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It was very late when Angel got Buffy to Cordy's house. She kissed him good night and walked over to Cordy's window and knocked lightly. She opened the window and Buffy slowly climbed in, she turned and gave a final wave to Angel. She was so tired she just put on some pj's and climbed in bed.

Cordy woke her early the next morning for cheerleading practice. Buffy was so tired, all she wanted to do was go back to sleep. She knows Cordelia would be mad if she didn't go to practice so she pulled herself out of bed, got dressed, and went to meet her friend for some breakfast.

She got to the kitchen and sat down, put her head in her hands and sighed. Cordy stared at her for a moment and then laughed. "Ok, I have waited long enough. You have said zero since you got up. Give up the goods girl; I want all the nasty tidbits." Cordy sat next to her and poured a bowl of cereal.

Buffy sat up and smiled at her friend. She was so happy and just thinking about Angel made her feel warm inside. She held up the locket around her neck to show Cordy the gift he had given her the night before, "Angel gave me this last night, isn't it the prettiest thing you have ever seen." Buffy then opened the locket so she could read it.

"Wow, that's beautiful Buffy. He gave that to you last night? What else did he give you?" Cordy was saying this to Buffy, raising her eye brows up and down. Buffy just blushed and smacked her hand away. "I'm sure I have no idea what you are talking about." Buffy poured her own bowl of cereal and began to shovel it in.

"Right, okay, I see how it is. When I had my first romantic evening with a guy I told you everything, now you're going to hold out on me. Maybe next time your out till all hours of the night with your guy doing god knows what, I won't be awake to let you crawl in my window." Cordelia said this a little snotty and turned to start eating her cereal.

"Alright fine, you big baby, I tell you what happened…just stop your pouting, your going to make your cereal even soggier." Buffy smiled at her friend and then proceeded to tell her of the most romantic and eventful evening she had ever had. They finished their breakfast and left to go to practice, giggling and comparing boyfriends the whole way. Buffy was so happy she thought nothing could ever bring her down again.

A few weeks had passed and Buffy and Angel were spending more and more time together. Buffy felt so good having a boyfriend who loved her as much as she loved him. Her parents let them go on a few dates, to the movies, to dinner, and one even to play some miniature golf with a few friends. Hank and Joyce were so pleased that Buffy was happy and normal. She had not had any bad dreams or seen anything unusual since she and Angel started dating seriously and they thought his being in her life was a positive thing.
It was getting close to the Christmas holiday and the school had one last football game before the vacation break started. Buffy and her friends were on the cheerleading squad and would be at the game tonight. Her parents planned a long weekend away, and Buffy was staying at Cordelia's house. She hoped that it would give her and Angel some quality alone time together. She said her goodbyes to her parents and headed off to the school for the game. Angel was driving her and she would meet the rest of the squad there.

It seemed as though the whole school had turned out for the game that night so the girls had decided to show off all their new stuff. They had been practicing so hard and were glad to be able to show off a little. They were doing all the cheers they knew and started to do pyramids and jumps of all kinds. Buffy was getting a little light headed after a few cartwheels and she felt somewhat queasy. She tried to shake it off, she knew the other girls were so excited to be showing off in front of the whole school and she didn't want to disappoint anyone. Just when she was suppose to spring up on someone's shoulders, Buffy felt lightheaded again and fell to the ground. She tried to get up and all of a sudden everything went black.

When Buffy woke up she was laying on the bench with all the girls standing over her and Angel at her side. "What happened?" Buffy tried to sit up and was aided by her boyfriend. "Are you okay Buffy? One minute you were cheering and the next you were laying on your back." Angel was holding her hand and asking her this with a concerned look on his face. She smiled at him and brushed her hand across his chin, "I'm fine, I felt a little queasy earlier but I think maybe it's because I didn't eat any dinner. I was too excited about the game I totally forgot to eat dinner." Buffy was trying to ease her lovers mind, but also trying to convince herself that it was nothing to worry about. "Well I think you have had enough cheering for tonight. How about if I take you to that dinner I promised you? You will feel better with a little food on your stomach." Angel sent her to the locker room to change and told Cordelia he would have her home in a few hours.

Angel took her to dinner like he promised and then they went for a walk in the park near Cordelia's house. Angel had been treating her like glass about to break all night and Buffy was getting very irritated. They sat down on a bench and Buffy had finally had enough, "Why are you acting like I'm about to break in half? All I did was faint for a minute, god you act like I died and came back to life of something." She said this very angrily towards him.

"I'm sorry Buffy; you just scared me a little. I don't want anything to happen to you and when I saw you pass out earlier, I thought my heart stopped." He was saying this to her with some much compassion in his eyes. She thought he might be close to tears and her heart started to break. She couldn't believe she was so mean just now and she grabbed him in a fierce hug. "I don't know what I would have done if anything would have happened to you Buffy, I love you so much." He was hugging her back with so much emotion. They began to kiss and console each other. He walked her to Cordelia's house and said goodnight.

Buffy and Cordy sat up for a while talking. Cordelia was worried about what happened earlier and Buffy did her best to try and convince her friend that it was nothing. They finally went to bed and Buffy fell asleep thinking about Angel and the conversation they had in the park.
When sleep finally came to her, her dreams were not about Angel. She dreamed she was Buffy the Vampire Slayer and she was now living in Sunnydale. She was starting school and met her new watcher. It was strange in a way, but also familiar. She dreamed of meeting Giles in the library and meeting this funny boy on a skateboard. She dreamed of being in a graveyard and killing vampires.

Cordelia was getting very worried. Buffy had been sleeping all afternoon. They had gone to bed at the same time but Cordy got up and tried to wake Buffy several times to no avail. She had gone in to check on her several times and then decided to call Angel to come over and see if he could wake her.

Angel was worried when she called him and arrived at her house very soon after. He went to the bedroom and began to try and wake her. When he went in and saw her sleeping so peaceful, he hated to wake her. "Maybe we should just let her sleep. I think after last night's episode she needs the rest. She doesn't look like she is sick or anything." Angel thought she looked so beautiful lying there. "No Angel, maybe she's in a coma or something. I think you should try and wake her up now." He knew that Cordelia wasn't taking no for an answer and he went to rouse his beloved.

"Buffy, sweetie, its time to get up now. Hey sleepy head." She wasn't moving, not even a little. "Buffy, please wake up honey." He began to rub her arms and when that didn't work he got worried. He began to shake her a little, then more, then finally he began to speak louder, "Wake up. Buffy, please baby, wake up." He was pleading now. Finally he pulled her up off the bed and took her to the bathroom. He turned on the water in the shower and stepped in. The cold water was splashing down around them and Buffy began to cough. Angel finally released a deep breath and began smoothing the hair out of her face. She opened her eyes and began to smile at him.

"Angel, why are we in the shower?" was all she said to him. He started to laugh and then noticed an irate Cordelia standing in the doorway tapping her foot. "You gave us another scare baby. Cordy called me over because you wouldn't wake up. It's almost two in the afternoon and I had to drag you into the shower to wake you. Are you ok?" Angel was concerned but also trying to avert the evil stares he was getting from a pissed off Cordelia.

"Really, no I'm fine; I must have been really tired huh." She said to him as she got out of the shower. Cordy handed her a towel and said, "Never seen anyone sleep that sound before, I thought you were dead. Hence me calling captain America here" Cordy said jerking her head toward Angel then handing him a towel to dry off. Just then Buffy darted for the toilet and started to heave.

She flushed and then leaned back towards the wall. Angel and Cordy just stared at her astonished. "Well that was so not good." Buffy said as she began to stand. "Maybe I should lye back down for a while; my stomach feels kind of icky." Buffy walked out of the bathroom and headed for the bedroom again.
Cordelia stormed off after her, "oh no you don't missy, passing out, throwing up, and having to be heaved in the shower to wake you up. You're going to the doctor, it sounds like a case of I don't want what ever virus you have coming on and we should nip it in the bud now." Cordy handed her some dry clothes and walked out of the room.

Angel and Buffy looked at each other and both shrugged their shoulders. "I don't think she's taking no for an answer, so you might as well get dressed and I will take you over to the doctors office." Angel kissed her on top of her head and walked out of the room.

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0) window.locationthis.optionsthis.selectedIndex.value" namesidChaptersStory Index1. In the begining.2. Ch 23. The dance4. Buffy's Romance5. The football game.6. Surprise7. The talk8. Consequences9. Talking to the parents.10. The truth comes out11. to the clinic again.12. The decision13. Moving on14. Coming un-done15. Sleeping Buffy.16. Its Time17. Here comes the baby.18. Delivery19. Angel's angst.

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