Title: Goodbye doesn't mean forever

Summery: Shortly after "Anne", Buffy's finds that she is pregnant with Angel's child. Her mother finding out sends her to her cousins' house. Dawn Schafer. Crossover with California Diaries.

Disclaimer: Joss owns the BTVS/ATS characters. Ann M. Martin owns the California Diaries.

Author's note: Due to summer school grumbles we have to read a book called California Diaries, Dawn Book 1. Well I found it interesting and this came to mind.

This takes place right after "Dead Man's Party" for BTVS. Angel is still in hell. Buffy is slowly dealing.

For "California Diaries" Sunny's mother just died and she and Dawn are friends again. Jill is out of the picture. And basically everything up to Sunny's mother's death happened.

Joyce watched as her daughter converse with her friends happily. Xander had said something that set both Buffy and Willow in giggles. Oz sat smirking and Cordelia had a small smile on her face as she told Xander off. Joyce smiled at seeing her daughter relaxing and having a good time. She seemed so distanced the last several months. Of course at the time she thought it was just school and boy troubles so she left Buffy alone. Turns out she was half right. Apparently the love of her daughter's life lost his soul when they slept together and went on killing her friends and torturing her mentally and emotionally. And that little fact that went unnoticed by her was that he was a vampire. And that's the short version.

She sighed and turned back to her work. Maybe now that Angel was dead she could have some sort of a normal life that she now knew her daughter had been denied. She saw it as that Angel was a vampire and he was tied into the darkness, no matter how hard he tried to redeem himself. And as long as her daughter loved him then she would also be tied to darkness. It didn't lighten up the worry for her daughter though. Buffy seemed to change. Her appetite increased, and she was often ill in the morning. She might be coming down with something, hopefully nothing serious. However just in case she convinced Buffy to see a doctor. She agreed after several days of pleading. However at first, Buffy refused and put up on hell of an argument. It had something to do with what happened last time she was around doctors. She sighed and rubbed her temples. She was giving herself a head-ache. A loud piercing ring rang through the house and Joyce rose to retrieve the phone.

"Hello?" she said into the phone. She listened for several moments before a she smiled small, relived smile.

"Hello Dr. Gregory, did you find what was wrong with Buffy?" she asked politely. Her smile quickly faded to into an expression of shock.

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Buffy watched as her mother paced in front of her. After her friends left, her mom told her to go sit in the living room so she could talk to her. That was 24 minutes ago, and her mother did not stop pacing since.

"Mom, if you don't stop then your going to wear a hole in the floor." Buffy quipped. Her mom gave her a look and then sat down in front of her.

"Buffy, Dr. Gregory called today with the results of your check-up." Joyce said softly. Buffy got a concerned look on her face.

"Am I ok? Is it something serious." She asked fearfully.

"I guess you could call it serious." Joyce said quietly. Buffy became horrified.

"I'm dying aren't I?" she nearly shirked. Joyce shook her head quickly.

"No, no, no, no. You're not dying sweetheart." Joyce said to her. Buffy took a deep breath, calming down.

"Give me a heart attack why don't ya?"

she asked. Joyce gave a quick smile to her daughter and took her hands.

"But it is serious. Sweetheart, you're pregnant." Joyce said quickly and softly. Buffy was silent, a million emotions running through her body. After several long moments Buffy found her voice.

"I can't be. No, no. I'm not." Buffy stammered. She couldn't be pregnant. The only guy she slept with was Angel. And he was dead. And a vampire so he couldn't have kids.

"Well you are." Joyce said a bit bitterly. Buffy got up and began to pace.

"You are currently five months along. I find it hard to believe that you are just finding out just now." Joyce said pointedly.

Buffy looked down at her self. She had noticed that her stomach was not as flat as it had been and that it was rounded out more. She just guessed that, that was because she was eating more then usual.

"I think I wasn't showing as much as I should because I am the slayer. But mom.......Angel can't. I can't be.......God, this is so screwed up." Buffy moaned before collapsing on the couch. Joyce gently took her hand and rubbed it.

"Buffy, since you're pregnant I think you should leave." She said softly. Buffy's eyes snapped to her face as her body jerked away.

"You're kicking me out? Your own pregnant daughter?" she nearly screeched. Joyce grabbed Buffy's hand again.

"No. No. Don't you ever think that. I know that I kicked you out last time something big happened but trust me this is different. I want you to live somewhere else until we know that Sunnydale is safe."

"What do you mean?" Buffy asked confused with the whole situation.

"I called Mr. Giles and he said the same thing, well in different words. But he said that if word gets out that the slayer is pregnant with the souled vampire then Buffy and the baby's life would be in much danger. So then I called my cousin Jack and asked if you could stay with him for a few months. Mr. Giles agreed." Joyce explained. Buffy was quiet and Joyce let her process the information.

"Uncle Jack?" she asked several moments later.

"Yeah, you know Uncle Jack. With his daughter Dawn and son Jeff. He has a new wife now, Carol, and a new baby Gracie." Joyce explained.

"Oh, yeah. Dawn and Jeff's dad. I remember now. I haven't seen them since a few months before we left L.A." Buffy said.

"It will only be until Mr. Giles is sure that you will be safer and able to defend yourself and the baby." Joyce said. Buffy nodded.

"When do I leave?" she asked softly. "In three days." Joyce answered. She took her daughter in her arms and held her as her daughter began to cry.

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