Title: Coming Back...

Rating: PG

Disclaimer: I own Chloe and that's it. Joss Whedon owns all BTVS and ATS characters.

Feedback: Yes please!

Author's Note: Thank you for all the reviews! Aren't I so good? I'm updating!

In response to some reviews:

Arisluv: I'm so touched that you like the story.

Laura C.: Don't worry when all this is over Cordy won't be made to be the bad guy, I mean girl.

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This is a story based on a challenge of Elisabeth's from Chocolate Covered Strawberries. Except I changed the couples in the story because I cannot write Angel well and I adore writing Xander with a kid fics.

The Other Woman Challenge.

Buffy, after her union with Angel, became pregnant. After hiding it from everyone, she gives the baby to Angel when he leaves Sunnydale. Years later, when she finally thinks it's time to go back for her child. Only, when she does go back to LA, she witnesses something, her child calling someone else "Mom".

Requirements: -Buffy's feelings about seeing this.

Options:

-The other woman can be anyone: Faith, Cordy, Fred, Nina, other.

-The child can be almost any age

-The child can be male or female.

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Xander Harris knew something was wrong when he stopped in to the Magic Shop and he was right.

Sitting at a table with their daughter, his daughter was Cordelia Chase. Her biological mother, not her mommy, it had been made clear that Tara was going to be mommy. Cordy had been clear that she wanted nothing to do with Chloe.

On the other side of Chloe was Tara watching Cordelia with resenting eyes.

Tara had been a big help raising Chloe, while he had floated from job to job she had watched her between classes. It hadn't even awkward for him to move from friend to more than friends with Tara.

She's so cute.

She doesn't even look like me anymore. Her hair could be Xander's and I'd never put her in that dress.

What am I going to say, Mommy made a mistake? She didn't want you but now she does?

"Do you like to color?" Cordelia asked, watching Chloe pick a green crayon out of a box of a hundred with concentration that rivaled Wesley when he was choosing what tea to drink.

Her daughter looked up from her paper in surprise, she didn't talk to strangers. Mommy didn't like strangers so Chloe didn't like strangers.

"Yup, I'm making a picture for my mommy." She said in a quiet voice. Tara reached up pushing a strand of loose hair out of Chloe's face causing Cordy to feel a pang of jealousy like the one she had felt when Chloe had run into Tara's arms instead of hers.

I'm your mommy! 'Cept I'm not to you.

Uh oh.

There's Xander, he doesn't look happy.

The four year looked up at the tinkling of the bell above the door, her face losing its look of concentration turning into a smile, "Daddy!"

Xander bent down picking up her up just like Tara had before, kissing her forehead. She wrapped her arms around her daddy's neck, "Did you build a really tall building?"

"It's taller than me." He responded, "Hello Cordy, when did you get here?" He said hoping to keep the anger out his voice but she shouldn't have shown up without telling him. She had left, "Why don't you go see what Auntie Willow's doing while I talk to a friend of mine. Maybe you can convince her to go get some ice cream." He said putting her back down, she stared for a few seconds before rushing for the back room.

"Auntie Willow, daddy said you should take me for some ice cream." She shouted tripping over the hem of her dress.

Once he was sure Willow was gone Xander took a deep breath, "What are you doing here? You can't just leave your child and then come back! I'm not a kennel; you don't just drop Chloe off and come pick her when you're done with your vacation!"

"Xander let me explain!" She pleaded, tears threatening to spill over.

But her ex wasn't finished yet, "No! I've had to raise Chloe without you; do you know how hard it is to put your three month old in daycare so you can go serve drinks? How she was sick most of her first year because she was on formula?"

Oh course I'm sorry, why won't you let me explain? Or tell you how I wish I had never left her. How I wish I was the one who she called mommy?

"Just shut up for a minute!" She shouted, "You have no idea how much it hurt! How I wished I could of could back."

Running a hand through his hair Xander took another deep breath, Giles had stuck his head out once at the sound of the shouting but quickly retreated when he saw the two engaged in a heated argument, "Why didn't you? In fact why didn't you stay?"

"I had no money, I was just a kid." She said the tears spilling over.

"And of course I was older and was rolling in dough." He retorted sarcastically.

Cordy looked around for a tissue, Tara who had remained silent handed her one from her pocket, "I just," She wiping away a tear, "wasn't ready to be a mom."

He stopped pacing to look at her, "Why are you here?"

"I want to be a part of her life. I want to be her mom." She said sending Tara a wary glance, "I'm sorry." She added.

I appreciate you watching over my baby but I'm back now.

Let me be her mom.

"She has one." Xander said fiercely, "Now just leave, I don't want you to hurt Chloe like you, like you hurt me."

"I-I guess I'll go then." She said turning towards the door, "I didn't mean to hurt you."

Xander didn't move to stop her. Tara did.

"Let her stay, Chloe isn't mine and she deserves to meet her mom, her real mom." The Wiccan said a firm voice she rarely used, "I don't know you but-but I love your little girl." Turning to her boyfriend, "Let Cordelia spend some time with her before we tell her but she'll find out some how. I'm sorry this isn't my place I shouldn't have said anything."

No, you should have said something.

Xander never could refuse Tara's reasoning and now was no exception, "All right."

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A/N: Next Cordy bonds with Chloe and then I think one or two more chapter after that and then I'm done.