Chapter Seven

Buffy's eyes jerked open. She had the sudden urge to pee. She jumped up and tried to use her slayer speed to rush to the bathroom. She ran into a room by the door to find it was a closet, not a bathroom like she had thought.

She did the pee pee dance around the first floor trying to find a toliet to relieve herself in. Thankfully she found one, just as her bladder was collasping.

"Ahhhh." Buffy moaned as she sat on the toliet. It had never felt so good just to tinkle in her whole life, than it had while she was pregnant.

As Buffy flushed the toliet and leaned over to wash her hands, she felt a slight hungar pang - followed by several little kicks. She smiled. They were her babies. Buffy couldn't wait to meet them. Ah they would be beautiful, the perfect mixture of their parents.

She left the bathroom and grabbed her suitcase, leaving the hotel. She needed food before the infants within her womb kicked her to death. She figured she come back later, hopefully someone would be there then.

Buffy walked out of the doors and looked around. Not too many places open this time of night, atleast many that were appealing to her belly and growing children. Atleast with it being this close to sunrise she wouldn't have to worry about any vampires attacking. She took a left and walked a few blocks and found a Waffle House.

Yum.

The All Star Breakfast with hashbrowns sounded wonderful.

Her belly growled again, and she rushed inside to order.


Angel walked in to A.I only slightly drunk. Kate on the other hand was utterly obliviated. He'd gone out with her in hopes of drowning himself in alcohol, but all he ended up with was a very drunk Kate, a headache, and a bad mood. She'd spent all damn night hitting on him, telling him she didn't have work the next day so they could shake up in the darkness of her apartment.

Angel knew then it was time to go. Sadly it was extremely close to sunrise and they had her car. He drove them back to the hotel and told Kate to sleep it off in one of the bedrooms upstaires.

He made a mentle note to have Cordeila or Doyle drive her home during lunch.

God he had a headache.

Angel sat down on the couch he had layed on earlier before Kate had come in. He was going to rest until Doyle and Cordeila showed up.

He closed his eyes and rehaled deeply. That's when his head snapped up. She had been there. Buffy had been in the very place he was at, and not too long ago. Just moments before. She had come to him. Found him. God and he had missed her because he was out with Kate.


Buffy sighed as she read the maternity book in the library. Since she had become pregnant and taken off she had had much prenatal care, and read up as much as possible to be sure she and her babies were fine.

She looked at the clock 2:30 pm. Wow. She been in there for hours and never realized it. Buffy had only meant to stay about two hours. She figured The A.I Team had probably been out all night fighting a demon and needed their rest. Truth was she was petrified to walz in there with her big tummy to face the father.

The slayer slowly got up from her spot and rubbed her tummy. She felt so large, and the stretch marks were horrible. She had them from her breasts to her ankles! They were horrible. She was certain the ones on her legs would become barely noticable -f at all - after birth, But the bright red streaks across her abdomen would stay forever.

Buffy walked up to the counter, six books in hand, to check out. She'd been to the library before and always used her fathers address.

"Thank you." She said as she left the building.

Taking a right, the Slayer headed to A.I Investigations. God she was nervous. So nervous, but she had about a 45 minute walk ahead of her to breathe.


"What do you mean she was here peaches?" Spike asked. There was no way, was there?

"I mean just what I said, she was here."

"When?" He asked, not really believeing it. He honestly thought his boss had gone mad. They'd been in search of her for months. He remember when he brought news about a fight with the scoobies and Buffy saying she wanted to leave, but never had he thought she'd stay gone. But he knew then and there his ass had better get gone. It more than known that the slayer had been what was keeping him alive.

"Just minutes before I came in. I could smell her. She was here!"

"I think you had too much to drink and was knocked off your rocker."

Angel rolled his eyes. All he wanted to do was brood.

Just then Kate walked downstaires.

"Hey." She said smiling.

Angel and Spike nodded at her.

"Where's Cordeila and Doyle?"

"They left at 11:00 bickering about something and said they'd be back before lunch." Spike said. "But we all know what they're probably doing at this very moment."

"Yea mate, we're bringing in food." Doyle replied, walking in with his misses.

Cordiela was glowing, it was extremely obvious she had gotten some.

"What'd ya bring?" Spike asked. He loved human food.

"Thai."

"Did you perhaps bring - extra's?" He asked raising an eyebrow.

Angel quirked a smiled as everyone else laughed a little. Doyle distributed food and they all sat down to eat in one of the back rooms. Angel didn't feel the need to tell them he swore his slayer had been their earlier. There was no need. Spike was probably right, just his imagination.


DING The door alarm sound rang though the first floor, signaling someone walked in.

"I got it." Cordeila said walking into the main room.

"Angel Investigations..." They all heard her voice ring. "OMG Buffy."

Angel forze at the name and Spike eyed him. Both jumped up and ran into the main room, followed by Doyle and Kate.


Buffy stood, her back too the doors, trying to breathe. This was so difficult. But if she didn't change things, then everyone would be screwed. She waited for someone to come out and welcome her.

She saw Cordeila, and watched her face change when she saw the large belly infront of the slayer. The 'OMG Buffy' let her see the surprise.

That's when everyone else walked in. Angel and Spike and then Doyle and a blonde woman - Kate, Buffy remembered from the dream -who stood next Angel in a stance saying he was hers. A pang shot through her heart, she hadn't realized they had been together that long. Probably in love then, in the future.

"Buffy." Angel spoke. He felt like he was looking at a ghost. A pregnant one at that.

His eyes looked at her body, round with child. He couldn't believe his Buffy was here and ... and pregnant at that.

"Hi." She said meekly and then looked at Spike. She knew he'd make it through, even without the dream.

"Well howdy ho slayer. Look at you.. done got yourself knocked up." He said smiling and walked over and gave her a hug when made her eye him.

"What? No need to make you feel unwelcome so that you take off running again. Your pregnant, big friggin deal, you bloody humans do it all the time."

Angel just stood in his spot in shock and he listened to everyone else talk to her.

"Ya know Buffy, we are just going to have to do something about your clothes. I mean, yea pregnancy must suck, but no need to look like - that." Cordiela smiled. "You scared us. You like taking off. Please don't do it again. I should probably go call Sunnydale."

"No. Please." She asked. "Not - not yet."

The beauty queen just nodded.

Angel stepped forward and gave her a hug without speaking. He rubbed her hair and let a few tears run down his face as a murmered soft pleasentries into her ear.

"I have missed you." He said. "Don't ever stay gone like that. Please." He begged her.

Tears streamed down the slayers face as well. She knew they couldn't be together, can't change that much of the future. But she was glad he was disgusted with her 'mutated' form.

He finally let her go when he heard her belly rumble. Buffy blushed.

"Sorry. Hungry. We haven't eaten since this morning."

"Well your in luck little lady." Doyle said smiling. Leading her to the couch, away from Angel. "We have thai. Does that work for you?"

"Anything does now days, whether or not they like it." She said with a small smile.

"Th-they?" Angel asked.

Buffy looked at him, stared him in the eye. "Twins."

TBC...