"Come on, Cordelia! It would be *so* much fun!"

Cordelia Chase arched a perfectly shaped eyebrow at her boyfriend. "For you, Xander. I don't think I would enjoy it."

A deep voice whispered huskily in her ear, "You might, Cordelia, you never know."

Cordelia jumped straight up in her chair, spinning around wildly. "DAMN IT! Deadboy, don't sneak up on me like that!" She poked Angel in the chest. "And don't encourage Xander. He really wants this, and I don't think I do. It's all *his* sick fantasy."

Angel turned humorous brown eyes to Xander. "What's your fantasy, Xander?"

Xander grinned. "I want Will and Faith to um. . .initiate Cordelia. Show her what it's like to be with other women. I only want Cordelia to be happy."

"Whatever!" Willow said, laughing. "You want to watch two women ravage your girlfriend!"

Xander shrugged with a grin. "That too," he chuckled.

"I wouldn't really mind being there myself," Angel said, laughing. He pulled up a chair next to a sputtering Willow and kissed her cheek. "Stop sputtering, Kitten. Makes you look like Xander."

"Shut up, Deadboy," Xander growled playfully. "Where's Faith and Junior?"

"We had to split up. I went to Willy's to see what dirt I could dig up on the new demons in town, and they went to find the new demons in town."

Willow sighed, glancing up. "Did you find out anything?"

"No," Angel said. "Willy didn't know a damn thing. I even pulled a game face on him and he didn't flinch."

Willow chewed her bottom lip. She knew that Faith and Spike were patrolling, but she also knew they were planning her seduction. Faith was adamant about Willow being with Spike. Even though the Slayer and Vampire fought all the time, Willow had a sneaking suspicion that they got along wonderfully when they were alone. "Angel, dance with me."

Angel looked down at the redhead with surprise. "Sure, Kitten." He glanced at Xander. The human shrugged. He took Willow's arm and guided her to the dance floor. He pulled the petite girl to his body and glided her around the Bronze. She had her arms wrapped around his neck, her cheek resting on his chest. "Willow, I have to tell you something. You are my best friend, and I think that you should know," Angel said gently.

Willow pulled back, a look of suspicion on her face. "What happened? What did you do? How is this going to hurt me?" she asked softly.

"No, no, nothing like that. I. . .I, well, I overheard you talking to Xander last night. I didn't mean to, but I did."

Willow's knees went weak and all the blood rushed from her face. "Oh, goddess. Oh, no, Angel, please tell me you didn't."

"It's ok, Kitten. I didn't tell them. It wasn't my place to tell. . ."

"Are you sure?" she asked, the color coming to her face somewhat.

"Do you think *my* childe or *your* Slayer could keep something like that a secret? We went all day and they didn't know, nor did they act different." Angel spun her around, pulling her closer to him. "What are you going to do?"

"I don't know," she said softly. "I don't know what to do. I am so scared of falling in love with him and hurting Faith. That would kill me, to hurt Faith. She's. . .my world, Angel."

"I think Faith knows that your heart is big enough to love two people."

Willow shook her head, tears filling her eyes. "It's not right, Angel. It's not right and it's not fair."

"It's ok, Kitten. We will figure something out," Angel said, pulling the sniffing redhead closer to him. He held her tightly and spun her around the Bronze, not caring that the music was fast.

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