Halfway through dinner, Buffy started to sweat; she was getting nervous. Who knew how her friends would react to the news they were all brought together to hear. She was most worried about Xander's reaction. Xander had never liked Angel and she could already tell that he wasn't happy with the fact that Buffy and Angel were sitting next to each other, much less holding hands. Willow must have noticed it too because everytime Xander would make a snide remark about Angel, she would elbow him in the ribs. Angel squeezed Buffy's hand, letting her know that it was time. Angel took his fork and tapped it against his glass, getting everyone's attention. " So, you're probably wondering why we're all here tonight." Angel started Buffy looked over to see Willow smiling, encouraging her that telling everybody about her pregnancy was the right thing to do. "Not really; free food? I'm always in." Xander said as Willow elbowed him again. "Ow! Stop that Will!" he shouted. "Well," Angel continued, "You're all here because you are our family and there's something very important that we have to tell you. Buffy?" Buffy took a deep breath. "I'm having a baby. Well, Angel and I. Together. Together we're having a baby." Buffy nervously rambled on. " HA! That's funny Buff! We all know dead boy here can't have kids!" Xander scoffed. "Xander, she's telling the truth." Willow told him quietly. An awkward silence then fell over the table. "We-Well I'm happy for you B-Buffy." Tara said, always trying to stay optimistic. "Thank you Tara." Buffy replied sincerely. "OOOOO BUFFY! We have SOOO much shopping to do!" Cordy said happily, knowing she now had an actually excuse to shot excessively. Wesley then brought up the question that Buffy was desperately trying to avoid. "But how?" He asked, always looking at everything from a watcher's point of view, though he wasn't one anymore. And that's how the rest of dinner was spent, explaining how the miracle baby came to be.
"Would you like to know the sex of the baby?" The ultrasound technician asked. It had been three months since Buffy had come to LA. She had been staying with Angel, visiting Sunnydale each weekend and letting Faith pick up the slaying slack. "Angel?" Buffy asked regarding finding out the sex of the baby. "Whatever you prefer, my love." Angel replied. "Sure." Buffy said to the technician. "Congratulations," the tech replied smiling, "You're having a baby girl."
