New try

   Angelique blinked her eyes open and sit up.
 She looked around dark room, searching for Barnabas. Finally she got up and walked around the house.
"Barnabas?"
She stopped. "It was a dream... " She buried her face in her hands "It was a dream.."
After feeling sorry for herself for while, she go to kitchen to make some coffee for herself, stopping as she saw the teacup in sink.
"Victorias cup..." She looked around, finding empty bottle of wine, but she didn't see any glass.
She needed to find Barnabas, and fast. She had to talk to him.
  It didn't take long from Angelique to get into her office at Angel Bay, making perfect plan for the day.
First on her list was to find Barnabas and talk to him. He was haunting her dreams like he haunted her centuries ago before they actually got together.
 She needed to talk to him. She had to get him by her side somehow.
"Miss Bouchard" She heard knock from the door.
"Yes?"
The door opened and one her workers came in. "Mr.Collins is now here."
Angelique stand up. "Barnabas Collins?"
"Yes. You were already gone last night when he came, so we suggested him to come again in morning."
"Of course. Sent him in."
 She sit down and tried to focus. "So it was a dream... "
"Angelique." Barnabas walked in the room and shut the door behind him.
Angelique stand up again and pointed the chair on the other side of her desk. "Sit"
"No." Barnabas shake his head. "You must listen."
"I do... What's wrong with you?"
"I am still a monster! For little moment, this morning... I thought you did made me human."
Angelique blinked few times. "It was a dream.."
"Indeed it was. I have noticed that many times by now!"
Angelique walked around the desk and stopped in front of him, "I saw it too... For little while, I thought we're happily together and you're a human... I saw it too."
Barnabas took tight hold of her arms, "Change me back to human Angelique."
"You're hurting me.."
"Change me back!"
"I can't!"
Barnabas looked at her in shock and slowly let go of her arms, stepping back. "You don't know how to fix this curse?"
"I know how.. I can do it... But I can't make it happen when you're still leaving me."
Barnabas narrowed his eyes, looking down as the truth hit him. "You still love me?"
Angelique placed her hand on his cheek, looking as gentle and kind as she once was.
"I've always loved you Barnabas... I tried not to, and it didn't work. You haunt my dreams every night, I cry after you when I don't see you there when I wake up... I still love you."
Barnabas took deep breath, "I made a promise.. When you saved Victoria."
Angelique pulled her hand away, "I don't want you to be with me because I  saved your little girlfriend... I want you to marry me because you love me."
Barnabas took hold of her hand, stopping her. "I do love you Angelique... But I do not love this creature you have become. What I have become." He stepped closer to her, studying her eyes which looked up to him as admiring as they were at the time when he most loved her. "Turn me back to human Angelique, give up on this hateful nature of yours. It is not who you are... Give us our life back as it was before I made my mistake. Then I love you again, and it is forever. I will make you my wife, loving you until death do us apart. And I will still be waiting for you there. I shall not leave you again."
Angelique blinked few times, suddenly breaking to cry helplessly, hugging him tightly.
Barnabas closed his eyes and slowly hugged her back.
"I will try.. I will"
"I do not want your try Angelique, I want your promise."
Angelique pulled back, looking up to him with teary eyes. "I can do it, but I need you.. I can't do it alone."
Barnabas smiled a bit, wiping her tears. "I did not say that I would not do my part. It is true, that you would have never come this way if I did not hurt you so. Perhaps you over reacted a little, being overwhelmed, but it does not make me innocent. I did hurt you. And I did not bear my responsibility to apologize soon enough. It was wrong as well. And I must never do such thing again."
"What about Victoria?"
"She is getting better, and she is much better already. Thanks to you."
Angelique narrowed her eyes, "You're not going to give up on her?"
Barnabas sighed. "She shall always remain to be my friend."
Angelique stepped back now, and Barnabas knew that angry look in her eyes.
"You must not hurt her out of your suspicious and jealous imagination!"
"Is it my imagination now? She is Josette, don't keep  me stupid... You will not have both."
"You must trust me Angelique."
"How can I?"
Barnabas stand straight. "Then I suppose this conversation is over."
Angelique looked shocked for while, until taking tight hold of his wrist. "Barnabas no! I don't.. I mean... "She looked around helplessly to find words, "I didn't mean it. I trust you.. I do!"
Barnabas sighed. "You are making it awfully difficult to love you"
"No! Don't say that... Don't.." Angelique hugged him, burying her teary face into his chest.Crying on his shirt.
Barnabas looked down to her and hugged her compassionately. "I must learn to support you more, I suppose. Two centuries you have been this way. How could I expect you to change it in one day. I apologize."
Angelique looked up to him hopefully. "I'm sorry.. I will try harder. I trust you Barnabas. I love you."
Barnabas placed his hand on her cheek, gently caressing her face, wiping her tears away. "I know."
"But.. I don't want you to be alone with her.. Not now."
"We are not alone. Collinwood is getting cold, old wing doesn't have any heating system and only one fire place. We are all together near it to stay warm."
Angelique blinked few times. "I can help.. You and Elizabeth can work for me. I can pay little more so you get Collinwood rebuild."
"Angelique..."
"I will help your family Barnabas... I just ask you not to be around Victoria alone. Not for while."
Barnabas nodded slowly. "Very well... I do not deny, I shall miss her. But I do not wish to have her. Not when I have you. As you were before."
"I'm yours.. I will be the woman you loved years ago."
"Mine.. Yes.. I must go to tell the news for Elizabeth. When do you want us to come to work?"
"As soon as you can. Elizabeth can take care of paper work, you can help me to make new plan. We will make this larger and we will need a plan."
Barnabas nodded. "We shall come soon."
"Good."
Barnabas knew Angelique was waiting for him to tell her he loved her. Waiting for him to kiss her and hold her close. But he couldn't. Not yet. He wanted to give her what she wanted, but first he needed to get over Victoria.
Angelique walked back to her chair and sit down. "What are you waiting for? Yesterday?"
"No.. I am watching you."
"Why?"
"I tend to watch you, when we were younger. You are fascinating when you focus on your work so deeply... Only if you focused on your love as deeply.. You would be perfect."
"But I do. I-"
"Not yet. But I am certain that day will come soon. That's the day when I will make you my bride." Barnabas left the room, quickly walking towards Collinwood.
 Angelique sighed and buried her face in her hands. She still felt the need to get Victoria out of her way.
And how on earth she could do that without Barnabas finding it out?
 "She's human... She might die in accident. Accident, that has nothing to do with me.. But Little Miss Attitude." She smiled and stand up, turning to look out of window. "For once, Carolyn will be useful."