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As soon as Buffy fell asleep, she drifted back into
the dream again. She hoisted herself up on an overhanging pipe and waited for the person following her to appear. When he appeared she swung down and knocked him off his feet, face down into the pavement. She jumped up and waited for him to make his move.

When he didn't move she reached down and grabbed the lapels of his coat. " Is there a problem ma'am?" " Yea theres a problem. Why you following me?" " I know what you're thinking, but don't worry I don't bite." His words shocked her. She backed up and let him get on his feet. As he got up she swept her gaze over his body. He was very handsome. He had spiky brown hair, soulful brown eyes, and an athletic build. He was very yummy she decided.

She shook the thoughts out of her head and focused on him. He may be cute but he had been following her. He moved towards her and she dropped into a fighting stance. " Truth is I thought you'd be taller. Or bigger muscles and all that. You are pretty spry though." He reached up and rubbed the back of his neck. " What do you want?" " The same thing you do." " Ok what do I want?" She asked throwing her hands in the air in frustration. This guy was really starting to get on her nerves. " To kill them. To kill them all."

She gaped at him, trying not to show how surprised she was by his words. " Sorry thats incorrect. But you do get this lovely watch and a years supply of turtle wax. What I want is to be left alone." she snapped stalking past him. " Do you really think thats an option now? You're standing at the mouth of hell and its about to open. Don't turn your back on this."

He reached into his pocket and pulled out a box, tossing it to her. " You gotta be ready." " For what?" " For the Harvest." " Who are you?" " Lets just say I'm a friend." He said walking away from her. " Yea well, maybe I don't want a friend. He turned back around. " I didn't say I was yours." He said smirking at her.

Buffy awoke with a start. The man in the dream had looked just like Angel. She turned and looked at him. What the heck was Angel doing in her dream about Vampires? He had said that he wanted to kill them all. Did that make him a vampire slayer too? She snuggled down into Angel's embrace and fell asleep, questions of the mysterious Angel look a like filling her mind.

The next morning Buffy and Angel sat eating breakfast at her kitchen table. Her parents were due home that afternoon and they still hadn't decided what they were going to tell them. She put down her spoon and turned to Angel.

" We need to talk about what we're going to tell my parents." Angel sighed. " I know. Its just after today your parents are going to hate me." " They're not going to hate you." " How can they not? I got their little girl pregnant." " Sure they'll be angry but once they see how much we love each other they'll be ok."

Angel looked at her in disbelief. She could be so naive sometimes. " I just think we should be prepared for the worst." " Don't be silly. Everything is going to be fine." He gave her a grim smile. She really believed that everything was going to work out. He knew that when her parents got home she was going to be in for a rude awakening.

Later on Buffy and Angel sat on her couch watching TV. It was two and her parents were due home any minute. After breakfast they had went about their day, avoiding the subject of the pregnancy. Buffy didn't want to talk about it again until her parents got there. Just then they heard a car pull into the driveway, announcing Hank and Joyce's homecoming. Buffy tensed and reached for Angel's hand. " Here goes nothing." She whispered.

The door swung open and they both jumped up to greet her parents. " Hi mom, dad. How was the trip?" " Buffy, you're home...with Angel." Angel put his hands in his pockets and shifted nervously. If they didn't like the fact that he was here now, they defiantly weren't going to like what they were going to tell them.

" Hi Mr. And Mrs. Summers. Buffy wanted me here to greet you when you got home." " Isn't that just great. They were home alone doing god knows what." Hank muttered. Joyce hit him on the arm. " Thats sweet Angel honey." " Actually mom and dad, Angel and I have something we have to talk to you about." " Ok honey. Just let us put our stuff up and we'll come back down so we can talk."

Buffy and Angel sat back down on the couch to wait for her parents to come back down. Joyce and Hank hurried putting their things away. " What do you think they have to talk to us about?" " Buffy's probably having the dreams again." " You think so?" " Yes, and she wanted Angel here for support." They headed down stairs, preparing their- selves for news of the dreams.

Buffy and Angel looked up as her parents came downstairs. " Honey what do you need to talk to us about?" " Well..." Buffy looked at Angel and he squeezed her hand reassuringly. " You guys really aren't going to like this." " Its about the dreams isn't it?" " No mom its not. Its worse." " What could be worse." Buffy sighed. " Mom, dad...I'm pregnant."

Joyce and Hank sat in stunned silence. Finally Hank spoke up. " I told you if we let her see him something like this would happen." " Hank..." " No Joyce I'm serious. Hes irresponsible and he probably pressured her into sleeping with him." Angel bit his tongue to keep from going off on Hank. " Dad no. He didn't pressure me. I slept with him because I wanted to."

" Buffy you're not thinking clearly." " I am thinking clearly. Angel and I love each other." Hank snorted. " You're too young to know what love is." He turned to Joyce. " Honey call the woman's clinic and schedule an abortion for this week." " Dad I am not having an abortion. Mom please!" " Hank we should talk about this. She can have the baby and then give it up for adoption." " I'm not giving it up either." " So what, you're going to keep it?" " Yes." " Like hell!" " Buffy and I love each other and we'll make it." Angel spoke up.

" Yea right. You'll leave her as soon as she has the baby." I would never do that!" Angel said jumping up. " Why because you love her?" " Yes!" " You're only fucking sixteen years old. You don't know what love is." Hank said. " I think I do. Don't tell me how I feel for Buffy!" " You know what you are? You're a good for nothing little shit! I should have forbade Buffy from seeing you." Hank said getting in Angel's face. " Oh really? You think that would have stopped me?"

Buffy stepped in between her father and Angel. " Guys...please.." She pleaded. She was so scared for Angel right then that she started to hyperventilate. She saw flashes of herself fighting vampires and she shook her head to clear it. Her pulse quickened and everything got fuzzy.The last thing she saw was the concerned look on Angel's face as everything went black.

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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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