Author's Note: The characters in this story do not belong to me, they belong to Joss Weadon, the creator of the Buffy Universe. The only characters I own are Craig and Rita Brown. The Story takes place in an alternate universe. One where Angel never lost his soul, Jenny was never killed, and the judge was never assembled. Hope you enjoy, this was the first Buffy fanfic I ever wrote, so it may be a little…new? Anyways, I would love reviews, opinions, or help anyone might have. Thanks!
"Giles, I just really don't know what to do! I mean how could it have happened?"
" Buffy, I really do not know what to say at an instance like this. I mean, I can't say I am not surprised, but truthfully I am baffled."
"He's not human, it's just not supposed to happen, oh my god, Giles! Did this ever happen before, I mean not with Angel, but with someone else? It did, didn't! Who Giles, when, what happened? Tell Me!"
"Ah... well...yes it has happened once, quite a long time ago. To a...."
"Giles who?"
" Well, like you, she was also a... slayer!"
"Oh...oh... OH GOD! Giles who, like as in her name?"
"Uh, it was Elizabeth Springs, I believe, the father of the child was a ... vampire, just like…ah...Angel!"
"Giles I am so sorry, I didn't mean for it to happen, it just did! Giles... I didn't mean to...to...get pregnant!"
"Perhaps we might continue this discussion another time!''
Looking let down, Buffy is just about to leave.
"Though just...one more thing.... did you happen to tell Angel...yet?"
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"Buffy." Angel smiled warmly at her as she entered the mansion."
"Hey. Yeah, I'm Buffy that's me, Buffy."
"How are you, did everything go ok with Giles, what was the emergency." He asked as he started to hug her.
Buffy flinched as he touched her, moving back at his curious frown.
"Is everything ok Buffy, are you?" Angel asked in a nervous voice.
"Um, yeah, well no. Angel." she gave him a saddened look." There's something I need to tell you."
"Of course, do you want to sit down."
"Uh no, but why don't you sit down you might need to "
"Buffy, what is it?"
"Ok, well we had sex on my birthday, and don't get me wrong, it was great, but..."
"You don't me to come near you again? Are you breaking up with me? What?"
"What no, no, of course not, but you might never want to see me again after this, but..."
"Buffy what is it, you're scaring me"
"Angel, the reason I've been a little distant, why I left to see Giles. Well this morning, I found out… I found... out that I'm..."
"Buffy?"
"Angel, I'm pregnant."
Angel looked down at his feet, turned around, and rubbed his face. As he turned around again, he asked Buffy;
"Ok, say that again, cause I swear you just said you were pregnant."
"I am" Buffy said weakly
Angel's face creased into a huge smile. Buffy look shocked at him. He crossed the room, and enveloped Buffy into a hug, and then kissed her fiercely.
"Ok, so what was that?"
"Buffy! You're pregnant, we made a life, together, this makes me so happy!"
Buffy gave him a surprised look.
"Are you going to keep the baby, Buffy if you're not, I'll be here with you all the way, and it you decide to keep it, I will always be with, not matter what!"
"Right now I'm not so sure, I mean I'm sixteen Angel, I have school! Oh god, my mom, my friends." Buffy rose from her seat and started to pace wildly.
"Buffy whatever you decide, I'm with you. I'll be with you when you tell your family and friends. Buffy I love you, in 240 years, you are the only thing I've ever loved, the only person." Angel took Buffy in his arms, looked in her eyes.
"Angel, you don't know how much I needed to hear that!"
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After talking to Angel, Buffy made some phone calls. Buffy called Xander, Willow, Cordy, Oz and Giles and asked them to meet her at the library at 7 o'clock.
"So does anyone know when Buffy is getting here because I have an appearance to make at the Bronze."
"Honey, we all have places to be, but right now Buffy needs us, so we're going to be here for her." Xander stated to Cordy.
"Buffy sounded pretty freaked on the phone, does anyone know why she needs to talk to us?"
"Will, if we knew that, I doubt we would all be sitting here waiting right now."
"I was only asking, Xander."
"Hey I'm sorry. It's just usually when ever Buffy calls us all here, with an urgent unknown concept it means "Apocalypse Now"
Everyone seemed to be letting Xander's statement sink in. Giles was the only one out of the five that didn't seem like they had just been kicked.
"Giles, do you know?"
"Alas, Oz…"
"Sorry we're late, kinda met some bloodsuckers along the way." Buffy burst in the library doors with Angel close at her side.
"And you brought one along for the ride, how cute." Xander look darkly at Angel. Xander had just recently found out, from a slip of Willow's tongue, that Angel and Buffy had slept together. He was not a happy camper these days, an act not missed by Cordy.
"So Buffy, please tell us your news, cause I really want to leave." Quipped Cordy.
"Um, right well maybe you should all sit down." Buffy's gaze scanned the room, realizing everyone was already seated. Buffy slipped her hand in to Angel's, and he squeezed back tightly. "Right well you are sitting down. OK, so then I guess I'll just come right out with it, I'm…pregnant!"
The room filled with silence. Everyone just stared at Buffy, then Angel. Suddenly everyone except Giles burst out laughing.
"What…is…this some sort of joke?" asked Willow while laughing.
"No, and ok not the reaction I thought I would get, but better then killing."
They all stopped laughing. The truth sunk in, Buffy was pregnant.
"Ok, just a little question, but if Angel's a vampire, and vampire's are dead, and can't well you know, get girls pregnant, then how?"
"Well, that's the thing, we don't know, Giles said…"
"You knew Giles, and you didn't say anything."
"It wasn't my place."
"Buffy, what did your mom, say?"
"She wasn't home, all I found was a note that said she had a last minute business trip in L.A., and would call later. She'll be gone for 3 weeks, so not much I can do there,"
"Buffy you have to tell her, she has a right to know that her daughter is having a baby."
"She doesn't have to know, when she gets home I won't be pregnant."
Everyone, including Angel and Giles, exclaimed "what!" at the same time.
"Buffy, I thought you said you were going to think about it, we would together, decide what's best!" asked Angel.
"Buffy this is a big choice, it decides your future."
"I know all this, and I have thought about it." Answered Buffy, looking around the room at her friends. She started to pace as she walked, "I'm the slayer right. So pretty much x-nay on the whole future thing. I mean I might not even get to go to college, let alone graduate high school".
Her Friends looked at her quizzically.
"Slayers don't have a very long life line, plus hello, I've already died once. Would it really be fair to bring a child into this world and then curse it with a life of pain and fear."
"There's always adoption!" suggested Willow.
"I considered that too. But I don't think that I could go on living, knowing there was some child out there that I had a part in making, and I would never know them. Besides", Buffy added looking at Angel who was standing against the wall behind her, and had been taking this all in quietly. " I couldn't do that to Angel."
"Well I think Buffy is making the right choice here. Having, let alone raising a child as a single mother is, well in small terms Hell." Said Xander.
"Xander this is not the time for personal grudges" quipped Cordy.
"And she wouldn't be alone, she'd have Angel" added Oz
"Au contraire, ma frere, Angel's dead, so she'd be a widow."
"Xander!!!" exclaimed Willow and Cordy.
All at once Buffy's friends started to argue over what she should do. Silently Buffy walked over to Giles and Angel who seemed to be having a very quiet conversation.
"Giles? Angel?"
"Buffy, I must admit, arguing isn't going to solve this."
"He's right Buffy, We need to sit down and maybe first find out how this is possible."
"What do you think I've been doing? Ever since I found out I was pregnant, I've been thinking and trying"
"We know Buffy, and we just want to help, to support you, be here for you." Explained Giles, taking her hand in his.
"I know, and thanks you guys. So down to business, where's Ms. Calendar?"