CHAPTER 6

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters, although I wish I did because I'd find a way to put Angel and Buffy back together; where they belong. You will also notice that I've snagged some lines from a few episodes on either Buffy or Angel.

Summary: What if the Oracles had in fact restored Angel to his vampire state instead of taking back the day (In "I Will Remember You" on Angel) so that a prophesized miracle could occur?

Historical Note: This trilogy takes place between the fourth and fifth season of Buffy, and between the first and second season of Angel. You may also notice some of the later elements are from later seasons of either show.

Author's note: this trilogy will go back and fourth between Sunnydale and L.A. More so in this first series. The second there isn't much crossover's going on, there may be a few though. I really tried to keep to both shows storylines as much as possible. Some events (The Glory bit in season 5 on Buffy for example) will be either pushed back or taken out in general. These events may have been important on the shows, but not in this story.

In LA...

"So, have you guys thought of any names yet?" Cordelia asked a few days later as Buffy and Angel walked into the room hand in hand laughing. Buffy looked at Angel and sighed.

"Not yet; no," Buffy told her as she plopped down on the couch. Angel then sat down beside her and out his arm around her.

All of a sudden, Gunn walked in with a dagger in his hand. As he walked over to them, he noticed the pretty blond who was sitting with Angel in the couch in the lobby, where the gang usually met.

"Hey guys what's shakin'?" Gunn asked, "I just came by to drop off this dagger thing for our weaponry collection," Gunn explained as he put the knife down on the desk.

"Ooh, who's this?" Gunn asked referring to Buffy. Cordelia looked at Buffy and smiled.

"Buffy, this is Charles Gunn; he works with us to kill the bad things," Cordelia explained. "Gunn, this is Buffy Summers; she's the Slayer,"

"Please to finally meet the boss man's woman," Gunn said as he extended his hand towards Buffy. Buffy smiled up at him before she shook his hand.

"It's nice to meet you too," she told him as he pulled up a chair and sat down with the group. Gunn looked at her, remembering Angel had mentioned her before. In fact, he now remembered he had seen a small picture of her in one of Angel's books. He also remembered Angel saying that it had been over between the two of them, but by the looks of Buffy, it didn't appear they were very over.

"How far along are you; if you don't mind me asking," Gunn asked referring to Buffy's pregnancy. Buffy looked up at Angel before answering.

"Six months, and exhausted if I might add," Buffy answered.

"I'll bet; not that you look bad, 'cause you look great," Gunn said quickly. Buffy smiled as she got up. Angel looked up at her as she got up.

"Where you going?" Angel asked. Buffy turned around and smiled at him. She was getting used to the extra attention she was getting from him.

"To get something to eat," She explained as she walked out of the room. Gunn watched her walk out of the room, then turned to Angel.

"Hey man. If I tell you something, you promise not to bite me?" Gunn asked. Angel looked at him for a second smiling, still thinking about Buffy.

"She looks fine man. I mean, even if she is pregnant. You're one lucky vampire to have her," Gunn admitted.

"Thanks. She is beautiful, isn't she?" he asked. Gunn nodded. "And I am lucky to have her; especially after all we've been through."

"I mean, she is your girl, right? -Even if the baby isn't?" Gunn asked.

"Gunn, what are you talking about. The baby is mine," Angel told him. Gunn looked at him confused.

"But I thought vampires couldn't..." Gunn began.

"They can't, but I was human at the time," Angel explained.

"Oh, but since you're a vampire now is the baby one also?" Gunn asked.

"No. No, I don't think so; although Wesley stumbled upon a passage about the baby saying that he or she will inherit some sort of strengths or powers from Buffy and I," Angel explained.

"Gotcha," Gunn said beginning to understand.

A few minutes later, Buffy came back into the room with a bowl of ice cream and sat back down on the couch.

"Listen, I've gotta get going, but it was nice finally meeting the infamous Buffy," Gunn said to Buffy as he got up. Buffy smiled as she stood up. "I'll be back later though," he promised before he left.

"He seems nice," Buffy noted as she began to eat the ice cream.

"He is," Angel agreed. Cordelia watched the two of them for a few seconds before finally asking what she had wanted to know every since Buffy had come to L.A. almost a week ago.

"Are you two back together?" she asked curiously. Buffy and Angel looked at each other for a few minutes. "Because if you are, I just wanted to know if were going out of business or if we'll have to put together a baby room here," Cordelia said bluntly.

"Yeah…yeah, we are. We just aren't sure on where were going to live," Buffy explained honestly. All of a sudden, she felt the baby move. She took a deep breath and put a hand on her stomach for a second.

"What?" Angel asked concerned as he sat up and leaned closer to her. Buffy quickly grabbed his hand and placed it on her stomach where the baby was moving. Cordelia quickly got up and walked over to them worried.

"Buffy, are you ok?" she asked concerned. Angel looked at Buffy and smiled happily.

"I'm really going to be a father," Angel said in awe as he gazed down at her stomach. Buffy looked at Cordelia who still looked at her worriedly. She still couldn't get over how different Cordelia was from when she was in Sunnydale.

"The baby's kicking," Angel said as his hand still rested on stomach.

"Give me your hand," Buffy said as she placed Cordelia's hand on her stomach so that she could feel it as well.

"Oh my god. I've never felt a baby kick before," Cordelia admitted as she knelt on the floor beside the couch. "Well, I felt movement and stuff when I was impregnated with that demon thingy, but it wasn't much. Mainly, I heard voices," she added. Buffy looked at Cordelia confused. "Long story," she said, still feeling her friend's baby moving for the first time. She looked up at Buffy.

"This is going to be so cool. You and Angel having a kid," Cordelia said as she finally stood up. "I just want you two to know that I'll always be available if you ever need a babysitter, or if you need someone to take he or she shopping," Cordelia assured them.

"Thanks Cordy, but that won't be for a while," Buffy said as she slowly got up. She looked at Angel. "But at least now we have a baby sitter when were out making L.A. safer," she pointed out. Angel laughed.