Redemption

by kinoa

This is the final book in the The PTB'S Boss Sends Help trilogy. Angel will become human a little at a time. He is being given time to adjust. The families will increase. Who will die first Angel or Cordelia?

16. Chapter 16

Chapter 16

Angel and Cordelia stood outside of the door while Lou was talking to her brother on the phone. They could hear her crying. When she hung up the phone Cordelia went to her. She held her as she cried. "My Daddy is dead Cordelia, my Daddy is dead and I'll never see him again. I don't even have any pictures of him that I can show to my children so they can know what their Grandfather looked like." Angel walked over to the door and Lou let go of Cordelia and went to him. They spent the next hour just letting her cry and tell them all about her life with her brother and father.

"Lou did you tell your brother to just stay at the motel and that we would be their as soon as we could?" Angel asked her. "Yes he said that he is at the motel and he would wait for us." "Okay then, why don't you go and pack." Angel told her. "I have some things that I'm washing. When there done then I'll pack." "Why don't you concentrate on that then and I'll give Connor a call to see if he can come home early. As soon as he comes home and can pack well leave." Angel gave her a kiss on her forehead then let her go. Cordelia went to Connie and told her to pack enough food for 3 days for 4 people and Toby. Angel went to tell everyone else what had happened.

"Lou just had a call from her brother that their father died. I'll be going with you Wesley. Do you happen to know if Connor was going to be having a test today because I would like to call him and ask him to come home early so we could leave as soon as possible?" "Yes he is so I wouldn't do that if I were you. Professors have a dim view of such interruptions." Wesley answered. "I can call and tell the professor to tell Connor to call home as soon as he is done with the test." "Good, I guess I better go and get some more dry ice. Do you happen to have the phone number of the motel in the town? Well need to make reservations for the next 2 nights. We shouldn't need anymore time then that to bring him home or do you have business to take care of there that will take longer?" "I don't know but just in case I think Connor better bring his van just in case he has to come back before we can. You know Angel we have to come up with a story for his death. There is a paper trail on him now that has to be satisfied in order for Lou and Tom to inherit all of his money. I have control of all of his estate as I do you but we still need a lot of legal papers to take care of plus we have to talk to Tom now before we leave. We have to come up with an excuse for not having a body."

"Yeah that's right. Well let's call him now because I have an idea as to how we can take care of the problem of not having a body." Angel followed Wesley into his office so they could both talk to Tom.

"Hi Tom, this is Wesley. I'm sorry about your father but we have a serious problem we have to take care of. Angel is here with me. I am going to put you on a speaker so we can both talk to you and hear you at the same time okay?" "Okay Mr. Price." "Tom this is Angel. How did your father die?" Tom was quiet for awhile.

We were hunting by this steep cliff that is about a mile from the cabin. Dad hadn't had any blood to drink since the day before and he was a little weak. When Lou was with us we would usually go hunting as wolves. Without her though, our usual tactics of running down a prey didn't work very well so we haven't had much luck. Don't tell her that though she'll feel that it was her fault that he died. Anyway there are a bunch of large boulders with only about 15 feet between them and the cliff. As we approached these boulders we could smell a cougar but we couldn't tell where it was. We also could smell a deer nearby and we could hear it breathing hard. Dad said it wasn't quite dead yet and he could smell a lot of blood coming from just around the boulders. He was so hungry that he didn't hear the cougar above us. When he did it was too late, the cougar had jumped us as we were heading for the deer. Dad pushed me out of the way and the cougar and Dad fell over the cliff. That was three days ago. I had to change into a wolf to get down to the bottom of the cliff. I found my Dads backpack and rifle right by a dead tree that had a branch sticking up straight. I figured that he had landed on it because I couldn't find any blood to show that he was still alive. I did smell him all over the area though which I presumed was his ashes. I left his backpack and his rifle there and left. I was pretty sure that we would have to notify the police."

"Okay Tom you did just what you should. We should be there sometime late tonight. Is there very many people staying at the motel?" Angel asked. "No I think I'm the only one here right now." "Okay we are going to make some reservations for ourselves. Do you have enough money with you to pay for the room and eat?" "Yeah I have my ATM card and I had a couple hundred dollars at the cabin." "Okay Tom like I said we'll be there late tonight." Wesley hung up the phone then.

"What did you have in mind for explaining Chambeaus' death?" Wesley asked. "I was thinking that we'll make it look like wolves took off with the father's body. Tom has made a good start of it by not walking as a man over to where his father's body landed. When we get there Connor, Lou, Tom and I will go to the area and leave footprints all over and tear up his backpack. Well tell the police that Tom couldn't get down off of the cliff without help. Most likely well find either all of the cougars body or bits and pieces of it near the tree which will help to collaborate his story. Why don't you call the motel now and then the school? I'm going to go and get some dry ice then I'll be right back. We can use some of Cordelia's winnings from Vegas so that we don't have to go to the bank." Angel left then and Wesley called the motel again to make reservations.

Wesley was able to talk to someone at Connors school and they then let his professor know about Daniel D'Chambeau's death. As soon as the test he was taking was over the professor gave him the news and Connor returned home.

As soon as he came through the back doors he ran up to Lou's room. He stopped and took a deep breath so he could be calm when he saw Lou. Connor knocked at the door. Lou like everyone else that was at least half Vampire could smell the person on the other side of the door. Connor had barely touched the door when it flew open and Lou threw herself into Connor's arms. She started crying again as he walked her back into her room and sat down on her couch. There wasn't much he could do but just hold her and let her cry. Toby had followed Connor into her room and he could sense her sadness. In his own way he tried to comfort Lou by licking her tears away. She let go of Connor and hugged Toby.

Lou let go of Toby and looked at Connor. "I guess I've cried enough for now. I better save at least some of my tears for when I see Tom." She smiled at Connor and wiped her tears away and blew her nose. "You better go and pack now and I have to finish mine." Connor hugged her once more and gave her a kiss. He meant for it only to be a quick kiss and then leave but he felt himself prolonging it. "I love you Lou D'Chambeau. When you graduate from High School I will take you for my wife and we will be together until death we two shall part for awhile. I am sure God already has plans for Tom, he just doesn't know it yet." He let her go then and left to pack his things.

By 2 p.m. they were on the road. Connor drove his Van along with Lou and Toby. Wesley and Angel rode in his SUV. While Wesley had his vehicle in the garage for regular maintenance recently he had them darken the windows all around except for the front. This allowed Angel to sit in the back and out of the Sun Light. It was a good 8 hours drive to the town that the Chambeau's lived by so Angel took the opportunity to take a nap. When he woke up again they were pulling into a gas station to fill up. Everyone got out and stretched their legs and use the facilities.

When everyone came out Angel and Toby were waiting at Connors van. "Would you like me to drive for awhile Connor? I've been sleeping since we left L.A. so I'm fresh." "Why don't we find a place to eat because I am starving then we can switch okay?" "Okay that sounds good to me. How are you doing Lou?" "I'm doing okay, I was sleeping most of the time we were traveling also. I wish Connor would let me drive but he's afraid I'll scratch up his poor precious van." "Well you did just get your learners permit and we are out in unfamiliar territory." Connor said. He called Toby to get into the van again then pushed Lou into the passenger side of the van. They all loaded up then and got onto the road again. In another hour they saw signs for a Bob's Big Boy next to the highway so they continued until they came to the exit.

"Man am I hungry." Connor said as he rubbed his stomach and put his arm around Lou. "You're always hungry." "Yeah but I'm a growing boy, besides I use up a lot of energy running circles around these old guys over here." Wesley and Angel just looked at each other. "I would say something but then I don't want to make him look bad in front of Lou." Angel said with a smile. They all walked into the restaurant and took a table. Toby hadn't been fed yet so Connor ordered a rare steak for him. He explained to the waitress that it was for his dog so he would like it to be given to him at the end of their meal. They all gave the waitress their orders then. Connor of course ordered a large medium rare steak with a baked potato and salad along with dinner rolls. After he put that away he ordered a slice of blue berry pie. They all just stared at him. "Where does he put it?" Wesley asked. Lou lifted up Connor's shirt and showed them a bulge where his stomach was. "This is where it is now. In a few hours it will be gone. Dr. Martin said that he is just one of those lucky people that can eat until it's coming out of their ears and never gain a pound." She had a disgusted look on her face.

"What's the problem? Why are you guys so disgusted?" "Because the rest of us have to watch what we eat and exercise in order to keep in shape, where as you eat whatever and as much as you want and never gain an ounce."

"That's okay Lou when you start having my grandchildren you can make him go on a diet like Cordelia makes me do after she delivers. Since I feel her cravings all of the time I eat almost as much as she does which means I have to lose weight also. That reminds me I have to stop and get some Hershey chocolate bars." Angel said as he got up to pay the bill. The waitress brought over the steak for Toby then everyone got up to leave. Connor let Toby out and poured some water into a bowl and gave him his steak.

Everyone stood by Connor's van as they watched Toby enjoy his steak. The waitress had given Connor a bag full of steak bones that Toby could enjoy when they were at the motel. When Toby was done Connor took him over to the side where there were plenty of trees for him to inspect and leave his mark. When he was done tagging a dozen or so trees he came back to Connor and sat in front of him. "Are we all done?" Connor asked him and Toby wagged his tail and looked at him as though to say 'Yes that was fun leaving my calling card on all of those trees. Now what do we do?' "Okay let's go."

They walked back to the van and Connor threw his keys to his father. "Come on Lou I'll let you drive my SUV." Wesley said as he threw the keys to her. She squealed in excitement then turned around and stuck her tongue out at Connor. So Connor walked over to Wesley and solemnly put one hand on his shoulder and said 'Goodbye Wesley it was nice knowing you'. "Ha, ha, very funny." Lou said. Everyone loaded up and they took off. Wesley told Lou to follow behind Angel as they got back onto the highway.

Several hours later they pulled into the Motel where Tom was. Wesley noticed that Lou was already starting to cry in anticipation of seeing her brother. Angel went in to register them. When he came back he handed out a key to Wesley and Lou. "Where is mine?" Connor asked. "You and I have to share a room. The one Wesley reserved for you is having plumbing problems and the rest of the rooms were reserved for a hunting party that's in town." "Oh no! Cordelia says you snore now." Connor said. Angel grabbed him by the neck and made out like he was punching his lights out.

"Here Connor you can have my room. Angel and I have shared sleeping quarters many times and I'm used to his snoring." Wesley gave him his card key. "Thanks Wesley you're a life saver." They got back into the vehicles and drove over to their rooms. Lou parked in front of her room. Angel's and Wesley's room was 2 doors down from hers and Connors was on the other side of Angels. "Where is Tom's room Wesley?" Lou asked. "It's on the other side of your room." They all walked over to Tom's room and Lou raised her hand to knock on the door but Tom was already opening it. When they saw each other they both hugged and cried. After a minute Tom let his sister go and stood back so that they could all come in.

They spent the next hour listening to Tom tell his story again as to what happened and how their father had died.

"Is the cliff very far from here Tom?" Angel asked. "No it's maybe an hours walk from here."

"Okay everyone we have to provide a reason for why there is no body to recover. The four of us are going to change to wolves, go up to where the cliff is and then down to where your father fell. We will then proceed to provide wolf tracks and tear at your fathers back pack. This will make it look like wolves took off with your father's body. Tom can you tell if it rained up there since your father went down?" "Yes it rained pretty hard just yesterday." Tom answered. "That's good because then we have a plausible reason for not seeing any blood around. I know we're tired right now but we have to get this done tonight so that we can notify the police tomorrow. Let's put our luggage into our rooms then come back here. Lou you can change while you're in your room. Give your key to Wesley so he can let you out. Tom and Connor can come over to our room and well change their. Then Wesley will let us out and then we'll leave. We should be back before daylight Wesley. We can get some sleep then Wesley, Tom and I will go to the Sheriff and let them know about the accident. We can tell them that we need their help to recover your fathers body Tom." They all left then to put their things in their rooms. Thirty minutes later Wesley went over to Lou's room and knocked on the door. "Lou, are you ready?" In response he heard a whimper so he opened the door and let her out then they went to his room where the others were waiting. Wesley looked around to make sure no one was up and around the parking lot then he opened the door and 3 wolves came out and greeted Lou then ran off to the forest with Tom in the lead.

While they were gone Wesley used the opportunity to get some sleep. At 5:30 he heard scratching at the door. When he opened the door three wolves and Toby walked in. One more wolf was waiting outside for him. "Come on Lou and I'll let you in your room." When Wesley got back to his room Angel, Tom, and Connor had already changed back to their human form. Tom and Connor pulled their pants on and went to their own rooms. Everyone was tired and all they wanted to do was take a shower and go to bed.

"How did everything go?" Wesley asked Angel when he came out of the shower. "Good, we left lots of tracks around the tree and tore Daniel's backpack up. We left the rifle where it was and made tracks leading away from the tree and down the canyon. I had Tom go back to his cabin and bring some clothes back with him along with a pair of boots. Luckily Daniel had put on clean clothes before they left to go hunting and his old clothes hadn't been washed yet. I told Tom to cut himself and spread the blood all over the clothes then we tore them up." Angel sat down for a minute. "You know Wesley I hated having to use Tom and Lou like that but I needed enough tracks to make it look like a pack of wolves had been there. I could smell a bear in the area and I knew he was following the smell of blood. Having bear tracks around the site will make it look even better. I'm going to try and get some sleep now. Good night." Angel crawled into bed and was out in seconds. Wesley noticed that he didn't even snore which meant he went into a deep sleep right away.

Later in the day after everyone had their breakfast they all went to the local sheriff and reported Daniel D'Chambeau's death and asked for assistance in retrieving his body. While Angel went with Tom, Connor and the sheriff, Lou went with Wesley to the bank to take care of her fathers accounts. He explained that Tom was going to come and live with him in Los Angeles so all money was to be transferred to Lou's account. The manager at the bank recognized Wesley from when he came to open the accounts for Chambeau. He had also spoken with him on the phone on a number of occasions. The manager usually handled anything to do with Chambeau because he had a very large account.

Angel, Connor and Tom came back with the Sheriff to let Lou know that they couldn't find her fathers body and that it looked like animals had taken it. Lou gave the expected response. Angel thanked the Sheriff for all of his help and let him know that he would be taking Tom home with him since he already had legal guardianship over Lou. Everyone in town knew about the Chambeau family since Tom had done as Wesley instructed and talked to a lot of people whenever he came into town for supplies. They were all sorry to see him go since a lot of people found him to be a very polite and helpful young man. Whenever he was in town he would go out of his way to help people, especially the elderly. When the Sheriff explained all of this to Angel he thought that Tom would fit in perfectly with the family.

The next day the Sheriff used his personnel jeep to take Tom to his cabin that he had shared with his father for so long. Lou went with them also so she could gather anything that she had left there. It took a little longer then they expected since Tom and Lou kept on remembering the times that they had, had up here. When they finally came back Connor came out to greet them. He had expected Lou to still be crying and was surprised to see her smiling.

"Why are you smiling?" Connor asked her as he held her. She pulled away and she looked at her brother then Connor and said "While we were coming back down from our cabin I suddenly remembered what Grandma told me before we left." "And what was that?" Connor asked. "She said that we should remember all of the good times we had while we were together and be thankful for them. She also said that our father will always walk these mountains in our memories and because of that he will never die." She turned then and gave her brother a kiss on his cheek. She thanked the Sheriff for all of his help then she picked up her things and went to her room.

The Sheriff looked to Connor. "I thought they didn't have any other relatives left?" "Oh you mean Grandma. Actually she's my grandmother and Lou just started calling her grandma since I do." "I don't mean to pry into your private lives but I noticed that you two seem to be very close." The Sheriff asked.

Connor was a little embarrassed, but he looked straight at the Sheriff and said "That young girl is going to be my wife Sheriff when I finish collage and she finishes high school which should happen at the same time. You see I'm taking courses so that I can go into police work with the L.A. police for awhile then take over my fathers business which is Angel Investigation and Lou will be by my side." Connor looked at Tom and saw him standing with his mouth open. "I take it this is the first time that Tom here has heard of this." The Sheriff said when he saw the look on Tom's face. "Well, tell Mr. Price that he can come by my office before you leave tomorrow and I'll have the death certificate for him." He shook Connor and Tom's hand then got back in his jeep and left. Connor picked up two of the boxes that they had brought back with them and helped Tom take them into his room. "I'll help you take these in my future brother in law. If you want to talk we'll talk if not then I will be going to bed since we have to get up early tomorrow to go to church then leave after we have breakfast." Tom was emotionally tired also so Connor just left the boxes in his room and then went back to his own room. Toby had been in the back of the Motel all of this time chasing rabbits but he quickly returned when he heard Connor whistle for him.

The next day they all went to church. Tom had never been to church and their father hadn't talked about God. Everything he knew about God and his Son was from the family Bible that his father had. He never read it but he had kept it to record his marriage to their mother and their birth and then their mother's death. At first when he started to teach his children how to read and write he used the family Bible but later he went into town and bought books that were more age appropriate. Both Tom and Lou had read the Bible from beginning to end because for a long time it was the only other book in their home. To Lou and Tom the Bible was just a book that they learned to read from. They had no one to help them to understand that the Bible was a true life story.

When they first went into the church Tom was holding Lou's hand. Whatever Angel, Connor and Wesley did Lou and Tom copied. Angel led them up to the front of the church then told them to wait there and he would be right back. He then went to the back and talked to the priest. Just before Mass started Angel rejoined them.

During the Mass Lou and Tom heard their fathers name spoken by the priest. He said that the Mass was being offered for the soul of Daniel Francois D'Chambeau who died in an accident several days ago. When he said this tears started falling down Lou's face and they didn't stop until the Mass was over. As they exited the church Lou thanked Angel for having the Mass offered for her father.

After living at the hotel for a month and going to church every Sunday Lou had gone to Connor and asked him about God. Connor sent her to his Grandmother.

"Angel, do you think that my Mother and Father are in heaven?" Lou asked softly as they exited the church and returned to their vehicles.

Angel stopped, turned and put his hands on Tom and Lou's shoulder. "I honestly don't know Lou and Tom. I know that you must have been told by Grandma how I do what I do because I am fighting for my redemption. I suffer a lot because I sinned so greatly before I was turned and for a while after. I cannot say for sure what has happened to your father and mother because I didn't know your mother at all, except for what little your father told me about her, but I did know a little about your father and he told me that he never killed anyone in order to have the blood he needed to survive. Instead he lived alone in the mountains and killed animals for their blood. Do you understand about how you and Tom were born?" He thought about what he said then thought he better explain himself further.

"What I mean is do you understand that it is supposed to be impossible for two Vampires to have children?" "Yes, Daddy said that as far as he knew it should have been impossible for Mother and him to have conceived and for our mother to carry us to term and give birth. He said that normally mother's body was very cold like his was but while she was pregnant with us she was warm. He thought that, that is why she was so sick after we were born. Her body started to get cold almost from the time that we were born." Angel looked at Wesley as though to say 'Very interesting'.

"What I am trying to get at Lou and Tom is that God brought your father and mother together. Just as he brought Connors mother and I together and we had him. Because I believe that God is somehow controlling things to a certain degree I believe that he would not have chosen two bad people to produce you and Tom. So to answer your question, yes, I think it is quiet possible that your mother and father are or will eventually be admitted into heaven." Let's go and have breakfast now and then we have to stop at the Sheriffs office and pick up your fathers death certificate."

Of course Lou and her brother rode with Connor in his van. Wesley was driving his SUV and had looked over at the van loaded with what he thought of in his mind as the 'younguns'. "You know Angel I was just thinking that in that Van is the next generation of Angel Investigations. It won't be long now before we will have to start letting them go on most of Cordelia's vision assignments." "I don't know about you Wesley but I for one will be happy to turn it over to them. I've been thinking Wesley that as soon as it's possible I want you to stop going on any of the missions." "Why? Is it because I'm the one that always gets shot? I know I don't have as much experience in fighting as you and Gunn but I think that I can hold my own." Angel could tell that he hit a raw nerve with Wesley.

"I'm sorry Wesley, I should have explained my reasons for saying that. I want you to stop going on the missions because you have become too important to Angel Investigations and the family for me to risk your life. If we were to lose you we would have a hard time recovering. I just depend on you too much to risk loosing you. Besides it just isn't necessary for you to continue fighting when we have so many younger people here. As soon as Connor can take over I'll no longer go on missions. You and I deserve to be able to spend as much time as we can with Fred and Cordelia. I had a lot of fun with you guys when we went to Vegas. Except for that last day I was able to forget, for the first time, that I am a Vampire. I was a regular guy that was on a 3 day vacation with his wife and friends." Wesley felt like a worm. No, lower than a worm, he felt like the lowest form of a one celled life. 'I'm an amoeba', he thought to himself. After a few minutes of silence he said "Well, as long as you put it that way I guess I'll comply with your wishes." Angel just looked at him. Wesley smiled back at him and they both cracked up.

Wesley followed Connor into the Sheriffs office parking lot then he went in with Tom while the rest waited outside. The Sheriff gave Wesley the death certificate and expressed his condolences to Tom. "We're going to miss you Tom. Especially Mrs. Baker at the store, she was telling me how many times you went out of your way to help her do things that she could no longer do by herself. I don't think that there is a person around here that doesn't have something good to say about you." "Thank you for telling me this. Here is a map that shows where we have our summer and winter homes. Wesley here helped my dad to buy the land that their on. When we were old enough Lou and I helped our father to build our winter home, but he built the summer home by himself without power tools. There not big places but they were the homes where Lou and I grew up. There's no power in them and the only lights are by oil or candle. But there is a wood stove and running water in the house. Lou and I wanted to give these keys to the town so that they can use them whenever they want to. We discussed just giving the homes to the town but Wesley and Angel convinced us that we may not want to see them now because they remind us that our parents are dead, but later on we may want to come and live here when we get to old to work. By then the memories that are there will be precious to us. In return for their use all we ask is that nothing be changed except where repairs are needed." "Thank you Tom. Any time you want to go home for awhile just notify me and well make sure no one is there and they are clean."

Tom put out his hand again to say goodbye but the Sheriff hugged him. "Goodbye son. Take care of yourself and your sister. Make sure you keep in touch. Just send the letters to me and I'll post them outside." The Sheriff shook Wesley's hand then they left.

Tom got in Connor's van and they took off. Wesley and Angel followed. Wesley told Angel what had happened in the Sheriff's office. They were quiet for a long time after they left the town.

It was quiet as they were going along. All of a sudden Angel said 'Wesley the first place that you come to that has ice cream you have to stop. All of a sudden I am having a terrible craving for a chocolate Sunday with a mound of whip cream and chocolate syrup running down its sides." Wesley looked at him at first as though he were crazy, then he just said "Cordelia?" "Cordelia." Angel answered. Angel was keeping a close eye on all of the signs announcing what was ahead. He finally spotted a sign for a Bob's Big Boy. "There Wesley, there's a restaurant up ahead. Get ahead of Connor so he'll know to follow us." Wesley was laughing at Angel because he was acting like a little kid that was going to his favorite ice cream place. He sped up and Angel yelled at Connor to follow them.

When Wesley finally pulled into the parking lot Angel jumped out and ran into the restaurant without waiting for the rest. Before the others even opened the restaurant door Angel had ordered his Chocolate Sunday. The rest joined him at the large booth. It hadn't been that long since they had, had breakfast so Wesley and Connor just ordered coffee while Lou and Tom ordered cokes. The waitress came over with the biggest Ice Cream Sunday that any of them had ever seen and put it in front of Angel along with 5 spoons. "Dig in everyone because I can't possibly eat this by myself. Cordelia's cravings often cause my eyes to grow bigger than my stomach." When Angel took his first bite he felt like he did when he hadn't had any blood in a long time and finally was able to have some. He just let the chocolate syrup, whip cream and ice cream melt in his mouth. Lou and Tom watched him and started laughing. Wesley and Connor were used to Cordelia's crazy cravings. The rest then picked up their spoons and they all dug in. Even with all of them helping they couldn't finish it off. After Angel put away half of it by himself he finally put his spoon down. He was feeling pretty good as he paid the bill and left the waitress a big tip. They all followed him out the door and to the vehicles.

Connor let Toby take care of his business again and run around a little. The lot in back of the restaurant was cleared dirt and was used by truckers. Connor brought Toby's Frisbee with him and played with him for awhile. Angel went to take a nap in the back of Wesley's SUV. After awhile they got back on the road and when they were just 100 miles from L.A. Angel sat up and told Wesley to pull over. "Wesley hurry up and pull over, I'm going to be sick." Wesley honked his horn at Connor and pulled over as soon as it was safe. Connor saw him and pulled over then backed up. They stopped just in time to see Angel jump out and run to a tree. They could see him leaning against the tree and vomiting the contents of his stomach. Wesley followed him and stood by in case he needed him. After ten minutes or so Angel finally straightened up and came back to the vehicles. He didn't say anything he just crawled into the back of Connors van and onto the bed in the back. Tom joined Wesley in his SUV and they all took off again. Lou found some large plastic cups in the supplies Connie had fixed for them. She filled one with water and left the other one empty.

"Here Angel take some water into your mouth and clean it out then spit it into this cup." Angel did as she said. When he was done he just lay down and said "Thank you." She wiped his face with a cold towel then he went back to sleep. Lou emptied the contents of the cups out the window then threw them in the trash bag. When she was done tending to Angel she went and sat up front with Connor. Toby got up on the bed with Angel and licked his face then lay down beside him. When they pulled into the back of the hotel it was 11 p.m. and Angel was just waking up. As Connor walked his father in Dr. Martin was just coming out of the kitchen. She took one look at him then she turned to Connor. "Double chocolate Sunday with plenty of whipped cream and chocolate syrup?" "Right on the button." Connor said. "Went down okay, but it only paid him a visit." Connor said with a smile. "Well your wife is upstairs in the same condition." Dr. Martin told Angel. Connor helped his father to climb the stairs and helped him undress then held the covers up while Angel just more or less fell into the bed. Dr. Martin came in with something for their stomachs. After Angel and Cordelia drank the contents they went to sleep. Dr. Martin and Connor turned the lights off and closed the door.

Lou introduced Dr. Martin to her brother Tom. Dr. Martin went to Tom and hugged him. "I'm sorry for your loss Tom. I'm Connors grandmother. You can call me Grandma if you want. Lou we fixed up the room next to yours today. Why don't you show him the room and where everything is along with the kitchen. If you are hungry Lou can make you a sandwich if you like. This is your home now Tom, feel free to come and go as you please. Tomorrow morning well all talk. Let him know about the children we have in the house Lou just in case he hears crying or wakes up to see two pairs of little eyes staring at him. Goodnight everyone." Dr. Martin left the young people to either go to bed or get something to eat.

"I'm going to leave you in Lou's hands Tom. I'll see you tomorrow morning for breakfast then I have a 10 o'clock class." He gave Lou a kiss on her cheek then left. Toby licked her hand then followed Connor to bed. Lou and Tom sat up most of the night talking. He had lots of questions about Angel and everyone at Angel Investigation. He was most curious though about the exchange between Connor and Dr. Martin about Angel.

"From what Connor has told me, Angel has some kind of link with his wife Cordelia. He can feel everything that she feels when she's pregnant. What happened this afternoon was a direct cause of that link. Connor said that Angel was craving that chocolate Sunday because Cordelia was craving it." "Why was she craving a chocolate Sunday?" "Because she's pregnant." "What does that have to do with her craving chocolate?" Lou looked at her brother and realized that their father had never talked to him about woman and what makes them tick.

"Tom I think that you should save those types of questions until you speak to Grandma. She's a doctor and she can explain these things to you much better then I can. Between Cordelia and Grandma I've learned a lot about my own body and a mans body. They've taught me all about what happens between a man and a woman when they have what they call sex. These were all things that I guess Daddy was too embarrassed to talk to us about. Why don't I show you to your room and show you how everything works."

Lou took her brother next door to his own room. "This is all mine?" "Yup, tomorrow well bring up some food to put in the refrigerator." Lou opened the door of the refrigerator. "Oh, look they already stocked your refrigerator with cokes, eggs, everything you need to make a sandwich. Wasn't that nice of them? Let me show you how to operate the microwave." Lou went through everything showing him how to operate the appliances, the TV, and where all of the cleaning supplies were. "I'm going to bed now if you should need me just knock on my door." Lou hugged her brother and gave him a kiss on his cheek. "I'm happy you're here. I'm sad that it had to happen because Daddy died but I'm happy that you're here. I don't feel so alone now. I like everyone here but it's just different when you have family with you also. Good night." She let him go then and returned to her room.

The first thing Tom did in his new home was take a shower. At the cabin they bathed by the stove with a pail full of warm water that they heated on the stove. When Lou was with them they would bring in a large round pail that they did the wash in. She would heat up the water then the men would clear out so she could at least sit in the large pail and bathe. She would do this only once a week except for when she was on her period. Then she bathed every day. Otherwise she would just heat up some water and take it into her room.

Tom felt like he was in seventh heaven. He stayed in the shower until he started getting sleepy then he finally went to bed. He slept better then he had at the motel. Except for eating once a day from his supply of food that he had brought with him from the cabin and calling Lou, he didn't do anything but think of what happened to his father. The whole scene played over and over again in his mind and each night he would fall asleep from exhaustion. He didn't bother to even bathe until he knew that he would finally be seeing his sister.

The next morning Lou came knocking at his door. When she didn't get a reply she opened the door and went to the bed. "Tom wake up." Lou said softly. When she didn't get a response she went to the freezer and pulled out an ice cube. As quietly as she could she walked over to the bed and put the ice cube on his neck. As soon as it started to melt he jumped up. Lou had seen Tom's naked body many times before since she did all of the doctoring for both her Father and brother. "What did you put on my neck?" Lou showed him the ice cube. "You brat." He jumped her and started tickling her until she was crying.

Connor heard all of the noise on the 3rd floor and ran upstairs. He leapt up to the 2nd floor balcony then to the 3rd. He ran to Tom's room and found Tom and Lou on the floor wrestling. "If you two are done, why don't you get dressed Tom?" Connor was shocked that Lou was in here playing with her brother while he was naked. "Come on Lou lets go down stairs. Everyone else is downstairs and I would like to introduce you Tom before I have to leave." Lou released her brother and went to Connor. Connor closed the door and pulled Lou downstairs with him.

"Why are you mad?" Lou asked when they were in the elevator. "Because you were in there playing with him when he didn't have anything on." Connor answered. He was so mad that his face was red. While Connor was upstairs Angel and Cordelia had come downstairs. Everyone that was at the table was listening as Connor yelled at Lou and Tom.

"Why Connor Martin, I do believe you are jealous." Lou said as she approached him and pressed her body against his. This caused an immediate response from Connors body. Lou put her arms around his neck and kissed him. Connor couldn't help himself, without thinking he grabbed Lou and slammed her body against the elevator wall with his own. He reached out and pressed the stop button. He started to kiss her and his kisses started to travel down her body. Before he could go too far Lou pushed him away. "Not yet Connor, I just wanted to show you how easy it is for me to turn you on. You will never see me do that with Tom because he is my brother. I love him, but I love him as my brother. We were playing and that was all. I've seen my brothers naked body before when he would get hurt and I would have to take care of him. I took care of both my father and brother. In fact shame on you for even thinking their was anything between us." She put her hand down to his crotch and felt his erection underneath his jeans. Connor almost exploded. She pressed the 1st floor button again and the doors opened.

"I think you had better go to your room and cool down. I am going to get something to eat." Before she walked out of the elevator she pressed the 2nd floor button. The doors closed and Connor sank to the floor. As soon as the doors opened at the 2nd floor he ran to his room. He quickly jumped in the shower and let the cold water run over him. By the time he got dressed again it was time for him to go to his classes. He quickly pulled out another pair of shorts and jeans and got dressed. He ran downstairs and went to the table. He didn't say anything to Lou he just went to the side board and put a couple burritos together. Before leaving he signaled for Angel to come over to him by the door.

Angel went to his son and bent down as Connor whispered to him. "Please talk to Cordelia Angel, if she teaches Lou anymore on how to torture me I am going to have a melt down and you'll have to wait until one of my brothers is old enough to take over from you. When I went upstairs to see why she was screaming I found Lou wrestling on the floor with her naked brother. I know that they are brother and sister but for some reason I felt the weight of a green eyed monster on my back and whispering into my ear. But that's not what got me going though. It was what she did to me when we got into the elevator. I have to go before I have to change again." Connor ran out of the door with Toby because today's class was going to be with him. Angel wiped the smile off his face then went back to the table.

By now Tom had come downstairs and Lou was introducing him to everyone. When everyone moved over on one side Lou brought him a chair then showed him over to the sideboard where the food was. They let Tom and Lou eat before saying anything. They were all talking about the condition Angel was in when he returned.

"That must have been a powerful craving for it to reach you so far away." Fred said. "It must have been because the craving was so bad that he practically jumped out of my SUV before I came to a complete stop. He ran into the restaurant and already had the Sunday ordered by the time we got in. That Sunday was so big and dripping with so much chocolate syrup, whip cream and about a dozen cherries that he couldn't finish it off even with us helping him." Wesley told them all.

"We know how it was because Cordelia was going through the same thing. I happened to come down stairs after my nap and found her in the kitchen with every carton of ice cream that we had. She was making a mountain of a Sunday. She didn't even bother to scoop out some of them. She just cut out the other end of the container and pushed it through. When she sat down before her creation it was taller than her. I called everybody down and we all helped her to eat it. By the time we were done the kids had to be given a bath because they had ice cream and chocolate all over themselves. Fred had even brought down David and Robert to help eat the chocolate." Dr. Martin said.

"Let me guess, later that evening she started getting sick." Wesley said. "When we were about an hour away from home he told me to pull over so he could bring it all back up." Angel just looked at Cordelia. "You and your cravings are going to be the death of me." "That will be funny if the boys are born hating chocolate." Cordelia said as she had her last sip of coffee.

"Angel can you rub my back it's hurting. The boys are getting so heavy that their pulling at my poor spine." Angel got up and started to rub her back. "How's that?" Angel asked as he started to massage her back. "That is perfect. Do you think you could tell the boys not to sit on my bladder so much also? It seems like they have me going to the bathroom every few minutes." Angel got on his knees next to her chair and put his hand on her stomach. Everyone could see the boys move until their heads were under his hand. When he was done they separated their behinds a little so they weren't sitting on their mother's bladder. "Thank you my dear their little butts are now on either side of my bladder."

Angel went back to his chair. "By the way everyone I called Buffy this morning and invited them to come over for the next two weeks. I want them to meet Tom and Lou. Mom I would like for you, Spike, and I to go to New Hampshire for a few days. I want the Sisters to meet Billy. Could you contact Mother Superior and ask her permission for us to pay them a visit?" "I don't think that will be a problem. I'll let you know what she says. What day would you like to go?" "Wednesday if that is okay. Buffy said they would be here tonight and I'm going to need the time to convince Spike to go." "What if he doesn't want to go?" Giles asked out of curiosity.

"He'll go. He's my Childe. He knows what Daddy will do if he refuses or gives me any problems."

"Mr. Martin, what does that mean?" Tom asked.

"Since your father never killed for his blood Tom he never would have turned anyone. But when a Vampire takes blood from a human he can turn that human into a Vampire also by making them feed on their Vampire blood. When that happens the new Vampire is known as their Childe. My demon Angelus only turned a few people into Vampires but one of them was a girl named Drusilla who turned Spike into a Vampire. Now the Vampire that turned you is supposed to teach you how to kill and turn other people into Vampires and such. Drusilla was a little crazy and didn't understand that she was supposed to teach Spike how to survive. So Angelus took over his training and that is why I refer to him as my Childe."

"But I thought that Angelus lost control of your body when you were given your soul back. So technically speaking Spike is Angelus's, the demons, Childe and not Angel, the man's, Childe. Am I or am I not correct in that?" Tom asked.

"You are correct but because both of us reside in the same body I guess you could say we share parenting where Spike is concerned. It's just that I've been taking care of him ever since I was given my soul back." Angel answered. He looked at Wesley and Giles.

"Wesley and Giles, why haven't you two asked me a question like that?" The two men looked at each other and just laughed. "I guess we always understood it as being like you said so we didn't really have to ask we just accepted it that he was your Childe and not strictly Angelus's." Wesley said.

Angel started to get up when he said, "Tom I want you to go with Dr. Martin this morning, she is going to give you a physical and see if you can do the same things as your sister or if you're different in any way. When she's done with you I want you to work with Wesley and Fred. They are going to test you to see what you need help on so that you can go to school along with your sister in the fall. Then tonight, if Connor has the time, you will go with Lou and Connor to go shopping for clothes and anything else you may want or need. Your going to be pretty busy for the next couple of days but then things will calm down to a regular routine. Starting tomorrow you are going to start training with Lou and I in the martial arts. Do you have any idea what we do here Tom?"

"No sir I don't." Tom looked like a scared mouse that had been put into a maze for the first time and he didn't know which way to go or what was expected of him.

Angel proceeded to tell him all about their work and his special connection with St. Michael the Archangel and God.

Tom already had a lot of respect for Angel but that bar had just been raised a few notches.

"I think that you've rendered Tom speechless Angel." Gunn said.

Dr. Martin and Giles stood up also. "I'll see you tonight my dear." Giles gave his wife a kiss then left. "Let's go Tom I promise that it won't hurt too much." Dr. Martin said as she pushed her chair back in and headed for the clinic. Tom followed her obediently.

"And what are you going to be doing today my dear?" Cordelia asked Angel. "I didn't have anything planned, why do you have something planned for me?" "As a matter of fact I do. Connie and I are going grocery shopping and I need Joaquin to bring his truck along with my van. I was wondering if you could take care of Junior and Kathleen?" Cordelia asked with the sweetest smile she could produce.

"I thought your back was hurting." "It is but I'll just get into one of those little motorized chairs they have at the store." "Okay, since you asked so nicely." Angel helped Cordelia up then gave her a kiss. "Be careful now and don't over do it okay?" "Yes, I'll be careful. Tomorrow night after Fred gets done with Tom we are going to go baby clothes shopping. So make sure your time is free to go with us." "I think I can clear my schedule." Angel left then to go to his office and Cordelia went upstairs.

Everyone was busy the rest of the day. Since Connie, Joaquin and Cordelia were gone Lucinda made lunch for everyone. Angel spent most of his day upstairs with Junior and Kathleen. Kathleen even made lunch for her Daddy and Junior. While Angel was busy doing paper work downstairs Kathleen and Junior had come down with her little red wagon and went shopping just like her Mommy was doing.

"Excuse me Mrs. Sanchez but could you help me with shopping for lunch." Lucinda thought they looked so cute standing in front of her holding onto the wagon.

"Well let me see what we have. Here is a loaf of bread, some ham, or would you prefer peanut butter and jelly Miss Kathleen." "I think it would be easier for me to make peanut butter and jelly." Kathleen said in a very thoughtful way. "Okay then here is the jelly and the peanut butter. Would you like potato chips or Fritos?" Kathleen put her finger under her chin and leaned her head to the side. "I think we should have both. Don't you think so my beloved." Kathleen said as she looked at Junior. "I think that sounds like a good idea sweet heart." Lucinda almost busted out laughing. "Do you need anything else? How about milk?" "Yes please." Lucinda poured some milk into a pint sized plastic container. "Is that all you need now?" "I think that is it. Thank you." Kathleen said. Lucinda put everything into a plastic bag along with a spoon to spread the peanut butter and jelly on the bread. For bread she had given them little cocktail sized bread. She watched them as they made their way back to the elevator. She wished she had, had a camera.

Just before lunch was ready she asked Angel if he had been invited to lunch with his daughter. "Yes I forgot to tell you that well be having lunch in the kids room." A few minutes later Lucinda brought Angel a glass of cold blood and a roast beef sandwich. "Here Mr. Martin I think you had better eat this before you go upstairs. Miss. Kathleen and Junior came shopping for lunch a few minutes ago and I don't think peanut butter and jelly on cocktail bread will be filling enough for you." "Thank you Lucinda." He said with a smile.

Once again that afternoon Angel had to sit on a tiny chair that he almost fell over trying to sit on. He thought to himself 'Anything for my little princes'. At the end of the luncheon he tried getting up but his legs had been bent for so long that he needed help.

"Help me get up guys." Kathleen took her Daddy's left hand and Junior took his right hand and pulled as hard as they could but he didn't budge. "Okay Daddy I'm going to count to three then well pull and you try to stand up okay?" "Okay." "Here we go Daddy, 1,2,3 pull Junior." There was a lot of grunting and groaning but they finally got him up. "Thank you Miss Kathleen. I am going to return to my office. When you're done cleaning up in here call me and I'll come and take a nap with you." "Okay Daddy."

Angel went downstairs and finished some paper work on a case he had just finished working on. Cordelia was always on him to keep track of all of his expenses. When his daughter called by yelling at him from the 3rd floor balcony he was more than happy to go and leave the unfinished papers on his desk and go upstairs.

When he came into their room he found the bedspreads from their beds on the floor and spread out neatly with their small pillows on each side and what appeared to be his pillow from his bed in the middle.

"Are you ready to take a nap now?" "Come on Daddy. See we made a place for you to sleep here too." Kathleen grabbed her fathers hand and pulled him down. Angel took his shoes off and his jacket then laid down in the middle. Kathleen put a blanket on him that looked like it came from his bed also. When she had it just right she lay down beside him and pulled the cover over her. Junior curled up under his arm on the other side and before long they were all sleeping.

When Cordelia, Connie and Joaquin came back they went upstairs to check on the children. Cordelia went to her room and got her camera to take a picture. What they saw was Angel lying on his stomach, Kathleen turned on her side and holding onto his arm while Junior was practically sleeping on top of Angel. Connie closed the door quietly.

"That is so cute. Can you have a copy made for me also?" Connie asked Cordelia. "Sure, no problem." Cordelia went to the second floor then to get everyone to help bring the groceries in and put them away. Lucky for Connor he came in just as they finished putting the last of the groceries away.

"What timing or were you down the street waiting and giving us enough time to put the groceries away?" Gunn asked Connor. "I am innocent I tell ya! Innocent! Besides since Toby was locked up in a kennel most of the day I took him to the park to get some exercise. I have some studying to do Cordelia and then I'll be taking Tom and Lou to go shopping if that's okay with you?" "Sure Connor. Tom is upstairs with Fred and Wesley right now and Lou is putting things away upstairs." When they put the last of the groceries away Cordelia went upstairs to rest. She was dead tired and her ankles were swollen from her being on her feet too much. After going to the bathroom she poured herself some iced tea then gathered some pillows at the foot of the couch and lay down and put her feet up on the pillows. She turned the TV on but never got to see what came on because she went to sleep as soon as she laid down.

When she woke up around 7 p.m. she found that she had a blanket on her. She tossed it off and went to get up but couldn't quiet make it. So she just sat there and called Angel. "Angel come and help me. I can't get off of the couch and I have to go to the bathroom." Giles just happened to be passing in front of her room when he heard Cordelia call out. He knocked on the door. "Cordelia this is Giles do you need some help?" "Yes Giles come in." When she heard the door open she told him she was on the couch.

"Giles, would you help me get off of this couch please?" When he came over she held out her hands and he grabbed hold of them and pulled her up. "Thank you, now if you'll excuse me I have to go to the bathroom." Giles left then and returned to his room.

Cordelia was starting her eighth month next week and she felt like a beached whale. She searched for Angel in her mind and found him downstairs fixing their dinner to bring upstairs.

While they were having dinner upstairs the Sunnydale gang came in. Connie knew they were coming so she had made plenty of food for the extra people. Angel and Cordelia heard someone knocking at the door. "Come in Spike and Buffy." "Hello, hello." Spike said. "We came to join you and find out why you wanted us to come down to sin city." Angel took a spoon full of mashed potatoes and flipped it at him. Spike was about to return it when both Buffy and Cordelia said "Boys, boys, let's try to act like adults." They both obediently answered with "Yes dear."

When they were done Cordelia served everyone some coffee. "My goodness Cordelia you're huge." Big mistake on Spike's part. Buffy reached over and slapped the back of his head. "Owe! What did you do that for?" "You inconsiderate, unfeeling bastard. That is no way to talk to a pregnant woman. Now apologize." Spike put his head down. Then he looked at Cordelia as she continued pouring the coffee. It suddenly occurred to Spike that he had better make it a good one or he was going to be in a lot of pain very soon.

"I am very sorry Cordelia. I don't know what overcame me. My demon came through for a second and I spoke as a child would please forgive me." "I forgive you Spike because I know that you are ignorant when it comes to peoples feelings. When you're in your Doctor mode you do just fine but when it's just Spike, a mean spirited, twisted little twerp that would still be existing in a mausoleum in the cemetery if it wasn't for Buffy I……………" Cordelia stopped and took a deep breath. "No I won't say that, I'll have to go to confession if I lose control and say what I want to say. I left that Cordelia behind a long time ago." Cordelia poured Spike a cup of coffee then sat down again.

"Anyway as I was going to say before you were so rude to my wife I wanted you here because we have a new addition to the family. Daniel D'Chambeau died last week and I brought Tom here to live with us. When I came home Mom told me that Sr. Margaret paid her a visit. She told her that Tom was to go and live with you and Buffy in Sunnydale for the summer. Wesley and Giles don't know it yet but Tom is going to go to England and become a Watcher and he will become Joyce's watcher. Both Buffy and Spike knew that when Sr. Margaret gave instructions that it was coming from God Himself, and no one questioned God.

Angel saw the look on their faces. "Don't worry Buffy and Spike, Tom is a very nice kid. In fact Spike, after hanging around him for a while he may teach you how to be kinder and more respectful of other people's feelings."

"What's the other reason you wanted us to come here?" Spike asked.

Angel took a deep breath and prepared himself for Spikes reaction.

"Spike I want you to go with me to New Hampshire to see the Sisters at the Order that Mom was in. I want to introduce Billy to the Sisters and ask them to pray for him that God will take him away from Satan when you leave this world and let him join his family. I believe Billy is an Innocent that was taken by Satan when he was very young and didn't understand what he was consenting to. Christ or God the Father are the only Ones that can possibly save him. Will you do this for Billy?" Spike was quiet for awhile while he thought about it.

"Okay I'll go. Not because I know you will probably try to beat me senseless if I don't go but because I believe as you do." "What do you mean 'try' to beat you senseless?" "Come on now Angel we all know that as you become more human that you're not as strong as you used to be." Spike said. He knew that what he was saying was the truth so he said it with a little more of a light touch.

"You know Spike that is the part of my redemption that I am finding to be the hardest to deal with. Every time one of Cordelia's visions send us out to a fight I have to deal with the fact that I'm not as strong as I used to be. That endless well of strength is no longer their. Hells bells Spike I even get tired giving Cordelia a good time more than once without having at least an hour of rest and sleep."

"I know what you mean Angel. When I was a teenager and first found out that I was the Slayer I was constantly complaining about wanting to be a normal teenager. The time came later that the watchers put me through a test where I had to show my ability to think my way through a problem. Without my knowing it Giles was hypnotizing me and giving me some kind of drug that would essentially take away my Slayer powers. I can tell you that I was scared when I was being chased by just a group of boys that wanted to play with me, if you know what I mean. I went running through an alleyway calling for help and no one would help me. I thank God that Giles was keeping an eye on me and rescued me with that beat up old car he used to have. I was never so happy to see it. I can tell you that I didn't complain as much after that. The first thing I did after the drug wore off was go after those boys. I baited them, drew them into that same alley then cleaned their clocks."

"Connor told me that you have been going jogging every day now to build up your endurance. He said you can jog longer than an ordinary person but you take longer than you used to, to get your heart rate and breathing back to normal." Spike said as he got up to get some more coffee. He offered it to anyone else and Buffy held her cup up.

"After Wolfram & Hart got through with me I was having a hard time with breathing. I talked to Mom about it and she said that I had to start training my lungs to function more normally now. They had made due with very little oxygen getting into them and passing it on to my blood for so long that now I more or less had to train them to do it again." "Mom and Hunter told him that under no circumstances was he to keep the link with me when I went into labor this time. They said it could very well damage his brain permanently this time." Cordelia said as she put her hand on his.

"Since Spike is going with you Angel you better make those reservations for Wednesday evening." Cordelia said as she got up and started to put the dishes in the sink to clean. Buffy got up and helped her.

"Well I uh, kind of made the reservations already." "You were that sure that I would go huh?" "If there is one thing that I know Spike and that I am one hundred percent sure of it's how you will react to a given situation." Angel said with a grin.

"Hey, I just realized that Kathleen isn't in here." Buffy said as she dried the dishes that Cordelia was washing. "Yeah we put her and Junior into the same room. You should see it Buffy it's so cute. I have her side of the room all pink and white with a canopied bed and Juniors side of the room is green and blue and looks more boyish. The first day we put her in there she had her Daddy, Mommy, and Grandma over for tea. It was so cute. She talked just like I do when I have someone visiting up here."

"What about at night? Did she cry when she had to stay in her own bed?" "Are you kidding? Not that little Imp. She waited until later when she thought I was sleeping. Angel and the others had gone out on a mission from my vision so I was alone and had gone to bed early. When he came home and lifted the sheets to crawl into bed there she was. He took her and put her into her own bed and then came back. At 3 o'clock in the morning she came sneaking in again. This time we let her stay. The next night she did the same thing and Angel put her back into her own bed when she went back to sleep. The next morning though Connie and I went to Mom and Lucinda and asked them what they did with their kids. They both said you just have to keep putting them in their own beds and eventually they'll stay. What really worked though was Mom suggesting that we have Toby stay with them a few nights so that they would feel safe. You should have seen it Buffy when we checked on them they had pulled their bedcovers off and put them on the floor together then they had Toby lay down in the middle then they each pulled their blankets off of the bed and put them over Toby and themselves. After that they didn't come back to our beds anymore."

"Spike insisted that we start putting Joyce in her own room. He says he can't get his engines going when he knows his daughter is in the same room. So we have my old room fixed up for her but she starts crying all of the time and won't stop until we take her downstairs with us." Buffy said.

"You know what your problem is Buffy?" Angel asked and he looked at Spike. "No what?" Buffy asked. "You need to make a playmate or two for her. Didn't Mom say that you were going to have twins also? Maybe it's time to work on getting those two going, or you could get her a puppy. You don't need a big German Shepard like Toby but you can get a Golden Retriever. I hear their real good with kids. Or maybe a Collie." Angel knew that if Spike said anything other than something positive he was going to be in hot water.

"Yeah Buffy didn't Dr. Martin say that we were supposed to have twin boys. Yes that sounds real good to me. Besides I'm tired of being the only man in the house." He picked up Buffy and tossed her over his shoulder. "Your ripe girl so let's get busy." "Goodnight Cordelia and Angel." Buffy said as she threw the dish towel at Angel.

"Wait Spike, put me down, I have to put Joyce to bed. Can she sleep with Kathleen Cordelia?" "Sure, I think they'll both fit. Maybe she'll leave you alone tonight so you can work on making her two brothers."

"Come on Spike let's put the kids to bed so Buffy can have the time to get real sexy for you tonight." Angel said as he got up.

Spike put Buffy down and the men went to look for their daughters. They found them all in Kathleen and Junior's bedroom. They peaked in before making their presence known. What they found was poor Junior playing the daddy to two dolls while Kathleen and Joyce went shopping. Kathleen was holding Joyce's hand as she went to their shelves of toys and pretended they were shopping. Joyce would say 'I want dat' and Kathleen would answer with the inevitable 'No you can't have that'.

Angel and Spike pulled back from the door way and did their best not to laugh to loud but Kathleen and Joyce with their inherited vampire hearing, heard them in the hallway. They went to the door and peeked out. "Hi Daddy." Both girls said when they saw their fathers in the hallway. Both Spike and Angel melted then. As they picked up their daughters Joaquin came upstairs to put his son to bed. Unlike Angel and Spike he didn't let Junior wrap his daddy around his little finger and delay going to bed. When Angel and Spike wanted to help their daughters put their pajamas on Kathleen said, "No Daddy and Uncle Spike, Joyce and I will go into the bathroom and change". "Joyce needs help Kathleen. She's still too small to do it herself." "I'll help her Uncle Spike." Kathleen and Joyce picked up their clothes and went to the bathroom and closed the door.

"I wonder where that came from." Angel said. "Kathleen sure is growing up fast." Spike said. "Didn't you ever establish a link with Joyce?" "The way my mind works? I didn't dare, besides my poor little girl will have enough psychological problems to work her way through without my screwed up thoughts to deal with." "Yeah I guess your right. I had to cut the link between Kathleen and I when I started having problems with that blood clot, plus Mom said that Kathleen was getting to old to have her mind linked up with mine, especially when Cordelia and I were having a party. She said if I continued with the link that I would have to be chasing all of the boys away from her with a bat when she is 12."

While Angel and Spike were sitting on Kathleen's bed they watched Joaquin. Junior already had his clothes off and was putting his pajamas on while his father put his clothes in the hamper. He jumped into bed as soon as he was done and his father gave him a kiss then turned to leave. As he started for the door he noticed Angel and Spike staring at him. "How did you do that?" Angel asked.

"He's a boy. You'll see the big difference when you have your two boys. I feel sorry for you guys." Joaquin left then smiling. The girls came out from the bathroom and went over to their fathers. Joyce was holding onto her sleeper bottoms while holding onto Kathleen's hand with her other hand. Kathleen's pajama top was buttoned except for the last button which was hanging on the bottom without a partner and the button hole on the top was without a partner.

"I couldn't close the snaps on Joyce's sleepers Uncle Spike so would you do it please?" "I think I can do that for the little munchkin." Spike took a diaper out of Joyce's suitcase and put it on her then he put the pajama bottom back on.

"How come Joyce wears a diaper at night Uncle Spike?" Kathleen asked as she watched Spike put a diaper on Joyce. "Joyce just started learning how to use a potty chair so Aunt Buffy wants to put a diaper on her at night just to make sure that there are no accidents. She said after a week of no accidents then she'll put on training pants."

"I think something is wrong with my pajamas Daddy." Kathleen said as she turned to Angel. "What makes you think there is something wrong with it?" "Because it's not even, see." She pointed to the button on the bottom. "Oh, well let's see if we can fix this." Angel unbuttoned the pajama top. "See, now when you start putting the buttons into the button holes you can start at the bottom. Put the two ends together then start putting the buttons into the button holes from the bottom up." Angel held the two ends together while Kathleen started buttoning her pajama top. When she was done she looked at it and said, "Hey that's a pretty good trick Daddy, your pretty smart. You're not as dumb as you look." Angel just looked at his daughter then at Spike who was laughing.

"Where did you hear that?" "Hear what Daddy?" "You know that phrase 'you're not as dumb as you look'." "That's what Connor says to me all of the time." Angel didn't say anything else he just got up along with Spike and they put there daughters in the bed.

"Go to sleep now." Angel and Spike gave their daughters a kiss then started to leave. "Daddy aren't you going to read us a story?" Angel looked at Spike. "Rats."

They went back in and Angel looked at the books on the book shelf. "I've read all of these for you at least 3 times already. Let me go downstairs to the library and I'll bring back new ones okay?" "Okay Daddy but you promise to come right back?" "Yes and just so that you will be sure that I come back I am going to leave Uncle Spike here as your hostage." Angel left then to get some new books while Spike sat on the floor playing with Juniors toys. Angel was back in a few minutes and kept one book and put the rest away. It took him another 15 minutes to read the story to the girls while Spike read another book to Junior since he said the one Angel was reading was to girly.

Spike and Angel finally returned after almost 1 ½ hours. "What took you two so long?" Cordelia asked. "You know the usual. Does Kathleen always go to the bathroom now to get into her pajamas when you put her to bed?" Angel asked Cordelia. "Oh, well that is something new she started a few days ago. It seems that our little girl has had an epiphany." "An epiphany?" "Yes, apparently it has just dawned on our little girl that Junior is different from her." "Oh that has finally happened. I guess I can't take a bath with her anymore." "I think that will be okay for now because I'm always leaning against you when she takes a bath with us. First time she notices a ponytail between your legs though, that's the end of that."

Buffy got up from the table and said, "Lets go to bed my dear." Buffy took Spikes hand and pulled him up. "You have to go to work." Buffy said with a smile.

"When do you guys leave?" "Wednesday at 9 o'clock at night. I couldn't get anything else on such short notice. I have to go and tell Mom so she can call the Sisters." Angel left then and Cordelia started to get ready for bed. She was tired and her legs were swollen again.

By the time Angel came back she was already in bed with a bunch of pillows under her feet and fast asleep. He could feel her pain but he couldn't feel the discomfort of the swollen legs. He remembered being able to feel that when she was carrying Kathleen. All of a sudden he realized that he was picking up on her depression and it was at that time that he noticed her Teddy Bear on her other side so he headed downstairs to the chapel since she had something to hold onto for now.

To his surprise he found someone that he didn't expect to find. Giles was in the last pew with his head down. He knew Giles had joined the adult class at Father Barris's church for those that wanted to join the Catholic Church. Angel just went inside and sat at the front. He still had his prayers to do so he pulled out his rosary.

When Giles thought he was finished with his Rosary he quietly stood up and went to sit next to Angel.

"Angel, can I talk to you about something that is bothering me?" "Sure Giles."

"As you know Mary is almost 10 years older then me. I was wondering if you know how much longer we will have together." "No Giles I don't. All I know is what Mom told all of us, that no one will die for at least 20 years. By then Mom, I believe, will be around 76. When I was young you were known as an old, old, old person at that age. Very few people reached that age. In fact, I personally, have known only two people that reached that age. One of them was the old Gypsy woman that first gave me my soul back and laid that nasty curse on me. The other one was the old midwife that delivered babies in our village. She didn't deliver Kathleen because she was busy that year with babies being born on the other side of the village so my mother had two women that were the old ladies apprentices. Why are you asking?"

"I've been thinking a lot about it lately. Especially after she had the stroke. I don't think I ever thanked you for all that you've done for her. I cherish every moment I have with her now. Some times I think about all of the people that you have affected since you started fighting for your redemption. Do you know that the only ones that haven't converted to the Catholic Church are Gunn and Willow? There are hundreds and hundreds of people that are still alive because of you Angel."

"You know Giles, I don't know if it's Angelus being funny or if it's an actual thought of my own, but I was just wondering if I could trade some of those lives I've saved, in for a smoother ride to my own demise." Giles started laughing. "Do you think St. Peter is keeping accounting books on such things?" Giles and Angel were both laughing now.

"You are terrible, I'm going to tell Mary." "Tattletale." Angel said. They sat there quietly for a while.

"I think I'll go and join Cordelia now." Giles got up also and they turned the lights off as they left. "I told Mom that we'll be taking off at 9 p.m. on Wednesday. It was the only one I could get on such late notice." "Okay, I know you'll take good care of her Angel." "I'll do my best Dad." Angel took off down the hallway while Giles took a swing at him with his leg and of course he missed.

The next day was an interesting one to say the least. Everyone came down for breakfast by 9. Lou and Tom came down last since Tom was used to his Dads schedule which was night time. Angel had forgotten that Dawn usually spent the summer with her father so he wasn't going to get to see what happened between Tom and her.

Angel stood up and introduced Tom to Buffy and Spike. They all sat down after introductions were made. With the extra people at the table Cordelia had asked Angel to bring down the table in Kathleen and Junior's room while Joaquin brought the chairs. They put the table and chairs right by the dinning room table where the children could be watched. They had one of the family hoping that they would make a big mess since he was the official vacuum for the kids. Toby stood at the 4th side of the table and Kathleen had brought a plate over for him and all of the children gave him some of their food. What happened next was a big surprise to everyone.

Kathleen went to her father and asked him to make everyone be quiet so she could say their breakfast prayer. Angel tapped his glass with his spoon in order to get everyone's attention. "Kathleen wants to give a breakfast prayer so she has asked that everyone be quiet."

As soon as she saw that everyone was quiet she said "Everyone bow their heads now." Everyone saw Toby put his paws on the table and put his head down on his paws.

"Dear Heavenly Father we thank you for all of this food and for all of Daddy and Mommies friends. Amen." "Amen." Everyone answered.

If it had been at night time when their was no day time lights they would have still been able to see what they were eating because Angel and Cordelia were just beaming with pride.

"Thank you Kathleen that was very nice." Dr. Martin said. "You're welcome Grandma. Toby did good too didn't he." "He sure did. Did you teach him how to do that?" "No grandma. I guess he saw Junior and me doing it so he copied us."

"When are you going to get a wife for Toby Angel. I would like to have one of his pups." Spike said. "I'll talk to Connor about it since he's his dog."

"Is everything set with the Sisters Mom?" "Yes they will have someone meet us at the guest house as before. It will feel odd that I have to now stand on the outside when we go there."

"Do you regret ever leaving?" Giles asked as he held her hand.

"Never in a million years. I view my time in the convent as just another phase or chapter of my life. I believe when we have life changing conditions in our life it means that whatever God wanted us to experience or learn during that time has been completed and it's time to move on. My whole life has been geared towards coming here and helping Angel. Just as Jesus Christ was sent into this world as a man so that he would understand what we feel and how men think so that he would be better able to help and guide and judge us, I was given my life experiences so that I would be better able to understand and help Angel and the rest."

"What about Angel Mom, why do you think he has been put through so much?" Cordelia asked.

"I think we talked about this once before but for Lou's and Tom's sake I'll say it again. Angel made bad decisions at the beginning of his life. Instead of going the right way which would have lead him to help his father run the farm and to help provide for the family he chose to go his own way. Angel in his youth chose to be concerned primarily with himself. He wanted to have fun and fun for Angel meant drinking every night until he was drunk and finding a young girl that was willing to give up her virginity to him. Unfortunately this led to Darla who turned him into a Vampire.

Some how Angel came to St. Michaels attention. He manipulated Angel until he was given his soul back. It was at that time that Angels education started. Every thing that he experienced after that was used to teach him something. Fortunately he was intelligent enough to learn from them. It wasn't until he was directed to Buffy and her friends that he started to actually help people who were being attacked by demons and other vampires. For reasons that I won't go into, Angel came to Los Angeles and with the help of Cordelia started Angel Investigations. Shortly after, Wesley joined Angel Investigation and then Gunn. St. Michael, who had become Angels Guardian Angel when he was given his soul back felt that Angel needed help. He was in love with Cordelia but they couldn't be together because of the curse that the old lady had put on him. Just to let you know Tom and Lou the curse was a spell that the old lady had put on Angel that said if he ever had a moment of pure happiness he would lose his soul again and Angelus, his demon, would take over again. Anyway St. Michael went to God and explained all of the problems that Angel had, which wasn't being made any easier by the PTB.

To make a long story short, I was sent by St. Michael to help Angel to learn to deal with his problems and to set him back on course fighting for his redemption. Angel didn't know it but he had been chosen to be Gods champion here on earth. In order to help him to fulfill his duties as His champion I put Angel through intensive therapy so that he could learn about himself and how to handle his problems.

St. Michael is through educating Angel. The decisions that he makes now in how he handles problems and how he helps people is the result of all of his previous years of training. Tom and Lou I want to tell you that Angel and I have a mutual friend that comes to me in the form of a dream usually, she passes on to me orders from St. Michael. Spike, Sr. Margaret has told me that Tom is to go and live in Sunnydale until school starts so that he can help you and Buffy. Willow will help him to study any subjects that he needs to improve on so that when he does come back in September he will be able to go to school with Lou. From what Wesley tells me about Lou, their father did a good job of teaching them about the basics of Math and English and they only need help in History or the Social Studies or whatever they call it now days."

"Why does he have to come to Sunnydale?" Buffy and Spike asked at the same time. "God has his reasons and it's not good to question him. He sees things differently then we do Buffy and Spike. I will tell you that Tom needs to learn to socialize since he has spent all of his life up until now with just his father and sister to interact with. Tom needs to learn to be a teenager so let him go places with the other teenagers. If possible tell Dawn she needs to go back with you to Sunnydale. Dawn could help Tom a lot in learning how to hang out, as they say, with people his own age. She'll also be able to help him to learn how to hold back on his own natural abilities when interacting with regular people. Are there any question on the orders that you have been given." No one said anything. "I take it then that you have no objections Spike and Buffy?" Dr. Martin looked directly at them.

"Tom do you understand what is expected of you for the next two or three months?" "Yes Dr. Martin." Tom answered. "Tom I know that I am throwing a lot at you right now but God has a lot of plans for you and it's important that we get started. When you come back for the school year you will also start receiving lessons so that you can join the Catholic Church. Angel has told me that even though your father didn't have you baptized he himself was raised in the Catholic Church and this influenced much of what he taught you and Lou about God. I know that Lou has said that your father rarely talked about God or the church but I can tell you that everyone that was raised in either a Catholic, Baptist, Protestant, Jewish or whatever is influenced by these churches in some way. Tom you are the only one out of everyone else that is being told that you are to join the Catholic Church. Everyone else has done so because they chose to do it of their own choice. I will personally teach you. My husband here, Rupert, will teach you about demons and Vampires. Angel will teach you about the martial arts. Essentially what will be happening is that you will be attending two schools through out the year."

"May I ask something?" Tom asked. "Yes go right ahead." Dr. Martin answered. She got up to get herself a cup of coffee while listening.

"I have two questions. First I would like to know why Lou doesn't have to go through the same thing. She has told me that basically she has been working with Cordelia mostly, learning the martial arts from Angel, and studying with Wesley and Fred."

"Lou, have you talked to your brother about your relationship with Connor?" "Yes I have." "Then I guess I can talk about you without shocking your brother right?" "Yes I have told him most of what I already know or Connor and I have decided on." Lou said with a smile. They could all see that she was embarrassed about talking about herself and Connor. Her cheeks were taking on a definite red shade.

"To answer your question Tom Lou is being groomed to stand by Connors side as he takes over Angel Investigation so it isn't necessary for her to have so much schooling. Fred is the one that told Wesley and I that you would be the one to take over from Wesley. Most of the people sitting at this table right now will leave this world within the next 30 years. Wesley will be here the longest because he will see to it that all children have the schooling that they need to fulfill their positions within Angel Investigations.

You Tom will stand by Connors side in much the same way that Wesley has stood by Angels. You have a lot to learn though before you can take that position though. Now what is your second question?"

"Do you mind if I call you Grandma like Lou does?" Dr. Martin smiled. "Yes, remember I said you could call me Grandma when you first came and I don't think Rupert will mind if you call him Grandpa." Dr. Martin grabbed her husbands hand as though asking if it was okay. "I have no problem with that." Giles said. As Dr. Martin stood up she said "Buffy, Spike, and Angel would you please follow me up to room 412. I need to talk to all of you about something unrelated to all of this."

Angel, Buffy, and Spike got up to follow Dr. Martin upstairs. "I guess the rest of you have now been dismissed." Angel said. "What did you guys do this time? You're in trouble now. Sisters going to get out that old ruler and it's going to be whack, whack, whack." Gunn said as he laughed. Angel went over and stood behind his chair and put his hands on Gunn's shoulders. "I think I now know what your purpose is here at Angel Investigations that is besides backing me up in a fight. Do you know what that is Gunn?" Angel applied a little more pressure on his shoulders. "As a matter of fact I do Angel. Dr. Martin finally told me what my primary purpose is." "What did she tell you?" Angel applied just a little more pressure until Gunn gave out a little groan.

"She said my primary purpose was to tease you mercilessly so that your head would never grow so large that they would have to have the doors enlarged." Gunn jumped up then and ran out the back door and to his truck before Angel could tackle him. Angel just went to the elevator and joined Buffy and Spike.

"You guys are like kids over here, no wonder Mom has to come to Sunnydale once in a while to get some rest." Buffy said while laughing at Gunn and Angels display of childishness.

"When did you start calling Dr. Martin Mom?" Angel asked as they made their way to the 4th floor.

"When Giles and I had a mutual adoption and I started calling him Daddy. Since Dr. Martin is his wife, I now have the right to call her Mom." "Do not. She's my Momma." "I'm going to tell Daddy." "Tattletale." Angel stuck his tongue out at Buffy as they exited the elevator. Of course she did the same to him. Angel put his arm around Buffy. "If our situation doesn't fit the saying 'Oh what a tangiled web we weave'. First I was your boyfriend, your lover, your Daddy, now your brother. If our relationship isn't one for the books I don't know what is." "There is nothing about my life that is ordinary Angel. Ever since I was told I was the Slayer my life has been nothing short of spectacular."

Angel knocked at the door of 412. "Come in." Dr. Martin answered. Angel, Buffy, and Spike walked in. Angel took his usual chair while Buffy and Spike took the couch. Dr. Martin had her chair turned so that it faced the couch.

"Buffy and Spike I have something very serious to discuss with you. I'm bringing this up now because we have been given the opportunity to do something about the problem." Dr. Martin said. She looked very serious which made Buffy nervous. She picked up Spikes hand and held it in both of hers.

"Buffy I know that you know where Dawn comes from and that she isn't really your sister. In every way that you could possibly think of she is human except in one way that no test that science can come up with that could prove the existance of. Do you know what that is?" Spike gave Dr. Martin her answer. "A soul."

"Exactly, Dawn is missing that very thing that Angel prizes so greatly. The monks that gave Dawn human form could not give her a soul because only God can do that. I know that you both love Dawn very much. The reason that I have chosen to speak to you now is because of Angels faith in God. Because of his faith in God he believes that God can give Billy what Satan took away from him. Because of his faith in God he has suggested that we could ask God to give Dawn a soul just as we are going to ask the Sisters to pray for Billy."

Buffy and Spike were quiet for a while. "What do we have to do?" Spike asked.

"It's very simple Spike. All you have to do is ask the Sisters to pray for Dawn. Ask them to pray that God will grant her a soul. Explain to them what Dawn is and what she means to you and Buffy." Spike kept his eyes down. He got up and walked over to the window and pulled the shade back. He stood back where the sun couldn't reach him then he stepped forward just a little and put his arm out so that it was now in the sunlight. At first nothing happened then his skin started to smoke and then burst into flames. He let it burn for 15 seconds then quickly pulled it back. Buffy had jumped up and grabbed a towel that she soaked in water. When Spike pulled his arm back she threw the towel on his hand and arm.

Spike looked at Dr. Martin. "This is all supposed to teach me how important a soul is, isn't it?" "I would say that, that is a possibility, but nothing has been said to me." "I remember what Fr. Barris told me when I made my confession. He said I didn't really care about heaven, he said the only reason I wanted to go there was because I knew that Buffy would be there." Spike said as he turned around and looked outside. He made sure that he was out of the direct sun light as he stood there.

"You know Dr. Martin I've tried to understand where you are all coming from. I've tried to understand why we should honor God and His Son. I'm sure you realize that all of the insane, murderous things that I have done are not from my demon but from me. I taught him how to kill efficiently. Just as Angelus taught me. Billy didn't know how to be sadistic, he didn't know how to grab a persons head just right to break it. He didn't know how to rape a woman or even why a man likes to do it and then kill her." Spike turned around and looked at Angel. As he looked at him tears started to fall.

"Angel I am so afraid that I am having such a hard time learning that He is going to make me suffer the way He did you. I don't know if I can take it Angel. For as long as I live Angel I will never forget seeing you up on the cross and how badly damaged your body was. As I helped Dr. Martin patch you up I couldn't understand why you clung to life. I know I told her that you should heal but I really didn't think you would. And the pain Angel, the pain was the worst. I knew how badly you suffered because when your in extreme pain you radiate what your feeling to those people you have a link to. We don't feel everything that you do but we get the general idea." Spike sank to his knees and was crying uncontrolably. Angel went to his side.

"Why are you crying Spike?" "Because I am afraid. I am afraid that I won't succeed as you did. I am afraid that I will be stuck in hell for eternity and I will never see those that I love again. I am afraid that Billy has a better chance of going into heaven than I do. Angel I am afraid that God will never forgive me for the things that I have done, because that was me doing everything as a Vampire Angel. It wasn't Billy. When Billy was in control of my body I told him what to do. At least you have the excuse that Angelus was in control and their wasn't anything you could do to stop him." Spike was holding onto Angels waist by now. His head was in his lap and Angel had his arms wrapped around Spike and holding him.

"Spike I want you to listen to me." Spike sat up and looked into his Sire's eyes.

"Spike you will succeed. Do you know how I know this?" Spike just looked at Angel. "No I don't, but I know your going to come up with something very wise or something like that." Spike managed to produce a smile.

"I know that you will succeed because you never would have cared about these things before and now you do. Spike don't worry about tomorrow, learn to leave it in His hands. He won't give you anymore than you can stand. How long it takes for you to learn though depends entirely on you."

Angel made Spike let go of him and stand up. "I am going to go and get some sleep Spike, I suggest that you and Buffy do the same thing." Buffy came and put her arm through Spikes arm and they walked out together.

Dr. Martin looked at Angel and said with a smile, "You know Dr. Martin you are getting pretty good at that." Thank you Dr. Martin I've had good teachers. They walked back to the elevator and they both entered. Angel rode the elevator to the 5th floor even though he was going back down to the 2nd. When he arrived in his suiet of rooms he found Cordelia already sleeping. It was getting towards the end of her pregnancy and she could just barely move on her own. Most of the time she needed help to get up from the bed or couch. She rarely picked up Kathleen anymore because she was just to heavy for her. He finally took off his shoes, pants and shirt and lay down beside her.

By 5 p.m. Angel was up and taking a shower. While he was in there Cordelia came in and after wetting her hair Angel started to wash her hair for her while she held onto the hand rails he had installed for her. She was so big now that her center of gravity was different and she would often lose her balance while trying to wash herself. After she fell in the shower Angel insisted on installing the hand rails. When he was done washing himself and her they both got out and he dried her off while she dried her hair.

"What am I going to do Angel while your gone?" "What do you mean?" "Who is going to help me take a shower?" "Well you could always ask one of the other women to help you. How about Lou, would you be comfortable with her helping you?" "Yea I guess so. I guess she is the only other one or maybe Buffy. She'll get to see all of the problems she'll have when she is pregnant with her twins." Cordelia turned around so Angel could help her put her, what Angel called her pregnancy panties, on then her pants. She put her bra on by herself since her breasts were starting to hurt her. After Angel dressed himself they went down to the lobby for dinner then. While they were in the elevator Cordelia said "Come home as soon as you can Angel because I have a feeling that our boys are going to be born very soon now."

"Isn't this a little early?" Her statement got his full attention. "No they are done growing right now and all they're doing is putting on weight. I think this would be a good time for them to come out because I feel like my belly is going to split right down the middle if I have to carry these guys much longer. Don't forget Angel to break the link between us once I go into heavy labor." Cordelia turned to him and pressed him against the wall. "After all my dear even though it's your body that does so much for me I need your mind to be fully functional in order for you to make love to me with so much skill." She gave him a kiss then let him go.

When everyone was downstairs and at the table Connie and her mother in-law brought out the food. She had made all kinds of fixings for burritos. When everyone was done Angel got up. "Are you all packed Mom and Spike?" They both answered with a yes.

"Since we won't be gone very long Wesley I'll take my car and leave it at the airport. I believe you have the Sisters phone number right?" "Yes I do." "Okay then I'll be waiting for you two at the back." Angel picked up Kathleen. "I wish I could take you with me princes so the Sisters could see what a beautiful little girl you are. Then they would be able to see what they predicted came true." "What did they pedict Daddy?" "When the Sisters saw your Mommy and Daddy they said 'those two will make beautiful babies together'. If they could see you I could say see you were right, Kathleen's Mommy and Daddy made a beautiful little girl called Mary Kathleen Martin and she is the apple of her Daddy's eye." Kathleen's only response was to smile and give her Daddy a hug. "Don't get into any trouble now Daddy and take care of Grandma and Uncle Spike okay?" "Okay princes, I will do my best." He gave her a kiss again then put her down. Cordelia started to get up but he pushed her back down. "Sit down my dear and just give me a kiss goodbye." "Come home soon Angel." Cordelia kissed him goodbye and stood up. "I am leaving their safe keeping in your hands Connor." Connor said good bye and Angel left. He had already put his suitcase in his car along with a small suitcase full of containers of blood for Spike and himself.

Their flight took off on time and they arrived in New England at 2 A.M. the next morning. By the time they arrived at the Convent it was almost 4 o'clock. Sister Cecile had left a note on the door along with a note saying that Mother Superior would see them at 12 noon for lunch. It was summer time so they didn't need the fireplaces to warm up the place. Everyone went to bed as soon as they got their. Dr. Martin was too tired to do anything else. Tomorrow was going to be a big day.

TBC………………………………………………………………………..