Angel's POV

I walked through to the foyer where Wesley and Lindsey were standing in deep conversation. I walked up to them and interrupted them.

"Hey Angel what's up?" asked Lindsey. Angel put his hand on the back of his neck.

" Alex is in the hospital. Erik wants us to go there right away."

"What! What the hell happened to her?" asked Lindsey as he panicked. Angel put his hands on Lindsey's shoulders and held him still.

"She has a fever and tremors. She also has thrown up a few times and has a stomach pain. She is in the ER right now. We need to get down there and hopefully we'll get there before she is out of surgery. Gather everyone up and we'll go." he said to Wesley. Wesley nodded slightly and ran off to get the others who were busy sleeping. Wesley and Lindsey were only up because they had tons of sleep the day before and were not tired just yet.

Wesley ran out three minutes later with Cordy, Gunn, and Fred on his tail. They ran out and got into two different cars to go to the hospital. Ten minutes later they were running inside to find Erik and see how Alex was doing. They ran through the hospital through to the ER. Erik was standing looking through a large window and I could see from where I was that he had either been crying or was at the time. I ran up to him with the others right behind me. I got to him and put my hand on his shoulder.

"What's going on Erik? Where is Alex?" Erik didn't even look at me as he watched in the window. I turned slowly and looked in. There were doctors and nurses running around in the room and the blue sheets covering a body had blood on them. I gasped as I realized that that was Alex. I turned to Lindsey and saw him looking in the room in horror with Cordy holding him, making sure that he wasn't going to fall to the ground. He looked up at Erik and glared at him.

"How could you let this happen?" he whispered really low though Erik and I heard it.

"You think that this is my fault? She just woke up like this. She was fine when we were moving furniture and painting! She was fine!" he yelled. Lindsey glared at him. Erik scoffed and turned to me.

"I have to go look after the animals. Tao will be hungry right about now. I'll be back later." I started to walk off when I heard Lindsey speak.

"Don't bother coming back." he had pushed away from Cordelia and went to a seat near the window. I saw Erik look at Lindsey and he had a tear coming down his uncovered side of his face. I looked on sympathetically and helpless in stopping the feud. I turned back to the window and watched them operate.

Three hours later, the doctor walked out to the waiting room where we were at the time. Lindsey jumped up and walked over to him.

"How is she doctor?" he asked in horror. The doctor smiled.

"She's fine. Her appendix ruptured and that's why she was sick. You're lucky she got here in time. A few more hours later and she wouldn't be here right now. Now, who is her father?" Lindsey was about to speak but then turned around to me. I shook my head.

"You raised her." I stated.

"You are her biological father." he turned back to the doctor.

"I guess we both are."

"Well, family may go in now. She is unconscious right now so she won't answer you but she can hear you."

"Thank you." I got up and went with Lindsey to the room the doctor showed us to. We walked in and saw Alex laying in a bed asleep. We walked over to her bed and stood there. I could see the bandage that was covering the wound under her shirt. I sighed and sat down in a chair that the nurses brought up to us. We thanked them and they left us alone. I sat in it and just stared at Alex. She looked so peaceful at the time. I looked over at Lindsey and he was looking at the floor.

"Lindsey what's wrong?"

"I should never have trusted him. He is no good if he almost let her die." he stated. I glared at him.

"He didn't do it on purpose. He said she woke up with it. I think he is perfect for her. He would never purposely let something happen to her. I know him very well." I growled at him. He looked up at me and sighed.

"I just can't imagine losing her. She was the only thing I cared about for the longest time. Now, I have to give her away? I don't think I am ready to do that. I don't think I'm strong enough." he reached up and took her hand in his. I looked at him in sympathy.

"I know its hard. It was hard for me to give her up too. I almost died when Wolfram and Hart took her away. But I lived through it. You can too. Plus you can see her at anytime."

"I know. I just... I don't want her to be dependant on someone else."

"It's okay Lindsey. You have to let her go eventually. Just get to know him and see."
"Should I go over there?" he asked quietly after being silent for about 5 minutes.

"Yes, I think you should. He should be at home now. He's taking care of Tao. Go." I watched him walk out and I stayed put, thinking about what to do next.

Ok i havent updated in awhile and im starting to think i dont like this story. Tell me what you think. I have it finished but i dont think its that good so i might discontinue it.