Lizzie chap 1A

Disclaimer: Not mine.  They belong to Joss, the WB, and the Grr Arg guy.  I do own the kids, Teresa and anybody else you don't recognize

A/N: this is another IWRY you story.  I made a few changes to the general story line.  Angel knew about the shanshu prophesy before March 2000. by September Angel investigations had already moved into the hyperion.  Gunn is already hired in March of 2000. Joyce still died but Angel couldn't make it to the funeral.

March 2000

Buffy couldn't believe that she was pregnant, she knew how it happened or at least she thought she did.  Ever since she'd come back from seeing Angel at Thanksgiving she had been having these dreams.  Dreams of a day when Angel was human, and then he turned back time so that she wouldn't be killed.  At first she thought they were just dreams but now she realized that they were memories of that forgotten day.  She had only told two people who the father was, Giles and Willow.

She had already decided to give the baby up for adoption, she couldn't handle raising a kid at 19, going to college and being the slayer.  But she didn't have the heart to have an abortion.  Now all she had to do was call Giles and have him make the arrangements.  Giles, after getting over the initial shock, had been great, her mother, on the other hand, had stopped talking to her and Riley had broken up with her. 

Buffy picked up the phone and dialled Giles' number. Ring  ring…

"Hello?" Giles answered the phone.

"Giles, it's me." Buffy said, "I've decided what to do.  I'm going to give it up for adoption."

"Buffy are you sure about that?" Giles asked, "The rest of us could help out."

"I'm sure, I can't handle school, being the slayer AND a baby."

"Ok, you're going to have to get Angel's permission though, to legally give a child up they need the consent of both parents."

"I can't call him.  He'll try to talk me out of it and I probably won't be able to resist him.  Can you call him for me?"

"Alright, then, I'll call him" Giles agreed reluctantly.

"Thank you.  Giles, you don't know how much it means to me that you're doing this and not freaking out like my Mom."

"You're welcome, Buffy.  I'll talk to you later."

"Bye Giles"

"Good bye, Buffy"

Click, Giles hung up the phone.  He now had the difficult task of telling Angel that he was having a child and that Buffy wanted to give it up.  He sighed heavily and dialled the number of Angel Investigations.

Ring,  ring, ring…

"Angel Investigation, we help the hopeless." Cordelia's voice said cheerfully.

"Cordelia,  it's me, Giles.  Can I speak to Angel please?" Giles was dreading speaking to the ensouled vampire.  He would not be happy about this.

"Just a sec" Cordy said, "I'll put you through." 

Giles heard a click and then Angel picked up the phone.

"Hello, Giles. Why are you calling?  Is there something wrong with Buffy?"  Angel sounded very worried and it was clear that he still cared very deeply for Buffy.

"Buffy's fine.  But she is the reason I called." Giles dreaded what he had to say next. "You see, um,  Buffy's, well,  she pregnant and it's yours."

"Giles you know that's impossible." Angel sounded hurt.

"No it's not.  She remembers the lost day and that's when the child was, uh, conceived."

"But the day was turned back, that's,  that's impossible."

"Well it happened.  Angel, she wants to put the baby up for adoption and she needs your consent." Giles let out a breath, he had said now he had to survive Angel's reaction.

"WHAT!  We finally get our dream and she wants to give it up.  No way, I'm not giving my consent for her to give up our child."

"Angel, she says that she can't handle school, slaying and being mother and frankly I can see where she's coming from."

"Ok, fine if she can't handle it then she doesn't have to.  Tell her I'll take the baby."

"She won't let you, you know she won't."

"Then tell her that I gave my consent and that you found a good family for the child and then bring it to me.  She doesn't have to know I have it.  If she asks I'll tell her the truth but I'm not going to volunteer the information."

"Angel are you sure?  You're a vampire and you're running your own business, are you going to be able to give this child a normal life.  He or she deserves to be taken into the sun and be sheltered from the reality of the cruel world.  It deserves a normal family."

"The baby will be a child of the slayer.  For all we know he or she could inherit some of Buffy's strength, or acute senses.  A normal family wouldn't be able to handle that.  And I'd rather have my child know about the dangers of the real world than have him or her ignorant of what's out there.  As for sunlight I found a prophecy earlier this year that I will receive my humanity after the end of days battle.  I believe that battle will be within the next few years.  The Mohra demon Buffy defeated during the lost day said something about the end of days and others coming.  And until that happens I do have three human friends and employees."

"You're not going to give up on this are you?"

"No, I'm not.  I'm not going to let strangers raise my child, my miracle."

"Ok, Angel.  I'll do as you suggest.  But if Buffy asks me point blank I will tell her that you are taking to baby."

"I understand Giles, it's hard for me to lie to her too." Angel sounded sad "thank you"

"I'll keep you up dated on her condition.  Good bye Angel"

"Good bye Giles."

Angel couldn't believe it.  He was going to be a father.  He could understand why Buffy didn't want the baby but at least it would have one of its parents.

5 months later, September 6th, 2000

A long scream pierced the air in the hospital room.

"It's a girl" the doctor exclaimed. " Would you like to hold your daughter, Miss Summers?"

"No, take her away." Buffy said.  She knew if she looked at her daughter she wouldn't be able to give her up. "When she's ready, Mr Giles will take her to her parents."

A few days later Giles carried the infant out of the hospital and put her in her car seat for the two hour drive to LA.

Angel was nervous.  Giles had called when his daughter was born and he had spent the last couple of days stocking up on baby stuff.  Cordelia had helped him put a nursery together and it had been ready for nearly a month.  Giles had called a little over two hours ago to tell them that he and the infant were on their way.

Angel paced nervously,  "where are they?" he thought, "They should be here by now."

Just then Angel heard a car pull up outside. He ran to the front doors of the hotel and out into the dark street.  Giles was just getting the child seat out of the back seat of his little red sports car.

"Angel, Hi." Giles greeted the vampire, "I'd like you to meet you daughter."

"What's her name?" Angel asked wondering what Buffy had called her.

"She doesn't have one, Buffy wanted the adoptive parents to decide." Giles said as the walked into the hotel.

"Then her name will be Elisabeth Rose, after my sister and Buffy's grandmother." Angel said, "I thought about calling her Katherine but that would bring back to many bad memories.  Kathy was the one you invited me in" There was obvious sadness in his voice.

"I know" Giles said sympathetically, "But lets not think about that now.  You have a daughter, this is a time to look to the future not brood about the past."

"You're right," Angel said smiling at his daughter. "Can I hold her?"

"Of course you can, you're her father after all." Giles said with a grin.

"Will you be staying the night?" Angel asked.

"I wouldn't want to imposed…"

"you wouldn't be imposing, we have plenty of empty rooms and you look exhausted."

"I am rather tired now that you mention it." Giles said with a yawn.

"Just let me put Elisabeth in my room and I'll show you where you can spend the night."

"Thank you." Giles said gratefully.

Angel put his daughter, still in her car seat, in his room and quietly shut the door.  He showed Giles to one of the other room that they had cleaned up.  He then returned to his room and stared at his sleeping daughter until he fell asleep.

July 2005

The End of Days battle was over.  Angel had received his shanshu and he couldn't wait for Buffy to know.  He picked up the phone to call her, and then he remembered what Giles had said last time they had spoken.  Buffy had a fiancé and was living a normal life.  He didn't want to ruin that for her, he called Giles instead.

"Giles it's Angel, I've gotten my shanshu, I'm human.  I want to tell Buffy but I don't want to intrude on her life if she's happy.  I'll leave it up to you to decide whether to tell her or not.  I couldn't stand it if I stopped her from having a normal life.  If you do tell though you should tell her about Lizzie too. Bye Giles."

Angel hung up before Giles could say anything.  He went to tell his daughter the good news.  Lizzie had known about vampires and the other things that went bump in the night for her entire life, it was sort of hard to keep it hidden since her father was a vampire. Angel walked into his daughter's bedroom.

"Lizzie, Lizzie, wake up princess." Angel gentle shook his daughter awake.

"Daddy?," Lizzie said tiredly, "what time is it?"

"It's late sweetheart but Daddy has something important to tell you.  I'm human, I can take you out in the sun now, and eat normal food and everything."

"Does that mean Mommy can be with us?" Lizzie asked, knowing the fact that her father was a vampire was the reason her Mommy didn't live with them.

"She could if she wanted to baby," Angel said, "I called Grandpa Giles and I told him to decide whether or not to tell her, because I want her to be happy and if she's happy now I don't want to ruin that.  We'll just have to see what happens."

"Oh" Lizzie said, a little disappointed, "Can I go back to sleep now?"

"Yes baby, and tomorrow we'll go to the park together." Angel smiled as he leaned down and kissed his daughter's forehead.

"Goodnight Daddy."

"'Night Angel."