Disclaimer: All characters from ANGEL belong to Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy. If they arent on the show they belong to me.

Summary: A different turn of events after Season 1 Episode 12 "Expecting". A/C pairing.

CHAPTER 2

Angel and Cordelia sat quietly in the waitng room of the demon-doctor's office as Wesley filled out the neccesary paper work. The waiting room was small and poorly lit, but rather clean for being underground. Wesley sat down shortly after he handed all the papers into the nurse.

"They said it shouldn't be to long of a wait." Wesley stated.

Angel nodded and looked at Cordelia who was looking down playing with her watch. He gently patted her back. "Cordy, you ok?"

Cordelia jumped and immediately grabbed her heart. "Oh! It was only you Angel." She said setting back down. "I'm sorry, I must have zoned out for a second. You scared me."

"I...I didn't mean to. I just..." Angel looked down. "You looked upset."

Cordelia snorted with a smile. "Just a little. I mean, I am going to be a mother to some big demon babies in a couple of weeks right?" She laughed nervously.

"Cordelia..." Wesley started but was interupted when the nurse came into the room.

"Cordelia Chase?" The fat little demon nurse read off her chart.

"That's me." Cordelia stood with Angel's help.

"Come on in. The doctor will see you now." The nurse said holding open the door.

Cordelia looked to Angel who gave her a nod and then helped her into the room with Wesley trailing behind.

The exam room was much brighter and more chearful then the waiting room. The nurse instructed Cordelia to lay back and wait for the doctor, reassuring her he'd be in in a minute.

"Well, this is just great." Said Cordelia flatly when the nurse left.

"What is?" Wesley asked leaning against the wall.

"That you guys are in here with me. I wasn't planning on that." Cordelia looked up over the hump in her stomach.

"We can go if you want." Angel offered. He was a little embarrassed to be in there as it was, he thought to himself. He didn't mind leaving.

"No." Cordelia said quickly throwing her hand out to Angel. "I don't want to be alone."

"And you won't be." Wesley smiled at her as the door swung open and the doctor entered.

Cordelia looked nervously at Angel who quickly took her outstretched hand silently.

"Well..." The doctor said reading his chart. "Miss Chase..." The Doctor was a small demon with green skin and yellow eyes. He was rather old and frail looking, and had a small patch of white hair on his head. His nose was very long and his glasses sat on it in a rather odd way. "I'm Doctor Everets." He stretched out his hand to Angel.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Angel." Angel said shaking the doctor's hand.

"A vampire right?" Dr. Everets asked.

Angel nodded.

"Well, Mr. Angel-Vampire. I must say I've never had something like this happen before, but you do have a soul so I shouldn't be surprised you'd be knocking girls up." The doctor said tiltling his head to indicate he was talking about Cordelia.

"Oh..." Angel was surprised. "Uh...no...it's not-"

"They're not his." Cordelia lifted her head. "Trust me, because if they were he'd be a pile of dust right now..."

"Oh dear." The Dr. Everets said. "I'm sorry. I just assumed..." He pointed to Angel's hand that was clasped onto Cordelia's tight.

"How'd you know I have a soul?" Angel asked.

"I can smell it on you, kid." Dr. Everets said.

"Dr. Everets, Wesley Wyndham-Pryce." Wesley butted in. "We spoke earlier on the phone?"

The doctor looked confused.

"This is Cordelia." Wesley pointed to Cordelia. "The seer."

"Oh! Oh right!" Dr. Everts laughed. "Of coarse. I know all about you, dear." He said patting Cordelia's leg. "Welsey told me all about what happened."

"Great..." Cordelia said with a fake smile.

"Now, relax." The Doctor began examining Cordelia. "Well, from the look of you there isn't much we can do anymore. You'll have to have these suckers and then we'll see what we can do with them. But I'll be honest with you, for the most part, these types of demons are just bad news." Dr. Everts said to Cordelia. "We usually have to kill them right after birth."

"Kill them?" Cordelia asked.

"I'm afraid so." Dr. Everts said. "Now listen, I want you off your feet as much as possible. These things should be here in the next few weeks. Understood?" He lifted his glasses to look at Cordelia.

Cordelia nodded as Angel helped her sit up.

"And you," Dr. Everts pointed to Angel. "You take care of her big guy. I've seen a million guys like you in here...well not like you but I can tell you care about her. Keep her safe."

"I will." Angel picked Cordelia up.

"Angel, what are you doing?" Cordelia was confused.

"He said off your feet right? So I'm doing what he said." Angel said as he carried Cordelia out the door.

Angel made himself comfortable on Cordelia's couch. He and Wesley decided that if someone was going to keep Cordelia safe Angel was the better of the two to do it, so Angel would be spending the next few weeks at Cordelia's apartment.

"Angel." Cordelia made her way out of the kitchen. "I'm sorry about the couch. I'll make you up the bed in the spare room tomorrow."

"Don't worry about it." Angel smiled and patted the couch. "I'm fine. Now shouldn't you be off your feet?"

"Yeah, yeah." Cordelia rubbed her stomach. "I'm working on it-OWE!" Cordelia doubled over.

"What?" Angel was at her side helping her to the couch in a flash. "What is it Cordy?"

Cordelia just looked up and smiled. "They kicked...or one of them did. Here..." Cordelia took Angel's hand and placed it on her stomach. "Feel it..."

"Wow." Angel was surprised at the strength the babies had, even for demons.

"You know something?" Cordelia looked up at Angel. "I'm really not sure what im going to do with them. I never thought i wanted them, I still don't know if I do. I mean, I always wanted children but not like this. But when the doctor told me we might have to kill them." Cordelia's eyes began to fill with tear.

"Cordy..." Angel patted her leg.

"They're a part of me. How am i supposed to live with that if they are killed?" Cordelia bit her lip to hold back the tears.

"If they're evil you won't want them around anyway. You'll know it when they are born. You won't feel bad then." Angel tried to reassure her.

"They could be good though, right? Like Doyle." She grabbed Angel's hand. "He was good, Angel, he really was."

Angel nodded. "I know he was."

"So they could be like him, right? It could happen?" Cordelia's eyes pleaded with Angel's.

Angel nodded. "It could, but-"

"But don't get my hopes up. I know." She looked down at her stomach and smiled. "I just don't know what to do."

"Well, let's not worry about that now." Angel said as he slowly helped her to her feet. "You need some rest. Come on." He picked her up and brought her to her room.

The ring of the phone is what woke Cordelia up. He rubbed her eyes and looked over at her clock. 2:27 AM. "Who the hell is calling me at this hour?" She said to no one in particular as the phone stopped ringing. She sighed and tried to get comforable again. Just then her door swung open.

"Cordy? It's me." Angel said turning on the lights.

"Who was that on the phone?" Cordelia asked struggling to sit up.

"Wes." Angel said moving into the room. "Listen, there's some demon downtown I need to take care of, so we've got to get you packed up and over to my place."

"I'm fine, Angel. I'm not going to pop. I promise." Cordelia said as she made small circles on her stomach with her hand.

"Cordy, we aren't fighting about it. Just please do what I ask?" Angel pleaded and Cordelia nodded to him. "Alright, so where are your clothes so I can pack them up for you?"

"In the closet, like everyone else's in the world." Cordelia looked down. "Not that any of them fit me anymore."

"Alright, then you'll just borrow a pair of my sweats or something." Angel moved to her bed. "Now let's go."

It was almost 4:00AM by the time Angel got Cordelia comfortable and met Wesley in the alley.

"Sorry, Wes." Angel said with sword in hand. "It took awhile to get Cordelia settled."

"I understand. Now." Welsey fixed his glasses. "It seems there is some sort of soul sucking demon in there." Wesley pointed to the building in front of them. "It apparently takes peoples souls and uses them to feed off of and stay alive."

"Great, because me without a soul has never been a problem or anything." Angel said sarcastically.

"He won't take your soul. You're dead already. He only takes souls that belong to those who are alive because they have the energy of life in them. Your's just-"

"I'm not alive so no life in the soul." Angel said simply.

"Correct, but that means I can't come in with you." Wesley looked down.

"Not a problem. I'll be back in a few." Angel made his way to the door.

"And Angel," Wesley said pointing up to the sky. "You don't have much time. It's almost dawn."

Angel nodded and entered the building. Upon closing the door behind him he immediately felt he wasn't alone. "Who's there?" He called out raising his sword. Before he could even turn around a large demon wit huge teeth and claws had Angel pinned under him. Angel struggled to get up between the demons bits and blows. Then the demon lifted his claw to swip Angel's face once more and Angel managed to grab his sword and pierce the demon through his heart. The demon fell over and Angel pushed him off of him. Then Angel tried to stand and suddenly the room started spinning and Angel fell, blacking out.