Disclaimer: See Part 1 Summary: Ah, those three little words...how sweet they are! And Angel has plans...heh heh heh. Rating: PG-13 Author's Note: This part has an actual musical scene in the beginning with the song Itsy-Bitsy Teeny-Weeny Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini (originaly performed by Bobby Vinton.) It will help with the imagery if you have or can get a copy of the song. It's one of those things you'll have to really use your imagination for. Just picture everyone dancing around Lewis and harmonizing and all that. Oh, and there's a line about a Dog-Faced Boy and Mimi responding to it that I'm almost positive I've heard in an actual DCS ep. but I can't remember! I just don't want to take credit where it isn't due! Actually, the whole musical scene seems terribly familiar to me too...hmm...Well, anyway, enjoy! Angels Part 4 - I Knew I Loved You By Ruth (fxnoir@aol.com) Saturday 7:00pm The Warsaw Drew, Lewis and Oswald were all sitting around "their" table at the Warsaw discussing their week. "That's right," said Oswald. "You mean..." Lewis left the thought unfinished. "She answered the door completely topless!" said Oswald with a giant smile. Lewis and Drew sat with their mouths hanging open. "Turns out she's part of this group of women who think they should be able to walk around shirtless like guys!" "Oh man," said Drew. "That's a cause I totally support!" He raised his beer mug and they all toasted. "Yeah, but that sort of thing always back fires," said Lewis as he sipped his beer. "Whaddya mean?" asked Oswald. "Well, say they pass the law. Now a bunch of women start walking around topless," Lewis began. Drew and Oswald nodded and smiled. "And the bad part about this is...?" said Drew. "Think about it," Lewis said. "Sure, there'll be plenty of beautiful, topless women but there'll also be plenty of women who aren't so beautiful." "Oh, yeah," said Drew. At that moment, Mimi walked in and seated herself at the bar. "Case in point," Lewis said gesturing in her direction. Drew and Oswald shivered. "Ok, Ok!" said Drew. "I get it! Just promise you'll never make me conjure up that picture in my head ever again!" "Yeah, but maybe we should look at it from their point of view," said Oswald. "What's that?" asked Drew. "They've all been forced to look at *us* without shirts on." Drew and Lewis nodded in agreement. "Well, then," said Lewis, holding up his beer mug, "to shirts!" "To shirts!" Drew and Oswald said in unison. They all clinked glasses and took a drink. "Hi, guys!" said Kate who had just walked in. Mr. Wick was close behind her. "Mr. Wick? What are you doing here?" asked Drew. "I ran into him in the parking lot," said Kate. "He insisted on tagging along." Kate rolled her eyes and pulled up a chair. Mr. Wick grabbed one for himself and sat as well. "Yes," said Mr. Wick, "I thought I'd come in and 'hang out with the guys' as it's called. So for tonight call me Nigel!" "All right, Nigel," said Drew. "Except for you, Carey," Nigel added. "Sorry, Mr. Wick," said Drew, a look of defeat on his face. Kate flagged a waitress and ordered a couple pitchers of beer. She turned to Lewis. "So, Lewis, what did you and Angel do today? I thought she mentioned something about you guys getting some sun this weekend." she said. Lewis finished off his beer before answering. "We went to the beach," he said finally. "Oh, yeah?" said Nigel. "What did she wear?" Everyone stared at Nigel. "What? I'm just curious!" he said with a mischievious smirk. "Well, she *did* buy this new bathingsuit," Lewis said with a smile. "Oh do tell," said Nigel with the same look. Lewis gave him a strange look. "No, I don't think - " Lewis started to say. "Oh c'mon! Just tell us! C'mon Lewis!" Drew, Oswald and Nigel were all saying at the same time. "You guys!" said Kate. "What's the matter with you? He's trying to be a gentleman! It's Ok, Lewis. You don't have to talk about it." "No, it's not that," said Lewis. "It's that I don't think I know how to start." "Start by telling us about this new bathing suit!" said Nigel. "Well, she was feeling really self-conscious about it. I don't know why. She looks great in anything." "Yeah, she's got a great bod!" said Oswald. Lewis turned and stared at him. "Not...that I've noticed or anything." "Anyway, I didn't think I'd be able to get her out on the beach at all - " "Yeah, yeah," said Drew. "Just tell us what she wore!" "Well..." (cue music here) Lewis (singing): "It was an itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny yellow polka dot bikini, that she wore for the first time today." An itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny yellow polka-dot bikini, so in the locker she wanted to stay." Nigel: "2, 3, 4 come on Lewis, tell us more!" People in the bar: "Ba ba ba ba ba-dup ba ba ba ba..." Lewis (singing): "She was afraid to come out in the open," Oswald, Nigel, Kate, Drew (singing): "Ba da dup!" Lewis (singing): "and so a blanket around her she wore." Oswald, Nigel, Kate, Drew (singing): "Ba da dup!" Lewis (singing): "She was afraid to come out in the open," Oswald, Nigel, Kate, Drew (singing): "Ba da dup!" Lewis (singing): "and so she sat bundled up on the shore." Drew : "2, 3, 4 come on, tell us what she wore!" Lewis & Drew (singing): "It was an itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny yellow polka-dot bikini, that she wore for the first time today. An itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny yellow polka-dot bikini, so in the blanket she wanted to stay." Oswald: "2, 3, 4 come on, Lewis, tell us more!" Added instrumental portion to allow for dancing... People in the bar" "Ba ba ba ba ba-dup ba ba ba ba..." Lewis (singing): "Now she's afraid to come out of the water," Oswald, Nigel, Kate, Drew (singing): "Ba da dup!" Lewis (singing): "and I wonder what she's gonna do." Oswald, Nigel, Kate, Drew (singing): "Ba da dup!" Lewis (singing): "Now she's afraid to come out of the water," Oswald, Nigel, Kate, Drew (singing): "Ba da dup!" Lewis (singing): "and the poor little girl's turning blue!" Nigel: "2, 3, 4 come on, tell us what she wore!" Lewis, Oswald, Drew, Kate, Nigel (singing): "It was an itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny yellow polka-dot bikini," Lewis (singing):" that she wore for the first time today." Lewis, Oswald, Drew, Kate, Nigel (singing): "An itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny yellow polka-dot bikini," Lewis (singing): "so in the water she wanted to stay." Oswald, Nigel, Kate, Drew (singing): "From the locker to the blanket, from the blanket to the shore, from the shore to the water..." Lewis (singing): "...I guess there isn't any more!" (end musical scene) Everyone was sitting back at the table. Mimi approached from the bar. "Well isn't this a cozy little bunch?" Mimi said with her usual dripping sarcasm. "What are you doing here, Mimi?" asked Drew. "Shouldn't you be home scaring the baby?" "Not that it's any of your business, Pig, but Steve said I deserved a night out to myself so he's home baby sittin' so I could meet some friends here." "Really?" said Drew. "You have friends?" "Yeah, Drew," said Lewis, "circus folk really stick together." "You outta know, Freak," Mimi came back with. Lewis gave her a "whatever!" face. "Mimi," Kate began, "why do you have to be so mean to everyone all the time?" "Hey, I just calls 'em like I sees 'em. And my friends are here, so if you'll excuse me." "Say hello to the Dog-Faced Boy for me!" Oswald yelled after Mimi as she turned to leave. Mimi stopped and turned back to Oswald. She was about to say something but changed her mind. "No, that's just too easy," she said and turned back in the direction of her friends. "What'd she mean by that?" asked Oswald. At that moment Angel walked up to the table. "Hey, everyone!" she said. Everyone said their "hellos" back. Angel crammed in at the table between Lewis and Oswald. "So *this* is Angel," said Nigel. "My, what a lovely creature you are," he purred. "Back off, Wick," said Lewis, sparks jumping in his eyes. Angel put her hand on Lewis' arm. She was always flattered when he became protective but she preferred to take care of herself. "Lewis..." she said softly. The sound of her voice immediately calmed the fire threatening to grow behind Lewis' eyes. "It's nice to meet you, Mr. Wick," Angel said as she held out her hand. Nigel took it and kissed the back. "Enchante," he said. Lewis took Angel's hand from Nigel. "That'll be enough of that," Lewis said. "I'm only being friendly," said Nigel. "Too friendly," said Lewis, the sparks beginning to return. "What's the matter, Lewis, afraid of a little competition?" asked Nigel. "Guys, come on!" said Drew. They ignored him. "Hardly," said Lewis, his impatience growing. "I just don't like it when people hit on the woman I love right in front of me as if I weren't even here!" Everyone froze in place, Kate in mid swallow of her beer, Drew setting his mug back onto the table and Oswald reaching for his mug. Nigel just cocked his head to one side. Angel had been flagging the waitress. Lewis looked like a deer caught in headlights. Everyone stayed in their positions for a few seconds. Angel was the only one who finally moved. She turned to Lewis. "What did you just say?" she asked quietly. The question seemed to put everyone else back into motion. "I said...I said," Lewis stammered, "...I said I don't like it when people hit on my girlfriend in front of me." He sat giving sideways glances at Angel, hoping she'd actually believe that. "I don't think that's *quite* what you said," Angel said. "Oh, will you look at that?" Kate suddenly said. "We're always running out of cocktail napkins! Let's all go get some!" The hint wasn't lost on Oswald this time. He got up with the everyone else and headed towards the bar. Half way there, Kate noticed Nigel was still sitting at the table. She went back for him. "Nigel!" she whispered when she was next to him. "I think we should give them a minute!" "Quiet, O'Brien! I want to hear this!" was his response. "Will you get over here!" Kate said, physically grabbing him by the arm and hauling him away. "I love it when you're rough with me, O'Brien," Nigel said seductively. Kate pushed him in the direction of the bar. "Augh! Just get over there!" she yelled. Lewis was looking down, not knowing exactly what to say. This wasn't the time or place he had wanted to spring that bit of information on her. "Lewis?" Angel's voice broke into his thoughts. He looked up at her and sighed. His shoulders slumped. "That's really not how I wanted you to find out I'm in love with you," he said. "So you really are?" Angel asked. Lewis thought he heard a twinge of hope in her voice. He nodded. "Yeah. I am," he said quietly. "I have been since the moment I saw you." Lewis and Angel just stared at eachother for a moment. "I love you too," Angel finally said. They stared at eachother a few more seconds and then began chuckling. Lewis leaned over and kissed Angel softly. "I didn't think you were gonna say it for a minute," he admitted. Angel just smiled. "Well, we've only been dating a month. I know how slow you've been wanting to take things so I wasn't sure I should. But I just had to," Angel said with a grin. Lewis smiled back and ran a finger down her cheek. "And speaking of taking things slow, Lewis," she began, "there's one more little thing I think I've waited long enough for." There was a fire now in Angel's eyes but it was quite different from Lewis' earlier. Lewis was about to say something when everyone returned to the table. "So how's everything going?" Kate asked. "Just fine," replied Lewis. "Perfect as a matter of fact." "Good," said Kate. Oswald returned to the table with a HUGE stack of cocktail napkins. The rest of the table gave him an odd look. "What?" he said. "I'm sick of running out of cocktail napkins! Everytime something interesting is about to happen we're suddenly out of cocktail napkins! Well, there goes *that* excuse from now on!" Lewis chuckled a little and then turned his attention back to Angel. "What were we talking about a minute ago?" he said to her. "It's nothing," Angel replied with a shake of her head. "You're sure?" "Yeah. We'll talk about it later," Angel said. As Lewis turned back to the rest of the table Angel reached over, under the table and grabbed Lewis between the legs, hoping he'd take the hint. An odd, high-pitched noise came out of him that no one had ever heard before. Angel removed her hand and sat back with a smirk. "You all right?" Drew asked. "Yes," said Lewis, bewildered. "I'm fine. Thank you. How are you?" Drew looked at Lewis as if he had lost all his senses. "Okaaaaaay," said Drew. Lewis gave a sideways glance at Angel. He wasn't taking the bait. "I'll be right back you guys," said Kate. "I've gotta go use the bathroom." "You can go use ours, Kate," said Oswald. "The door's unlocked." Kate looked disturbed by the very thought. "That's OK," she said. "The public restroom is a lot cleaner." "You guys leave your door unlocked?" Angel asked. "Not usually," replied Lewis. "Neither of us felt like looking for our keys." Angel nodded. A plan began forming in her mind. "Unlocked door, huh?" she thought. "That's perfect." She looked at Lewis and smiled. "Tonight, Love Of My Life," she continued thinking, "tonight this relationship goes to the next level." "What are you smiling about?" Lewis asked, curious. "Nothing," Angel said, the smile growing bigger. "Just how lucky I am. And all the surprises in store for us." Lewis smiled back and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "I like surprises!" he said. "Good," Angel thought to herself. "Very good." End Part 4 Prepare yourself for Part 5 - Wonderful Tonight.