Disclaimer: Same as previous chapter.

Chapter 2

Harry was trying to look out the window while Andrew kept pulling him in and telling him to try to get to sleep.

"Daddy, I want to look outside," Harry said with a pout.

"All that's out there is water and clouds," Andrew said, "Now, come back to daddy."

Harry crawled into Andrew's arms and began to suck his thumb and asked, "When are we going to be at our new home daddy?"

"If you sleep," Andrew said softly, "It'll go by much faster, I promise."

He was relieved when Harry, still in his arms, fell into a deep happy sleep, as he slept Andrew heard a camera snapping and Maria smiling deeply and she whispered, "So cute."

They talked off and on while Andrew did his best to sleep and keep Harry asleep.

Harry was still asleep when he started to dream about his before family and Godric was picking on him and his parents and Uncle Sirius simply ignoring him, he heard the old man telling them that he had to go stay with Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon.

He was then woken up and he saw his new daddy looking at him and whispered, "Hey Harry, we're landing in New York City."

Andrew laughed as Harry tried to crawl out of his arms to look out, he heard Harry say, "Daddy, look at the big statue."

"Yeah," Andrew said, "It's a big statue isn't it? Get back into your seat Harry I have to buckle you in."

"No," Harry said, "Want to sit in your lap."

"Later, I promise," Andrew said as he patted Harry's messy dark hair, "And if you're good I'll read you some stories.

Harry giggled a bit at what daddy had said, he liked his daddy's stories and allowed Maria and Andrew to buckle him up.

The stewardess walked by and said, "We are going to be landing in ten minutes, so please buckle up," and she smiled.

Andrew said, "Harry, we're only staying here for a day or two while I sort out some stuff from where I used to work."

Harry nodded while Maria whispered, "Andrew, I doubt that if you quit the council they'll let me stay with you."

"I know," Andrew said sadly, "But hey it's alright; you and I can keep in touch and it's not like they didn't want me to quit, though now I can claim a huge severance package from them."

Maria giggled and said, "Maybe I should just quit too, I mean there are tonnes of slayers out there now and its not like they need me and also Kennedy always says that I'm the worse trained slayer out there."

"Well you can come with me if you want," Andrew said happily as he picked Harry up.

"Mommy!" Harry screamed with joy and giggled as Maria shook her head and picked him up.

"No Harry; I'm Auntie Maria not mommy," and hugged him.

"Auntie Maria," Harry said as he hugged her back and she smiled at him as he giggled and reached towards her necklace.

Andrew found a stroller and put Harry in it, he smiled at Harry, who tried to get up to get close to him, but he was pushed down and Andrew said, "You stay in the stroller, okay?"

Harry looked at him with his green eyes and raised his hands up, Andrew shook his head and laughed and said, "Daddy can't carry you right now."

Maria looked at Harry and smiled and whispered, "He's going to cry Andrew, you better hold him."

Andrew sighed and picked Harry up, who cuddled up in his arms, holding on to him for dear life. He whispered into Harry's ear, "Am I going to have to carry you everywhere?"

Harry nodded and hugged closer to Andrew, who simply smiled as he was feeling better than he had ever been in years as he felt Harry cuddle closer.

They had a cab take them to a motel as Andrew didn't want to use the council credit card again; he walked to a phone and managed to get through to Buffy.

Buffy was happy to hear from them but she nearly dropped the phone in shock; he was quitting and simply demanded his severance package and he swore that they would never hear from him again and shut the phone off.

Andrew was happy that she had agreed so readily to let him go, maybe it was a good thing that he had annoyed them so much.

Harry giggled as Andrew started to play with him again and started to tickle him which caused Harry to crawl towards him.

As he was preparing their bed for the night Andrew again wondered why did Anya give this little guy to him as he was a comic book geek with problems but he supposed that she knew what she was doing, after all he felt a lot like Harry as his parents obviously didn't want him around.

He got under the covers and went to sleep, he sighed; if tonight was anything like usual he would wake up with Harry cuddled close to him.

Maria saw the two men sleeping and knew that she couldn't be part of their lives as she was a slayer but she would visit her little nephew, she would help him settle in and then she would see about getting reassigned to Xander's slayers, she liked him more than she liked Kennedy.

The next morning Andrew woke up and smiled at Harry who was up and jumping up and down next to Maria, who was using the microwave to cook some pop tarts, he moaned, "Isn't there anything else?"

"Nope," Maria said, "And besides, there are somewhat healthy strawberry's in them."

Andrew groaned, "You mean strawberry flavoured paste, right?"

Harry was eating the pop tart when he walked over and held the half eaten pop tart up to Andrew's face.

"Umm, no thanks," Andrew said to Harry, "Daddy isn't hungry," Harry gave Andrew a pout and held the pop tart to him again.

"Oh alright," Andrew mumbled and took a bite and made a face, which Harry laughed excitedly at, thinking his father was playing a game with him.

Maria shook her head and said, "You have to be firm with him or else he's going to think he can get away with anything from you."

Andrew smiled and said, "Don't worry, I know how to be firm but I'm not going to be cruel."

Maria wagged her finger and said, "No Andrew, you're going to cave whenever Harry wants something from you."

Harry laughed and snuggled closer to Andrew, trying to get his father to play with him again.

"No," Andrew said to Harry, "I'm getting tickets for us to go somewhere else and that's where we're going to live."

"Is Auntie Maria going to be living with us?" Harry asked while looking at Maria.

Maria shook her head and said, "No honey I can't, I got a job to do but I'll come and visit whenever I can, promise."

Harry nodded sadly and reached towards Andrew again, Andrew said, "We're going to be living by ourselves for awhile."

As they discussed things Andrew grew more and more worried about Maria as being a slayer was difficult and hard, he prayed that Xander was going to be her new Watcher; he couldn't stand Kennedy going near her.

Andrew sighed and said, "We're going to Star City, I have a friend who can get me a job with Queen Industries."

"Ooh, perhaps you'll get to work under Oliver," Maria said as she giggled at his blush.

"No way," Andrew said, "Am I going there to work and besides I heard about that guy does nothing but parties and that's only the mainstream news, do you think I want Oliver Queen near my son?"

Maria cackled as they left to go the airport, she looked at Harry, who was trying to mimic her cackle and laughed again, "You're going to have problems with him."

She picked Harry up and whispered, "It's going to be alright kiddo, daddy doesn't like it when his crushes are revealed."

Andrew blushed and said, "I so don't have a crush on Oliver Queen!"

Maria simply shook her head and helped put Harry in the cab, she looked at Andrew and said, "You know I won't be able to come with you guys, right?"

"I know," Andrew said, "But be careful alright, being a slayer isn't a gift, it's a tough but rewarding job. But for my sake be careful."

She winked and said, "You know I'll be careful, right?"

"Yes, I did train you," Andrew said as they embraced for one last time and whispered, "Be good."

"You too turbo geek," Maria whispered as the car drove off, she walked over to the phone and called Buffy to come send something to pick her up.

Andrew was bouncing Harry on his knee shuddering, he really was alone now, just for Harry. He whispered, "Our life isn't going to be easy Harry but it's going to be filled with love, I promise."

Harry nodded and hugged him and said, "Daddy, I love you."

"Love you too squirt," Andrew said as he patted Harry's head.

When they finally got to the airport Andrew noticed a lot of women were giving him the eye and he blushed, 'When did being a single father suddenly become so hot! And weren't they barking up the wrong tree with me?' he shook his head and picked Harry up and he said, "You're going to break hearts, aren't you?"

Harry giggled as they got into the airplane, Andrew buckled him up and told him, "You're going to have to behave for the trip; I'll hold you when we land, alright?"

Andrew sighed, life had changed so much; he never thought he'd be a single father and he never thought Anya would've given him one but he smiled gratefully and vowed to love and protect Harry.

As they dozed on the plane Andrew wondered what would wait for them in Star City.

TBC

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