Thoughts on a CL55

[morethanmuscle]

I parked the Benz two blocks away from the hotel, settin' the alarm. Truth was, though, that it might actually be the best thing for me if the thing got boosted or chopped up. Lookin' at the keys in my hand-- this weird hunk of plastic that was only kinda key-shaped and plugged into the steering column-- I remembered how I used to be so jealous

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[xxcordeliaxx]

I went back to my room after Kennedy ran out to spread the word about my latest vision. The hallway was empty, making me hope that I'd been given a little more notice about the battle than the last time we were attacked. When I opened my door I was disappointed to find the room exactly the way I'd left it, crushing my hope that Connor might have come in looking for me. We haven't talked in so long that it's now falling into the category of being too long, and the idea of him being somewhere other than here doesn't work for me. Angelus, Darla, Drusilla, Spike; there are too many of them running around for me to think that Connor could stand a chance at being safe outside of the hotel. His ass was pretty thoroughly kicked when he tried to rescue Safi, I know he always does what he's told not to do, but I'd like to believe that he's learning. If not to like it here, then to trust me. I won't make the same mistakes I did before no matter what choices he makes, but we have a way of making the most simple things complicated. I want that to

[morethanmuscle]

"Yeah. Where else would I be?"

Huh. I couldn't help but feel a smile comin' on. That was definitely soundin' like the old Cordy on the other side of that door. We all loved her to pieces, and she could be just about the sweetest girl ever put on the planet, but she had about the sharpest tongue I'd ever had the questionable pleasure of takin' a lashin' from. But this was definitely soundin' like the good-natured version of her snark, which worked just fine for me. I could use it.

"I'd call you a stranger, but I've seen you around."And there it was

[xxcordeliaxx]

"Yeah, here and there, that'd be me. You, uh, you got some time, Cordy? I was just thinkin' that you and I ain't had a decent talk in about forever. Place seems to be catchin' its breath, probably a good time to do it."

"Okay..."

Let me guess, the world's ending again and the stupid Powers That Be care more about the battle than the apocalypse so they didn't warn us. If that's the case, hearing it from Gunn is unacceptable. Buffy could have stopped screwing Wesley long enough to put up a big sign or send me a text message.

If we were going to go new millenium with the technology of our warnings, I bet she'd make sure that I conveniently didn't get one.

I know that it's wrong of me to hear that one of my closest friends wants to talk and immediately expect the worst, but this is Gunn. We don't seek each other out for casual conversation, it happens naturally. Although for the past few days, all of our not seeking has lead to plenty of not seeing, maybe it was starting to bug him too.

"Like usual, y'know-- good and bad, little

[morethanmuscle]

"Well, we're looking at a lot more of the bad on it's way. I had a vision of another attack on the hotel."

That one hit me like a punch right to the gut. As if I didn't know that the not-so-nice folks over on the W&H side of town were getting antsy about the fact that we'd actually been able to carve out a couple of wins, now we got a real threat on its way. Damn, I should never have thought we'd catch a break for long.

"Gotta go pass that stuff on to Wes and Buffy, right? Folks in charge, need to know, all of that stuff?"

I pushed myself up and took half a step toward the door, but Cordy looked more in the mood to do more talkin', and about the subject I wanted to bring up the least-- me.

"Are you going to tell me what's on your mind? Or do I have to question it out of you?"For a second, I just kinda stood there, not sure if she was serious or not. 'Cuz if she was, I was shit outta luck, 'cuz once she asked, I'd have to tell