Title: Going Back
Author: Inquisitive1
Email: inquisitive1@angelfire.com or 2inquisitive1@angelfire.com
Rating: This part is PG13 for minor swearing, implied sexual situations and
some violence. Later parts will be rated anything
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Disclaimer: I own only the characters you don't recognize (though I wish I
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Chapter 4
Kieran is walking through the cemetary her mind racing over her past.
The screams of the ones who died because she couldn't save them echo through
her mind. "Stop it" she mutters to herself.
"Oh look guys its dinner" hisses a vampire
Kieran turns around cocking an eyebrow at the 5 vampires she asks
"Dinner am I? At least buy me dinner" she growls as her canines lengthen and
her eyes change from blue to yellow.
"What the fuck are you?" demands a blonde vampire
Kieran shrugs "Dunno but lets just say I'm worse than you." she grabs
the closest vampire and snaps its neck as she throws a stake into another
vampires heart. As she does she begins to feel nauseus and dizzy. Dominick
she thinks as she lets down her guard a vampire grabs her arm too distracted
to stop it Kieran feels her arm dislocate from her shoulder.
"Let her go" a familiar voice growls.
"OK" the vampire agrees. Kieran feels herself fly through the air
hitting the side of a masoleum with a 'THUD' and a 'CRACK' as she feels a
sharp pain in her side as she hits the ground.
"No" Dominick growls angrily as he stakes the remaining vampires he
hurries to Kieran.
Kieran looks up at the familiar form she is stunned to see the
conflicting emotions in his eyes. She smiles faintly "I was right"
"About what?" he growls
"About you." she chuckles "You both love me."
Yeah we do baby. He just doesn't want to admit it
"Go figure" she mutters then she gasps in pain
"What's wrong?" he demands
She closes her eyes trying to will the pain away. "My arms dislocated
and I think a ribs fractured or something"
"Let me check you out" he orders
Did you tell him?
No. he chuckles Let 'im figure it out himself
Dominick she sighs mentally shaking her head. Kieran watches the
face of her lover as he runs his hands over her shoulder. She gasps in pain
at the pressure on her shoulder.
"I need to reset it." Dominick tells her his voice gentle
" 'kay" she whispers tears in her voice
Dominick looks around then gently picks her up. He carries her into
the masoleum "So we're not out in the open" he explains putting her down.
Kieran nods biting her lip she braces herself. "I'll count to 3." he tells
her. Kieran nods again. Dominick grasps her upper arm "1...2...3" he pulls
Kieran feels her arm pop back into place. She bites her lip hard enough to
cause it to bleed. Dominick pulls her onto his lap "Shhh. Its over" he
soothes rocking her as she cries. After a few minutes he remembers "I need to
check your ribs"
" 'kay" she agrees wiping away her tears. She watches his face close
as his hands move over her ribs briefly moving across her belly. He frowns
his hand moving across her belly again.
Dominick looks up at her his eyes filled with anger and
understanding. "His?" he demands pulling his hand away quickly
Kieran nods touching his cheek "Both of yours" she answers
He growls angrily "No its his. I wasn't the one in control at the
time"
Kieran takes his hand and holds it against her belly "You share the
same body no matter whose in control. Its part of all of us." Kieran watches
as the demon personality retreats and the human one comes forward. "He's not
taking it well is he?"
Dominick shakes his head "No love. I think he just needs time to
deal." he lightly kisses her. "You two OK?"
Kieran nods "We're fine. Baby can we go home soon?" she asks as she
softly strokes the back of his hand.
Dominick shrugs "I still don't know why I was sent" his hand rubs her
abdomen thoughtfully
Kieran squirms needing his hand on her skin she moves his hand away
she pulls her shirt up. She nuzzles his neck as she places his hand on her
bare abdomen. At the feeling of his hand warming her skin she sighs in
contentment.
"You should get back to Giles's soon" Dominick whispers kissing her
temple
Kieran shakes her head "Not yet" she sighs "Will you come back with
us?"
"I can't. Not yet. He and I need to talk come to some agreements" he
answers
"Oh" she replies "Dominick?"
"Hmm?"
Kieran pulls away facing him "I love you" she smiles faintly "Both of
you" she brushes her thumb across his bottom lip. "I want you to do something
for me"
"What?"
What? asks the demon
Are you still mad? Kieran asks
No. I wasn't mad... just jealous he admits
"OK both of you have to make me a promise" Kieran says staring deep
into his eyes seeing both sides "I need you two to promise me that you'll
share not just body and mind but also me and this baby. You have no need to
be jealous either of you. We are connected to each other by so many things:
mind, body, soul...our baby. I want you two to find a way to live together
because I need and want both of you. You're both this baby's father and it
needs you both in its life"
We could meld our personalities the demon suggests Like Dad did
with Angelus
Dominick nods "We could but one of us needs to have control"
"But which one?" Kieran asks confused
He will
"Why me?" Dominick asks
I won't be able to keep from killing annoying mortals. You have
better control over your anger than I do. I'll be able to come forth when
needed. When called
"Like Dad did with Angelus" Dominick muses "Kieran he's right. We
need to share our body we can protect you and the baby better." He frowns
looking around
Someones coming the demon growls
"Initiative" Kieran mutters "Buffy said they patrol around here" she
stands cradling her injured arm close. She goes to Dominick's side "They're
different from ours" she says
"I know we saw them when we got here" he looks at Kieran and smiles
faintly "You should go."
"No" she says stubbornly shaking her head
Yes he growls You can't fight like that
"Kieran GO" Dominick growls "He's right you can't fight like that
you'll put the baby at risk"
Kieran frowns her hand going to her belly she reluctantly agrees
"I'll go. You two be good"
Dominick nods "We'll lead 'em away from here. Go straight to Giles
and get your arm taken care of. We'll see you later"
No killing
But the demon protests
I'm serious. If you do I'll have to beat the crap out of you
Fine he agrees reluctantly You'll owe me
Kieran laughs "When we get home I'll make it up to you" she promises
she raises her eyebrow "anyway you want"
Dominick kisses her lightly "See you later" he promises heading
towards the door
"Be careful" she orders
"You too. You carry our future inside you" he smiles
She smiles back "We'll be fine." she watches as he runs out. Kieran
listens as the demon taunts the soldiers into chasing him. After a few
moments she sneaks out of the masoluem and heads in the direction of Giles'
apartment. When she reaches the door she realizes that she is in too much
pain to open the door. She kicks the door with her foot leaning against the
frame she waits for someone to open it. A second later Giles opens the door
she smiles painfully "I need an aspirin the size of Texas"
Giles looks at her stunned "What the bloody hell happened to you?" he
asks moving so she can enter the apartment. The others look up stunned as
they see the look on her face.
"Are you OK?" asks Buffy
"I'll be fine in the morning." she answers sitting down. Giles leaves
the room a few moments later he returns with a first aid kit.
"Bloody hell pet you look like shit" states Spike as he goes to her
side.
"I need to get your jacket off" Giles states at Kieran's nod he looks
to Spike "Hold her arm in place." Spike nods and carefully he slips his hand
into her jacket his hand grasping her upper arm holding it in place. Giles
removes the jacket from the uninjured arm and then he carefully goes to the
injured arm. "I'll make this quick"
Kieran nods "Its not that bad" as Giles begins to tug the sleeve she
closes her eyes and hums 'Jingle Bells' swallowing her nausea.
"OK done." Giles announces "I need to immobolize it" he tells her
Kieran nods "Been through this before" as Giles wraps the ace bandage
across her chest over her injured arm and under the other and secures it.
"Thanks" she smiles slightly at Giles
"So what happened?" asks Xander
"I got distracted and then ended up hitting the side of a masoleum"
she sighs "Luckily Dominick showed up and staked the vamps and popped my arm
back into place."
"And he didn't try to kill you" Xander says amazed
Kieran glares at Xander "No he didn't"
"Is he back to normal?" Buffy asks hopefully
"Um kinda. His two sides have begun to merge."
"Merge?" Wesley stammers in amazement
Kieran nods "Yes Wesley merge. Need me to spell it? M..E..R..G..E.
Means to combine into one."
"I know what it means" he retorts "I mean how?"
"Its done when both the demon and human personalities agree" Angel
answers "Its only been done a few times. Angelus was always too power hungry
to agree to merge. I don't understand how it could be done. I mean you both
are half vampire"
"Yes and our demons grew as we did. They're apart of us... sure they
are the darker half. They tend to be more sympathetic towards our feelings
than normal vampires"
"How'd you get his demon to agree?" Buffy asks
Guys your Mom wants to know how I got you to agree to get along
she chuckles
We knocked you up demon chuckles
Funny Dominick growls
Oh yeah that's a good idea then Spike will stake you himself
Kieran tell her we realized that family is more important than
anything else
No tell her I wanted control so I could fuck you silly
"What are you laughing at pet?" Spike asks
Kieran shakes her head "Nothing. Anyway, I convinced them that family
is important and we're all each other has left"
"And it worked?" Angel asks
"As far as I know it did" she answers
Nah its because now we have the mansion to ourselves. No more
sneaking into my bed at dawn. No more having to be quiet
Shut up. I know how horny you are so chill. And stop it soon I'm
gonna laugh
Are you gonna tell 'em about the baby?
No. And neither are you two. Now I'm going
"By the way the Initiative was out tonight. With pretty heavy stuff"
Kieran tells them
"I'm not surprised. Riley said that Walsh is on the look out for new
demons. You better stay low and so should Dominick" Buffy tells Kieran
"Don't worry bout it. As long as neither of us are seen vamped then
there is no way for people to figure out what we are."
"Wait OK we know you can go outside during the day. What else is
different?" asks Wesley
"Lets see we don't need blood to survive. We can enter homes without
invitation though we were raised to be polite and ask first. Crosses and holy
water don't effect us but we do tend to get a little anxious in churches. We
have reflections but their kinda translucent when we are like this. In vamp
form we don't have reflections. Dominick can go full vamp mode I can't."
"How can you not go full game face?" Buffy asks confused "Its a
vampire tendency"
"Not really sure. One of the reasons considered is the fact that as
daughter of a vampire and a Slayer that the Slayer side is more in control of
my vampire characteristics. And since guys aren't Slayers then Dominick is
more like Angel than you" she frowns "Now that I think about it he is not
just identical in looks to Angel but also personality as well. Wonder why I
never realized that" she shakes her head "Man I really got to pay more
attention to things around me. Maybe then I'll pass high school"
If you actually went
Hey I go. I told you stay out of my thoughts
But your thoughts are so sexy
Shut up "Man I am starting to get annoyed with your son" she says
to Buffy shaking her head
"How's that?" Buffy asks
Kieran sighs "Because of this stupid link we can kinda talk to each
other"
Willow looks surprised "You can read each others minds?" she stammers
"Only parts. Normally just Dominick's since our demons were buried it
wasn't possible to know their thoughts. The weird part is that when we're
near each other I only get the thoughts of which one is dormant when we are
apart I get both."
"And you can block them both?" asks Giles
Kieran nods "I could but I don't. I allow it and when he annoys me I
tell him to go away. Now that its two one listens the other doesn't. And soon
if one doesn't stop I am going to have to go find them and kick both their
asses." Hear that. If you don't stop I'll beat the crap out of both of you
Try me
Shut up I share this body too. I don't want to get into a fight just because you act like a child
"What's the conversation now?" Xander asks curiously
"Fighting over whose gonna get his ass beaten first" Kieran answers
her voice annoyed Look you two I'll talk to you later when I'm not with the
others. OK?
OK
Fine but I'm bored if I go kill someone its not my fault
Shut up. Dominick keep him busy- knit or something. I'll talk to
you later
Love you baby
Hey I love her too
I love both of you and so does the baby. Now shut up
See you later
Fine. I'm going back to the motel soon "I need to go take care of
some stuff" Kieran stands "I'll see you when I do."
"How can we get ahold of you?" calls Buffy
"Can't. I haven't slept more than 3 hours in two days. I'll be out
for hours and nothing short of the world blowing up could wake me. Have fun"
she says closing the door behind her.
**** Ten minutes later ****
Kieran unlocks the motel room door and enters closing it behind her.
She walks across the darkened room to the bed where she sits down and toes
off her shoes. Careful not to jar her injured arm she unbuttons her jeans and
slips out of them. "Better" she yawns crawling under the covers wearing only
her t-shirt, panties and bra.
Dominick enters the darkened room after checking to see if Kieran had
been followed. He locks the door behind him his eyes making out the figure on
the bed. Smiling he strips down to his boxers as he walks towards the bed
sliding under the covers he curls up behind Kieran. "Hey" he greets kissing
her shoulder he wraps his arms around her waist.
"I was wondering when you'd get here" Kieran yawns
"How'd it go?" he asks
"Mmm" she sighs "Your parents want to see you"
"How's your shoulder?"
"Not bad. It'll be better in a few hours." she strokes back of his
hand "You know we need to set some ground rules involving my mind. Your gonna
end up driving me nuts"
I hate rules
"I don't care. Its hard to hold a conversation when you keep popping
into my head."
"What kind of rules?" Dominick asks
"I dunno. Like when I want to talk to one of you the other can't just
pop in. How about when I want to talk to both of you I'll call you 'Dom' or
guys when I want to talk to demonboy"
Hey
"I'll call you Nick. When I want to talk to you baby I'll just call
you Dominick"
Why does he get to be Dominick?
"Because I've always called him that. Now baby and I want to sleep so
shut up." she growls closing her eyes. "Wake me in a few hours"
"Sleep baby" Dominick whispers kissing her temple.
**** Two hours later ****
"Kieran" Dominick calls his voice soft
"Go way" she mutters burrowing into the pillow.
Dominick smiles at the sight of her sleeping face he leans forward
and kisses her "wake up baby"
Kieran slowly opens her eyes and smiles sleepily "Hey"
"So why'd you want me to wake you up?" Dominick asks
Kieran flexes her shoulder "Wanted to see if my arms better"
"Why?" he asks suspiciously
Kieran sits up unwrapping the ace bandage she rotates her arm. She
smiles brightly "All better" she laughs flopping across his chest.
"Good" Dominick laughs kissing her holding her tight. "I missed you
baby" he says softly
"I missed you too" she whispers
"What's wrong Kiera?" he asks
Kieran sighs and pulls away from his embrace she sits up against the
baseboard her hand lay on her exposed belly. "I don't know"
Dominick lays his hand over hers "Talk to me. I know that you are
bothered by something" he props his head up with his hand
Kieran looks in his brown eyes thoughtfully she lifts a hand stroking
his cheek lightly. "I guess I'm feeling a little guilty" she admits
"Why?" he demands
Kieran lightly strokes Dominick's hand as it rests on her belly.
"About Brent" she admits softly
"Oh. Why?" he asks carefully
"Cuz I don't want to hurt him. He's a nice guy. He's one of the few
people in Sunnydale who is actually kind to me" she closes her eyes "He's
going to be hurt when he finds out that the whole time we were dating I was
sleeping with you." she opens her eyes and meets his "I don't regret us. I
never will. I just wish he didn't have to get hurt."
"I know. I owe him a lot for watching out for you. Especially these
last few months" he kisses her stomach
"I haven't talked to him much since that night" she admits
"Why not?" he asks
"I don't know. I think that I was scared that if I told him that he'd
leave. I'd lost too much in the last year I couldn't have him leave too"
"I'm not leaving"
Neither am I
Kieran smiles sadly "I know you won't." she reaches out and lightly
strokes his hair. "You won't leave us." Dominick lays his head on her belly.
"What are you doing?" she asks
"Listening" he answers
"So what do you hear?" she asks
He looks up with a small grin "Our baby's heartbeat"
Kieran looks at him her eyes round "Really?" he nods "What's it sound
like?"
"Beautiful like music" he murmurs he looks up as he hears her yawn
"Baby you need to get some sleep."
Kieran nods curling up beside him she closes her eyes yawning "Which
of you has been smoking?"
Sorry Nick says sheepishly
"Well no more." she orders "I don't want you smoking around the baby"
All right he agrees
"Good. Night" she mutters falling asleep in Dominick's arms.
"Night" Dominick says kissing her head he follows her into sleep.
Author: Inquisitive1
Email: inquisitive1@angelfire.com or 2inquisitive1@angelfire.com
Rating: This part is PG13 for minor swearing, implied sexual situations and
some violence. Later parts will be rated anything
Distribution: Will be found at my site:
http://www.angelfire.com/tv/inqstive1sfanfiction/index.html
and at Fanfiction.net and on Listbot and my Egroups: Inquisitive1supdates and
on other Egroup pages. Anyone else want it ask first.
Disclaimer: I own only the characters you don't recognize (though I wish I
owned Angel, but alas I don't). The characters belong to the lucky people who
came up with them.
Feedback: Let me know what you think
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Chapter 4
Kieran is walking through the cemetary her mind racing over her past.
The screams of the ones who died because she couldn't save them echo through
her mind. "Stop it" she mutters to herself.
"Oh look guys its dinner" hisses a vampire
Kieran turns around cocking an eyebrow at the 5 vampires she asks
"Dinner am I? At least buy me dinner" she growls as her canines lengthen and
her eyes change from blue to yellow.
"What the fuck are you?" demands a blonde vampire
Kieran shrugs "Dunno but lets just say I'm worse than you." she grabs
the closest vampire and snaps its neck as she throws a stake into another
vampires heart. As she does she begins to feel nauseus and dizzy. Dominick
she thinks as she lets down her guard a vampire grabs her arm too distracted
to stop it Kieran feels her arm dislocate from her shoulder.
"Let her go" a familiar voice growls.
"OK" the vampire agrees. Kieran feels herself fly through the air
hitting the side of a masoleum with a 'THUD' and a 'CRACK' as she feels a
sharp pain in her side as she hits the ground.
"No" Dominick growls angrily as he stakes the remaining vampires he
hurries to Kieran.
Kieran looks up at the familiar form she is stunned to see the
conflicting emotions in his eyes. She smiles faintly "I was right"
"About what?" he growls
"About you." she chuckles "You both love me."
Yeah we do baby. He just doesn't want to admit it
"Go figure" she mutters then she gasps in pain
"What's wrong?" he demands
She closes her eyes trying to will the pain away. "My arms dislocated
and I think a ribs fractured or something"
"Let me check you out" he orders
Did you tell him?
No. he chuckles Let 'im figure it out himself
Dominick she sighs mentally shaking her head. Kieran watches the
face of her lover as he runs his hands over her shoulder. She gasps in pain
at the pressure on her shoulder.
"I need to reset it." Dominick tells her his voice gentle
" 'kay" she whispers tears in her voice
Dominick looks around then gently picks her up. He carries her into
the masoleum "So we're not out in the open" he explains putting her down.
Kieran nods biting her lip she braces herself. "I'll count to 3." he tells
her. Kieran nods again. Dominick grasps her upper arm "1...2...3" he pulls
Kieran feels her arm pop back into place. She bites her lip hard enough to
cause it to bleed. Dominick pulls her onto his lap "Shhh. Its over" he
soothes rocking her as she cries. After a few minutes he remembers "I need to
check your ribs"
" 'kay" she agrees wiping away her tears. She watches his face close
as his hands move over her ribs briefly moving across her belly. He frowns
his hand moving across her belly again.
Dominick looks up at her his eyes filled with anger and
understanding. "His?" he demands pulling his hand away quickly
Kieran nods touching his cheek "Both of yours" she answers
He growls angrily "No its his. I wasn't the one in control at the
time"
Kieran takes his hand and holds it against her belly "You share the
same body no matter whose in control. Its part of all of us." Kieran watches
as the demon personality retreats and the human one comes forward. "He's not
taking it well is he?"
Dominick shakes his head "No love. I think he just needs time to
deal." he lightly kisses her. "You two OK?"
Kieran nods "We're fine. Baby can we go home soon?" she asks as she
softly strokes the back of his hand.
Dominick shrugs "I still don't know why I was sent" his hand rubs her
abdomen thoughtfully
Kieran squirms needing his hand on her skin she moves his hand away
she pulls her shirt up. She nuzzles his neck as she places his hand on her
bare abdomen. At the feeling of his hand warming her skin she sighs in
contentment.
"You should get back to Giles's soon" Dominick whispers kissing her
temple
Kieran shakes her head "Not yet" she sighs "Will you come back with
us?"
"I can't. Not yet. He and I need to talk come to some agreements" he
answers
"Oh" she replies "Dominick?"
"Hmm?"
Kieran pulls away facing him "I love you" she smiles faintly "Both of
you" she brushes her thumb across his bottom lip. "I want you to do something
for me"
"What?"
What? asks the demon
Are you still mad? Kieran asks
No. I wasn't mad... just jealous he admits
"OK both of you have to make me a promise" Kieran says staring deep
into his eyes seeing both sides "I need you two to promise me that you'll
share not just body and mind but also me and this baby. You have no need to
be jealous either of you. We are connected to each other by so many things:
mind, body, soul...our baby. I want you two to find a way to live together
because I need and want both of you. You're both this baby's father and it
needs you both in its life"
We could meld our personalities the demon suggests Like Dad did
with Angelus
Dominick nods "We could but one of us needs to have control"
"But which one?" Kieran asks confused
He will
"Why me?" Dominick asks
I won't be able to keep from killing annoying mortals. You have
better control over your anger than I do. I'll be able to come forth when
needed. When called
"Like Dad did with Angelus" Dominick muses "Kieran he's right. We
need to share our body we can protect you and the baby better." He frowns
looking around
Someones coming the demon growls
"Initiative" Kieran mutters "Buffy said they patrol around here" she
stands cradling her injured arm close. She goes to Dominick's side "They're
different from ours" she says
"I know we saw them when we got here" he looks at Kieran and smiles
faintly "You should go."
"No" she says stubbornly shaking her head
Yes he growls You can't fight like that
"Kieran GO" Dominick growls "He's right you can't fight like that
you'll put the baby at risk"
Kieran frowns her hand going to her belly she reluctantly agrees
"I'll go. You two be good"
Dominick nods "We'll lead 'em away from here. Go straight to Giles
and get your arm taken care of. We'll see you later"
No killing
But the demon protests
I'm serious. If you do I'll have to beat the crap out of you
Fine he agrees reluctantly You'll owe me
Kieran laughs "When we get home I'll make it up to you" she promises
she raises her eyebrow "anyway you want"
Dominick kisses her lightly "See you later" he promises heading
towards the door
"Be careful" she orders
"You too. You carry our future inside you" he smiles
She smiles back "We'll be fine." she watches as he runs out. Kieran
listens as the demon taunts the soldiers into chasing him. After a few
moments she sneaks out of the masoluem and heads in the direction of Giles'
apartment. When she reaches the door she realizes that she is in too much
pain to open the door. She kicks the door with her foot leaning against the
frame she waits for someone to open it. A second later Giles opens the door
she smiles painfully "I need an aspirin the size of Texas"
Giles looks at her stunned "What the bloody hell happened to you?" he
asks moving so she can enter the apartment. The others look up stunned as
they see the look on her face.
"Are you OK?" asks Buffy
"I'll be fine in the morning." she answers sitting down. Giles leaves
the room a few moments later he returns with a first aid kit.
"Bloody hell pet you look like shit" states Spike as he goes to her
side.
"I need to get your jacket off" Giles states at Kieran's nod he looks
to Spike "Hold her arm in place." Spike nods and carefully he slips his hand
into her jacket his hand grasping her upper arm holding it in place. Giles
removes the jacket from the uninjured arm and then he carefully goes to the
injured arm. "I'll make this quick"
Kieran nods "Its not that bad" as Giles begins to tug the sleeve she
closes her eyes and hums 'Jingle Bells' swallowing her nausea.
"OK done." Giles announces "I need to immobolize it" he tells her
Kieran nods "Been through this before" as Giles wraps the ace bandage
across her chest over her injured arm and under the other and secures it.
"Thanks" she smiles slightly at Giles
"So what happened?" asks Xander
"I got distracted and then ended up hitting the side of a masoleum"
she sighs "Luckily Dominick showed up and staked the vamps and popped my arm
back into place."
"And he didn't try to kill you" Xander says amazed
Kieran glares at Xander "No he didn't"
"Is he back to normal?" Buffy asks hopefully
"Um kinda. His two sides have begun to merge."
"Merge?" Wesley stammers in amazement
Kieran nods "Yes Wesley merge. Need me to spell it? M..E..R..G..E.
Means to combine into one."
"I know what it means" he retorts "I mean how?"
"Its done when both the demon and human personalities agree" Angel
answers "Its only been done a few times. Angelus was always too power hungry
to agree to merge. I don't understand how it could be done. I mean you both
are half vampire"
"Yes and our demons grew as we did. They're apart of us... sure they
are the darker half. They tend to be more sympathetic towards our feelings
than normal vampires"
"How'd you get his demon to agree?" Buffy asks
Guys your Mom wants to know how I got you to agree to get along
she chuckles
We knocked you up demon chuckles
Funny Dominick growls
Oh yeah that's a good idea then Spike will stake you himself
Kieran tell her we realized that family is more important than
anything else
No tell her I wanted control so I could fuck you silly
"What are you laughing at pet?" Spike asks
Kieran shakes her head "Nothing. Anyway, I convinced them that family
is important and we're all each other has left"
"And it worked?" Angel asks
"As far as I know it did" she answers
Nah its because now we have the mansion to ourselves. No more
sneaking into my bed at dawn. No more having to be quiet
Shut up. I know how horny you are so chill. And stop it soon I'm
gonna laugh
Are you gonna tell 'em about the baby?
No. And neither are you two. Now I'm going
"By the way the Initiative was out tonight. With pretty heavy stuff"
Kieran tells them
"I'm not surprised. Riley said that Walsh is on the look out for new
demons. You better stay low and so should Dominick" Buffy tells Kieran
"Don't worry bout it. As long as neither of us are seen vamped then
there is no way for people to figure out what we are."
"Wait OK we know you can go outside during the day. What else is
different?" asks Wesley
"Lets see we don't need blood to survive. We can enter homes without
invitation though we were raised to be polite and ask first. Crosses and holy
water don't effect us but we do tend to get a little anxious in churches. We
have reflections but their kinda translucent when we are like this. In vamp
form we don't have reflections. Dominick can go full vamp mode I can't."
"How can you not go full game face?" Buffy asks confused "Its a
vampire tendency"
"Not really sure. One of the reasons considered is the fact that as
daughter of a vampire and a Slayer that the Slayer side is more in control of
my vampire characteristics. And since guys aren't Slayers then Dominick is
more like Angel than you" she frowns "Now that I think about it he is not
just identical in looks to Angel but also personality as well. Wonder why I
never realized that" she shakes her head "Man I really got to pay more
attention to things around me. Maybe then I'll pass high school"
If you actually went
Hey I go. I told you stay out of my thoughts
But your thoughts are so sexy
Shut up "Man I am starting to get annoyed with your son" she says
to Buffy shaking her head
"How's that?" Buffy asks
Kieran sighs "Because of this stupid link we can kinda talk to each
other"
Willow looks surprised "You can read each others minds?" she stammers
"Only parts. Normally just Dominick's since our demons were buried it
wasn't possible to know their thoughts. The weird part is that when we're
near each other I only get the thoughts of which one is dormant when we are
apart I get both."
"And you can block them both?" asks Giles
Kieran nods "I could but I don't. I allow it and when he annoys me I
tell him to go away. Now that its two one listens the other doesn't. And soon
if one doesn't stop I am going to have to go find them and kick both their
asses." Hear that. If you don't stop I'll beat the crap out of both of you
Try me
Shut up I share this body too. I don't want to get into a fight just because you act like a child
"What's the conversation now?" Xander asks curiously
"Fighting over whose gonna get his ass beaten first" Kieran answers
her voice annoyed Look you two I'll talk to you later when I'm not with the
others. OK?
OK
Fine but I'm bored if I go kill someone its not my fault
Shut up. Dominick keep him busy- knit or something. I'll talk to
you later
Love you baby
Hey I love her too
I love both of you and so does the baby. Now shut up
See you later
Fine. I'm going back to the motel soon "I need to go take care of
some stuff" Kieran stands "I'll see you when I do."
"How can we get ahold of you?" calls Buffy
"Can't. I haven't slept more than 3 hours in two days. I'll be out
for hours and nothing short of the world blowing up could wake me. Have fun"
she says closing the door behind her.
**** Ten minutes later ****
Kieran unlocks the motel room door and enters closing it behind her.
She walks across the darkened room to the bed where she sits down and toes
off her shoes. Careful not to jar her injured arm she unbuttons her jeans and
slips out of them. "Better" she yawns crawling under the covers wearing only
her t-shirt, panties and bra.
Dominick enters the darkened room after checking to see if Kieran had
been followed. He locks the door behind him his eyes making out the figure on
the bed. Smiling he strips down to his boxers as he walks towards the bed
sliding under the covers he curls up behind Kieran. "Hey" he greets kissing
her shoulder he wraps his arms around her waist.
"I was wondering when you'd get here" Kieran yawns
"How'd it go?" he asks
"Mmm" she sighs "Your parents want to see you"
"How's your shoulder?"
"Not bad. It'll be better in a few hours." she strokes back of his
hand "You know we need to set some ground rules involving my mind. Your gonna
end up driving me nuts"
I hate rules
"I don't care. Its hard to hold a conversation when you keep popping
into my head."
"What kind of rules?" Dominick asks
"I dunno. Like when I want to talk to one of you the other can't just
pop in. How about when I want to talk to both of you I'll call you 'Dom' or
guys when I want to talk to demonboy"
Hey
"I'll call you Nick. When I want to talk to you baby I'll just call
you Dominick"
Why does he get to be Dominick?
"Because I've always called him that. Now baby and I want to sleep so
shut up." she growls closing her eyes. "Wake me in a few hours"
"Sleep baby" Dominick whispers kissing her temple.
**** Two hours later ****
"Kieran" Dominick calls his voice soft
"Go way" she mutters burrowing into the pillow.
Dominick smiles at the sight of her sleeping face he leans forward
and kisses her "wake up baby"
Kieran slowly opens her eyes and smiles sleepily "Hey"
"So why'd you want me to wake you up?" Dominick asks
Kieran flexes her shoulder "Wanted to see if my arms better"
"Why?" he asks suspiciously
Kieran sits up unwrapping the ace bandage she rotates her arm. She
smiles brightly "All better" she laughs flopping across his chest.
"Good" Dominick laughs kissing her holding her tight. "I missed you
baby" he says softly
"I missed you too" she whispers
"What's wrong Kiera?" he asks
Kieran sighs and pulls away from his embrace she sits up against the
baseboard her hand lay on her exposed belly. "I don't know"
Dominick lays his hand over hers "Talk to me. I know that you are
bothered by something" he props his head up with his hand
Kieran looks in his brown eyes thoughtfully she lifts a hand stroking
his cheek lightly. "I guess I'm feeling a little guilty" she admits
"Why?" he demands
Kieran lightly strokes Dominick's hand as it rests on her belly.
"About Brent" she admits softly
"Oh. Why?" he asks carefully
"Cuz I don't want to hurt him. He's a nice guy. He's one of the few
people in Sunnydale who is actually kind to me" she closes her eyes "He's
going to be hurt when he finds out that the whole time we were dating I was
sleeping with you." she opens her eyes and meets his "I don't regret us. I
never will. I just wish he didn't have to get hurt."
"I know. I owe him a lot for watching out for you. Especially these
last few months" he kisses her stomach
"I haven't talked to him much since that night" she admits
"Why not?" he asks
"I don't know. I think that I was scared that if I told him that he'd
leave. I'd lost too much in the last year I couldn't have him leave too"
"I'm not leaving"
Neither am I
Kieran smiles sadly "I know you won't." she reaches out and lightly
strokes his hair. "You won't leave us." Dominick lays his head on her belly.
"What are you doing?" she asks
"Listening" he answers
"So what do you hear?" she asks
He looks up with a small grin "Our baby's heartbeat"
Kieran looks at him her eyes round "Really?" he nods "What's it sound
like?"
"Beautiful like music" he murmurs he looks up as he hears her yawn
"Baby you need to get some sleep."
Kieran nods curling up beside him she closes her eyes yawning "Which
of you has been smoking?"
Sorry Nick says sheepishly
"Well no more." she orders "I don't want you smoking around the baby"
All right he agrees
"Good. Night" she mutters falling asleep in Dominick's arms.
"Night" Dominick says kissing her head he follows her into sleep.