Title: A Gift from the Forgotten Day
Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN ANYTHING!!! Besides, if I did, Angel and Buffy would still be together, which is exactly why I'm writing this story.
Summary: Buffy is left with a gift from the day that was to be forgotten!
Author's note: well, I did some research.and if this was to be true.it would be set about after episode 48: A New Man (Season 4, Buffy) and after episode 12: Expecting (Season 1, Angel) so Buffy and Riley have recently started dating.and that's all! Oh and also.for my story, Buffy never slept with Parker. She found out he was a jerk before she made that mistake!
Special thanks to: Karen (blackbeltchic) for helping me with starting the first chapter! I couldn't have done it with out you! :0)
(Angel: I Will Remember You)
Angel: "The Oracles have given us back the day, turning back time so I can kill Mohra before his blood makes me mortal." Buffy: "When?"
Angel looks over at the clock (it's 9:00): "Another minute."
Buffy crying: "A minute? No. No, it's not enough time!"
Angel: "We don't have a choice. It's done."
Buffy: "How am I supposed to go on with my life knowing what we had? What we could have had?"
Angel: "You won't. No one will know but me."
Buffy: "Everything we did."
Angel: "It never happened."
Buffy shakes her head: "It did! It did. I know it did! (puts her hand on his heart) I felt your heart beat."
Angel: "Buffy."
They kiss. Buffy looks over at the clock. The minute is almost up.
Buffy: "No! Oh God. It's not enough time!"
Angel is crying too now: "Shh, please. Please."
They hold each other tightly, both crying.
Angel: "Please, please."
Buffy: "No. I'll never forget. I'll never forget. I'll never forget. I'll never forget."
White flash dissolves to Angel's office the previous day.
Angel is leaning against his desk blinking, looking around. Buffy is standing next to the door.
Buffy: "So, then let's just stick to the plan. Keep our distance until a lot of time has passed, and given enough time- we should be able to."
Angel stares at her and swallows hard: "Forget."
Buffy: "Yeah -so- I'm gonna go- start forgetting."
The Mohra crashes through the window behind Angel with a scream. Angel just turns, grabs the clock from his desk and coolly smashes the Mohra's jewel with it. The Mohra goes up in a flash of light.
Buffy a bit stunned: "That was unreal.- How did you know how to kill it?"
Angel: "It's a Mohra demon. I- I had a lot of time to catch up on my reading."
Buffy nods slowly: "Yeah, ok. -So, I guess we covered it, right?"
Angel: "I guess we did."
Buffy: "And that's all there really is to say."
Angel takes a deep breath and looks down at the smashed clock. It stopped at 9:02. When he turns back, Buffy is already leaving the outer office.
Angel: "Yeah.- That's it.
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"This cannot happen!" she cried.
"What's done is done, Melianthe. This is not in our hands anymore," he coolly stated.
"She cannot do this alone! She needs her champion!" she argued.
"The slayer is strong; have faith my sister." He tried to soothe her.
"But the child, Vallen!" she protested.
"Yes, the child will come in time. Do not fret; all will end well." They watched in solace as the champion walked through the portal.
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"I don't know how I'll feel, tomorrow tomorrow." the radio had been on for quite a while. Buffy finally woke up and stretched. She turned the alarm off. Her Muscles had been oddly tight since she'd visited Angel in L.A. even though two months had already passed. Angel. Thinking about him made her heart hurt. But she couldn't think about it. It had seemed she had been there for days, but she knew she was fooling herself. She had gone in, given Angel a piece of her mind, and left. Simple as that. But then why did it feel like she was forgetting something? Like something else had happened and her brain had short circuited? She shook her head to disperse the thoughts and went to get ready for the day. She pulled on a pink blouse and a pair of jeans. Her jeans were a bit snug. She shrugged, thinking it was because she was eating more than usual, and headed out the door.
Willow met Buffy at the stairs of Stevenson Hall. "Hey Buffy! Ready to go back to school?" Willow asked perkily.
"Do you even have to ask?" Buffy yawned.
"Late night patrolling?"
"No. I don't know what's going on. I'm so tired lately. I went to bed early last night too!"
"Maybe some sort of spell? I could do some research during lunch."
"It's lunch already?" Buffy asked, surprised she had slept in so late.
Willow looked at Buffy oddly, "Umm.yeah, it's 12:30. Buffy, are you feeling ok?"
"Actually, now that you mention it, I feel strange." Buffy replied.
"Really? How so? Strange as in out of place.or strange as in sick?"
"My back hurts, and I'm so tired.and I've had this awful headache all day."
"Why don't you lie down? You don't have a class until five." Willow pointed out.
"Yeah, I guess.But I am kinda hungry.do we have any teddy grahams? I have this weird craving for them."
Willow lifted an eyebrow. "I thought you didn't like teddy grahams."
"Well.I don't..but I really want some." Buffy shrugged.
"ok.lemme check if I have some." Willow searched through her bag for a while.
"I don't feel so well," Buffy said clutching her stomach.
Willow backed away a few steps and asked, "Do you feel like you're gonna throw up?"
"Ye-" Buffy clamped a hand over her mouth and ran to the bathroom.
Willow watched Buffy run away, perplexed. "Poor Buffy," she thought aloud. She decided to give Buffy her sickness space. Besides, she didn't really like the sound or smell of vomit. This also gave her time to check out all of Buffy's strange symptoms. She walked into her dorm and turned on her laptop. She got on the net and typed in Buffy's symptoms onto google search. The top choice was 'pregnancy symptoms'. Oh Shit! Willow thought. Worriedly, she clicked on the link. A long chart of pregnancy symptoms loaded onto the screen. She scanned the site, hurriedly clicked print, and went to find Buffy.
Meanwhile, Buffy was splashing some water from a bathroom sink onto her face. Just as she finished patting her face dry with a paper towel, Willow quietly walked in. "Uhh, are you ok Buffy?"
"Well, if you define puking my guts out ok, then yeah." She forced a smile. Willow gave her a forced smile as well. "So did you find anything? Any explanation as to why I feel like shit?"
Willow mutely handed her the chart. Buffy scanned the piece of paper and asked in a cracked voice, "You can't be serious.?" She looked it over again. All the symptoms fit. This also explained why she had gained some weight.
"Is there any way?" Willow asked, not sure if she really wanted to know.
"No, not since Angel junior year." Buffy paused.
"A-are you sure?"
"I think I would know, Will. It's not like I go sleep with every man I meet!"
Willow cringed. "I'm sorry Buffy, but I can't find any other reasonable explanation!"
"It's not your fault Will, I've been testy lately. God, this can't be happening! How can this be happening? Sleeping with someone isn't something you tend to forget..."
Then it hit her. She paled in the face. "Oh God."
"Buffy?" Willow asked worriedly.
"What if someone put a memory spell on me? I feel like I've forgotten something! What if this is what I've forgotten?"
"Well that would have to be a pretty strong memory spell for you to forget something so big." Willow pondered aloud. "Who could have done something so significantly powerful?"
Buffy pounded the bathroom wall. "That's just it! I don't know! I mean.who would be perverted enough to.you know.and then put a memory spell on me? What if I've also been put under a spell to do someone's will or whatever.what if this has been going on for a while?!"
Buffy was on the verge of hyperventilating when Willow finally insisted, "Now.we don't know anything yet, Buffy.you're jumping to conclusions." Willow gulped. "And besides.if what you said was true, you would have been pregnant a long time ago.now let's just stick to the facts we have."
"The facts aren't enough! I want answers, Will! I want to know who the hell this baby belongs to?!" Buffy shouted.
Willow was startled. She had never seen her best friend so rattled up. She gently held Buffy in a hug. "Shh, Buffy, it's ok.we don't even know if you're really pregnant.it could just be because of some strange demon blood or something." she said, trying to convince herself as well as Buffy.
"But.I haven't.I haven't fought any strange demons lately," Buffy sniffled.
"Well, how about I do this.I'll ask Stacie to take notes for us for class and you can take the day off. I'll do some more research about the whole thing and we'll work from there," Willow suggested. Buffy nodded and wiped her eyes. The two girls walked back to the dorm room and as Willow closed the door, Buffy sat on the edge of her bed. She started unlacing her shoes. Willow reached for the coffee mug on the top shelf of her desk. She poured some water from a water bottle into the mug and added an herbal tea bag. "Recoquo," Willow muttered. The water began to boil slightly and steam rose from the mug. The red head grinned and handed the tea to Buffy. "It really helps to know your spells!" she chuckled slightly.
Buffy half smiled. "Thanks Will." She blew into the mug and took a sip of the tea.
"Nothing like herbally goodness to make you feel better," she replied smiling. Willow picked up some spell books and her laptop and put it in her bag.
Buffy took another sip of the hot beverage then asked, "What are you
doing?"
Willow looked up from her packing. "Oh well I think I'm going to do some more research on that tummy of yours and I figured what better place to do research than in the library!"
"Oh.ok, well I was kinda hoping we could, ya know, spend some quality girl tome together." Buffy took another sip of tea.
"Well, I was going to try to research some more for you." Willow set her bag down. "But if you want, I'll stay here instead." Willow added quickly.
Buffy shook her head. "No. No, you go one ahead. I don't want to keep you cooped here.and I guess the more we know about this," Buffy patted her stomach. "the better."
Willow nodded. "Ooh, and, and I can pick up one of those self pregnancy test thingies.just to make sure, you know."
"Yeah. Thanks Will." Buffy took a last sip of the tea and set it on the nightstand beside her.
"Are you sure you'll be ok alone? I can stay if you want," Willow offered.
"No, I'll be fine. And we really do need to know more about, well the whole thing." Buffy insisted.
Willow sighed and gave her friend a tight hug. "Ok. But if you need me, I'm a phone call away."
"Ok." Buffy half smiled again.
"Ok," Willow repeated. "Well, while I'm gone, why don't you get some sleep? You really don't look too well."
Buffy nodded and crawled under the covers. "I am really tired."
"Yeah," Willow replied. "Who knows, maybe if you get some more sleep, some of your memory will come back." She added on a lighter note.
"Thanks Willow."
"Any time Buffy." Willow opened the door and flicked the light switch off. The only light shining into the dorm room was the small amount of light that seeped through the closed blinds and the ray of light coming from the hallway. Willow grabbed her bag and turned for the door.
"Willow?"
"Yeah?"
"Don't tell anyone.please," Buffy pleaded.
Willow smiled softly. "Not a word. Sweet dreams Buffy." Willow closed the door behind her and headed for the library, leaving Buffy in the darkened room.
"Yeah, sweet dreams." Buffy repeated to herself. She turned over on the mattress and sighed. Her eyes were glazed with tears and she whispered into the darkness, "What do I do?"
Moments later, a knock was heard at the door. Buffy quickly wiped her eyes and crawled out of bed. Thinking it was Willow forgetting something, she opened the door. Instead of Willow, she was greeted by a grinning man.Riley.
"Riley." She uttered quietly.
"Hey Buffy!" Riley greeted her happily, trying to wrap his arms around her.
Buffy pushed away tiredly. "What's wrong?" he asked, confused.
"I'm sorry Riley.today's just not a good day." Buffy explained.
"It seems like more than a bad day. Really, what's wrong?" he asked again.
"Nothing. It's.nothing. Don't worry about it." Buffy tried to avoid the conversation.
"Buffy, if I know you well enough, it's never nothing." Riley smiled slightly, trying to lighten up the mood.
"I just don't want to talk about it right now." Buffy rubbed her stomach, trying to ease some pain.
Riley's voice grew more concerned. "Buffy what is it?"
"Riley, it's nothing.it's not important.I'm just tired." Buffy started to close the door.
Riley stopped it with his hand. Growing impatient and more concerned, he asked, "Tell me." His tone of voice told Buffy he wanted and answer.
"It's." Buffy averted her gaze.
"It's what?"
"Riley." Buffy looked up at him, tears welling in her eyes. "I'm pregnant."
Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN ANYTHING!!! Besides, if I did, Angel and Buffy would still be together, which is exactly why I'm writing this story.
Summary: Buffy is left with a gift from the day that was to be forgotten!
Author's note: well, I did some research.and if this was to be true.it would be set about after episode 48: A New Man (Season 4, Buffy) and after episode 12: Expecting (Season 1, Angel) so Buffy and Riley have recently started dating.and that's all! Oh and also.for my story, Buffy never slept with Parker. She found out he was a jerk before she made that mistake!
Special thanks to: Karen (blackbeltchic) for helping me with starting the first chapter! I couldn't have done it with out you! :0)
(Angel: I Will Remember You)
Angel: "The Oracles have given us back the day, turning back time so I can kill Mohra before his blood makes me mortal." Buffy: "When?"
Angel looks over at the clock (it's 9:00): "Another minute."
Buffy crying: "A minute? No. No, it's not enough time!"
Angel: "We don't have a choice. It's done."
Buffy: "How am I supposed to go on with my life knowing what we had? What we could have had?"
Angel: "You won't. No one will know but me."
Buffy: "Everything we did."
Angel: "It never happened."
Buffy shakes her head: "It did! It did. I know it did! (puts her hand on his heart) I felt your heart beat."
Angel: "Buffy."
They kiss. Buffy looks over at the clock. The minute is almost up.
Buffy: "No! Oh God. It's not enough time!"
Angel is crying too now: "Shh, please. Please."
They hold each other tightly, both crying.
Angel: "Please, please."
Buffy: "No. I'll never forget. I'll never forget. I'll never forget. I'll never forget."
White flash dissolves to Angel's office the previous day.
Angel is leaning against his desk blinking, looking around. Buffy is standing next to the door.
Buffy: "So, then let's just stick to the plan. Keep our distance until a lot of time has passed, and given enough time- we should be able to."
Angel stares at her and swallows hard: "Forget."
Buffy: "Yeah -so- I'm gonna go- start forgetting."
The Mohra crashes through the window behind Angel with a scream. Angel just turns, grabs the clock from his desk and coolly smashes the Mohra's jewel with it. The Mohra goes up in a flash of light.
Buffy a bit stunned: "That was unreal.- How did you know how to kill it?"
Angel: "It's a Mohra demon. I- I had a lot of time to catch up on my reading."
Buffy nods slowly: "Yeah, ok. -So, I guess we covered it, right?"
Angel: "I guess we did."
Buffy: "And that's all there really is to say."
Angel takes a deep breath and looks down at the smashed clock. It stopped at 9:02. When he turns back, Buffy is already leaving the outer office.
Angel: "Yeah.- That's it.
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"This cannot happen!" she cried.
"What's done is done, Melianthe. This is not in our hands anymore," he coolly stated.
"She cannot do this alone! She needs her champion!" she argued.
"The slayer is strong; have faith my sister." He tried to soothe her.
"But the child, Vallen!" she protested.
"Yes, the child will come in time. Do not fret; all will end well." They watched in solace as the champion walked through the portal.
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"I don't know how I'll feel, tomorrow tomorrow." the radio had been on for quite a while. Buffy finally woke up and stretched. She turned the alarm off. Her Muscles had been oddly tight since she'd visited Angel in L.A. even though two months had already passed. Angel. Thinking about him made her heart hurt. But she couldn't think about it. It had seemed she had been there for days, but she knew she was fooling herself. She had gone in, given Angel a piece of her mind, and left. Simple as that. But then why did it feel like she was forgetting something? Like something else had happened and her brain had short circuited? She shook her head to disperse the thoughts and went to get ready for the day. She pulled on a pink blouse and a pair of jeans. Her jeans were a bit snug. She shrugged, thinking it was because she was eating more than usual, and headed out the door.
Willow met Buffy at the stairs of Stevenson Hall. "Hey Buffy! Ready to go back to school?" Willow asked perkily.
"Do you even have to ask?" Buffy yawned.
"Late night patrolling?"
"No. I don't know what's going on. I'm so tired lately. I went to bed early last night too!"
"Maybe some sort of spell? I could do some research during lunch."
"It's lunch already?" Buffy asked, surprised she had slept in so late.
Willow looked at Buffy oddly, "Umm.yeah, it's 12:30. Buffy, are you feeling ok?"
"Actually, now that you mention it, I feel strange." Buffy replied.
"Really? How so? Strange as in out of place.or strange as in sick?"
"My back hurts, and I'm so tired.and I've had this awful headache all day."
"Why don't you lie down? You don't have a class until five." Willow pointed out.
"Yeah, I guess.But I am kinda hungry.do we have any teddy grahams? I have this weird craving for them."
Willow lifted an eyebrow. "I thought you didn't like teddy grahams."
"Well.I don't..but I really want some." Buffy shrugged.
"ok.lemme check if I have some." Willow searched through her bag for a while.
"I don't feel so well," Buffy said clutching her stomach.
Willow backed away a few steps and asked, "Do you feel like you're gonna throw up?"
"Ye-" Buffy clamped a hand over her mouth and ran to the bathroom.
Willow watched Buffy run away, perplexed. "Poor Buffy," she thought aloud. She decided to give Buffy her sickness space. Besides, she didn't really like the sound or smell of vomit. This also gave her time to check out all of Buffy's strange symptoms. She walked into her dorm and turned on her laptop. She got on the net and typed in Buffy's symptoms onto google search. The top choice was 'pregnancy symptoms'. Oh Shit! Willow thought. Worriedly, she clicked on the link. A long chart of pregnancy symptoms loaded onto the screen. She scanned the site, hurriedly clicked print, and went to find Buffy.
Meanwhile, Buffy was splashing some water from a bathroom sink onto her face. Just as she finished patting her face dry with a paper towel, Willow quietly walked in. "Uhh, are you ok Buffy?"
"Well, if you define puking my guts out ok, then yeah." She forced a smile. Willow gave her a forced smile as well. "So did you find anything? Any explanation as to why I feel like shit?"
Willow mutely handed her the chart. Buffy scanned the piece of paper and asked in a cracked voice, "You can't be serious.?" She looked it over again. All the symptoms fit. This also explained why she had gained some weight.
"Is there any way?" Willow asked, not sure if she really wanted to know.
"No, not since Angel junior year." Buffy paused.
"A-are you sure?"
"I think I would know, Will. It's not like I go sleep with every man I meet!"
Willow cringed. "I'm sorry Buffy, but I can't find any other reasonable explanation!"
"It's not your fault Will, I've been testy lately. God, this can't be happening! How can this be happening? Sleeping with someone isn't something you tend to forget..."
Then it hit her. She paled in the face. "Oh God."
"Buffy?" Willow asked worriedly.
"What if someone put a memory spell on me? I feel like I've forgotten something! What if this is what I've forgotten?"
"Well that would have to be a pretty strong memory spell for you to forget something so big." Willow pondered aloud. "Who could have done something so significantly powerful?"
Buffy pounded the bathroom wall. "That's just it! I don't know! I mean.who would be perverted enough to.you know.and then put a memory spell on me? What if I've also been put under a spell to do someone's will or whatever.what if this has been going on for a while?!"
Buffy was on the verge of hyperventilating when Willow finally insisted, "Now.we don't know anything yet, Buffy.you're jumping to conclusions." Willow gulped. "And besides.if what you said was true, you would have been pregnant a long time ago.now let's just stick to the facts we have."
"The facts aren't enough! I want answers, Will! I want to know who the hell this baby belongs to?!" Buffy shouted.
Willow was startled. She had never seen her best friend so rattled up. She gently held Buffy in a hug. "Shh, Buffy, it's ok.we don't even know if you're really pregnant.it could just be because of some strange demon blood or something." she said, trying to convince herself as well as Buffy.
"But.I haven't.I haven't fought any strange demons lately," Buffy sniffled.
"Well, how about I do this.I'll ask Stacie to take notes for us for class and you can take the day off. I'll do some more research about the whole thing and we'll work from there," Willow suggested. Buffy nodded and wiped her eyes. The two girls walked back to the dorm room and as Willow closed the door, Buffy sat on the edge of her bed. She started unlacing her shoes. Willow reached for the coffee mug on the top shelf of her desk. She poured some water from a water bottle into the mug and added an herbal tea bag. "Recoquo," Willow muttered. The water began to boil slightly and steam rose from the mug. The red head grinned and handed the tea to Buffy. "It really helps to know your spells!" she chuckled slightly.
Buffy half smiled. "Thanks Will." She blew into the mug and took a sip of the tea.
"Nothing like herbally goodness to make you feel better," she replied smiling. Willow picked up some spell books and her laptop and put it in her bag.
Buffy took another sip of the hot beverage then asked, "What are you
doing?"
Willow looked up from her packing. "Oh well I think I'm going to do some more research on that tummy of yours and I figured what better place to do research than in the library!"
"Oh.ok, well I was kinda hoping we could, ya know, spend some quality girl tome together." Buffy took another sip of tea.
"Well, I was going to try to research some more for you." Willow set her bag down. "But if you want, I'll stay here instead." Willow added quickly.
Buffy shook her head. "No. No, you go one ahead. I don't want to keep you cooped here.and I guess the more we know about this," Buffy patted her stomach. "the better."
Willow nodded. "Ooh, and, and I can pick up one of those self pregnancy test thingies.just to make sure, you know."
"Yeah. Thanks Will." Buffy took a last sip of the tea and set it on the nightstand beside her.
"Are you sure you'll be ok alone? I can stay if you want," Willow offered.
"No, I'll be fine. And we really do need to know more about, well the whole thing." Buffy insisted.
Willow sighed and gave her friend a tight hug. "Ok. But if you need me, I'm a phone call away."
"Ok." Buffy half smiled again.
"Ok," Willow repeated. "Well, while I'm gone, why don't you get some sleep? You really don't look too well."
Buffy nodded and crawled under the covers. "I am really tired."
"Yeah," Willow replied. "Who knows, maybe if you get some more sleep, some of your memory will come back." She added on a lighter note.
"Thanks Willow."
"Any time Buffy." Willow opened the door and flicked the light switch off. The only light shining into the dorm room was the small amount of light that seeped through the closed blinds and the ray of light coming from the hallway. Willow grabbed her bag and turned for the door.
"Willow?"
"Yeah?"
"Don't tell anyone.please," Buffy pleaded.
Willow smiled softly. "Not a word. Sweet dreams Buffy." Willow closed the door behind her and headed for the library, leaving Buffy in the darkened room.
"Yeah, sweet dreams." Buffy repeated to herself. She turned over on the mattress and sighed. Her eyes were glazed with tears and she whispered into the darkness, "What do I do?"
Moments later, a knock was heard at the door. Buffy quickly wiped her eyes and crawled out of bed. Thinking it was Willow forgetting something, she opened the door. Instead of Willow, she was greeted by a grinning man.Riley.
"Riley." She uttered quietly.
"Hey Buffy!" Riley greeted her happily, trying to wrap his arms around her.
Buffy pushed away tiredly. "What's wrong?" he asked, confused.
"I'm sorry Riley.today's just not a good day." Buffy explained.
"It seems like more than a bad day. Really, what's wrong?" he asked again.
"Nothing. It's.nothing. Don't worry about it." Buffy tried to avoid the conversation.
"Buffy, if I know you well enough, it's never nothing." Riley smiled slightly, trying to lighten up the mood.
"I just don't want to talk about it right now." Buffy rubbed her stomach, trying to ease some pain.
Riley's voice grew more concerned. "Buffy what is it?"
"Riley, it's nothing.it's not important.I'm just tired." Buffy started to close the door.
Riley stopped it with his hand. Growing impatient and more concerned, he asked, "Tell me." His tone of voice told Buffy he wanted and answer.
"It's." Buffy averted her gaze.
"It's what?"
"Riley." Buffy looked up at him, tears welling in her eyes. "I'm pregnant."