A Little Easier, Maybe Not

Author: Pumpkin Belly

Time to get hitched

"Dawn, you look beautiful." Xander exclaimed giving Dawn a hug.

"Thank you, Xand. Ahh don't mess up my hair." Dawn yelled, pushing him back, examining her hair in the mirror.

"Sorry." Xander said jokingly, stepping back.

"It's just, it's my wedding day and I want everything to be perfect." Dawn said turning back to face him.

The whole gang from Sunnydale had arrived in L.A. 2 days earlier to help get everything ready for the wedding. The wedding itself was going to take place in the lobby of the hotel. Dawn had always dreamed of a church wedding, but because of the pregnancy and the vampires attending and the short notice Connor and her had decided that having it in the hotel was a better idea.

"And it will be prefect." Xander said.

"No don't say that, it'll jinx things." Dawn said hurriedly.

"No, it won't." Xander said defensively and slightly nervous. Any other conversation was cut off by Buffy and Willow coming into the room.

"Oh Dawn you look wonderful." Willow said.

"Really?" Dawn said placing a hand on her stomach, "I don't show too much. I am 4 months pregnant. I hoped that the dress would cover everything but."

"No it looks great. You can't even tell." Buffy assured her sister. The dress Buffy and Dawn had chosen did hide her budding belly nicely.

"I'm going to go check on Connor." Xander said going out of the room.

"I'll go with to make sure he doesn't scare Connor to much." Willow volunteered leaving the 2 sisters alone.

"Are you nervous?" Buffy asked Dawn.

"Oddly enough, no. This just feels so right." Dawn answered.

"Well, I'm nervous enough for the both of us. My little sisters getting married." Buffy said, tears welling up in her eyes.

"Buffy don't cry." Dawn said rushing to her side.

"It's just so wonderful." Buffy said wiping at her eyes, "Ok all better, but you can't expect me not to cry during the service."

"That's fine, as long as I don't have to see it." Dawn said teasingly.

"Deal." Buffy laughed, "I was in with Connor before I came in here." Buffy told her sister.

"Yeah?" Dawn asked curiously, "Is he nervous?"

"Not really. He was pretty calm, not that he normally isn't. He can't look me in the eye though." Buffy said.

"Well that's because he saw you naked." Dawn shouted at her sister.

"It wasn't my fault you two came early and caught me and Spike. He can't look Spike in the eyes either." Buffy laughed.

"Is everything almost ready?" Dawn asked changing the subject.

"Yeah, Anya's down there supervising everything. Which means she's yelling at everyone telling them what to do. Fred looks kind of scared and Giles keeps cleaning his glasses. Angel is running around like a mad man. He was so jittery Connor kicked him out of the room."

"Oh gosh." Dawn sighed.

"Don't worry, everything will be fine." Buffy said.

"Dawn," Giles said, knocking slightly on the doorframe, "it's time."

"Ok." Dawn said, "This is it." She said turning to Buffy.

"I should get down there." Buffy said leaving the room.

"You look beautiful, Dawn." Giles said.

"Thank you, you don't look that bad yourself." Dawn said.

"Are you ready?" He asked.

"Yup, time for me to get hitched." She laughed before looping her arm through Giles' and heading down the stairs.

After Dawn had announced to everyone that she and Connor were having a baby and getting married she had called Giles and asked if he would walk her down the aisle. He had been quite supported of everything, no long lectures or disappointing looks, he offered her help, but Dawn had refused to take any money. Her own father wouldn't be attending the wedding. He was off in Brazil or some place, she didn't really care.

The wedding was small. Not many people were attending, but a priest who had been an old friend of Giles' was performing the ceremony.

When Dawn neared Connor his breath caught in his throat, 'That's the women I'm going to spend the rest of my life with.' He though. Dawn looked over at her sister and saw tears in Buffy's eyes but a big smile on her face. Spike gave her a reassuring smile as she passed him.

'I love you.' Connor mouthed when Giles placed Dawn's hand in hers.

'I love you, too.' She mouthed back before turning to face the priest.

"You may now kiss the bride." The Priest instructed closing the service.

As Dawn and Connor took their first kiss as husband and wife, the baby gave a little kick.

"Oh, the baby kicked." Dawn said startled breaking the kiss.

"It did?" Connor asked frightened, "Are you ok? Is that a bad thing?"

"No its not a bad thing, it's a good thing, a very good thing." Dawn said taking Connor's hand in hers and walking back down the aisle as everyone clapped.

"You look beautiful, Dawn." Connor whispered in her ear before placing a light kiss on her neck.

"I love you." She said back.

"I love you too." He answered her before kissing her deeply on the mouth and spinning her around, "So how does it feel to be Mrs. O'Neil?" Connor asked her when the kiss broke. One of Giles' contacts had been able to secure Connor a birth certificate saying he was 18 years old instead of 3 years old and they had given him Angel's surname from when he was human.

"It feels like things just got a little easier, Mr. O'Neil." Dawn laughed.

A/N: Ok I just had to put that little easier thing in. Also I don't know if babies at 4 months can kick but it's my story so now they can. I hoped you all liked the wedding. If no one wants a squeal I think the next chapter will be the epilogue. Let me know what you guys think. PLEASE REVIEW.