CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
" What…what happened?" she whispered standing up and standing in front of him. She looked into his eyes, the red eyes were gone, they were now brown. His green skin, horns were gone too. Lorne was human.
" I did a spell." Lorne explained as she touched his face in wonderment.
" Or rather, a woman did a transformation spell and here I am. No more demon Lorne."
" Is it…permanent?"
" No cupcake, only temporary. For the duration of our little vacation." He smiled, " I wanted it to be special."
" Lorne….you did this for me?"
He nodded and she looked him over. " I can't believe it. Your human."
Lorne took her hands away and went to look in the mirror. " What do you think?"
" It's…amazing. And a little scary. What happened during the spell? Was it hard? Easy?"
" There's no need to go into details love, it was just a transformation spell with an expatriation date. So, enjoy this while it lasts."
" What will the others say?" She wondered.
" Well…nothing. We're leaving tomorrow and by the time we see them next, I'll be back to being demon Lorne."
" You…you're amazing." Abigail wrapped around his waist and pressed her lips against his, " It must have been one heck of a spell."
" It was nothing," Lorne insisted but she was right. It was hell, but it was worth it.
The kiss grew deeper and turned passionate. Eventually their clothes were thrown onto the floor and they collapsed into bed.
As Lorne covered her body with his, Abigail stared up into his human face. She caressed it and wondered if she'd ever get used to it. He refused to tell her what happened during the transformation so she made a mental note to do some research afterwards. He kissed her then and all other thoughts vanished from her mind…
* * *
Fred knocked on Angel's door. She heard him say " Come in" and she did so. It was the following day and she had finished packing. She would be getting a place of her own and haven't seen it.
" Lorne and Abigail would be on the cruise by now," she said wistfully, " I'm a little…jealous."
" I hope they enjoy themselves. They deserve it." Angel replied.
" Did Lorne ever talk to you about the other day?" Fred asked cautiously.
" About him hitting me you mean?"
Fred nodded.
" Yeah he did. He apologised but its not if he didn't mean it."
" What do you mean? Of course he did," Fred said, " Lorne's not the violent type."
" He meant what he did and I don't blame him. I did leave her behind and I feel terrible about it."
" But she's safe now."
" I know. But it nearly ended in disaster. If anything happened to Abigail and I was the cause of it, Lorne would kill me."
" He'd never-"
" Abigail means the world to him. But its not if she and Lorne will have the life they want…" Angel trailed off before he realised what he was saying.
" Why do you say that? I think they'll always be together. I can see them apart." Fred asked.
" If I tell you something, you have to promise not to tell Abigail. She doesn't know."
" Know…what?"
" Her destiny. Why she's important. And why Wolfram & Hart never killed her even though they had all those chances."
" Lorne has to sacrifice her…to save the world." Angel told Fred simply.
Fred stared at him, her eyes wide. " W-what? When? Poor Lorne…"
" We don't know when. But it will happen and she's the only one who can do it. But she doesn't know. Well, she used to."
" But she doesn't now?"
" No. Her memory has been altered." He admitted.
" Lorne altered her memory? He did a spell? Doesn't he know how dangerous that can be?"
" He only did it to protect her." Angel said, " He loves her and only wants best for her."
" But there's always consequences when you practise black magic. Always."
