Chapter 16: Meeting Connor
Disclaimer: Everything but this story belongs to Joss.
A/N: This chapter is a crossover between AU-BTVS and ATS. Everyone has memories of Dawn growing up in the Summer's household, and neither Wolfram and Hart or Holt are after Connor.
Buffy pulled up in front of the Hyperion Hotel, and looked the place over as she climbed out of her vehicle and walked up to the hotel. She walked through the doors of the hotel, into the lobby and was greeted by a young lady standing at the front desk.
"Hello! May I help you?" Fred greeted Buffy with a smile, as she walked from behind the desk.
"Yes, I've come to see an old friend from Sunnydale."
"Who would you like to see?" Fred inquired.
"I'd like to see Angel, please," Buffy said smiling.
"Angel's upstairs with Connor, but I'm sure he'll be happy to see you, please have a seat while I get him," Fred replied smiling sweetly.
"Thank you" Buffy said as she walked over to the round sofa and sat down.
"My name is Fred, Angel's assistant."
"Fred. That's an odd name for a girl."
"It's short for Winifred."
"That's a pretty name."
"Thank you." Fred replied.
"I'm sorry, I didn't get your name."
"Buffy Summers."
"Ok Buffy, he'll be right down," Fred said as she approached the stairs.
"Thank you," Buffy replied.
"No problem," Fred said as she ascended the stairs.
Buffy watched Fred as she went up the stairs and disappeared, then she focused her attention on the lobby. She looked around the lobby of the hotel and thought about how Angel always said he liked a lot of room, which this was quite a bit of it. The next thing that caught Buffy's eye was the weapons cabinet, being curious she walked over to the cabinet and looked at the array of weapons inside. While she stood there, Angel and Fred descended the stairs, and he rushed past Fred to greet Buffy.
Buffy stood with her back to the staircase until she heard footfalls on the steps behind her, which made her turn around. Angel stopped dead in his tracks when Buffy turned to face him and Fred. He couldn't believe what he saw - a very pregnant Buffy, and found it hard to speak due to the shock and bewilderment that came over him.
"Hi Angel," Buffy said with a smile.
Fred walked down the rest of the stairs and past Angel to approach Buffy.
"Can I get you anything to drink?" Fred asked Buffy.
"No, thank you, I'm good."
"Ok, I'll leave you two alone so you can catch up, it was nice to meet you," Fred said as she disappeared into a back office.
"Same here," Buffy replied.
"H-H-Hi," Angel stuttered as he walked towards Buffy to take a closer look at her.
"Angel, what's wrong aren't you glad to see me?"
"Yes, I am but . . ." Angel said still stunned, as he carefully hugged her back.
Seeing the shock and concern on his face, Buffy took Angel by the hand and led him to the couch to sit down.
"B-Buffy you're pregnant!" Angel said in disbelief.
"Yes, I am. I'm five and a half months along."
"I hear that you have a baby of your own, too. Congratulations," she said as she hugged him again.
"Thanks. His name is Connor."
"I bet he's a beautiful baby," Buffy said happily.
"Yes, he is. But Buffy who . . .?"
"Spike is the baby's father," Buffy answered him.
At the mention of Spike's name, Buffy heard a low growl coming from Angel.
"I suppose he did this to you and then left you, didn't he?" Angel said angrily.
Buffy tried to speak, "But Angel . . ."
"I'll track him down like a dog and kill him!" Angel said cutting her off.
Buffy thought that Angel was going to vamp out because of all of the emotion he displayed over her news.
"Angel calm down, Spike didn't leave me this way. We got married yesterday," Buffy said as she held Angel's hand to comfort him.
Upon hearing that bit of news, Angel stared at Buffy, and looked as if he was about to faint.
"You got married, yesterday?" Angel said with much surprise.
"Yes look," Buffy showed him her left hand and the rings on it.
"What beautiful rings," Angel said calmly.
"Thank you, the engagement ring belonged to Spike's mother and the other one is new, of course."
Just as she finished her sentence, Cordelia, Gunn and Lorne came into the hotel and saw Buffy and Angel as they sat together and talked. The three of them immediately walked toward them; being curious about his visitor, Angel and Buffy looked around as they were being approached.
Angel then introduced the other part of team Angel to her. Gunn and Lorne greeted Buffy, but Cordy squealed her greeting, Wesley wasn't there because he was away on vacation.
"Buffy! Hi, what are you doing here in LA?" Cordy asked happy to see her.
"Hi, I'm visiting at the moment. How are you?"
"I'm fine and you?" Cordy replied.
"Well, I can't complain."
Buffy stood up to hug her, then Cordy's eyes dropped to Buffy's mid- section, with a shocked look on her face.
"Buffy, My God! You're . . ."
"Pregnant, I know," Buffy finished her sentence.
"I didn't know that Slayers could get pregnant. I mean with the whole, saving the world type thingy going on. When did you find time to do that?"
"Well, I had been seeing someone and frankly by being the slayer, I didn't think that I would be around long enough to get pregnant, but here I am."
"Did you need us to find the baby's father?" Cordy inquired shyly.
"No, I know where he is," Buffy happily replied.
"If you don't mind me asking, who is the baby's father?"
"Not at all," Buffy replied.
"Spike."
"Spike! The same Spike that tried to kill all of us on Parent-Teacher night? The vamp Spike?" Cordy asked excitedly.
"The one and only" Buffy said in amusement.
"Are you out of your mind?" Cordy asked.
"No Cordy, Spike and I had been seeing each other for a while and I just found out I was pregnant about two and a half months ago."
"But he is all evil and everything, how could you have any kind of relationship with him?" Cordy asked.
"He's not evil anymore, he's a good man and has a soul. Which is a long story that I don't have the time to tell."
"Does he know about the baby?"
"Yes, he does and he's looking forward to the baby's birth. Besides that . . ." Buffy held out her left hand for Cordy to see.
"My, what a beautiful ring, he gave this to you?" Cordy asked with her eyes opened wide and mouth hung open as she looked at Buffy's ring.
"Of course he did. See the wedding band? We made it official yesterday. The next time you're in Sunnydale, stop by the house and I'll show you the wedding pictures."
After Buffy made that statement, Angel began to look a little green around the gills, even though, vampires' complexions never change.
"What is your new last name?"
"It's still Summers. Spike took my last name, instead of me taking his."
"I see. So you wanted to spend your honeymoon, here in LA?"
Angel cleared his throat to speak changing the subject, cutting Cordy off.
"So, how long are you going to be in LA?" Angel asked.
"Spike and I will be here a few more days, then its back to good old Sunnydale."
"One other thing, how can you patrol in your condition?" Angel asked.
"I don't. Spike, Giles and the gang are taking care of it for me, for now."
"Look, if you need my help . . ." Buffy waved her hand cutting him off.
"Thanks, but no thanks. Besides, you have responsibilities here, one of which is your son."
"So, how is everyone back in Sunny D?" Cordy asked.
"They are all fine. Xander makes a good living in construction, he and Anya almost got married, but he got cold feet. Willow is still taking classes at UC Sunnydale and Dawn is in high school now; the council reinstated Giles as my Watcher. Your old friend Harmony is one of the undead now, she was turned on graduation day, her IQ is still all of zero; and Anya went back to being a vengeance demon, I think that covers everyone."
"Oh, wow!" Cordy replied.
Buffy turned to speak to Angel.
"I was sorry to hear about Darla."
"It's ok, she sacrificed herself to give Connor life. It was the only way she could give birth to him. Would you like to see him?"
"Yes please," Buffy said with glee.
Angel led Buffy up the stairs with Cordy in tow, down the long corridor towards his room in silence.
"I don't hear him making any noise, so he may be sleeping," Angel said.
"How do you know . . .?" Buffy stopped herself remembering who she was talking to.
"Of course, vampiric hearing, I should be used to that by now."
They soon came to a door, Angel opened it slowly and they all walked into the room quietly. Across the room was Connor's crib, Buffy looked around the room as they approached the crib. When they looked inside it, Connor was awake lying quietly on his back moving his arms and legs around as babies do, Angel picked him up so that Buffy could look at him.
"Oh Angel! Connor is beautiful, he looks just like you. He even has your dark hair and eyes. Can I hold him?"
"Sure. You'll be having one of your own soon, you should get some practice holding a baby," Angel said as he handed Connor to her and instructed her on how to hold him.
"Just look at him," Buffy said in awe as Angel and Cordy looked on.
"You are a handsome boy, aren't you? Yes you are," Buffy said to Connor in baby talk, as he stared into her face and smiled.
"I can't wait to have my baby."
"Well, babies aren't all fun and games, I had to learn that the hard way. You'll go through some sleepless nights with the two a.m. feedings and such. I read a lot of childcare books after Connor was born, and believe me the books don't tell you everything. As parents we aren't perfect and never will be, we'll make mistakes and we'll learn from them."
"Yes, I suppose you're right," Buffy agreed.
"After Connor was born, I couldn't get him to stop crying, no matter what I did he wouldn't stop crying. Then I got an idea, I put on my game face, he looked at me, stopped crying, and smiled."
"Wow, I hope Spike doesn't have to go all fangy to make our baby stop crying."
"No, he shouldn't have to, but some babies are fussier than others." Angel stated.
"So Buffy, what do you and Spike want a boy or a girl?" Cordelia asked.
"Well, I don't care what it is, as long as it's healthy. Spike thinks it's a girl, we'll see in another three and half months."
"How does Dawn feel about being an aunt?" Cordy asked.
"She's ecstatic."
"Have you had an ultrasound yet?"
"Yes, and I told them that we didn't want to know the baby's sex, we would like to be surprised," Buffy said answering Cordy's next question.
"What time is it anyway?"
"About four o'clock," Cordy replied after she looked at her watch.
"I had better get back to the hotel, Spike and I have a dinner date with an old friend of his tonight."
"Oh, anyone I know?" Angel asked.
"Randy Mason, do you know him?"
"Ah yes, I know him. He owns the Ambassador Hotel downtown."
"Yes, that's him."
"I've known him for centuries, we kind of ran together back then."
"That's what Spike said too."
Buffy looked down into the face of the sleeping baby in her arms. She smiled at him and kissed his small forehead.
"Bye, sweet pea, it was nice to finally meet you," Buffy said to Connor as she carefully handed him to Angel.
Angel gently laid Connor down in his crib, then he, Buffy and Cordy tiptoed out of the room, and quietly closed the door behind them.
The three of them walked back to the lobby chitchatting about Angel Investigations and the like. After about an hour, Buffy realized how late it had become.
"Guys, I had better get going Spike will be furious with me if I don't get back in time for our dinner date. I'll call you after the baby is born to let you know what we have."
"Ok" Angel replied.
Buffy said her good byes to Angel, and Cordelia walked Buffy to her vehicle saying good bye to her as she drove off.
TBC
Disclaimer: Everything but this story belongs to Joss.
A/N: This chapter is a crossover between AU-BTVS and ATS. Everyone has memories of Dawn growing up in the Summer's household, and neither Wolfram and Hart or Holt are after Connor.
Buffy pulled up in front of the Hyperion Hotel, and looked the place over as she climbed out of her vehicle and walked up to the hotel. She walked through the doors of the hotel, into the lobby and was greeted by a young lady standing at the front desk.
"Hello! May I help you?" Fred greeted Buffy with a smile, as she walked from behind the desk.
"Yes, I've come to see an old friend from Sunnydale."
"Who would you like to see?" Fred inquired.
"I'd like to see Angel, please," Buffy said smiling.
"Angel's upstairs with Connor, but I'm sure he'll be happy to see you, please have a seat while I get him," Fred replied smiling sweetly.
"Thank you" Buffy said as she walked over to the round sofa and sat down.
"My name is Fred, Angel's assistant."
"Fred. That's an odd name for a girl."
"It's short for Winifred."
"That's a pretty name."
"Thank you." Fred replied.
"I'm sorry, I didn't get your name."
"Buffy Summers."
"Ok Buffy, he'll be right down," Fred said as she approached the stairs.
"Thank you," Buffy replied.
"No problem," Fred said as she ascended the stairs.
Buffy watched Fred as she went up the stairs and disappeared, then she focused her attention on the lobby. She looked around the lobby of the hotel and thought about how Angel always said he liked a lot of room, which this was quite a bit of it. The next thing that caught Buffy's eye was the weapons cabinet, being curious she walked over to the cabinet and looked at the array of weapons inside. While she stood there, Angel and Fred descended the stairs, and he rushed past Fred to greet Buffy.
Buffy stood with her back to the staircase until she heard footfalls on the steps behind her, which made her turn around. Angel stopped dead in his tracks when Buffy turned to face him and Fred. He couldn't believe what he saw - a very pregnant Buffy, and found it hard to speak due to the shock and bewilderment that came over him.
"Hi Angel," Buffy said with a smile.
Fred walked down the rest of the stairs and past Angel to approach Buffy.
"Can I get you anything to drink?" Fred asked Buffy.
"No, thank you, I'm good."
"Ok, I'll leave you two alone so you can catch up, it was nice to meet you," Fred said as she disappeared into a back office.
"Same here," Buffy replied.
"H-H-Hi," Angel stuttered as he walked towards Buffy to take a closer look at her.
"Angel, what's wrong aren't you glad to see me?"
"Yes, I am but . . ." Angel said still stunned, as he carefully hugged her back.
Seeing the shock and concern on his face, Buffy took Angel by the hand and led him to the couch to sit down.
"B-Buffy you're pregnant!" Angel said in disbelief.
"Yes, I am. I'm five and a half months along."
"I hear that you have a baby of your own, too. Congratulations," she said as she hugged him again.
"Thanks. His name is Connor."
"I bet he's a beautiful baby," Buffy said happily.
"Yes, he is. But Buffy who . . .?"
"Spike is the baby's father," Buffy answered him.
At the mention of Spike's name, Buffy heard a low growl coming from Angel.
"I suppose he did this to you and then left you, didn't he?" Angel said angrily.
Buffy tried to speak, "But Angel . . ."
"I'll track him down like a dog and kill him!" Angel said cutting her off.
Buffy thought that Angel was going to vamp out because of all of the emotion he displayed over her news.
"Angel calm down, Spike didn't leave me this way. We got married yesterday," Buffy said as she held Angel's hand to comfort him.
Upon hearing that bit of news, Angel stared at Buffy, and looked as if he was about to faint.
"You got married, yesterday?" Angel said with much surprise.
"Yes look," Buffy showed him her left hand and the rings on it.
"What beautiful rings," Angel said calmly.
"Thank you, the engagement ring belonged to Spike's mother and the other one is new, of course."
Just as she finished her sentence, Cordelia, Gunn and Lorne came into the hotel and saw Buffy and Angel as they sat together and talked. The three of them immediately walked toward them; being curious about his visitor, Angel and Buffy looked around as they were being approached.
Angel then introduced the other part of team Angel to her. Gunn and Lorne greeted Buffy, but Cordy squealed her greeting, Wesley wasn't there because he was away on vacation.
"Buffy! Hi, what are you doing here in LA?" Cordy asked happy to see her.
"Hi, I'm visiting at the moment. How are you?"
"I'm fine and you?" Cordy replied.
"Well, I can't complain."
Buffy stood up to hug her, then Cordy's eyes dropped to Buffy's mid- section, with a shocked look on her face.
"Buffy, My God! You're . . ."
"Pregnant, I know," Buffy finished her sentence.
"I didn't know that Slayers could get pregnant. I mean with the whole, saving the world type thingy going on. When did you find time to do that?"
"Well, I had been seeing someone and frankly by being the slayer, I didn't think that I would be around long enough to get pregnant, but here I am."
"Did you need us to find the baby's father?" Cordy inquired shyly.
"No, I know where he is," Buffy happily replied.
"If you don't mind me asking, who is the baby's father?"
"Not at all," Buffy replied.
"Spike."
"Spike! The same Spike that tried to kill all of us on Parent-Teacher night? The vamp Spike?" Cordy asked excitedly.
"The one and only" Buffy said in amusement.
"Are you out of your mind?" Cordy asked.
"No Cordy, Spike and I had been seeing each other for a while and I just found out I was pregnant about two and a half months ago."
"But he is all evil and everything, how could you have any kind of relationship with him?" Cordy asked.
"He's not evil anymore, he's a good man and has a soul. Which is a long story that I don't have the time to tell."
"Does he know about the baby?"
"Yes, he does and he's looking forward to the baby's birth. Besides that . . ." Buffy held out her left hand for Cordy to see.
"My, what a beautiful ring, he gave this to you?" Cordy asked with her eyes opened wide and mouth hung open as she looked at Buffy's ring.
"Of course he did. See the wedding band? We made it official yesterday. The next time you're in Sunnydale, stop by the house and I'll show you the wedding pictures."
After Buffy made that statement, Angel began to look a little green around the gills, even though, vampires' complexions never change.
"What is your new last name?"
"It's still Summers. Spike took my last name, instead of me taking his."
"I see. So you wanted to spend your honeymoon, here in LA?"
Angel cleared his throat to speak changing the subject, cutting Cordy off.
"So, how long are you going to be in LA?" Angel asked.
"Spike and I will be here a few more days, then its back to good old Sunnydale."
"One other thing, how can you patrol in your condition?" Angel asked.
"I don't. Spike, Giles and the gang are taking care of it for me, for now."
"Look, if you need my help . . ." Buffy waved her hand cutting him off.
"Thanks, but no thanks. Besides, you have responsibilities here, one of which is your son."
"So, how is everyone back in Sunny D?" Cordy asked.
"They are all fine. Xander makes a good living in construction, he and Anya almost got married, but he got cold feet. Willow is still taking classes at UC Sunnydale and Dawn is in high school now; the council reinstated Giles as my Watcher. Your old friend Harmony is one of the undead now, she was turned on graduation day, her IQ is still all of zero; and Anya went back to being a vengeance demon, I think that covers everyone."
"Oh, wow!" Cordy replied.
Buffy turned to speak to Angel.
"I was sorry to hear about Darla."
"It's ok, she sacrificed herself to give Connor life. It was the only way she could give birth to him. Would you like to see him?"
"Yes please," Buffy said with glee.
Angel led Buffy up the stairs with Cordy in tow, down the long corridor towards his room in silence.
"I don't hear him making any noise, so he may be sleeping," Angel said.
"How do you know . . .?" Buffy stopped herself remembering who she was talking to.
"Of course, vampiric hearing, I should be used to that by now."
They soon came to a door, Angel opened it slowly and they all walked into the room quietly. Across the room was Connor's crib, Buffy looked around the room as they approached the crib. When they looked inside it, Connor was awake lying quietly on his back moving his arms and legs around as babies do, Angel picked him up so that Buffy could look at him.
"Oh Angel! Connor is beautiful, he looks just like you. He even has your dark hair and eyes. Can I hold him?"
"Sure. You'll be having one of your own soon, you should get some practice holding a baby," Angel said as he handed Connor to her and instructed her on how to hold him.
"Just look at him," Buffy said in awe as Angel and Cordy looked on.
"You are a handsome boy, aren't you? Yes you are," Buffy said to Connor in baby talk, as he stared into her face and smiled.
"I can't wait to have my baby."
"Well, babies aren't all fun and games, I had to learn that the hard way. You'll go through some sleepless nights with the two a.m. feedings and such. I read a lot of childcare books after Connor was born, and believe me the books don't tell you everything. As parents we aren't perfect and never will be, we'll make mistakes and we'll learn from them."
"Yes, I suppose you're right," Buffy agreed.
"After Connor was born, I couldn't get him to stop crying, no matter what I did he wouldn't stop crying. Then I got an idea, I put on my game face, he looked at me, stopped crying, and smiled."
"Wow, I hope Spike doesn't have to go all fangy to make our baby stop crying."
"No, he shouldn't have to, but some babies are fussier than others." Angel stated.
"So Buffy, what do you and Spike want a boy or a girl?" Cordelia asked.
"Well, I don't care what it is, as long as it's healthy. Spike thinks it's a girl, we'll see in another three and half months."
"How does Dawn feel about being an aunt?" Cordy asked.
"She's ecstatic."
"Have you had an ultrasound yet?"
"Yes, and I told them that we didn't want to know the baby's sex, we would like to be surprised," Buffy said answering Cordy's next question.
"What time is it anyway?"
"About four o'clock," Cordy replied after she looked at her watch.
"I had better get back to the hotel, Spike and I have a dinner date with an old friend of his tonight."
"Oh, anyone I know?" Angel asked.
"Randy Mason, do you know him?"
"Ah yes, I know him. He owns the Ambassador Hotel downtown."
"Yes, that's him."
"I've known him for centuries, we kind of ran together back then."
"That's what Spike said too."
Buffy looked down into the face of the sleeping baby in her arms. She smiled at him and kissed his small forehead.
"Bye, sweet pea, it was nice to finally meet you," Buffy said to Connor as she carefully handed him to Angel.
Angel gently laid Connor down in his crib, then he, Buffy and Cordy tiptoed out of the room, and quietly closed the door behind them.
The three of them walked back to the lobby chitchatting about Angel Investigations and the like. After about an hour, Buffy realized how late it had become.
"Guys, I had better get going Spike will be furious with me if I don't get back in time for our dinner date. I'll call you after the baby is born to let you know what we have."
"Ok" Angel replied.
Buffy said her good byes to Angel, and Cordelia walked Buffy to her vehicle saying good bye to her as she drove off.
TBC
