Fic: In Rome 8: No Words Needed In Rome

["ebailey140" <ebailey140@xxxxxxx>]

Title:  No Words Needed In Rome
Writer:  E
Email:  ebailey140@xxxxxxx
Rating:  PG-13
Spoilers:  BtVS, and Angel through Shells
Disclaimer:  No, still don't own them.  Grumble, grumble...  Still 
Joss's, who really should be nicer to them.  
Summary:  The In Rome series continues.  Buffy and Willow are in 
love.  Awww...  They're also parents.  With Faith.  Dawn, they have 
learned, is their magical love child.  Dawn has a date on the way to 
Rome, but how is she going to explain her family?  Meanwhile, 
unknown to our heroines at this time, a resurrected Cordelia has 
dropped in.  Literally.  In Buffy's bedroom.  Naked.  The PTB must 
really like Buffy....


Cordy:  (on floor, looking over her surroundings)  OK...  I'm not 
dead.  In in a strange bedroom.  (looks over the shrine she hit when 
landing)  A VERY strange bedroom.  And I'm naked.  Figures...

Buffy runs into bedroom after hearing crash.  Her eyes widen...

Buffy:  Cordelia?

Cordy:  Buffy?

Buffy runs over, and hugs Cordy...

Buffy:  It's really YOU!!  You're alive!  You're really alive!!

Cordy:  Uh huh...

Buffy:  How?

Cordy:  I was hoping you could tell me...

Buffy:  (picks Cordy up)  Let me look at you...  (looks over Cordy 
in amazement)

Cordy:  Um...  I'm feeling a little self concious, here.

Buffy:  You're shaking...

Cordy:  Uh huh...

Buffy:  You've been through...  I know how you feel...

Cordy:  Um...  Not too sure about that...

Buffy:  You'll need rest...  I'll put you on the bed...  (puts Cordy 
in bed)

Cordy:  Um...

Buffy:  (climbs on bed, holds Cordy)  I know...  This is going to be 
hard.  It was for me.  It's a lot to deal with.  But, you'll come to 
love life like you never have, before.  Things like this don't 
happen without a reason.  There's a higher purpose for it.  There's 
something you're supposed to do.

Cordy:  And, that involves being naked in your bed?  With you?

Buffy:  (contemplating)  Hmm...

Willow walks into room.

Willow:  Buffy, what's going...  Cordelia?!!

Buffy:  (realizing she's in bed holding a naked Cordy)  Wills!  It's 
not what it looks like...

Willow:  (amazed)  How?!!

Buffy:  I don't know!  I heard a crash, and here she was!  

Willow:  In our bed?

Buffy:  Well, she was on the floor.  I put her in the bed.  

Willow:  Oh...  (sits on bed, touches Cordy)  No broken bones?  

Cordy:  Can this be more disturbing?

Faith walks in.

Cordy:  Why did I ask that?

Faith:  Whoa...

Cordy:  Could someone please hand me a robe?

Buffy:  Angel!  Gotta call Angel...  (climbs over Cordy to get to 
phone, dials)

Harmony:  (on other end of call, perky)  Wolfram & Hart, Angel's 
office.  

Buffy:  Hi, Harmony.  I need you to give Angel a message.  In these 
exact words...

Harmony:  Oh...  Hold on...  (gets pad and pen)  OK...

Buffy:  Cordelia's alive.  She's here.  You see, I CALL people when 
their late loved ones turn up alive.  (slams down phone)

Cordy:  What?

Willow:  Angel never called Buffy and told her Spike was alive.

Cordy:  What?!!  You're KIDDING!!!

Willow:  Nope.

RING...

Buffy:  (Checks Caller ID)  Well, THAT was quick.  (picks up phone)  
Watchers Council Rome.  You raise 'em, we stake 'em.

Harmony:  That's NOT funny!  How can you SAY that?!!!  Do you know I 
have all these nightmares about that?!!!  Let me speak to...  Um...  
Can I speak to Cordy?

Buffy:  (hands reciever to Cordy)  It's Harmony.

Cordy:  Hello?

Harmony:  (choking back sobs)

Cordy:  Harm?

Harmony:  It's you!  It's really YOU!!!

Cordy:  Yeah, it's me.

Harmony:  I thought...  I'd lost you...  Forever!  Not a night went 
by that I didn't think "Why didn't I turn her while she was in a 
coma?"...

Cordy:  Well...  Um...  I'm glad things worked out differently...

Harmony:  Are...  Are you OK?

Cordy:  Relatively speaking...  I mean...  I got pulled from...  I 
think it was Heaven...  To here.  And I'm surrounded by three women 
looking at me like I'm something good to eat.

Harmony:  You are.

Cordy:  Huh?!!  Oh, yeah...  Vampire!  I forgot!  Hah!  I mean in 
the not sucking my blood sense.

Harmony:  So do I.

Cordy:  Huh?!!  

Harmony:  There's just...  So much...  I never...  And never thought 
I'd have the chance to tell you...  What you mean to me...  Oh, 
God...  Um...  

Cordy:  Um, Harm?  I'm, uh, really tired, and need to rest...

Harmony:  Oh...  Yeah...  Sure...  I'll...  We'll talk, later...

Cordy:  Yeah, bye.  (hangs up phone)  GOD!!!  Is every woman I KNOW 
into girls?!!!

Willow:  Mm hmm...

Faith:  Yeah...

Buffy:  Pretty much.

Dawn walks in.

Dawn:  Hey, Moms.  (sees Cordy)  Whoa...

Cordy:  Could I PLEASE have a robe?

Buffy and Willow are looking at each other, quietly.

Faith:  Dawnie.  Look who dropped in.

Dawn:  How'd it...?  (noticing Buffy and Willow)  Oh, they're busy.

Cordy: So, why are they looking at each other and not saying 
anything?

Dawn:  They're doing they're telepathic communication thing.  They 
do that, sometimes.

Cordy:  Well, THAT'S rude!  Keeping the rest of us out.

Faith:  Are you sure you want to know what they're talking about?

Cordy:  Good point.

Buffy:  Dawn, Faith, take care of Cordy for me, please?

Dawn:  Sure.

Buffy and Willow leave bedroom, continuing their silent 
communication...

Outside...  [ ] indicates telepathic communication...

Willow:  [So, you found her there...  Wow.]

Buffy:  [Yeah...  She'll have a lot to get through...]

Willow:  [Um, a personal question?]

Buffy:  [Shoot.]

Willow:  [Well, since I've found out things about your dating 
history that I never knew about...  Did you used to date Cordelia?]

Buffy:  [Ye gods!]

Willow:  [Yes.  That's what you said when we had a conversation back 
in Junior year which takes on a whole different meaning in 
retrospect.  That frat party you went to with her.  Was that a date?]

Buffy:  [Oh...  We went to the party, together, but we weren't 
going...  together, together...]

Willow:  [Anything happen?  With all the booze?  And college 
atmomosphere?  With trying new things?]

Buffy: [You SAW what happened.  Big reptile guy.]

Willow:  [I mean, before then.]

Buffy:  [No!  Our drinks were drugged, and we passed out in the 
bedroom.]

Willow:  [In the bedroom?]

Buffy:  [That we arrived at seperately.  Without making arrangements 
ahead of time.]

Willow:  [Oh, OK. I've been meaning to ask you something else...  
That insane Slayer Andrew picked up...]

Buffy:  [Hey...  wait a minute...  Andrew was in Angel's office!  
Why didn't HE tell me about Spike?!!  I'm SO gonna kick his ass...]

Willow:  [OK, add Andrew to the ass kicking list.  But, back to this 
Dana girl...  I was told she was picking up things from past 
Slayers...]

Buffy:  [Yeah, we do that.  Usually in our dreams, though.]

Willow:  [So...  Um...  Do you active ones pick up things from each 
other?]

Buffy:  [Oh, yeah.  All the time.]

Willow:  [Ah!  Well...]

Buffy:  [Before you ask, yes, I picked up things from Kennedy.]

Willow:  [Oh...]

Buffy:  [One morning, I woke up after an intense dream and needed a 
cold shower thanks to you two.]

Willow:  [Oh...  I hope Faith didn't...]

Buffy:  [Let's find out!  I wonder if we can do this when we're 
awake?  Hey, Faith!]

Faith:  [Whoa...  Wicked cool!  I guess we've progressed to a point 
where we don't need words, B.]

Willow:  [Grrr...]

Faith:  [Hey, Red!]

Buffy:  [Weird question, but did you ever pick up things from 
Kennedy in your Slayer Dreams?] 

Faith:  [Oh yeah...  One morning, I couldn't get out of bed for 
hours...]

Willow:  [Um...  Don't need to know any more...]

Buffy:  [How's Cordy?]

Faith:  [Coping.]

Buffy:  [We'll get her through it.  Fortunately, I know what she's 
dealing with, so we'll know what to do...  And not do.]

Willow:  [Well, at least this time we don't have any lovesick blonde 
vampires to deal with...]


LA Offices Of Wolfram & Hart...

In a hallway, Angel and Spike step out of an elevator.  Harmony runs 
towards them...

Angel:  Hey.  What's going on?

Harmony:  I, um, need to take some of my leave time...  Like, right 
now!  Um, bye!  

Harmony runs into elevator, which closes behind her.

Spike:  Bloody hell?

Angel:  Hope there weren't any important messages for me...




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