GREEN EYED MONSTER (10/?)
Willow pulled away from Cordelia, a soft smile on her face. "Wow."
The brunette nodded enthusiastically, "I'll second that one."
"You two?" Angel said, sitting down as he tried to come to terms with
what he had seen.
"Together?" Spike spoke softly, his voice disbelieving. "This is a joke,
right?"
Willow felt a flash of irritation, "A joke? Why would we joke about
something like this? I love Cordelia. She's my best friend. Right now,
there is something deeper than that between us. We are both single
and
sick of pining for you two so we are planning on exploring those
feelings."
"AND...since you two claim to be such good friends to us, you should
support us both" Cordelia added.
"Pining? For us?" Angel said, frowning. Cordelia had been in love with
him this whole time? Where the hell had he been? He sure as fuck hadn't
seen it.
"Told ya she had a crush on you" Spike said, rolling his eyes.
"A crush? Excuse me, Mister Bad Ass Vampire" Cordelia said, "BUT, it
was
not a crush. I love him. Completely and wholeheartedly. He is my
destiny..or he was. I'm sick of sitting her and never being as good
as
she was" she spat out the word she giving them no doubt who she was
referring to.
"You're better than Buffy" Willow said loyally. "She let him leave.
You've put up with him for over a year with not an ounce of interest.
That reminds me..."
Cordelia smiled as the redhead turned to glare at Spike. She waited,
watching Angel's face as he tried to deal with what he had learned.
He
had honestly had no idea, she suddenly realized. Damn, she must be
better at that acting thing she had thought.
"If you could see Delia's crush so easily, what about me? What is it
about me that makes you blind? I waited sixteen months..fuck, longer
than that really. Not even a wink of interest. Why are you so concerned
now that I may have found someone?"
Spike glowered at her, refusing to answer. He had loved the chit for
quite awhile, but he had no desire to confess that in front of Angel
or
her little trollop. "I don't care. Hope you both are very happy." He
spat out, hating the feeling that pierced his heart as he realized
he
may have really lost any chance with her at all. He moved to go
downstairs, turning back to face Willow. "I just want you happy, Red."
"I second that" Angel said softly, standing. He moved to follow Spike.
He smiled sadly at them, "As long as you two are happy, we're happy.
Sorry this turned into such a big mess. You won't have to see us if
you
don't want to."
Willow watched them leave before facing Cordelia. "Why do I feel like
I
just lost a piece of myself?"
Cordelia sighed, making a face, "Because, no matter what we feel for
each other, our hearts belong to them...and we just gave that up."
Willow shook her head, "No. I refuse to believe that. If they want us,
they'll fight. They're that type of guy. Maybe we just forced them
to
see what they might lose."
"Wishful thinking" Cordelia said. "I so don't feel like working. Not
after that."
"Why don't we take a sick day...go get some ice cream and walk along
the
ocean." Willow suggested, "I'd also like to stop off and see
Jason...Make sure Savannah hasn't tried anything to get him yet."
"Sounds like a plan...anything is better than sitting here trying to
resist running downstairs and begging."
"No begging" Willow said, her tone slightly weak. She sighed, "No matter
how much we want to. Come on, Delia. Let's go."
"Yeah...let's get out of here." Cordelia agreed, grabbing her purse.
"We
can stop off after lunch and see Jason. Sound good?"
"It's a date" Willow said, smiling at her friend.