Vacation Bahamas Part 1
           By: Lissa

General Disclaimers

   Doyle walked into the office with a whistle.
   Cordelia looked up from filing her nails. "Look
what the cat dragged in." she commented with a smile.
   Doyle feined a laugh. "Very funny."
   Cordelia sent him a crooked smirk. "I thought so."
   Doyle strattled a chair across the desk from her.
"I'm in such a good mood that I'm not going to let
your sarcasm bring me down."
   "Let me guess. Good day at the track." She brought
a magazine to her face to hide the smile.
   "Good day in general." He leaned forward and
plucked the magazine from her fingers. "The reason of
my good mood might actually interest you."
   Cordelia raised a skeptical eyebrow. "I highly
doubt it."
   Doyle chuckled and rubbed his hands together.
"Okay, maybe I'll go about this another way. Remember
that vacation we planned on taking together?"
   "No." Realization dawned on her face. "Yeah. You're
not planning on turning into Mathew McConaughey any
time soon are you? Because if not the answer's still
no."
   Doyle pulled two airline tickets from his pocket.
"Are you sure about that? Because I have two tickets
to the Bahamas right here."
   Cordelia took one look and jumped out of her seat.
"You have tickets the the Bahamas?!"
   Doyle snatched them out of her reach and backed
away. "Yep."
   "And you're asking me to go with you?" Cordelia's
eyes were wide with excitement and disbelief.
   "Yep."
   She squealed and began jumping up and down. "The
Bahamas?!!"
   "Yep." he said in the same bored tone but her
excitement was getting to him. He grinned.
   Cordelia ran at him with her arms open. "I love
you! I love you! I love you!" She jumped into his
arms.
   Doyle toppled over not expecting to have her weight
on him. He fell backwards onto the couch.
   Cordelia fell with him but she quickly got up and
began jumping up and down on the couch. "This is going
to be so cool!"
   Doyle stumbled to his feet.
   Cordelia suddenly stopped jumping. "Wait a second.
What's in it for you? You couldn't possibly be willing
to spend this much money on me without wanting
something."
   Doyle shrugged. "Actually I didn't spend anything."
   "You stole them? Bad Doyle!" She slapped his
shoulder a frown marring her beautiful features.
"Either that or you're saying it's coming out of my
wages which is equally not good."
   Doyle rubbed his shoulder. "It's neither one. Calm
yourself." He shoved the tickets back into his pocket.
"Me mum missed me. She wanted to go on vacation
together. She told me to invite you and Angel along.
She paid for the whole thing."
   Cordelia's smile returned. "Okay, then I take it
back. I don't love you. I love your mother."
   Doyle frowned. Of course she didn't love him.
Wasn't that the disappointment of his life? He didn't
have time to continue pouting because Cordelia grabbed
him into another hug. "I can't believe it!" She pulled
away thoughtfully. "I'll have to get a new bathing
suit and some new shoes and-" A paniced look came over
her face. "When is this flight?"
   "Tomorrow evening."
   "What?! Tomorrow evening? Is your mother crazy?!
How can I pack in such little time?" She looked at him
totally distressed.
   Doyle chuckled. "You'll manage. Plus, you could
always buy a bathing suit there."
   Cordelia's grin returned. "Wow. The Bahamas!" She
jumped him and again they both fell to the couch.
Cordelia giggled as Doyle fell off the couch to the
floor. "This is so great. A vacation. A vacation with
nothing that even remotely looks like a demon...except
Angel."
   Doyle picked himself off the ground. "A vacation
well deserved."
   "Here we come fun!" Cordelia squealed.

* * *

   A demon stood hidden in the shadows by the window.
"Don't count on it." He grabbed a cellular phone from
his pocket and dailed. "Sir, the Brachen has been
located." He nodded. "Yes. He and a female of their
species are traveling to the Bahamas. Yes, I know he
must not live. Get the troups on a plane. We're going
hunting."

     TBC