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Angel rushed into the emergency room carrying Cordy in his arms with the crew of Angel Investigations following behind them.

"Please, we need a doctor." Angel shouted

"Ok, follow me please." A nurse said as she led them to a room.

"My baby." Cordy cried out in pain as Angel set her on the bed.

"I'm going to get a doctor. All of you need to leave the room." The nurse said

"I'm not going anywhere." Angel said

"Are you the father?"

"Yes, I am."

"Ok, you can stay. I'll be right back." She said as she rushed out of the room.

"Angel, I'm scared." Cordy said

"I know. Just hang on. Be strong."

"What seems to be the problem?" The doctor asked when he walked into the room.

"Something's wrong with our baby." Angel said

"Mom, what's going on?" The doctor asked Cordy

"I've been having pain in my stomach Maybe contractions."

"How long have you had the pain?"

"Probably for the past 45 minutes."

"How far along are you?" The doctor asked as he listened to her belly with his stethoscope.

"22 weeks."

"Ok, any recent stressors in your life right now Miss. Chase?"

Cordy looked at Angel as tears filled her eyes.

"She just found out today that her parents were killed in an accident." Angel answered for her.

"Well here is what we are going to do. The baby's heart beat is strong so I'm going to get you something for your pain, order an ultrasound, hook you up to a fetal monitor and run some blood tests."

"Will my baby be ok?"

"We'll know more after the tests come back. So hang tight." The doctor said encouragingly.

When the doctor left the room Cordy burst into tears. Angel rushed over to her.

"Oh my God, I'm so sick of crying. That's all I've done lately. I feel like such a crybaby."

"You have every right to cry. You've been through so much these last few days."

"But I hate it. It makes me feel so weak." She mumbled

"You are definitely not weak. You are the strongest woman that I know." He said as he held her tightly.

Two hours later the doctor was back in the room with Cordy's test results.

"Well Miss. Chase, things look good. All of your blood work is normal. Your ultrasound looked great. The baby is a perfect size and weight for 22 weeks."

"So what about the pain?"

"Has it stopped?" Cordy nodded her head

"I believe that you had Braxton Hicks, which is false labor, probably brought on by the stress of loosing both of your parents. The fetal monitor is showing no active labor pains at this point."

"So what do we do about it?" Angel asked

"I'm going to admit you for the next 48 hours to observe you and the baby, then its bed rest for at least a week, or until you are cleared by your OB/GYN."

After the doctor left and Cordy was moved to a room, Angel called the gang, who had left, to give them an update on her condition and tell them that he would be staying with her. When he hung up the phone he noticed that Cordy had fallen asleep. Angel smiled as he pulled the chair next to her bed, and pulled out the paper and pencil he got from the nurses station and began sketching.

When Cordy awoke a few hours later she found Angel sleeping in the chair next to her bed. She reached over and took the pieces of paper that were lying on his lap. She smiled when looked at them. He had sketched a picture of her and her growing belly. Cordy was shocked the first time she saw a sketch that Angel did. He was really good. He told her that when he was Liam, he started sketching so he could tune his father out. During his reign as Angelus, he didn't do much, but he picked it up again as Angel. It was a way to help him relax when he was stressed out. Cordy had kept all of the sketches that he as done since starting Angel Investigations. He had sketched Cordy many times. He would see her laughing or smiling, memorize the look then sketch it. He even sketched her sleeping naked one night. That was one of his personal favorites. She desperately wanted him to sketch himself, but he refused because he claims, since he doesn't have a reflection, he doesn't remember what he looks like, even though there are pictures of him around that were taken. Cordy refuses to give up and she knows, eventually she will own a sketch of Angel.

"Hey sleepy head." She said when Angel began stirring.

"Hey, where's my…" He started to ask, but he noticed Cordy holding it. "Oh there it is."

"This is beautiful." She whispered

"Well I had a beautiful subject."

They sat in silence, staring at each other until Cordy's eyes filled with tears.

"Cor?"

"I was so scared today Angel. We had talked about something bad happening to the baby after it was born, but not before. I felt so helpless. There was nothing I could do."

"Baby, I felt scared and helpless too." He said as he crawled in the bed beside her.

"You know for two people that go out fighting demons, monsters, and vampires every day, it's amazing that one tiny little baby could scare us so much." She said with a small smile.

"We aren't in love with any of those monsters, demons, or vampires. We are in love with our baby and that's why we are so scared."

"I'm in love with too, you know."

"Yeah, I think you may of mentioned it once or twice before. Care to show me how much?" Angel said grinning

Cordy looked into his eyes, gently ran her hand down his face. She leaned toward him and kissed him. She shoved her tongue in his mouth. He gently pushed her back on the bed, never taking his lips away from hers. They haven't a good make out session in weeks, and this was just what the doctor ordered. Cordy finally broke the kiss, because she needed to catch her breath, so Angel just trailed kisses down her neck. His hand found and caressed her breasts through the hospital gown. He wanted to do more to her, but he didn't want to chance a nurse or doctor interrupting them. Cordy quickly got her breath back and her lips found Angel's again. They kissed passionately until unfortunately, they were interrupted, but not by a doctor or nurse.

"Oh dear God, your in a hospital for crying out loud. Can't you two wait until you get home?" Connor said smiling. He loved catching his dad & Cordy in awkward moments.

Angel and Cordy quickly pulled apart, removing his hand from her breast in one swift movement. Angel was bright red, but Cordy just laughed.

"Connor, what are you doing here?" Cordy asked him.

"I came to check on the mother of my future sibling."

"Aww how sweet."

"And I brought Dad some dinner, cause I am assuming that you won't let him break into the blood bank." Connor said as he tossed a thermos full of blood to Angel.

"Bless you child. I'm starving." Angel said as he gulped down his blood.

After Angel finished "eating" the three of them sat around Cordy's room. While Connor and Cordy were watching some reality show on TV, Angel sat and watched his family. The thought still blew his mind. He had a family. A great son who he adored, a wonderful woman, who he loved more than life itself, and another baby on the way.