Disclaimer: I am not Joss, if I were Angel and Buffy would be together and
the sucky season would never had happened.
Author's Note: I have moved, so it might take me longer to update things. Sorry.
Chapter 8
Buffy sat in her corner of the car in shock. Pregnant! How could she be pregnant? Well, okay she knew how, but hello! They turned back the day and add to that, that she would have been pregnant for all of the years that she was in Hell. Buffy let out a small whimper at the thought, although she hadn't even realized that she had.
Angel looked at her quickly, trying to read her and understand what she was thinking. He divided his attention between the road and the woman beside him. He didn't have to worry about ever losing her again and they could have children! He was excited, but at the same time he was terrified, what if the child wasn't human? What if Buffy didn't want the baby?
'Why would she want it though?' he thought bitterly, laughing at himself and calling himself a fool in ever language he ever learned.
'What if he doesn't want it?' she thought, eyeing Angel out of the corner of her eye, trying to figure out what he was thinking.
The tension mounted in the car, neither party was talking, but at the same time both parties were trying to figure the other one out.
Angel pulled to the side of the road and put the car in park. He turned to face Buffy and was assaulted by a myriad of emotions.
"What do you want to do?" he asked, hoping that she wanted to keep the baby.
"What do you want to do?" she countered.
"It's your decision."
"Now you let me decide!" she exclaimed, still feeling the loss of him leaving. Angel flinched, but didn't try to deny it; he always had made the decisions.
"We need to decide."
"Yes! WE! Not me or not you, but both of us." She cried. "I want this baby more than anything in the world, but I am so terrified that you don't want him or her." Angel gathered her into his arms and rocked her, making shushing noises, before speaking.
"I want this baby." He told her, his voice rough with emotions. "I am terrified that it won't be human and that you will hate him or her and me because you're pregnant." He told her and Buffy looked at him and then started laughing. Angel thought she had completely lost her mind.
"We were both so afraid that the other wouldn't want the baby that we were sitting on our sides of the car biting our nails and worrying over nothing." Angel still didn't understand why she was laughing, but he laughed with her anyways. She took his hand and looked at him shyly, "so, we'll keep him or her?"
"Ya." He agreed and he pulled back out into the road.
"We need to think of a name." Buffy told him and she could see the wheels in his head turning. She smiled at him, because he was absolutely glowing he wanted this baby! "And we need baby things, I think we still have the crib that Dawn and I used when we were babies." Angel just smiled at her; they might have nine months.. his thoughts trailed off at that thought. How long did they have?
"Uh.. just thought of this. But how far along are you?" Angel asked and Buffy looked at him strangely, before she realized what he meant.
"Damn! I have no idea." She said.
"You are going to have to go to the doctor's." Angel told her and waited for her to explode, but she didn't. She looked like she was having a war with herself as to whether or not she would be going. "Think of the baby." Angel encouraged and Buffy nodded.
"Alright, but I'm not staying in that hospital, unless you are." She agreed and Angel nodded, this might go easier than he thought. "How are we going to tell everyone else?"
"We can just tell them and if they don't like it they can leave." Angel told her bravely, although he wasn't sure how they were going to tell their friends, let alone how everyone was going to react.
Two Hours Later: Entering Sunnydale
Buffy looked at Angel, she was a little worried, they still hadn't figured out how to tell their friends and they were almost there! What where they going to do?
Angel held onto Buffy's hand, trying to comfort her, but she wasn't having any of it.
"If we turn the car around we can go back to the Hyperion and then we wouldn't have to worry about them." Buffy suggested and Angel almost laughed, almost.
"They'd follow us." He told her, bursting her bubble, Buffy pouted when he told her this. "Besides I don't tan very well and the sun will be coming up shortly." He motioned to the windows and the already lightening sky. Buffy made a face, but didn't make any more objections as they pulled into her driveway.
"We can go to a motel." Angel suggested, starting to feel apprehensive about getting confronted from the group. As he pulled into the driveway they both sighed in relief, because there were no other cars in the driveway except theirs and Xander's, which meant that Cordy and the rest of AI were at the mansion.
As they parked the car, Dawn came bounding out of the house and down the stairs, rushing to Buffy's side of the car and helping her out and not leaving her side.
"Oui! Nibblet, you never know what sort of creature is out there at this time." Spike called, rushing outside, coming to a dead stop as he saw Angel and Buffy.
"Relax Spike, it's just Buffy and Angel."
"I stand by my theory that you never know what sort of creature will be lurking about." He said, eyeing Angel who growled at him. "You know you love me sire."
"You keep telling yourself that, peroxide boy."
"And how old are you two?" Buffy asked, looking between the two vampires who were throwing insults back and forth between themselves.
"Two." Dawn said and both vampires glared at her, she smiled innocently. "What?"
"Well, there are two's in our ages." Spike told them, "Although Peaches is older and less mature then me." Angel glared at him and was about to retort.
"Shut up." Buffy said and Spike smirked, "None of that or you will be greeting the sunrise that is about to come up." Buffy indicated to the fast rising sun behind her. Both vampires took one look at it and ran for it, into the safety of the house. "And that is how you handle vampires." Buffy told Dawn and they both started to laugh.
"So, my little lambchops, what did the Oracles have to say?" Lorne asked as soon as Buffy stepped into the room. She looked around the room and saw everyone was there.
'This should be fun.' Buffy thought.
Author's Note: I have moved, so it might take me longer to update things. Sorry.
Chapter 8
Buffy sat in her corner of the car in shock. Pregnant! How could she be pregnant? Well, okay she knew how, but hello! They turned back the day and add to that, that she would have been pregnant for all of the years that she was in Hell. Buffy let out a small whimper at the thought, although she hadn't even realized that she had.
Angel looked at her quickly, trying to read her and understand what she was thinking. He divided his attention between the road and the woman beside him. He didn't have to worry about ever losing her again and they could have children! He was excited, but at the same time he was terrified, what if the child wasn't human? What if Buffy didn't want the baby?
'Why would she want it though?' he thought bitterly, laughing at himself and calling himself a fool in ever language he ever learned.
'What if he doesn't want it?' she thought, eyeing Angel out of the corner of her eye, trying to figure out what he was thinking.
The tension mounted in the car, neither party was talking, but at the same time both parties were trying to figure the other one out.
Angel pulled to the side of the road and put the car in park. He turned to face Buffy and was assaulted by a myriad of emotions.
"What do you want to do?" he asked, hoping that she wanted to keep the baby.
"What do you want to do?" she countered.
"It's your decision."
"Now you let me decide!" she exclaimed, still feeling the loss of him leaving. Angel flinched, but didn't try to deny it; he always had made the decisions.
"We need to decide."
"Yes! WE! Not me or not you, but both of us." She cried. "I want this baby more than anything in the world, but I am so terrified that you don't want him or her." Angel gathered her into his arms and rocked her, making shushing noises, before speaking.
"I want this baby." He told her, his voice rough with emotions. "I am terrified that it won't be human and that you will hate him or her and me because you're pregnant." He told her and Buffy looked at him and then started laughing. Angel thought she had completely lost her mind.
"We were both so afraid that the other wouldn't want the baby that we were sitting on our sides of the car biting our nails and worrying over nothing." Angel still didn't understand why she was laughing, but he laughed with her anyways. She took his hand and looked at him shyly, "so, we'll keep him or her?"
"Ya." He agreed and he pulled back out into the road.
"We need to think of a name." Buffy told him and she could see the wheels in his head turning. She smiled at him, because he was absolutely glowing he wanted this baby! "And we need baby things, I think we still have the crib that Dawn and I used when we were babies." Angel just smiled at her; they might have nine months.. his thoughts trailed off at that thought. How long did they have?
"Uh.. just thought of this. But how far along are you?" Angel asked and Buffy looked at him strangely, before she realized what he meant.
"Damn! I have no idea." She said.
"You are going to have to go to the doctor's." Angel told her and waited for her to explode, but she didn't. She looked like she was having a war with herself as to whether or not she would be going. "Think of the baby." Angel encouraged and Buffy nodded.
"Alright, but I'm not staying in that hospital, unless you are." She agreed and Angel nodded, this might go easier than he thought. "How are we going to tell everyone else?"
"We can just tell them and if they don't like it they can leave." Angel told her bravely, although he wasn't sure how they were going to tell their friends, let alone how everyone was going to react.
Two Hours Later: Entering Sunnydale
Buffy looked at Angel, she was a little worried, they still hadn't figured out how to tell their friends and they were almost there! What where they going to do?
Angel held onto Buffy's hand, trying to comfort her, but she wasn't having any of it.
"If we turn the car around we can go back to the Hyperion and then we wouldn't have to worry about them." Buffy suggested and Angel almost laughed, almost.
"They'd follow us." He told her, bursting her bubble, Buffy pouted when he told her this. "Besides I don't tan very well and the sun will be coming up shortly." He motioned to the windows and the already lightening sky. Buffy made a face, but didn't make any more objections as they pulled into her driveway.
"We can go to a motel." Angel suggested, starting to feel apprehensive about getting confronted from the group. As he pulled into the driveway they both sighed in relief, because there were no other cars in the driveway except theirs and Xander's, which meant that Cordy and the rest of AI were at the mansion.
As they parked the car, Dawn came bounding out of the house and down the stairs, rushing to Buffy's side of the car and helping her out and not leaving her side.
"Oui! Nibblet, you never know what sort of creature is out there at this time." Spike called, rushing outside, coming to a dead stop as he saw Angel and Buffy.
"Relax Spike, it's just Buffy and Angel."
"I stand by my theory that you never know what sort of creature will be lurking about." He said, eyeing Angel who growled at him. "You know you love me sire."
"You keep telling yourself that, peroxide boy."
"And how old are you two?" Buffy asked, looking between the two vampires who were throwing insults back and forth between themselves.
"Two." Dawn said and both vampires glared at her, she smiled innocently. "What?"
"Well, there are two's in our ages." Spike told them, "Although Peaches is older and less mature then me." Angel glared at him and was about to retort.
"Shut up." Buffy said and Spike smirked, "None of that or you will be greeting the sunrise that is about to come up." Buffy indicated to the fast rising sun behind her. Both vampires took one look at it and ran for it, into the safety of the house. "And that is how you handle vampires." Buffy told Dawn and they both started to laugh.
"So, my little lambchops, what did the Oracles have to say?" Lorne asked as soon as Buffy stepped into the room. She looked around the room and saw everyone was there.
'This should be fun.' Buffy thought.