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"And another thing..." Ryan's mother continued to chastize her son in Angel's living room. Lucky for Ryan, Gunn finally interrupted.

"Everyone needs to get down stairs," He announced, walking through the door. "Sarai's water broke."

"Really? No she can't be delivering now," Ryan denied, worried.

"She wasn't ready when I left," Darla added.

"Oh this isn't good. Maybe it's a cosmic punishment for what you've done," Rebecca wondered to her son.

"Mom!"

"Its terrible yes. But actions have consequences."

"Yeah I just had that talk with the pregnant girl," Gunn breezed off and turned to Angel. "And she said as I was leaving, if you're not down there soon, she's putting a video of you 'rocking out' to 'Mandy' on YouTube."

"Did she seem to be in pain? Or sick looking like before?" Angel asked, concerned. "And what's a YouTube?"

"She also said the brain trusts better work fast, or she's gonna use me to sue them."

"I am working as hard as I can," Wesley argued, looking up from his book.

"Hey, I'm just repeating what I was told."

"Working on what?" Alan asked.

Sarai must have been channeling Ryan, because the usually honest boy didn't even need to pause to think of a lie. "The condition she has. Illyritious... Wesley's a doctor. He's researching his medical books about a procedure that can be done to minimize the effect."

Angel scowled. He didn't like this... this boys... ability to lie. But he realized he had bigger issues to deal with. "You and Fred, you really do need to work faster, you need to..."

"They've been fired," a female voice said from the doorway. Everyone stared in silence.

Willow.

"I've been summoned, and when Sarai summons, I answer. Well, except for when she asked me here to get rid of the evidence of her Cheesecake making attempt, but that's a whole other story, and you know, I think cheesecake walls would be nice..."

"Willow!" Angel finally interrupted the ramble.

"Sorry. Yeah, she called me up and said to 'get my redheaded ass here now to do the mans work Wesley just isn't equipped to, as I'm sure Fred could confirm,'"she informed the room. "Her words, not mine," she then stated.

"Well, pregnancy can make a woman say crazy things. We'll just have to excuse her, since she'd never speak like that otherwise," Rebecca spoke up. "Are you a doctor too?"

Willow eyed the middle aged woman, then put two and two together. "Ryan's mom?"

"Yes?"

"Yeah... I'm a doctor too."

"Hey, Red's back," Spike greeted, exiting Sarai's bedroom where the non-researchers were watching TV.

"Hi Spike. Dawnie!"

"Hey, Will," Dawn came out behind Spike. "Did you come to help Sarai?"

"You bet. And I think I can too, she just has to give birth first. Angel, Darla, can I talk to you in private? And Wesley... and maybe Fred..."

Ryan knew where she was going with that and decided to make it easier. "I want to see Sarai, I don't want her alone. Mom, dad, will you come with me?"

"Sure," his father replied.

"I'll come too, if that's okay," Dawn said.

The four left the room and all the adults gathered in the living room. "You know how to help?" Angel sighed.

Willow nodded. "It just so happened that when Sarai called I was with someone in The Coven who knows all about Illyria. She's not only an 'old one'... but, she's a God,"

"Don't tell Sarai that," Angel and Darla said at once.

"Believe me, I wouldn't. She doesn't need any more ego complexes."

"Go on," Angel pressed.

"I think, once she's out, I can lessen her powers since she's not in a pure form. I don't know if I can make her completely dormant, but I can try."

"Well, yeah you can try," Cordelia stated. "You passed Calculous in your sleep, I say you've got a shot."

"What do you mean 'not in pure form'?" Lindsey, asked confused.

"Is she tainted like a lot of the demons on this Earth?" Doyle added.

"Well she's really not in her own body anymore. She's inhabited a human body, meaning there's still a human with a soul deep inside. And Sarai said Lorne can sense a human, which can give us even better odds it will work. It's not berried too, too, deep if Lorne can read it."

"But Sarai has to give birth first," Darla repeated.

Willow nodded. "The spell I was given doesn't say 'in utero usable'."

"Why? It would if it was?" Lindsey felt the need to question. Even though, honestly, he didn't want to know.

"Oh yes," Wesley answered for her, "spells are labeled well."

"Then why do so many of them bloody go wrong?" Spike challenged.

No one answered.

Meanwhile downstairs:

"Look, Mr. And Mrs. Murphy, I appreciate you being here... but, and don't take offence, it's just a little weird," Sarai confessed.

"I'll give you two alone time as well," Dawn said.

Rebecca nodded. "Of course dear. We'll give you some privacy."

"Control yourself," Alan looked over at his son and warned.

Once the parents left the room, Sarai lunged at her boyfriend, and pulled him close to her by his shirt. "What have you done to me!" she yelled, as a contraction started. "This? Is painful!"

Once it ended she let go. "Everyone should just take out a billboard blaming me and just point to it, from now on," the boy concluded.

"What, you mean it's not fun for you?" she laughed. "Welcome to my world. I always get blamed for everything."

"You deserve everything you get blamed for."

"Damn. I was hoping you wouldn't remember that." There was a pause. "Boy or girl?" she finally asked.

"Huh?"

"They shouldn't give you a diploma! Do. You. Want. A. Boy. Or. A. Girl," she then said slowly.

"Oh... um... I don't know. I haven't thought about it."

Sarai nodded. "I just did before you came in. I mean, a boy could be interesting because there's Sophia and Mini-Me running around. But then again girl baby clothes are adorable."

"Do you know what sex Illyria is? I mean, just in case, they should be the same gender. It could be weird otherwise," Ryan concluded.

"Very true."

"Willow's here," Ryan then remembered.

"Good. Very good. Teleportation rocks. If I could do that maybe I wouldn't be late for classes."

"Or you could stop having ten minute conversations with Dawn in the hallway."

"What are practicing being a dad?"

There was a knock at the door. "Can we come in?" Angel asked. Darla, Willow and Wesley were with him.

"Sureness. Hi Willow!"

"How are you feeling?"

"Not too bad," she shrugged.

"You should've come a few minutes ago," Ryan muttered.

"I'd reply to that, but I need to say something else."

"Wait," Willow said, "first I have news. I think I may be able to help your baby get rid of Illyria after it's born."

"Really?" Both teenagers said. "Awesome," Sarai went on, "see, this is why I called you. She's been on a the case a few minutes and beat you," she said to Wesley.

"She had help from The Coven!" he defended.

"Am I suppose to know what that means?" She took a breathe. "Anywhoo, I'll let it slide. After all, Wes old pal, you and are two of a kind now. We can relate. We're reaching a new level in our relationship."

"We have?" Wesley questioned, foolishly assuming she was referring to their little 'moment' earlier.

"Yeah. We both have children out of wedlock," she went on to laugh, causing the ex-watcher roll his eyes. "Sure you've gotten Fred a ring and you've been shacking up for years, but there's been no real follow through since the engagement Cordelia forced you into."

"Well... you're parents did the same," he stumbled for lack of anything to say.

"Yeah. But I resulted in that. How could anyone fault them?"

"And that brings us to today's new level of egotistical," Angel stated.

"How many times do I have to remind you that it stemmed from your genes?" she challenged.

"This kid's gonna be more self obsessed than Gaston, huh?" Ryan wondered.

"Gaston?" Sarai questioned.

"Beauty and the Beast."

"Oh... never seen it. I like Bambi though. Thumper seems like an awesome bff. Snow White's a whore who's an air head for eating the apple, it's a cardinal rule you don't take food from strangers and Cinderella's an idiot for wearing glass shoes... its hard enough dancing in allegedly comfortable heels... you can't dance in glass ones. The prince was clearly a stalker, I'd be creeped out not flattered. Arial had like Multiple Personalities or something. Was she a mermaid was she a real girl? Who knows. And why do parents always die? I mean how messed up is... OH! Contraction! Pain!"

In a way, they all were relieved it ended the rant.

After the contraction ended, the door opened again and Rebecca popped her head in. "Can we come back for a little?"

"Aaaa... sure," Sarai replied. Rebecca, Alan and Dawn entered.

"Do you need anything?" Rebecca asked.

"I don't think so," Sarai replied. "Why? Am I missing something? I'm new at this... you've done it more."

"No," she laughed, "you're not missing anything."

"Of course she isn't. I made sure she has everything she needs," Darla spoke, feeling a little threatened. So what if she did it more? Darla was the mother and should be the only person to take questions involving the birth.

"However. I want ice. I like ice and on TV they always get ice," Sarai decided.

"Sure," Darla said.

"I can get it," Rebecca offered.

"I got it," Darla insisted sternly.

"I can go."

The mother's both headed for the door.

"Great now those two are gonna have a pissing contest," Sarai muttered.

"Must you be so blunt?" Angel sighed.

"Are you new?"

Dawn shrugged. "Its sweet," she said, feeling slightly jealous that her mother will never get to childishly battle another over her. Sarai picked up on it.

"Dammit, Dawnie, real feelings totally kill my mojo," she said to try and make things funny again.

"I'll try and be more heartless like you," she smiled.

"That's all I asked while I'm in Sarcasm Operating Hours." Her eyes widened. "Crap! Again with the contracting!"

"They're getting close together... she should be delivering soon," Willow concluded.

TBC


A/N: Up next, Sarai gives birth with all that wackiness it entails. Name fights, Lindsey trying (and failing) to reason with Sarai, more jealousy, Sarai assaulting Angel after he 'betrays' her... all the average things you'd expect... And a surprise about the baby itself.

Until then Please Review.