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Chapter 40: The Telling

If this was all going to happen in 2 weeks they needed to get started right away. Buffy needed to tell her mom and enlist her in helping out- A LOT. Buffy didn't know anything about planning a wedding, she didn't even know if she was allowed to wear white, or a veil for that matter. Didn't a white dress and a veil symbolize purity and virginity? She was neither of those things, especially because of the past two months with Angelus. She was de-virginized by Logan years before she met Angel, she had thought she loved Logan but it turned out it was just lust and her racing teenage hormones. 'No veil for me. I wonder how a pink dress would look? Weird?'

Angel looked over at Buffy while he took another bite of his pasta. She looked deep in thought and was biting her lip. "Pennies for your thoughts?"

Buffy looked over at him with a smile. "Save your pennies, your going to need them."

"Ouch! What are you implying?" He laughed pushing her plate of pasta closer to her. She hadn't eaten anything yet. "What are you thinking about?"

Buffy gave Angel a 'I get it.' look and picked up her fork. "The wedding. How would a pink dress look?"

Swallowing his pasta he asked. "Pink dress? For me?"

Buffy laughed. How could he say that with a straight face. "For me!"

He watched as Buffy took a bite. "Don't the brides wear white?"

"Normally but that's for virgins isn't it?" She asked chewing.

Angel laughed and leaned closer to her. "Do you really think all the brides that wear white are really virgins?"

Setting her fork back down she realized he was right. "Yeah! I mean, who are virgins anymore!" A thought then popped into Buffy's head. "My sister better be."

"Mine too." Angel commented. "I would kill her if she isn't."

"Oh! I would kill Dawn SO much harder!" Buffy exclaimed. "If she is anything like I was and everyone says she is like a mini-me of me then my mom is in for hell… again!"

Angel smiled. "I'm sure you weren't that bad, Baby."

"I was. Logan was my boyfriend. Faith and Weevil were my friends. It was bad!" Buffy said with wide eyes. "Veronica didn't really make things easier either! We were always getting in to trouble working a case we shouldn't have been, Weevil was the leader of a biker bang which actually helped us out a little when we got into our jams but Faith, oh man! She always wanted me to steal and have sex with random guys! The only plus was Willow, she would talk me down and tell me why I shouldn't do something."

"I wish I had a friend that would have talked me down most of the time." Angel told her. "I got in some pretty deep shit when I was younger but having a dad as a lawyer had its perks. Nothing ever stuck."

"What kind of deep shit?" She asked with a small smile.

Angel took a few more bites of his food. "Underage drinking."

"Who didn't?" Buffy joked.

He smiled at her. "toilet papering peoples houses."

"Did that once." Buffy nodded

.

"Public nudity. " He challenged her.

Buffy laughed. "Never. I did skinny dip with Veronica once but we were the only ones there."

"Egging a cop car." He smiled.

"Stole a cop car." She told him.

"Damn! You were bad!" Angel kissed her. "Street fighting."

Buffy shook her head. "I only fight for self defense."

"Good." Angel nodded. "Are we done with who is worse?"

Buffy nodded. "We are both bad. So.. Pink dress?"

Angel shook his head. "I don't know, I would rather see you in white but whatever you want."

"White what?" Gunn asked as he walked into the kitchen. He had just gotten home from work with Spike and Doyle. Doyle walked into the kitchen behind Gunn, they were both starving and couldn't even wait to change their clothes before getting something to eat.

"Dress." Angel responded.

Doyle looked at Angel oddly. "You want to see Buffy in a white dress?"

Angel nodded while he ate, looking over to Buffy silently telling her to keep eating.

"For?" Gunn asked getting a bowl out of the cupboard.

Angel took a drink from his water bottle. "Wedding."

Buffy looked at Angel, he was being so calm about it like everyone should already know that they were getting married when they had just gotten engaged the night before. 'Did he already tell them today?'

"WHAT THE HELL!" Gunn shouted choking on his pasta.

Doyle raised an eyebrow. "Your getting married?"

Angel nodded. "In two week. Are you guys going to be in it?"

"In it?" Doyle asked.

Doyle was a lot calmer then Gunn was. "In two weeks! You don't even know each other! You haven't been together very long."

Buffy looked down at her plate moving the food around with her fork. 'Maybe Gunn doesn't like me after all.'

"I don't even know her?" Angel said getting up from his chair. "Where the hell do you get off saying that?"

Gunn tossed his bowl on the counter. "I didn't get off on saying it, I just said it, man!"

"Gunn, calm down. Will ya?" Doyle said, turning to Angel. "Congrats man, I was hoping you would see it."

"See what?" Angel asked his cousin.

Doyle smiled. "That you cant live without her."

Gunn looked at Buffy for a minute and then Angel. "Your serious about this?"

Spike walked into the kitchen wearing black shorts and a black t shirt. "What with the yelling?"

Buffy looked up at Spike and smiled. "Don't you ever wear anything else?"

"Don't insult the wardrobe, Luv." He smiled back.

Gunn turned to look at Spike who was getting himself some dinner. "Angelus is getting married."

"No shit! When did that happen?" He turned back around to look at Angel.

"Last night." Angel told Spike. He didn't really want to tell Spike anything, he was still worried that Spike would try something with Buffy to get back at him. It wasn't his fault that Spike's sister and girlfriend both wanted him, Angel wasn't one to turn a girl away. At least back then he wasn't.

Spike nudged Buffy in the arm when he walked by. "Now you don't have to worry about him leaving, you can go with him." Giving Buffy a small smile as he sat down across from her. Angel looked at Spike suspiciously, why was he being so nice about this?

Buffy didn't feel like hearing what Gunn had to say when he started in on Angel, all the reasons why he shouldn't marry her. She went up to her and Angel's bedroom and thought about how she was going to tell her mom and her newly discovered biological dad, Keith. Her lovely parents were going to have to tell Dawn and Veronica that Buffy was actually Keith's daughter sometime before the wedding. She just hoped her family would take the news well. A knock at the door brought Buffy out of her thoughts.

"Yeah?" Buffy called.

The bedroom door slowly opened. "Up for some company?" Came the voice of the person who was slowly becoming a good friend, it was odd to her considering what their relationship was like since the day she moved in.

" Course Spike." She motioned him in.

He threw himself in Buffy's desk chair. "What do you think crawled up Gunn's arse?"

Buffy shrugged. "Maybe he really doesn't like me."

"He does. I don't get it, Summers. Why all the sudden is he acting like he's in some bloody soap opera?" He asked her.

"I really have no idea. If one of Angelus' own best friends doesn't take the news very well, how are my family and friends?" Buffy asked Spike

"Buffy, I'm sure they will take it well. They love you, they want you to be happy." Spike leaned forward, placing his forearms on his thighs. "The only thing I can think of is Peaches family got to Gunn."

Downstairs Gunn and Angel were still talking about why he wasn't happy for Buffy and Angel. Talking was a loose term.

"What the hell is your problem, Gunn? You're my best friend!" Angel tried not to yell.

Gunn rubbed his bald head. "What is your family going to think about this?"

"Your worried about my family? I don't care what my family thinks!" Angel exclaimed.

"Your family is like my family. They excepted me, man. I didn't think they would, look at where I am from… look at how my life was before I joined the Army…" Gunn told Angel.

Angel narrowed his eyes at Gunn. "And you don't want them to not like you anymore for something that has to do with me?"

Gunn shook his head. "Its not about me…"

"Your right! Its not about you!" Angel yelled "Do yourself a favor and stay out of it. I don't want you in the wedding if your going to be like this. I don't need you fucking anything up."

"Hey Pops!" Buffy shouted as she walked into work the next morning. She walked into Keith's office. "..and Ma."

Joyce smiled. "Sweetie, how are you?"

"Great… I think. Mostly great anyway. I need to talk to you both about something." Buffy told them.

Keith walked around his desk towards Buffy. "Everything alright?"

Buffy nodded. "Maybe you want to sit down."

"Oh God, what happened?" Joyce asked getting upset.

Buffy let out a small laugh. "Calm down. I just didn't know how you would react to … me and Angelus… getting married."

"Married?" Keith asked trying not to show his shock.

"Married." Joyce whispered with a small smile.

Buffy looked at her mother. "A smile, that's not a bad thing."

Joyce pulled Buffy into a hug. "Oh sweetie, that's great!"

"Really?" Keith asked Joyce.

"Really?" Buffy asked at the same time. "No, your to young speech? You don't even know him speech?"

Her mother shook her head no with a smile.

"Wow. Your taking this better then Gunn." Buffy laughed. "So… two week to tell Dawn and Veronica that Keith is actually my loving father."

"Wait. Two weeks? I wont even be able to wrap my head around this in two weeks." Keith told her. "Are you pregnant?"

Buffy walked around Keith's desk and sat in his big comfy black 'I'm the boss' chair. "Nope. I guess Angelus is going to be all sorts of busy and his boss told him in two weeks he can have a week off which we are going to be on our honeymoon and then he has to be back to work. So… Keith, what do you say? Are you going to give me away? Or is Giles?"

Keith shook his head trying to clear his mind and blinked a few times. "I… I don't know. I am your father but if you are really going to do this then it should be your decision. I know how much Giles means to you and how much you mean to him." Keith walked around his desk and kneeled beside Buffy. "Giles has always been there for you since the day you met him. He has been there for you countless times so I wont hold it against you if he did give you away."

Buffy bit her lip holding back tears. "Really? Because I am so torn about this. I love you both but I don't know. You are both like a father to me."

"Sweetie, what is your heart saying to do?" Joyce gave her daughter a small smile.

Keith stood up with a goofy smile. "Hey, if you really cant choose we can both do it!"

Buffy laughed. "That's just weird!"

"Honestly though Buffy." Keith told her seriously. "Whatever you want I will be fine with."

"And what if you never get to walk a daughter down the isle again?" Buffy asked him. "Veronica has said SO many times that she is never getting married."

Keith pointed at Buffy. "With how many nights she spends with that Echolls kid in his penthouse she will have to get married."

"Keith, really? You think Logan is going to get Veronica pregnant?" Joyce crossed her arms over her chest.

"My worst fear." He shivered.

Buffy had text Willow, Xander and Veronica to meet her at the Expresso Pump. Of course they were bringing Oz, Anya and Logan. Buffy was almost going to beg Xander not to bring his girlfriend but she was part of the group too. Tara was out of town for a few days visiting a "friend" she had met online, Buffy thought that was very unlike Tara and more like a Faith thing to do but Tara and Faith had been spending a lot of time together as of late. She would tell Tara her news as soon as she got back to Sunnydale.

Buffy rushed into the Expresso Pump and saw her friends waiting for her. They already had drinks and snacks. "Man, did I miss Xander trying to figure out the drinks already?" Buffy asked a little disappointed.

"I did good this time!" Xander exclaimed. "Okay. Better."

Veronica looked at Buffy shaking her head no slowly.

"Be nice." Willow laughed swatting Veronica in the arm.

Buffy pulled the chair out between Xander and Willow. Sitting down she reached over and took a piece of Xander's crumb cake, receiving a slap to her hand.

"I know you aren't about to eat my cake! I will throw down!" Xander warned.

"Touché." Buffy smiled eating the cake never breaking eye contact with Xander. 'He wouldn't hit a girl. Okay on second thought this is cake we are talking about.'

Veronica looked straight at Xander and took a big chunk of Xander's crumb cake off his plate. "What cha gonna do?" Logan locked eyes with Xander and kissed Veronica's hair as she then turned to Buffy. "So, B. What is so important that you had us all come here?"

"Right, I have some news but first I am going to go buy Xan some more cake since you just pretty much devoured it." Buffy laughed and got up from the table to get the cake.

Willow leaned into the table closer the group. "What do you think it is that she wants to talk about? Nothing bad right?"

Logan shook her head. "You know her as well as I do, if it was something bad she would do it in private. Unlike some people I know." He turned to Veronica with an amused look referring to all the time she broke up with him with an audience.

"I do not!" Willow said a little to loud. Oz gave her a questioning look then came the same types of looks from her other four friends. Willow sank a little in her chair lowering her voice. "I don't know her as well as he does. I have never had sex with her!" she said the last part in a low harsh whisper.

Veronica nodded. "That's a good thing."

Xander reached over to Willow a gently padded her arm. "Poor Will, getting all flustered over a little misunderstanding."

"Isn't that just Willow?" Buffy asked catching the last part of what Xander had said. She placed the Crumb cake in front of Xander. "There you go, Xan."

"My tummy thanks you." Xander patted his stomach.

Logan raised his eyebrows and tilted his head. "Your doctor wont."

"Buffy, what's going on? Your killing me here!" Willow couldn't take it anymore. "What is going on!"

Logan picked up his coffee cup with his pinky in the air like a British woman drinking tea. "Yes. Inquiring minds want to know."

"I'm getting married!" Buffy blurted out.

"What!" Came the shocked voice of Buffy's sister, Veronica at the same time as everyone else responded.

"Pregnant." Logan stated.

"Why? Its so soon!" Willow said shocked.

"To who?" Xander asked confused.

"Cool" was all Oz said.

Buffy sighed loudly. "Why is pregnant the first thing that comes to peoples mind?"

Logan set down his cup. "That's the only reason people our age would get married." Veronica nodded, agreeing with her boyfriend.

"People don't HAVE to get married just because they are pregnant now days." Buffy told them.

"Most people our age don't, it would just end in divorce." Willow supplied. "Now why?"

Buffy scrunched up her face in confusion. "Gee, thanks Wills."

Willow realized she may have hurt Buffy's feelings. "With a baby, I mean and you aren't pregnant… right?"

"No. I'm not pregnant." Buffy said shaking her head. "We are in love, we want to get married."

Buffy looked over at Xander who was just staring at her. "You doing okay over there Xan?"

Xander scratched his head with a confused expression. "Who?"

"Angelus!" Came the reply from Buffy, Willow, Logan and Veronica.

"Oh!" Xander shouted, hopping in his seat a little, realization just hitting him. "Your dating him! I forgot."

"You just hung out with us not to long ago and you already forgot?" Buffy laughed getting a nod from Xander. Buffy looked over to Anya. She was being scary quiet for her being Anya and she was making a very awkward face. "Your being awfully quiet over there."

"Looks like your constipated." Logan commented with a straight face.

Veronica looked towards Anya. "They have medication for that."

Logan smiled at his girlfriend. "They have medication for everything." then turned to Xander still smiling. "Even the funny syphilis."

"Only if you have had it for less then a year. You can get a shot of penicillin but if its been longer then a year, your screwed." Buffy commented.

"And where does that shot go?" Logan joked.

Buffy smiled. "In the ass off course!"

"Ha-ha! Everyone laugh about the sexually transmitted disease guy!" Xander said seriously.

"We weren't laughing." Willow said taking Oz's hand in hers.

"Anyway." Xander said putting his arm around Anya. "Ahn is working on not blurting things out. When she feels the need to make a not so nice or inappropriate comment she is pushing it back."

Buffy's eyes got large. "She must have a lot to say."

"Explains the constipation look." Logan said.

Veronica pursed her lips and nodded. "Yup. Totally."

"Just say it." Buffy said slapping her hands on her thighs.

"You were late! Don't you know its rude to keep people waiting? You called and asked us to meet you here on Xander's lunch break, we normally have sex on his lunch break and then you are late! That's even worse. What are you wearing? Is that shirt from Goodwill? You never told me how big Angelus was! I asked you a long time ago! Didn't I give you a ruler to measure him? I believe I did! You shouldn't keep someone waiting this long, Buffy! If you are getting married then you really shouldn't have eaten that cake, you are going to get a pooch and no one likes a bride with a pooch. People will thing you are pregnant if you have a pooch in a wedding dress." Anya rambled on, taking a deep breath only once she was finished.

"Wow." Buffy whispered.

Veronica slapped Buffy on the back. "Everyone is going to think you are pregnant, did you hear that?"

"They already think I am." Buffy gave her sister an annoyed look.

"Logan and Anya aren't everyone, Buffy." Willow said hoping to make her feel a little better.

Buffy sighed. "No, Just Keith too. Actually Keith thinks everyone is pregnant."

"My dad?" Veronica asked.

'My dad too.' Buffy thought to herself. Buffy nodded. "He said you were next."

"No way!" Veronica shouted. "No way in hell am I having a kid!"

Buffy shook her head. "To many sleepovers at the boyfriends house sends a dads mind into over drive."

"How does he even know I am there? I got a new cell so there is no tracker in there and I took the one out from my car!" Veronica wondered.

Buffy looked at Veronica seriously. "I think he has one in your spine."

Logan nodded. "That would explain a lot."

"Of course, he would. There goes my late night rendezvous." Veronica said disappointed.

"Never stopped us before." Logan whispered.

Veronica looked at him. "Who said you?"

"Anyway!" Buffy interrupted. "Two weeks. Everyone be ready because you girls are IN the wedding."

Willows eyes got wide. "Two weeks!"

"Your pregnant." Came Logan, Anya and Veronica.

Buffy rolled her eyes. "I am not and I wish people would stop saying that." Looking at Veronica she told her. "My mom wants you to come over for dinner tonight. Now if you will excuse me I have to go see a man about a wedding."