Buffys Room

"I held him close and adamantly told him I would never forget, and then there was a bright flash, and we were brought back to the very start of the attack from the demon I figured it would be a clean break if I just pretended to forget but I wanted to see if Angel would really go through with it and when he did, I had my answer..." Buffy said with a sad sigh and tears streaming down her face. Willow grabbed best friends hands tears threatening to spill from the brims of her eyes "But Buffy if the day was erased forgive me but how could…Angel possibly be the father? The day never technically h appened…" Buffy shook her head "Willow besides Angel there was Parker and we used protection." Willow took in another deep breath "So that only leaves Angel..Wow..maybe those Orcals forgot to erase the baby or maybe they couldn't?" Buffy shook her head still even trying to wrap her own mind around it all "Will I'm not sure but I know I need to tell Angel face to face. I tried doing it over the phone but chickened out. I mean what if he doesn't believe me or worse what if he wants nothing to do with us because we are supposed to be off forgetting!! Sorry Angel can't forget when I have your child growing inside of me!!!!" Willow grabbed Buffy by the shoulders "Come on Buffy you know Angels not that kinda guy and with him being from well the olden days he would never be a big poop head like Parker and treat you bad well of course if he turned back into Angelus then definitely I would worry about him being more like Parker…" At that Buffy had to stop her best friend "Will..definitely not helping!" "Sorry Buffy! Well do you plan to tell Giles?" Buffy felt the color drain from her face she hadn't even thought about Giles! "Once I tell Angel I will tell him" Telling Giles would be one of the hardest things that she would have to do besides telling Angel ,Giles was basically her surrogate father, and she knew this news would disappoint him more than anything. "There are so many things you are going to need to think about Buffy like slaying!!! And what about school!? Buffy, if you are having a baby, you cannot keep it here at school, which means you are going to have to move out! And if you move out who will be my new roomie I could end up with someone like KATHY!!! Oh, Buffy you can't do that to me" Willows Panic was thick within her voice she did not mean to make this entire situation about herself it just came out that way what would she do without her best friend by her side? Buffy reached over and grabbed Mr. Gordo for some support she didn't even think about the effect of even keeping this baby would have on those around her, hell if those in the demon world got wind that she was carrying a child they could use said child against her as a weakness and how could she even think about leaving her child every night to slay with the possibility of never returning. And another thought came to the front of her mind what if Angel wanted nothing to do with the baby would she really want to lead the same life as her mother and take on the huge task of raising a baby by herself? Could she have the strength to have an abortion or give the baby up- for adoption? Buffy took a much needed deep breath she felt like her mind was going a million miles an hour. "Willow I don't even know if I'm keeping the baby..," She said just loud enough for willow to hear her "What if I tell him and he turns us away" Buffy said with tears in her eyes at that moment Willow put all selfish thoughts behind herself and wrapped Buffy in a hug "No matter what you decided just know that you have me."

A Few Hours Later

Buffy and Willow had been sitting on Buffys talking about all of Buffy's options if she did keep the baby and possible spells Willow could try to do to keep not only Buffy but little "Tinker" safe on nightly patrols until Buffy got to big to patrol anymore. "Buffy!!!!" Called Joyce from downstairs "Rileys here to see you" Buffy and Willow both looked at each other wide eyed. "Ummm tell him to come on up mom!" Buffy yelled before Riley got to her room she said in a hushed tone to willow "Don't you dare leave me alone with him." Willow gave buffy a salute and a quick smile. there was a small knock on the door "is it OK if I come in Buffy?" Riley asked "yeah come on in it's just Willow and I" Riley opened the door to see Buffy and Willow sitting side by side on her bed. "well, you look a whole lot better than you did earlier how are you feeling Buffy?" Buffy went back and forth in her mind whether to tell him the truth or a lie, so she decided to stick with a half-truth "I'm feeling a whole lot better sorry to scare you back there! it hadn't been for you I'd probably still be on the floor." Riley began shifting his weight back and forth on his foot "well I was hoping me asking you on a date wasn't the cause of it I would hate that I had that effect on you" he said as his cheeks started to turn a very bright red. Buffy was hoping that he would not bring it up but here he was again bringing it up. Willow now understood why Buffy did not want to be left alone with him and as her best friend it was her job to shut Riley down with as much grace as possible. "Hey Riley, was there anything that Buffy missed in psych today?" Willow asked as innocently as possible to help change the subject Buffy giving her a knowing glance and was so thankful for her changing the subject, she officially owed her. "no nothing that she needs to really worry about it was pretty much all review today." He said with a slight bit of annoyance in his voice he figured he just needed to come right out and just ask again Willow being around was not going to stop him "Buffy I'm still wanting to know about me taking you on a date? I know you just had a rough day, but I figure it cannot hurt to ask and I want to ask you now instead of waiting and then some other lucky guy sweeps you off your feet." Buffy didn't know what to do or say she didn't want to hurt him he had so much courage not to just ask her once but twice. "Ummm Riley can you give me a few days to at least think about it my mind is a little foggy right now and making a decision would not be of the good right now..." that response must have been a good one for Riley because he gave his boyish smile "of course it's OK Buffy just don't leave me hanging too long I need to head out because I have some papers to grade but I hope you feel better soon." As he was saying this, he got closer to Buffy and leaned down and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek and then he headed to the door. "Wow well that was interesting what are you going to do?" Willow asked Buffy. "Like everything else in my life at the moment I have no clue"