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Assistants Lounge -- Friday, February 10

With only one class on Friday, Bel opened up the Assistants Lounge and settled in for a relaxing day of reading up on Japanese weddings.

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A brief look of shock crossed Angela's face as she recognized Bel before it settled back into happy smugness. "I am, I guess. Too good of one to let anyone ruin it for me."

"Jasmine and ylang-ylang," Bel repeated as he wrote them down. "Thanks." He grinned at Isabel. "The guys had a Valentine's Day meeting the other night, but I figure it's best to go to girls for advice."

"Expecting me to try that?" Bel asked, raising an eyebrow.

"For a skirt, I suppose." Cameron smirked.

"I have no idea what to expect from you, no offense." She tilted her head at him. "But I don't see fireballs yet, so I assume that's out."

Pouting, he said, "What am I supposed to do until then? What about Valentine's Day? I want to be with you, Phoebe. Why can't we be together while we're working things out?"

Phoebe was in danger of letting tears fall and throwing caution to the wind... but there was so much more at stake than her heart.

"I would like to be with you on Valentine's Day, Cole," she said softly. "But... beyond that? I don't know if I can be in a relationship where I will always come second place to the wishes of a psychopatic killer."

"I'd dare you to call it a skirt to a samurai if there were any around," Bel said, grinning.

"At least I'll die laughing," Cameron snorted. "That's a skirt, I don't care who is wearing it."

John stops in the TA's lounge between US Government and Music. No, he is not an animal today.

"Well, this is a non-smoking area," Bel said lightly. He wasn't in the mood to start trouble, at least not with Angela.

"I'm glad to know you abide by that rule," Angela said, equally lightly. She sensed that whatever had happened between Bel and Marty, it didn't seem to involve her, right then. Which was good, given her mood.

"So ... what's with you and Phoebe? It sounded like the pirate was pretty confused on the radio this morning. Not that this is a new situation for him."

Bel was struck almost speechless. "But...you're not!" he said. "Just because I want my friend back doesn't mean I don't want you to be happy and safe!"

"Hey," Bel said in greeting as John came in.

"We're, uh, working things out," Bel said, still unhappy with the discussion they'd had that morning. "We're not together together, but we're working on it," he said. He cocked his head at Angela. "And we kinda have your old boyfriend to thank for that."

"Bet I could still kick your ass while wearing it," Bel said good-naturedly, not a threat at all.

Phoebe looked at him and this time tears did escape. "I will always take second place to him, Cole, and you can't deny that," she said softly. She shook her head. "No matter what happens, you won't stop until either he's brought back or... or someone else is killed. Nothing matters to you more than bringing Angelus back and I can't handle taking that. I'm not prepared to spend the rest of my life looking over my shoulder wondering when Angelus is going to kill me."

Angela squinted. "I noticed you guys were less glary than usual in the library this week," she said. "What did he do?"

"What do you want me to do?" Cole exclaimed. "Forget about my friend and break my promise? Do you want that kind of boyfriend? I can protect you from Angelus, sweetheart. He won't hurt you."

"He came to me with what he said was a foolproof way to get Phoebe back," Bel said. "Not sure why he cared so much, but he's the one who got me to sing to her at Caritas. Had to make a big gesture to show her how I felt."

"Hey man," John says, taking a seat. "How's it going?"

At the back of her mind, Angela felt a stab of jealousy. Marty hadn't tried a big gesture on her, but he'd play Cupid for a demon?

Weird.

Wondering why she cared so much, she tried her best to keep her tone light.

"Lucky Phoebe, I guess," she said. "I mean ... you guys seem good for each other. Mostly. And don't ask me why Marty did that. He seems to have been in an interesting mood this week."

"Beloved, this isn't about protecting me, but I don't think you can from him, I'm sorry. He would tell you I had to die because I was a threat and that's all there would be to it."

She shook her head, wiping her eyes. "And even if you could protect me, you can't protect Kiki or Lana or Piper or Paige or Veronica or Angela... or any of the other people that would be hurt or killed."

She looked into his face. "I can't have a boyfriend that doesn't have respect for the lives of innocents, Cole. I know you miss Angelus, and I know he was your best friend. But does friendship like that outweigh things like innocence and life... and love?" She swallowed. "If you do bring him back? I hope you can't protect me. I hope he kills me first... because then I won't have to watch the destruction of the man I love."

"Yeah, I've heard he's been talking to himself, too," Bel said. "Did he get hit over the head or something while he was playing vampire hunter?" He kept his tone light, not accusatory.

"I'm a demon, Phoebe," Cole protested. "You knew that when you got involved with me. You knew the things I have to do and have done."

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