A Little Easier, Maybe Not

Author: Pumpkin Belly

Previously: "He won't remember you and you won't remember him." Angel told her softly.

"I wouldn't remember him." Dawn cried out. Then she asked in an almost whisper, "What would happen to the baby?" Her hands flew to her stomach.

An explanation and a choice

Dawn's thoughts were going wild.  'What would happen to the baby? Would it disappear? Even if it didn't I wouldn't know who the father was!'

Angel's head snapped up to look at her, "The what?" he demanded. 

"The baby." Dawn said softly.  That wasn't how she planned to tell Angel that he was going be a grandfather but there was no going back now. 

"Whose baby?" Angel asked, the tone of his voice rising.

"Mine and Connor's." Dawn tried to sink as far as she could into the pillows on the bed as she attempted to disappear.  Unfortunately for her it was not working.

"WHAT?" Angel's voice rang out in Dawn's ears.

"Angel, please, stay calm." Dawn pleaded.

"Stay calm.  How can I stay calm when you just told me that you and my son are having a baby?!"

"We're in a hospital Angel, please just don't yell." Dawn said looking around to see if anyone had been disturbed by Angel's outburst.  No one seemed to have notice.

Angel took a deep unneeded breath to steady himself. Then moving into a near by chair he looked at Dawn for her to continue.

"I'm pregnant." Dawn said, praying that Angel would not have another outburst.

"I got that part, when did you find out?" The struggle to keep calm was clear on his face.

"I just found out today. When the doctor came in to tell me my test results he told me.  I'm not that far along though." Dawn added quietly.

"How long have you and Connor been, um, together?" Angel said uneasily, "Wait I don't think I should know this."

"It was only the one time." Dawn said, her hands suddenly becoming interesting, "We used protection and everything but," she stopped deciding that maybe that wasn't something she should be discussing with Angel.

"Did you decide if you're keeping the baby?" Angel asked looking at Dawn for an answer.

"I'm going to." Dawn said meeting Angel's eyes.  Angel nodded, slowly calming down more and more.

The 2 sat in an uncomfortable silence, neither knowing what to say next.  When Fred pocked her head into Dawn's room they were both grateful.

"Hey guys, um, I'm sorry to interrupt but Angel there's some guys out here asking for you. I wouldn't have bothered but they said that it was important and you know Dawn needs her rest because of, well because of everything that's happened." She babbled

"It's ok Fred he knows." Dawn said, once again staring at her hands.

"OH, good, good." Fred said.

"Fred knew." Angel said, sounding slightly hurt.

"Well I didn't know who else to tell and it was easier for me to tell her than you." Dawn explained.

Angel looked as if he was going to say something else but Fred interrupted, "The guys, Angel, they said it was important."

"OK." Angel stood up and left the room without saying anything else.

"Hello, I was told you were looking for me." Angel said when he saw the 2 men standing outside the door.

"Yes, we're from Wolfram and Hart. Have you made a decision yet?"

TBC

A/N: WOW the next chapter. I wasn't going to write this till after finals but I had some time to kill, you know, when I was avoiding studying so here you go.  I would like to know what you guys want to happen (Not saying it will though) Do you want Connor to get his memory taken away or not? PLEASE LET ME KNOW!

A/N2: James Marsters is the best. I met him this weekend. Oh dear lord I love him.