Angel leaned back, looking defeated. "It'd take a dozen to get anywhere close to drunk enough to forget," he said, and Wesley couldn't help but feel sorry for him. Again.

"It's going to be fine," he said. "It will mean a lot to them that you're willing to come clean, I know it will."

"Too bad I missed out on that chance with you," Angel said, his eyes looking into Wesley's with enough emotion that Wesley thought he felt his heart skip a beat.