Chapter 22
“Are you and Will going out tonight?” Joyce asked. She was sitting at the dining table making a shopping list. Buffy had come wandering in from the kitchen
“Um…don’t know, it’s Marsha’s party tonight, but we didn’t RSVP, so I don’t think she thinks were going…we could just drop in, I don’t think she’d mind, why anyway?” Buffy said, between bites of toast and honey
“Well, I’ve actually got your father to take me to the theatre, and I thought, make a night of it – go to supper afterwards at that little bistro place opposite The Mercury Theatre, I’ve booked us a post-theatre supper – so if you don’t go out, I’ll leave you money for take-out”
“Kay…have you seen Will?”
“He’s gone to see………Alan is it?”
“Alan who’s he?”
“His father owns the computer shop in town, I think?” Joyce asked
Buffy shrugged
“Anyway, he said he’ll be back by lunchtime, Joyce continued, and then you can tell me if you are going out”
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At twenty to three, Will came into the kitchen carrying two thick folders
“Where have you been?” Buffy came bounding over to him
“Sorry, got side tracked at the library…needed to do some photocopying – is there a problem?”
He sat down and Joyce asked him if he was hungry
“Starving!”
“So, what do you think, I phoned, she doesn’t mind”
“Sorry what was that?” Will turned to Buffy
“Marsha, I phoned her coz we didn’t RSVP her party invite, but she said it’s fine if we still want to go to the party, as long as we don’t bring you-know-who”
“Who’s that?” Joyce asked depositing a sandwich in front of Will.
“Willow, Xander, Riley and Anya”
“They don’t like Willow, I find that hard to believe! – Do you want ketchup Will?”
Will lifted the corner of the bread and nodded
“Please ma”
“Willow – don’t you believe it mom, she can be a right-ow” Will tapped her shin lightly with his toe and shook his head slightly, so Buffy shut up
Joyce appeared with the ketchup
“She can be what?”
“Oh, you know…childish” Buffy said off-handedly.
Will squirted ketchup liberally over his sausage sandwich
“So, shall we go – mom and dad are going out” Buffy said
“If you like”
Buffy grinned and stood up
“Great! I’ll go and start getting ready!”
Will looked at his watch…at least a good 5 hours to go yet!
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Angel woke with a start - he shifted his head but the bed next to him was empty. He went to call out to her, but then he noticed a note propped up against his clock………
Dear Sleepy-head, had to be back before dad gets home, shopping this afternoon, I might have a surprise for you, call you later, C xxx
Angel let his head flop back against the pillow. He smiled to himself, last night had been good – hell, who was he kidding- it had been fucking fantastic! And now she’d got a surprise for him huh? Life was sweet! He turned over thinking he’d have a couple more hours shut-eye, he was exhausted, all this athletic sex was knackering!
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“Hi babe!”
“You’re awake then!” Cordelia said with a giggle
“Of course………sorry I was out-for-the-count when you left, I had a rather an………athletic night!”
Cordelia giggled again and said,
“Complaining?”
“Me, no siree!”
“Good…busy?”
“Nope, why?”
“Fancy coming over for a swim?”
“Yeah, great!”
“What about tonight?”
“Nope, nothing planned, why, whaddya have in mind?”
“You’ll see! Get yourself around to my place in………about an hour? – No, say for three o’clock” That would give her an hour and twenty.
“Dad hasn’t come back with my car yet”
“Then get a cab!”
“I’m a bit broke!” Cordelia sighed
“Get a cab, I’ll pay, just be there okay?”
“Sure, three it is then, Bye!”
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Cordelia saw the cab pull up on the drive, Angel got out. She’d only been in about ten minutes herself, after being out to town shopping. She opened the back door, dressed in a tightly belted kimono.
“It’s um…$12,” Angel said, meaning the taxi fare
“Here, tell him keep the change” Cordelia passed him $20, and the taxi driver winked at Cordelia as he drove off. The house was lovely and cool, and Cordelia opened the fridge, took out juice. Angel had given up on the trunks, they were moth eaten and too small, but he’d put on some new boxer shorts he’d had for last Christmas.
“I’ve been shopping…”
“Oh yeah?”
“Bought you a few presents”
“Oh?”
“They’re in the den, come on” Angel followed her through. On the table He could see several designer carrier bags.
“Right…first of all…you have too many clothes on…” She moved towards him,
giving him a sexy look. She could smell he was clean, smell the shower gel, so she didn’t suggest he have a shower.
“I got you these…” she took out a pair of swimming trunks. Angel smiled.
“Great!”
“And this…and these” She took out a cream linen shirt, and some designer black pants.
“Very nice!”
“You’re not annoyed with me, think I’m trying to change you” She put her arms around his neck.
“You buying me presents? S’great!”
He kissed her, pressing her to his hardness. She smiled, ground her hips up against it, making them both groan.
“So…what have you got on under here, eh?”
Angel pulled at the belt. The kimono opened to reveal the tiniest bikini, just an arrangement of tiny taut, black triangles.
Sliding one of his hands up to her breast, he gently massaged, he felt the nipple harden.
“Wait…” Cordelia went and locked the patio and back doors, and then she led Angel upstairs to her room. Tumbling to the bed, they made love for a couple of hours.
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“God, I’m starving!”
“Oh, um, got some cold chicken and some salads” Cordelia said.
“Ok” He turned on his side, looking at her.
“Thought we could go out tonight…somewhere nice…There’s a nice restaurant called Luigi’s, ever heard of it?”
“Sure…I’ve heard of it, never been though, w-a-a-a-y too expensive for the likes of me!”
“Well…got you a few more presents…some nice loafers and a beautiful jacket…I’ll give you the money first so it looks like you’re paying…want to go? – you like Italian, other than pizza I mean?”
“Sure, love it…are you sure?”
“Sure I’m sure!”
“But…”
“What, baby?”
“It’s you that keeps paying!”
“I don’t mind, anyway, it’s not me…mommy dearest did a whoopsie-butter-fingers and dropped her American Express card on her bedroom floor before she left…and she owes me, boy does she owe me”
Angel was sure what to say about that so he quickly changed the subject.
“Hey, got us a treat later!”
“Oh?”
“Dad borrowed my car”
“Some blow?” Cordelia asked, smiling.
“Yup, two!”
“Great, we can have one when we come home!”
“Come home from where?”
“You’ll see!”
“Sure we won’t get interrupted?”
“Positive, dad’s staying at the hotel he’s having dinner at, and the locks are all changed, so she can’t get in, she’s back in Pasadena, anyway, although she can go to hell as far as I am concerned!”
“I could get used to this…living with you…it’s just the best!”
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WILL-YUM!”
“I’M IN MY ROOM”
William’s bedroom door opened and Buffy stood there naked! At least that’s what William first thought when he looked at her before quickly looking away
“Will you put some clothes on!” his cheeks felt red-hot with embarrassment, and he was ashamed the effect she was having on his body………
“I have…what do you think, huh?”
Thankful that he was at least lying face down on his bed and she couldn’t see his initial reaction to her, he risked a quick glance at her
“New jeans and camisole, OR that black dress I bought in Mass, nobody’s seen it here” Buffy held up a hanger with each outfit on
Looking again Will could see she was wearing a peachy/gold push-up bra and panty set, but it so matched the colour of her skin, that’s why initially he thought she was naked
“Are you okay, you look very warm?”
“I’m fine!”
“Well?”
“Oh um the er…the d-dress, yeah, wear the dress”
“Okay!” Buffy turned and William got the perfect view of her bottom cheeks just peeping out from under the hi-cut panties.
He groaned and let his head fall onto his book
She really MUST start putting clothes on………his body reacting the way it was could end up being really embarrassing………
Buffy grinned to herself as she went back into her bedroom
“Score!” she said softly – She’d wear him down, she’d decided that there was nobody else for her but William…with any luck, she’d have worn him down by the time they got to Mass………
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“Look, I told you…EVERYONE’S there except us, even Buffy and Will, he’s borrowed his mom’s SUV, look, it’s parked next to Marsha’s dad’s car!” Willow said sadly from the passenger seat of Xander’s car.
“Everyone except Riley and Anya…”
“Maybe Buffy and William were right, maybe we’re not going to get anymore invites until we drop those two!” Xander and Willow exchanged rueful glances
“Come on…this pizza’s getting cold” Willow rolled the window up, and they drove off from outside Marsha’s house.
“Oh gods, what now…can’t they take a hint!” Xander said, as he pulled up outside Willow’s house.
“There you are! Thought you’d gone to the party after all!” Anya said. Willow and Xander got out of the car
“Thought you might like a game of Trivial Pursuits” Riley jiggled the box.
“What, special ‘army’ addition, is it?” Xander whispered to Willow, making her smile.
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Meanwhile, back at the party………
A very pretty girl called Kelly had cornered William while Buffy went to the toilet. Will was holding Buffy’s drink, and when Buffy came back, she took her drink off him, and stood next to him. Kelly looked pointedly at Buffy and said,
“Isn’t that man trying to attract your attention?”
“Who?” Buffy said, looking around not seeing anybody. Kelly looked exasperated.
“Aren’t you hungry”
“Yes, I am, actually, but the food isn’t quite cooked yet” William grinned
“Excuse us!” Buffy said, snagging her brother’s arm and leading him away.
“Do I get a thankyou for rescuing you?”
“Rescuing me?”
“From the clutches of the Evil One!”
“Kelly’s evil?”
“Oh very. She uses men then tosses them away like old worn socks when she’s finished with them”
“Well I can assure you, she wouldn’t have used me”!
“No, coz I didn’t give her the chance! Come on, I like this song I wanna dance”
As Buffy lead Will through the room to were the dancing was………
“Hi William…Hello Will…Hi, gorgeous!” Three blond bombshells walked past, William had gone red, much to his sister’s delight.
“Oh, um…h-hi!”
“You’ve gone all…” Buffy grinned at her brother’s high colouring. They were stopped again…
“William, I hear you’re leaving!” A very beautiful Hispanic looking chick pouted full red lips at him. She had long black hair, big brown eyes and an hourglass figure, which was greatly accentuated by her figure-hugging deep red velvet dress. Buffy hated her on sight. She didn’t even know the girl, just hated her all the same.
“Um, yeah, yes…going to Harvard, you know” he’d coloured up again. She leant forward and whispered something Buffy didn’t hear into William’s right ear, patted his chest and left smiling
“Saved you again by the looks of it!”
“What, from Maria?”
“Morticia more like………What did she say to you anyway?” Buffy demanded
“Erm, nothing, it was nothing! – Come on, or your song will have finished before we’ve had the chance to – oh” Just as he was going to say dance, the song changed, then was turned down and somebody called out that the food was ready.
“Come on Muppet, I’m starving”
Buffy stood for a second or two, in her best black dress, hair up, makeup perfect, diamond earrings on, and he STILL called her ‘Muppet’… with a huge sigh she resolutely followed him to the barbecue.
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“There…wow, you look gorgeous!” Cordelia said admiring Angel in his designer gear.
“Do I?” Looking in the mirror, he DID look good. Cordelia looked stunning in a strapless little black number, she put in diamond earrings that winked in the light. She’d put her hair up, and her makeup was flawless. Angel wasn’t so sure about the tie, and fingered his neck, but he stopped when he got a warning look from Cordelia. He picked up the jacket and went to put his arm in the sleeve.
“No, don’t put it on, just carry it draped over one shoulder, by one finger…like this…that’s it” The black linen jacket draped perfectly. They heard a horn blow.
“That’ll be the taxi, come on, right, have you got the money?”
“$200, in the money clip, yes” He’d never had so much money in his life before.
“If only Ged and co could see you now!” Cordelia teased. As she let Angel out of the door first so she could set the burglar alarm. Angel got into the cab, forgetting his manners about holding the door and letting Cordelia get in first. She’d let it go for now…Whilst they drove along, it suddenly struck Cordelia that she hadn’t ever seen Angel eat with a knife and fork off a plate before…she prayed he’d got some refinement, and didn’t eat with just a fork in his right hand, or eat off his knife, she’d die…or what if he used the wrong cutlery? Shit! She should have made sure…
“You ok?” Angel asked.
“Fine!” She smiled. They got to the restaurant. Angel paid the cab when Cordelia went big eyed and nudged him.
“What…oh, um yeah, sorry, how much?”
“$18”
“Twenty?” he whispered to Cordelia
“Twenty five” Angel passed over the money and the cab left.
“Now, don’t think I think you’re a complete ignoramus, but if there’s lots of knives and forks…”
“Work from the outside in, I know, went to a posh wedding once” Cordelia relaxed a bit, and looked at Angel to open the door for her.
“I booked in your name” She whispered. Standing there for a few seconds, it suddenly dawned on him to open the door for her. They went inside.
“Um table for two, Stebson”
The M’aitre D ticked them off in his book and said,
“This way, sir, madam” They followed him to a quiet table, and were passed menu’s, the wine waiter came up and gave the wine list just to Angel. He hadn’t got a bloody clue. He’d had some Champagne at this wedding, and thought it nothing better than fizzy vinegar…
“Ooh, darling, could we have some of that nice Rosé we had last time…the St Emilion Rosé, the 87, it was delicious!” Cordelia said.
“What the lady wants!” Angel said, closing the list, and smiled at the waiter; the wine waiter bowed and left.
“Thanks…wasn’t sure, you know, don’t drink wine…had some champagne at this wedding…thought it tasted like um…what did my dad call it…oh yeah, those fizzy hangover tablets gone wrong!”
Cordelia prayed that he wouldn’t have soup, or cut his bread roll with a knife, he had or did neither, in fact, all in all, apart from draining the glass of the wine instead of sipping it to try, his manners were quite good. And by the time they’d reached coffee, she’d relaxed.
“Titchy little cups!” Angel said, the demi tasse dwarfed in his large hand. He offered her the last chocolate mint.
“We should get some chocolate in for later!” He whispered.
“Already have…” Cordelia said, draining her wine glass. He must admit, he could get used to this, and the wine she’d chosen, wasn’t too bad, he felt quite mellow.
“More coffee?”
“Not for me…Brandy and a cigar would be nice, though” Angel said, so they both had a cognac apiece, and Angel lit a cigar. Yes, indeed, this was the life! He’d loosened his tie, and Cordelia thought he looked so sexy.
“I’ll get them to call us a cab…waiter!” Angel called
“Sir?”
“The bill please, and would you call us a cab?”
“Certainly sir” The bill came to $90.
“Hundred and ten, do you think?” Angel counted out eleven notes. Cordelia had nodded. He left the money on the saucer.
They got into the cab, and Angel was just about to give Cordelia’s address when she stopped him and said,
“Take us to Belair Heights Sunnydale” the taxi circled and pulled away from the restaurant
“Who lives there?” Angel asked sitting back
“Marsha De Montroi, she’s having a party tonight and as the night’s still young, and you look so yummy you look fit enough to eat, I want to show you off!”
Angel raised his brows in a bemused fashion…yes, there would be a few surprised faces around he wouldn’t mind betting…
On the way to the party, the cab passed Sunnydale High they saw Ged and Nathan, pratting around by the school gates.
“Honestly…just look at those two jerk-offs, couldn’t stand it when they were there, now they can’t keep away!” Angel said grinning.
To say they made an entrance when they arrived at the party was a slight understatement! The stage whisper that went through the crowd about Angel dressed up spread like a forest fire in a drought.
Buffy stopped, chicken drumstick half way to her mouth
“Hi-carrumba!” William looked at Buffy, then to where she was staring
William grinned and whispered,
“I bet he can’t even pronounce those designer names he’s dressed in!”
“I bet ‘daddy’ will be overcome by the smell of burning plastic the amount of shopping old Cordy’s done on his credit card today! That’s Valentino she’s wearing…and Manolo’s…I swear that’s a Boteng jacket he’s got on…yup, and Fioretti pants…Tag Hauer watch – Gucci loafers!” Buffy looked Angel up and down, he certainly scrubbed up well…
The hoo-har soon died down and and everybody returned to their own conversations after clearing hearing from Cordelia that ‘no, they wouldn’t be stopping for Barbecue as Angel had take her to Luigi’s for dinner’
“Always thought that was his level, just like his father, living off a woman!” Audley, Marsha’s boyfriend said to William
“Yeah, I mean who are they trying to kid, that’s GOT to be Cordelia’s doing, you don’t get Gucci loafers and Tag Hauer watches on food-stamps and disability payments do you?!” Agreed Will
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“CORDELIA!” Harmony called out waving
“Hi Harmony, wasn’t sure you were here – hey, what’s the matter, have you hurt yourself?”
“It’s the new boyfriend!” Harmony hobbled and sat back down
“Where is he? – Can’t he dance or something?”
“I don’t know, it’s not the feet that’s killing me, it’s…she nodded subtly to her nether regions
“He’s insatiable…5 hours straight, and he’s massive!” Cordelia had to smile at Harmony’s grin
“What’s his name?”
“Well, if EVER a guy was aptly named, it’s Dick – actually it’s Rick, but Dick suits him better…WOW is that...boy have YOU been shopping or have you been shopping?!” Harmony spied Angel for the first time.
“Oh, you know, just one or two things I picked up while I was spoiling myself...” they both looked at Angel for a few seconds and then she said, do you like?”
Cordelia turned her head from side to side showing off the diamond earrings
“VERY much...real thing I take it?”
“Course, and here…coz you were such a good friend to me, I treated you too!” Cordelia put her hand in her Prada bag and drew out a small box
“F-for me? – I, Oh Cordy!” tears welled in Harmony’s eyes, nobody had ever been that sweet to her before
“Don’t be silly, now when the stud-muffin gives you a break, give me a call okay”
Harmony nodded and hugged Cordelia, then Cordelia waved a little goodbye and they left.
“Still thick as thieves those two…” Buffy said turning back to her brother. He had three girls around him
“Can’t leave you alone for a second, can I?” Buffy wanted to shoo them away like dogs…
“Will, come on, let’s go over there!”
“Over where, I haven’t finished eating yet!”
Buffy heard the one girl say,
“I’ll just get a pen”
“No need, he’s going to Harvard, he’ll be studying, I’ll be vetting his calls, come on Will…”
“Oh, but my burger…” Buffy took the plate off her brother, and left the girl open mouthed!
“We can get take-away on the way home, I’ve had enough of it here!”
“It’s not my fault these girls come and talk to me!” William said
“Didn’t say it was!”
“No, but you’re acting all snotty like you THINK it is!”
“Oh, leaving already?” Audley asked as he saw Buffy open the front door
“Tired, and we’ve got packing to do………lots to be sorted before we move, you know!”
“Sure, well, keep in touch!”
“Will do, anyway, we might make it to one or two of the other parties before we leave, depending on how much we get done”
“Sure, see you!”
They walked to the car, William said
“So…what take-out do you want?”
“Let’s try that new Thai place on the Meredith Highway, s’posed to be real good!”
Will pointed the key-fob at the car and the central locking system opened with a dull clunk.
“Thai huh…getting exotic in your old age!”
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