Chapter 2

Buffy was now showing, her classes were more relaxed. NO one minded they had all fallen in love with this strong, loving, loyal teacher of theirs. She had started to smile more and laugh at jokes; it became a competition among the students to make her laugh. She was 6 months pregnant and standing outside a phone booth. She hadn't called Willow in 3 months and decided she should. She dialed the number and listened to it ring. "Hello" "Hey" "Buffy God you said you would call Why haven't you called, I thought you died and when Faith turned up everyone thought you died, God I was so scared..." "Willow stop I'm sorry, I had to sort out things you know. So the new slayer is Faith." "Yeah she is kind of intense, you know?" "Mmm so how are you?" "It's hard but everyone is starting to accept you are gone. I was starting to think well ...." "Yeah sorry, maybe it would be better if I just didn't ...." "Oh Goodness I didn't mean it like that, I just started to think something might have happened, it's been 3 months Buffy, 6 months since you left. (Whispers) Are you coming back" (Buffy looks down at her belly) "I can't, it's too hard, I got a job now so it's easier." "Really what are you doing" "I can't tell you but it pays good and the guys are moving me to another place now that I'm um never mind but I am moving soon, so it is going to be good" "Now that your what?" "I got to go Will, I I love you". Hangs up the phone.

She walks back down the road and smiles as David waves to her and nearly drops the couch. She walks over to them and playfully says "Hey you better watch it or I might charge you for wrecking the couch". He looks her up and down taking in count the overalls and the belly and says "Oh yeah and how you going to make me?" She's mock hurt and says "Oh teasing the pregnant lady, not good". He smiles cheekily and says "Come one Anna you know you could take me anytime". She smiles and goes and sits on the step to watch them finish moving her stuff out, not that there is much.

Her new place is only a few meters from the gym and has 2 bedrooms. One she is planning on painting for the nursery. The other faces this old hotel called The Hyperion, it is pretty and she kind of wishes someone would fix it up.

She likes it though, it is close to everything and she feels safe. There is a school a few miles away and a daycare in the opposite direction but close. She just feels like she could start a normal life here. Even if she is still patrolling at night. She knows she shouldn't and had decided already she would stop at 7 months but she can't help it. The slayer inside is just begging to be let out so she lets it. The Gym isn't enough and they haven't let her do ay big workout since she started showing, so she patrols.

Chapter 3 She sits and watches the stars holding her stomach close. She is 8 months along and feels as big as a house but still she is content. She loves it when the baby moves because it reminds her who it is or will be.

Last week she painted the room and had realized she was starting to live in her overalls. David came over and laughed at her, told her she looked like a little kid in her blue overalls and her blonde hair in pigtails, so like the kid she is she poked her tongue out at him. This resulted in paint going everywhere. They painted it a pale blue because she told him that if it is a girl blue is still a nice neutral color and besides it is her favorite. They did a yellow fringe as well; the cot and change table and draws match the room. Everyone from work came and gave her things to put in it as well. She had a white bear nearly the same size as her from Katrina, a rocking chair hand built by Fred, a pig which she named Mrs. Gordo from Harriet and the beautiful cot from David.

But now she sits in the rocking chair singing softly to her unborn child staring at the stars, wishing Angel was here.

You are my sunshine my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are grey; you'll never know dear how much I love you. So please don't take my sunshine away.

Yesterday she called Willow again and Willow laughed and said she was getting shorter with these calls. They had talked like she had only seen her yesterday and was in her room in Sunnydale. Willow was starting to pretend it didn't hurt to talk to Buffy and that When she called everything was fine. She never mentioned Angel being back for fear of hurting Buffy. Willow knew Angel believed Buffy was dead, so she let him. She knew it was selfish but she thought Buffy deserved a chance at a normal life so she ignored the feeling in her stomach that she should tell and kept it in. So Buffy went on with her life blissfully unaware that Angel was alive and helping the scoobies out in Sunnydale.

Chapter 4 "AAAHHHHHHHHH GET IT OUT" Buffy grip bent the metal frame her hand was attached to. She was gritting her teeth and was heard to mutter "Though slaying powers would make this easier" The nurses put it down to pain and tried to calm her with a face clothe. Buffy grabbed the nearest nurse and pulled her to her saying "Give me drugs now". She let go and as another contraction hit her she gripped the bar tightly once again. The nurse she grabbed said shaking "I'm sorry it is too late yo your going to have to deliver naturally". Buffy looked at her with tears and said "how much longer?" The nurse shrugged and said "I'll get a doctor."

She relaxed her grip and started breathing deeply, trying to practice the method Giles tried to teach her months ago for relaxation. She didn't hear the doctor come until he came from her legs and said "Well Anna looks like you're almost fully dilated how about we get you into theatre." She nodded her head and gritted her teeth as a contraction hit her again.

Once moved he told her to count to three and push. She took a deep breath held the bars and mentally said "1, 2, 3". Then pushed with all her slayer strength. The doctor looked at her in surprise when the head suddenly came into view. He said a little shocked "Right then it usually takes more then two pushes but 1 more push should do it". She breathed again and pushed once more trying to ignore the astounding agony coming from between her legs. She wasn't going to scream, she wasn't going to scream... Not again. She let out a sigh when she felt the head suddenly slide out and the doctor pull it out.

Then she heard it, she heard the scream come out of those tiny lungs and relief filled her when the doctor said "You have a healthy baby girl".

She laid back exhausted and the doctor came over and gave her first hold of a now very pink, very bloody baby girl. She looked into the blue eyes which she knew would change soon and feel in love. She was the perfect creation of her and Angel's one night together.

They took her away quickly much to her protests and started cleaning her up and then someone came over and told her she had to push just a little bit more because the placenta was still in her. She looked at them funny but did as she asked and when it came out, the pain she felt made her pass out.

When she came to she noted that her belly was quite a bit smaller and her whole body felt sore. She panicked when she couldn't see her baby and rang the nurse's button.

A nurse came in within 10 minutes asking her what's the matter . She said "Where's my baby?" The nurse smiled kindly at her and said "Someone is bringing her to you and a nurse will be up to explain feeding and all those kind of things. Now do you think you can fill in this form?" She nodded and the nurse gave her the form and a pen. It asked name of child and parents. She bit her lip and wrote Joy Angelic O'Connor, Buffy Anne O'Connor, and Liam Angelus O'Connor. She smiled at the fathers name and handed the form back to the nurse when she had completed the rest of the papers. The nurse watched as the other nurse brought the baby in and she looked at her and then at Buffy and said "I think it suits her, Joy!"

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