Few Hours Later
"It's rather quiet, don't you think?" Giles asked as he and Angel entered the house after patrol.
"Yeah. Unless they fell asleep." Angel said hanging up his leather duster on the coat rack.
"Yes well that seems like something they'd do." Giles said amused.
"I know Buffy was tired. She couldn't sleep last night after the attacks." Angel told the watcher as they walked up to Angel and Buffy's room in search of the teens.
"I image so."
They reached the room and opened the door to see the three teens asleep on the bed.
"Told you." Angel said to Giles with a smirk.
Giles looked over at the bed. Buffy was laying on her back, hugging Angel's pillow. Xander lie on his stomach next to her and Willow, was curled up in the fetal position with her head resting on Xander's back. Giles just smiled at the sight. After all they'd been through in the past two years, they were still each able to maintain a somewhat normal teen life. No matter what happened, they had stayed close friends and were like three normal teen friends. He was happy for his slayer. Happy, that she had something so normal in her not so normal life. His smile widened. "I'll wake Xander and Willow, give you your bed back. I'll take them home." Giles said going to wake the teens.
"No. It's okay. I'll sleep in one of the guest rooms. There's one down the hall. I insist you stay the night, Giles. I don't want you out there on your own. It's to dangerous." Angel told the watcher.
"Angel, I'll be fine."
"Giles please stay. Keep my undead heart at rest and spend the night."
"Angel. I assure you I shall be fine."
"Fine. Then at least let me follow you home." Angel said.
"There is no need for that Angel."
"You know I'm going to do it anyways so we might as well leave now." Angel said with a smirk.
Giles sighed heavily. "Very well." He said turning and heading back down the stairs.
Early the next morning
Buffy awoke to the call of nature. Being pregnant sometimes sucked. Especially when you're in the middle of a great dream about the sexy vampire you love and then it hits you, the urge to pee.
Buffy groaned and climbed out of bed, tiredly. She rushed to the bathroom, quietly, as not to wake her sleeping Angel.
Buffy exited the bathroom and looked to her bed where he lover should have been, but instead of Angel asleep in their bed, she spotted her two best friends. We must have fallen asleep. She thought. Wait a second. Then why didn't Angel or Giles wake us up? She thought, terror creeping up inside her. "Oh god." She gasped.
Xander heard someone gasp and groggily awoke. Wiping the crust from his eyes Xander opened them and looked up to see Buffy. "Huh? What the hell?" He asked, then a look of realization hit him. "Oh we fell asleep." He said.
"Yeah." She said not really paying attention to him. Terrible images of Angel and Giles dead ran through her mind, tears welled up behind her eyes.
"Buffy? What's wrong?" Xander asked getting up from the bed.
"Angel. Why didn't he wake us up?" She asked, the thought of her lover dead, hitting her hard.
"It's okay Buffy. I'm sure Angel's fine. He and Giles probably lost track of time last night and he's at Giles'." Xander said.
"I hope so." She said as tears flowed from her eyes. "I don't know what I'd do if I lost him Xander." She cried.
"Shush." Xander said wrapping his arms around his friend as she cried on his shoulder.
Willow chose that moment to open her eyes. She saw Buffy crying and mouthed a 'what's wrong?' to Xander.
'Angel.' He mouthed back.
Willows eyes widen in fear. 'He's dead?' She asked.
'No. He didn't come home last night?' He mouthed back.
'Oh.' Willow said.
"Buffy? You want to call Giles? See if he's there?" Willow asked her friend.
"Yes." She said pulling away from Xander. Her eyes were red and puffy from crying.
"Come on." The red head said, grabbing her friends hand and going downstairs.
Phone
"Giles?" Buffy said when she heard someone pick up the phone.
"Buffy? It's rather early. Are you okay?" He asked.
"No. Is Angel there?" She asked. Praying that her watcher would say; ' yes'.
"Well no."
"Oh god. Giles what happened?" She asked.
"What do you mean? Isn't he in the guest room?" He asked.
"Guest room?"
"Yes. He said he was going to sleep in the guest room. He didn't want to wake you three so he slept in the guest room after following me home."
"Oh. Sorry I woke you Giles."
"It's okay Buffy. I understand."
"I'll stop by later on tonight. Bye."
"Okay. Bye." He said before hanging up.
Buffy turned and looked at Xander and Willow. "He's in the guest room." She said sheepishly.
Xander and Willow just laughed. "Come on. I'll make some breakfast and then Xander and I will leave." Willow said.
"Okay. But, will you guys come back?" She asked.
"Of course." Xander said.
"Good. Cause I had fun last night." She said happily.
"So did I." Willow agreed as they moved to the kitchen.
"Yeah. It was like old times." Xander chimed in.
"It's rather quiet, don't you think?" Giles asked as he and Angel entered the house after patrol.
"Yeah. Unless they fell asleep." Angel said hanging up his leather duster on the coat rack.
"Yes well that seems like something they'd do." Giles said amused.
"I know Buffy was tired. She couldn't sleep last night after the attacks." Angel told the watcher as they walked up to Angel and Buffy's room in search of the teens.
"I image so."
They reached the room and opened the door to see the three teens asleep on the bed.
"Told you." Angel said to Giles with a smirk.
Giles looked over at the bed. Buffy was laying on her back, hugging Angel's pillow. Xander lie on his stomach next to her and Willow, was curled up in the fetal position with her head resting on Xander's back. Giles just smiled at the sight. After all they'd been through in the past two years, they were still each able to maintain a somewhat normal teen life. No matter what happened, they had stayed close friends and were like three normal teen friends. He was happy for his slayer. Happy, that she had something so normal in her not so normal life. His smile widened. "I'll wake Xander and Willow, give you your bed back. I'll take them home." Giles said going to wake the teens.
"No. It's okay. I'll sleep in one of the guest rooms. There's one down the hall. I insist you stay the night, Giles. I don't want you out there on your own. It's to dangerous." Angel told the watcher.
"Angel, I'll be fine."
"Giles please stay. Keep my undead heart at rest and spend the night."
"Angel. I assure you I shall be fine."
"Fine. Then at least let me follow you home." Angel said.
"There is no need for that Angel."
"You know I'm going to do it anyways so we might as well leave now." Angel said with a smirk.
Giles sighed heavily. "Very well." He said turning and heading back down the stairs.
Early the next morning
Buffy awoke to the call of nature. Being pregnant sometimes sucked. Especially when you're in the middle of a great dream about the sexy vampire you love and then it hits you, the urge to pee.
Buffy groaned and climbed out of bed, tiredly. She rushed to the bathroom, quietly, as not to wake her sleeping Angel.
Buffy exited the bathroom and looked to her bed where he lover should have been, but instead of Angel asleep in their bed, she spotted her two best friends. We must have fallen asleep. She thought. Wait a second. Then why didn't Angel or Giles wake us up? She thought, terror creeping up inside her. "Oh god." She gasped.
Xander heard someone gasp and groggily awoke. Wiping the crust from his eyes Xander opened them and looked up to see Buffy. "Huh? What the hell?" He asked, then a look of realization hit him. "Oh we fell asleep." He said.
"Yeah." She said not really paying attention to him. Terrible images of Angel and Giles dead ran through her mind, tears welled up behind her eyes.
"Buffy? What's wrong?" Xander asked getting up from the bed.
"Angel. Why didn't he wake us up?" She asked, the thought of her lover dead, hitting her hard.
"It's okay Buffy. I'm sure Angel's fine. He and Giles probably lost track of time last night and he's at Giles'." Xander said.
"I hope so." She said as tears flowed from her eyes. "I don't know what I'd do if I lost him Xander." She cried.
"Shush." Xander said wrapping his arms around his friend as she cried on his shoulder.
Willow chose that moment to open her eyes. She saw Buffy crying and mouthed a 'what's wrong?' to Xander.
'Angel.' He mouthed back.
Willows eyes widen in fear. 'He's dead?' She asked.
'No. He didn't come home last night?' He mouthed back.
'Oh.' Willow said.
"Buffy? You want to call Giles? See if he's there?" Willow asked her friend.
"Yes." She said pulling away from Xander. Her eyes were red and puffy from crying.
"Come on." The red head said, grabbing her friends hand and going downstairs.
Phone
"Giles?" Buffy said when she heard someone pick up the phone.
"Buffy? It's rather early. Are you okay?" He asked.
"No. Is Angel there?" She asked. Praying that her watcher would say; ' yes'.
"Well no."
"Oh god. Giles what happened?" She asked.
"What do you mean? Isn't he in the guest room?" He asked.
"Guest room?"
"Yes. He said he was going to sleep in the guest room. He didn't want to wake you three so he slept in the guest room after following me home."
"Oh. Sorry I woke you Giles."
"It's okay Buffy. I understand."
"I'll stop by later on tonight. Bye."
"Okay. Bye." He said before hanging up.
Buffy turned and looked at Xander and Willow. "He's in the guest room." She said sheepishly.
Xander and Willow just laughed. "Come on. I'll make some breakfast and then Xander and I will leave." Willow said.
"Okay. But, will you guys come back?" She asked.
"Of course." Xander said.
"Good. Cause I had fun last night." She said happily.
"So did I." Willow agreed as they moved to the kitchen.
"Yeah. It was like old times." Xander chimed in.