Angel was surprised when he got back to the alley. "I didn't think they'd actually leave me," he mumbled as he sniffed the air to figure out which direction Darla's scent had drifted to.

&&&

"Xander's married." Cordy asked Dawn on the couch in the Summer's living room.

"Yes, you knew he was dating Anya. It just got more serious." Dawn shrugged. "Besides I always thought you could do better than Xander."

"That's because you had an elementary school crush on him," Cordy reminded her.

"As fascinating as high school gossip is," Gunn looked at the two girls. "Are you sure there's nothing we can do like go fight a demon or something?"

"Nope," Cordy told him. "We just need to wait on Darla to have her little demon love child." There was a knock on the door. "And answer the door."

"I'll get it," Buffy came down the stairs. "I swear I should have a hotel sign on this place. I thought you might stop by … Angelus."

"Angel?" Cordy got up from the couch and walked over to door.

"Careful Cordy, he might attack you." Buffy warned.

"Oh please, Angel's fine I mean he's been a little less broody lately, but not with the perfect happiness." Cordy insisted as Angel walked into the house. "She's upstairs with Wes, Fred, and Spike." She informed him before she walked back into the living room.

At the word Spike, Angel had bolted up the stairs and was currently strangling his grandchilde. "What are you doing here Spike?"

"At the moment helping Darla deliver your son, while in general sticking around Sunnydale and helping me with Apocalypses," Buffy explained coming up the stairs. "Now if you don't mind, stop strangling my boyfriend."

In shock at her pronouncement and the confirmatory smirk on Spike's face, Angel released Spike but still glared at him. "I swear if you hurt Darla or the baby."

"That's bloody rich coming from you Peaches, unlike you I understand family obligations. That woman giving birth in there is family to me and as far as I'm concern that child no matter how questionable his father is, is family to." With that Spike stormed down the stairs and slammed the door on the way out of the house and back to his crypt.

"I better go talk to him," Buffy followed after the blonde vampire.

Angel stood shell shocked until Darla's scream from the bedroom made him turn and follow the sound of his son being born.