(Sunnydale)
Buffy and Angel got out of the mustang and walked slowly to the house.
Buffy unlocked the door and pushed it open. She nearly tripped over the threshold and Angel reach out to steady her.
"Today was great," Buffy said hugging him. "I'm so glad I convinced you to stop at that motel. I totally needed that." Buffy traced his lips with her finger softly.
"I am too."
"We could've stayed a bit longer." Buffy said whining a little. As she spoke her hand sneaked around his neck and she pulled him down towards her.
They kissed for a few moments and then broke off when they realised they had an audience. They looked up to see the Scoobies and the Fang Gang looking at them with various expressions. Most of them looked amused, Cordy looked a little angry and a little hurt, Dawn looked slightly grossed out and Gunn was grinning at Angel like an idiot silently giving him the thumbs up sign.
Buffy started blushing and stammered, "I, uh, we, uh, what are you guys doing out here?"
"We heard a noise, came to check it out." Conner said with a shrug.
"One little noise had all of you out here to check?" Angel asked disbelievingly.
"We saw you pull up in the drive way and we wanted to know what happened when you were gone." Anya said in her very Anya way.
"Anya." Willow said reprovingly. "So what happened? Anything we need an 'ice cream and bad movies' night to talk about?" She said with a huge grin.
"Will." Buffy said smiling. "Later." She whispered.
Willow just smiled and nodded.
"Can we move this to the living room please? Angel asked.
Once they were all settled down, Angel stared at his friends from AI and asked, "What are you guys doing here?"
"That would be my doing." Giles said. "You see I came across this book "Akeeza' and there was something in it about an apocalypse. It's written in Daagon a language I'm not very fluent in. So I called Wesley for help." (A/N: Don't blame me, I couldn't think of a better demon language name)
"Oh. So when is the big showdown going to be?" Buffy asked casually.
Everyone else just thought Buffy was calm because she was a pro at this but Angel could feel her body tense up. 'Not now, what am I going to do?' she thought desperately, shooting Angel a quick glance.
"Well, from what we have deciphered so far, it won't be for a while now. Mr. Giles certainly averted a bigger disaster by realising what was coming and alerting us all."
Hearing this didn't make Buffy any happier. The longer it took, the more danger she and the babies would be in.
Angel wrapped his arm around Buffy and gave her a reassuring squeeze.
"Until we know what exactly we are dealing with, we should just stay calm and focus on what we know. Ok?" Angel addressed the whole group but he was really speaking to Buffy.
"We do know that it isn't just demons." Willow said quietly.
Buffy and Angel just stared at her.
Willow looked at Anya.
"The Balzthair demons are quite stupid. They are strong, incredibly strong but they won't go out of their way to cause trouble." Anya said. When she saw Buffy and Angel staring at her, she shrugged and said, "I dated one a couple of centuries ago. The sex was horrible"
The whole room shuddered.
"Ok. So all we have to do is track down one of them and find out why they're acting all crazy." Buffy said.
"It isn't that simple. They may be stupid but they don't take kindly to people who order them around. That is what we found curious. The only way to control Balzthair demons is through potent dark magic. We're up against some very powerful Sorcerer here. And we can't fight magic with might." Giles said with a defeated look.
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Everyone had taken a break for dinner and had then decided to go to the Magic Shop as there were more research materials there.
"We have another problem" Gunn said.
"And that would be-?" Buffy asked.
"The rest of us can't stay here forever. There are people who need us in LA."
"Yeah" Cordelia chimed in. "The boys are strong but they don't have superhuman strength. The last few nights have been awful."
Angel didn't know what to say.
"This is as good a time as any to tell them our news." Buffy said holding his hand.
"Guys we have something to tell you all." Buffy said. She looked at Angel urging him to continue
Angel smiled and said, "We met with the Oracles. My soul is bound."
Everyone screamed and hugged him and stuff.
"This means you two can have sex all the time like me and Xander." Anya said.
Laughter
"There's something else. Thanksgiving a couple of years ago, I was human."
Everyone's happy faces now turned to confused ones.
"How could you be human Dad?" Conner asked.
"Isn't that the Thanksgiving Buffy came to LA to yell, I mean see you?" Willow asked.
"Yes." Buffy said and then let Angel go on.
"A demon bled on me. It turned be back. To cut a long story short, I went to the Oracles and made them reverse the day because I was told Buffy would die. She would die because I wouldn't be strong enough to protect her."
A silence followed his statements. And then,
"Aw. Isn't that sweet? Why can't you be like that Xander?" Anya said making everyone laugh.
"I am like that. Deadboy here just gets a lot more opportunities to show off." Xander said mock glaring at Angel.
"When we were with the Oracles, I was told that they would grant me my true love's gift and heart's desire. Angel's soul being his forever is my true love's gift." Buffy said and then fell silent.
"What was your heart's desire that they granted you?" Cordelia finally asked, her curiosity getting the better of her.
Buffy glanced at Angel but didn't say anything.
"That day I was human. Buffy and I, umm, we." Angel stopped embarrassed. He looked up and saw everyone else looking kinda awkward too.
"Is there any reason you are telling us about my sister's sex life?" Dawn asked annoyed.
"Yes there is." Buffy said, glaring at Dawn. "That day kinda resulted in something." She took a deep breath and said, "My heart's desire came true."
"Sleeping with Angel was you heart's desire?" Lorne asked. "Angel-cakes you must be one terrific.." He finished seeing Angel's death look.
"No!" Buffy said. 'This is it Summers, you gotta tell them' she thought bracing herself for the onslaught that was going to come at her next words.
"My heart's desire was to have a family with Angel." She mumbled.
"What?" No one had heard since she had spoken quietly.
"My heart's desire was to have a family with Angel." She finally said, loud enough for everyone to hear.
Silence greeted this statement too.
"This story seems to be getting the silent reaction a lot." Buffy said to Angel.
"I don't quite follow. How did they grant you this wish? Angel is a vampire. His soul may be bound but he is dead nonetheless." Giles asked.
"He wasn't that day." Buffy replied quietly.
"You mean?" Giles asked incredulously
"Yes." She answered.
"How?" Right now Giles could only choke out a few words at a time.
"The Oracles said their souls had been with them for safekeeping until it was time to restore them to their rightful place." Buffy said. "I guess the dreams were their way of saying they were ready to be restored." She said with a smile.
"Souls? As in more than one?" Cordelia finally asked.
"Yes. We're having twins." Angel said looking at Cordelia with concern shining in his eyes.
Hearing this Cordelia stared at them for a second and then stormed out, ignoring Angels silent apologies.
Most looked shocked at her sudden departure.
Suddenly Dawn squealed. "I'm going to be an aunt" she said rushing to hug Buffy and Angel.
The Scoobies and the remaining of the Fang Gang all took turns in congratulating the happy to-be parents.
Conner walked up to them and said, "I guess I'm going to have to play big brother." He looked repulsed by the thought, and then he grinned and said, "I'm kidding. I'll protect them with my life." He looked at Dawn who was happily thinking of baby names with Willow and Tara. He asked, "Does this make Dawn my aunt too?"
"Of course not" Buffy said with a laugh. "You don't have to worry." She said winking at him.
"Congratulations Dad." Conner said and walked towards Dawn.
"Thanks son." Angel called out to Conner's back.
"All this is great but if Buffy is pregnant then I guess I'm right in assuming you are staying here." Gunn predicted.
"You guessed right." Angel said.
"What are we going to do in LA then? Cordy was right, our boys are wimps without you." Fred said earning dirty looks from Wes and Gunn.
"I've thought about it and maybe Conner could go back for a while."
"No" Buffy said.
"We talked about this sweetie, you agreed with me remember?" Angel said to her.
"It isn't fair. You've only just started to reconcile. I dragged you off for ages and now if he's sent away it won't be right."
"We don't have a choice." Angel said exasperated
"Buffy, I don't mind going back. Really" Conner said though he kept shooting Dawn looks that told another story.
"We need some muscle back at A. I." Wesley said. "Conner is the only one left."
"You're wrong." Buffy said.
"Who else can help us now?" Gunn asked.
Buffy smiled, "Faith."
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Buffy and Angel got out of the mustang and walked slowly to the house.
Buffy unlocked the door and pushed it open. She nearly tripped over the threshold and Angel reach out to steady her.
"Today was great," Buffy said hugging him. "I'm so glad I convinced you to stop at that motel. I totally needed that." Buffy traced his lips with her finger softly.
"I am too."
"We could've stayed a bit longer." Buffy said whining a little. As she spoke her hand sneaked around his neck and she pulled him down towards her.
They kissed for a few moments and then broke off when they realised they had an audience. They looked up to see the Scoobies and the Fang Gang looking at them with various expressions. Most of them looked amused, Cordy looked a little angry and a little hurt, Dawn looked slightly grossed out and Gunn was grinning at Angel like an idiot silently giving him the thumbs up sign.
Buffy started blushing and stammered, "I, uh, we, uh, what are you guys doing out here?"
"We heard a noise, came to check it out." Conner said with a shrug.
"One little noise had all of you out here to check?" Angel asked disbelievingly.
"We saw you pull up in the drive way and we wanted to know what happened when you were gone." Anya said in her very Anya way.
"Anya." Willow said reprovingly. "So what happened? Anything we need an 'ice cream and bad movies' night to talk about?" She said with a huge grin.
"Will." Buffy said smiling. "Later." She whispered.
Willow just smiled and nodded.
"Can we move this to the living room please? Angel asked.
Once they were all settled down, Angel stared at his friends from AI and asked, "What are you guys doing here?"
"That would be my doing." Giles said. "You see I came across this book "Akeeza' and there was something in it about an apocalypse. It's written in Daagon a language I'm not very fluent in. So I called Wesley for help." (A/N: Don't blame me, I couldn't think of a better demon language name)
"Oh. So when is the big showdown going to be?" Buffy asked casually.
Everyone else just thought Buffy was calm because she was a pro at this but Angel could feel her body tense up. 'Not now, what am I going to do?' she thought desperately, shooting Angel a quick glance.
"Well, from what we have deciphered so far, it won't be for a while now. Mr. Giles certainly averted a bigger disaster by realising what was coming and alerting us all."
Hearing this didn't make Buffy any happier. The longer it took, the more danger she and the babies would be in.
Angel wrapped his arm around Buffy and gave her a reassuring squeeze.
"Until we know what exactly we are dealing with, we should just stay calm and focus on what we know. Ok?" Angel addressed the whole group but he was really speaking to Buffy.
"We do know that it isn't just demons." Willow said quietly.
Buffy and Angel just stared at her.
Willow looked at Anya.
"The Balzthair demons are quite stupid. They are strong, incredibly strong but they won't go out of their way to cause trouble." Anya said. When she saw Buffy and Angel staring at her, she shrugged and said, "I dated one a couple of centuries ago. The sex was horrible"
The whole room shuddered.
"Ok. So all we have to do is track down one of them and find out why they're acting all crazy." Buffy said.
"It isn't that simple. They may be stupid but they don't take kindly to people who order them around. That is what we found curious. The only way to control Balzthair demons is through potent dark magic. We're up against some very powerful Sorcerer here. And we can't fight magic with might." Giles said with a defeated look.
....................................
Everyone had taken a break for dinner and had then decided to go to the Magic Shop as there were more research materials there.
"We have another problem" Gunn said.
"And that would be-?" Buffy asked.
"The rest of us can't stay here forever. There are people who need us in LA."
"Yeah" Cordelia chimed in. "The boys are strong but they don't have superhuman strength. The last few nights have been awful."
Angel didn't know what to say.
"This is as good a time as any to tell them our news." Buffy said holding his hand.
"Guys we have something to tell you all." Buffy said. She looked at Angel urging him to continue
Angel smiled and said, "We met with the Oracles. My soul is bound."
Everyone screamed and hugged him and stuff.
"This means you two can have sex all the time like me and Xander." Anya said.
Laughter
"There's something else. Thanksgiving a couple of years ago, I was human."
Everyone's happy faces now turned to confused ones.
"How could you be human Dad?" Conner asked.
"Isn't that the Thanksgiving Buffy came to LA to yell, I mean see you?" Willow asked.
"Yes." Buffy said and then let Angel go on.
"A demon bled on me. It turned be back. To cut a long story short, I went to the Oracles and made them reverse the day because I was told Buffy would die. She would die because I wouldn't be strong enough to protect her."
A silence followed his statements. And then,
"Aw. Isn't that sweet? Why can't you be like that Xander?" Anya said making everyone laugh.
"I am like that. Deadboy here just gets a lot more opportunities to show off." Xander said mock glaring at Angel.
"When we were with the Oracles, I was told that they would grant me my true love's gift and heart's desire. Angel's soul being his forever is my true love's gift." Buffy said and then fell silent.
"What was your heart's desire that they granted you?" Cordelia finally asked, her curiosity getting the better of her.
Buffy glanced at Angel but didn't say anything.
"That day I was human. Buffy and I, umm, we." Angel stopped embarrassed. He looked up and saw everyone else looking kinda awkward too.
"Is there any reason you are telling us about my sister's sex life?" Dawn asked annoyed.
"Yes there is." Buffy said, glaring at Dawn. "That day kinda resulted in something." She took a deep breath and said, "My heart's desire came true."
"Sleeping with Angel was you heart's desire?" Lorne asked. "Angel-cakes you must be one terrific.." He finished seeing Angel's death look.
"No!" Buffy said. 'This is it Summers, you gotta tell them' she thought bracing herself for the onslaught that was going to come at her next words.
"My heart's desire was to have a family with Angel." She mumbled.
"What?" No one had heard since she had spoken quietly.
"My heart's desire was to have a family with Angel." She finally said, loud enough for everyone to hear.
Silence greeted this statement too.
"This story seems to be getting the silent reaction a lot." Buffy said to Angel.
"I don't quite follow. How did they grant you this wish? Angel is a vampire. His soul may be bound but he is dead nonetheless." Giles asked.
"He wasn't that day." Buffy replied quietly.
"You mean?" Giles asked incredulously
"Yes." She answered.
"How?" Right now Giles could only choke out a few words at a time.
"The Oracles said their souls had been with them for safekeeping until it was time to restore them to their rightful place." Buffy said. "I guess the dreams were their way of saying they were ready to be restored." She said with a smile.
"Souls? As in more than one?" Cordelia finally asked.
"Yes. We're having twins." Angel said looking at Cordelia with concern shining in his eyes.
Hearing this Cordelia stared at them for a second and then stormed out, ignoring Angels silent apologies.
Most looked shocked at her sudden departure.
Suddenly Dawn squealed. "I'm going to be an aunt" she said rushing to hug Buffy and Angel.
The Scoobies and the remaining of the Fang Gang all took turns in congratulating the happy to-be parents.
Conner walked up to them and said, "I guess I'm going to have to play big brother." He looked repulsed by the thought, and then he grinned and said, "I'm kidding. I'll protect them with my life." He looked at Dawn who was happily thinking of baby names with Willow and Tara. He asked, "Does this make Dawn my aunt too?"
"Of course not" Buffy said with a laugh. "You don't have to worry." She said winking at him.
"Congratulations Dad." Conner said and walked towards Dawn.
"Thanks son." Angel called out to Conner's back.
"All this is great but if Buffy is pregnant then I guess I'm right in assuming you are staying here." Gunn predicted.
"You guessed right." Angel said.
"What are we going to do in LA then? Cordy was right, our boys are wimps without you." Fred said earning dirty looks from Wes and Gunn.
"I've thought about it and maybe Conner could go back for a while."
"No" Buffy said.
"We talked about this sweetie, you agreed with me remember?" Angel said to her.
"It isn't fair. You've only just started to reconcile. I dragged you off for ages and now if he's sent away it won't be right."
"We don't have a choice." Angel said exasperated
"Buffy, I don't mind going back. Really" Conner said though he kept shooting Dawn looks that told another story.
"We need some muscle back at A. I." Wesley said. "Conner is the only one left."
"You're wrong." Buffy said.
"Who else can help us now?" Gunn asked.
Buffy smiled, "Faith."
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Thanks for all the reviews. I'm glad this format is working out better. I'll change all the previous chapters to a similar form soon.
Please keep sending in the feedback. I appreciate it.
I decided to keep the Dawn/Conner angle since most of the reviews seemed t be pro D/C.
I'm hoping my baddie will be different and will satisfy most of you.
If you're wondering about Spike, he'll be here soon.
Thank You:
Angel4Evr()
Nikita6
Jen
PunkyMonkey()
Tariq
IceQueenK8()
Angels-Sweet-Chikadey
Kari()
Liz()
Kathleen