Part 33<\/b><\/p>\n
“What is it?”<\/p>\n
Angel had gone to stand by the door.<\/p>\n
“Gunn’s worried that we’re going to do ‘the bump and grind’.” Angel faced Cordy.<\/p>\n
“I wish.” Cordy grumbled from the bed.<\/p>\n
“Cor…”<\/p>\n
“Don’t start on that again, Angel, okay, please. I wasn’t regretting anything, I was just wishing, \u2018Kay.”<\/p>\n
“Okay,” Angel sighed and went back to the bed. “I wish, too.” his hands reaching for her.<\/p>\n
Cordy slid into his embrace, pulling his lips to hers. The kiss was long and sweet. Angel leaned up his lips leaving a gentle kiss on tip of her nose. \u201cI should go call Wesley.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cordelia gave a soft smile in return. \u201cYes, you should,\u201d trailing a finger on Angel\u2019s bottom lip, not quite ready to give up all contact with the mouth that gave her so much pleasure and could give her so much more. She sighed and pushed back. \u201cGo.\u201d She grinned.<\/p>\n
Angel grinned back letting the momentum of her push take him too his feet. \u201cI love you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMe, too. Go.\u201d<\/p>\n
***<\/p>\n
Cordelia leaned back to her previous position on the bed, her gaze fastened on the closed door of the bedroom. She closed her eyes and knocked her head on the baseboard wondering how they were going to get through this.<\/p>\n
She had told Angel that it hadn\u2019t been fun and it hadn\u2019t, she only did what needed to be done to get their answers. Cordy didn\u2019t share Angel\u2019s \u2018jollies\u2019- he teased about it, but Cordy knew that it had only been half a joke. Her vampire had some dark stuff swirling inside him, conflicts that he struggled with daily, areas of himself he tried to keep hidden from the rest them and especially her she imagined.<\/p>\n
Got to protect Cordy, she could hear him tell himself over and over again as he stood in the doorway turning into stone. Don\u2019t let her know that causing Justine\u2019s fear had stirred something deep in the vampire, don\u2019t let Cordy know that the best ending to the show downstairs would be an even better show upstairs- a wanton lustful joining of the two beings that orchestrated Justine\u2019s breakdown.<\/p>\n
Cordelia knew this because she had felt the same way as she watched the vampire silently reign in his desires.<\/p>\n
Danger, she had sensed it downstairs and she had sensed it in the doorway. It wasn\u2019t the fear that turned her on, but the danger sure had. Cordelia turned flopping on her stomach and grabbing at a pillow. She finally admitted that she loved Angel. Cordelia might as well admit the rest at least to herself. Cordelia loved Angel because he had the best heart of any one she knew, she loved him for being stronger than any one she knew, not only in strength but will.<\/p>\n
The pain that he afflicted on others long ago, the pain he himself suffered because of that guilt, the obstacles \u2013internal and external- that popped up so consistently in his journey to do the right thing, the struggles he went through daily to be the good man that he was would\u2019ve destroyed a lesser being long ago. He had faltered in the past, sure, but Angel never broke.<\/p>\n
Those were the easy things to admit; the hard one was that Cordelia was excited by the danger inherent in the vampire he was, the danger that Angel restrained by the belief in his soul.<\/p>\n
She had told Angel when they were under the influence of the possession that he looked really hot killing those freaky homicidal theater hands, but since she was being really honest here, she would have say now \u2013 that hadn\u2019t been the ballerina in her speaking that had been pure Cordelia.<\/p>\n
The power and danger that he would show freely when saving an innocent or protecting her and their family was a very sexy thing to behold. It was a power and danger that thrilled her, just as the danger she saw when he was acting the part downstairs thrilled her. The words were a show but the danger and power wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n
And god forgive her, Cordy had wanted him so badly in that moment. She had wanted Angel to possess her, she had wanted his hands on her body feeling the power of those hands that could\u2019ve snapped Justine\u2019s neck in an instant but didn\u2019t, even could snap hers but wouldn\u2019t- because Angel had a soul.<\/p>\n
Cordelia thanked god that Angel was as strong as he was because if he had done anything more than tease and kiss her so sweetly she wouldn\u2019t have resisted or hesitated but welcome it- and it would have destroyed everything that she loved with all of her heart. Because while the danger of Angel may excite her, the danger and power of Angelus without Angel\u2019s self-imposed boundaries and strength of his soul scared the hell out of her.<\/p>\n
Cordelia swung her legs to the floor. If they were going to survive this mounting frustration crap then she needed to find some answers. It boggled her mind, discounting her time with Groo, she had been pretty fine with no sex for long periods, and it wasn\u2019t the sex she had missed but the feeling of closeness to another, the intimacy of being cared about.<\/p>\n
But now within two days of knowing that Angel loved her and he loved her- she was turning into crazy horny woman ready to tear out her eyeballs because they couldn\u2019t have sex. What happened to being satisfied with cuddling and kissing? What happened to the knowledge that a loving relationship wasn\u2019t just about the sex?<\/p>\n
Pfft. Those had flew out the window when Angel screwed up and beat the challenge and made her choke on her scream as her body melted. And they weren\u2019t about to come back not now that she realized that the desire she felt was more than just love for the vampire but some primal lust which made her body cry out to be possessed by the vampire and to possess him in return.<\/p>\n
Geez, she was fucked up.<\/p>\n
Part 34<\/b><\/p>\n
Wesley\u2019s scent reached Angel\u2019s perception before the man did- his scent and that of Lilah\u2019s. The smell of the bitch\u2019s sex was woven into Wesley\u2019s making it almost as one. A deep growl rumbled throughout Angel\u2019s body.<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t just Lilah\u2019s scent that angered him though that bitch could trigger his desire to kill quicker than any one he had every met in quite a long time, no, it was the smell of their sex. Wesley and Lilah, two enemies were allowed something that Angel was denied with the woman he loved, it made him want to kill.<\/p>\n
\u201cSorry, took longer than I thought to get away,\u201d Wesley slid into the pew next to him. \u201cAngel, is something wrong,\u201d Wesley heard the vampire\u2019s growl.<\/p>\n
Angel moved further away. \u201cWhat? Getting harder to drag yourself out of the bitch.\u201d His growl barely contained.<\/p>\n
Wesley squirmed at the vampire\u2019s tone. He\u2019d forgotten how acute Angel\u2019s senses were. Regardless of his surprise, he was a bit annoyed about the vampire\u2019s attitude. Angel knew why he was sleeping with Lilah. \u201cMoral judgments from you? About this, you\u2019re really not in the best position to do that now are you?\u201d<\/p>\n
Angel glared but said nothing slipping even further away from Wesley.<\/p>\n
Wesley stared at the vampire for a moment. \u201cAngel, you called me.\u201d Wesley commented deciding that Angel\u2019s attitude was the result of the increase tension of the upcoming rescue.<\/p>\n
Angel beat down his growl trying to focus on the issue, not the scent that surrounded Wesley. \u201cWe have Justine and the truth. Now we get Connor.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wesley nodded. \u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTomorrow night.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTomorrow. No, Angel. I need more time.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCan\u2019t get enough of the bitch, uh, Wes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAngel\u201d Wesley snapped, his blue eye\u2019s turning to steel. \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong with you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTomorrow, Wesley.\u201d Angel growled getting to his feet. \u201cJust tell me where Connor\u2019s being kept.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAngel, I need more time too find out about the entity on the floor. Lilah\u2026.\u201d Wesley stared again at the vampire\u2019s growl beginning to believe that it was more than tension that was affecting the vampire.<\/p>\n
He shook his head. \u201cI have gotten access to Wolfram & Hart\u2019s inner libraries. I need the chance to discover what information they have on the little girl. I need more time with Connor.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ll have all day. But, tomorrow night we move. Where\u2019s Connor being kept?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCenturies upon centuries of knowledge are in those books and I have all day; that should be more than sufficient time,\u201d Wesley grumbled. Wesley took a deep breath. \u201cAngel, how do you plan on getting into Wolfram & Hart?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBy doing what they expect- going in after them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAh, your standard Plan A-Z, the frontal assault -that usually is such a resounding success.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll go in after Lilah, they will be concentrating on me, and Gunn will come and help get Connor out. Do you have a problem with that?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLilah has told me that the Special Projects Division will be having a board meeting tomorrow evening at 8:OO p.m. She will be there as well as Linwood and the rest of the division. Since, you are probably the main topic of discussion, it may be appropriate that you appear there. You, a roomful of lawyers, that should be a sufficient diversion.\u201d Wesley said coldly.<\/p>\n
Angel nodded at Wesley answer to his accusatory question. \u201cConnor.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s being kept on the 52nd floor. I\u2019ll be able to dismantle the surveillance in the room. Gunn should take out the guards in the security room so as not raise alarm once that is done. Here, you\u2019ll need these.\u201d Wesley held out some blueprints.<\/p>\n
Again Angel nodded taking the papers.<\/p>\n
\u201cAngel, is it still your plan to go up to the top floor?\u201d<\/p>\n
Angel didn\u2019t bother to answer. \u201cTomorrow.\u201d He said over his shoulder as he left the church.<\/p>\n
Wesley stared after the dark figure. There was definitely something going with Angel and the gaping ache in the pit of Wesley\u2019s stomach warned him that it was not as simple as the mission ahead.<\/p>\n
Wesley rubbed his face roughly. First things first, Wesley needed to get back to his apartment before the sleeping potion he had given Lilah wore off. Then he needed to get some sleep before he spent all day searching for any information on the entity before Angel went after her and he needed to gather as much information about the \u2018Tro Clan\u2019 prophecy that Wolfram & Hart possessed, then he needed to prepare Connor for what was to come, Angel and the rest may classify it as a rescue mission, but Wesley wasn\u2019t so sure that the boy would.<\/p>\n
Wesley looked again at the doorway of the church. Possibly he should also make the time to see what other materials Wolfram & Hart had collected on Angel over the years. Wesley tiredly sighed as he lumbered to feet.<\/p>\n
Tomorrow was going to be a long day.<\/p>\n
Part 35<\/b><\/p>\n
Cordelia closed the book she had been reading, leaning back in her chair thinking. She pushed up with a frustrated sigh. She\u2019d already scoured the book before but that time had been in reference to her visions, but now she had been reading only thinking about Angel\u2019s soul.<\/p>\n
But it hadn\u2019t helped, she just couldn\u2019t be sure that a paranormal prophylactic would work in their situation and the risk was too great to not be.<\/p>\n
\u201cCordy, Cordy,\u201d Fred called out again.<\/p>\n
\u201cHmm,\u201d Cordy looked up finally hearing the other woman.<\/p>\n
\u201cGunn and I were going to get some dinner. Do you want us to bring you back something? Or do you need me to stay and help research,\u201d she pointed to the books in front of Cordy.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhatcha you researching? Should I stay? I\u2019ll stay if you want me too, I can get on the computer and help you look for whatever you are looking for. What are you looking for? \u201d<\/p>\n
Cordy gave a soft smile at Fred\u2019s eagerness. \u201cThanks but no, I was just checking on something, not important. Sure, bring back anything.\u201d Cordelia glanced at the clock on the wall. \u201cWhat\u2019s taking Angel so long?\u201d she said to no one in particular.<\/p>\n
Gunn answered. \u201cHopefully, going into a little more specifics with Wes than \u2018we\u2019re barging into Wolfram & Hart\u2019 tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fred smacked at Gunn\u2019s arm. \u201cWhat\u2019s with you, you used be all for the barging in approach.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cStill am girl, but barging into that firm probably needs a bit more planning than kicking the door in. Let\u2019s go.\u201d<\/p>\n
***<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, the terror upstairs is spewing hate and other so pleasant vibes.\u201d Lorne came into the lobby.<\/p>\n
Cordelia glanced at the soaked green jacket that Lorne wore.<\/p>\n
\u201cWasn\u2019t thirsty. Didn\u2019t fall for my patented charm. Hates you, kitty-poo and scared as hell of your patented charm. How could that be, you\u2019re such a sweetie. Angel cakes, I understand.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cordy shrugged, sitting back down flipping haphazardly through the books.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, brown eyes, you seem more than subdued, your stint as a torturer get you down.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cordelia scrunched up her face and shook her head. \u201cShe wasn\u2019t tortured, just made her talk, that\u2019s all.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was Fred\u2019s interpretation of the events, also. Charles seemed to be taken back a little though.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWuss,\u201d Cordy swung around to face Lorne. \u201cWhat are you after Lorne? Why the rude attempt to tip toe through my brain.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know I can\u2019t do that, hands in the air, and your sweet tones are silent, not a whistle or a hum,\u201d Lorne\u2019s hands rose palms out.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot stopping you from trying though.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lorne\u2019s eyes rose to his horns.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat? Lorne, I\u2019ve had so many friggin visitors in my brain, I\u2019m getting use to recognizing the knock of strangers calling.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lorne studied the young woman for a moment. \u201cKidnapped, held prisoner, tortured, those lovely events can cause some whirly dirly emotions.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m fine. Angel\u2019s the one that suffered. I was kidnapped by the evil law firm, bigwhoo, nothing new there, Angel was attacked and stuffed in a box by his son.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI haven\u2019t had the pleasure of trying to intrude on Angelcakes swirling emotions. He doesn\u2019t seem to want to be around me since he\u2019s gotten back and he said he\u2019d missed me, but I\u2019m not feeling the love. Problem?\u201d<\/p>\n
Cordelia rolled her eyes. \u201cHe just doesn\u2019t like intrusion, like the rest of us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lorne stared at Cordy again, \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of anger in you sweetums.\u201d Lorne raised his hands. \u201cNot reading, just observing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cordy\u2019s eyes narrowed. \u201cAngel loved that boy with all of his heart. Connor was his hope, his future, he would\u2019ve died for that boy, but Connor rejected him in the worse possible way, tossed Angel and his love away like garbage to suffer eternally.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lorne leaned back. \u201cYour mother\u2019s heart turning a little into stone towards our wayward boy.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course not. I don\u2019t blame Connor.\u201d Cordelia\u2019s gaze went towards the stairs. \u201cI know who to blame. He was used.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t you mean he let himself be used?\u201d<\/p>\n
Cordelia swirled her glare back to the green demon.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe boy doesn\u2019t share your devotion or utter belief in the goodness of Angel. He popped back into this world ready to kill Angel, his heart wasn\u2019t open with all that much love before step-daddy set up Angel.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was used, Lorne from the day he was taken. He will love Angel and trust him again.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou so sure.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, Angel deserves it. I\u2019ve had enough of this, go read a plant.\u201d Cordy moved towards the stairs.<\/p>\n
Lorne waited until Cordy disappeared up the stairs. He went to the books that Cordy was looking through. He shrugged a little more at ease. He really hadn\u2019t gotten a good read on the young woman, but the anger he did sense could very well be chalked up to sexual frustration.<\/p>\n
That could be a bitch.<\/p>\n
***<\/p>\n
Cordelia paced around Angel\u2019s bedroom. She didn\u2019t want to go back downstairs. She couldn\u2019t even enjoy her dinner. Lorne kept staring at her. At least, he had stopped trying to question and interpret her, but she didn\u2019t like his speculative scrutiny any better than his inquisitive one.<\/p>\n
\u201cOw,\u201d she cried hopping on one foot, kicking the side of the bed really hadn\u2019t been a good idea. Oh, what the hell, she kicked it again. She hated that she was trapped in Angel\u2019s bedroom.<\/p>\n
Cordy fell on the bed landing on her stomach. She wanted so much to be trapped in Angel\u2019s bedroom, only with Angel and no frustration. Where was the stupid vampire, he should\u2019ve been back by now. She slammed her fist into the pillow, before scrunching it up to her chest.<\/p>\n
***<\/p>\n
Angel strode into the lobby carrying a duffle bag, his gaze bypassing his friends that got up to greet him and going straight to the stairs. His feet began to follow his gaze towards where Cordy was.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhoa, Angel.\u201d Gunn called out. \u201cDid you talk to Wesley?\u201d<\/p>\n
Angel nodded and continued on his path.<\/p>\n
\u201cCare to share- details, man, details.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fred rolled her eyes. \u201cAngel, please, Charles seems to be fixating on the need for details. He won\u2019t go to to bed, just grumbling about lack of details and such.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGirl, we need details.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCharles, we have plenty of time to go over the plan,\u201d Fred glanced at Angel who had stopped at the foot of the stairs. \u201cDon\u2019t we, we\u2019re not going until tomorrow night right.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGirl, you\u2019re not going anywhere.\u201d Gunn shook his head.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy not? How do you know? You haven\u2019t even heard the plan.\u201d Fred crossed her arms against her chest.<\/p>\n
\u201cWes gave me the information I need, we\u2019ll go over it tomorrow. Now, I think everyone should just go to sleep.\u201d Angel said, the duffle bag resting against his thigh.<\/p>\n
Fred nodded. \u201cOkay, hey, Angel, are you hungry? Cordy fixed you up a cup with oregano and peppers. We had Italian. I could heat it up for you. Cordy already went to bed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOregano?\u201d Angel shook his head. \u201cNo, thank you.\u201d He turned to go up to his room the bag still in his hand.<\/p>\n
Lorne stopped him with a touch on his arm. \u201cAngelcakes, if you have a minute, thought maybe we could sit down catch up on old times.\u201d<\/p>\n
Angel looked at the hand on his arm back up to the demon. \u201cNot now, Lorne.\u201d He shook off Lorne\u2019s grip and went up to where he needed to be since he re-entered the world.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s tired.\u201d Fred looked at both Lorne and Gunn. \u201cAnd so am I. He said tomorrow. So, tomorrow you\u2019ll get your plan.\u201d She followed the vampire, stopping once. \u201cCharles, you\u2019re tired, too.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, okay, tomorrow.\u201d Gunn dragged his feet after his girlfriend.<\/p>\n
\u201cLooks likes it beddie by time then.\u201d Lorne shook his head turning off the lights of the lobby.<\/p>\n
***<\/p>\n
\u201cTook you long enough.\u201d Cordelia grumbled sitting up from under the covers.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had some things to do after I talked to Wesley.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThings?\u201d Cordelia crawled to the end of the bed. \u201cThat\u2019s mine.\u201d She pointed to the duffle bag Angel was carrying.<\/p>\n
\u201cClothes.\u201d Angel swung the bag onto the bed. \u201cI thought maybe you\u2019d want something to wear other than my stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPooh, you just wanted me to wear something other than your stuff. Stingy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Angel glanced at his boxers and T-shirt that graced Cordelia\u2019s body. He shook his head. \u201cI don\u2019t mind.\u201d Christ, his clothes even got to caress her naked skin, just not him.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah,\u201d Cordelia knelt and looked through the bag. \u201cDid you talk to Dennis? He\u2019s got to be worried.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI did. He\u2019s very happy you\u2019re back. He missed you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI should go see him soon. Thank you. Yours are great to sleep in, but not good to mission wear, and I can\u2019t wear my old clothes anymore-after a month plus, I\u2019m sick of them.\u201d Cordy looked up, placing the duffle bag on the floor.<\/p>\n
\u201cCordy, I don\u2019t want you to go tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAre we about to have a fight? Because if we are let\u2019s just pretend that we did and I won. \u2018Kay.\u201d She leaned up to kiss the vampire on the cheek.<\/p>\n
Angel\u2019s hands snaked around Cordelia\u2019s waist. \u201cCordy\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Cordy rose her brow cocking her head to the vampire. \u201cAngel, I am going to win this, so let\u2019s avoid all of the yelling and stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n
Angel rested his head on top of hers. \u201c\u2019\u2019Kay\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re so smart.\u201d Cordelia leaned back smiling brightly. \u201cChange and let\u2019s go to sleep.\u201d She scooted away back to her previous position under the covers.<\/p>\n
Angel shrugged off his jacket and took off his boots.<\/p>\n
\u201cAngel.\u201d Cordelia questioned over her shoulder at the clothed vampire who was crawling on top of the covers next to her.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m fine.\u201d Angel pulled the young woman and the covers into his chest, kissing her slightly on her head. His hands dug under the cloth of the comforter and t-shirt to grasp the skin around her waist pulling her tighter against him and the barrier the covers and his clothes made.<\/p>\n
Cordelia sighed snuggling closer. She peeked over her shoulder. \u201cDid you like your dinner?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI wish you would stop experimenting with my blood.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHmmph. I left out the garlic.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was very considerate of you. Thank you.\u201d Angel chuckled, kissing her again on her cheek and then settling his face in the crook of her neck, rubbing and breathing deeply before closing his eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cLove you.\u201d Cordelia whispered clutching at the strong hands that captured her waist.<\/p>\n
\u201cMe, too.\u201d Angel nuzzled once again into her skin.<\/p>\n
Part 36<\/b><\/p>\n
Angel fought against the approaching coldness and aching hunger. He clutched at the warmth that surrounded his body staving the reality of the blackness and hopelessness of the deep sea. His fingers bore into the warmth of the flesh made real in the dream moving and grabbing to get all of it.<\/p>\n
His voice broke the silence in a harsh cry calling out the name of the woman he needed to be with him, the one that gave him hope.<\/p>\n
\u201cShh, Shh, Angel, I\u2019m here.\u201d Cordy whispered, her hands trying to soothe the ridges that appeared on Angel\u2019s face at his cry. \u201cI\u2019m here, I\u2019m not going anywhere. Ever. Shh,\u201d planting small kisses all over his face and over the glowing eyes that bore fierce questions into hers.<\/p>\n
Angel stared not understanding the soft words and gentle kisses but he did feel the heat of salt tears hitting his face as the words once again murmured against his skin.<\/p>\n
\u201cCordy?\u201d His question came out as a choked cry.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, Shh,\u201d leaning up bracing herself on the vampire\u2019s shoulders and smiling.<\/p>\n
One hand shot up while the other kept Cordy\u2019s body pressed on top of his. Angel\u2019s thumb moved along her smile as his eyes, now brown, held Cordy\u2019s hazel ones in a intense stare. \u201cCordy.\u201d He growled cupping his hand behind her neck powerfully pushing her face down as his leaned up to capture her lips.<\/p>\n
Angel devoured her mouth not allowing Cordelia\u2019s head to move as his whole body strained upwards and his hand on the small of her back pushed down, his actions doing what ever they could to merge their bodies and bring the woman\u2019s warmth into his body.<\/p>\n
Cordelia did all that she was permitted. Her hands snaked behind Angel\u2019s lifted head pulling it closer as her body pressed down in an effort to help Angel fuse them together.<\/p>\n
Angel relaxed his grip on her neck slightly sensing that the warmth wasn\u2019t attempting to leave him, but actively helping him in his goal. Cordelia took advantage of slight reprieve and moved her lips taking small breaths as she kissed along the strong planes of Angel\u2019s jaw.<\/p>\n
This time Angel did understand the soft murmurs along his face and gentle kisses. Angel relaxed his grip some more, never releasing but more gentle and giving. The hand that had captured Cordy\u2019s hips became loose, still holding but now caressing.<\/p>\n
\u201cCor..\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShh, I\u2019m okay, I can breath again, though it was touch and go there for a minute\u201d she teased into the hollow of his throat.<\/p>\n
\u201cCordy,\u201d Angel lifted her face, his look of concern replaced by a smile at Cordelia\u2019s big grin.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne more kiss, then I think I better move.\u201d She cocked her head down to their hips and the erection that was jerking frantically into her stomach.<\/p>\n
Angel leaned back up to recapture her lips, this time relishing Cordelia\u2019s joining the mutual exploration of the new kiss.<\/p>\n
Cordelia pulled away swallowing a big gulp of air, her lips rubbing together. \u201cUm. Shower,\u201d she grumbled and sighed at the same time.<\/p>\n
Angel nodded. \u201cShower,\u201d he agreed but didn\u2019t move and didn\u2019t let Cordy move. With a sign and a groan, he pushed his hips up against Cordelia\u2019s, dragging her body down and over his erection, stopping when his pant-covered cock jerked against the thin material that protected the area at the juncture of her thighs. He pumped again at Cordelia\u2019s choked whimper. Cordelia moved to bring their hips together one more time when Angel\u2019s hands caught her hips and moved them off his erection. \u201cShower.\u201d He winced slowly inching further away from Cordelia.<\/p>\n
Cordy struggled to a seated position watching the hunched over vampire move quickly to the bathroom. She gulped again trying to calm the ache in her belly and the tingling in her nerves. She slowly got to her feet and moved to the bathroom.<\/p>\n
\u201cAngel,\u201d she opened. \u201cI\u2026\u201d her voice choked as she saw Angel standing in the shower his erection strong and alive, her feet suddenly immovable.<\/p>\n
\u201cCordy,\u201d Angel groaned. \u201cGo away.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cordy stood mutely just staring. She hadn\u2019t ever seen Angel completely naked before. Cordy had thought the towel said it all-what a lie. Flashes of statues, museums and works of art floated through her mind. God he was beautiful.<\/p>\n
\u201cCordy.\u201d Angel ordered.<\/p>\n
Cordelia blinked up at the vampire. \u201cYou\u2019re not fat.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWha\u2026t?\u201d Angel gaze jerked from the young woman to his body, his erection losing steam quicker than the cold water dictated as his hands went to waist and stomach searching for rolls of fat.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re not,\u201d she said in the same amazed tone. \u201cJust there\u2019s more, all hard and..big,\u201d her eyes going back down his body. \u201cReally\u2026.nice,\u201d her tongue licking at her lips on its own violation.<\/p>\n
\u201cOUT,\u201d Angel growled, his hands no longer searching for non-existence fat, but reaching for the cold-water nozzle and grabbing for the shower curtain to wrap around his body and his erection that perked up at Cordy\u2019s appraisal.<\/p>\n
Cordelia shook her head at Angel\u2019s yell, remembering why she came in the bathroom in the first place. \u201cI\u2026I just wanted to say, that I\u2019m here\u2026.I mean, Angel, I\u2019m not going anywhere, I\u2019ll always be with you, no more nightmares needed. I love you. That\u2019s all.\u201d She bit her lips.<\/p>\n
Angel stared at the new emotion on her face, the one of love that warmed him completely, good god, his toes were having an orgasm, Angel\u2019s arm reached out towards the young woman, dropping the shower curtain. He shook his waterlogged head, grabbing the shower curtain back up. \u201cPlease, Cordy, leave.\u201d He really wanted to cry.<\/p>\n
Cordelia nodded reaching for the door. She stopped as he called out her name.<\/p>\n
\u201cMe, too. Love you, I mean.\u201d<\/p>\n
She nodded quickly and ran out of the bathroom.<\/p>\n
\u201cChrist.\u201d Angel slumped to the floor of the shower begging his cock to forget about the love and desire on Cordy\u2019s face at least long enough for him to get out from under the freezing ass water.<\/p>\n
***<\/p>\n
Cordelia didn\u2019t wait for Fred to finish her shout of come in before she barged in the other woman\u2019s room. \u201cGood, you\u2019re out of the shower,\u201d seeing Fred wrapped in her robe and her wet hair in a towel.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, but,\u201d Fred\u2019s body and finger swiveled following Cordelia\u2019s movement to her bathroom. \u201cCordy\u2026\u201d, she called as Cordelia went in the small room and came back out running and a loud deep screech, and a cry \u2018Whoa, woman, out,\u2019 followed Cordelia\u2019s fleeing form, \u201cCharles\u2019 taking a shower,\u201d Fred finished with a shrug.<\/p>\n
Cordelia blinked in a dazed fashion, her embarrassment as effective as the cold shower would\u2019ve been. She shrugged and wandered over to Fred.<\/p>\n
\u201cCordy, didn\u2019t you like any of the shampoos I bought at the drug store.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAngel\u2019s in the shower,\u201d Cordelia said quietly.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, well, you know Gunn and I\u2026oh, you and Angel – happy, bad happy problems, Charles will be out soon, maybe. He screeched prettily loudly. I think maybe you embarrassed him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cordelia nodded. \u201cFred.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re boyfriend is really hot.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fred blinked then smiled. \u201cI know.\u201d She giggled.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll just go now.\u201d Cordy moved towards the door.<\/p>\n
Fred was still smiling when Cordelia shut the door.<\/p>\n
\u201cCharles,\u201d Fred went into the bathroom, laughing as Gunn shrieked and grabbed at the towels.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe needs her own shower, what\u2019s wrong with that woman.\u201d He glared.<\/p>\n
Fred rolled her eyes. \u201cAngel was in his. She said you were hot.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gunn\u2019s glare left his face. \u201cReally? Barbie thinks I\u2019m hot,\u201d he straightened.<\/p>\n
Fred laughed. \u201cCharles, you\u2019re silly.\u201d She threw a towel at him.<\/p>\n
***<\/p>\n
Cordelia stood in the middle of the hall shaking her head. She glanced to Angel\u2019s door then back to Fred, she pictured both men\u2019s reaction as she walked in on both of them. She fell back to the wall, laughing as she slipped to the floor.<\/p>\n
\u201cBrown eyes, is there a reason for this morning hysteria,\u201d Lorne looked down.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think today will be a really good day.\u201d Cordelia got to her feet, wiping at her tears.<\/p>\n
\u201cA sign, a vision?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cVision, two, very nice.\u201d Cordelia smiled walking back towards Angel room. Now that the urge to submerge herself in ice water was gone, she figured getting a change of clothes wouldn\u2019t be a bad idea.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd they were..\u201d<\/p>\n
Cordelia smiled. \u201cNever you mind,\u201d giggling. Wow. Cordelia began to feel pretty lucky. She woke up in Angel\u2019s arms, being kissed, held and loved.<\/p>\n
And lets not forget she got something that most women would squeal for- the sight of a naked Angel and a naked Gunn all in one morning- really, was there a better way to start a day.<\/p>\n