Chapter 19<\/b><\/p>\n
Angel wasn\u2019t sure what happened but the wonderful, life filled body that was covering him fell into a dead weight over him.<\/p>\n
The only thing that kept him from reacting in complete panic and rage was two things. One, was there was a heartbeat still coming from Cordelia\u2019s limp form and the other was the sound of two frantic heartbeats at the doorway.<\/p>\n
Two scared heart beats that he knew all too well. Angel moved, gently placing Cordelia on the bed beside him, removing the dart from her perfect backside as he did. Angel shook his head, pulling the sheet over her naked sleeping form.<\/p>\n
He turned and looked at Wesley and Gunn huddled in the doorway. \u201cI would suggest that both of you get as far away from the hotel as soon as possible, a few days away might not even be enough, when she wakes she going to be pissed, really pissed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAngel, you\u2019re Angel.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, the soul thing has been taken care of.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOh. So, you two were just\u2026.Oh\u2026 OH.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAW, SHIT, she\u2019s going to be SO pissed. \u201c Gunn turned and pointed to Wesley. \u201cIt was him, his idea, all of it. You tell her that. I\u2019m outta of here.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, well Angel, good to hear about your soul and finally acknowledging you love Cordelia\u2026um.\u201d Wesley kept backing up.<\/p>\n
\u201cUm as the boss of Angel Investigations, I\u2019m giving myself leave\u2026. yes, many days, I\u2019ve earned them. Um, Angel, can maybe you call me when it\u2019s safe to come back. That\u2019s a good chap. Did I say congratulations? Well, Congratulations. Congratulations.\u201d Wesley ran from the room.<\/p>\n
Angel looked at the empty doorway and the unconscious beautiful form on the bed. He shook his head. Wesley and Gunn were just lucky that Angel knew that Cordelia would be more dangerous than he ever could be, because the vampire was not very happy right now.<\/p>\n
He tucked Cordelia tighter into the covers and got out of the bed. Okay, now what. Angel went down to the kitchen. There was something. He picked up the phone and started ordering food. Then he called Wesley.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s still unconscious.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOh.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cKeep everyone, Fred included away for the next couple of days and maybe just maybe I won\u2019t let Cordy kill you and Gunn.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFair, fair enough. Um, Fred will need some of her stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWesley.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll figure it out. No, that\u2019s sounds like a plan. Very good. Yes.\u201d<\/p>\n
***<\/p>\n
Angel sat at Fred\u2019s desk, searching on line.<\/p>\n
Contrary to popular belief he knew how to use a computer, he just didn\u2019t like to. Finally Angel found the site he was looking for. He punched in his credit card number and hoped that they were truthful in the day delivery time.<\/p>\n
Angel sighed and looked at the clock. It had been three hours; the tranquilizing drug affected a vampire for that long- how much longer for a human?<\/p>\n
He went back to the computer and searched another site. He pushed on the pictures. The models were nothing, but the clothes could be good on the right beautiful body. Angel shook his head. And that beautiful body was lying unconscious upstairs. He sighed and punched in more credit card numbers.<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t so much that Angel thought presents would keep Cordelia from killing Wesley and Gunn, but it couldn\u2019t hurt. He searched some more and stopped, suddenly realizing that he had moved from furnishing, to clothing to jewelry. Angel studied the pictures he clicked on.<\/p>\n
He had claimed Cordelia as a vampire, but as a man, had he? He looked some more he hadn\u2019t. His credit card was out again. But this would take longer. It had to be perfect. He searched; he put the credit card away.<\/p>\n
He couldn\u2019t do this over the Internet. Angel ran up to the bedroom. Cordelia was still out like a light. He ran back down stairs and called Lorne.<\/p>\n
\u201cHey, souled lug, heard you were back in town.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI need a big favor.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cUm..Ohh. Okay, maybe.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI need you to watch Cordelia. Wesley and Gunn shot her with tranquilizers darts, one hopes that they were aiming for me, but whatever she\u2019s out, and when she wakes up she\u2019s going to be really mad. They\u2019re on the run. But the thing is I need to go out just for a minute, can you come over and make sure she doesn\u2019t kill anybody, thanks, owe you one.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lorne hung up the phone. He stared. Okay. He would do it.<\/p>\n
But someone better fill him in on the whole story, soon.<\/p>\n
Chapter 20<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cAll rightie.\u201d Lorne mumbled as he sat next to he bed. He had been obviously kept out of the loop.<\/p>\n
Otherwise, he would know why he was watching a dead to the world naked princess cocooned in Angel\u2019s bed covers.<\/p>\n
Ah. Maybe he would get some answers, the beautiful dead log was moving.<\/p>\n
Cordelia lifted her glassy eyes and brushed at her tussled hair. \u201cLorne?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, Princess, How you doing?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know. You tell me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d really rather you go first, sweetie.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay, you know that Angelus made an appearance.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI heard that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe took me away for awhile.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHeard that too, you look pretty okay for that nasty ordeal.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRight. Um. Angel\u2019s back.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI got that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe talked. We kind of figured out that we loved each other and a loop hole in the whole curse thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cUm, well, the love thing I knew a way back, the loop hole maybe I knew maybe I didn\u2019t, glad you kids figured it out.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRight. Um, see we were in the process of figuring out the loophole when I went blank. But it wasn\u2019t in your passion induce blankness; it was more of just blankness. Can you explain that? And where is Angel?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cUm, Angel said he would be back really soon. And as for the other, I think I know, I shouldn\u2019t tell you, but since you glare so prettily and sometimes looks do kill, I will- It seems Gun and Wesley missed out on the loophole bit and well thought that evil was afoot in the little loveroom and shot without aiming or thinking. You were nailed, honey and not by the vampire.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWesley and Gunn shot me.\u201d Cordelia jumped up on the bed. \u201cWhere are they?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe they\u2019ve gone underground for now.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey better run, when I get my hands on them, they are so dead.\u201d She glanced around. \u201cWhere\u2019s Angel.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCordy.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, thank god, honeycakes, she\u2019s all yours, she in a mood.\u201d Lorne rushed out leaving Angel at the door.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere did you go? You left me shot by those idiots.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNow, Cordy, they were trying to shoot me, they didn\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHmmph.\u201d She fell on the bed. \u201cWhere did you go?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI shopped.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou shopped?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, if you are hungry, which you should be, I\u2019ve stocked the kitchen and will cook you anything you want. Also, the curtains, a different color, but similar will be delivered soon they said 24 hours. And I got you this.\u201d Holding out a two small boxes.<\/p>\n
Cordelia scrunched up her nose and took the two boxes. She opened the first one. She looked at the contents and put it down and opened the other one. She placed it beside the other. She stared at them and then at the vampire. \u201cYou know what they mean?\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cBetter than you, I imagine. After all it is my history.\u201d<\/p>\n
She glared. \u201cDo you mean it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI wouldn\u2019t have done it if I didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAngel, this isn\u2019t a claddagh ring. This is the real thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou do know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou will always surprise me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, not if you thought about it. I know jewelry, you had to know that, I love you and I\u2019m a girl, practical and full of bad luck in the romance department, but still a girl. I wondered what a true Irish wedding band looked liked so I looked. Angel, do you really mean it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d Angel picked up the box that held the smaller ring. \u201c The woven knots mean eternal love and faith. I want you to have this; wear it as a symbol of our love. Just like I will wear this one.\u201d He picked up the other box, housing the bigger, but identical ring.<\/p>\n
Cordelia scrunched up her face and grabbed the box out of his hand. \u201cOkay,\u201d She smiled. She took the masculine ring out of its box and grabbed Angel\u2019s hand. \u201cYou know once I put this on, you are mine, no turning back no, whoops made a mistake, I won\u2019t let you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Angel smiled. \u201cPut it on.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cordelia bit her lip and slipped the ring over Angel\u2019s third finger on his left hand. She laughed. \u201cNow what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNow.\u201d He grabbed her left hand and did the same with the other identical ring. \u201cNow, demon or human will know that we belong to each other.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cordelia bit her lips, moving them in nervous actions. She scrunched her face, the tears already forming. \u201cI love you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Angel smiled and moved towards her. \u201cI love you. Now, I think finally, we can actually make love.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cordelia leaned up. \u201cWhere are the happy shooters?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRunning for their lives, they won\u2019t come back until I assure them that you won\u2019t kill them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOh. \u201c Cordelia pulled Angel on to her body. \u201cI\u2019ll let you know when that is.\u201d She attacked his lips with a vengeance.<\/p>\n
The End<\/b><\/p>\n