A/N - Buffy and Angel have the long awaited talk and Cordelia and Wes see Faith again.

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"So..." Buffy stated. She had a hard time believing that Angel was here. Right here. (*Oh, crap. Kaylee. I have to tell him about Kaylee*)

"You're looking good for someone who's supposed to be dead." Angel said in his usual fashion. He looked at his long lost love who was supposed to be dead, but was alive. Buffy looked away but then looked at him, her eyes full of sadness.

"I'm sorry, but I had to." Buffy said sadly and softly. Angel looked at her and shook his head.

"No you didn't. If you were in trouble you could have come to me. I would have helped you. You know that. And everyone in Sunnydale would have to." Angel said hurt in his voice.

"I'm sorry. It's not that simple. Everything happened so quickly." Buffy said. She suddenly had that flashback of him and a blond kissing. Now she didn't feel sorry.

"Who is Kaylee?" Asked Angel all of a sudden. That brought Buffy back to reality.

"Kaylee! Is she ok? Where is she?" Buffy fired questions at him. Angel looked taken back at her concern for the little girl.
"She's fine. She is getting picked up by one of her Aunts." Angel told her. Buffy relaxed a little

"But now back to the question at hand. Who is Kaylee?" Angel asked her again. Buffy looked at him. (*Oh, boy here it comes*)

"She is my daughter, Angel. Our daughter." She said softly.

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"Connor, Gunn, Fred, Loren, why don't ya'll go to a hotel. Me, Doyle, Wes, and Angel will meet up with you later ok?" Cordelia said to the people in the waiting room who seemed dreadfully bored. They all nodded and left. Kaylee had fallen asleep as soon as her head hit the couch. Doyle and Wes were playing cards and Cordelia was in the middle of a dilemma. Should she call the Sunnydale crew and tell them. Or will Buffy want to that herself. Or even if she wanted to do that.

Kaylee stirred on the couch and sat up. She looked confused to where she was but then recognized where she was.
"Is Lizzy here yet?" she asked in a sleepy voice. Cordelia was about to answer when a girl walked in saying;

"Kaylee, sweetheart. Are you okay?" the girl asked. She went over and picked her up. Kaylee sighed and fell back asleep. To their surprise Faith walked in with a young girl.

"Faith." Said Doyle, Cordy, and Wes at the same time. Faith looked at them and paled.

"Ummm....hey guys. Long time no see." She said nervously. They all looked at her with hatred.

"For some of us maybe." Wes said coldly. Kaylee again stirred and looked at Faith. She held her arms out to her and Faith took her. Kaylee smiled and said "Love you Aunt Faith." Before falling back asleep again. They looked at Faith in shock. She gave a nervous smile before saying "Lizzy, Hope why don't you share the couch tonight and Kaylee can sleep in Lizzy's room. Ok?" Lizzy nodded as did Hope.

"OH NO!" Cordy said a little too loudly
"You are not going to take a sweet little girl into your home where you might kill her. I know you Faith, and that is what you might even do." Cordy said pissed off.

"That was the old Faith. I am a better person now. And Kaylee is coming home with me. B. Listed me as a guardian [aren't if something ever happened to her. So I am in charge right now Cordy." Faith said coldly and said to the girls "Come on Lizzy, and Hope, Lets go home."

Doyle, Wes, and Cordy stared at their backs in shock.

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Angel looked at Buffy in shock. Buffy wasn't saying anything letting the news sink in.

"Buffy, you know I can't have children." He winced inwardly there. (*I had Connor*)

"You think I don't know that? Well 1 month after Thanksgiving I got sick. I went to the doctors and he told me I was pregnant. Then all the memories returned. So I went to go tell you that I was carrying your child when I saw you and some blond in a lip lock." Buffy said sourly. Angel looked at her in Shock. She wasn't supposed to remember. And God, Kate, I am so going to kill her.

"Buffy I didn't want to kiss her. She just came on to me." Angel told her. Buffy stared at him.

"Yeah you really tried to push her off."

"And that's the reason I didn't get to see my child for the first 5 years of her life. That you decided that you were the better parent and decided that you should take Kaylee." Angel said angrily. Buffy looked at him and a tear fell down her cheek. Angel instantly regretted the words.

"I know Angel. And I am sorry. But I was thinking of Kaylee. If the underworld knew about the daughter of a slayer and a vampire then Kaylee would have been under attack. And I wanted her to have somewhat of a normal life." She said while beginning to cry. Angel took her in her arms and they clutched each other tightly. All the love and pain in the last 5 years all coming together. They looked at each other. They both leaned in and their lips met in a sweet and gentle kiss.

This kiss grew more passionate. They only parted when Buffy need air. Buffy pulled back saying:
"This is a hospital, and the curse." She said breathless. Angel smiled.

"The curse is no longer an issue." He said. Buffy and Angel smiled and kissed once more. Buffy pulled back again and said:

"This is still a hospital." She said sadly. He nodded and kissed her again. He stood up and said "I better get going before the staff kicks me out." Buffy grabbed him and said "No."

"Will you just hold me? Like you used to?" She said like a little girl. Angel nodded and lay on the bed with her. She laid her head on his chest while putting her arms around he neck. He put his arms around her small body. They stayed that way till the both fell asleep in each other's arms.