A/N: Sorry I've taken so long to post everyone but I've been on vacation in Florida for a little while and then before that I had finals and lots of craziness with school but hopefully I'll have a good amount of time to write before school starts up again. Thanks so much to everyone who reads and reviews. You guys rock!

The Next Child

Angel smiled as he walked towards the doctor who was holding the baby. "He's…beautiful," Angel said as he smiled back at Buffy with excitement in his eyes.

Buffy smiled back at him with tears of joy in her eyes as her son finally came into view. "Oh my God," she said with her hand covering her mouth, "He's amazingly beautiful. Can I hold him?"

The doctor brought the baby closer but didn't hand him to Buffy. "I'm sorry Miss. Summers," she said with a frown. "I'm going to have to take the baby, clean him up and then check and make sure everything is running properly."

Buffy's face began to drop, but then the doctor gave her a reassuring smile that comforted her a little. "Don't worry though…you'll be able to hold him soon enough…I promise."

XXXXXX

"Alright Willow," Dr. Carter said with a smile, "It's almost time to start pushing."

"Uh oh," Tara said suddenly.

"What is it baby?" Willow asked nervously. She really hated uh oh's.

Tara looked down at the ground and saw a puddle of water. "It looks like I'm next," she said nervously.

"No," Willow said as she started getting even more nervous. "You can't be next…you have to be with me and I have to be with you."

"I'm sorry Willow, but we're going to have to get your wife into a bed of her own," the doctor said.

"Please can't we at least stay in the same room," Willow pleaded as a contraction hit her hard. They were already in a room with two beds and Willow really didn't want to be separated from Tara.

"We usually don't allow anything like this…well at least I don't think so," the doctor said with a confused look on her face as she realized that cases like this were actually extremely uncommon.

"Come to think of it…I don't think we've ever had a situation like this. Oh what the hell I'm sure we can work it out. Nurse, get Mrs. Rosenberg fitted for a gown and get her bed prepared," the doctor finally conceded.

The nurse nodded her head and took Tara into the bathroom. "Thank you," Willow tried to say as she had another contraction.

"Your welcome but I need you to try and relax now the baby is coming very soon," the doctor said.

"Ok but can you do me one more favor?" Willow asked.

"Sure," the doctor said with a smile, "What do you need?"

XXXXXX

As the others were waiting impatiently in the waiting room Angel came out with a giant smile on his face. Everyone stood up in anticipation as they waited for him to speak.

"She did it," Angel said with a smile. "Buffy has a healthy, beautiful baby boy."

The lobby was now buzzing with conversation and excitement. "How is she feeling?" Giles asked.

"Can we see her?" Spike asked after Giles.

"Can we see the baby?" Dawn asked directly after Spike's question.

"She's feeling pretty tired but she'll be ok," Angel responded to the first question. "The doctor said that no one can see her right now because she needs her rest and they took the baby to get his first check up and to get all cleaned up. Buffy hasn't even been able to hold him yet."

"That's weird," Cordelia said. "I thought they usually just dry the baby off a little and let the mother hold him for a little bit or something like that."

"That's what I thought too," Angel said with a small look of confusion on his face. "But whatever is necessary for the baby I guess."

"Yes of course," Wesley agreed.

"How is everyone else?" Angel asked as he looked around to see if anyone else went in. "Where are Willow, Tara, Faith and Gunn?"

Dawn and Giles explained everything that was going on to Angel. They told him about each person going into labor every hour and that they might have to be careful so that things don't start looking too strange.

"Alright well I just wanted to tell you guys the good news and make sure everyone else was ok but I should get back to Buffy," Angel said after they had told him everything.

"Good idea," Dawn responded with a smile. "Take care of my sister."

"I will," Angel said as he smiled back and then walked out of the room.

"Wow…I can't believe it," Xander said with a look of shock on his face, "Buffy's a mother."

"I never thought I'd see the day," Dawn said jokingly.

"Excuse me," a nurse interrupted as she walked into the waiting room, "Is there a Mr. Giles here?"

Giles stood up from his seat. "I'm Rupert Giles."

"Mrs. Rosenberg and…Mrs. Rosenberg wanted me to ask you to come into the delivery room please."

Giles looked at the nurse with confusion, "I thought there was only one person allowed in with Willow?"

"The other Mrs. Rosenberg just went into labor," the nurse explained. "We're kind of making exceptions to the rules."

"Guess that's why it wasn't one of us," Cordelia observed as she looked at Xander's watch.

"Right," Giles said as he fallowed the nurse to Willow and Tara's room.

Dawn, Cordelia, Fred and Anya looked nervously at each other as if they were trying to figure out who would be next. "Almost seems like we're going in boy/girl order doesn't it?" Xander said trying to break the tension.

"What do you mean?" Connor asked with confusion on his face.

"Well," Xander started to explain, "Buffy was first and she just had a boy. Then Willow was next and she's having a girl. Then Faith went, she's having a boy and now its Tara's turn and she's having a girl."

Connor raised his eyebrows in realization. "Yeah…I guess your right."

"Guess that means one of us is next," Cordelia said to Anya with a slightly nervous look.

This realization was a little too much for Anya to handle. She looked at Xander nervously and began to panic.

"Xander…I can't do this. I can't have a baby. I'm an x-vengeance demon. I'm not ready for this. I've changed my mind. We're not having this baby."

"Anya it's a little late for that," Xander said as he rubbed her arm soothingly to try and calm her down.

"I don't care what you say Xander I can't do this. I'm not going to have this baby. It's just going to have to stay in there because I'm not letting it out," Anya said with fear in her ton.

"Anya…everything is going to be fine," Xander said as he smiled at his beautiful wife lovingly. "We're going to have this baby together. We're going to raise him and we're going to be the best parents this kid ever had. Everything is going to work out…I promise." He pulled her closer to him and kissed the top of her head as she lay in his arms.

"Really?" Anya asked as she lifted her head to look at him.

Xander just smiled as if he had never been more sure of anything else in his entire life. "Really," he simply replied.

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"Thanks for coming Giles," Tara said with a smile. "Since I started having the contractions they won't let me hold Willow's hand and she needs someone."

"It's no problem at all Tara," Giles said with a kind smile. "I was honored that both of you thought of me."

"Who else would we call?" Willow said making Giles feel even more like a million bucks.

Giles stood by Willows side holding her hand as Dr. Carter approached her with all of her doctor gear on. "Alright Willow, it's time to start pushing."

Willow looked up at Giles nervously, "Well…here goes."

XXXXXX

Dr. Miller had a conniving smile on her face as she stealthily slipped into a dark room with Buffy's son in her arms. She looked around to make sure she wasn't fallowed and to make sure there was no one else in the room.

When she established that the cost was clear she proceeded to the back wall of the room. She placed her hand on a spot of the wall that looked like it had a small coffee stain on it. Next she took a step back and watched as a secret door was reveled to the right of where she placed her hand.

She swiftly stepped through the door. As soon as she was cleared the door shut automatically behind her. She walked down a small, dark corridor to a tiny room with minimal lighting.

"Well done," A man said as he stepped out from behind the shadows.

"I told you it would be easy," the doctor responded with a smirk. "Now you think you can handle watching this one. I still have the sister's child to deliver." She handed the baby to the man. He immediately started crying.

The man smiled at the child and then back up at the doctor. "Check it out…he likes me," he said mockingly. Then his expression turned more serious. "Don't worry I can handle it. What happens if they figure it out though? Their not as dumb and naive as you think."

"You let me worry about that," Miller said firmly. "Melissa should be in with the first witch's child shortly," the doctor added.

"That's fine," the man responded as he finally started to get the baby calmed down. "Marcus should be along shortly to help out."

"Good," Dr. Miller responded. Then she started to walk away but stopped. "I've based my whole life on this moment Kevin, don't screw this up."

"No need to worry dear sister," Kevin said with a smile. "We'll be just fine."

XXXXXX

"Alright Willow," Dr. Carter said with a smile, "Just one more big push and you'll be done."

Giles squeezed Willow's hand tightly. "You can do it Willow."

"I believe in you baby," Tara yelled to her. And with a giant scream of pain Willow did as the doctor said and before she knew it she could hear the cries of her daughter.

Giles could see as the doctor was lifting the baby up into her arms. He looked at a very exhausted Willow and smiled. "She's beautiful."

Willow and Tara both looked at each other as they started to cry tears of joy. "I love you," Tara said.

"I love you too baby," Willow said between sobs. Then they both looked up at Giles who was even looking a little teary himself. "We love you too Giles."

Before he could say anything Dr. Carter came over with Willow's daughter in her arms. "Mrs. Rosenberg…this is your new born daughter," she said as she showed the baby to Willow.

Willow smiled as the tears fell. "She's amazing."

Dr. Carter looked down at the child and smiled. "Yes she is. Now I'm going to go take her for her first check up and get her cleaned up. When I come back you can spend some quality time with your daughter."

"Thank you," Willow said with a smile.

As the doctor walked away a woman holding a clip board and a pen approached Willow with a smile. "I'm writing up the information for her daughter's birth certificate," The woman said. "Do you have a name picked out?"

Willow smiled as she wiped away her tears of joy. "Emma Jennifer Rosenberg," she responded.

"Beautiful name," the woman said as she wrote it down with a birth smile and then looked at Tara. "I could write yours up now too if you'd like."

Tara nodded her head and proceeded to tell the women what she was going to call her daughter. "Hailey Marie Rosenberg."

"Wonderful," the women said with another smile as she wrote down the name and then walked away.

Giles looked at Willow and smiled. "Jennifer?"

"Emma and Hailey are just names that we think are cute," Willow started to explain. "But we decided that we wanted our daughter's middle names to be more…meaningful I guess you could say. I picked Jennifer after Ms. Calendar."

"And I picked Marie after my mother," Tara explained with a bright smile.

"I wanted to surprise you," Willow added with a kind smile.

Giles was starting to get teary again at this wonderful gesture. "Thank you, Willow. You have no idea how much this means to me."

Willow smiled weakly. "Your welcome."

XXXXXX

Buffy and Angel had been waiting for quite a while and they were starting to get worried. "What if something's wrong with the baby?" Buffy asked Angel nervously.

"I'm sure everything's fine," Angel said as he gave her a fake reassuring smile. He didn't want her to panic but this was taking entirely too long and he was getting very worried as well.

Just then a nurse came in to the room. "Excuse me," Angel said to get her attention. "Dr. Miller just delivered my friend's child and she took him for a check up and a cleaning but she's been gone for a long time. Is there any way you can just check on the baby and make sure everything is ok?"

"Of course," the nurse said "What's the child's name?"

"Well she actually didn't give him a name yet but his mother's name is Buffy Summers," Angel answered.

"Alright sir I'll go check on her son right now," the nurse said with a kind smile.

"Thank you," Angel responded as she walked out the door.

"Something isn't right, Angel," Buffy said as her face began to turn very pail. "I can feel it," she continued as she started breathing very rapidly. "Something's not right."

Now Angel was beginning to get even more worried. Buffy wasn't looking good at all and he always knew to trust her instincts. Something wasn't right.

"Alright I'm going to go talk to the others and if the nurse isn't back by the time I get back in here I'm going to find out what's going on myself, ok?"

Buffy still looked very worried and very unsteady but she forced a tiny smile and nodded her head.

Angel gave her one last reassuring smile and then walked out of the room with a determined look on his face. He was going to find out what was going on no matter what. He wasn't going to let Buffy down.