Chapter Four-Leaving
Willow answered the phone. "Hello?"
"Hi Willow it's Angel."
"Oh my God how are you?"
"I'm good, you?"
"Yeah. Wow, a lot's changed. I haven't talked to you since."
"Yeah. So how is everyone?"
"Well let's see.I'm teaching at UC Sunnydale, Xander and Anya have a son named Timmy-he's a troublemaker-Dawn's getting married next month, and there's a new slayer in town. Well actually she's been here since, you know."
"Huh?"
"Well, since Faith's in jail for life, we wouldn't really get another slayer until she died, and the council got a new one since all hell would break loose in the meantime. She lives here but she's from France, her name is Katharine and she's really nice."
"Good, good. So, uh, how's Spike? Is he still around?"
"Yeah, Katharine sees him on patrol sometimes. He doesn't really talk to anyone and as far as I know he hasn't killed anyone."
"So he's not dangerous."
"I don't think so, why?"
"Well, I told Emily everything today, and she wants to come see him."
"Wow. How'd she take it?"
"I'm not really sure, she didn't say much. I guess she was as calm as anyone could be, age six and learning all these scary things. But I think I'm going to take her to Sunnydale tonight and we'll probably come back tomorrow night."
"Great! I'm dying to see her. Do you need a place to stay?"
"Yeah."
"Well you can stay with me and Dani, we have like three extra bedrooms now that Dawn's moved out and."
"Who's Dani?"
"My girlfriend."
"Oh. Well, I guess I'll see you in a few hours."
"Ok, bye."
"Bye."
"Cordy?" he called her name as she crossed the lobby.
"Yep?"
"I'm taking Emily to Sunnydale tonight, would you mind watching Connor?"
"You told her?"
"Yeah. She wants to see Spike."
" Are you sure that's a good idea?"
"I don't have a choice, he's her."
"You are, too."
"Well, still, she wants to and she has a right. So, would you mind?"
"No, not at all."
"I don't get to come?" Connor called from the stairs.
"Were you listening when I was on the phone?"
"No."
"You can't come."
"Why not?"
"Because it doesn't involve you. I'm taking Emily to see Spike and we'll come right back. But this is important and it would get too complicated with you there."
"Ok," he mumbled.
Angel went up the stairs to Emily's room where she was laying on her bed, brooding. "You okay?" he asked as he rubbed her back.
"Yeah."
"Ok, I'm going to pack you a bag, and then we're going to go to Sunnydale, ok?"
"Ok." He started getting out her clothes. "Daddy?"
"Yeah?"
"Are you mad at me?"
He looked back at her. "No." He sat down next to her. "Of course I'm not mad. What made you think that?"
"You seem mad. Please don't be mad at me, ok? We don't have to go if you don't want to." She started crying. "Please don't be mad."
He pulled her into his lap. "I'm not mad. I love you. I just want you to be happy. And I know you want to see your other daddy right?"
"He's not my other daddy. You're my daddy. But I do want to see him."
"Ok," he smiled. "Go get your toothbrush and we'll get going."
Willow answered the phone. "Hello?"
"Hi Willow it's Angel."
"Oh my God how are you?"
"I'm good, you?"
"Yeah. Wow, a lot's changed. I haven't talked to you since."
"Yeah. So how is everyone?"
"Well let's see.I'm teaching at UC Sunnydale, Xander and Anya have a son named Timmy-he's a troublemaker-Dawn's getting married next month, and there's a new slayer in town. Well actually she's been here since, you know."
"Huh?"
"Well, since Faith's in jail for life, we wouldn't really get another slayer until she died, and the council got a new one since all hell would break loose in the meantime. She lives here but she's from France, her name is Katharine and she's really nice."
"Good, good. So, uh, how's Spike? Is he still around?"
"Yeah, Katharine sees him on patrol sometimes. He doesn't really talk to anyone and as far as I know he hasn't killed anyone."
"So he's not dangerous."
"I don't think so, why?"
"Well, I told Emily everything today, and she wants to come see him."
"Wow. How'd she take it?"
"I'm not really sure, she didn't say much. I guess she was as calm as anyone could be, age six and learning all these scary things. But I think I'm going to take her to Sunnydale tonight and we'll probably come back tomorrow night."
"Great! I'm dying to see her. Do you need a place to stay?"
"Yeah."
"Well you can stay with me and Dani, we have like three extra bedrooms now that Dawn's moved out and."
"Who's Dani?"
"My girlfriend."
"Oh. Well, I guess I'll see you in a few hours."
"Ok, bye."
"Bye."
"Cordy?" he called her name as she crossed the lobby.
"Yep?"
"I'm taking Emily to Sunnydale tonight, would you mind watching Connor?"
"You told her?"
"Yeah. She wants to see Spike."
" Are you sure that's a good idea?"
"I don't have a choice, he's her."
"You are, too."
"Well, still, she wants to and she has a right. So, would you mind?"
"No, not at all."
"I don't get to come?" Connor called from the stairs.
"Were you listening when I was on the phone?"
"No."
"You can't come."
"Why not?"
"Because it doesn't involve you. I'm taking Emily to see Spike and we'll come right back. But this is important and it would get too complicated with you there."
"Ok," he mumbled.
Angel went up the stairs to Emily's room where she was laying on her bed, brooding. "You okay?" he asked as he rubbed her back.
"Yeah."
"Ok, I'm going to pack you a bag, and then we're going to go to Sunnydale, ok?"
"Ok." He started getting out her clothes. "Daddy?"
"Yeah?"
"Are you mad at me?"
He looked back at her. "No." He sat down next to her. "Of course I'm not mad. What made you think that?"
"You seem mad. Please don't be mad at me, ok? We don't have to go if you don't want to." She started crying. "Please don't be mad."
He pulled her into his lap. "I'm not mad. I love you. I just want you to be happy. And I know you want to see your other daddy right?"
"He's not my other daddy. You're my daddy. But I do want to see him."
"Ok," he smiled. "Go get your toothbrush and we'll get going."