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[fredburkle]

I woke up shaking, sweaty and scared. I'd been dreaming, but I couldn't be exactly sure what it was that I'd dreamed. The only feeling I could remember from the dream was extreme loss. And maybe that was how I knew that I'd been dreaming about Charles and much I missed him. A few stray tears slipped down my face and I didn't do anything to them. I

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[visiongirl]

I smiled wryly as I looked up into Fred's face, her hand warm on my own. At least she was awake, of course now that she was I couldn't let myself forget about Angel by drinking my coffee and reading the newspaper and pretending to lead a normal life. Like everything was perfect and happy, but in the real world hardly anything ever was.

At least she was awake, and not crying. I had to count my blessings where I could find them.

"There's some things..." Did I have to tell her about this all right now? Maybe I could go buy her an ice cream, or some shoes...that always made me feel better. We could always just put this off some more.

I had already put it off for about a year now, the inevitable. Dammit, I wasn't done buying shoes.

"We have some things I have to talk to you about."