Title: A Twist of Fate
Author: cookie_dough
Email: [email protected]
Spoilers: None, AU
Rating: PG-13
Distribution: Just ask, I'll probably say yes
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters, or the show, they belong to
Joss, David, and anyone else I've forgotten to mention, I'm just borrowing
them.
Summary: I suck at summaries, so here goes, completely AU, what if Angel
and Cordy were to meet under different circumstances than how they met in
Sunnydale?
Chapter 1
Cordelia could not believe her eyes. Three pregnancy tests later, and all of them confirmed that she was indeed pregnant. She couldn't wait to tell her boyfriend Derrick. They had just recently decided to move in together and now they were expecting a baby. Slightly teary eyed from the surprise she washed her hands and face and made her way downstairs to tell Derrick the good news.
As she came down the stairs she heard him on the phone.
'Yeah, I think I can make it into LA this weekend.'
Something said on the other end of the phone made him laugh and when he turned around and saw Cordelia he hurried up the conversation.
'Yeah, I'm gonna have to go, stuff to do, so I'll see you this weekend and we can go over the report. right, bye then.' He hung up the phone.
'Cordelia.' He said slightly surprised, how long had she been standing there?
'You have to work again this weekend?'
'Sorry honey I have to, you know I work a lot out of LA.'
Cordelia's face fell.
'How about when I get back, we think about going away somewhere, just the two of us?'
Her face brightened a bit as she looked up to him.
'I think we really should be saving our money.'
'Why?' he asked surprised.
'Well, honey, I'm pregnant, we're gonna have a baby.' She ran to him and enveloped him in her arms.
'Can you believe it?' she asked, still holding on to him.
'Not really.' He said, his face hidden from her view, however if she had of seen it, it would have been blatantly obvious that he had no intention of wanting to keep this baby.
'Oh this is going to be so great, what do you think?' she said letting go of him and looking into his eyes. Lying through his teeth, he replied.
'This is fantastic news.' And pulled her into another hug. ~How the hell are you gonna get yourself out of this one Derrick~ he asked himself.
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Angel followed the real estate agent around the Hyperion hotel, the fourth one today and thankfully the last. Out of all the other hotels he'd seen this month, this one had caught his attention. Two hundred plus rooms, located in a good area, and was going cheap. Apparently they had been trying to sell it for years. They returned to the lobby, where the estate agent picked up his briefcase.
'I'll take it.' Angel replied.
'Good, I'll make a start on the paperwork and you can come by and sign it later.'
'Great.' He said as he took a final look around and headed out the door.
9 months later
'You'll get use to it honey, we've only been here a month.' Said Derrick. He had been relocated to LA and so far Cordelia wasn't sure if she liked it here.
'Yeah, and I have no friends to speak of.' Said Cordelia slightly angry.
'Sure you do, what about Helen?'
'Your receptionist?'
'Sure, you two get along right?'
'I've met her twice.'
'See, I'm sure she likes you.'
'Well its not as if I can go out and make any new friends, you won't even let me leave the house by myself.'
'It's just, we haven't been here very long and you don't really know your way around and your pregnant.'
'That is not an excuse!' she yelled at him.
'I'm sorry honey, let me make it up to you, I'll take you out to dinner tonight, what do you say.' He smiled at her and she weakened and smiled back.
'I'll call and make reservations.' He said as he hugged her then left the room.
The Hyperion Hotel same day
'Hey guys, do you mind, that furniture is expensive.' Angel called out to the workmen.
'Sorry.'
A thin looking man in a suit and a hardhat came up to Angel, hotel building plans in hand.
'How are things going, Jeff?'
'Good, I mean I don't know where you got these guys from though.'
'Yeah, I'll be glad if we can get it finished on time.'
'Your staying here at the moment aren't you?'
'Yeah, it's a good thing all of the rooms are finished, my new placed is being decorated, the house is nearly finished.'
'Brand new house from scratch, phew that must of cost a bit.'
'Not too bad, I sold the last hotel I did up a few months ago, and decided it was time to invest in a house myself.'
'Well as long as you haven't got these guys working on your place, I think it should be finished on time.'
'Yeah, catch you later Jeff.' Angel turned when he heard his name being called. It was a female voice, coming from the lobby door way.
'Angel?'
~Oh great her again. well I suppose I should give her a chance; we've only been on a couple of dates. And I mean she can't be that self-obsessed.can she? ~
'Isabelle.'
'I just thought I'd drop by and ask you out for dinner tonight.'
'Um.yeah sure.'
'Great, pick me up at eight?'
'Sure.' She left, leaving Angel with a hotel full of builders and a completion date of a couple of weeks.
Chapter 1
Cordelia could not believe her eyes. Three pregnancy tests later, and all of them confirmed that she was indeed pregnant. She couldn't wait to tell her boyfriend Derrick. They had just recently decided to move in together and now they were expecting a baby. Slightly teary eyed from the surprise she washed her hands and face and made her way downstairs to tell Derrick the good news.
As she came down the stairs she heard him on the phone.
'Yeah, I think I can make it into LA this weekend.'
Something said on the other end of the phone made him laugh and when he turned around and saw Cordelia he hurried up the conversation.
'Yeah, I'm gonna have to go, stuff to do, so I'll see you this weekend and we can go over the report. right, bye then.' He hung up the phone.
'Cordelia.' He said slightly surprised, how long had she been standing there?
'You have to work again this weekend?'
'Sorry honey I have to, you know I work a lot out of LA.'
Cordelia's face fell.
'How about when I get back, we think about going away somewhere, just the two of us?'
Her face brightened a bit as she looked up to him.
'I think we really should be saving our money.'
'Why?' he asked surprised.
'Well, honey, I'm pregnant, we're gonna have a baby.' She ran to him and enveloped him in her arms.
'Can you believe it?' she asked, still holding on to him.
'Not really.' He said, his face hidden from her view, however if she had of seen it, it would have been blatantly obvious that he had no intention of wanting to keep this baby.
'Oh this is going to be so great, what do you think?' she said letting go of him and looking into his eyes. Lying through his teeth, he replied.
'This is fantastic news.' And pulled her into another hug. ~How the hell are you gonna get yourself out of this one Derrick~ he asked himself.
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Angel followed the real estate agent around the Hyperion hotel, the fourth one today and thankfully the last. Out of all the other hotels he'd seen this month, this one had caught his attention. Two hundred plus rooms, located in a good area, and was going cheap. Apparently they had been trying to sell it for years. They returned to the lobby, where the estate agent picked up his briefcase.
'I'll take it.' Angel replied.
'Good, I'll make a start on the paperwork and you can come by and sign it later.'
'Great.' He said as he took a final look around and headed out the door.
9 months later
'You'll get use to it honey, we've only been here a month.' Said Derrick. He had been relocated to LA and so far Cordelia wasn't sure if she liked it here.
'Yeah, and I have no friends to speak of.' Said Cordelia slightly angry.
'Sure you do, what about Helen?'
'Your receptionist?'
'Sure, you two get along right?'
'I've met her twice.'
'See, I'm sure she likes you.'
'Well its not as if I can go out and make any new friends, you won't even let me leave the house by myself.'
'It's just, we haven't been here very long and you don't really know your way around and your pregnant.'
'That is not an excuse!' she yelled at him.
'I'm sorry honey, let me make it up to you, I'll take you out to dinner tonight, what do you say.' He smiled at her and she weakened and smiled back.
'I'll call and make reservations.' He said as he hugged her then left the room.
The Hyperion Hotel same day
'Hey guys, do you mind, that furniture is expensive.' Angel called out to the workmen.
'Sorry.'
A thin looking man in a suit and a hardhat came up to Angel, hotel building plans in hand.
'How are things going, Jeff?'
'Good, I mean I don't know where you got these guys from though.'
'Yeah, I'll be glad if we can get it finished on time.'
'Your staying here at the moment aren't you?'
'Yeah, it's a good thing all of the rooms are finished, my new placed is being decorated, the house is nearly finished.'
'Brand new house from scratch, phew that must of cost a bit.'
'Not too bad, I sold the last hotel I did up a few months ago, and decided it was time to invest in a house myself.'
'Well as long as you haven't got these guys working on your place, I think it should be finished on time.'
'Yeah, catch you later Jeff.' Angel turned when he heard his name being called. It was a female voice, coming from the lobby door way.
'Angel?'
~Oh great her again. well I suppose I should give her a chance; we've only been on a couple of dates. And I mean she can't be that self-obsessed.can she? ~
'Isabelle.'
'I just thought I'd drop by and ask you out for dinner tonight.'
'Um.yeah sure.'
'Great, pick me up at eight?'
'Sure.' She left, leaving Angel with a hotel full of builders and a completion date of a couple of weeks.