Life From A Dead
5
Angel paced, worried, confused, haunted. Buffy seriously needed some sleep, so baby Ronua was in a cradle, staring at him. He swallowed, his daughter's eyes watching him.
He paced over, and sat down and the baby took a firm grip on his finger. Angel's eye brows raised, her strength was enormous for a small kid. He grinned, and picked Ronua up, cradling her. She cooed and started to close her eyes.
The vampire started having serious thoughts in his head. What was he holding? Something dangerous that could affect them all, or just his baby daughter? Could she be half vampire, half... Slayer?
Angel chuckled to himself. He was being stupid. Half vampire, half Slayer? That'd be a vampyer. His baby had such soft skin. Hard to believe that in some time, she would be like Buffy... all grown up.
Of course Ronua would know about vampires. Her mother was a Slayer, and her father was a freakin vampire for christ's sake. Of course she would learn from her mother, watch her, and start slaying herself. The thought scared Angel, he didn't want anything happening to her.
Ronua would soon start to question about him. ' Why can't Daddy come to the park?' ...
' Why won't Daddy come swimming?' ...' What's up with Dad not coming to my games?' ... ' My own father won't even teach me how to drive.' ... ' He had to miss me going to college too?'
With a soft sob, Angel realized that he would be missing her whole life. Ronua would never see her father in the sun. Soon, she would guess he was a vampire, then be horrified that Buffy had actually slept with him.
' Hey.' Buffy said with a smile. Angel turned and saw the Slayer standing in the doorway.
' Hey. She's just going to sleep.' Angel said with a faint grin. He put Ronua back in her cradle. Buffy instantly sensed his emotions.
' Angel, what's wrong?' She asked, worried. She took his hand.
' I've just... Buffy, what are we gonna do?' Angel asked, looking her in the eyes. He saw some fear in them, but not a lot.
' We're going to be a family.' Buffy said softly, her voice breaking.
' You know that can't happen.' Angel said quitely. Buffy blew up, but softly so she wouldn't wake Ronua up.
' What the hell is wrong with you?' She hissed. ' This is your child! Ours! And don't give me crap that 'this is the only way', because it's not!'
' Buffy...' Angel said softly, cringing. ' She's going to start wondering why I'm never in the sun, or why I never eat with you two. Then she'll eventually find out about you, start learning about vampires and then discover me.'
Buffy sobbed, ' You're just going to leave her? And me?' She whispered.
' I don't want her to be ashamed of who she is, just because her father is a vampire.' Angel said. God, it made so much sense when it was in his head.
' It'll hurt her far more wondering who her father was, and why he left her.' Buffy snapped.
Angel turned, gazing at Ronua, wondering what he was going to do. He took out a velvelt case, and handed it to Buffy. It had the number, 15 on it. Buffy sobbed.
' You're just going to leave her?' Buffy echoed her words. Angel shook his head, still undecided.
' I'll always be watching her, protecting her.'