-Sunnydale Highway - Where Last Chap Left Off-
Buffy moved to picik the girl up and once she was standing with the girl cradled in her arms she looked around for anyone with a plan. Buffy sighedand improved a plan, "Okay, this is what's going to happen. Willow, I want you to take everyone back to the house, get them settled in and inform Giles of this new player in town. Whatever you do don't say anything about the pregnancy tests. Superheroes are with me which include SPike, Faith, Connor and Angel. We're going to go to the hospital with the girl and then on a small patrol. Look for any new player or information."
Fred piped up, "Shouldn't we have a superhero? Just in case."
Buffy smiled, "You got Willow. Now everyone going to the house in LA car and everyone going with me in Sunnydale car. No time to lose guys." Cordy didn't have a chance to protest as everyone did as told and crammed into cars. Spike hopped in drivers seat and took off first followed by Willow who was now driving.
-Hospital-
Buffy rushed in with the girl followed by everyone else. She was immediately accepted in and doctors went to work. They all made thier way to the waiting room and Buffy sat down with a sigh, "Not even back for more then 10 minutes and already my girls are in trouble."
Connor rubbed her hand, "We'll handle it, I promise."
Buffy smiled at his innocent ignorance but knew Faith, Angel and Spike understood her worry. There was a lot going on and she was going to need all the help she could get. "I hope so, I hope so."
-Summer's House-
Everyone slowly got out of the car as Willow just got off the phone. She phoned Xander and told him to gather everyone in the living room, she was only going to say this once. Slowly the strangers to Sunnydale made thier way tot he front door as she lead them all in. They entered to a large number of people lingering in the living room. She didn't notice it then but the only one missing was Anya. Before introductions she went on to explain everything but the tests and the pregnant demon infection.
-Hospital - A Little While After-
Silence mostly occupied the room until the doctor finally showed up. Buffy stood and he started talking, "A lot of internal damage was caused butshe'll be fine. A lot of bed rest and she shouldn't exert herself for a long while."
Buffy nodded, "When can she come home?"
The doctor shrugged, "A day, two at the most."
"Is she awake?"
The doctor nodded, "She's in and out. You can see her for a few minutes but I reccommend you let her rest."
Buffy smiled, "A few minutes, I promise."
-Hospital Room-
Buffy entered with everyone following behind. The girl was alarmed until Buffy smiled. The slayer walked over to the bed and grabbed her hand, "I'm Buffy."
The girl tried to smile but it didn't work, "I was looking for you."
Buffy nodded, "I figured. Can you tell me what happened?"
The girl went into details of how he stabbed her and the bringers which Buffy explained. She came to the end of the story, "He placed his mark on me."
Buffy looked to the mark she noticed before, "I'm sorry, I should have been there."
The girl nodded and blinked for about 3 seconds, a sign she was tired. Buffy let go of her hand, "We have to go try and find the guy who did this to you. You'll be outta here tomorrow and we'll take you back to my house. You'll be safe here tonight, as far as the priest guy you mentioned is concerned, you died or someone is here watching you. You'll be okay, I promise."
She nodded and slowly closed her eyes. Buffy looked at her little group of friends, "Let's hit the cemetaries. I know it's soon but a guy like this doesn't just show up. Somethings got to know something. After an hour or so we'll head back to the house and get some rest. We're going to need it for the next few days we're going to have." They just nodded once more and followed suit. Nobody was willing to disagree or disobey that slayer at this time. A guilt ridden slayer is not to be messed with.
-Summer's House-
Willow went through intros and Xander made a few jokes at Wesley's and Cordy's epxense. Giles finally spoke up, "So Buffy and everyone else are at the hospital?"
Willow nodded, "Yep, and they're doing some patrol, info rekon stuff."
Giles still seemed a little confused, "So Buffy has a son named Connor?" Again Willow had to go into detail and explanation.
-In Front Of The Summers House - A Few Hours Later-
Buffy, Angel, Faith, Spike and Connor were just getting back. Buffy got out of the car only to lean on it. Spike walked over first, "What's on your mind slayer?"
"The second we all go in there everythings going to change. No more room for weakness or failure. If you walk in there you make the decision to be all leader."
Connor smiled, "Not me. Technically i'm not even 18 so I can't really be a hero full on."
Buffy smiled, "No, but you hold the responsibility to say no to every girl that hits on you the second we walk in there."
Everyone smiled as Connor looked confused, "What do you mean?"
Spike lit a smoke up and took a drag before explaining, "The only males these girls have seen the past few weeks would be me who was otherwise occupied..." he winked at Buffy who shook her head, "...Giles who is old and Xander who is a complete nerd and taken. You on the other hand kid are thier age and very inexperienced. Those girls are going to eat you alive."
Angel finally realized the position his son would be in, "And you are going to say no to every single one of them."
Buffy had a giggle and Spike took another drag. Faith finally smiled at Buffy, "At least now you're not the only one with responsibilities."
Buffy nodded, "Yeah, we could defenitely use the muscle."
Spike took another drag and then put it out, "Yeah we can train the girls more at a time. Not just you and me anymore pet."
"This could work if the girls had any more power then thier ability to talk and ask questions."
Faith sighed, "I just got out of prison."
Everyone had a smile and Spike put out his smoke, "Suposse it's time to play mommy to a bunch of teenagers." Buffy nodded, took a deep breath and lead the way in with Angel holding one of her hands and Connor holding the other one.
-Inside The Summer's House-
The the heroes entered they saw that all the girls were sleeping and the main gang lingered in the living room, this time without Xander and Anya. Faith got the unwelcoming stares that Angel was also feeling. Giles and Dawn were fascinated by Connor and by how much he looked like his dad. Buffy interrupted the awkward silence, "I thought you guys would have all hit the hay."
Willow smiled, "I was kind of hoping you could do sleeping arrangements tonight, plus I just got done telling these two about Connor."
Buffy nodded, "Good." She looked around at everybody and started pointing out places. "Wesley you're in Willow's room, Cordy you're in Dawn's room, Gunn and Fred can crash in Giles' room if that's okay, Faith is downstairs with Spike, Connor and Angel are up in my room and I'll crash on the couch. I probably won't be sleeping that much anyway. Good night everybody, get some rest, you'll need it."
Before Angel could interrupt with his argument of Buffy sleeping on the couch she left the room and went into the kitchen. Willow stood up, "You all heard the woman, good night everybody."
Slowly everybody guided thier guests away to thier rooms leaving only Connor, Angel, Spike and Faith in the living room. Spike smiled, "Well, looks like it's time for the slayer and I's late night snack."
Everyone followed Spike inot the kitchen to see Buffy making a salad. She smiled at Spike, "Late night for five instead of two?"
He half smiled and at the sound of the microwave he fully smiled, "You even heated me up a glass, normally I do that part."
"Yeah you usually start my salad too."
Angel looked between the two and was suddenly completely jealous. Faithy just said what he was thinking which hurt even more, "God you guys sound married."
Buffy shrugged, "We'd both be dead if we were married."
Spike nodded, "I can't spend longer then 10 minutes with this one before she starts nagging or complaining."
Buffy just sighed and looked at Angel, "You want a cup too?" He nodded and then she looked between Faith and Connor, "You two want something to eat?"
Faith spoke as Buffy put Angel's cup of blood in the microwave, "You know what I could use? A real good hamburger, maybe some greasy fries and a good coke."
Buffy looke din the freezer and spoke as she looked, "They don't feed you in prison."
"Nothing worth eating."
Buffy smiled, "The best I can do is the fries and coke. What do you want kid?"
"I could have some fries and a coke."
Spike smiled, "Then you guys better cook them if you want them not extra crispy."
Buffy sarcastically laughed as Faith tried to subtley go to cook the fries. Buffy threw the fries on the counter, "Fine. I try to be nice and you make fun of my cooking. Cook yourself."
The microwave beeped and Angel grabbed his cup and sat down at the table accross from her. That moment lasted a few hours with sarcastic insults and stories. A few hours later after the food was gone Faith stretched and yawned, "Looks like sleep time for the second slayer."
Spike nodded, "You better not snore pet or you're being thrown off the bed."
Faith sighed, "Night B."
Buffy smiled and waved good night. Spike looked at Buffy and winked. Buffy smiled and watched the two make thier way to the basement. She saw Connor yawn too and ran her fingers through his hair, "You should sleep kiddo. I'm going to need you tomorrow."
Connor nodded, "You should too, the worlds going to need you rested."
Buffy shrugged, "I don't sleep that great when the worlds about to end."
Connor smiled, "Doesn't mean you can't try."
Angel agreed, "Get some sleep Buffy, even if just to make us happy."
Buffy nodded, "I will."
Angel and Connor stood up. "You sure you don't want to sleep in your room?"
Buffy nodded, "Go, I'll be fine."
Connor hugged her good night and Angel did the same with a kiss on her cheek. When they were gone Buffy was left alone to ponder her thoughts and her feelings and that right there is why she hated being alone.
-About 3am - Living Room-
Buffy was still up, curled into a corner on the couch. Things were going to get hard, very hard and she had to think about how to handle these girls. That should have been the most important thing on her mind but what consumed most of her thoughts were her Angel, the one that she expected to make a visit in the next few minutes or hour. He would make sure she slept, just like he always did. She felt the confusion she did when they first met and somehow she enjoyed it. The trouble was she just didn't know how he felt and it hurt knowing that there was the possibility where he didn't feel the same. It wasn't long before she heard the footsteps on the stairs and smiled. She waited until he made it all the way down and stood behind the couch to confront him.
Buffy pretended she was asleep until the perfect moment, "It's not nice to stare."
"It's not healthy to not sleep."
"Well I eat right and work out. It all balances."
"What are you thinking about?"
Buffy smiled, "Why do you ask questions of which you know the answer to?"
Angel moved to sit beside her on the couch, "The calm before the storm."
Buffy nodded, "Things are looking to get really bad Angel."
He grabbed her hand, "I'll be here this time Buffy Summers, I will."
She nodded and smile dbut something still bugged her, "Say we make it through this Angel? What happens? I want to see him and you, I don't want to let this just be a visit."
Angel shrugged, "I don't have any of the answers Buffy, I really don't. Why can't we just take this one day at a time, like we always do."
Buffy looked away until she thought of a question where the answer would satisfy her, wheather it be in a good way or a apinful one. She looked him in the eyes and held onto his hand for life, "Do you still love me?"
Angel looked into the slayers eyes and saw confusion and pain, "I've never loved anyone else like I love you."
Buffy smiled, "Good, good. That answer should do until I have all the other ones."
Angel heard what she said but didn't believe it. She was so confused and full of worry. He moved over closer to her and lifted her chin so they were looking directly into each other's eyes, "I love you more then this world, I've missed you more then I have ever missed anything in my life and I promise you Buffy Summers this isn't just a visit. We'll work something out, I promise. My son needs a mother and what better one then his own right?"
Buffy had a tear in her eye as she still wondered if he just wanted to because of Connor, "Do you want to be with me?"
Angel sighed, "There are things that stand in the way. You deserve so much bett..."
Buffy shook her head, "I asked you if you want to, I didn't ask for the same old speech Angel."
"My whole life, I've never wanted anything else."
Buffy smiled, "If that's true then we'll find a way." She slowly claimed her spot as she lay accross her lover's lap and put her head on his shoulder, "We'll find a way."
This girl had so much faith in thier love that it amazed him. He held on tight to her hand, to her whole body hoping he didn't put a false hope into both of thier heads. He looked at her though, watched her slowly fall asleep with a small smile on her face and couldn't help but smile himself. They'd have to find a way because he couldn't bare losing this girl another time. He gave her a small kiss which she returned in her sleep and then picked her up like a baby and brought her to bed with him, where she belonged.
A/N - I know this chapter moved a little fast and is horribly written especially my grammer but it's only a lead up to the next one. After my late VERY LATE update I figured you all deserved some Buffy/Angel fluff. I finally got to another cafe and am uploading a few chapters for a few stories. I hope you like and aren't too made at me, I really am trying to get my6 net back. I might have the cash pretty quick though. Thanks reviewers!