Wow, I had no idea I would have that many reviews. Thanks for R&Ring, but I need some help. Since you are my readers... I might ask you a few questions after you read this.
Oh, and I may be a little slow in typing up my stories now. Computer died after a freakin lightning storm, so I have to start doing it on a friend's computer. :( Sorry all.

Life of a Dead

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Angel glanced at the clock on the wall. ' Another minute' He said in despair.
' A minute? No. No, it's not enough time!" Buffy cried. How could her perfect world just crash?
' We don't have a choice. It's done' Angel said, trying to look on the positive sign.
'How am I supposed to go on with my life knowing what we had? What we could have had?" Buffy cried, through gritted teeth. Tears filled her eyes. No, this couldn't be happeing.
'You won't. No one will know but me' Angel said, looking at his Slayer. His. But Buffy wasn't listening. She looked at the clock.
' Everything we did.' She looked into Angel's eyes. She was really crying. Angel choked.
' It never happened.' He said. Buffy shook her head violently.
' It did. It did. I know it did!' She cried. She put her shaky hand on his chest, Angel held her close. ' I felt your hearbeat.' She whispered.
' Buffy...' Angel said, and kissed her hard. Buffy loved him so much. It hurt, it really did. She looked at the clock.
' No!' She cried. ' Oh god, it's not enough time!'
' Sh,' Angel said, hugging her tightly. ' Sh, please, please.' They stood there, clutching each other.
' No, i'll never forget,' Buffy swore. ' I'll never forget... I promise... I wont...'

Angel remembered that night. So did Buffy, but only in her dreams. She was dreaming about that right now, on her way to the hospital for a checkup.
Angel still couldn't take it in. Buffy was pregnant... with his kid? But how? That day never happened. Still... he felt enormously happy. He thought that he would never have such a bright light in his life after Buffy. He had to talk to the Powers That Be.

' From the Ching Dynasty.' Angel said, tossing the Sister a vase. She studied it with a critical eye, before it disappeared.
' A rare offering.' She said with aproval. ' You have my attention.' Angel had gone to the Oracles, the Brother and Sister. You needed a gift to talk to them. They were the ones who had erased one of Angel's happiest days.
' She's pregnant.' Angel said, getting straight to the point. He hated to look at the Oracles, they looked so unormal. With their weird golden hair, and green clothing... And slightly brown skin.
' We know.' The Brother said. ' It couldn't be prevented.'
' Yet, you deleted a whole day, but couldn't stop this from happening?' Angel said unbelievably. The Sister raised her eyebrows.
' It sounds as if you are not happy with this event, Angelus.' She purred. Angel flinched under his other name.
' I am.' He growled. ' Its a feeling that I can't describe. But...' He let his question hang, ashamed of himself for asking such a terrible question. The Brother laughed.
' You are wondering if the child has a soul, is not evil, and is human.' He said with amusement. Angel did not like being laughed at. He growled slightly, but knew better.
The Sister threw a glare at the Brother. She turned to Angel. ' You daughter... she is something that hasn't been. Quite rare. She is very different, But... there is a sacrifice in order for your daughter to be birthed.'
' Sacrifice?' Angel echoed. The Sister's face softened. The Brother took over.
' Giving birth to something that is not... tis a hard thing. Maybe to hard for a Slayer. We are ot sure if she shall deserve.' Angel jerked, startled.
' Buffy.' He gasped. The Sister took pity on the cursed vampire.
' It cannot be helped. The Slayer must be strong, to survive such an ordeal... But the daughter shall thrive...'
' No! I won't let it happen.' Angel shouted, and went out...

'Xander...' Buffy gasped. It hurt, she could feel it kick. Xander touched his friend's shoulder genty, confused and worried.
' It's kick is strong.' Buffy said, trying to smile for her friends.
' Well, look who's its mother.' Xander said. Willow bit her lip, trying to think. She had tried every spell she could think of to find out if the thing inside Buffy's belly was human, or not. Plus they were all worried if it had a soul. Willow gripped Buffy's hand.
' Just hang in there, Buff. Maybe Giles will find a propecy, and it'll work out!' Willow said, trying to cheer up the atmosphere.
' Yeah, then we'll find a spell or a wizard guy thingy and he can take it- ah, fix it. Willow threw him a warning look and a cool glare combined as Xander bit his lip. Buffy looked up at them in alarm.
' Fix it? You- You can't possibly mean take it out of me?' She cried in shock. Willow glared at Xander, then spoke softly to Buffy.
' I don't want to worry you or anything... but what if its... just not right?' She asked, flinching. She felt ashamed of saying it, but it was something important. Buffy looked down at her swollen belly, and ran her hands over it. Xander saw love and tenderness in her eyes.
' Wil, you don't understand.' Buffy said in a whisper. She met her friend's eyes. ' I know my child isn't a demon or something. I can feel it's soul. And...' Buffy smiled, and a small laugh escaped her lips. ' I know it's corny but I love it, even though it's just been a few weeks. I'm not letting anything happen to it.'
Willow and Xander looked at Buffy's belly with a whole new perspective.

' You mean go back to Freak-Dale?' Cordy cried, alarmed. Angel looked at her and Doyle gravely. Cordy shook her head violently. " Uh-uh, no way! I am not getting bit, or going near Xander Harris.'
' You can stay then Cordy. But I have to go, to tell Buffy what's really going on.' Angel said. Doyle leaped to his feet.
' Oi mate, you ain't leavin me here with her!' He said, mentioning Cordelia.
Cordy huffed at him. ' Oh stick it up your-'
' Guys.' Angel said, not wanting a war.
' I'm coming.' Doyle said. ' Your going to need your visions.'
Cordy looked defeated. ' Yeah, plus someone has to help Buffy change the diapers, I'm sure Willow doesn't know how.'
Angel tried to look happy, but he didn't say that Buffy might not be around to change diapers.

Buffy took three slow breaths, and closed her eyes. She wanted to feel her baby, wanting to know if it was definately going to be a girl. She had already gone to the doctor's to check up. Thankfully, Willow had a fellow witch working as a doctor there to avoid many questions. They had told Buffy it was going to be a girl. Now she had to think of a name.
' What about, Alexandra?' Xander asked. Buffy laughed.
' Nah, to many syllables.'
Willow perked up. ' Torrance?'
This time Xander laughed. ' No way Wil, how about Rachel or Monica?'
' No,' Buffy laughed. 'I like-'
' Angel.' Willow said in a whisper, looking past Buffy. The Slayer gave her a puzzled look.
' Definately no, Wil.' She said, wrinkling her nose. ' Too many bad-'
' Buffy.' A familiar voice said. Buffy's eyes went wide and her mouth dropped. She swallowed, and turned around. It was Angel. He had Doyle, and Cordelia at his side. Sparks of jealously flew inside Buffy, but she pushed those childish feelings aside. Now was not the time.
' Angel.' Buffy said, trying to hide the emotion. Her hands instintively went to her stomach. But she had a blanket around her, maybe he couldn't tell.
' Um, Willow? Xander? Let's do some major catching up in the... uh, basement or the garage.' Cordy said, grabbing the two Scoobies and hauling them off.
So Buffy and Angel were left there, alone, together. Buffy kept looking down at the floor, and Angel cleared his throat. Buffy's throat was rapidly pounding against her bones, which made her wonder if Angel could hear it.
' S- sit down, if you want.' Buffy said. Angel nodded, strode over to a chair, and collapsed into it. Buffy smiled gingerly.She wondered why he was here, and why his smile looked so forced.
' So...' Angel started.
' Why are you here?' Buffy blurted. She was a tiny bit annoyed at him. She started to stand up, but it would look slightly suspicous if she walked around, clutching to a blanket. ' I thought we were through Angel, and if we are, you just can't keep showing up like this.' She wished it weren't, god did she wish that.
Everytime she just looked in his dark eyes, her whole body would grow hot and lust would fill her. Whenever his firm, yet gentle voice filled her she felt so happy. The Slayer loved the vampire so much, that it hurt. It hurt even more to know that two destined enemies could never be.
But isn't the thing in her belly not meant to be?
Yet it was. The proof was right there.
' Buffy... there's something... I-' Angel sputtered, jeez, how hard was this. He looked at she clutched the blanket concealing her chest down tightly. He decided that he had to be blunt, it was the only way he could get it out.
' Take off your blanket.' He said.
' What? No.' Buffy said.
' Please, just do it. What do you have to hide?' Angel asked quietly. Buffy scowled at him, wondering how she could get out of this.
' It's cold.' She said. Angel smiled very faintly. He sighed.
' I know what's under there.' He said softly. ' And I know why.' Buffy's eyes went wide, again, and a series of letters came out. Angel shushed her by putting his finger to her lips.
' Doyle has the ability to See, remember?' He said.
' Then how did I get like this?' Buffy asked. ' Is it magical?'
Angel licked his lips, unsure of what to say again. ' In a way. Your... pregnancy.... it's a result of a day that never happened. A day that time forgot. Buffy... this is hard. Remember when you came to L.A, to... uh... tell me a few things?'
' Yeah?'
' That day... a demon came crashing through the window, and it got away.'
' But you killed-'
' Yeah. That's the other version.' Angel interupted her. ' I fought it later on, and it did something to me. It made me mortal. Then... we, uh...'
' I see.' Buffy said. The two were blushing like crazy.
' But it was never meant to happen. If I didn't go back to being a vampire, you would die. And I just could live with that. So the Oracles changed me back, and the whole day was rewinded. Only I had memories of it.'
' Angel...' Buffy whispered. ' How could you live, knowing what we could've had? How could those damn Oracles do this to me? To us?'
Buffy stood up in anger, and the blanket fell to the floor. Angel saw how heavy in birth she was, and steadied her by her shoulders.
' I'm sorry, but I had to save you... I...' Angel said. Buffy had gone pale, and gasped for breath. ' I understand.' Buffy said. ' I would've done the same... but Angel...' She looked deep in his eyes, and she knew that they still loved each other.
' I think it's starting.' She gasped, before collapsing. Angel caught her before she hit the floor, yelling for the others. They came running in, and Willow knew the birthing was about to start.
Angel could only watch as Buffy cried out in pain, and hope that she would survive an Ordeal, not knowing the results of it.

Wow, that took forever. Sorry guys, but like I said, my stories are going to take a little loinger to be put up.
Now for a question, should Buffy die? I haven't quite decided yet. I'm not even sure about the story's ending, which is the most important part of the story. ( I think so) So when you R&R (please) tell me if you think the Buffster should go or not.