Chapter 4:First Encounter
"Buffy, I'm so glad we found you" Xander said as he and Cordy helped Buffy clean up the broken glass. As they were doing this another girl ran up to them to help.
"Anne are you ok?" the mystery girl asked.
"I'm fine, uh I just didn't expect to see my friends here" Buffy managed to say. "Grace, these are some friends of mine from California." "This is Cordelia and this is Xander" Buffy said as she pointed to the uninvited guests.
"Hey Grace, do you think I could talk to my friends outside for a second?" Buffy asked Grace.
"Sure thing, it's not like we're busy or anything" she replied as she pointed to the empty Diner.
As the three friends walked out of the Diner there was only silence. Buffy was trying to think of a good excuse as to why she left, and Xander and Cordelia were just trying to think of how they could start putting their plan into action. Of course Xander was the first to speak up.
"Buffy, before you saying anything, we know that you are pregnant, we figured it out and we came looking for you so that we could help." Xander said
"I don't need any help, and what do you mean WE figured it out? Who else knows? And why is Cordelia here?" Buffy questioned them. Then it dawned on her, if Cordelia knew, that must mean Angel knew about the baby too.
"We all know Buffy, Angel too. And trust me he wasn't very happy about it" Cordelia said. That wasn't a complete lie Cordy thought to herself.
"Look I'm sure you think it's Riley's child but it's not, the baby is Angel" Buffy said quietly. "Angel can't know, it would only hurt him more. Ok?"
"We promise, but I really want to help you with this baby. Let me be the father figure in this child's life." Xander slyly suggested.
"Oh I think that's a great idea. Xander, you stay here with Buffy and I'll go back and make up some story about not finding Buffy and that Xander wanted to keep looking." Cordelia said with a look of satisfaction on her face.
Buffy looked stunned and Xander and Cordelia thought that she was going to protest, but to their surprise and delight she didn't. She ran up to Xander and just hugged him and cried.
"Xander, you would really do that for me?" Buffy asked, " I feel so alone here and I could really use a friend."
"Sure, Buff, you know I'll always be here for you" Xander said as he tightly hugged Buffy back.
So the plan was put into action and Xander moved in with Buffy and her friend Grace while Cordelia went back to Sunnydale told all her friends that they hadn't found Buffy but that Xander was still looking somewhere in Missouri.
Slowly weeks and then months went by and no one had heard from Xander. Cordy and Angel had gone back to L.A. while Giles and Willow were in Sunnydale trying all they could to find a spell to turn Angel into a human.
Then one month turned into 8 and Buffy gave birth to a healthy, fully human baby boy. She named him Liam Angel Alexander Summers. Although the baby was fine, Buffy wasn't doing so well. She had a really hard labor and had actually died during labor but the doctors were able to revive her right away.
She was really weak the following weeks after little Liam came into the world so Xander had most of the responsibility of taking care of him while Buffy rested.
During those months Cordelia had been trying get Angel to forget about Buffy, with no luck. He was still searching for her, that is until he heard about a the new slayer in town. Because Buffy had died during labor, a new slayer was called. True Buffy was later revived, but Angel didn't know that and he lost all hope that she was alive. Until he received a phone call from Xander.
"Buffy, I'm so glad we found you" Xander said as he and Cordy helped Buffy clean up the broken glass. As they were doing this another girl ran up to them to help.
"Anne are you ok?" the mystery girl asked.
"I'm fine, uh I just didn't expect to see my friends here" Buffy managed to say. "Grace, these are some friends of mine from California." "This is Cordelia and this is Xander" Buffy said as she pointed to the uninvited guests.
"Hey Grace, do you think I could talk to my friends outside for a second?" Buffy asked Grace.
"Sure thing, it's not like we're busy or anything" she replied as she pointed to the empty Diner.
As the three friends walked out of the Diner there was only silence. Buffy was trying to think of a good excuse as to why she left, and Xander and Cordelia were just trying to think of how they could start putting their plan into action. Of course Xander was the first to speak up.
"Buffy, before you saying anything, we know that you are pregnant, we figured it out and we came looking for you so that we could help." Xander said
"I don't need any help, and what do you mean WE figured it out? Who else knows? And why is Cordelia here?" Buffy questioned them. Then it dawned on her, if Cordelia knew, that must mean Angel knew about the baby too.
"We all know Buffy, Angel too. And trust me he wasn't very happy about it" Cordelia said. That wasn't a complete lie Cordy thought to herself.
"Look I'm sure you think it's Riley's child but it's not, the baby is Angel" Buffy said quietly. "Angel can't know, it would only hurt him more. Ok?"
"We promise, but I really want to help you with this baby. Let me be the father figure in this child's life." Xander slyly suggested.
"Oh I think that's a great idea. Xander, you stay here with Buffy and I'll go back and make up some story about not finding Buffy and that Xander wanted to keep looking." Cordelia said with a look of satisfaction on her face.
Buffy looked stunned and Xander and Cordelia thought that she was going to protest, but to their surprise and delight she didn't. She ran up to Xander and just hugged him and cried.
"Xander, you would really do that for me?" Buffy asked, " I feel so alone here and I could really use a friend."
"Sure, Buff, you know I'll always be here for you" Xander said as he tightly hugged Buffy back.
So the plan was put into action and Xander moved in with Buffy and her friend Grace while Cordelia went back to Sunnydale told all her friends that they hadn't found Buffy but that Xander was still looking somewhere in Missouri.
Slowly weeks and then months went by and no one had heard from Xander. Cordy and Angel had gone back to L.A. while Giles and Willow were in Sunnydale trying all they could to find a spell to turn Angel into a human.
Then one month turned into 8 and Buffy gave birth to a healthy, fully human baby boy. She named him Liam Angel Alexander Summers. Although the baby was fine, Buffy wasn't doing so well. She had a really hard labor and had actually died during labor but the doctors were able to revive her right away.
She was really weak the following weeks after little Liam came into the world so Xander had most of the responsibility of taking care of him while Buffy rested.
During those months Cordelia had been trying get Angel to forget about Buffy, with no luck. He was still searching for her, that is until he heard about a the new slayer in town. Because Buffy had died during labor, a new slayer was called. True Buffy was later revived, but Angel didn't know that and he lost all hope that she was alive. Until he received a phone call from Xander.