A/N: Hey everyone! Sorry it's taking me so long to post…I'm a big dumb ass and keep forgetting to lol. It's like I said in the first chapter, I have a lot of chapter written already so I just reread them and fix some small things and then post it so it's not really that hard so I really don't know why I don't post more often. Anyway…REALLY sorry!!! I'll try and start updating quicker I promise! It's been so long since I've written this stuff though that I'm realizing just how different (and hopefully better) my writing has gotten over time. If I had time I'd almost just like to rewrite this whole fic but I really really don't have the time lol. So I hope you all still enjoy it but just know that it was written a while ago and I'm sorry if it's kind of crapily written. Crapily? Is that even a word? Anyway…Thanks so much to everyone who's been reading and reviewing. You guys are awesome! I hope you enjoy.
Checkup
About four months had gone by, making the girls about five months pregnant and beginning to show. Buffy and the others ultimately decided to take Angel up on his offer for them to stay. He had even convinced Cordelia, Wesley and Gunn to move into the hotel even though they were each only about five minutes away. He said that it would be better for them to be there incase there was an attack. He figured that Cordy would be safer there and they would all be safer with Wesley and Gunn there as extra fighting hands.
Lorne moved into the hotel as well. Before Angel could even ask him to he accepted. He knew that he wouldn't be much help when it came to protecting the girls but he knew a lot about demons and he knew that, plus his reading abilities, would help a great deal.
The hotel was filled up the most it had been in a long time. Everyone stayed on the second floor. Most of the rest of the floor's rooms were a little bit more then fixer uppers. Angel placed most of the girls on the west wing close to the stairs since he knew that it would make things just a little easier when their bellies started to grow.
When you walk up the stairs and go left Dawn's room was the first on the left. Buffy's was right next door to hers and then Willow and Tara's room was next to hers. Across from Dawn was Cordelia's room and next to her was Fred's where she had already been staying. On the other side of Fred was Faith. Angel's room was also on the west wing a few doors down from Faith's room and Lorne was across the hall from him.
If you were to walk to the right after getting to the top of the stairs, go past the balcony, Anya and Xander's room was the first on the left. Giles was one door down with Wesley right across the hall and Gunn next to him.
It was a full house and although it was nice to have so many friends living all in one place it wasn't always pleasant. Everyone was starting to get used to Faith being around but in the beginning it wasn't easy. She had killed people, kidnapped Dawn, slept with Xander and then tried to kill him, tortured Wesley, stolen Buffy's body and slept with her boyfriend. To say the least she wasn't well liked at first. There was also some weirdness between some of the others but the longer they all spent together the better things got.
As far as the Hellmouth in Sunnydale was concerned, a phone call soon after Angel asked Buffy and the others to move in with him took care of that problem. Riley Finn had found out about the prophecy from his connections with the remaining branches of the Initiative and immediately thought of Buffy. He tracked down where she was and found out that she was in fact involved.
The Initiative had been thinking about setting up again in Sunnydale but felt no need since Buffy was there to handle things. Buffy was a little hesitant at first when Riley offered to take over in Sunnydale but he assured her that all happenings would be discussed with her and she would be indirectly involved with everything. After some convincing she finally agreed.
The Hellmouth in Sunnydale was taken care of and everyone was together in LA preparing for the babies. Angel Investigations was actually advertising now. They were doing everything possible to get money for the babies. Xander had gotten a transfer from his construction job in Sunnydale and was still making even better money in LA. He even got Gunn a job with his crew when he asked for one.
The eight girls and six boys were beginning to function just like a family. The money that Angel Investigations and Xander and Gunn made went to everyone not just themselves. Over all things were going pretty well.
"So you girls have the appointment today right?" Gunn asked.
Faith smiled at him. "Yeah I'm pretty excited about it actually."
Gunn smiled back at her. They were out for their usual early morning walk. They used to go for runs but the doctors told Faith that she should take things a little easier now that she was in the second trimester. Ever since Gunn's little comforting talk the two had become very close friends.
"I have to say I'm pretty excited myself," Gunn responded.
Faith looked at him with shock. "Really? You?"
"Yeah of course," Gunn answered. "It's pretty exciting."
When they walked into the hotel they found everyone franticly getting ready. In the beginning the girls were all scared and nervous but the more time that went by the more accepting and even excited they got. Believe it or not they were all getting very excited to become mothers…even Faith.
Giles was running around the lobby going crazy trying to make sure that everyone was going to be ready on time. "Is everyone almost ready? Dawn, do you have everything you need? Buffy, do you have the papers? Cordelia, where are you going?"
"I'm just getting…" Cordelia tried to say.
"No, no we don't have time for that now lets get a move on…all of you," Giles instructed.
"I see Giles is freaking out again," Faith said.
"Be glad you weren't here earlier when he had his check list out," Buffy joked.
"Oh no," Dawn said with a look of horror on her face. "Here comes Giles junior."
Just then Wesley walked into the lobby practically pushing Fred towards the door. "Alright is everyone ready? We have to be there in twenty minutes," Wesley announced franticly.
"Relax Wes it only takes like five minutes to get there," Faith pointed out.
"I've got it," Angel yelled as he ran down the stairs with Willow's purse, "I've got your purse now we're all ready. Is everyone ready?" he asked as he looked around franticly.
Angel handed Willow her purse. "Gezz…you'd think they were the ones having babies," Willow joked.
When everyone was finally ready they went out to the cars. Since they found out about the babies they had all done everything possible to prepare…including buying minivans. They had found two reasonably priced minivans that would seat seven in each. They also still had Angel's and Giles' cars and Gunn's truck but they mainly only used the truck for work purposes.
Since it was day time Angel took his car and Buffy, Faith and Gunn road with him. Wesley drove the first minivan with Fred in the passenger seat, and Lorne and Cordy in the back. Giles drove the second minivan with Dawn in the passenger seat, Willow and Tara in the back and Xander and Anya in the farthest back seats.
Luckily their doctor's office was in the hospital which had a parking garage otherwise Angel would have to miss out on all of the visits. Since they always had their visits at the same time they had four doctors all together. Buffy and Dawn were Dr. Miller's patients, Willow and Tara were Dr. Carter's, Cordelia and Fred were Dr. Parker's patients, and Faith and Anya were Dr. Matthews'.
About five minutes after they checked in a nurse came out to the waiting room. "Anya Harris, Dr. Matthews will see you now," she announced, "And Dr. Carter is ready for you as well Miss. Rosenberg."
"I just love the sound of that," Xander said to Anya with a smile. They had just gotten married about two weeks ago. They were going to have a longer engagement but with the baby coming they felt that they should get married as soon as possible. They had a beautiful wedding that even Angel and his crew attended.
Anya, Xander, Willow and Tara all got out of their seats and walked threw the doors. Like every one of these types of check ups only one other person was allowed in the examining room with each patient. Most of the check ups the girls went in by themselves but these were the exciting ones, these were the sonogram check ups. Xander always went with Anya and Willow and Tara always went with each other.
After the four of them went in, the others just sat there nervously. This was such an exciting visit and they just couldn't wait till it was their turn. About two minutes after Anya and Willow went in the nurse came back out. "Buffy Summers and Winfred Burckle, Dr. Miller and Dr. Parker are ready for you," she announced.
"Oh…Dawn usually goes first," Buffy started to say.
"It's ok Buffy," Dawn interrupted, "You can go first this time."
Buffy smiled at her sister's kind gesture. "Are you sure?"
"Yeah…go!" Dawn encouraged hurriedly.
In the past they had each had about two appointments before this one. The first time Dawn had gone with Buffy and she had gone with Dawn. The second time Giles went with Buffy but this time she asked Angel to go with her. Wesley went in with Fred. He usually did. Gunn got to go in with her once when Angel went in with Faith but it was usually Wesley and Fred, and Gunn and Faith. Buffy, Angel, Wesley and Fred got up and walked throw the doors leaving the others to wait.
"Welcome back Mrs. Harris, Mr. Harris. How are we feeling today?" Dr. Matthews asked.
"A little nervous actually," Xander answered.
The doctor laughed a little. "I was talking to Anya."
Xander smiled embarrassingly. "Right…sorry."
"I'm feeling fine," Anya answered. "So…is my baby a boy or a girl?"
"We'll know soon enough," the doctor answered. She set up the equipment and started the sonogram. "Well Mr. and Mrs. Harris it looks like you are going to be the proud parents of a healthy baby boy."
Anya smiled brightly and Xander's face had a look of shock. "I'm having a boy? I'm gonna have a son?" Xander said happily.
"That's right Mr. Harris," the doctor conformed with a smile.
Xander held his wife's hand tightly. "We're going to have a boy?" Anya said as she almost started to cry.
"A healthy, beautiful boy," Xander said as he was also trying to fight back the tears of joy.
"Hello Ms. Rosenberg, Ms. Maclay. Who will be going first today?" Dr. Carter asked.
They looked at each other and Tara nodded at Willow. "I guess that'll be me," Willow answered with a smile.
After everything was set up the doctor began. "Well everything looks normal and healthy Miss. Rosenberg. Did the two of you decide weather or not you wanted to know the sex of the babies?" the doctor asked.
"We were going to wait," Tara answered.
"But we got too excited," Willow finished. "Is it a girl…it feels like a girl?" Willow asked with excitement.
The doctor smiled and nodded her head. "It's a girl." Willow and Tara smiled joyfully at each other. They could both pretty much sense the sex of their babies with their magic but now it was confirmed and they couldn't be happier.
Now it was Tara's turn. Willow got everything situated and hoped off the table. Tara took her place and the sonogram began. "Everything looks normal but…I hope you weren't hoping to have one of each," the doctor said with an unsure ton.
"Another girl?" Tara asked.
"That's right," the doctor said with a smile when she saw the joy on their faces.
Willow took Tara's hand in hers and smiled. "Just like we wanted."
When Dr. Miller took Buffy and Angel into the examination room she looked very perplexed. "Ms. Summers every time I see you in here you're with a different person. First it was your sister, then your father. Forgive me if I'm wrong but am I finally getting to meet the father?" she asked with her eyes on Angel.
"Umm…" Buffy and Angel both looked at each other nervously unsure of what to say. "No actually," Buffy finally answered. "This is Angel he's…"
"A friend," Angel finished.
Buffy smiled at him. "Yes…a good friend."
The doctor held out her hand. "It's nice to meet you, Angel." He nodded and they shook hands. "Alright Ms. Summers hop up on the table and I'll get everything set up."
When everything was all set up the doctor began. She didn't say anything for a while. She just made a few sketchy sounding noises which made Buffy and Angel both very nervous. When she was done with the sonogram Buffy just had to ask. "Is everything alright Dr. Miller?"
Dr. Miller smiled reassuringly. "Everything is fine." She had a history of building up the suspense before actually telling her patients what was going on. "You said you did want to know the sex of the baby right?"
"Yes," Buffy answered.
"Well in that case I would like to inform you Ms. Summers that everything looks completely healthy and normal with your son," she said.
Buffy and Angel both let out a sigh of relief. "My son…I'm having a boy?"
"That's right," The doctor answered with a smile.
Buffy grabbed Angel's hand and smiled at him as she almost started to cry. "I'm having a boy. I can't wait to tell Dawn and Giles."
Anya was the first to walk back into the waiting room. The others all stood up in anticipation as she and Xander walked in. "We're having a boy," Anya practically yelled with excitement. Everyone exchanged hugs and congratulations. "You're up Faith," Anya said as she saw the nurse coming out to inform Faith that it was her turn.
Faith looked at Gunn and the two of them walked to the door. As they were going in, Fred and Wesley were coming out. Faith and Gunn looked at them with excitement. "Well…" Gunn said anxiously.
Fred and Wesley smiled at each other. "It's a girl. I'm having a girl," Fred said with extreme excitement.
"Congratulations," Gunn said as he gave Fred a huge hug.
Fred hugged him tightly back. "Thanks. I can't wait to tell the others."
About three minutes after Fred and Wesley walked out with their news, Buffy and Angel came out. Dawn ran up to Buffy with extreme excitement. "Ok, so far we've got a boy and a girl. Fred's having a girl and Anya and Xander are having a boy," Dawn said in a giddy voice. Before Buffy even had the chance to give her congrats to them Dawn practically jumped on her. "So…which one is winning?" she asked meaning the girls or the boys.
Buffy and Angel smiled at each other. "That would be the boys," Buffy answered. Dawn practically screamed with excitement as she hugged her sister tightly. Buffy broke their embrace. "Now get your butt in there we've gotta see if the boys will prevail or if you'll make it a tie."
Dawn smiled and practically ran to the door. "Come on Giles," she yelled.
Giles was rejoicing with the others when he finally realized that Buffy had come out when Dawn yelled to him. "Oh…right." Dawn was so anxious that he didn't even have the time to say two words to Buffy but she understood.
Faith, Gunn, Cordelia and Angel met in the hall and were about to walk out at the same time. Cordelia had waited for Angel and Buffy to come out before going in so that Angel could go with her. Lorne would have gone but with the way he looked he was lucky to even be able to sit in the waiting room with a hat and a trench coat on.
The four friends smiled at each other. "I'm having a boy," Cordelia said with extreme excitement in her voice.
"Congrats," Gunn said as he gave her a hug.
Then Cordy and Angel looked expectedly at Faith. "Well what do you know," she said with a smile, "So am I."
Angel gave her a hug, "Congratulations, Faith." Then they all walked out together.
Willow and Tara had already come out shortly after Buffy so now they were just waiting on Dawn. So far the race was still how she left it. The boy's were winning by one. When Dawn and Giles walked out Buffy was the first to walk up to her baby sister. "So what's the count now?" Dawn asked. It was almost as if she was more excited about finding out what everyone else was having then she was about telling them what she was having.
"Four to three, boys," Buffy said as if she was giving out sports scores. "Anya, Faith, Cordelia and I are having boys and Fred, Willow and Tara are having girls."
Buffy stared at her sister anxiously and everyone in the lobby became silent. "Ladies and gentlemen…we have a tie," Dawn announced and the whole waiting room was buzzing with noise again.