Disclaimer: I don't own BtVS, AtS, or Roswell.
Summary: The new war forces Buffy to share her sixteen-year-old secret with a past lover.
Pairings: B/A, Max/Liz, Michael/Maria. Review and tell me what other pairings to make
A/N: Sorry to all Spike fans but I couldn't fit him into this story. This story takes place eleven years after Chosen. Buffy and the Gang rebuild the Watcher's council and Angel does the whole Wolfram and Hart thing.
For Roswell it is right after Liz finds out that Max and Tess slept together.
Thanks to all those who reviewed! I really appreciate it! For those who asked, I have written about four chapters. I don't know how many chapters there will be though. ***********
Sitting on the counter bench resting her tired head on the palm of her head, she waits for the clock to strike 6:30, the opening of the Crashdown.
'Where is Michael? He is going to get it. He promised to meet me at the movies and 'forgets' to call me. What do I mean to him really? A girl he can just throw around? I can't have a normal boyfriend, nope, I have to have Michael who just happens to be a different species from another planet. Can't forget those super powers and a planet worth of enemies from a past life. My life is so difficult with all these alien invasions. Ugh, this.'
Maria's ranting thought was interrupted by Mr. Parker, who walked down the stairs and into the diner," Hello Mario, how was your weekend?"
"Well, if you really wanna know."
Mr. Parker, realizing what he had just asked the most talkative person he knew, had that I-can't-believe-I-just-asked-that-question look on his face. He was saved by the back door that had swung open to reveal that his cook, Michael, was here. The pressure was off of him now that the culprit of ruining Maria's weekend was standing right at the door.
Maria ran straight to the back door and was screaming so loud that she could have scared of the customers.
"Michael Guerin! I don't know what to do with you! Where were you."
"Maria I can't talk right now, there is some crazy stuff happening right now, family things," Michael interrupted when he got the chance.
"Don't start with me on your famiy things, your family stuff causes all the problems! Your family stuff is what got Alex killed!", still upset about her friend's death she turned around and began to cry.
"Maria, I'm so sorry," Michael said as he reached in for a hug with his girlfriend.
"Hey where's Liz?" Mr. Parker questioned, wondering where his daughter was.
"I'll go check in her room," Maria answered wiping her tears away and turning her head to smile at Michael meaning that she forgives him.
Entering Liz's room, she noticed that the shower wasn't running and Liz was nowhere to be seen.
"Liz?"
Her eyes then fell on an envelope addressed to her and read it.
Dear Maria,
I love you so much, you should know that. There is just so much
that I can handle, and being in Roswell is killing me. I need to
start over. Tell my parents I love them and I am sorry I am putting
them through this, but if they really love me they will let me go.
Tell the pod squad, I'm out, I want to run away from Roswell and get
the normal life I need for my sanity. Bye Roswell.
Liz
"Liz." Maria whispered.
*********
Packing for her trip to LA, she was nervous upon talking to her past lover, especially the topic on discussion. How was she going to tell him about the baby that they had together?
Just then Xander walked in.
"Hey Buff, where are you going? Did you find another slayer?"
"No Xand, I'm going to see Angel."
"Haven't heard his name in a while. When was the last time you saw him?"
**Flashback**
Finished with their short visit to the Hyperton Hotel before they got going on collecting the slayers, Buffy was about to load the bus when Angel grabbed her arm.
"Forget to say goodbye to me?" Angel asked with that infamous smirk on his face.
"If forget means avoiding you then, yeah." She returned with a smile.
"So."
"Angel before you say anything about the cookie thing, you should know that I don't think I'll ever be ready. I think I figured it out, I'm not supposed to be in with the relationship thing. I am meant to be a slayer, not a girlfriend, wife, or lover. I have to be dedicated to saving people, that is my calling. I hope you can except that." She gave him a hug and walked onto the bus.
When she was halfway up the steps, Angel whispered to her, "Good luck."
**
Buffy sighed then turned around facing one of her best friends. "I need to go to Angel about a prophesy for a new war thing."
"A new war? Bring it on! I am so prepared we haven't had one in what, three months? Evil-doers are slacking!" Xander yelled with his fists in the air, ready to punch.
The door opened revealing Dawn and Willow anxious to talk to Buffy.
"You are not going to LA without me, I need some new non-frumpy clothes! And they don't make clothes as revealing in England. Please!!" Dawn begged still remaining the kid-sister she always was.
"And I need to check up on some new witchy stores that might have the ingredients that is necessary for a new experimental potion I am making!" Willow added with a puppy-dog face.
"OO! OO! You can't come without your one-eyed friend, just in case the need of a Cyclops is handy!" Xander said while waving his right hand in the air wanting to join the group too.
Buffy rolled her eyes and answered, "How can I say no to a cripple and his sidekicks?"
"Yes!"
"Alrite!"
"Wahoo!"
"You just can't come with me to see Angel!" Buffy screamed reminding them, as they were halfway down the hall getting ready to pack.
*********
"Anyone for Las Vegas, Main St.?"
Liz stands up with the travel bag over her shoulder, along with about seven tourists. The tourists talked about how much they wanted to see before their vacation was over. While Liz just wanted to survive without shelter, little food, and about forty dollars from her last shift, ever, at the Crashdown. When she steps off the bus she looks at the surrounds. It was so hectic compared to little ol' Roswell. New beginning, new life she thought to herself. The new Liz lived in a busy city.
Walking into the lobby of a fancy hotel she sits on the comfortable couch and takes out some of the sentimental items from her past.
She reaches into the bag and pulls out the alien necklace that helped Max get connected to his past. Who knows maybe she came to Las Vegas to hold on to that last good memory of her and Max dancing together like a couple. For whatever reason it was she was in Las Vegas and that was all that mattered.
She reaches into her bag again and pulled out two pieces of jewelry her biological mother gave to her as a child before she was given up for adoption. It was silver cross necklace and a cladagh ring. It must have meant something to her mother since she gave it away to her daughter to keep. Liz had never worn it though, for some strange reason, like the jewelry didn't really belong to her. Now, it was a new start so she slid the ring on and place the necklace around her neck
She sat there until one of the hotel workers told her she had to leave. It was off to the next hotel until she would get kicked out.
********
On the plane ride to LA, Buffy couldn't help but think of what Angel might say when she told him that she had his baby and she never told him. Taking deep breaths all the way there, her friends didn't even notice Buffy's anxiety attack, who were too excited about being back in the States.
Then a voice came on the loud speaker and announced that they had landed.
"This is it," she uttered under her breath.
*******
"Um. guys?" Maria combined a scream and a worry-yell at the same time.
"What is it?" Michael ran up the stairs thinking the worst-case scenario.
"Liz, she's.. she's gone."
"What do mean you by gone, dead?" Michael said hoping that Alex's fate didn't end up being Liz's fate too.
"No she ran away! My two best friends are gone one dead and one.. one ran away for no reason? It must have something to do with Max. God knows he is always the source of all her problems." Maria stated furiously ready to pound Max.
"Maria, I think I know why she ran away.."
"Why?" Maria questioned urging on the answer wanting to know what hurt her best friend so much to the point where she would run away.
"Max slept with Tess and got her pregnant."
For the first time in history, Maria was speechless with her jaw almost reached the floor.
*******
Standing in front of Angel's office doors she forgot why she was even here. She could have just avoided telling him, he didn't really have to know, did he?
Just as she was about to turn around and never look back, Wesley came up from behind her and, by the not-so-surprised expression on his face, was expecting to see her.
"Mr. Giles called and told me you were visiting. My, it is good to see you", He said as he wrapped her into the hug. Never being on friendly terms with him, she didn't return the hug afraid of some friendship that could form.
The office doors swung open, 'Ugh', Buffy thought to herself, 'Angel heard Wesley, now I have to tell him!'
"Buffy?" Angel asked hoping that maybe it was true.
She turned around forced a smile through her nervousness and found the words, "Hey there"
'Hey there?' Buffy scolded herself, 'who says that?'
They got some privacy in his office and he broke the awkward silence, "So how have you been?"
"New end of the world war, you?"
"Oh you know apocalypse here, apocalypse there, same old same old." Angel answered like it was light conversation. "So new war?"
"Yeah that is actually why I am here..." dazing off trying to avoid what question was probably coming up.
"So you need my help?" Angel asked sincerely.
"Well you see there's this prophesy. The never-ending slayer and prophesied vampire will take their secret weapon of the past out of hiding to defeat the war with the other-worldly creatures."
"I am guessing this is about you and me, but what is this secret weapon?"
"That's the main reason why I am here." Buffy stretched it out now willing to say what she was about to say, "Remember on my seventeenth birthday, the day we slept together?" She waited for a nod to continue. "Well that was the night our daughter was conceived."
************
Well what do you think? Please review?
Summary: The new war forces Buffy to share her sixteen-year-old secret with a past lover.
Pairings: B/A, Max/Liz, Michael/Maria. Review and tell me what other pairings to make
A/N: Sorry to all Spike fans but I couldn't fit him into this story. This story takes place eleven years after Chosen. Buffy and the Gang rebuild the Watcher's council and Angel does the whole Wolfram and Hart thing.
For Roswell it is right after Liz finds out that Max and Tess slept together.
Thanks to all those who reviewed! I really appreciate it! For those who asked, I have written about four chapters. I don't know how many chapters there will be though. ***********
Sitting on the counter bench resting her tired head on the palm of her head, she waits for the clock to strike 6:30, the opening of the Crashdown.
'Where is Michael? He is going to get it. He promised to meet me at the movies and 'forgets' to call me. What do I mean to him really? A girl he can just throw around? I can't have a normal boyfriend, nope, I have to have Michael who just happens to be a different species from another planet. Can't forget those super powers and a planet worth of enemies from a past life. My life is so difficult with all these alien invasions. Ugh, this.'
Maria's ranting thought was interrupted by Mr. Parker, who walked down the stairs and into the diner," Hello Mario, how was your weekend?"
"Well, if you really wanna know."
Mr. Parker, realizing what he had just asked the most talkative person he knew, had that I-can't-believe-I-just-asked-that-question look on his face. He was saved by the back door that had swung open to reveal that his cook, Michael, was here. The pressure was off of him now that the culprit of ruining Maria's weekend was standing right at the door.
Maria ran straight to the back door and was screaming so loud that she could have scared of the customers.
"Michael Guerin! I don't know what to do with you! Where were you."
"Maria I can't talk right now, there is some crazy stuff happening right now, family things," Michael interrupted when he got the chance.
"Don't start with me on your famiy things, your family stuff causes all the problems! Your family stuff is what got Alex killed!", still upset about her friend's death she turned around and began to cry.
"Maria, I'm so sorry," Michael said as he reached in for a hug with his girlfriend.
"Hey where's Liz?" Mr. Parker questioned, wondering where his daughter was.
"I'll go check in her room," Maria answered wiping her tears away and turning her head to smile at Michael meaning that she forgives him.
Entering Liz's room, she noticed that the shower wasn't running and Liz was nowhere to be seen.
"Liz?"
Her eyes then fell on an envelope addressed to her and read it.
Dear Maria,
I love you so much, you should know that. There is just so much
that I can handle, and being in Roswell is killing me. I need to
start over. Tell my parents I love them and I am sorry I am putting
them through this, but if they really love me they will let me go.
Tell the pod squad, I'm out, I want to run away from Roswell and get
the normal life I need for my sanity. Bye Roswell.
Liz
"Liz." Maria whispered.
*********
Packing for her trip to LA, she was nervous upon talking to her past lover, especially the topic on discussion. How was she going to tell him about the baby that they had together?
Just then Xander walked in.
"Hey Buff, where are you going? Did you find another slayer?"
"No Xand, I'm going to see Angel."
"Haven't heard his name in a while. When was the last time you saw him?"
**Flashback**
Finished with their short visit to the Hyperton Hotel before they got going on collecting the slayers, Buffy was about to load the bus when Angel grabbed her arm.
"Forget to say goodbye to me?" Angel asked with that infamous smirk on his face.
"If forget means avoiding you then, yeah." She returned with a smile.
"So."
"Angel before you say anything about the cookie thing, you should know that I don't think I'll ever be ready. I think I figured it out, I'm not supposed to be in with the relationship thing. I am meant to be a slayer, not a girlfriend, wife, or lover. I have to be dedicated to saving people, that is my calling. I hope you can except that." She gave him a hug and walked onto the bus.
When she was halfway up the steps, Angel whispered to her, "Good luck."
**
Buffy sighed then turned around facing one of her best friends. "I need to go to Angel about a prophesy for a new war thing."
"A new war? Bring it on! I am so prepared we haven't had one in what, three months? Evil-doers are slacking!" Xander yelled with his fists in the air, ready to punch.
The door opened revealing Dawn and Willow anxious to talk to Buffy.
"You are not going to LA without me, I need some new non-frumpy clothes! And they don't make clothes as revealing in England. Please!!" Dawn begged still remaining the kid-sister she always was.
"And I need to check up on some new witchy stores that might have the ingredients that is necessary for a new experimental potion I am making!" Willow added with a puppy-dog face.
"OO! OO! You can't come without your one-eyed friend, just in case the need of a Cyclops is handy!" Xander said while waving his right hand in the air wanting to join the group too.
Buffy rolled her eyes and answered, "How can I say no to a cripple and his sidekicks?"
"Yes!"
"Alrite!"
"Wahoo!"
"You just can't come with me to see Angel!" Buffy screamed reminding them, as they were halfway down the hall getting ready to pack.
*********
"Anyone for Las Vegas, Main St.?"
Liz stands up with the travel bag over her shoulder, along with about seven tourists. The tourists talked about how much they wanted to see before their vacation was over. While Liz just wanted to survive without shelter, little food, and about forty dollars from her last shift, ever, at the Crashdown. When she steps off the bus she looks at the surrounds. It was so hectic compared to little ol' Roswell. New beginning, new life she thought to herself. The new Liz lived in a busy city.
Walking into the lobby of a fancy hotel she sits on the comfortable couch and takes out some of the sentimental items from her past.
She reaches into the bag and pulls out the alien necklace that helped Max get connected to his past. Who knows maybe she came to Las Vegas to hold on to that last good memory of her and Max dancing together like a couple. For whatever reason it was she was in Las Vegas and that was all that mattered.
She reaches into her bag again and pulled out two pieces of jewelry her biological mother gave to her as a child before she was given up for adoption. It was silver cross necklace and a cladagh ring. It must have meant something to her mother since she gave it away to her daughter to keep. Liz had never worn it though, for some strange reason, like the jewelry didn't really belong to her. Now, it was a new start so she slid the ring on and place the necklace around her neck
She sat there until one of the hotel workers told her she had to leave. It was off to the next hotel until she would get kicked out.
********
On the plane ride to LA, Buffy couldn't help but think of what Angel might say when she told him that she had his baby and she never told him. Taking deep breaths all the way there, her friends didn't even notice Buffy's anxiety attack, who were too excited about being back in the States.
Then a voice came on the loud speaker and announced that they had landed.
"This is it," she uttered under her breath.
*******
"Um. guys?" Maria combined a scream and a worry-yell at the same time.
"What is it?" Michael ran up the stairs thinking the worst-case scenario.
"Liz, she's.. she's gone."
"What do mean you by gone, dead?" Michael said hoping that Alex's fate didn't end up being Liz's fate too.
"No she ran away! My two best friends are gone one dead and one.. one ran away for no reason? It must have something to do with Max. God knows he is always the source of all her problems." Maria stated furiously ready to pound Max.
"Maria, I think I know why she ran away.."
"Why?" Maria questioned urging on the answer wanting to know what hurt her best friend so much to the point where she would run away.
"Max slept with Tess and got her pregnant."
For the first time in history, Maria was speechless with her jaw almost reached the floor.
*******
Standing in front of Angel's office doors she forgot why she was even here. She could have just avoided telling him, he didn't really have to know, did he?
Just as she was about to turn around and never look back, Wesley came up from behind her and, by the not-so-surprised expression on his face, was expecting to see her.
"Mr. Giles called and told me you were visiting. My, it is good to see you", He said as he wrapped her into the hug. Never being on friendly terms with him, she didn't return the hug afraid of some friendship that could form.
The office doors swung open, 'Ugh', Buffy thought to herself, 'Angel heard Wesley, now I have to tell him!'
"Buffy?" Angel asked hoping that maybe it was true.
She turned around forced a smile through her nervousness and found the words, "Hey there"
'Hey there?' Buffy scolded herself, 'who says that?'
They got some privacy in his office and he broke the awkward silence, "So how have you been?"
"New end of the world war, you?"
"Oh you know apocalypse here, apocalypse there, same old same old." Angel answered like it was light conversation. "So new war?"
"Yeah that is actually why I am here..." dazing off trying to avoid what question was probably coming up.
"So you need my help?" Angel asked sincerely.
"Well you see there's this prophesy. The never-ending slayer and prophesied vampire will take their secret weapon of the past out of hiding to defeat the war with the other-worldly creatures."
"I am guessing this is about you and me, but what is this secret weapon?"
"That's the main reason why I am here." Buffy stretched it out now willing to say what she was about to say, "Remember on my seventeenth birthday, the day we slept together?" She waited for a nod to continue. "Well that was the night our daughter was conceived."
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Well what do you think? Please review?