As I lay me down to sleep ch. 12--Slide
Authors Notes: This chapter is dedicated to Kira for the full box of Gobstoppers. Computers are really evil. Especially when you write two of the best chapters you've ever written and it delete's them. GRRR. Stupid computers.
Xander walked up and down the rows of gravestones in the cemetary waiting for his chance to go face to face with a vampire. Slowly Buffy creept up behind him and stood watching him look at a gravestone.
"It's scary to think that at anytime one of us could be in a coffin six feet under."She whispered into his ear. "Don't do that!"he exclaimed practicly jumping out of his skin. "Sorry."She looked down at her feet, and stuck her hands in her back pockets of her jeans. "So, you're going on patrol all by yourself now?" "Yeah, I thought I'd do a sweep through before I went home. What are you doing out here, I thought you were supposed to be at the hospital." "I got out this morning, thank god. I would rather be in hell again then stay in that hospital for another minute." "Hell, again?" "Never mind. So, did I miss anything good while I was gone?" "Not really. Oh, Scott Hope and his girlfriend did get into a big fight in the lunch room, and she punched him." "Oh my god, he is a total dick. He deserved it."Buffy laughed.
The two of them walked down a few more rows of graves not saying anything, until Xander decided to break the silence." "So,"he said,"I'm sorry about telling Spike about...you know." "The baby. You can say it, it's okay. And I'm totally cool about you telling him, I mean if you didn't I wouldn't have, and I'd probably end up running away again and joining the CIA or something." "I don't thing you could make it into the CIA, I hear they do background checks."
(Cordelia's house) Cordy and Angel sat on the floor of her room,with Connor sleeping between them, watching The Heathers and eating pizza. "Remind me again, why are we watching this?"Angel asked taking another piece of pizza out of the box. "Because I can't find the remote and neither of us want to get up and change channels on the tv. Oh, and also because it's the best movie ever."
Angel leaned back and continued watching the movie. "I love my dead gay son!"Cordelia repeated along with the film. "You are so sad."Angel laughed while Cordelia threw an olive at him.
Downstairs a door slammed shut. Both Angel and Cordelia sat up, scarred by the noise.
"What was that?"Cordelia asked, her voice below a whisper. "I don't know. Listen you stay in here, I'm going to check it out."
Angel stood up and began to creep out the door.
"Be careful."Cordelia whispered rubbing Connors head.
Half way down the stairs Angel heard the voices of a man and a woman.
"Well, it's good to see that Cordelia didn't make to much of a mess."The man said picking up Cordelia's jacket and Connor's diaper bag off the couch and hanging them up on the coat rack. "Kids these days. I do not understand there fashion choices. I mean pacifiers were one thing, but now diaper bags?"The woman said shaking her head.
Angel tip-toed back up to the room and shut the door behind him.
"I think your parents are back."He told her. "My parent's!"Cordelia shreaked then lowered her voice, "What are they doing back? They aren't supposed to be home until tomorrow." "Cordelia?"Her father called coming up the stairs, "We're home." "Get in the closet."Cordelia instructed Angel, pushing him that way. "What?!"Angel asked. "I need you to get in the closet. I'll figure out something to tell my parents about Connor."
Angel paused for a moment and then hesitently went in.
"And don't tell me you never hid in Buffy's closet."Cordelia said shutting the door. "Cordelia?"Her father said opening the door. "Daddy, hi."she said picking up a few things off of her bed. "Hey sweety."He walked in, and stopped in his tracks when he saw Connor on the floor. "Who's that?"he asked. "That's Connor." She paused a minute trying to come up with a story. "Why is he here?" "His father had to work. So I agreed to watch him for the night." "And how do you know his father?" "He's my boyfriend."
(Buffy's house) Xander, Willow and Buffy sat looking through a photo album on Buffy's bed.
"Oh my god Buffy! Look at your hair!"Willow exclaimed pointing to a picture of Buffy with jet black hair, big bangs that hung limp on her forehead, and dark sunglasses. "I can't believe I was ever that stupid. I mean look at me, I could be Michael Jackson's twin or something. I mean we are both freaks right." "He's not a freak."Willow said fliping through a few more pages. "Believe me, he will be a major freak. Give it a couple years." "How do you know?"Xander asked. "I just do." They flipped threw more pages laughing at Buffy when the phone rang. "Hello Summers residence, Buffy speaking." "Buffy, it's Cordelia." "Hey Cor, what's up?" "My parent's have kicked me out of my house." "Oh my god!"Buffy exclaimed, nearly dropping the phone,"You're kidding!" "Believe me, I wish I was. So, I was wondering if you could call Willow and Xander and see if they'd like to help me out." "Hold on a minute, they're right here."Buffy covered up the mouth piece and said, "Hey guys, you want to help Cordelia move out of her house?"
As I Lay Me Down Chapter 13--One More Day
Authors Note: This chapter has a major Buffy and Angel moment at the end, so if you don't like them you may want to skip over that part.
Xander finished taping up the final box and threw the tape on the floor. "Finally, we are complete."He said exausted "Thank you so much Xander, you have no idea how much this means to me."Cordelia said coming back into the room with a very tired baby in her arms. "Connor!"Buffy squeeled, "Can I hold him?" "Of course."She gently placed the infant into the slayers open arms and instructed,"Be careful."
Buffy sat down in the closest chair and looked at the baby, taking everything in. His new baby smell, the way he felt in her arms, everything. Under six months from now she would have her own baby. She would be the one up at one, two clock in the morning for feedings. She would be the one changing diapers
"So,nobody's told me, who's the kid?"Xander asked after putting the box away. "Connor, duh."All three of the girls said in unison. "I even knew that and I don't hang out with Cordelia."Willow told him. "And Connor is who?" "Angel and Cordelia's son."Willow and Buffy told him in unison. "I am so confused."Xander said shaking his head "Don't feel bad, it is a very confusing story."Cordelia told him.
(Willow's house, same day) Xander and Willow sat watching 'Star Wars' and reciting lines. "So, it's crazy to hear about Cordelia having a baby, huh."Xander asked. "Tell me about it. I feel so old now. You think that's why she and Buffy became such good friends? Because Cordy went through the same thing that Buffy is?" "I don't know. But is it just me, or does it seem a little strange that all of a sudden this child appears? I mean, for one I didn't even know that the two of them knew each other existed and two, where's the kid been for the past you know couple weeks while they were hanging out at the library or at The Bronze? Hmm?" "What are you saying Xander? That you don't think that Connor is really Cordelia and Angel's?" "Yeah, that's what I'm thinkin'. And I'm going to get to the bottom of it."
(Sunnydale High Library, two days later) Buffy and Cordelia sat on the bottom of the stairs, as Buffy tried to b.s. her way through the English assinment that was due next block.
"How the hell could you forget about this assignment? It's worth a big part of our grade in the class, remember?"Cordelia asked "How can song lyrics be worth a big part of our grade? I mean, it's just song lyrics." "Exactly the same thing I said to myself." "What are you saying?" "'In Places no one will find all your feelings so deep inside was there that I realized,forever was in your eyes the moment I saw you cry. Wanted to hold you. I wanted to make it, go away. I wanted to know you. I wanted to make your everything all right.' Sound familar?" "Cordelia. I cannot use someone else's lyrics." "Buffy, you've been using what you know about the future to help stop people from dying, that's cheating the natural balance of things, why can't you cheat the same way to pass English?"
Buffy took a minute to contemplate the results if she were to do it and then said, "So, what's a good song?"
(English Class) Buffy and Cordelia sat in the back of the class listening to Harmony read her badly ryming song. "Thank you Harmony. Next is..."The teacher ran her finger down the list of student's in the class,"...Buffy." "You'll do great."Cordelia whispered
Buffy took a deep breath and walked up to the front of the class. "This is called 'One More Day'" She looked down at her paper and pretended to read,"Last night I had a crazy dream.
A wish was granted just for me, it could be for anything.
I didn't ask for money, or a mansion in Malibu.
I simply wished, for one more day with you."
As she read the words, she could see pictures and sounds form in her mind. It was like they were memories, but they couldn't have been. They had never happened. She could hear her voice, and Angel's too. "I was really jonesing for another heartbreaking sewer talk."She told him with a sad tone in her voice. "I'm sorry."
"One more day, one more time.
One more sunset, maybe I'd be satisfied.
But then again, I know what it would do.
Leave me wishing still, for one more day with you.
One more day."
Then she saw a vision of her and Angel sitting in a kitchen drinking tea. They were talking but it was like everything was muted. There was definetly tention building, she could feel it, but why? And then before she knew what was going on, the two of them started kissing passionatly.
"First thing I'd do, is pray for time to crawl.
I'd unplug the telephone, keep the TV off.
I'd hold you every second, say a million I love you's;
That's what I'd do, with one more day with you."
The kissing turned into the two of them lying in bed together, naked. She had her head on Angel's chest. "It's a good sound."She heard herself tell him, listening to his heart, "Thump-thump. Thump-thump."
Angel smiled, "It feels pretty amazing."he told her. "I'm so glad we didn't logic ourselves out of this. We'll make it work, right?" "We will."
"One more day, one more time.
One more sunset, maybe I'd be satisfied.
But then again, I know what it would do.
Leave me wishing still, for one more day with you."
There was a fight, it was to dark to tell where or who she was fighting. All she could tell was how scared she was. Not just for her life, but for Angel's too. He was hurt, she knew it. But why and how?
"One more day, one more time.
One more sunset, maybe I'd be satisfied.
But then again, I know what it would do.
Leave me wishing still, for one more day..... Leave me wishing still, for one more day.....
Leave me wishing still, for one more day.....
With you."
It was still the two of them again, in an apartment. She was crying,and it looked like he was too. "So, what happens now?"She asked trying not to become hysterical.
"The Oracles are giving us back the day, turning back time, so I can kill Mohra before his blood makes me mortal."Angel explained.
"When?"
He looked up at the clock and said, "Another minute."
She couldn't hold in the rest of her tears anymore, "A minute?"she sobbed, "No. No, it's not enough time!"
"We don't have a choice. It's done."
"How am I supposed to go on with my life knowing what we had? What we could have had?"
"You won't. No one will know but me."
"Everything we did."
"It never happened."
"It did. It did. I know it did!" She put her hand on his heart and whispered, "I felt your heart beat."
"Buffy.."
"One more day. (One more day.)"
Buffy looked up from the paper and began to feel light headed. She placed a hand on her stomach before her legs gave out and she fell to the floor.
Authors Notes: This chapter is dedicated to Kira for the full box of Gobstoppers. Computers are really evil. Especially when you write two of the best chapters you've ever written and it delete's them. GRRR. Stupid computers.
Xander walked up and down the rows of gravestones in the cemetary waiting for his chance to go face to face with a vampire. Slowly Buffy creept up behind him and stood watching him look at a gravestone.
"It's scary to think that at anytime one of us could be in a coffin six feet under."She whispered into his ear. "Don't do that!"he exclaimed practicly jumping out of his skin. "Sorry."She looked down at her feet, and stuck her hands in her back pockets of her jeans. "So, you're going on patrol all by yourself now?" "Yeah, I thought I'd do a sweep through before I went home. What are you doing out here, I thought you were supposed to be at the hospital." "I got out this morning, thank god. I would rather be in hell again then stay in that hospital for another minute." "Hell, again?" "Never mind. So, did I miss anything good while I was gone?" "Not really. Oh, Scott Hope and his girlfriend did get into a big fight in the lunch room, and she punched him." "Oh my god, he is a total dick. He deserved it."Buffy laughed.
The two of them walked down a few more rows of graves not saying anything, until Xander decided to break the silence." "So,"he said,"I'm sorry about telling Spike about...you know." "The baby. You can say it, it's okay. And I'm totally cool about you telling him, I mean if you didn't I wouldn't have, and I'd probably end up running away again and joining the CIA or something." "I don't thing you could make it into the CIA, I hear they do background checks."
(Cordelia's house) Cordy and Angel sat on the floor of her room,with Connor sleeping between them, watching The Heathers and eating pizza. "Remind me again, why are we watching this?"Angel asked taking another piece of pizza out of the box. "Because I can't find the remote and neither of us want to get up and change channels on the tv. Oh, and also because it's the best movie ever."
Angel leaned back and continued watching the movie. "I love my dead gay son!"Cordelia repeated along with the film. "You are so sad."Angel laughed while Cordelia threw an olive at him.
Downstairs a door slammed shut. Both Angel and Cordelia sat up, scarred by the noise.
"What was that?"Cordelia asked, her voice below a whisper. "I don't know. Listen you stay in here, I'm going to check it out."
Angel stood up and began to creep out the door.
"Be careful."Cordelia whispered rubbing Connors head.
Half way down the stairs Angel heard the voices of a man and a woman.
"Well, it's good to see that Cordelia didn't make to much of a mess."The man said picking up Cordelia's jacket and Connor's diaper bag off the couch and hanging them up on the coat rack. "Kids these days. I do not understand there fashion choices. I mean pacifiers were one thing, but now diaper bags?"The woman said shaking her head.
Angel tip-toed back up to the room and shut the door behind him.
"I think your parents are back."He told her. "My parent's!"Cordelia shreaked then lowered her voice, "What are they doing back? They aren't supposed to be home until tomorrow." "Cordelia?"Her father called coming up the stairs, "We're home." "Get in the closet."Cordelia instructed Angel, pushing him that way. "What?!"Angel asked. "I need you to get in the closet. I'll figure out something to tell my parents about Connor."
Angel paused for a moment and then hesitently went in.
"And don't tell me you never hid in Buffy's closet."Cordelia said shutting the door. "Cordelia?"Her father said opening the door. "Daddy, hi."she said picking up a few things off of her bed. "Hey sweety."He walked in, and stopped in his tracks when he saw Connor on the floor. "Who's that?"he asked. "That's Connor." She paused a minute trying to come up with a story. "Why is he here?" "His father had to work. So I agreed to watch him for the night." "And how do you know his father?" "He's my boyfriend."
(Buffy's house) Xander, Willow and Buffy sat looking through a photo album on Buffy's bed.
"Oh my god Buffy! Look at your hair!"Willow exclaimed pointing to a picture of Buffy with jet black hair, big bangs that hung limp on her forehead, and dark sunglasses. "I can't believe I was ever that stupid. I mean look at me, I could be Michael Jackson's twin or something. I mean we are both freaks right." "He's not a freak."Willow said fliping through a few more pages. "Believe me, he will be a major freak. Give it a couple years." "How do you know?"Xander asked. "I just do." They flipped threw more pages laughing at Buffy when the phone rang. "Hello Summers residence, Buffy speaking." "Buffy, it's Cordelia." "Hey Cor, what's up?" "My parent's have kicked me out of my house." "Oh my god!"Buffy exclaimed, nearly dropping the phone,"You're kidding!" "Believe me, I wish I was. So, I was wondering if you could call Willow and Xander and see if they'd like to help me out." "Hold on a minute, they're right here."Buffy covered up the mouth piece and said, "Hey guys, you want to help Cordelia move out of her house?"
As I Lay Me Down Chapter 13--One More Day
Authors Note: This chapter has a major Buffy and Angel moment at the end, so if you don't like them you may want to skip over that part.
Xander finished taping up the final box and threw the tape on the floor. "Finally, we are complete."He said exausted "Thank you so much Xander, you have no idea how much this means to me."Cordelia said coming back into the room with a very tired baby in her arms. "Connor!"Buffy squeeled, "Can I hold him?" "Of course."She gently placed the infant into the slayers open arms and instructed,"Be careful."
Buffy sat down in the closest chair and looked at the baby, taking everything in. His new baby smell, the way he felt in her arms, everything. Under six months from now she would have her own baby. She would be the one up at one, two clock in the morning for feedings. She would be the one changing diapers
"So,nobody's told me, who's the kid?"Xander asked after putting the box away. "Connor, duh."All three of the girls said in unison. "I even knew that and I don't hang out with Cordelia."Willow told him. "And Connor is who?" "Angel and Cordelia's son."Willow and Buffy told him in unison. "I am so confused."Xander said shaking his head "Don't feel bad, it is a very confusing story."Cordelia told him.
(Willow's house, same day) Xander and Willow sat watching 'Star Wars' and reciting lines. "So, it's crazy to hear about Cordelia having a baby, huh."Xander asked. "Tell me about it. I feel so old now. You think that's why she and Buffy became such good friends? Because Cordy went through the same thing that Buffy is?" "I don't know. But is it just me, or does it seem a little strange that all of a sudden this child appears? I mean, for one I didn't even know that the two of them knew each other existed and two, where's the kid been for the past you know couple weeks while they were hanging out at the library or at The Bronze? Hmm?" "What are you saying Xander? That you don't think that Connor is really Cordelia and Angel's?" "Yeah, that's what I'm thinkin'. And I'm going to get to the bottom of it."
(Sunnydale High Library, two days later) Buffy and Cordelia sat on the bottom of the stairs, as Buffy tried to b.s. her way through the English assinment that was due next block.
"How the hell could you forget about this assignment? It's worth a big part of our grade in the class, remember?"Cordelia asked "How can song lyrics be worth a big part of our grade? I mean, it's just song lyrics." "Exactly the same thing I said to myself." "What are you saying?" "'In Places no one will find all your feelings so deep inside was there that I realized,forever was in your eyes the moment I saw you cry. Wanted to hold you. I wanted to make it, go away. I wanted to know you. I wanted to make your everything all right.' Sound familar?" "Cordelia. I cannot use someone else's lyrics." "Buffy, you've been using what you know about the future to help stop people from dying, that's cheating the natural balance of things, why can't you cheat the same way to pass English?"
Buffy took a minute to contemplate the results if she were to do it and then said, "So, what's a good song?"
(English Class) Buffy and Cordelia sat in the back of the class listening to Harmony read her badly ryming song. "Thank you Harmony. Next is..."The teacher ran her finger down the list of student's in the class,"...Buffy." "You'll do great."Cordelia whispered
Buffy took a deep breath and walked up to the front of the class. "This is called 'One More Day'" She looked down at her paper and pretended to read,"Last night I had a crazy dream.
A wish was granted just for me, it could be for anything.
I didn't ask for money, or a mansion in Malibu.
I simply wished, for one more day with you."
As she read the words, she could see pictures and sounds form in her mind. It was like they were memories, but they couldn't have been. They had never happened. She could hear her voice, and Angel's too. "I was really jonesing for another heartbreaking sewer talk."She told him with a sad tone in her voice. "I'm sorry."
"One more day, one more time.
One more sunset, maybe I'd be satisfied.
But then again, I know what it would do.
Leave me wishing still, for one more day with you.
One more day."
Then she saw a vision of her and Angel sitting in a kitchen drinking tea. They were talking but it was like everything was muted. There was definetly tention building, she could feel it, but why? And then before she knew what was going on, the two of them started kissing passionatly.
"First thing I'd do, is pray for time to crawl.
I'd unplug the telephone, keep the TV off.
I'd hold you every second, say a million I love you's;
That's what I'd do, with one more day with you."
The kissing turned into the two of them lying in bed together, naked. She had her head on Angel's chest. "It's a good sound."She heard herself tell him, listening to his heart, "Thump-thump. Thump-thump."
Angel smiled, "It feels pretty amazing."he told her. "I'm so glad we didn't logic ourselves out of this. We'll make it work, right?" "We will."
"One more day, one more time.
One more sunset, maybe I'd be satisfied.
But then again, I know what it would do.
Leave me wishing still, for one more day with you."
There was a fight, it was to dark to tell where or who she was fighting. All she could tell was how scared she was. Not just for her life, but for Angel's too. He was hurt, she knew it. But why and how?
"One more day, one more time.
One more sunset, maybe I'd be satisfied.
But then again, I know what it would do.
Leave me wishing still, for one more day..... Leave me wishing still, for one more day.....
Leave me wishing still, for one more day.....
With you."
It was still the two of them again, in an apartment. She was crying,and it looked like he was too. "So, what happens now?"She asked trying not to become hysterical.
"The Oracles are giving us back the day, turning back time, so I can kill Mohra before his blood makes me mortal."Angel explained.
"When?"
He looked up at the clock and said, "Another minute."
She couldn't hold in the rest of her tears anymore, "A minute?"she sobbed, "No. No, it's not enough time!"
"We don't have a choice. It's done."
"How am I supposed to go on with my life knowing what we had? What we could have had?"
"You won't. No one will know but me."
"Everything we did."
"It never happened."
"It did. It did. I know it did!" She put her hand on his heart and whispered, "I felt your heart beat."
"Buffy.."
"One more day. (One more day.)"
Buffy looked up from the paper and began to feel light headed. She placed a hand on her stomach before her legs gave out and she fell to the floor.