Chapter 16
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Buffy woke up at eleven, but Angel was still asleep. Since he'd been up most of the night she decided to let him sleep for a little longer. She headed into the kitchen to find something to eat. She found a box of cereal she'd bought at the store the day before and poured herself a big bowl. She
headed into the living room and plopped herself down in front of the TV with her breakfast. She watched two hourlong infomercials and took a shower before she finally gave up on ridding herself of boredom on her own and decided to wake Angel. She wanted someone to talk to and the TV just hadn't cut
it. So she headed into the bedroom where Angel lay still fast asleep. She leaned over him and began to kiss her way up his bare chest to his lips. When she made it to his lips he responded and returned the kiss as he opened his eyes. "Hey," he whispered when they parted. "Hi," she said sitting on the
edge of the bed," I'm ready for you to be up now". "Oh well if you're ready then it must be time for me to get up then, huh," Angel said grinning at her. "Hey I tried to be patient," Buffy told him defending herself," I sat through two hours of infomercials and I took a really long shower". "Ok, ok I suppose I
can get up," he said as he sat up," besides it's not like I need the sleep right". "Exactly," Buffy said grabbing his hand and pulling him gently to his feet. "So let's go find something to do," Buffy said. "Like what," Angel asked her. "I don't know," Buffy shrugged her shoulders," there has to be something we
can do until it gets dark out". Buffy had a few ideas in her head, but she knew if they gave into the need they had for each other they wouldn't be leaving on time and then her mother would worry. So she decided to concentrate on other things. In the end she settled on letting Angel teach her how to play
chess. She'd played it before, but it'd been awhile and she was a little rusty. It was the only game he had and there wasn't much else to do so they played until it was time to pack for their trip back to Sunnydale. Buffy had all of her stuff packed back into her duffel back quickly and then she helped
Angel find what he'd need to take and pack it. When they were finished Angel had two suitcases full. "Are you sure I really need all of this stuff," He asked Buffy as they loaded the car. "Yes I told you I'm sure,"Buffy told him once again," if you don't bring it with you now you'll want it later". So they
threw their stuff into the trunk and headed back upstairs to wait for Wesley, Gunn and Cordy to arrive to say goodbye. It wasn't long before the door opened and in came the gang. "We're here," Cordy announced as if they weren't already aware of that. "And we made it alive," Gunn said with
saracasm," We're lucky Cordy didn't kill us". "I drove just fine," Cordy said defensively," that person cut me off that's the only reason we came so close to their car". Wesley was apparentally still traumatized by the event because he just stood there in a bit of a daze. "Wes, you ok," Gunn asked noticing his
daze. "What yes yes I'm fine," Wesley said snapping out of it". "I don't drive bad," Cordy said again," Buffy you've ridden with me before tell them". She looked to Buffy for support. Buffy opened her mouth to help her out, but it took her a minute to get anything out. "Cordy is really very good at avoiding any
actual highspeed collisions," Buffy said hoping that would be enough. "See," Cordy said satisfied. Apparentally it was enough. When they finally stopped squabbling about how bad the drive over was or wasn't then they said their goodbyes. "Now you know it there's anything really big that you can call me,"
Angel told them," but only if you can't handle it on your own. Otherwise no business calls while I'm in Sunnydale". "No problem," Wesley. "Yeah we got it covered," Gunn told him then lowering his voice," and don't worry I'll make sure they don't blow the place up while you're gone". "Thanks," Angel said.
"So I'll see you in two weeks for the baby shower," Cordy said as she hugged Buffy goodbye. "Yup, I'll see you then," Buffy said as she got into the car. They all waved as the car pulled away and then they headed home. Cordy went to get into the driver's seat when Gunn stepped up. "Um would you mind
if I drove," he asked her," I just really like to drive in the dark". He was lieing, but there was no way he wanted to get in a car with Cordy behind the wheel again. "Are you serious," she asked. He nodded. "No you're not," she said knowingly," I know you just don't want me to drive, but I don't really mind not
driving so go ahead". So she handed him the keys and headed around to the passenger side. "Thank God," Gunn barely said aloud as he breathed a sigh of relief. Then they too pulled away.
Two weeks later Buffy sat in her living room surrounded by her Mom and her friends. They'd decided not to have a conventional babyshower so all
of the guys were there too. Buffy sat with Angel on the floor of the living room. Willow, Tara, Anya and Cordelia all squeezed together on the couch.
Joyce, Xander, and Giles sat on the floor also. Wesley and Gunn had been invited when Buffy realized how they were doing the shower, but they had to stay in L.A. and run the business. Buffy's aunt had sent a gift in the mail because she was unable to take off work and make the trip all the way to
Sunnydale from Minnesota. Buffy was beaming. Everyone was having a good time together and oohing and aahing over the cute little baby clothes. Buffy opened another box from Giles and pulled out a pair of overalls and a light pink shirt with little bunnies on it. "Oh it's adorable," she said as she held it up
to show the others. "Thankyou Giles," she said. "You're welcome," he said smiling back at her. "That's not cute that's just mean," Anya said interrupting the moment between the two. "Huh," Buffy said confused. "You all know I'm scared of bunnies," she said looking away. Buffy started laughing along with
the others. Xander smiled at his girlfriend. "Ahn," he said," I'm sure Giles didn't deliberately pick the outfit out to scare you". "Don't worry Anya I'll put it away for now," Buffy said carefully folding it and handing it to Angel who put it with the other already opened gifts. They'd all gone a bit crazy in their
shopping sprees. Buffy didn't need to buy much now. They were completely set for a few months besides diapers, formula and wipes. Giles had gone overboard of course this being his first grandchild and all:) Willow and Tara just loved the thought of a baby to help care for. They'd been the first to
volunteer babysitting time so of course they'd gone crazy too. When Xander had told Anya about the baby apparentally she'd insisted on going shopping that same day and thus had begun the past two weeks of going shopping every single day and finding something new. Luckily Xander's construction job
was paying off big time. Cordelia's parents had come back into money so although she usually insisted on making it on her own now this was a special ocassion. So she took the credit card her father'd sent her just in case she ever decided she wanted to use it and she went shopping. She was surprised
that she'd enjoyed shopping for someone else almost as much as she used to enjoy shopping for herself. Of course Joyce had been buying out every store in town preparing for her grandaughter. So by the time Buffy finished opening all of her gifts she was actually a bit tired out. She had a huge stack
taking up a large section of the living room and now she had finally finished. "thankyou all very much," she said. "Now who wants something to eat," Willow asked," Tara, Joyce and I have it all set up in the kitchen. "Good I'm starved," Buffy said as Angel helped her up. They all gave her a look.
Whenever anyone mentioned food she was up for it. Hearing her say she was starved had become a common thing lately. So they all headed for the kitchen and made themselves a plate which they then returned to the living room with. They'd considered sitting in the dining room, but the atmosphere in
the living room was just more comfy. So they sat around and talked and when Sierra started kicking everyone took turns trying to feel her through Buffy's belly. It'd been a great day and they'd all had a lot of fun not worrying about demons or anything evil. Finally everyone was gone, but Willow and Tara
who'd stayed to clean-up since they'd planned the whole thing. After they all finished cleaning up Buffy thanked them for the shower and they too headed home. Then Buffy and Angel headed to bed.
Another twist coming up in the next chapter or two. I know this has all been a lot of fluff, but we're working our way to some more drama.
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Buffy woke up at eleven, but Angel was still asleep. Since he'd been up most of the night she decided to let him sleep for a little longer. She headed into the kitchen to find something to eat. She found a box of cereal she'd bought at the store the day before and poured herself a big bowl. She
headed into the living room and plopped herself down in front of the TV with her breakfast. She watched two hourlong infomercials and took a shower before she finally gave up on ridding herself of boredom on her own and decided to wake Angel. She wanted someone to talk to and the TV just hadn't cut
it. So she headed into the bedroom where Angel lay still fast asleep. She leaned over him and began to kiss her way up his bare chest to his lips. When she made it to his lips he responded and returned the kiss as he opened his eyes. "Hey," he whispered when they parted. "Hi," she said sitting on the
edge of the bed," I'm ready for you to be up now". "Oh well if you're ready then it must be time for me to get up then, huh," Angel said grinning at her. "Hey I tried to be patient," Buffy told him defending herself," I sat through two hours of infomercials and I took a really long shower". "Ok, ok I suppose I
can get up," he said as he sat up," besides it's not like I need the sleep right". "Exactly," Buffy said grabbing his hand and pulling him gently to his feet. "So let's go find something to do," Buffy said. "Like what," Angel asked her. "I don't know," Buffy shrugged her shoulders," there has to be something we
can do until it gets dark out". Buffy had a few ideas in her head, but she knew if they gave into the need they had for each other they wouldn't be leaving on time and then her mother would worry. So she decided to concentrate on other things. In the end she settled on letting Angel teach her how to play
chess. She'd played it before, but it'd been awhile and she was a little rusty. It was the only game he had and there wasn't much else to do so they played until it was time to pack for their trip back to Sunnydale. Buffy had all of her stuff packed back into her duffel back quickly and then she helped
Angel find what he'd need to take and pack it. When they were finished Angel had two suitcases full. "Are you sure I really need all of this stuff," He asked Buffy as they loaded the car. "Yes I told you I'm sure,"Buffy told him once again," if you don't bring it with you now you'll want it later". So they
threw their stuff into the trunk and headed back upstairs to wait for Wesley, Gunn and Cordy to arrive to say goodbye. It wasn't long before the door opened and in came the gang. "We're here," Cordy announced as if they weren't already aware of that. "And we made it alive," Gunn said with
saracasm," We're lucky Cordy didn't kill us". "I drove just fine," Cordy said defensively," that person cut me off that's the only reason we came so close to their car". Wesley was apparentally still traumatized by the event because he just stood there in a bit of a daze. "Wes, you ok," Gunn asked noticing his
daze. "What yes yes I'm fine," Wesley said snapping out of it". "I don't drive bad," Cordy said again," Buffy you've ridden with me before tell them". She looked to Buffy for support. Buffy opened her mouth to help her out, but it took her a minute to get anything out. "Cordy is really very good at avoiding any
actual highspeed collisions," Buffy said hoping that would be enough. "See," Cordy said satisfied. Apparentally it was enough. When they finally stopped squabbling about how bad the drive over was or wasn't then they said their goodbyes. "Now you know it there's anything really big that you can call me,"
Angel told them," but only if you can't handle it on your own. Otherwise no business calls while I'm in Sunnydale". "No problem," Wesley. "Yeah we got it covered," Gunn told him then lowering his voice," and don't worry I'll make sure they don't blow the place up while you're gone". "Thanks," Angel said.
"So I'll see you in two weeks for the baby shower," Cordy said as she hugged Buffy goodbye. "Yup, I'll see you then," Buffy said as she got into the car. They all waved as the car pulled away and then they headed home. Cordy went to get into the driver's seat when Gunn stepped up. "Um would you mind
if I drove," he asked her," I just really like to drive in the dark". He was lieing, but there was no way he wanted to get in a car with Cordy behind the wheel again. "Are you serious," she asked. He nodded. "No you're not," she said knowingly," I know you just don't want me to drive, but I don't really mind not
driving so go ahead". So she handed him the keys and headed around to the passenger side. "Thank God," Gunn barely said aloud as he breathed a sigh of relief. Then they too pulled away.
Two weeks later Buffy sat in her living room surrounded by her Mom and her friends. They'd decided not to have a conventional babyshower so all
of the guys were there too. Buffy sat with Angel on the floor of the living room. Willow, Tara, Anya and Cordelia all squeezed together on the couch.
Joyce, Xander, and Giles sat on the floor also. Wesley and Gunn had been invited when Buffy realized how they were doing the shower, but they had to stay in L.A. and run the business. Buffy's aunt had sent a gift in the mail because she was unable to take off work and make the trip all the way to
Sunnydale from Minnesota. Buffy was beaming. Everyone was having a good time together and oohing and aahing over the cute little baby clothes. Buffy opened another box from Giles and pulled out a pair of overalls and a light pink shirt with little bunnies on it. "Oh it's adorable," she said as she held it up
to show the others. "Thankyou Giles," she said. "You're welcome," he said smiling back at her. "That's not cute that's just mean," Anya said interrupting the moment between the two. "Huh," Buffy said confused. "You all know I'm scared of bunnies," she said looking away. Buffy started laughing along with
the others. Xander smiled at his girlfriend. "Ahn," he said," I'm sure Giles didn't deliberately pick the outfit out to scare you". "Don't worry Anya I'll put it away for now," Buffy said carefully folding it and handing it to Angel who put it with the other already opened gifts. They'd all gone a bit crazy in their
shopping sprees. Buffy didn't need to buy much now. They were completely set for a few months besides diapers, formula and wipes. Giles had gone overboard of course this being his first grandchild and all:) Willow and Tara just loved the thought of a baby to help care for. They'd been the first to
volunteer babysitting time so of course they'd gone crazy too. When Xander had told Anya about the baby apparentally she'd insisted on going shopping that same day and thus had begun the past two weeks of going shopping every single day and finding something new. Luckily Xander's construction job
was paying off big time. Cordelia's parents had come back into money so although she usually insisted on making it on her own now this was a special ocassion. So she took the credit card her father'd sent her just in case she ever decided she wanted to use it and she went shopping. She was surprised
that she'd enjoyed shopping for someone else almost as much as she used to enjoy shopping for herself. Of course Joyce had been buying out every store in town preparing for her grandaughter. So by the time Buffy finished opening all of her gifts she was actually a bit tired out. She had a huge stack
taking up a large section of the living room and now she had finally finished. "thankyou all very much," she said. "Now who wants something to eat," Willow asked," Tara, Joyce and I have it all set up in the kitchen. "Good I'm starved," Buffy said as Angel helped her up. They all gave her a look.
Whenever anyone mentioned food she was up for it. Hearing her say she was starved had become a common thing lately. So they all headed for the kitchen and made themselves a plate which they then returned to the living room with. They'd considered sitting in the dining room, but the atmosphere in
the living room was just more comfy. So they sat around and talked and when Sierra started kicking everyone took turns trying to feel her through Buffy's belly. It'd been a great day and they'd all had a lot of fun not worrying about demons or anything evil. Finally everyone was gone, but Willow and Tara
who'd stayed to clean-up since they'd planned the whole thing. After they all finished cleaning up Buffy thanked them for the shower and they too headed home. Then Buffy and Angel headed to bed.
Another twist coming up in the next chapter or two. I know this has all been a lot of fluff, but we're working our way to some more drama.