It took me boo-koo long to get this out and I've decided to wrap it up. This'll probably be my last FIC post here as well. Not to worry people, I will find a home for my stuff and alert everyone who reads my stuff of where to find it and when the other stories will be updated! Cross your fingers and lets hope for the best!

Smooches!!

Oh, feedback is still a great thing!!!!!

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I figured it be smarter to actually have the engagement/wedding before the baby, so here it goes.... OH YEA and to all my B/A lovers out there, on Angel, when Angel was "dreaming and making love to Cordy", he said Buffy's name as he lost his soul!!!!!! Hope you guys caught that!!!!!!

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Buffy woke that morning to the smell of fresh flowers and....an empty bed??? She rolled to her lovers side to spot him gone and sat up. She yawned as she looked around her bedroom and pouted. Suddenly, the doors to her room were thrown open and her sisters all filed inside.

"Wake up, Dona. There is much to be done today." Faith quirked.

"Such as?" She asked.

"Surprise that we swore to Angelus we would not spoil. So up, we must get you showered.." Willow chirped.

After getting her showered and refreshed, they sat down in the kitchen for breakfast. All the hired help seemed joyful yet secretive and it almost scared Buffy.

"What's going on here? Where is Angel?" She asked.

"Ah, that is part of the surprise you see. The groom is not allowed to see the bride before the wedding." Dawn smiled. Buffy's eyes grew big and she gasped.

"What did you just say?" She asked, frightened.

"Well look at the time, we must get you ready. Can't have you late to the alter." Cordelia said quickly, taking her hand and leading her from the table.

"Wait, can someone please tell me what's going on here?" She begged. They all smiled and kept dragging her further into her room. When she gt there, the room was filled with maids, ready to slave over her. She was speechless, to say the least.

"How long have you all been planning this?" She asked.

"Well it was mostly Angel's doing, we just kept the secret. He wants to marry you, Dona. You know you do also. Just go along with it." Faith smiled. Buffy smiled back and nodded and began to giggle. It was going to be a joyous day for the Donatella estate.

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Everything for the wedding ran smoothly. Buffy was married to her Angel on time and the two danced and smiled for their very exclusive gathering of family and friends. Afterwards, Angel sat with her on his private jet.

"Where are we going lover?" She asked, snuggling into Angel's side.

"Well, it was going to be a surprise but since you ask, I suppose I can tell you." He smiled.

"What, spill already husband." She persuaded.

"Well, wife, we are going to Greece." He said smiling down at her.

"Greece!? I haven't been there for.....the first time we fell in love." She gasped.

"I know."

"That is so sweet of you, Angelus." She said seriously.

"I try, Dona. I try. Why don't you get some sleep. I'll wake you when we get there." He whispered, kissing her brow.

"I love you my Angel." She sighed, pressing firmly into him further as their plane ride edged on to its destination.

"And I you, Dona." He said quietly, yet sincerely.

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The plane landed with no problems and the coupe make their way to Athens. (A/N: I know nothing about Athens or Greece or the actual culture so bare with me.) The ride was pleasant and full of beautiful and ancient ruins. She stared out of the window as Angelus studied her face. All the tiny little emotions that etched her face as she saw building after statue was enough for him. She was pleased. He knew that, They would arrange to stay at the same estate they first fell in love at. The one they discovered that they had never hated each other, and that is was their families hype that had rubbed off on them.

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The door slammed in the dark. No light except for the one at Angel's desk and the fire place illuminated the room. Slowly, his eyes scanned and landed on a petite blond in his doorway. He was ready to hit her with another of his witty insults, when he saw tears in her eyes and for once, was affected by them.

"Why do you hate me so? Why do we hate each other?" She asked, keeping a straight face besides the tears that brimmed her green eyes. Angel stood. He crossed to stand in front of her, far away.

"Because it was what we were taught, it is all that we know." He said.

"Why must we be this way? We have done nothing to each other. We have nothing to do with what our families have created between themselves."

"How can you say that?" He asked, "We are our families. We carry their name."

"But They do not carry my h..heart." She took a step towards him, her voice breaking. "Why can't I....be free?"

"Free of what? You don't know what your saying. You don't know what your doing." He said taking a step forward, and stroking her cheek with the back of his hand. She closed her eyes at the feel.

"Free to love you." She breathed. "You feel it. I know you feel what is between us. How can you fight it when it's so strong." She pleaded, bringing her hand up to touch his.

"I...we can't." His voice broke. "Dona...."

"Please, don't deny me, don't say we can't be."

"What will become of us if we do?"

"What will become of us if we don't. I can't hide it anymore. I can't take the way we treat each other when we know that we feel so strongly for one another." She said as his thumb wiped a tear which fell down her tanned cheek.

"Our families will break us up. They will separate us if they find out." He said, barriers already breaking.

"We won't tell a soul, we won't let them." She reached for his body and buried her face in his warm chest.

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The memory of that night brought a tear to her eye. They had eventually, after a year of secretive yet blissful love, allowed their families to tear them apart. God, they were so innocent back then. They'd sneek around campus to see each other, avoiding as many people as possible to avoid scandal. At night, they would share a bed, at first holding each other, and then one night, more.

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They had run in from a rainy night. They had snuck off campus, again, to see each other and spend time together. Angel had taken her to the local museum and then to a secluded Greek restaurant near by. Like himself, she also appreciated fine art and added a bit of feminity to it all. On their way back, the had held hands and even kissed after every block. In the middle of yet another passionate kiss, the rain seemed to have escaped the sky's prison because it crashed down on them. It was so heavy and thick all at once that he grabbed her hand as they both laughed and ran through the streets. Still the happy couple stopped on the street corners and kissed in the rain. By the time they made it back to Angel's room, the fire was started and the couple was soaked. They giggled even as they stepped through the door and kissed once more.

"Your cold baby." He said, "Take these off and put one of my shirts on."

"Thanks. Hand me the black silk one form last night." She smiled.

Standing in front of the fire, she began to stip her cloths away as he too, looked around the room for something dryer to slip into. Angel removed his shirt and stood at his dresser when he felt two small hands touch his cold, yet warming, back. He caught his breath and closed his eyes as he let her touch seep through him. Gently, she pressed a kiss to his mid back and stepped on her tip toes to kiss the Celtic Griffon tattoo that lay on his back. Turning to her to kiss her, he froze when he saw she was naked. Gloriously naked. She looked down, almost in shame, almost in embarrassment and he quickly lifted her chin. He kissed her sweetly and released her lips. He never let her body go. Instead, he backed her towards the fire as she worked on releasing his soaked jeans and started to push them down his thighs. He kissed her again as he kicked his pants free of his legs and gently pushed her body onto the soft rug that lay in front of the fire.

"Dona, are you sure...you want to do this? Just tell me and..." He whispered.

"Shh, my Angel. I love you so much. I need to show you how much I love you, how much I need you, how much I'll always need you."

"You don't have to show me this way, beautiful. Just knowing is enough."

"Oh, my Angel, you're so sweet and caring and mine. Please, make love to me. Show me how to love you." She said as he softly pressed her into the rug and devoured her mouth in one of his hungry kisses.

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"Baby, what are you thinking?" Angelus asked, noticing his new brides face.

"Us, husband. The things that happened here. The love we shared here. Thank you for bringing me." She smiled as he kissed her cheek.

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By the time the happy couple made it to their room, which happened to be Angel's old dorm room in high school, the couple was jittery. Night had fallen and the once dorm hall, now turned hotel was comforting.

"Remember the first time we almost got caught here?" Angel asked, wrapping his arms around his pregnant wife.

"Yea." She giggled. "We were into some heavy groping on your bed and the dean knocked on your door. You threw me on the floor and scrambled to find your shirt before the dean opened your door. I really remember how you made up giving me the bruise on my butt that night." She smiled, crookedly.

"I think I did more than my share of apologizing that night." He smiled.

"You enjoyed it lover."

"Of course."

"Why had the Dean knocked at that hour anyway?"

"My father had called. He told me about my marriage, to Katalina." Angelus said, voice dropping and arms falling from her. She turned and brought her arms around his neck and kissed him.

"I'm sorry Buffy. I never wanted you to be a victim in this and I made you that."

"Aanh, it's nothing babe. Just look at what we have now. We have each other, a baby on the way and the most powerful empire in the world. We are owed this happiness and I don't know about you, but I will collect in full, lover." She said, kissing his lips. Immediately, he responded and his wandering hands began to grope her profusely. He began to squeeze her flesh as quickly as he made it bare, pulling her cloths from her silky body. She, also, began to undress his hard, marble body, gently massaging all possible places. Breaking the kiss, Buffy gently pushed him to sit on the bed and pulled his boxers down his legs. He ran his fingers through her hair, kneading the scalp there. She parted his legs and took his erection in her hand. She began to stroke it, up and down, applying more pressure with every stroke. She darted her tongue out to play with the glistening tip which was coated in sticky sweet precum. She then used her tongue to lick the vein that was visible on the underside of his stiff rod. Angel moaned and let his head fall back. She continued to stroke him, now using both hands at once and she used her hands in a cork screw motion, going opposite directions as though she was unscrewing a bottle cap. She used her mouth to suck one of his weighty balls into her mouth while Angel turned to putty, in her hands.

"I need....your outh...baby, use your...ahh" he didn't get to finish because he opened his eyes just in time to see his engorged head disappear between her pink lips. She licked and slurped, using loud slurping sounds that drove them both wild.

"You like that lover?" she asked rhetorically, knowing he was in no position to answer. She started bobbing up and down, each time taking his deeper and massaging his balls with her hands. She could feel gentle squirts of precum helping to lubricate the act. As she bobbed, she began relaxing her throat as he started slipping further down her throat. Angel's hips were involuntarily thrusting up and further and faster down her throat. Soon, her hands abandoned his rod as her hands parted his thighs wider and her rose hit his public hair. She stopped when he was as far as he could go and she swallowed, making her throat clench his cock and he shouted.

"Oh god, Buffy, I'm....I'm cummmmiiiinnnngggg!" He shouted, thrusting his hips into her face and squirting his semen down her welcoming throat. She swallowed him whole and began to pump his softening cock in and out of her mouth as she watched his harden again. She pulled him from her mouth completely, wagging his cock to hit her tongue several times and lay an open mouth kiss to his head as she stood. He grabbed her and devoured her mouth, tasting himself in her mouth. He pulled her cloths from her body and brought her body to his. Hse sat in his naked lap, wrapping her legs around his waste to lock her feetin the small of his back, never breaking their kiss.

"I love you, Dona." He professed, full of emotion.

"I love you, my Angel." She said as she eased herself onto his erection. Both hissed and began to move against each other, softly, kissing and murmuring soft loving phrases to one another. He brought his hands to his wife's ass and began lifting her and slamming her back against him as the arousal built. She shouted out at the sensation and he continued until they both reached their peaks. He stood, their bodies still connected and their lips connected also. He pushed her to a wall and stared into her eyes and smiled. She smiled back and knew what he wanted. She wrapped her legs around him tighter and he pulled back and slammed into her with much force. She opened her mouth in pleasurable abandon and pushed back against him with every powerful thrust. She could feel their combined fluids on her thigh and it fueled her on. This was what she would have for eternity. This was what she would wake up to every morning. This would protect her from all that was harmful. Again, they both came with carnal grunts against each other, kissing each other possessively. The couple moved from the wall to the bed and passed out holding each other, both breaking the ultimate rule in their line of business: Falling in love.

The END

Epilogue:

"Both mother and daughter are doing fine." Angel said walking from the delivery room. "God, she's so beautiful. I didn't think I could love anyone more than I love my Dona, but she's giving her a run for her money." Angel smiled.

"I know what you mean Angelus, I felt the same way with my three." Joyce smiled, standing slowly to embrace her now son.

"She wants to see you, all of you once she gets to her room. Esperanza is in the nursery, I'm on my way there. You can all come to look." He offered as he led the way down the hall.

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"How are the wedding plans coming along?" Buffy asked.

"Okay, we will not wed for some time Dona, we want to take it slowly." Faith said, smiling.

"Yea, well, use Angelus and I as an example. Do not waste too much time. Love is a beautiful thing and do not waste it. Anyway, my Esperanza, she is a beauty, no?" She smiled.

"She is gorgeous Buffy. Can't wait to teach her all the neat things about us." Faith smiled.

"Yea, well, you must first get past Angelus." Buffy winked.

"Buffy, mama seems to be getting better. What can you make of it?" Faith asked.

"I don't really know. But maybe, Esperanza is just that. Hope. She maybe gave mama hope after papa died. She has a set reason to live again." Buffy concluded.

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Esperanza continued to liven and lift the spirits of all around her. She was her grandmothers pride and joy and her father's everything. Dona and Angel went on to have two more children, both boys. Although males, Esperanza was the eldest and would one day head the families and inherit their fortune. Faith and Spike also married and had a child. He was his cousins best friend and her sole confidant. Buffy and Angel lived to a ripe old age, but Joyce died when their third child and son, Francisco died. Her heart was broken. Buffy and Angelus were hurt, devastated and Buffy even sank into a deep depression until she was able to pull together to take care of her family. The couple never separated. Xander was married to Willow five years later and she and Oz never got back together. The couple was murdered two years later as a threat to Buffy and her and Angelus' now joined empire. Dawn married a young man she met in college and with Buffy's permission and urging, left the estate and the family in order to a pursue a more normal life. Esperanza grew to become as powerful as her two parents. Though challenged, no one dare try to challenge her power, for they knew, she had something they didn't: LOVE.