Buffy stood outside of Angel's room. She knew she had to tell him, she just didn't know how. Without even realizing it she had knocked on the door.

"Come in."

Buffy opened the door slowly and walked in. "Angel." She called out.

"Buffy." Angel said coming out of his bedroom.

"Hi."

"What are you doing here?"

"I need to talk to you, it's important."

"Okay", he said sitting on his couch.

"Umm… okay see this is something I should have told you a few years ago, but see I chickened out." She took a long breath. "Angel, Miracle's our daughter."

Angel looked hurt and surprised at the same time. "How did Spike… I mean vampires…"

"What? Spike? No, I mean, yours and mine. Not Spike and mine."

Angel went from confused and hurt to extreme disbelief. "That's not possible. We haven't since…"

"Thanksgiving of '99."

Angel's head snapped up She isn't supposed to remember that. "How?" was all he could ask.

"I remember." She told him.

"How?"

"I don't know. I started having dreams of you being human after I found out I was pregnant and Spike some how knew it was your child, before I even knew I was pregnant."

"Why didn't you tell me?" He asked, hurt evident in his voice and on his face.

"To many reasons." He just looked at her. "Angel you gave up humanity for me. A chance for us to do and have all the things we wanted. If you couldn't be in the sun with your daughter and do normal dad things, well I though I'd hurt you more. Besides I didn't want you coming back because you felt obligated to."

He started to protest but Buffy cut him off. "Don't try to deny it Angel. You always try to do the noble thing." He just nodded knowing she was right.

"Still, don't you think I had the right to know?"

"Yes Angel I wrestled with this decision for eight months and four years after that. Everyday."

"Was it Spike? Did Spike tell you not to tell me?"

Buffy just looked at Angel sadly. Spike was the one who wanted Angel to know. "No he didn't. He told me that I should. Every time I asked him what I should do he always told me the same thing. He would tell me… 'I know he'd love to be a part of Miracles life and yours. He loves both of you, but no matter what you choose I'll be there for you.'" She told him.

Angel absorbed this all in. Spike wanted me to know? "Are you two in love?"

"I don't know. I mean we love each other but not what we had. Spike and I have like a brother/sister type love. I do know that no matter what happens here today with you, he's not going anywhere. He's been a great friend to me."

Angel nodded. Spike had been there and had done his job. He took care of his family, he loves his child and his soul mate. "Are you and Spike involved?"

"Sometimes." She told him. She refused to lie to him anymore. "We get lonely. Sometimes we get drunk but its not an everyday thing. He treats me as though we were dating. I treat him the same way. We have a weird friendship. Sometimes we don't even get it." She laughed a little.

"Does she know?"

"That you're her father?" He nodded. "No but she knows about you. She knows you're a vampire. I just told her that you couldn't be with us, that you wanted to protect us, but she doesn't know that you're her father. I wanted to tell you first, just in case…"

"I case of what?"

"In case you didn't want to be with is. If you turned away. I can handle it, but I don't think she could."

"Buffy of course I want to be with you, both of you."

"I'm glad but understand the Spike's not going anywhere."

Angel nodded. "I understand. Is that why he was being so civilized with me, because of you?"

"It's more than that. I mean he knows how much I hate it when he makes fun of you and stuff, but Spike doesn't speak badly of you because he didn't want to give Miracle the wrong impression of her father." She moved and sat next to him on the bed. "He's really changed. He's told us things about you I didn't know. In fact it's because of him that Miracle's last name is O'Connor."

His head snapped up. "It is?"

"Well you are her father. Your name is on the birth certificate. We put Angel instead of Liam though. I hope that's alright."

"Of courses, I wouldn't want to have it any other way."

"Do you want to come over for dinner?" She asked him nervously.

"Tonight?"

"If you're free."

"I'd love to."

"Great, here's my number and address." She said jotting it down on a piece of paper. "Say around seven o'clock." She said with a smile as she handed him the paper.

"Great." He replied with a smile of his own.

"I should go. I have to head to work. I'll see you tonight." She said as she left the room.

"Bye." He called out behind her.