Breathe

Chapter 1

Author: Britt

Summary: Sequel to Sacrifice.

Author's Note: Okay everyone, here's the sequel to Sacrifice that several people have been asking for. Enjoy and please review. :D

It has been a long week! The week had started out on a normal basis, talking about demons, vampires, and just generally being the slayer. However, things had changed on Christmas Eve when my daughter busted up in my living room, surprising me and forcing my hand at telling my friends, my watcher and my boyfriend that I have a daughter. Luckily for the most part they had taken it well. Things went down hill quickly when a few days later we had gone to dinner with my father and a few of his business associates. Long story short, I knew as soon as I saw him, who the man who was one of my father's business associates was. Ben Adams, also known as my rapist, also known as Rory's father. He tried to rape me again when I was coming out of the bathroom and luckily Giles and Angel stopped him. Now I have to take Rory to get blood drawn so that he can be charged for not only my attempted rape and assault, but also for rape and assault that led to the conception of Rory.

"Momma! What are you doing?"

The slayer quickly put her journal that she had been writing in down and turned to pay attention to her daughter who had just woken up. She was currently sitting on her windowsill and before starting to write in journal had been staring at Rory, who was wrapped up in Angel's arms sleeping.

"Shhh" She told her daughter, a finger over her lips making a shhing noise. She didn't want to wake Angel up anymore than she already did on a normal basis.

"But Momma…" Rory trailed off but stopped trying to be loud when she saw her mother's look. Buffy stood up and put her hand on, motioning for her daughter to come towards her. Rory did instantly, throwing the covers off of her and jumping off of her mother's bed, running to take her mommy's hand. Once she had her daughter's hand firmly in her grasp she led the two of them out the door, closing it behind her and then down the stairs.

"Momma? Why does daddy always sleep so late in the day?"

Buffy winced slightly but thought of the best way to phrase it without telling her daughter that her newly found 'father' figure was actually a creature of the undead.

"Because baby, Angel wants to make sure that we're safe so he stays up late and watches over us. A lot of times he's just going to bed when mommy or you wake up."

Rory seemed to mull that over in her head for a few minutes before nodding.

"Okay." She told her, grinning her toothy grin.

Buffy couldn't help but grin back at her daughter, who was sitting at the kitchen counter now, waiting for instructions on how the proceed through the day.

"Whatcha want for breakfast baby?"

Rory thought about it for a minute before answering.

"Pancakes?"

Buffy nodded before getting out the supplies she needed to make her daughter pancakes. She normally didn't let Rory eat pancakes because they didn't last her long enough sos he was always hungry before lunch time, but she was trying to soften her up before she had to let down the news that she knew her four year old bundle of joy wasn't going to like very much. Once the pancakes were finished she set them down in front of the little blonde and waited for her to start eating before starting her conversation.

"Baby, mommy has something to tell you and you aren't going to like it."

Rory stopped eating her pancakes and looking at her mommy, confused. Rory may only be four but she knew her mom never made her do things she raelly didn't like to do if it was important, like going to the dentist and going to the doctor.

"What?"

Buffy sighed, trying to figure out the best way to break the news to her daughter. Her daughter was a lot like her in some ways, but there was one main way that she could think of at the present time that she was definitely not like the slayer. Her daughter had a terrible fear of blood, worse than most four year olds did. Sure most kids her age cried if they fell down but as soon as a band-aid and a kiss was applied, they were all better. Not Rory, if she saw blood, she'd either faint or throw up. It had happened several times in the past years and the slayer definitely didn't want to see it happen again.

"Baby, mommy's going to have to take you to get blood drawn later today."

Rory immediately dropped her fork.

"No." she told her, not wanting to even go near anything that had to do with blood.

Buffy winced, knowing this wasn't going to go over well.

"Yes baby, I have too, trust me I don't want too."

Rory shook her head.

"No momma!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" She screamed. Buffy winced again, this time because of the noise. She knew that it most likely woke Angel up but she ignored it for the time being.

"Aurora Hope Summers! Keep your voice down! I have to take you to make sure you're not sick." She said, then coming up with a lie, which she hated doing because it meant she was being dishonest with her daughter, but unfortunately it couldn't be helped at the current time.

"But I don't feel sick momma!"

Buffy nodded.

"I know baby, but there's a sickness going around and it can be really hard to get rid of after you get it so momma needs to take you to make sure you don't have it already. Okay?"

Rory almost screamed no again, but when she looked at her mommy's face and saw that she was telling the truth, she let it go for the moment. She knew that her mommy wouldn't make her do something unless she had no choice so she simply nodded.

"Can daddy go with us?"

Buffy nodded her head gently, thanking every power above that she hadn't thrown a bigger tantrum.

"Yes baby, we have an appointment with your doctor at 5:00 tonight right before he closes okay?"

Rory nodded and went back to her pancakes. Buffy sighed in relief. Thankfully she had checked the weather earlier and found that the storm that was currently raging over the small town of Sunnydale was supposed to last for the next couple of days so Angel would be safe going to the doctors office with them.

"Can we watch Blues Clues?"

Rory's voice pulled the slayer out of her thoughts and she nodded.

"Sure baby, let's go watch Blues Clues."

Okay, I'm REALLY struggling to write this sequel because I cannot seem to get where I need to go. Please Please PLEASE review or else I won't continue it. I normally hate saying that because for the most part, I write for myself because I love it. However this sequel is completely for the fans and reviewers of Sacrifice. Please review!