*I know this chapter is also short but, what can I say, I'm writing on borrowed time now. Girls got things to do. So, here's a little something to hold you over. Sorry about the wait. I know, I know, it's taking forever!*

Hours later, the lovers lay in bed. One sleeping, the other watching. Angel traced the lines of her face with gentle fingertips as he memorized the genes that would shape his unborn child. HE carefully slipped from underneath the covers and walked to a small foyer in their room. Once he got there. He picked up the phone and dialed Spike's room.

"Bloody hell, it better be you Angelus." He groaned into the phone.

"Who else?"

"What's wrong, who do you need killed?" He asked sarcastically.

"We have a problem. A wonderful problem." He said with a smile starting to cross his mabeled features.

"And that would be.....what that you couldn't wait to discuss in the morning?" He yawned.

"Well I didn't want Buffy to know I was having this conversation. She's pregnant." He sighed.

"Congratulations, but dammnit!" He moaned. "What the fuck are we gonna do about this mate?"

"Well, I was hoping that we could take care of our little problem before they do. You see, I have no desire to see the mother of my unborn child in the hospital because this war causes the child's death. So, I have a proposition. How soon do you want to meet?"

"Well, hell, I'm up now, let's say one hour at the place?" He asked.

"Let's say two, something I wanna look into first."

After placing the receiver back onto the hook, he went back into his bedroom and sat in the easy chair across from their bed. He pulled out a sketch pad and pencil and went to work.

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"Glad you guys could make it. I was thinking about it on the way over here and there is no way we'll get Gotti a day or whatever before they do."

"So what? We're here for nothing?" Gunn asked.

"No, we'll just have to get him before they do...at the same event, just at different times. Buffy plans to get there and do the job within 20 minutes. She plans to be back in my arms around 8:30. This means, we'll have to work quickly. I don't want her to even break a sweat thinking about it. By the time they want to make their move, he'll be dead, and everyone at the convention will know."

"So, how are we gonna set this up?"

"I need Gino and Rick here. Pike will take the deadly shot. I need two men on the roof and four posted around the convention. Spike, since Buffy and Faith are the mercenaries, I'll expect you to keep Faith busy while you guys handle our little problem. Gotti will die That's inevitable. And I will load the bullet.

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"Angel?" Buffy groaned as she sat up in her bed. "Baby? Where you at?" She felt her hand around his side of the bed before her hand fell upon a piece of paper. She lay back and opened it. It was a detailed picture of her in her sleep. In the corner, it read 'Mam's first nights with you'. She smiled and sat up. It was clear he wasn't there. She shrugged it off and began her day. She would have to ask him where he had run off to when he got back. Right now, she had a date with her mother to share the news.

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*On the next one: Buffy and her mother talk

They get ready for the Convention

-More stuff as I think about it

- Give me feedback for some ideas guys!!!!!!