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Chase's POV
I had been sitting in my car for five minutes trying to get up the guts to walk up to the door. I saw the curtain moving so I knew that someone knew I was here. Finally, deciding that it was now or never I got out of my car and headed to the door. I didn't have a chance to knock before Uncle Charles opened the door.
"Chase, it's about damn time you showed up." He said grinning.
"Hey Uncle Charles. Is Ali here?"
"She's upstairs. I didn't tell her you were here because if she would have known she probably would have snuck out her bedroom window."
"Can I fix this?"
"I hope so. Go on up." I slowly walked past him. "Oh Chase." I turned to face him. "You are a good man. You are good for my girl. Good luck son." I nodded and preceded to Ali's room. Taking a deep breath I knocked on her bedroom door.
"Come in." Her sweet voice said. I opened the door and stepped in, closing the door behind me. She looked up from her desk and her eyes widened in shock.
"What are you doing here?" She whispered.
"I need to talk to you."
"I have nothing to say to you." She said as she turned her back to me but I wasn't about to let her get away with that. I walked over and turned her around so I could look at her.
"I miss you Ali." I saw tears fill her eyes.
"Chase please."
"I miss what we had. I miss our friendship. Before we fell in love we were friends first. I told you every secret. I have no one to talk to anymore, not like I talked to you. Can we at least be friends Al?" I begged.
"I can't be your friend Chase."
"Why the hell not?"
"Because it wouldn't be enough." I felt hope rising in my chest.
"Then we can be more." She shook her head.
"I can't risk it."
"Dammit Ali, this is stupid. If you spend your life avoiding what might happen then you'll never truly live."
"What MIGHT happen is you MIGHT die."
"Everyone dies Al. Even my immortal vampire father can die. You can date some guy who doesn't fight monsters or demons and he could die tomorrow in a car accident. You can't avoid death."
"I know that." She snapped. "But it's more of a possibility with you because you put your life on the line every time you go out and fight some stupid vampire."
"I'm careful Al."
"Being careful didn't help you much when that vampire practically drank you dry."
"But he didn't. Look at me Ali I'm fine."
"But one time you may not be."
"And when that happens my dad or sister always have my back."
"You can't count on them being there."
"Yes I can."
"Chase I'm sorry but I can't be with you."
"Bullshit Ali. You're miserable. I'm miserable. Is it really worth it?" She couldn't answer me. She just sat in her chair crying softly. I bent down to her level, lifted her face to mine and pressed my lips to hers. At first she didn't respond but after a minute her lips began moving beneath mine. When I requested entrance of my tongue into her mouth and she opened her mouth. I kissed her like it was the first time. I kissed her like I would never stop.
"Chase." She whispered when we broke apart.
"Can you live the rest of your life without that?"
"I don't want you to die." She told me as she wrapped her arms around my neck and buried her face in shoulder.
"Sweetheart, I'm going to do everything in my power not to die. I don't want to leave you anymore than you want me to go." I whispered into her hair.
"I'm sorry. I just got so scared. I'm sorry Chase." She lifted her tear stained face to mine. "Can you ever forgive?"
"Nothing to forgive sweetheart." She took her hand that was wrapped around me, placed it on the back of my neck and pushed my face to hers for another kiss.
"I love you Chase. I never stopped." She whispered in my ear
"I love you to Ali." We began to kiss again and within a few short minutes the kissing was quickly becoming out of hand. I reluctantly pulled away. "We have to stop." I told her huskily. "Your dad."
"Did you move into your apartment?" I nodded. "Let's go." She grabbed my hand and pulled me downstairs. "Daddy, I'm going to see Chase's new apartment."
"I see you two worked things out." He smirked.
"Yes sir." I stammered.
"Midnight young lady." She kissed his cheek.
"Love you daddy." She never actually agreed to the time.
"One and not a minute later." She grinned.
"Thanks daddy."
The drive to my apartment seemed to take forever. It probably didn't help matters that I hit every red light and Ali kept kissing my neck and running her hand up and down my leg. Since we made love during prom we managed to sneak away at least once a week to make love and it got better every time. The akwardness of the first time was gone and we kept exploring new activities and positions. These last two months that we had been apart have been pure torture for me and apparently for Ali too.
We finally arrived at my apartment building and we rushed in. Of course we had to wait for the elevator and there were people waiting so we had to behave ourselves. After stopping on every floor (or at least it seemed like it) we got to my floor. I grabbed her hand and we jogged to my apartment. Once the door was opened we stumbled in, dropping our clothes on the way to my bedroom. We collapsed naked on the bed, our lips attacked. Without taking my lips from hers I fumbled blindly into my nightstand for a condom. Ali was on the pill but we didn't want to risk getting pregnant because we were still young and she wanted to finish college so I always wore a condom. I reluctantly pulled my lips away from hers so I could put the condom on. I didn't want to make any mistake. She moaned loudly when I finally entered her.
"Oh God…Ali." I groaned. She felt so perfect, so right. As I began to move within her she wrapped her legs around my waist urging me to go deeper within her. I placed my mouth on one of her nipples and I sucked on it, causing her to buck her hips against mine.
"Chase" She moaned as she ran her fingers through my hair, pushing my face against her breast. The one thing that I had learned about Ali is she isn't afraid to let me know what she wants when we make love and right now she wanted me to focus on her breasts. I love her breasts. They were the perfect size, she once told me that she wished that her breasts were bigger but I told her that her C cup was perfect. There was nothing about Ali that I didn't think was perfect. I was in love with every perfect inch of her. I began to move faster within her and she encouraged me by meeting me thrust for thrust. All too soon I was ready to burst. I lifted my mouth from her breast and I knew she was almost there. I knew what to do to push her over the edge because my girl always came first, in every sense of the word. I ran my tongue over the hollow of her neck and within seconds her walls were clenching around me, her nails were digging into my back and she was screaming my name. I quickly followed her lead and I released into her, calling out her name as I did.
"Oh my God, that was amazing." She panted as she lay in my arms.
"Hell yeah." I agreed.
"I'm sorry Chase." I felt her tears hit my bare chest. I knew that it would be pointless to say anything until she had her say. "I shouldn't have left you. I have been so miserable these last two months but when you almost died, my memories of my mother's death came rushing back to me, the fear, the pain, the emptiness, the anger, it all came back and it felt like she died all over again and it was just too much. The thought of going through what my dad went through terrified me so I did what I thought would keep my heart from breaking. I broke up with you but it didn't work. My heart was broken anyway and I was the cause of it, not you dying." She lifted her head up and gently kissed my lips. "Thank you for not giving up on me, for coming back."
"I'll always come for you." I whispered hoarsely.
"I don't deserve you."
"You do sweetheart. We are meant to be together." She was sobbing softly into my chest.
"I love you Chase Angel, so god damned much."
"I love you too Al. More than you'll ever know."
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Angel's POV
I had been pacing around the living room since I got home from Chase's an hour ago. Gunn called me after the two love birds took off and he said they looked happy so now that Chase was straightned out I could worry about Catherine. I haven't heard anything from Cordy since she left and it was driving me crazy. The minute I decided to go to Catherine's apartment the door open and my wife and daughter walked in. My eyes quickly focused on Catherine whose eyes were red and swollen. I knew she had been crying and I knew who made her cry and I wanted to kill that piece of shit. Cordy sent me a look that told me to calm down. So I plastered a smile on my face.
"Hi sweetheart."
"I'm going to get us something to drink." Cordy said as she walked past me into the kitchen. Catherine stood there, trying despertly to keep her tears from falling but she failed miserably. She walked over to me, wrapped her arms around neck and sobbed and my heart broke for my little girl.
"Do you want to talk about it?" I asked her when her sobs subsided. I felt her shake her head. "If you change your mind. I'm here."
"I…I didn't want to be alone so mom said I could stay here."
"This is still your home Catherine. You can stay here anytime you want."
"Thanks daddy." She whispered. I slung an arm around her shoulder and led her to the couch. When she curled up against me I flipped on the TV. I still didn't care for watching it except for the occasional hockey or baseball game. We only got it for the kids and I figured right now Catherine needed distraction. Cordy joined us and she handed Catherine a beer.
"Thanks." She took the bottle and took a nice long swig. I still found it crazy that my daughter was old enough to drink. These past twenty one years went so fast. About thirty minutes later I realized that Catherine had fallen asleep. Cordy pulled the half full beer bottle out of her hand and I scooped her into my arms and carried her to her old bedroom. Cordy turned the bed down and I placed her in the middle. I heard a whimper escape her as she curled up on her side and Cordy covered her up. I bent down and kissed her forehead like I used to do when she was a child.
"Come on babe. Let's go to bed." Cordy told me, grabbing my hand and leading me to our bedroom.
"I'm going to kill that son of a bitch." I seethed as soon the bedroom door closed.
"Calm down." Cordy ordered.
"What the hell did that bastard do to her?"
"I'm not telling you until you promise that you won't kill him."
"I'm not promiseing no such thing. He deserves to die."
"Then I'm not telling you." She said stubbornly and I knew she wouldn't give.
"Fine."
"Fine what?"
"I won't kill him." I mumbled but she looked at me like she didn't believe me. I really didn't believe myself.
"Angel, you can't hurt him. Catherine was very insistent that you don't hurt him." I realized that I couldn't kill the slimeball because my girl didn't want me to.
"I won't." I said sincerily.
"She walked in on him having sex with another woman." I immediately felt sick to my stomach and my desire to kill him rose significantly.
"Son of a bitch."
"That's not the worst part."
"What could be worse than finding out that he is a cheating bastard?"
"She thought she was pregnant." Cordy whispered.
"She thought she was what?"
"You heard me."
"They're sleeping together?"
"Angel that's not the point."
"You're right. Is she?"
"The test was negative but it could be too soon for a positive test. We won't know for sure until her period comes."
"Oh my God. She could be alone and pregnant?"
"She's not alone. She has us."
"I know that. I didn't mean it like that."
"She's worried that you will be disappointed in her."
"Did you tell her that is crazy?"
"Of course I did but she's afraid that if she ends up single and pregnant that you will be ashamed of her."
"Why would she think that?" I sat heavily on the bed. I hated that my daughter would think that she could do anything that would cause me to be ashamed of her. "What did I do?"
Cordy sat next to me and took my hand. "You didn't do anything Angel. She's your little girl and you're her hero and she's vulnerable right now and her biggest fear right now that she's let you down." I stood up and walked to our bedroom door. "Where are you going?"
"Where do you think?"
"She's sleeping."
"I'm not letting her wake up in the morning thinking that I am disappointed in her." I walked to Catherine's old room. "Sweetheart wake up." I shook her gently. Her eyes fluttered opened and she looked confused.
"Dad?"
"I need to talk to you."
"Now?" She yawned.
"Sit up baby." She pulled herself up. "Mom told me what happened tonight." Her eyes immediately filled with tears. "I am so sorry that you had to walk in on that. I hate that you are hurting so much but you need to know something. No matter what happened, or happens, if you end up pregnant I will NEVER be ashamed to call you my daughter or be disappointed in you. I love you Catherine and nothing you do can every change that and if you end up pregnant I know without a doubt that you will be a great mom and that would make me so proud of you. Actually, I'm already proud of you and that will never change." She wrapped her arms around me.
"I'm scared daddy. I don't want a baby right now. I don't know how to be a mom." She sobbed.
"No one knows how to be a mom or a dad. I only had Connor for about a month before he was taken and when I got him back a few weeks later he was a man so when I had you I had some experience but I still felt totally unprepared to be your dad and I know your mom felt the same way but like all parents we learned as we went and we didn't a bad job did we?"
"You guys are the best parents."
"And if you are pregnant you'll be a great mom."
"You don't know that."
"I know you Catherine so I know that you'll be a great mom and your mom and I will be there to help you in anyway that we can."
"I love you daddy."
"I love you too Catherine." I kissed her cheek. "Now get some sleep." She nodded and laid back down. "Goodnight my sweet girl."
"Night dad." She mumbled, already on her way to sleep. I stayed in her room until I heard her breathing even out and once I knew she was in a sound sleep I returned to my room. Cordy was already asleep so I stripped down to my boxers and climbed into bed next to her and wrapped my arms around her.
"Is she okay?" Cordy whispered and I smiled.
"She'll be fine."
"And you, are you okay?"
"I will be when she is."
"You are such a good dad, I hope you know that."
"You're not so bad yourself Cor." She flipped around and grinned at me.
"Not so bad? That's all I get?"
"You're the best Cordelia Angel."
"That's more like it." She leaned forward and kissed me gently and we ended up ending the night like we always do, we made love.
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Catherine's POV
I sighed as my cell phone rang again. I picked it up and saw that it was Alex and I immediatley silenced it. He had been calling all morning and all morning I had been ignoring his calls bugt he still hadn't gotten the hint. I was feeling much better this morning, especially since I woke up and found that my period finally started. I never thought that I would ever happily tell my dad that I started my period but I shouted the news throughout my parent's house and because I was happy they were happy for me.
"Hey Cat." I looked up at the sound of my brother's voice.
"Hey dork."
"You look like hell." That's Chase. Always bunt, just like my mother.
"You look like you just got laid." I could be blunt too. He had a stupid grin plastered across his face.
"I did, a couple of times. Ali and I got back together last night." I couldn't help but smile at him.
"I'm happy for you." I meant every word.
"Thanks Cat. So what the hell is going on with you?" Dammit, my eyes filled with tears. I was tired of crying but I couldn't help it. Alex may be an ass but my heart was still broken. I rehashed what had transpired last night with Alex and my pregnancy scare. When I was done I saw that his fists were clenched and his face was red with anger.
"I'm going to kill that son of a bitch."
"That's what dad said."
"Then why is he still breathing?"
"Cause I asked him not to kill Alex and I'm asking you the same thing."
"Why can't I kill him?"
"Well first of all he is human, a shitty human but he is human and we don't kill humans Chase. Secondly, you and dad can't kill every guy that hurts me. I know that you and dad love me but getting hurt is a part of life. I'll be sad and pissed off for a while, but I'll get over it. "
"Cat…"
"This conversation is over Chase. You can't kill him. Got it?"
"Got it."
"Now get to work." He smiled and left me alone.
About two in the afternoon there was a knock on my office door. I was in the middle of some intense research on a Pyrish Demon that I didn't even look up to see who it was.
"Come in."
"Catherine I've been trying to call you all day. Why haven't you answered my calls?"
"I don't have anything to say to you. I had hoped that you got the point when I didn't answer the phone." I snapped
"I need to explain what you saw."
"There's no explaination needed. I know exactly what I saw, you screwing another woman."
"She was an old friend."
"I don't want to hear it." I yelled and then I took a deep breath to calm myself. "You really shouldn't have come here."
"What else should I have done? You weren't answering your phone."
"Sweetheart is everything okay?" I looked up and saw dad and both of my brothers standing in the doorway.
"Everything is fine." Alex said
"Catherine?" Connor asked and Alex spun around to face them.
"This is a private conversation that is none of your business." He spat and I saw the anger spread across the faces of all three men.
"She's my daughter…" Dad began
"My sister." Connor and Chase interjected
"And that makes it our business." Dad finished.
"Dad you guys can go. I'll be fine." They stared at me and then relented into the hall, not far away. "Alex it's over. Just go."
"Why did you come to my place yesterday in the middle of the day?"
"I needed to talk to you."
"And you couldn't have called first."
"I thought I was pregnant so I wasn't thinking clearly." His mouth dropped in shock.
"I thought you were on the pill." I nodded. "Then you must have been screwing around on me because I always used a condom. You have nerve being mad at me for screwing around when you were doing too you lying whore." Before I could react Dad was in my office in full vamp mode shoving Alex against the door.
"Apologize to her, right now." He growled
"I…I…what…are…you?"
"A very pissed off father. Now apologize." I had rounded my desk and I grabbed my dad's arm.
"Daddy let him go."
"He disrespected you."
"I can handle this. Now, please let him go." My dad slowly released his grip on Alex.
"What the hell is that? You think that thing is your father? You're nuts Catherine. You're fucking crazy." Now it was Chase that shoved Alex against the wall.
"Chase." I shouted.
"Hell no Cat. I'm going to kill this slimy bastard."
"Let him go." Instead of loosening his grip he tightened it. I really didn't want to deal with a murder so I grabbed Chase, yanked him off of Alex and tossed him across my office. "Let me deal with this piece of shit." I said glaring at all three men who quickly retreated. Once they were gone I turned around and faced Alex.
"I would suggest that you get the hell out of my office and my life because if you come back again I can't guarentee that you won't be my dad's lunchtime and when he's hungry I won't be able to stop him."
"You're dad, he's a vampire." I nodded. "They don't exsit." I snorted
"Would you like me to call my dad back in to show you that vampires are real?" I smiled when I saw the fear cross his face.
"Are you a vampire?"
"Of course not. I did inherit some of his vampire characteristics like super hearing, his strength and his temper as did my brothers." I said with a grin. "Now get out of my office and I never want to see your sorry ass again."
"But Cath…"
"Daddy." I called and he was in my office within a second, barring his vampire teeth. "Alex is ready to leave. Can you walk him out?" Daddy grabbed Alex's arm and he was escorted out of Angel Investigations by father and brothers. I sat on the couch and took a few breaths so I would stop shaking.
"You okay sis?" Connor asked when the three of them returned to my office.
"How could I not be when you three have my back?" I said with a smile.
"Always Cat." I was yanked to my feet and pulled into the strong, safe embrace of the three men that loved me and would never hurt me.
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