance with my parents and annoying brother around." Angel's mouth dropped open in shock. "Yes daddy I have had sex."
"She does have a point Angel." Angel's mouth was still wide open. He never wanted to think about his baby girl having sex. He knew it probably would have happened eventually, maybe when she was fifty but it was subject that he never wanted to broach. Ever.
"Fine. We'll go apartment hunting in the morning." He resigned.
"Thank you daddy." She threw her arms around his neck and kissed his cheek.
Later that night Cordy and Angel had fallen asleep on the couch waiting for their youngest child to come home from a night out with friends when the phone rang, Cordy snorted and continued to sleep so Angel reached over and answered the phone.
"Lo?" He mumbled sleepily.
"Hey pop." Came Chase's loud, exceedingly happy voice.
"Chase what the hell is going on?"
"I think that I.." He burst into an uncontrollable fit of giggles.
"Chase."
"I think that I had a little too much to drink." A huge burp interrupted him. "And you and mom always said to call if I can't drive and I really don't think that I can drive home."
"Where are you?"
"I dunno. Hey where the hell am I?" Chase yelled. "Okay thanks dude. "I'm at Jeff's house. He is having an awesome party. It is so cool."
"We are on our way." Angel hung up the phone and gently shook his wife awake.
"Hmmph."
"Come on babe. Chase is drunk and we need to go pick him up. I need you to come with me to drive his truck home."
"Chase is drunk?"
"Oh yeah. Our son is wasted." They got in the car and headed over to Chase's friend's house.
"Now remember. We always told them, that they will never be in trouble for calling us if they are too drunk to drive."
"Doesn't mean tomorrow morning I can't make him wish like hell he didn't drink." He said with a smirk.
When they arrived at Jeff's house Angel went inside to collect his drunken son. He found chase on the couch kissing some girl on his lap holding a beer in one hand.
"Chase, let's go." Angel said loudly. The girl quickly jumped up and ran off.
"Hey pop. What are you doing here?" Chase slurred.
"You called to have me come and pick you up."
"I don't wanna leave. I'm having fun. Did you see that hottie on my lap? " Chase was wearing a self satisfied smile. Angel grabbed his son's arms and led him to the door.
"Give me your keys." Angel demanded and Chase struggled to remove them from his pockets. Finally Angel reached in and took them out of his pocket and tossed them to Cordy.
"Hey mama. What brings you to this neighborhood?"
"You do baby." She said with a grin.
Shaking his head, Angel loaded his intoxicated son into his car. The drive home consisted of incoherent babbling. laughing, vomiting and finally passing out. When they got home Angel carried Chase in and tossed him gently on his bed.
The next morning Angel was up early the next morning, really excited for the day's activities. He loudly pushed the door open to Chase's room.
"Rise and shine pretty boy." Angel yelled. Chase groaned and pulled the covers over his head. "Nice try. Time to get up." He pulled the blankets away from Chase's face.
"My head." Chase whined.
"A side effect from drinking. The last time I had a hangover was almost three hundred years ago but I remember the joys of a hangover. Come on get your ass up."
"Dad…I'm tired."
"Tough. You puked in my car last night and you need to get it cleaned up before it gets to hot and the smell ripens." Chase slowly sat up.
"You cannot be serious."
"Dead serious. Now move." Chase knew he wasn't going to get out of this. "You smell like cheap booze. Change your clothes and meet me downstairs. Make sure you wear some old clothes cause when the car is clean the lawn needs mowed."
"Daaaaaaaad."
"See you in a few."
An hour later Cordy had managed to pull herself out of bed and she joined Angel in the living room. Because it was still early the sun hadn't hit that part of the house so he was able to watch Chase from the window in the safety of the shade.
"You are cruel." She said as she wrapped her arms around his waist. He kissed her forehead.
"This is priceless. He has puked three times already. He is miserable. When the car is clean he then has to mow the lawn. It'll work wonders for his headache." He chuckled when Chase heaved into the trashcan for the fourth time.
"You are cruel."
"Maybe but he will definitely drink twice before having another alcoholic beverage while he is still underage." He was quit proud of his inventive punishment.
Catherine age 24, Chase age 21
"You look amazing sweetheart." Cordy whispered tearfully.
"Thank you mama. I can't believe that I'm actually getting married."
"Neither can I." Angel said from the doorway. He was struggling with the fact that his daughter had found a man that had taken his place in her heart. She had met her soon to be husband, David, after they had rescued him from a group of vampires. He had come back to the hotel to thank them for their assistance and he and Catherine had struck up a conversation that led to dinner. He easily accepted the world of demons and vampires since he had first hand knowledge of them himself. He had always heard that girls tend to marry men like their father and Cordy told him that David reminded her of him. He was tall with short dark hair and dark eyes and he cared desperately for everyone around him. He was a definite protector. Angel hated to admit it but he was jealous of David. He was jealous that her eyes lit up whenever David walked into the room. They used to do that when he came into the room but all of the sparkle and love in her eyes was reserved for one man now.
"Is it time?" Catherine asked anxiously.
"Just about." They all smiled nervously. "Catherine it's not late to change your mind."
"Angel!" Cordy gasped.
"It's okay mom." Catherine walked over to her father and took his hand in hers. "Daddy, I am not going to change my mind. David is the perfect man for me and I love him so much. Do you know why?" Angel shook his head. "I love him because he is so much like you. He is kind, sweet and he loves me. You were the only man in my life for so long and you will always be a very important man in my life but you're no longer number one. That spot belongs to David now but that doesn't mean that I love you any less. You are my dad, my protector and my hero and you always will be."
"When did you get so wise?"
"I learned it from you." There was a knock on the door and Chase came in. He looked extremely handsome in his tux. In fact, he looked just like his father.
"Hey twerp." Catherine said in greeting.
"Hey dorkface."
"I'm feeling the love." Cordy said.
"It's time." Chase said.
"Okay." Catherine said. "Let's do this." Chase grabbed his mother hand. Before leaving the room he glanced at his sister.
"You look beautiful sis."
"You don't look so bad yourself."
Ten minutes later Angel was walking his daughter down the aisle to the man of her dreams. When they arrived at the altar he clung tightly to her hand.
"Who gives this woman to this man?" Angel couldn't bring him to respond and Catherine looked at him letting him know that it was okay to let her go. He knew that David would take wonderful care of his little girl.
"Her mother and I do." He said tearfully. He then placed his daughter's hand into the hand of her true love.
"I love you." She mouthed to him and he did the same then joined his wife in the front pew.
At the end of the night Angel and Cordy stood in the doorway watching their daughter head off to begin her life with her husband.
"Please tell me, that she will be happy." He begged as the car drove away.
"She will be. She choose a good man to love her and he really does love her. The way that they look at each other, I have seen it before." He raised his eyebrows in question. "They look at each other the way that we look at each other. Their love will last a lifetime."
"I love you Cordelia."
"I love you too Angel." They ended this wonderful night with a loving kiss.
I wanted to show the joys of parenthood right? The next chapter is the final one. I'm so sad. Please review and let me know what you think of their parenting skills.