Angelus came to shore under the little bridge a block from his home. He dragged himself to his knees, and with the greatest of effort, fought through the pain and stood. Slowly and carefully he walked through the shadows to his home, holding on to what ever he could find to help him on his way. One thought kept running through his mind. “She’s going to die. They’re all going to die.” Though he wouldn’t be killing anyone for a few days.
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Giles pulled up in front of Cordelia’s house and Xander was out of the car practically before he was done parking.
"Xander!" Buffy yelled to slow him down. Who knows who might still be around out there. Xander ignored her and quickly ran to the door.
Cordelia opened the door as he reached it. They wrapped each other up in a big hug. Cordelia was still crying.
"What took you so long?" she asked.
"I had to get a ride," Xander replied.
Buffy and Giles walked up the driveway together, both scanning the grounds for any visitors but seeing no-one.
"Eeeh," Buffy said under her breath.
"Excuse me?" Giles asked.
"Oh, they almost look cute together. That just creeped me out a bit. Sorry," Buffy explained.
"I hadn’t noticed," he said.
"I’m here, everything’s OK. OK?" Xander whispered in her ear.
"Everything’s not OK," Cordy said, still holding him tight. "I’ve gotta get out of this place. There’s too many freaky things here. I want to live somewhere normal, like LA."
"Come on, lets sit down," Xander said, and went to lead her to a sofa, but realized he had never been in her house before and had no idea where to go. "Somewhere," he added.
"Why are they here?" Cordelia asked as Giles and Buffy came in her front door. "I thought they were just dropping you off."
"Hi, Cordelia," Buffy said.
"To see if you were alright," Xander said and turned to face Giles.
"Xander told us that you had been scratched. I wanted to look at your wounds to make sure they weren’t caused by the werewolf," Giles said.
"And to make sure you were OK," Buffy added.
"It didn’t bite me," Cordy said to Giles.
"A werewolf doesn’t always have to bite a victim to infect their blood. Sometimes a simple scratch can be enough," Giles explained.
"What? No," Cordelia was backing away from Xander now, shaking her head back and forth. "I’m not going to be a werewolf. No way!"
"He didn’t say you are going to be a werewolf, he just wants to make sure you wont be," Xander said. "Now, let’s sit down and show him your cuts," Xander added forcefully.
"OK," Cordelia said and went into the kitchen to sit down.
"Way to take charge," Buffy said to Xander.
Xander just shot Buffy a glance that said he wasn’t amused.
"Sorry," Buffy mumbled.
Giles and Buffy followed Xander into the kitchen.
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