Disclaimer: Angel and Eddie are mine, everyone else is ABC/Disney.
Alison was making lunch when she felt the first contraction. It hurt worse than any of the ones she had with Angel. She put down the slice of bread she had in her hand and went and sat on the floor. "Angel, sweetie. Can you come here?" she called out hoping her daughter would come when she was called. "I need you to do something. I need you to pick up the phone in the living room. Now see the star button? Press that and then 2," she said, glad that they had programmed the phone to Rafe's work.
"Rafe Kovich," he said picking up the phone while looking at a piece of paper.
"Hi daddy."
"Well, hello sweetie. Where is your mommy?"
"She's sitting on the floor in the kitchen."
"Is she ok?" he asked, then hearing Alison holler back that she was having contractions. "Ok. Tell mommy I will be home soon," he said hanging up the phone and giving a nod to the Debbie as he grabbed his jacket.
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"Alright, we've got everything right? Diaper bag. Angel's in her car seat. Video Camera. How are you feeling?" asked Rafe as he went through the checklist before heading over to drop off Angel at Lucy's.
"I'm feeling-like I'm about to have a baby. How should I be feeling?" she snapped at him. They had dropped Angel off at Lucy's and when Rafe got back into the car she looked at him, "My water just broke."
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"Alright. I hear there is a woman in this room that is ready for to have a baby," said Dr. Middleton as she came in. After examining Alison she looked up, "Ready to push?" as she got a nod back from Alison. Alison leaned forward and held onto Rafe's arm as tight as she could as she pushed. When she heard the sound of his voice she stopped and laid her head against Rafe's chest. She looked up at him, and saw his eyes filled with tears. She placed her hand on his face which he then kissed the palm of her hand.
"What is the newest Kovich's name?" asked Dr. Middleton
"Edward--," said Rafe before Alison interrupted, "Edward Grant Kovich." Rafe just looked at her. Had he ever told her his dad's last name? If not, was it just coincidence that she knew? He had learned to not believe anything happened by chance. "Rafe, are you ready to hold your son?" asked Alison who now was lying back on the pillow watching the nurse place their little boy in his dad's big, strong, safe arms.
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"Rafe, I have a serious topic to bring up," she said as she turned her attention from the sleeping boy on her chest to him, who was holding their little girl who was also sleeping. Lucy had brought Angel by for a quick visit, and Angel had crawled up into her dad's lap and fallen asleep.
"What's that?"
"Our children. They are Kovich's-which means they are Slayers, correct?" she asked with a nod for a response. "How do we tell them that? How do we say 'by the way kid-you are supposed to kill Vampires for a living'?"
Rafe took a second before answering-it was hard to explain to her about this. He took a deep sigh before giving his answer, "I was told when I was at a young age. My mother just set me down and laid out how it was going to be. But, then I didn't believe her at first. Then, when I was around the age of fourteen or fifteen I started to get these-feelings. I would be in a crowd, or be doing something else and I could feel something bad around me. That's when I realized that maybe it was my destiny to fight the evil of the world."
"So do you think we should tell them?"
"I was never told that I didn't have to fight. I wish I had been, because I think I would have enjoyed a regular life more. Of course then I wouldn't have met you then-would I?" he said as a smile appeared on his face. "Why don't we wait and see what happens? Because we all have a specific destiny in life, but we do have the choice to change it."
"Alright, I'll go with that. Let our children make their own destiny,"
"and if their destiny takes them to Slayerhood, then that's that," he said finishing her sentence.
Alison was making lunch when she felt the first contraction. It hurt worse than any of the ones she had with Angel. She put down the slice of bread she had in her hand and went and sat on the floor. "Angel, sweetie. Can you come here?" she called out hoping her daughter would come when she was called. "I need you to do something. I need you to pick up the phone in the living room. Now see the star button? Press that and then 2," she said, glad that they had programmed the phone to Rafe's work.
"Rafe Kovich," he said picking up the phone while looking at a piece of paper.
"Hi daddy."
"Well, hello sweetie. Where is your mommy?"
"She's sitting on the floor in the kitchen."
"Is she ok?" he asked, then hearing Alison holler back that she was having contractions. "Ok. Tell mommy I will be home soon," he said hanging up the phone and giving a nod to the Debbie as he grabbed his jacket.
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"Alright, we've got everything right? Diaper bag. Angel's in her car seat. Video Camera. How are you feeling?" asked Rafe as he went through the checklist before heading over to drop off Angel at Lucy's.
"I'm feeling-like I'm about to have a baby. How should I be feeling?" she snapped at him. They had dropped Angel off at Lucy's and when Rafe got back into the car she looked at him, "My water just broke."
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"Alright. I hear there is a woman in this room that is ready for to have a baby," said Dr. Middleton as she came in. After examining Alison she looked up, "Ready to push?" as she got a nod back from Alison. Alison leaned forward and held onto Rafe's arm as tight as she could as she pushed. When she heard the sound of his voice she stopped and laid her head against Rafe's chest. She looked up at him, and saw his eyes filled with tears. She placed her hand on his face which he then kissed the palm of her hand.
"What is the newest Kovich's name?" asked Dr. Middleton
"Edward--," said Rafe before Alison interrupted, "Edward Grant Kovich." Rafe just looked at her. Had he ever told her his dad's last name? If not, was it just coincidence that she knew? He had learned to not believe anything happened by chance. "Rafe, are you ready to hold your son?" asked Alison who now was lying back on the pillow watching the nurse place their little boy in his dad's big, strong, safe arms.
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"Rafe, I have a serious topic to bring up," she said as she turned her attention from the sleeping boy on her chest to him, who was holding their little girl who was also sleeping. Lucy had brought Angel by for a quick visit, and Angel had crawled up into her dad's lap and fallen asleep.
"What's that?"
"Our children. They are Kovich's-which means they are Slayers, correct?" she asked with a nod for a response. "How do we tell them that? How do we say 'by the way kid-you are supposed to kill Vampires for a living'?"
Rafe took a second before answering-it was hard to explain to her about this. He took a deep sigh before giving his answer, "I was told when I was at a young age. My mother just set me down and laid out how it was going to be. But, then I didn't believe her at first. Then, when I was around the age of fourteen or fifteen I started to get these-feelings. I would be in a crowd, or be doing something else and I could feel something bad around me. That's when I realized that maybe it was my destiny to fight the evil of the world."
"So do you think we should tell them?"
"I was never told that I didn't have to fight. I wish I had been, because I think I would have enjoyed a regular life more. Of course then I wouldn't have met you then-would I?" he said as a smile appeared on his face. "Why don't we wait and see what happens? Because we all have a specific destiny in life, but we do have the choice to change it."
"Alright, I'll go with that. Let our children make their own destiny,"
"and if their destiny takes them to Slayerhood, then that's that," he said finishing her sentence.