Chapter 3 --Confrontation--
"Ok so let me get this strait" Angel said pacing the room. "Buffy and Giles have been together for about a year, they just got engaged and are now apparently pregnant?"
"Yeah that pretty much covers it" Cordy said smiling at him, he was so cute when he was all broody.
"So why do none of us remember this? And you remember it all?" He said sitting next to her. She just shook her head and smiled at him.
"It must be the PTB" She said rubbing the side of her head "They must have wanted me to remember. So should we go down there to tell them or just call?"
"Well I think news like this is the traveling kind" he said. He got up and looked out the windows. "It's still dark"
"Well it is only..." She looked down at her watch "2:45 in the morning"
"Go pack" He said smiling at her as she got up to pack "And you don't need all your shoes" he called after her. He sat back down and put his head in his hands. 'How am I going to tell Buffy all this?' he thought as he heard Cordy moving her stuff around in the next room. 'Well at least it's a normal baby' he thought and then he smiled. Buffy was finally happy and going to have a family.
"Good morning Buffy" Principal Wood said smiling at her. "How are you doing this morning?"
"I'm fine" She said walking over to him "I was wondering if we could have a little talk" Buffy said. He nodded, and they walked over to his office.
"So what did you want to talk about?" He asked as he sat down behind the desk. Buffy settled into the chair in front of him and smiled.
"Well first off when did you figure out who I was?" She asked smiling up at him.
"What do you mean?" He asked feigning confutation. 'Oh, so he wants me to say it first' Buffy thought as she watched him think.
"How long have you known I was a slayer?" She asked lowering her voice a little on the last word.
"Oh that" He said as if she'd just told him she was blond "Well about six years I would say"
"Wow" Buffy thought she didn't think it had been that long "Why didn't you ever say anything?"
"I guess I just thought you wouldn't want me to know" He said "I know how this all works with the secret identity and all" He said gesturing with his hands.
"Right, but you know that Willow and Xander know" She pointed out to him. "Never mind that's not what I really want to know any way"
"Well what then" He said looking at her.
"How did you know?" She asked knowing but wanting him to tell her.
"My mother" He said looking down "She was a slayer"
"Right, Samantha" She said smiling at him.
"How did you...?" He said then looked at the year book on his desk "Oh, the students wanted to dedicate the book to me, but I didn't want that so I gave them my mother's name" He looked back over at her and smiled "But you knew all this before you came, didn't you?"
"Yes, I did" She said smiling "I just wanted to know how strait forward you would be with me"
"Why?" He asked hurt that she didn't totally trust him.
"So I would know how strait forward I could be with you" She said taking out the folder with her doctors papers in it.
"I went to the doctors the other day" She said handing him the folder "It seams I'm pregnant"
"Wow" He said taking the folder "Who's the father?"
"Well that's where the strait forward part comes in" She said. She stood up and started to pace around his office. "I don't really know" She started but before he could say anything she went on "I have no memory of being with anyone for oh about a year" She was still pacing around not knowing what to say next.
"Wow" he said again "So I take it you have your friends looking into this?"
"Yes" She said turning towards him. "You have no idea how frustrating this is for me" She said "So any way I wanted to know if your mother left any writing about this" She said swiping her hand over her stomach.
"I don't know" He said "I'll go through all the stuff she left to her watcher" He said getting up and walking around the desk "There is one thing I do know" He said as the thought popped into his head "She was only pregnant for three and a half months"
"What" She said as she sat back down.
"I wasn't premature or anything" he said sitting on the corner of his desk "Her watcher told me slayers just go through the process faster so they can be fighting again"
"Wow" Buffy said as she looked down at her belly. "When do you think I'll start to show?"
"Around the 4th week" he said. Then he looked at the papers in his hand opened them up and said "Your three and a half weeks along now"
"Oh, wow" She said dumbstruck. She got up and smiled "Thanks for telling me this. I should go and tell this too Giles, he'll want to know"
"Ok, he's your watcher right?" He asked just wanting to be sure.
"Yes he is..." She paused for a moment and a funny look washed over her face "He's my Watcher" She turned to the door. "I'm not going to be able to work today" She said turning to smile at him.
"Go, I think we'll be ok" He said. She opened and walked out the door. She closed it and leaned against the wall. She wondered when she would start to feel the baby. Was it a natural baby or was it going to be like Cordy's baby?
She walked out to her car and got in. She sat there for a second then pulled out her cell phone. It rang a few times before he picked up.
"Hello" He said in his sweet British tone.
"Giles" Buffy said as she felt the tears well up again.
"Buffy, what's the mater?" He said. He could hear the tears in her voice. He put the book he had been reading down.
"I just got done talking to Robin" She said as a tear ran down her cheek.
"Are you at the school?" He asked as he got his coat on.
"Yes" She said and smiled a little as she hears him curse under his breath. "Are you ok?"
"Yes, yes I'm fine I just stubbed my toe on the table" He told her and she smiled again.
"I have to tell you something" She said
"Just a second Buffy I'll be there in five minutes" He said as he walked out the door, with his cell phone.
"You don't have to" She said hoping he would "I could just drive over there"
"You're in no state to drive," he said as he walked down the street that was right by the school.
After saying good-bye Buffy just sat n the car not sure what to tell him. She was going to have to tell them all about the shorter pregnancy. She still wasn't sure if she was happy about that or saddened by it. She didn't get much time to dwell on it because five minutes later Giles was knocking on her window.
She turned a watery smile to him and got out. As the tears started to fall again he gathered her in his arms and held her. She wished she could figure this out, lately when ever she was near Giles her stomach got all fluttery.
"So what's the bad news then?" Giles said when she looked up at him.
"Well it's just that...I mean it's not exactly bad news" She paused and looked up at him "I'm only going to be pregnant for three and a half months or so"
Giles chuckled a little and she looked up at him. 'What was so funny' she wondered. At her puzzled look he stopped laughing and held her out at arms length.
"I'm sorry Buffy" He said "It's just, only you would be upset about having a shorter pregnancy." She smiled at him and wiped her hand across her eyes.
"I guess" She looked down at her feet, which looked a little swollen, and sighed. "I've just felt so silly lately."
"Its ok it's just the pregnancy" He said ushering her to the passenger's side of her car. "Come now, I'll make you some tea and we can look this up."
"Ok" Buffy said getting in and smiling at him. He smiled back and she could feel her cheeks go a little red. She couldn't figure out what was going on with Giles but she was pretty sure it was of the good.
"So we're all agreed it must be some kind of memory spell right?" Willow said putting her book down and looking around at her two friends.
"Right" Xander said looking down at the book he was reading "We just don't know what kind or how to fix it"
"Way to look at the bright side of things Hun" Anya said smiling at him.
"Well I know" He said slamming his book shut "It just ticks me off that Buffy has finally found some happiness and someone just ripped it away"
"I know Xan" Willow said patting his hand "That's what we're here for"
"So who do you think it is?" Anya said closing her book as well.
"Well...I never thought about it" Willow said. "Robin?" She said looking over at Xander.
"I doubt it" He said smiling at her "They're to much alike they would kill each other"
"Yeah" Anya said thinking hard about it. "So who then?"
"Well I can tell you that" Some one said from behind them. They all turned to see Angel and Cordy standing right inside the door.
"What are you guys doing her?" Willow said getting up and smiling at them "Not that we're not happy to see you" She said hugging Cordy and Angel.
"We know who the father is" Angel said looking over at Cordy "Well she does anyway"
"What" Xander said as he and Anya walked over "How do you know that?"
"The PTB" She said smiling at him "They wanted me to know"
"So who is it?" Anya said taking Xander's hand.
"Giles" Cordy said loving the shocked affect. She looked around and Willow was the only one who didn't look shocked.
"I know it" She said smiling. Xander and Anya gave her a you've-lost-your-mind look. "What?" She said looking around "It's so obvious"
"Right Will" Xander said smiling at her "That's a little out of left field don't you think?"
"Hush" Willow said looking back over to Cordy "So tell me what you know Cordy"
"It that better?" Giles said half an hour later after a few cups of tea and a little talk.
"Yeah" She said getting up. "I'll be right back" She got up and headed to the bathroom. Giles just sat on the couch and thought about the dream he'd had the other night. He closed his eyes to see her face from the dream again, she had been filled with so much love, and he had woken feeling positively happy and charged.
When Buffy came back into the room she saw that Giles had fallen asleep on the couch. She walked over and pulled the blanked off the back of the couch and sat down next to him. She covered them up and smiled as she laid her head on his chest.
Giles felt her sit down next to him but he didn't open his eyes. He was surprised when she laid her head on his chest. He sat there as she drifted off to sleep, and was, not for the first time, jealous of who ever she had been made to forget.
"Ok, can I just say wow?" Xander said as he paced around the room. "I mean this is just weird" He said looking around at his friends faces.
"Do you think this is how we reacted the first time they told us?" Willow said looking around.
"I don't see what's so 'wow' about it" Anya said looking up at Xander.
"Well he's like 20 years older then her" Xander said. Willow looked over at Angel and smiled at him.
"Well thats young to her" She said smirking. Xander looked over at Angel and chuckled.
"Yeah" Anya said looking over at Xander "I'm like 1000 years older then you"
"Right but nether of you look it" Xander said feeling a little wigged.
"Right and we all know that its looks that count" Willow said smiling at Xander.
"Ok but still a little wigged" he said sitting down with Anya.
"So now what?" Cordy asked looking around at them. "How do we find the spell that did this?"
"I think I can help you with that" They all turned to find a tall young man standing in the door way. He was wearing a tweed suit and reminded them all of Wesley.
"And you are?" Xander said looking him up and down.
"Sorry" he said coming into the room a little more "I'm Nolan Travis."
"Giles wake up" Buffy was shaking him a little. He smiled and opened his eyes. She looked a little frantic.
"What is it?" He said sitting up as the blanket fell to the ground.
"Feel" She said taking his hand and putting it on her stomach. It quivered a little and he felt a little kick.
"Wow!" He said smiling at her. She was all bouncy now as she smiled up at him.
"I know" She said as her smile got bigger "It started doing that about five minutes ago" She got up and walked around the room. "Do you think she'll have strength like me?"
"I really don't know" He said. This was the first time she had referred to the baby with a sex and that made him smile.
"I should have asked Robin if he was unnaturally strong" She said walking around the room. "I need to get ready" She said walking into the kitchen and coming back out with a pad of paper.
"What do you mean?" Giles asked as she sat back down next to him.
"Well I need to make a nursery and get clothes and dippers" She said as she wrote each thing down. "And finding out who the father is would probably be a good idea" She smiled at him.
"I'm sure they're all working on it" Giles said putting his hand on hers. There was a slit shock and he moved his hand away fast.
"Giles" She paused and smiled at him "Rupert" Buffy started but he stood up and moved a few feet away.
"I'm going to make some more tea" He said waking into the kitchen.
"Ok" Buffy said looking back down at the paper.
"We have to call Buffy" Xander said walking to the phone. Nolan had just explained everything his father and the other watcher had done. None of them had seen this coming.
"Ok, and say what?" Willow asked.
"That we need to see her and Giles" Xander said picking it up and looking over at her. "Do we know where they are?"
"Last time I talked to her she was at the school" Willow said. He picked up the phone and dialed the schools number.
Buffy stared down at the paper she was writing on. She now had a complete list of things she thought she might need. But her eyes kept looking up at number four.
4. Find father
She looked down at it again and back at Giles, who was reading a book about memory lose, she smiled. She put the pen down and sat back.
"I think that's it" She said. She looked down at her belly and could see the beginning of a bulge that was her baby.
"I can't go to the same doctor" She said. After a second Giles looked up from his book.
"Why?" He asked
"Well do you want to explain why I'm only four weeks pregnant but look like I'm 4 months pregnant?" She asked smiling at him.
"N-no I suppose not" Giles said smiling. "I think I'll call the Magic Box see if they know anything" He said getting up.
"Giles" Buffy said holding out her hand to be helped up, even though she really didn't need it yet. He smiled and took her hand pulling her to his feet. She came up to fast and rammed into his chest sending her flailing backwards but Giles put his arm around her and steadied her.
She felt that little shock again only not so little this time. She looked up at him and saw that he felt it as well.
"Buffy" He said looking down at her.
"Shh" She said standing up on her toes. She leaned in and he leaned down and right as there lips were about to met-
"RING! RING!" Giles jumped back and looked down at Buffy. This was wrong he knew it was wrong, but every fiber in his body wanted to take that step closer. But-
"Ring! Ring!" 'Damn that phone' He thought as he turned to answer it.
"Giles" Buffy said. He could hear the pleading in her voice.
"It could be Willow" He said not meeting her eyes. He picked up the phone and said "Hello"
Buffy just stood there watching him nod his head and said 'ok' over and over. What had just happened? Did she want to make it happen again? 'Yes' she thought to her self. She felt so drawn to him it was mind boggling. She was so enthralled by her thoughts she didn't notice him put the phone down or walk over to her.
"Buffy" He said taking her hand "Buffy look at me"
She smiled as she looked up at him. The words from her dream came back to her right then as she looked up at his worried face.
"Forever and a day" She said in a little whisper.
"What?" He said letting go of her hand "What did you say?" he took a step back.
"It's..." she blushed "From a dream I had"
"What dream?" He asked looking down at her.
"Just a dream I had, it was sweet" She said think about it and smiling.
"But..." Giles said looking around the room, anywhere but right at her.
"What?" Buffy said stepping forward.
"You know it's not every day some one gets told that" He quoted from his dream, there dream it would seem.
"How...I mean...I've never had...not sense Angel" She babbled a little as she looked up at Giles.
"Are we sharing dreams?" He asked not really expecting an answer. Buffy stepped up to him again and took his hand. He lifted his other hand to her cheek and brushed a piece of hair away from her face. She smiled at him as he pulled her closer to him. There lips meet in a very light kiss. She pulled back and smiled at him, she let go of his hand and put her hand on the bass of his neck. She had just pulled him into a deeper kiss when there was a knock at the door.
"Expecting someone?" Buffy said as he pulled away and smiling.
He blushed lightly and Buffy giggled at him. "Willow" He said as she turned and walked over to the door. When she opened it she was surprised by all the people standing there.
"Hi Willow, Xander, Anya" She said then looked passed them. "Angel, Cordy what are you doing here?"
"Well hello to you too" Cordy said smiling at Buffy as she walked in.
"I'm sorry" Buffy said opening the door "Hi, how are you? Did you have a good weekend? What are you doing here?" She smiled "Is that better?"
Cordy just turned and smiled at her. Willow, Xander and Anya walked in next leaving Angel and someone she didn't know standing on the porch but it was just after dark so he was ok.
"Buffy this it Nolan" Angel said deliberately leaving off the last name. "He's here to help"
"Nice to meet you" Buffy said shaking his hand a little harder then normal.
"Yes, quite" He said wincing a little when she let go. He walked in and Angel just stood there looking Buffy over.
"What are you waiting for an invitation or something" Xander said looking up at Angel. Angel glared down at him and put his hand up to where the door would be but couldn't go passed.
"Yes actually" He said looking over at Giles.
"Oh right" Giles said walking up to Buffy "Do come in" He said smiling at him.
Angel walked in and over to Cordy, she took his hand as they all sat around the table in silence.
"So anyone know where to start?" Xander said looking around at his friends.
"No" Willow said looking down at her hands.
"Pretty much no" Cordy said. 'I mean how do you tell some one something like this?' She thought. They all looked over at Nolan and he smiled nervously.
"Me then?" He asked and at the nods turned to Giles. "Mr. Giles I'm Nolan Travis. Quentin's son"
"Ah" Giles said looking him up and down "I knew you looked familiar"
"Yes well" He looked away from Giles and over at Buffy, who was sitting right next to Giles. "I'm sorry about all this"
"About what?" She said looking at him and following his eyes saw that he was looking at her stomach. "This?" She said waving over her stomach "Is this some kind of spell?" She demanded standing up and towering over him.
"No" he said quickly "No you're really pregnant" He looked relived when she sat back down.
"Lucky you" She said putting her hand on Giles. Willow saw it and smiled. They hadn't even remover the spell yet and they were already falling in love again.
"So what are you sorry for then?" Giles asked not looking any nicer then Buffy had a second ago.
Nolan turned to the rest of the group and they nodded there heads. He pulled out snow globe and handed it to Buffy.
"Those are your memories" He said as she looked at it. It was a miniature of Sunnydale, like one of those cheap little trinkets you can get from the mall.
"What?" Giles said looking over to the globe "What do you mean those are her memories?"
"Well we had to have some place to put them" he said looking at Giles "My father thought it was funny"
"Right" Giles said looking back at Nolan "He would"
"So how do I get them out?" Buffy asked as she shook the globe.
"Break it" He said. He got up and walked to the door.
"Your fathers not going to be happy" Giles said. Nolan turned and smiled them.
"Fathers never happy" he said he opened the door and stopped. He turned back walked over to Giles and gave him a piece of paper. "See that you read this" He said and turned and walked up the steps and out the door.
"Well?" Cordy said smiling at her "What are you waiting for?"
Buffy smiled and threw the globe to the floor. A light burst from it and out into the room and through the house. The light seemed to spread through Sunnydale and LA. When the light faded Buffy looked up at Giles and smiled.
"Wow" Willow said as the memories came flooding back. "You two are getting married" She said smiling at them.
"Yep" Buffy said taking Giles hand "We're also having a baby"
"Oh my god" Giles said as it all sank in "I'm having a baby" He looked a little shocked. "I think I need to sit down"
"You are sitting G-man" Xander said laughing.
"Oh, good for me" He looked over at Buffy. His Buffy, and smiled.
"What does the note say?" Anya asked looking down at the paper in Giles hand. Giles looked down at the paper and smiled.
"I don't know" He said. He opened it up and read it to himself.
"MR. Giles,
"It's not a lot but I hope this can make up for what they tried to do to you. On November 6, 2006 you will get kidnapped by a couple of Vampires setting a trap for Buffy. She will come, and she will be killed" Giles stopped reading and looked up at his smiling Slayer. 'That's only a few moths from now' He thought as he went back the letter. "And with her she will take the best Slayer team the world has ever seen. Do not let this happen! We have for seen it and if she dies all hope dies with her. Take care of her!
Nolan Travis
"P.S. I left a not so little gift in the globe for the vampire that I came across last year (The consul has had it for years, and it only works on those with a soul) He should start to feel it with in the hour, give him a cross and see what I mean"
"What? What did it say?" Buffy asked trying to look over Giles shoulder. "What did he mean team' Giles wondered.
"It's just a 'sorry' note" he said folding it up and putting it in his breast pocket. He looked over at Angel and smiled. He couldn't have possibly found...? Only one way to find out.
He got up and walked to the back room and came back with a cross. He walked about five feet away and threw it at Cordy. Angel's reflects came into play and he reached out and grabbed it before it hit her in the face.
"What the hell are you doing?" He said standing up still holding the cross in his left hand.
"Angel" Cordy said in a shocked whisper "The cross" He dropped it as soon as she said that. He looked down at his unburned hand.
"I don't..." he looked up at Giles "What happened?"
"A gift from Nolan" Giles said smiling at him "I think this calls for a good celebration" And as if to agree Angels stomach growled.
"Defiantly" Cordy said standing up next to Angel "Lots of celebrating"
A/N: Ok, well what do you think? There will be one or two more chapters. And I might do a sequel if there's a call for it, and I can come up with a good idea