Chapter 6
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After Giles hang up the phone on Angel he headed out the door and raced to the hospital as fast as he could in his little car. When he arrived at the hospital he
found Willow and Xander sitting in the waiting room silent. "Now what's going on," he asked as soon as he entered the room and sat across from them,"you just call me
and tell me Buffy's at the hospital in labor?". "Buffy's sort of been keeping a little secret from us," Xander told him grimly. "What that she's pregnant," Giles asked still
having a hard time believing it. "That would pretty much be it," Xander told him. "I live with her and I didn't even notice," Willow said still feeling guilty. "None of us did,
Will," Xander told her. "Well where is she," Giles asked. "They took her to a room somewhere so they can try to stop the labor," Willow said," Joyce is with her, but they
told us we had to stay here". "I see," Giles said letting it all sink in. His slayer had been carrying around a child for months and he hadn't even known. He felt like an
idiot.
Meanwhile in a room through those swinging double doors Buffy lay in bed hooked up to an I.V. and a fetal monitor among other things. Joyce sat with her and
tried to calm Buffy down. The calmer she was the better chance they had of stopping the premature labor, but it wasn't exactly easy staying calm in a situation like this.
However Buffy was trying her best. They had already given her one type of medicine hoping it would do the trick, but if that didn't work they still had two others to try. The
third one was a last resort though and if that didn;t work Buffy was going to have to deliver Sierra two months early.
Back in the waiting room Giles had been sitting there with Willow and Xander for a little over half an hour now when they saw Angel run in the emergency room
entrance. He didn't even see them at first. He was going for the nurse's station when Willow called out his name. He turned and saw them and went over. He had sped
all the way there. Making the trip in record time. Thoughts racing through his brain the whole way. How could Buffy have been pregnant when he saw her in L.A. last time.
When he'd been human. She'd slept with him while she was pregnant. He couldn't believe it. "So Buffy's having a baby," he said the hurt just the slightest bit evident in
his voice," why didn't she tell me she was pregnant when she came to see me in L.A. before". "She wasn't," Willow said," or at least she didn't know it cuz she would have
only been a week or so along". "She's in premature labor, Angel," Giles said," apparentally she's only about seven months along". Angel couldn't believe what he was
hearing. If Buffy was only seven months along then it'd be right around the time she came to visit him in L.A. that she'd gotten pregnant. And he was positive now that he
knew she was only seven months that she wouldn't have slept with someone else and then just a week or so later slept with him. She would have at least told him or
something. He was starting to understand this feeling he'd been having for so long. Buffy was pregnant with his child. He just knew that had to be it. He could feel it deep
down in his now fully restored and premanently intact soul (Thanks to Wesley and Cordelia. They hadn't wanted to risk Angel going all evil again no matter what). "So
where is she," he asked them. "They have her down the hall with Joyce," Xander said and as Angel started to walk away," but they said no one else could go in". Angel
paid no attention to the last part. All he knew was that he had to find Buffy.
Down the hall Buffy was now on her second medication. The first had been promising in the beginning. It had seemed it was going to work, but then suddenly
she'd felt the pain again. So they'd given her the second drug a couple of minutes ago. "Maybe you should go tell them what's going on," Buffy told her mother," I'm sure
they're worried". "Well I don't want to leave you alone," Joyce said. "I'll be alright Mom," Buffy said. "Are you sure," Joyce asked her daughter not really wanting to leave,
but understanding she wanted her mother to reassure her friends she was alright. "I'm sure Mom," Buffy said," they shouldn't have to continue wondering what's going on".
Buffy was getting a strange feeling, but it had nothing to do with her labor. This was a familiar feeling of closeness, but she knew it was impossible. Then just as her
mother got up to leave the room the door opened. "What are you doing here," Joyce asked. Buffy looked around her mother to see Angel standing in the doorway. "I
came to see Buffy," Angel explained worry in his eyes. "It's ok Mom," Buffy said," can you give us a minute. You can talk with the guys for a little while or maybe get
somethin to eat". Joyce understood her daughter felt the need to be alone with Angel. After all he'd been the only man Buffy had ever truly loved. So she walked out of the
room and let Angel enter.
"What are you doing here," Buffy asked trying to hide the fact that she was in any pain. "I was calling Giles about a book that....," He left off," well, the book's not
important. Anyways he answered and said he couldn't talk because he was coming here to see you and you were in labor. So I came as quick as I could". Buffy knew he
must have sped all the way there because she hadn't even been in the hospital long enough for a normal drive from L.A. to Sunnydale. She would have been thrilled to
death to know he still cared about her that much if the situation were under different circumstances. "What happened," he asked her as he sat in the chair by her bed
where Joyce had just been. "Well actually a lot's happened since I last saw you. For starters I found out I was pregnant and then I decided to keep it from everyone," she
told him. "When did you tell them," he asked her. "Today," she said," I sort of just blurted it out and then when I called my father and told him he told me congratulations
and hung up on me. I think that was the final straw. I'd been holding all of this in for so long and then everyone suddenly knew and I had all of these feelings and when my
dad hung up on me it just put the final weight of it all on. I couldn't take it all and so now here we are. Great Mom I am huh?". While she was saying all of this Angel had
taken her hand in his. "Buffy, this certainly isn't your fault. You had a lot going on and sometimes these things happen," Angel said," and besides not knowing who the
father was must have taken quite a toll on you". "How did you know I didn't know who the father was," Buffy asked him. Angel looked at her for a moment. He hadn't
really thought about what he was saying with that last part. He knew he had to tell her. "Angel how did you know," she asked when he didn't answer. "Buffy there's
something I have to tell you," he said squeezing her hand tighter. "What," she asked quietly. "When you came to L.A. seven months ago you were there for more than five
minutes. You were there for a whole day and night,"he looked into her eyes to see if she was understanding him. She was. "Buffy the amora demon we fought had the
ability to make me human," he said," and the first time we fought it, it did". "What do you mean the first time," she said wanting him to explain further. "Like I said the first
time he did and I found you at the pier and I kissed you. Then we went back to my place and we tried to do the adult thing and be mature,but one thing led to another and
we made love. The next day Doyle told me the demon had regenerated itself. I wanted to prove I could still fight just like before, but I couldn't and you had to save me.
Well I went to see the Oracles and find out what would happen if I stayed human. They told me if I continued to live you would die. I couldn't let that happen so I asked
them to turn back time. So what you remember is the second time around," Angel said as she began to realize entirely what he was saying. She had tears in her eyes
once again and one rolled down her cheek as she asked," are you saying....". She wasn't sure if she could say it. What if he wasn't. She'd been secretly hoping for seven
months and if he said no now she wasn't sure she could take it. "That I'm the father of your baby," he finished. Buffy's eyes lit up. The tears were still streaming down her
face, but now they were happy tears and she smiled at him. He smiled back at her and hugged her as tightly as he dared not wanting to harm her or the baby in any way.
"I knew it," she told him as they let go of each other," I could feel it, but I barely dared to hope". "I could feel it too," he said," I mean I didn't know what I was feeling, but I
knew it was connected to you. There's something else I wanna tell you too". Just then the doctor walked in with a smile on his face. "I've got good news," he said," it
turns out the second drug worked. I just got the results and you're going to be fine. You will need to avoid any big surprises, vigorous activity, or anything that could get
you all worked up again for the next two months. We don't want this happening again. So you'll be discharged in about an hour. We just want to check over everything
one last time before we release you". "Could you go tell my Mom and my friends in the waiting room," Buffy asked. "Of course," the doctor said and left to go tell them.
"So you were saying," Buffy asked Angel with a big grin.
So should I let him tell her or make him wait? Did you like? Please read and review and I'll write more!
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After Giles hang up the phone on Angel he headed out the door and raced to the hospital as fast as he could in his little car. When he arrived at the hospital he
found Willow and Xander sitting in the waiting room silent. "Now what's going on," he asked as soon as he entered the room and sat across from them,"you just call me
and tell me Buffy's at the hospital in labor?". "Buffy's sort of been keeping a little secret from us," Xander told him grimly. "What that she's pregnant," Giles asked still
having a hard time believing it. "That would pretty much be it," Xander told him. "I live with her and I didn't even notice," Willow said still feeling guilty. "None of us did,
Will," Xander told her. "Well where is she," Giles asked. "They took her to a room somewhere so they can try to stop the labor," Willow said," Joyce is with her, but they
told us we had to stay here". "I see," Giles said letting it all sink in. His slayer had been carrying around a child for months and he hadn't even known. He felt like an
idiot.
Meanwhile in a room through those swinging double doors Buffy lay in bed hooked up to an I.V. and a fetal monitor among other things. Joyce sat with her and
tried to calm Buffy down. The calmer she was the better chance they had of stopping the premature labor, but it wasn't exactly easy staying calm in a situation like this.
However Buffy was trying her best. They had already given her one type of medicine hoping it would do the trick, but if that didn't work they still had two others to try. The
third one was a last resort though and if that didn;t work Buffy was going to have to deliver Sierra two months early.
Back in the waiting room Giles had been sitting there with Willow and Xander for a little over half an hour now when they saw Angel run in the emergency room
entrance. He didn't even see them at first. He was going for the nurse's station when Willow called out his name. He turned and saw them and went over. He had sped
all the way there. Making the trip in record time. Thoughts racing through his brain the whole way. How could Buffy have been pregnant when he saw her in L.A. last time.
When he'd been human. She'd slept with him while she was pregnant. He couldn't believe it. "So Buffy's having a baby," he said the hurt just the slightest bit evident in
his voice," why didn't she tell me she was pregnant when she came to see me in L.A. before". "She wasn't," Willow said," or at least she didn't know it cuz she would have
only been a week or so along". "She's in premature labor, Angel," Giles said," apparentally she's only about seven months along". Angel couldn't believe what he was
hearing. If Buffy was only seven months along then it'd be right around the time she came to visit him in L.A. that she'd gotten pregnant. And he was positive now that he
knew she was only seven months that she wouldn't have slept with someone else and then just a week or so later slept with him. She would have at least told him or
something. He was starting to understand this feeling he'd been having for so long. Buffy was pregnant with his child. He just knew that had to be it. He could feel it deep
down in his now fully restored and premanently intact soul (Thanks to Wesley and Cordelia. They hadn't wanted to risk Angel going all evil again no matter what). "So
where is she," he asked them. "They have her down the hall with Joyce," Xander said and as Angel started to walk away," but they said no one else could go in". Angel
paid no attention to the last part. All he knew was that he had to find Buffy.
Down the hall Buffy was now on her second medication. The first had been promising in the beginning. It had seemed it was going to work, but then suddenly
she'd felt the pain again. So they'd given her the second drug a couple of minutes ago. "Maybe you should go tell them what's going on," Buffy told her mother," I'm sure
they're worried". "Well I don't want to leave you alone," Joyce said. "I'll be alright Mom," Buffy said. "Are you sure," Joyce asked her daughter not really wanting to leave,
but understanding she wanted her mother to reassure her friends she was alright. "I'm sure Mom," Buffy said," they shouldn't have to continue wondering what's going on".
Buffy was getting a strange feeling, but it had nothing to do with her labor. This was a familiar feeling of closeness, but she knew it was impossible. Then just as her
mother got up to leave the room the door opened. "What are you doing here," Joyce asked. Buffy looked around her mother to see Angel standing in the doorway. "I
came to see Buffy," Angel explained worry in his eyes. "It's ok Mom," Buffy said," can you give us a minute. You can talk with the guys for a little while or maybe get
somethin to eat". Joyce understood her daughter felt the need to be alone with Angel. After all he'd been the only man Buffy had ever truly loved. So she walked out of the
room and let Angel enter.
"What are you doing here," Buffy asked trying to hide the fact that she was in any pain. "I was calling Giles about a book that....," He left off," well, the book's not
important. Anyways he answered and said he couldn't talk because he was coming here to see you and you were in labor. So I came as quick as I could". Buffy knew he
must have sped all the way there because she hadn't even been in the hospital long enough for a normal drive from L.A. to Sunnydale. She would have been thrilled to
death to know he still cared about her that much if the situation were under different circumstances. "What happened," he asked her as he sat in the chair by her bed
where Joyce had just been. "Well actually a lot's happened since I last saw you. For starters I found out I was pregnant and then I decided to keep it from everyone," she
told him. "When did you tell them," he asked her. "Today," she said," I sort of just blurted it out and then when I called my father and told him he told me congratulations
and hung up on me. I think that was the final straw. I'd been holding all of this in for so long and then everyone suddenly knew and I had all of these feelings and when my
dad hung up on me it just put the final weight of it all on. I couldn't take it all and so now here we are. Great Mom I am huh?". While she was saying all of this Angel had
taken her hand in his. "Buffy, this certainly isn't your fault. You had a lot going on and sometimes these things happen," Angel said," and besides not knowing who the
father was must have taken quite a toll on you". "How did you know I didn't know who the father was," Buffy asked him. Angel looked at her for a moment. He hadn't
really thought about what he was saying with that last part. He knew he had to tell her. "Angel how did you know," she asked when he didn't answer. "Buffy there's
something I have to tell you," he said squeezing her hand tighter. "What," she asked quietly. "When you came to L.A. seven months ago you were there for more than five
minutes. You were there for a whole day and night,"he looked into her eyes to see if she was understanding him. She was. "Buffy the amora demon we fought had the
ability to make me human," he said," and the first time we fought it, it did". "What do you mean the first time," she said wanting him to explain further. "Like I said the first
time he did and I found you at the pier and I kissed you. Then we went back to my place and we tried to do the adult thing and be mature,but one thing led to another and
we made love. The next day Doyle told me the demon had regenerated itself. I wanted to prove I could still fight just like before, but I couldn't and you had to save me.
Well I went to see the Oracles and find out what would happen if I stayed human. They told me if I continued to live you would die. I couldn't let that happen so I asked
them to turn back time. So what you remember is the second time around," Angel said as she began to realize entirely what he was saying. She had tears in her eyes
once again and one rolled down her cheek as she asked," are you saying....". She wasn't sure if she could say it. What if he wasn't. She'd been secretly hoping for seven
months and if he said no now she wasn't sure she could take it. "That I'm the father of your baby," he finished. Buffy's eyes lit up. The tears were still streaming down her
face, but now they were happy tears and she smiled at him. He smiled back at her and hugged her as tightly as he dared not wanting to harm her or the baby in any way.
"I knew it," she told him as they let go of each other," I could feel it, but I barely dared to hope". "I could feel it too," he said," I mean I didn't know what I was feeling, but I
knew it was connected to you. There's something else I wanna tell you too". Just then the doctor walked in with a smile on his face. "I've got good news," he said," it
turns out the second drug worked. I just got the results and you're going to be fine. You will need to avoid any big surprises, vigorous activity, or anything that could get
you all worked up again for the next two months. We don't want this happening again. So you'll be discharged in about an hour. We just want to check over everything
one last time before we release you". "Could you go tell my Mom and my friends in the waiting room," Buffy asked. "Of course," the doctor said and left to go tell them.
"So you were saying," Buffy asked Angel with a big grin.
So should I let him tell her or make him wait? Did you like? Please read and review and I'll write more!