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A New Beginning
by Hope A

A New Beginning Chapter 3: First Date

The next morning Wesley woke up at 4: 37 am and snuck out of Fred’s bed. He pulled an extra blanket over her and went down the stairs to go home. He walked out quietly and drove home. Wesley didn’t see the figure in the shadows that watched him leave.

Fred woke up around 7:30 am and decided to get up and get dressed. She turned over on her side and noticed Wesley was gone, but there was a note on his pillow. She picked it up and it read:

Dear Fred,
Sorry I had to leave this morning, but I didn’t want Angel to get mad or suspicious about me staying over for a night. I love you so much and I will be in for work at the normal time. Talk to you then. I love you.
Love,
Wesley

Fred smiled at the note and put it in her drawer. She got up and got ready for work. It took her a little longer than usually because she was in pain, but dressed as quickly as she could. She went down to the lobby and saw Angel and Cordy. Wesley hadn’t arrived yet and either had Gunn.
Around 10:00 am Wesley showed up and seemed a little angry.

“Wesley?” Fred asked cautiously.

“Yes” he replied not stopping. Fred followed him to his office.

“Where’s Charles?” she asked.

“We won’t have to worry about him for a while” he replied, which scared Fred.

“Okay, but why?” she asked. They entered the office and Fred sat down in a chair and Wesley sat behind the desk.

“I’ve spoken to him and I told him not to come in for a while,” he explained.

“Oh, okay” she replied still scared.

“Any way, I’ve been meaning to speak to you,” he said still in a firm voice.

“Oh, did I do something wrong?” she asked a little scared. Wesley looked up at her question and saw fear in her eyes.

“No of course not” he said softly walking around the desk to her.

“Oh” she replied.

“I wanted to ask you, if you wanted to go out, to eat” he asked bashfully putting his head down.

“Sure! I’d love to!” she said jumping up.

“Great!” he said smiling at her. “Where would you like to go?” he asked.

“I don’t care any where,” she said.

“Okay, would you like to come to my apartment and I’ll make you dinner?” he suggested.

“Sure! That’d be great!” she said smiling brightly. “Oh what should I wear?” she asked excitedly.

“Oh any thing really, but you can get a little dressed up if you’d like” he said.

“Oh definitely” she said.

“Good, now do you want to help me with some work?” he asked smiling at her.

“Yeah” she replied walking to his desk.

They worked all day and Fred couldn’t wait until the date and couldn’t wait to get ready. They decided she would come over at 7:00 pm. Cordy was so happy for them and agreed to help Fred get ready for their first date.

Wesley left early to get everything ready and get dressed.

Fred and Cordy were up in her room, picking out clothes.

“Okay, let’s see” Cordy said opening her closet and drawers.

“What color should I wear?” Fred asked nervously.

“Umm red, red is good and it looks nice on you,” she said pulling out a spaghetti strapped red shirt. Then Cordy found a nice black mini skirt and placed them on the bed.

“Oh this is nice and Wesley hasn’t seen it yet,” she explained. Cordy curled Fred hair and put it up in a bun and let a few curls dangle on the side of her face. When Fred was ready, she looked nice. She wore black sandals, with a little heel. She looked very nice.

“Wow” Cordy said. “You look great! Wesley is going to flip when he sees you,” she said.

“Really” she asked and Cordy nodded her head.

Wesley was in his apartment fixing dinner and getting ready. He wore a nice black button up shirt with black pants. He gelled his hair, but didn’t slick it back. It was spiked. A different look for Wesley, but it looked good. Wesley waited nervously for Fred. He looked at his clock and it read 7:03 pm. Suddenly he heard a knock at the door and got up to answer it. When he opened the door Cordy was standing there.

“Cordy?” he asked confused. “Is Fred okay?” he asked concerned.

“Hi, yeah, I just wanted to make sure everything was perfect before Fred got here” she explained stepping into his apartment.

“Okay” he said as she placed a bottle on wine on the table. “I already got wine,” he explained.

“Oh well here’s extra” she said looking around. “Good everything is perfect have fun,” she said leaving.

“Thanks” he said as she left. A few minutes later there was another knock at the door. He got up and eagerly answered it. He opened it and Fred stood there looking like an angel.

“Hello” she said.

“Uh, hello” he choked out. “You look great,” he said as he opened the door more.

“Thanks you too” she replied walking in. Wesley closed the door and took her jacket.

“Well everything is ready,” he said as he showed her to the table.

“Okay” she replied.

They sat down and Wesley served spaghetti and salad. They talked and laughed all through dinner. Fred helped clean up and then they sat on the couch.

“So, how was it?” he asked.

“Oh, great” she said smiling contently.

“I bought some wine, if you’d like some” he said pouring a glass.

“Sure, thank you” she replied taking the glass and sipping it.

“Good?” he asked pouring himself a glass.

“Yes, very” she replied.

Wesley sat next to Fred and took a sip himself.

“So, how are you doing?” he asked seriously.

“Oh, umm, good, I guess” she replied.

“You guess?” he asked.

“Yeah, I mean I didn’t expect him to do that” she said looking down and then up to Wesley. “We are talking about Gunn right?” she asked a little unsure.

“Yeah” he said. “What did he exactly do?” he asked nervously. Fred’s eyes widened and she looked down to her glass again.

“Oh, umm, nothing really” she explained

“Fred, obviously he has affected you in some way and I need to know what he did” he said softly trying not to upset or scare her.

“Well, um he just” she started clearing her throat. “Well at first we were just talking and I told him that you guys went off to fight,” she explained.

“Okay” he said.

“Then he asked me why we broke up and if it was you. Of course I said no and then he grabbed me and yelled at me,” she said starting to shake.

“Then he started grabbing me and I pushed him off. I ran into the courtyard to run outside but he caught me. He hit me around and then Lorne hit him with I think it was an umbrella, but he soon got up and kicked Lorne away” she explained now tears forming.

“Then I punched him and ran back into the hotel. That’s when I called you. He caught me a few times and I grabbed a sword. He pulled it away from me and cut me. Then Lorne hit him in the head with what I think was a fire extinguisher. Then I cried and Lorne threw him on the front lawn. That’s when you arrived” she finished crying, but not hysterically.

Wesley pulled her close to him and kissed her on the head.

“Oh Fred I’m sorry” he said hugging her.

“I know,” she said resting her head on his chest. They lied back on the couch and rested for a while. Then Fred shot up.

“What? What’s wrong?” Wesley asked.

“Angel I told him I’d be back tonight” she explained looking at the clock. It read 10:00 pm. “I think I better get going before he worries,” she explained grabbing her jacket.

“Yeah, okay” he said. Fred turned to Wesley and kissed him passionately. He kissed her back and hugged her. “Do you want me to drive you back to the hotel?” he asked.

“Do you mind?” she asked shyly.

“Not at all he said grabbing the keys and walking out with Fred. He drove her back to the hotel. They kissed and Fred ran back into the hotel. He watched her wave from the door and then went inside.

Fred walked into the hotel and saw Angel asleep holding Connor on a couch. She went over to him.

“Oh Angel” she said smiling. “Angel” she said rubbing his shoulder. He woke up and stared at her.

“Oh Fred. Hi. I was, ah, waiting for you,” he said sitting up re-adjusting Connor.

“I see that” she said.

“Well did you have a good time?” he asked.

“Yes I did,” she said happily. “You should get him to bed” she said.

“Okay, well goodnight” he said going up to his room.

“Good night” she whispered following him up the stairs to her own room.

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