Rating: PG. (Includes some swearing and violence). If you're allowed to watch the show, you can read this.

Summary: Set a few years after Rain of Fire. Connor has a chat with mystery blonde in the park. The blonde turns out to be Darla. Darla is taken to hospital after fainting because she was cut by a stake. They find out she is human. Things happen… (Can't be bothered to write the rest!). Oh yeah, Skip visits Cordy.

Disclaimer: Anything you recognise in this story belongs to Joss Whedon and co. Please don't sue!

A/N: Hello! *Waves*. Sorry it took so long to update! I've been busy with two other stories! Please don't forget to review! Pairing suggestions welcome.

Chapter 8- Shock

Connor lent back on his chair and let the front two legs lift off the floor.

"I'm pregnant." Cordy announced.

Connor fell back on his chair in shock. He clambered back up to see Cordy smiling nervously at the rest of the gang.

"So er… Is it mine?"

"Well who else could be the father?"

"Oh…" Connor looked at his dad. "I swear, we were so careful."

"I don't really wanna think about it." Angel squeezed his eyes shut and turned his head away.

"Right, um…" Connor was lost for words.

Fred smiled. "Congratulations." She lent over the table and gave Cordy a huge hug.

Angel looked at Connor who still had the look of utmost shock on his face.

"You OK?" Angel asked. "You don't look too good."

"Oh, yeah, I'm fine…" Connor continued to look shocked. "How did you feel when you found out you were going to be a dad?"

"Shocked, Oh yeah." Angel nodded knowingly. "See you have a warning. All I had was your mum, very pregnant, turning up here."

Darla chuckled.

"What?" Angel frowned.

"Strange what one night can do to you."

Angel shot an annoyed in Darla's direction.

"So, Buffy could be pregnant." Fred said absentmindedly.

Angel turned a little paler than he usually would be.

Darla laughed. "Always the optimistic one."

"That's not funny." Angel's look turned serious.

"Yes it is." Darla giggled. "Anyway, she probably isn't because you know, all a prophecy?"

Angel continued to look serious.

"Aw, come on. We're only having a bit of fun."

"Fun?"

"Yes." Darla looked him straight in the eye.

Angel looked away. He loved it when she was being blunt. OK forbidden subject, forbidden subject. Stay away. Darla = forbidden subject. Always remember.

"Well maybe you should take some time off." Connor suggested.

"Connor, I'm pregnant, not sick." Cordy rolled her eyes.

"Yeah but… but…" Connor racked his brains for a good reason.

"See." Cordy smiled happily. "I'll take time off when I get closer to my due date."

"Right so erm… What about baby things like erm and how are we going to keep a baby in here?" Gunn spoke up.

"We've done it before…" Angel murmured.

"Only for a few weeks."

Angel rubbed his face.

"We'll find a way, OK." Darla smiled. "There's plenty of time to think about that."

Wesley nodded. "She's right."

"I'm gonna go lie down." Connor stood up shakily.

"You want me to make you some hot chocolate?" Cordy asked with a concerned frown on her face.

"Yeah, that'll be great. Thanks."

Everyone watched as Connor walked out of the room.

"Poor kid. Must be a hell of a shock." Lindsey smiled.

"Yeah." Darla nodded in agreement. "I'll clear up."

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Cordy tiptoed into the room she shared with Connor. Connor was lying on their bed.

"You OK?"

"This was not supposed to happen." Connor muttered with his eyes closed.

"So you don't want this then?"

"I don't know."

Cordy looked puzzled.

"I just think I'm a bit too young for this."

"But we can make it work." Cordy tried to sound optimistic.

"What if it doesn't?"

"We'll try harder."

"Yeah, but that's not the point." Connor looked away from her.

"Then what is?" Cordy sounded desperate.

"Look, I'm just saying, if you want to get an abortion-"

"No. I thought you wanted this." Cordy cut in.

"No. I don't want this, not yet. Some day in the future yes. But now, no."

Connor turned his head and bit his lip.

"I'm sorry that's not what you wanted to hear, Cordy."

Cordy sniffed. "Yeah. Me too."

Connor sat up on the bed. Cordy now had tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Yeah well I'll see you later." Cordy ran from the room.

Connor opened his mouth to stop her, but thought better of it.

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Darla sighed and closed the washing machine. She pressed a few buttons and stood back. She felt two strong arms slide around her waist.

"Hello you." Darla turned her head.

"Hey." Lindsey whispered into her ear.

Darla smiled and closed her eyes.

"You tired?"

"Yeah."

"You wanna get an early night?"

"OK." Darla murmured.

"Good." Lindsey turned her round.

Darla kissed him on the lips.

"Right then. Let's go."

Lindsey led Darla by the hand out of the kitchen.

"So tell me, how did you feel when you saw me again?" Lindsey smiled.

"Well, I don't know. Surprised?" Darla thought hard. "What about you?"

"I dunno. I thought I'd never see you again."

"So it was a good sort of surprise then?"

"Yeah."

"Good."

"Why do you want to know how I felt?" Lindsey asked suspiciously.

"Just wondering."

"Yeah, well."

"What are you doing tomorrow?" Darla decided to change the subject as they made their way up the stairs.

"Nothing I guess." Lindsey shrugged. "Maybe I'll help out here."

"As usual." Darla rolled her eyes.

"What?"

"Take me shopping." Darla whined.

"Oh no. No, no, no, no and no." Lindsey shook his head furiously.

"Why not?"

"It's… tiring and boring and -"

"You just don't want to spent time with me."

"Now you know that's not true."

"Then take me shopping."

"Fine. Just… be quick." Lindsey sighed in defeat.

Darla smiled. "Now you know that's not possible."

Lindsey groaned and muttered something that sounded like 'women'. Darla pretended to look offended and moved away from Lindsey.

"Where do you think you're going?" Lindsey grinned and grabbed Darla's hands.

Darla giggled and allowed herself to be lead away to their room.

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Angel sat down heavily on his bed. Now why does he have a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach? He shook the uneasiness out of his mind. It's probably nothing, he thought to himself. Nothing at all.

Angel let his mind wander for a while.

Darla… His beautiful Sire. He loved how her soft blonde hair fell over her face as she laughed. And her eyes, those beautiful-.

Woah, where did that come from? Angel shook his head again. OK, let's think about something else.

Angel started to pace around. Maybe this will take his mind off things for a while.

"Brooding isn't going to get you anywhere."

Angel turned towards the door and saw skip casually leaning up against it.

"You're still here?"

"Yeah, well, I thought I might stick around for a bit."

"Right. So why aren't you with Cordelia?"

"I could ask you the same thing."

"What are you talking about?" Angel looked baffled.

"You don't know?"

"Know what?"

"She loved you."

"Yeah, I know. That was a long time ago."

"I know it's not my place to say, but I think she still loves you."

"She's pregnant with my son's child!" Angel strode over to Skip.

"Alright, I'm just saying." Skip held up his hands defensively.

"Yeah well don't."

Angel watched as Skip closed the door behind him. Maybe a bit of slaying will help. Angel walked out of his room.

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Lindsey groaned as he felt someone roughly shake him awake.

"Wut's th' matter?" Lindsey reluctantly opened an eye.

"I can't sleep." Darla pouted. "I want to go shopping now!"

"Ooooooooooo." Lindsey groaned. "C'me 'ere."

Lindsey closed his eyes again and hugged Darla against his chest.

"Now please get some sleep." Lindsey begged.

Eight thirty the next morning…

"Darla, stop that!" Lindsey groaned as Darla jumped up and down on the bed.

"Aw come on! I want to beat the crowds!"

"It's only eight thirty on Saturday!"

"Yeah well it'll start getting crowded soon!"

"You woke me up at two in the morning." Lindsey growled as Darla attempted to pull the covers off him.

"What normal minded person will be up at this hour anyway?" Lindsey pulled the covers over his head.

"I'm not normal." Darla stopped tugging at the covers.

"Exactly." Lindsey pulled back the covers. "OK, OK fine."

"Yay!" Darla grinned.

"Just gimme a minute." Lindsey sat up and ran a hand through his messy, tangled hair. "I'm gonna go have a shower."

"OK, but be quick." Darla pouted.

"Yeah, yeah." Lindsey forced himself out of bed and staggered into the bathroom.

Darla plonked herself onto the bed and hummed to herself. Now then, what should she wear?

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Angel glanced out of the window at the sinking sun. Nighttime at last. Darla had been shopping all day with Lindsey. He looked quite shaken up and tired when they got back. Ha, serves him right. Stealing D-. OK, there you go again. Right, Connor, well, he hasn't really left his room. Fred and Gunn have been at another meeting with the vicar and Cordy… No one's seen her since last night. Maybe Connor said something to her. No, that can't be right. He seemed shock about it at first but surely he would be happy about it?

Angel took an unneeded breath. He stood up and strolled into the foyer. He was surprised to hear quiet sobbing coming from the couch.

"Cordy?"

Cordy looked up from her spot on the couch. She quickly dried her eyes.

"Angel… hi." Cordy sniffed.

"Are you OK?" Angel's voice was full of concern.

"Oh yeah, fine. It's just… hormones."

"Really?" Angel walked over to her. "Because if there's anything wrong you know you can tell me."

Cordy forced a smile. "Yeah, I know."

"OK, yeah well…" Angel turned to leave.

Cordy stood up and lightly touched Angel's forearm. Angel turned around to look at her.

"What is it?" Angel frowned.

"Connor doesn't want the baby. Our baby." Cordy looked down.

"What?" Angel looked stunned. "But why?"

"He says he's too young."

"He's old enough to take responsibility for his actions."

Cordy shook her head sadly. "He wants an abortion."

"He what?"

"Yeah." Cordy sniffed. "He doesn't want anything to do with this baby."

Angel took Cordy into his arms as tear flowed in streams down her cheeks.

"Sssh." Angel stroked her hair soothingly.

"I'm alright." Cordy pulled away slightly and wiped her eyes.

"Sure?" Angel looked down at her. "I can talk to Connor if you want."

"No. If he doesn't want this baby then… I'll raise it on my own."

Angel sighed.

Cordy looked up at him with teary eyes.

"I don't know what to do." Cordy broke down again.

"It's gonna be OK." Angel rubbed her back.

Cordy wiped her eyes again. She stood on her tiptoes and kissed Angel lightly on the mouth. Angel returned her kiss.

From the shadows of the stairs, Connor watched his dad and the woman he loved in disgust.

To Be Continued…

A/N: Haha! Do you like it? What will Connor do? What will Angel do? And will Darla drag Lindsey off on another shopping spree? I'll write quicker! Sorry! Very bad Toastie! Must write quicker. Sorry it's a bit short, I'm kinda having a hard time thinking of ideas.