Disclaimer: I don't own any Buffy/Angel characters, Marshall/Hailie Mathers, or Lela (Ivorycat's).
Couples: Angel/Kay, Buffy/Spike, Connor/Rain, Ecks/Lela, Reshawn/Kali, Willow/Xander, Chris/Dawn, Kyle/Hailie, Faith/Marshall, Wesley/Gabby, Tristian/Tor, Fred/Gunn, Eric/Justice, Keene/Starr, A.J./ Cammie, and Cordy/Doyle.
(Well Connor and Rain are back together can it last? Kay and Buffy are expecting and wedding is on its way making Angel and Spike nervous. )
"Hey Rain how was school?" Angel looked up from his book as the teen entered the lobby of the Hyperion on a cold November day.
"It was all right." She set her backpack down and slid off her leather jacket. "Where's Buffy and Kay they're usually in the here talking about the wedding?" She walked over to the vamp that stood in front of the lobby desk.
"Getting Sona grams. Where's Mac, Ecks, Lela, and Connor?" Angel looked curiously at Rain.
"They took Mac to the candy store."
"Doesn't she have enough candy from Halloween?" Angel closed his book.
"Maybe not what you researching?" The vamp looked at the book then back to the slayer.
"Nothing." He shook his head but she extended her hand and reached for the book the vamp pulled away.
"Nothing my butt." Rain snatched the book.
"Rain, come on I'm not in the mood." Angel growled.
"You're never in the mood broody boy." She opened the book. "Why are you researching Darla?" She glanced from the open book then to the vamp.
"Hey Rain, can we talk?" Faith interrupted the two.
"Yeah sure, we'll talk later Angel." The young slayer handed the book back to the broody vamp. "What do you want to talk about?" The two slayers made their way down to the basement.
"I bet nobody ever let you talk about Cordy and Connor with them because they didn't understand. Would you like to um... talk about it?"
Rain raised an eyebrow Faith as the rogue slayer strateled the balance beam. "What's there to talk about? They slept with each other twice and out of it came some hell spawn." The Amazon hit the punching bag.
"Well kid he lied to you about it. He told you it was way before you two met he didn't come out that they did it twice." The young slayer punched the bag with a combo. "It bothers you I see." Faith nodded.
"No it doesn't." Again Rain hit the bag.
"Yes, it does it's not good to hold rage in kid." The haired slayer jumped off the beam and walked over to the teenager.
"It was my fault." The Amazon looked down.
"What are you talking about?"
"He was depressed because of me. I'm the reason he did it." Tears hit the matt.
"No, well yeah he was depressed but it wasn't your fault what kind of treatment is that for depression? Sleeping with a woman who use to change your diapers and someone who use to date your father?" Faith touched her shoulder.
"What's the point to this conversation? I thought about it from ever angle." The teenage gave a fierce punch to the bag and then turned to face the rogue slayer. "He made a few mistakes big deal I love him and that matters to me more then something he did out of grief. I've thought about it Faith and you're right I've never talked about it because I don't need to. I've made mistakes, we're all aloud to make them."
"Yeah, you're smart and I'm glad you know that now." Faith turned away.
"This isn't about me is it? What's wrong Faith?" Rain crossed her arms across her black turtle neck sweater.
"I'm afraid Rain, what if I can't change? What if I'm not good enough mother for Hailie or a good enough wife for Marshall?"
"You'll be a whole hell of a lot better than the last one." The young slayer assured the older woman.
"Well, of course but I won't be better than some women could be."
"Look Marshall and Hailie love you and Marshall picked you to be his wife after everything he said about not wanting to marry again think what that means you're one amazing person."
"Thanks, are you sure you're ok with everything that happened between Connor and Cordy?"
"Time heals everything." The small slayer headed upstairs with Faith following.
"Auntie Rogue Faith!" Mac ran to the slayer when they came into the lobby.
"Hey Mac, how was school?" Faith bounced the little girl in her arms.
"I never thought I'd see the day where Faith bounced a little child in her arms." Buffy and Kay entered the hotel.
"Hey B, Kay." Faith set Mac down. "How are the babies looking?"
"Fine the doctor said to come back in two weeks and we can find out the sex. Where's Spike?"
"He went to get some food for everyone." Angel walked out of his office. "Where's Ecks and Kali?" The vamp looked around.
"We're right here." The cousins came walking downstairs.
"Ok, Gunn, Fred, Lorne, Cosmo, Levar!" The couple and the 3 demons walked out of their rooms. "Please everyone in the kitchen food will be here soon!" He headed towards Kay.
"What about me?" He stopped hearing his sire's voice.
"You too Darla." He didn't look at her.
"I'm going to go see you all later." Faith put on her leather jacket and left the hotel.
The 14 of them gathered into the kitchen to wait for Spike. "I hope everyone likes Chinese." The peroxide vamp walked into the kitchen with 5 bags. "If Bran and Ara were still here I wouldn't have made it by myself." Spike cocked a grin.
"Yeah, they'll be back though, it's the first wedding of my sister's they get to plan." Rain helped Spike.
"Here peaches." Spike pulled a packet of pig's blood out of the last bag and threw it at the brunette vamp.
The "family" sat down. "Did Wes or Gabby call?" Kay asked before taking a bite of her rice.
"Yeah, Gabby will come over tomorrow." Angel poured his blood into a coffee mug.
Rain opened her mouth to say something instead she grabbed her head and screamed in pain falling right out of her chair. "Oh my god Rain!" Buffy stood up quickly.
"Get some aspirin." Ecks turned to his cousin.
Kay reached for Mac who was hysterically crying. "That one hurt, it was a teenage about my age vampires were attacking him in the warehouse on 5th and Lincoln."
"Are you ok Candy Rain?" Lorne handing her a glass of water and the aspirin Kali had gotten.
Angel just sat looking at his mug. "I'll go when the sun sets." He grabbed his mug and pushed away from the table.
"Ok, hey I'm the one with the splitting headache, which is odd because my visions usually don't hurt, I think I should be the one going to find this boy." Rain protested standing up.
"She's right why all of a sudden a headache?" Cosmo looked at his half demon friend but Levar just shrugged.
"As one door closes another door opens." Angel leaned against the counter. "I just don't know how could Cordy have given you the gift."
"Her soul did," Rain stared into space trying to remember. "Where ever I was I talked to her soul...she gave me the gift...and the way to bring her soul back." The teenager scratched her head. "I barely remember anything about where I was."
"Well, that explains it." Darla set her fork down.
The Amazon shifted her weight then glanced at Angel. "I'm going to change, because I so don't want to look like Angel when I go patrolling tonight." Connor laughed looking from their black sweaters to their blue jeans.
"It doesn't matter because you're not going I am." The brunette vamp took a drink.
"Bite me, I'm the one who had the vision." The teenager snapped back.
"But don't literally bite her Nancy-boy, oh wait you already bloody did that." Spike chugged the rest of his blood.
"Shut up Spike." Angel and Kay said in unison.
"Why don't you both just go?" Levar looked at the vamp and Amazon.
"Sounds like a plan what do you thing?" Rain put her hands on her hip.
"All right, but you're going to listen to me if I tell you to run, you better run. If I tell you to hide, you better..."
"Hide? I get it you're the old wise one but I'm the one with the headache it's only fair to give me action." She left the kitchen.
"Now I have a headache." Angel growled setting his mug down.
Connor glared at his father. "Make sure she doesn't get hurt." He left Angel rubbing his temples. "Teenagers." The brunette vamp mumbled.
"Hey!" Kali and Ecks looked up.
Angel shrugged and left the kitchen. "He seems a little moody." Fred played with her food.
"He's always moody and broody." Spike made himself sound innocent.
"Buffy is something wrong?" Kay looked at the blond slayer who stared at Rain's plate nothing had been eaten.
"Um...guys has Rain been eating anything lately?" Buffy just stared at the plate.
"She usually trains in the morning and skips breakfast." Kay joined the slayer at staring at the plate.
Kali and Ecks looked at each other. "Now that you say something she'll have apple juice and an orange for lunch sometimes just the juice." Ecks shook his head in disbelief.
"She barely eats dinner because she's training." Fred set her fork down.
"That doesn't make sense she's not doing the bagging under the eyes, losing any hair, and nothing seems to be wrong with her she's getting stronger every day." Kali looked down at her own plate.
"She eats ice cream!" Mac nodded.
"When's the last time she ate that?" Kay looked at her daughter.
"Um...I don't know." The 5-year-old shrugged.
"Well, someone has to talk to her about this we just can't let Rain..." Gunn stopped.
"Let me do what?" Rain was now in a long sleeved dark blue shirt and she was pulling her leather jacket over it.
"Let you go out in that small jacket." Fred looked at everyone.
"I'll be fine you guys, I'm glad you all are concerned about me though." The brunette slayer looked at them oddly and left the kitchen.
"As, I was saying we can't let Rain do this, it's dangerous."
"Charles, what can we do?" The petite Texan looked at the African-American man lost.
"I'm going to talk to her." Buffy stood grabbing the teenage slayer's plate as well as her own setting them on the counter.
"Where's Rain?" Angel walked into the kitchen.
"She's probably out in the lobby." Kay stood up as Buffy and Angel went into the lobby.
"Guess again." They all turned to the weapons cabinet.
"She took a crossbow and stakes." Buffy slammed her foot down. "What are we going to do?" The blond started to cry.
"Buffy, it's ok I'll go after she's a slayer she'll be ok on her own." Angel was shocked by Buffy.
"Angel, there's something else." Kay touched his arm.
(Ok well review to find out what Angel does when he catches up to Rain and the talk Buffy must have with the young slayer. How will Connor handle the news?)
