The Second Generation

[Sinister]

Summary: This story takes place towards the beginning of the 6th season of Buffy and the 3rd season of Angel. Buffy has already been brought back and is getting back into the swing of things but nothing has happened with Spike. Fred is already pretty much a main character in Angel and nothing happened between Angel and Darla which means no Connor. I might bring Connor in later but he wont be Angel's son. That just sets up where we are but it goes AU pretty much from the beginning. Something strange is going on with the girls of Buffy and Angel. They're all starting to act like their"¦pregnant. The only weird thing is that almost all of them has either never even had sex or hasn't had sex in a really long time so they can't be pregnant"¦right?

Fair warning my fics are usually pretty long so if you don't like reading long fics (as I know some people don't) then I wouldn't even start reading. I hope you enjoy my fic and comments and critisisums are welcome, thanks.


Prologue


When Buffy woke up she couldn't believe how horrible she felt. She was the slayer, she rarely ever got sick but this morning she felt as if she had every type of stomach virus possible. Almost immediately after she woke up she rushed to the bathroom and got sick quite a few times. As she staggered out of the bathroom, her throat felt dry and disgusting so she walked down to the kitchen to get a glass of water.

She couldn't help but think how weird this was. This had been the fourth morning in a row that she had felt this way. At first she thought that she just had some kind of stomach virus but she really only felt this way in the morning. After she was awake for a while she would be fine, a little tired but her stomach would be alright. Since this was become a routine she was getting worried. She thought there might be something seriously wrong with her and she had no idea what it could be.

After drinking her glass of water she walked back up the stairs to take a shower and get dressed. As she walked to her bathroom she could hear someone getting sick in the master bathroom that Willow and Tara used. She was worried so she decided to knock on their door. "Willow, Tara, is everything ok?" she asked.

After a few seconds Tara opened the door. She was already showered and dressed. She looked very tired but Buffy could tell she definitely hadn't just woken up. "Oh, hey Buffy," Tara said as she tried to force a smile. She was very tired and wasn't feeling very good at all.

"Hey," Buffy replied, "Is everything ok? I thought I heard someone getting sick?"

"Yea we're ok," Tara responded, "It was just Willow. Neither one of us have been feeling well the past few days. We think it might be some kind of stomach virus or something." After she said this, a look of worry appeared on her face, "Oh God I hope you and Dawny aren't catching it too. You don't look so good."

"I actually haven't been feeling very well the past few days," Buffy admitted, "I guess I must already have it too. It's weird though"¦I only get sick in the morning and the rest of the day I just feel kind of tired."

"That's so weird," Tara said, "It's been the same for us. Maybe we should all go to the doctors today just to check everything out"¦make sure we aren't getting some kind of new virus or something."

"Yea that might be a good idea," Buffy said as Willow came out of the bathroom looking like hell.

"Oh, hey Buffy," Willow said with a weak voice, "What's up? Is everything ok?"

Before Buffy could say anything Dawn's door flung open and the three of them watched as Dawn ran to the hallway bathroom with her hand over her mouth. Buffy and Tara looked at each other with worry in their eyes. "I think the doctors might be a really good idea," Buffy said.


* * * *


"Uggg!" Cordelia groaned as she walked into the Hyperion and sat down on the couch. The moment she sat down she plopped her head in her hands and began to rub her head.

As soon as she walked in the door Angel and Wesley watched her with concern. "Morning Cordelia," Wesley said. Cordy didn't even lift her head. She just waved a hand in their direction and then went back to rubbing her head.

"Is everything ok?" Angel asked as he walked towards her. He leaned down and tried to look at her face. Finally she raised her head and Angel could see that she looked exhausted.

"I'll be fine," Cordelia lied, "I'm just a little tired I guess."

"Are you sure?" Wesley asked with concern in his voice, "I've heard that there's something going around."

"Oh great," Cordelia said sounding very aggravated, "That's just what I need is to get sick."

Angel was now looking even more worried then before, "If your not feeling well you should go home and rest, Wesley can drive you back."

It was a nice thought. Cordelia couldn't think of anything she'd like more then taking a whole day to relax and sleep but she had been throwing up all morning and she really didn't feel like going back to home to that. When she had finally gotten ready and moved around more the sickness in her stomach subsided and she was worried that if she went back to bed it would come back. "That's alright"¦I'll be fine," she responded. She stood up and looked around, "Where's Fred and Gunn?" she asked.

"Gunn isn't here yet and Fred is still sleeping," Angel replied.

"What?" Cordelia said with shook in her voice, "Fred never sleeps this late, in fact I'm convinced that girl never sleeps at all."

"I don't think she's been feeling all that well either," Angel responded, "She did wake up earlier but she didn't look so good so I sent her back up to bed."

"She wasn't feeling well yesterday either," Wesley added.

Cordelia shook her head, "Well that makes two of us. I've been getting sick every morning for the past few days. It's never been as bad as today though."

Now Angel was really looking concerned, "Maybe we should take the two of you to the doctors."

"You say you've only been getting sick in the morning?" Wesley asked.

"Yea it's really weird," Cordelia responded.

"Any you've been fatigued?" Wesley proceeded with the questions.

"Yea," Cordy responded, now giving him a strange look, "Do you know what it is or something?"

Wesley shrugged his shoulders. He didn't want to come right out and say what he was thinking but he didn't know how else to put it. "It sounds like you have all the signs of being pregnant actually," Wesley finally answered.

Cordelia practically burst out into laughter. "Yea right!" she finally got out between laughs. When her laughter finally subsided she said, "To be pregnant you have to actually have a sex life and I pretty gave that up when I took this job. Trust me it's been way too long since I've gotten any."

"Right," Wesley said feeling slightly embarrassed, "Then I'm afraid I have no other ideas. Maybe Angel is right. The two of you might benefit from taking a trip to the doctors."

"Uggg," Cordelia groaned again, "Alright, it can't hurt right."

"Good," Angel said feeling satisfied, "We'll go as soon as Fred wakes up if it's alright with her."

"Wonderful," Cordelia said sarcastically.


* * * *


After Dawn was finally done throwing up, the four girls set up doctors appointments. They called Giles and told him they weren't feeling well and that they were going to the doctors. When it was finally time, the girls went to the doctors and got regular check ups to see what was wrong with them.

The doctor that examined them all told them that her guess would normally be that they were all pregnant as odd as that would have been but if they were all being truthful with her that was impossible. Buffy hadn't been with a man since Riley which was almost a year ago. Willow had only ever slept with one man in her life and that was Oz. He had left almost two years ago. Tara and Dawn were both virgins. Tara had pretty much known that she was gay at a fairly young age so she had never been with a man and Dawn hadn't even had her first kiss yet let alone her first boyfriend or sexual experience. In light of this information the doctor told them that she would run a few tests and get back to them within a day or so with the results. She thought it was probably just a stomach virus or something similar to that but she always did the standard tests just to be sure.

Back in LA, when Fred had woken up she agreed to go to the doctors with Cordelia. She was a little nervous since she had only left the hotel a few times since returning from the demon dimension she had lived in for nearly six years. Wesley, Angel and even Gunn who had come in shortly after Cordelia offered to go along with them. That made Fred feel a little bit better.

The doctor said exactly what Wesley had thought. They both showed all the signs of being pregnant but considering it had been ages since Cordelia was last with a man and Fred had been trapped in a demon dimension where she didn't have any friends let alone a lover that idea was shot down. The doctor ran some tests and said that she would call them later on that day or tomorrow at the latest. She wasn't really sure what it might be but she was confident that the tests would give her some idea. For the time being the five friends went back to the hotel and waited.

 

[eunsoma]

lol i like it... i like the crossin over!

 

[Sinister]

Chapter 1 - The News


After going to the doctors Buffy, Willow, Tara and Dawn were pretty tired so they decided to just take a day off from school, work and whatever else they may have had previously planned and just relax. They were about to sit down in the living room and watch a movie when Xander and Anya walked in the door.

Anya was looking extra cheery today but Xander looked like he had just seen a ghost. The expression on his face was one of extreme surprise and fright. "Hello my wonderful friends," Anya said with a giant smile, "Xander and I have some news."

All four girls looked extremely confused. From the look on Anya's face they would have guessed that the news was good but the look on Xander's face said something different. "Are you ok?" Buffy asked as she looked at Xander with worry.

Before he could say a word Anya spoke again, "We made a baby," she said with excitement in her voice, "Xander and I made a baby!"

Now everyone else's faces matched Xander's. "I'm sorry what?" Willow asked in shock.

"One of the many time's we've had sex must have resulted in the making of a child," Anya responded. The room was silent for a long time and then Anya spoke again with great excitement, "We're going to have a baby! Aren't you excited for us?"

They all looked over at Xander whose facial expression hadn't changed. Finally someone other then Anya spoke. "Congratulations," Tara said as she stood up to give Anya a hug.

Anya's smile grew. She had been so excited and Tara was the first person who even seemed remotely excited for her. The others fallowed Tara's lead and stood up to hug Anya and then the very shocked Xander. After the hugs and congratulations were over, they all sat down in silence for a little while. "So"¦" Buffy finally spoke, "When did you guys find out?"

"This morning," Anya responded almost immediately.

"And umm"¦you're sure"¦that your pregnant I mean?" Willow asked.

"Of course, we wouldn't tell you if we weren't sure," Anya responded.

"How did you find out?" Dawn asked.

Anya sighed in annoyance. She couldn't understand why everyone was asking so many questions. "I felt the signs. I've been around for over a thousand years I know the signs of being pregnant. I took one of those test things and then I went to the doctors yesterday and they called this morning with the results."

"Oh," Dawn responded with a look of surprise. Since Dawn had known Anya for quite a while she knew that she was never really up on the human way of life. She didn't really expect Anya to have known what to do and be so calm, and even excited about this whole situation.

Just as another moment of silence came about the phone rang. "I'll get it!" Buffy, Dawn, Tara and Willow said all at the same time as they jumped to their feet.

Buffy was the fastest. She picked up the phone and took it into the kitchen. "Hello," Buffy said as she answered the phone.

"Hello this is Dr. Green," the voice on the other line said.

"Oh hi, this is Buffy," she responded.

"I'm calling about the test results for you, your sister Dawn, Tara Maclay, and Willow Rosenberg," The doctor explained.

"Ok," Buffy responded. She could sense a bit of worry in the doctor's voice, "Is everything ok?"

"Oh everything is fine," the doctor reassured, "Your tests came out fine and you're all healthy young ladies."

Buffy gave a small sigh of relief, "That's good. Was that all you called for then?"

"Actually there was just one test result that I found slightly strange," the doctor said with a concerned voice.

Now Buffy was getting nervous again, "What is it?" she asked.

"Are you sure that all of the information you and your family provided for me was completely accurate?" she asked.

"Yes of course," Buffy responded now feeling very confused, "I don't understand."

"Well despite what the four of you told me, I ran the pregnancy test. Its standard procedure when women come in with the symptoms the four of you came in with. All four of your test came out positive," the doctor explained.

Buffy was so shocked she nearly dropped the phone, "I'm sorry what was that?" she asked again just to make sure she was hearing her right.

"I know I thought it was very strange as well," the doctor responded, "I've never seen four girls come in together and all of them end up being pregnant."

"You don't understand," Buffy said, "That's impossible. Willow and Tara are gay, as in they don't sleep with men"¦and Dawn is only 15. She's never even had her first boyfriend yet. And I've been dea"¦" she stopped herself. She realized that she was about to tell Dr. Green that she's been dead for the past few months. "Dead to the world of men," she covered up, "I've been"¦taking a break from men. I haven't been with a man in a very long time," she said putting an emphasis on the word very.

"I'm sorry Miss. Summers but the technology we have here doesn't lie," the doctor said sounding slightly annoyed now. She knew that what Buffy was telling her couldn't be true and it bothered her that this woman would lie even when the tests were proving her wrong. "I ran the test twice," she added, "I'm sorry Miss Summers but you, you're sister, Miss Maclay and Miss Rosenberg are pregnant."

Buffy was about to argue this some more but she realized that there was no fighting it. Anything else she would have said would just make the doctor thinks she was either a liar or crazy. She didn't say a word. She didn't know what to say.

"Now there are a number of options for all of you," the doctor said breaking the silence, "If any of you chose to have the babies I can schedule sonograms for you in a month. There is also always the option of abortion and if you'd like to take that route give me a call and I can schedule that for you as well. There's also the option of adoption in which case I can give you the names and numbers of some agencies near by. Take as much time as you need and just give me a call when you've made your decisions. Can I trust that you will get this information to the other three girls?" the doctor asked.

For a moment Buffy couldn't find her voice. This was a little too much to take at once. "Yes," she finally got out, "I'll"¦I'll let them know. And we'll"¦get back to you. Thank you." She heard the doctor say something as she was hanging up. It could have been, "your welcome, good bye," she wasn't sure and she was in too much shock to really care.

When Buffy walked back into the room everyone was talking. All talking stopped when they saw that the look on Buffy's face was very similar to the one on Xander's face when he first walked in. "Buffy what is it?" Willow asked looking very worried.

"Who was on the phone?" Dawn asked, also with worry in her voice.

Again Buffy found that she was at a lose for words. When she finally found her voice again she responded to Dawn's question, "It was Dr. Green."

Now the three girls looked even more worried. "Is everything alright?" Tara asked.

Xander had snapped out of his catatonic state a little earlier and was now looking at Anya who looked just as confused as he did. Since all they had really talked about was Anya being pregnant, she and Xander didn't even know that the girls had gone to the doctors that morning. Buffy still wasn't talking. "Buffy what is it?" Xander asked.

"I'm pregnant," she finally got out.

"What!?" Willow said with extreme shock in her voice.

"You are too," she responded to Willow.

Tara turned her head to Willow, "What!?" she said, also having extreme shock in her voice.

"So are you," Buffy said to Tara, "And you," she said pointing to Dawn, "We all are."

Now it was Dawn, Anya and Xander's turn, "What!?" they all said at the same time.

"Buffy that's impossible," Dawn said defensively, "I swear I've never had sex with anyone. I've never even had my first boyfriend. I haven't even had my first kiss! Or at least"¦not my first real kiss."

"It's ok Dawny," Buffy reassured, "I believe you."

"Buffy what's going on?" Xander asked sounding very confused.

"I wish I knew," Buffy responded as she sat down still with shock in her face.

"I'm sorry but I'm with Dawn," Tara said, "I've known I was gay for quite a while and I've never had sex"¦with a boy."

"The only guy I've ever slept with was Oz and that was almost two years ago now," Willow added.

"I know," Buffy responded, "My last time was with Riley almost a year ago. And there's that other thing"¦oh yea"¦I've been dead for the past few months."

"Are you sure the doctor didn't get your results mixed up or"¦do the test wrong or something," Xander asked.

"She said she ran it through twice," Buffy responded, "She said she was positive."

"We do have all the signs of being pregnant," Tara added, "The morning sickness, fatigue, and I don't know about you guys but Willow and I have been having some crazy mood swings and"¦I'm late. I know it makes no sense but"¦all indications point to yes."

"I'm late too," Willow agreed.

"Me too," Dawn added, "I just didn't think anything of it though. I've never had sex I swear."

"It's ok Dawn," Buffy reassured her again, "I'm late too. I just don't understand how."

"I don't know about how but I think I know why," Anya said sounding slightly aggravated.

"Why?" Willow asked with curiosity.

"Because you want to steal all of the attention," she responded bitterly, "I never get to have any of the attention. Xander wouldn't even let me tell any of you that we're engaged." They all looked at Xander with shock. "Yea that's right," Anya continued, "We've been engaged since right before Buffy died but Xander wouldn't let me tell anyone until everything got settled down. And now I get pregnant and the attention is on me for all of about five minutes before the rest of you steal it away."

"Anya I really don't think their trying to steal your thunder," Xander said sounding annoyed at what Anya had just done.

"I know," Anya admitted winningly, "It's just not fair."

"I know sweetie," Xander said, "life never is."

"You guys are getting married?" Dawn said as it finally sunk in.

"Congratulations," Buffy said still with an expressionless face.

"Yes," Xander said with confidence. He was finally getting over the shock of Anya's pregnancy and taking more responsibility. "I love this woman," he said as he put his arm around Anya and smiled at her. "And we're going to get married," he continued, "And we're going to have a baby."

Anya looked at him and smiled. She was getting a little worried when she told him about the pregnancy and he didn't respond at all. Now he seemed genuinely excited about the whole situation. This was very comforting.

"I think we need to go see Giles," Buffy suggested getting back to the other situation at hand.

"I think that's a really good idea," Willow agreed.

Willow called Giles and told him they were coming over. This whole situation seemed anything but natural and they know that if anyone would know what was going on it would be Giles.


* * * *


Back in LA Angel, Cordelia, Fred, Wesley and Gunn were doing some research on a case they were working on when the phone rang. "I'll get it," Cordy said as she walked over to the phone. "Angel investigations, we help the hopeless," she recited as she picked up the phone.

There was a pause for a few seconds and then a woman finally spoke, "I'm sorry I might have the wrong number. This is Dr. Miller and I'm looking for Cordelia Chase and Winifred Berkal."

"Oh hello Dr. Miller," Cordy responded, "This is Cordelia I gave you Fred and my work number."

"Oh alright," the doctor said feeling relived that she had the right number after all. "Is Miss Berkal there with you as well?" she asked.

"Yes she's right here," Cordy responded, "Is everything alright? Did the tests come out ok?"

"Oh yes everything is fine," the doctor responded. "The tests show that both of you are perfectly healthy young women. I also just wanted to inform you that the tests also show that both you and Miss Berkal are pregnant. Congratulations Miss Chase, you're going to be a mother."

"What!?" Cordelia shouted into the phone. This got the attention of the others. Fred's facial expression turned to extreme worry. "That's not possible"¦are you sure?" Cordelia asked after suppressing the shock.

"The tests never lie Miss Chase," Dr. Miller replied. "Now there are a number of options you have"¦"

"Yes I know the options," Cordelia cut her off. "I'm sorry," she said as she calmed herself down a little, "I didn't mean to snap at you it's just"¦I have to go. Thank you. Bye."

As soon as Cordy hung up the phone the others looked at her and waited for an explanation. "Cordy what is it?" Angel asked with worry evident in his face.

Just then Cordelia burst into laughter. The others just looked at each other with extreme confusion. Fred smiled and began to giggle a little herself, "What's so funny?"

"The doctor," Cordelia tried to get out between laughs, "She said"¦" she couldn't get it out because she was laughing so hard.

"She said what?" Gunn asked.

Finally Cordy was able to compose herself for a few seconds, "She said that me and Fred are pregnant," as soon as she got it out she burst into laughter again. "Isn't that great?" she said as she continued to laugh.

Fred's entire face turned white and the boys just stared. "That's"¦that's impossible right?" Angel said, "I mean"¦you said"¦"

"Yup," Cordelia said as the hummer in the situation began to fade, "It doesn't make any senseen with a man in"¦" she looked to the ceiling and thought for a moment, "See I can't even remember the last time I was with a man."

They all looked at Fred whose face was still expressionless and white. "I've been in a demon dimension for the past six years," she said softly, "The four of you are the only people I know besides my parents."

"Well let's look at the bright side," Cordy said, "At least we didn't wake up nine months pregnant with demon babies." Just then her face turned white as well, "Oh God"¦what if their demon babies?"

"What!?" Fred said with fear in her eyes.

"Lets just"¦everyone calm down for a second," Angel said. "There has to be some explanation for this"¦we just need to find it."

"Yes," Wesley joined in trying to reassure the girls, "We'll do some research and we'll figure out what's going on."

"Where would we even look?" Gunn asked. Angel and Wesley shot him a cold glair and he realized he wasn't helping. "I mean"¦give me a book," he said trying to reassure the girls that he was going to help. "I won't leave until we figure out what's going on," he said as he looked into their eyes.

Angel put his hand on each of their shoulders. "Don't worry," he said softly, "We're going to figure this out."

 

[Cohen]

It's...okay. There you repeated a couple of the same things over and over again, but the story is original.

 

[Sinister]

Chapter 2 - The Prophecy


When the six friends arrived at Giles' house they explained the situation to him and all seven of them began to do some research. Considering the fact that Anya was the only one of the five girls that had slept with a guy recently enough to even get pregnant they knew that this had to be something supernatural. Even with Anya, Xander said that they always use protection. It was impossible that Buffy, Dawn, Willow and Tara would be pregnant and nearly impossible that Anya would be.

Giles had never heard of anything like this before so researching through his books was the only thing any of them could think to do. The only problem was"¦they had no idea what to look for. They searched through every book that had anything to do with odd pregnancies, which wasn't exactly a big selection. Willow even searched the net to see if she could find anything there, but she found nothing.

Everyone was getting very frustrated and very tired. Finally there was a break through. "Yes of course," Giles said to himself out loud. As soon as he spoke the others looked over at him with hope in their eyes.

"Did you find something?" Buffy asked.

Giles looked up when he realized that he was talking out loud and that everyone had heard him and was staring at him impatiently. "Oh"¦yes"¦I believe I have," he said with a smile.

The others crowded around him to try and see the book he was reading from. "Well what did we find?" Willow asked anxiously.

"I can't believe I didn't remember it before," he said disappointingly. He hated it when he did stuff like this. He knew he had heard of this at one time or another but he just didn't remember at the time. This was always frustrating for him because he could have saved them a lot of time and energy if he would have just remembered earlier. He was rather upset with himself but this was no time to be beating himself up.

He began to read from the book, "It's a prophecy written years ago. It basically states that eight will be born from human and will be of human. They will not be conceived but will be of natural birth."

"So what does that mean exactly?" Xander asked still feeling very confused.

"Well," Giles started trying to find the words to simplify what he had just said, "It basically means that there will be eight human babies from human mothers. The part about the babies not being conceived, I believe just means that there will be no father. Instead of being conceived it's as if their being"¦placed in the mother's womb. Other then that, they will be of natural birth, basically meaning that everything else is normal."

"So"¦Anya's baby isn't mine?" Xander asked depressively.

"I'm afraid it appears that would be the case," Giles answered. "You said that the two of you always use protection meaning she most likely wouldn't have gotten pregnant."

"No," Anya said as she was getting annoyed again, "Xander and I made this baby. I don't want to be part of a prophecy."

"Wait a sec," Dawn interrupted, "You said eight. There's only five of us. Does that mean that some of us are pregnant with more then one?"

Giles looked at his book again. "No I don't believe so," he answered, "It says here that the eight will be born out from Power, Strength, Soul, Spirit, Heart, Energy, Vision, and Knowledge."

"Does that mean that we all have to posses those qualities for this to be really us?" Tara asked. "Because I'm not sure I posses half of those," she said nervously.

"Eight qualities, eight babies," Buffy said as she was finally piecing it all together.

"Exactly," Giles confirmed, "I believe that there are meant to be eight mothers, one for each child and that each mother strongly possesses one each of these eight qualities."

"Which means if this prophecy is really about us, there three other girls out there who might not know what's happening to them," Buffy said with concern.

Dawn looked at her sister in aw. She shocked her once again. She couldn't believe that at a time like this her sister would be thinking so much about others instead of her own situation. She thought about how hard it must be to always be worrying about everyone else.

"So wait a second," Willow said, "Let me get this straight. If this prophecy really explains what's happened to us," she emphasized the word "˜if,' "Then all of us are actually pregnant? And the babies are human?"

"Yes I believe so," Giles confirmed.

"Well what if this isn't it?" Tara asked. "I mean"¦how do we know?"

"I'm not really sure I know of anything else it could be," Giles answered. "We've all been searching for hours and everything here seems to fit."

"He has a point," Dawn said. It surprised everyone that she was actually backing Giles up on all of this. Out of everyone they would have pictured Dawn as the one to be the most scared and the quickest to judge everything. "Think about it, a lot of those qualities are big ones with us. Buffy could be the Strength, the Heart, or depending on its use the Power. Willow could be the Soul, the Knowledge, or if it's used in the other sense the Power. And I think we all know which one I am considering I used to be a big ball of"¦Energy."

"Yes," Giles said looking slightly shocked at Dawn's astute analysis, "It makes sense."

"I guess there's only one way to find out," Buffy said.

"What's that?" Anya asked.

"I think the five of us need a little unscheduled sonogram," Buffy answered, "Anyone here know anything about sonograms?"


* * * *


"Wait," Wesley said as a light bulb went on in his head. They had only been researching for a few minutes when Wesley realized something.

"What is it Wes?" Angel asked with hope in his eyes.

"I think I remember seeing a prophecy that had something to do with this back when Cordelia we impregnated with those demons," he answered.

"Yes let's bring that up any chance possible," Cordelia said with an annoyed ton, "Don't worry"¦it's not a painful memory or anything."

"Sorry," Wesley said as he walked over and picked out the book that he remembered seeing the prophecy in. As he flipped through the pages trying to find it the others just watched with fear in their eyes at what they might find. "Ah yes," Wesley said with a smile that eased their nerves slightly, "Here it is."

He began to read aloud from the book, "Eight will be born from human and be of human. They will not be conceived but will be of natural birth. They will be born from Power, Strength, Soul, Spirit, Heart, Energy, Vision, and Knowledge."

"Oh great," Cordy said with frustration, "Does that mean Fred and I are each pregnant with four babies?"

"I don't believe so," Wesley answered.

"But they're human right?" Fred asked with a sense of relief in her voice. "I mean"¦you said born from human which would be us and born of human which would mean that the babies are human too right?"

"If this prophecy is the one then yes"¦I believe so," Wesley said with a comforting smile.

"Well that's good then right?" Gunn said.

"What about the thing about the eight though?" Angel asked looking slightly confused, "and all that about the Power and Strength and stuff?"

Wesley looked at his book again, "Well"¦I believe that it means there will be eight different mothers each who posses one of the eight qualities very strongly," he explained.

"Well I guess we know which one I am then," Cordelia said sounding slightly annoyed.

"Which one is that?" Fred asked.

"Vision," Angel answered before Cordy could.

"Exactly," Cordelia confirmed, "If that one isn't me then I don't know what is. The only other thing I would think of would be the Spirit. I did used to be a cheerleader you know."

"And Fred must be the Knowledge," Wesley said ignoring Cordelia's cheerleader comment.

Fred began to blush, "I'm not that smart," she said modestly.

"What's the square route of 26,244?" Wesley asked.

Fred looked to the ceiling and thought for about five seconds and then said, "162 why?" They all stared at her with amazement. "Oh"¦right," she said realizing that they were right.

"What about the others?" Angel asked with concern, "And how do we find them if this even is what's really going on here?"

Wesley looked at his book again. "asically says that the mothers will be of these qualities and will be warriors for good."

"Are we sure this is it then?" Fred asked nervously, "I'm definitely not a warrior."

"Yea but you help us," Angel said, "The five of us together as a team are warriors for good."

"So how do we find the others?" Gunn asked.

"I'm not quite sure but perhaps we should be sure that the babies are in fact human to better support this theory," Wesley suggested. "I don't mean to alarm you girls but we should be sure."
"Good idea," Angel agreed, "Let's take a little trip to the hospital."

 

[Old Master 3.0]

Good job.

As was stated earlier, there are some repetitive bits, but otherwise you have a good story going on here. :: tu ::

Please continue.

 

[arabella]

agree with the earlier criticism, but it is a pretty original idea. I mean i read it and I am totally ADD today, so good start.

 

[Sinister]

Chapter 3 - Now What?


"Wow," Fred said with a shocked face as she and the others got back from the hospital.

"I second that," Cordelia added.

Fred, Cordelia and the boys had just gotten back from the hospital. They snuck into one of the empty sonogram rooms and used their machinery to check and see if Cordelia and Fred's babies were human. None of them were really doctors or anything but Wesley knew enough about this stuff to know that both girls' babies were the shapes of normal human fetuses. Since there wasn't really any other explanation they could think of, they came to the conclusion that the prophecy they had found was in fact what explains their situation.

Gunn was looking very confused. "What are you girls looking so upset about?" he asked, "Their real, human babies"¦no demons."

"Sure that's definitely a good thing but"¦" Cordelia started, "I'm just not ready for this. I don't even have a husband"¦or a boyfriend even."

"I just got back to this world," Fred added looking extremely worried, "I haven't even fully gotten back into the swing of things yet. How am I going to raise a child?"

Angel came up behind the two girls and put his arms around them in comfort. "Hey," he said softly, "It's going to be ok. We'll figure something out no matter what, I promise."

"Maybe you girls should go upstairs and rest," Wesley suggested.

"Yea you can lie down in my bed if you want Cordy," Angel added.

"I don't know," Cordelia started to say.

"Wesley's right Cordelia," Angel interrupted, "Both of you need your rest. We'll do some more research and try and figure things out."

"Alright," Cordelia finally gave in.

"Laying down sounds like that might be a good idea right about now," Fred said still looking extremely frazzled.

Angel, Wesley and Gunn watched the girls go upstairs. As soon as they were out of site all three boys breathed a sigh of relief. This whole situation was a little overwhelming and the guys were trying their hardest to keep spirits high but it wasn't easy at this confusing time.

For a moment they all just sat there in silence. Finally Gunn spoke up, "So"¦what do we do now?" he asked.

"We need to find the others," Angel said almost immediately. "Cordy and Fred are confused about this whole thing and their used to stuff like this. Just imagine the other six girls that this has happened to," Angel added.

"He has a point," Wesley agreed, "We have no idea who these others women are and what they might be thinking right now if their situations are as Cordelia and Fred's. If they feel that there is no way they can possibly be pregnant who knows what they might be thinking."

Gunn nodded his head in agreement. "So how do we find them?" he asked.

"Wesley what was it you said before about the mother's being warriors for good?" Angel asked.

"Oh yes," Wesley said understanding where Angel was going with this. "It said that the girls would each posses one of the eight qualities strongly and that each would be a warrior for good."

When Angel thought about this he could really only think of one other person who was a warrior for good and possess more then one of those qualities. He was thinking of Buffy.

"Anyone you know fit the description?" Gunn asked Angel as he saw the wheels turning in his head.

After Gunn mentioned it Wesley knew exactly who Angel was thinking of. However, before either one could say anything the phone rang. Angel looked at the others in surprise. He couldn't help but think that this might be Buffy calling to tell him that she was in fact part of the prophecy. Maybe she was calling to see if Cordy or anyone he knew was part of it as well.

After the phone rang twice Angel picked it up, "Angel Investigations," he greeted with hopeful eyes. "Hi," he responded to the voice on the phone sounding surprised. "What do you need?" he asked.

Gunn and Wes were starting to get a little confused. It seemed as if Angel knew this person but that he was surprised to hear from them. They couldn't figure out who it might be.

"Yea," Angel continued his conversation, "I'll be right there."

When he hung up the phone Gunn and Wes looked even more confused then before. "Who was it?" Gunn asked.

"I need to go out for a little while," Angel said, ignoring Gunn's question.

"Angel who was it on the phone?" Wesley asked tried his luck.

"I can't say right now," Angel answered, "I won't be long. Just umm"¦do some research on this prophecy," he added as he walked out the door leaving the two boys shocked and speechless.


* * * *


"Well I think it's safe to assume this prophecy we found is in fact what has happened to you all," Giles said as he, Xander and the girls walked into Buffy's house.

They had just gotten back from the doctors office where they had snuck into an examining room and used their sonogram equipment to check up on the babies. It was still a little too soon to tell but all five of their babies looked like they were the shape of human fetuses.

"So"¦what happens now?" Dawn asked.

Everyone was pretty much in a daze. They were all used to strange things happening in their town and even to them but this was different. This was something that, if they went through with having the children, would affect their entire lives.

Dawn started to get nervous when no one volunteered to answer her question. Buffy saw the look on her face and walked over to her. She put her arm around her reassuringly, "Don't worry Dawny," she said to her little sister, "We'll figure something out."

Dawn forced a smile, "I think I'm going to go sit down on the couch, watch some TV and pretend my life is normal for a little while," she said as she walked into the living room.

Tara also forced a smile to Willow and started walking towards the living room, "I'll go with her."

Anya gave Tara a look, "What are we watching?" she asked. "I think Gilmore Girls is on," she added as she started walking towards the living room with the other two girls.

"I love that show," they heard Dawn say from the living room.

The remaining four made their way to the kitchen to sit down and talk. Willow and Xander sat next to each other on the stools at the counter while Buffy leaned against the sink. Giles leaned against the doorway with a melancholy look. He knew that Buffy was going to look to him for answers and he just didn't have them.

"How did this happen?" Buffy said, seemingly talking to herself.

"I'm not really sure," Giles answered. "The book said something about the mother's being warriors for good," he remembered.

"Makes sense," Xander commented, "If there's anyone that can be called warriors for good it's the five of you." Willow smiled at Xander's compliment and he smiled back at her.

"What are we going to do?" Buffy asked. "None of us are prepared to have kids. Dawn is only 15-years-old. We'll both be single parents. God she's just too young," Buffy rambled as she started to realize what all of this really meant.

"Buffy don't worry," Xander attempted to comfort, "It's like what you told Dawn"¦we'll figure something out. We always do."

They were silent for a little while. "We'll need to find the other three," he said breaking the silence. Finding out what they were going to do was a very important subject to discus and Giles didn't really want to change the subject but finding the others was very important as well.

"Yea"¦but how?" Willow asked.

Giles raised his eye brows, "I'm not really sure," he said.

"We'll figure it out," Buffy said as she started to snap out of her shocked state, "Tomorrow. I think we all need to get some rest," she added.

"I believe that sounds like a good idea," Giles agreed.

It was night out now, Xander, Anya and Giles said their good nights and walked out the door. Dawn, Willow and Tara went up to bed but Buffy needed to get some air. She walked out the back door and sat on the porch. She took a deep breath in and then out. This was all just a little too much to handle even for her.

"What are you doing here Spike?" she asked.

Spike walked out from behind a tree looking very shocked that she knew he was there. "Just umm"¦out for a walk is all," he answered.

"I'm really not in the mood for this right now Spike," Buffy said sounding slightly aggravated.

"What's the matter pet?" Spike asked noticing how upset and confused she looked.

Buffy sighed, "It's a long story," she answered.

Spike walked slowly towards her and sat next to her on the porch. "I've got time."

Buffy's face was that of shock. She knew that Spike had this little thing for her but she never expected him to actually care and want to listen to her day. When the shock wore off she said, "Alright but remember"¦you asked for it."

They two of them sat there for over and hour. She told him the whole story of what had happened that day and he just sat there and listened. She told him about the pregnancies and the prophecy and everything. When she was finally finished he took a few moments to process everything. It was a lot to take in such a short amount of time.

"Wow," he finally got out.

Buffy laughed a little, "Yea"¦that's pretty much what all of us said."

"Well"¦" Spike started to say, "I'll take over the patrolling then."

"What?" Buffy asked looking extremely shocked.

"Just until you have the baby," Spike said, "You can't go fighting all the time while you're pregnant. If you get hit in the wrong spot it could heart the baby."

Buffy's mouth was wide open. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. Spike was acting almost as if he was"¦human. "Your serious?" she asked to make sure she was hearing him right.

"Yea," Spike said with confidence. She gave him a strange look. "What?" he asked, "I can' I've been fighting on your side these days anyway remember?"

Buffy was speechless. This was just too weird. "Thanks," she said not sounding too sure of herself. "I'd better get to bed," she said as she shook her head trying to snap herself out of the shock she was in.

"Right," Spike said as he stood up and walked down the stairs. "So I'll see you tomorrow then?" he asked with hopeful eyes.

"Umm"¦yea," Buffy said still feeling weird about this whole thing, "I guess so. Good night Spike."

"Night then," he said as he walked her go into the house. When he was sure she got in safely he started to walk away with a smile on his face. That was pretty much the best conversation they had ever had.

 

[Cohen]

Better. Less repetitiveness. keep it coming. It's getting interesting.

 

[Sinister]

Chapter 4 - The Eighth Mother


Angel walked into the room and sat down at one of the empty seats away from the windows. He was a little nervous considering it was the middle of the day and there was way too much sun around him but visiting hours were only in the day and this sounded urgent.

He was only waiting for about five minutes before a guard opened the door on the other side of the glass and a few girls walked out and sat down. She came out last. When she saw Angel she couldn't help but smile a little. She sat down at the seat across from him and picked up the phone.

Angel smiled back at her and picked up the phone on his end. "Hello Faith," he greeted.

"Angel," Faith greeted back, "It's nice to see a familiar face around here."

Angel smiled, "Alright Faith," he said getting right to the point, "We both know that I'm not very good with the small talk. Why did you call me?"

"You know I wouldn't have called if it wasn't important," Faith responded. "I need your help," she said as she looked down making sure she didn't have eye contact. Even though she had asked Angel for help before she still had trouble saying it.

"Anything, what do you need?" Angel said without hesitation.

Faith looked around to make sure that no one was going to hear what she was about to say. When she realized that the cost was probably clear she tried to tell Angel what she needed, "I know this is going to sound a little"¦weird," she started to say, "I just"¦" She stopped. She didn't really know how to say what she had to say. Finally she decided to just come right out and say it. "I think I might be"¦" She stopped again.

"Faith whatever it is its ok," Angel said reassuringly, "I'm here for you"¦no matter what it is."

Faith forced a smile, "Thanks." She tried to start again, "I think"¦I think I might be pregnant," she finally got out. Angel looked at her with confusion, but not as much confusion as she expected. "This is an all girl's jail Angel," she added, "I haven't gotten laid since I've been here but I've got all the signs. I've got the morning sickness, hungry all the time"¦well"¦more then usual and I go to the bathroom more times a day then my grandmother."

Angel looked as though he was deep in thought, "Strength," he said.

"What?" Faith asked.

"I'll explain later but we have to be sure," Angel responded, "I'll go buy you a pregnancy test. How can I get it to you?"

"Today is a night day," Faith said with a smile.

"Huh?" Angel said with a look of confusion on his face.

"Two nights a week we get to go to the outside terrace for an hour," Faith explained, "Stay in the shadows and get to the fence without being seen. A lot of the girls just stand by the fence and look out so they won't think twice about me doing it. Just take the test out and hand it to me through the fence."

Angel nodded his head, "Right. What time?"

"We go out at seven," Faith responded. Angel nodded again and stood up to leave. "Angel," Faith said before he could hang up the phone, "Don't let them see you. If they see you"¦there's no way I'll ever be able to get it."

"Don't worry," Angel said, "Stealthiest kind of comes with the whole vampire package. We'll figure this out Faith. I'll be back tonight."

Faith nodded and forced a smile. She would never admit it but she was scared. She had seen and experienced a lot of weird and unexplainable things in her life but this was different. She started to get even more worried when she saw the look on Angel's face when she told him. He seemed to know what was going on and the fact that he wouldn't tell her scared her even more. After he left she hung up the phone and started to walk back to the door. "Don't let me down Angel," she muttered to herself.


* * * *


When Angel got back to the hotel Wesley and Gunn were in research mode but as soon as he walked in they both looked up at him anxiously. "What was that all about?" Gunn asked.

"I had to go see a friend," Angel responded, "Any more information about this prophecy?"

"We've found a few more references about the prophecy but they all say pretty much the same thing," Wesley responded.

"Eight girls, eight babies, warriors for good, Strength, Power, exedra," Gunn added, "Same stuff we already know."

"Is there any other hints as to how we're supposed to find the other six girls?" Angel asked.

"None so far I'm afraid," Wesley replied. "Who was the friend you had to see?"

Angel hesitated at first but then realized that he should probably just tell them. They were probably going to find out soon enough anyway. "Faith," he answered.

Wesley looked confused, "Why Faith?" he asked.

"Who's Faith?" Gunn asked who was also looking confused.

"I think she may be one of The Eight," Angel responded to Wesley's question.

"I thought they were supposed to be worries for good?" Wesley said mockingly.

Angel gave him a look, "She's paying for what she's done Wes. Maybe she still has some good to do."

"In prison?" Wesley said.

"Hold on"¦this Faith person is in prison?" Gunn asked, "What did she do?"

"She thinks she might be pregnant," Angel said to Wesley ignoring Gunn's questions. "It's an all girl's prison. If she is pregnant she has to be one of The Eight."

Wesley rolled his eyes, "And which one would she be? I didn't see Evil as one of the characteristics."

Now Angel was starting to get slightly angry. "Strength," he said firmly. He got very close to Wesley's face and said, "You have no idea how much strength it takes to reform yourself. To turn yourself into the police when you know you'd never get caught. To give up your life to pay for what you've done." He walked away and then turned around to face Wesley again. "She's changed Wes"¦I need you to except that."

Gunn looked nervously at Angel and then at Wesley. "Why do I have a feeling that this Faith girl has long story attached to her?"

"We'll fill you in later," Angel said finally answering one of Gunn's questions. "I'm going back to the prison at seven to give Faith a home pregnancy test but for now we have to find out who the other girls are."

"I think I know who they are," Cordelia said as she started walking down the stairs.

"Cordelia," Angel said as he turned around, "How long have you been standing there?"

"Long enough," she said with a glare. She wasn't the biggest fan of Faith and the thought of her being a part of the same prophecy as she was made her skin crawl.

"How do you know who the others are?" Gunn asked.

"The Powers That Be finally decided to give me a hand," she responded.

"You had a vision?" Angel asked as he walked towards Cordelia.

Cordelia nodded her head. "It wasn't like my normal visions though. It didn't show me what was to come. It just showed me pictures," Cordelia said.

Wesley looked at her with confusion, "Pictures of what?"

"The Eight," Cordelia responded, "Or at least"¦I think it was The Eight from the prophecy. I saw pictures of eight girls, two of which were me and Fred, so I just put two and two together."

"Did you see this Faith girl?" Gunn asked.

"Yeah," Cordelia responded, "And she wasn't the only familiar face I saw."

Angel looked at her with confusion in his eyes, "Who else did you see?"

"It was weird though"¦some of the people I saw I would never expect to be part of a prophecy about warriors for good"¦Faith being one of them," Cordelia side tracked.

Angel was getting annoyed. He had a small hunch about who the others might be, or at least who one of the others might be, and he was anxious to find out if he was right. "Cordelia who were the other five?" he asked.

"Alright already gezz," Cordelia said, "One of them I didn't recognize but the other four we both know"¦or at least I know you know three of the four. Did you ever meet Anya?" Angel gave her a look. "Ok ok"¦not good with the suspense now are we? Well Anya is one. She was a new girl at Sunnydale High our senior year who turned out be a vengeance demon. She got her powers taken away and the last I heard she was dating Xander." Cordelia laughed a little at what she just said.

"Who were the other three?" Wesley asked.

"The other three were Willow, Dawn"¦and Buffy," she finally answered. She looked at Angel and waiting for an expression. Even the mention of Buffy would usually get some kind of expression out of him.

"You're sure?" Wesley asked.

"Pretty darn sure," Cordy responded.

"But Dawn"¦she's so young," Wesley said look very confused.

"Wait a second," Gunn said, "Is this Buffy as in Angel's x-girlfriend Buffy?"

"That's the one," Cordelia responded still looking at Angel. "Dawn is her younger sister and Willow and Xander are her best friends. Odds are they already know about the prophecy and are looking for the rest of us."

"I would imagine so," Wesley agreed, "Giles has the same books that I posses."

Angel still hadn't said a word or even changed his facial expression. "I guess we should probably call Buffy then," Cordelia said.

Angel finally snapped out of it, "We will"¦after we get Faith."

"What do you mean "˜get' Faith?" Cordelia asked. "He doesn't mean what I think he means does he?" Cordelia asked Wesley. No one said a word. "Right?" Cordelia pleaded again but no one said a word.


* * * *


The next morning after getting some rest, Buffy and the others went to Giles' to do some more research on this prophecy to try and figure out what was going to happen and more importantly who the other three girls were.

"Maybe there's some way we can try a locater spell," Willow suggested.

"How?" Xander asked.

"Maybe if the five of us concentrate together," Willow suggested.

Buffy shrugged her shoulders, "It's worth a shot."

They started setting up. They placed a map of the world on the ground and the five girls sat in a circle around it. "Ok now close your eyes and concentrate. Think about the girls that are in the same position as you. If we concentrate hard enough little lights where the girls are should appear on the map in their location," Willow explained.

They closed their eyes and concentrated. Giles and Xander were there standing around them. After a few moments little lights started to appear on the west coast of the United States on the map.

"I think it's working," Xander said.

The girls opened their eyes and smiled at the site of a group of little dots on the map. "Cool," Dawn said with a smile at their accomplishment.

Willow smiled at Dawn, "Now we just have to narrow down the search a little more. Giles do you have a map of California?"

"Oh"¦yes," he responded, "I'll go get it."

When Giles came back with the map they placed it where the other one was and did the same thing as before. When they opened their eyes they saw the little dots again. "See that cluster right there?" Willow asked as she pointed a cluster of little dots that almost looked as if it was just one big dot. The others nodded. "That's us. It looks like the others are in"¦"

Buffy finished.

"Yeah," Willow responded knowing exactly what Buffy was thinking. "It looks like two of them are really close together, maybe even in the same building like us and the other one doesn't look too far away from those two."

"Angel," Buffy said softly with an expressionless face.

"As much as I'd love to see dead boy pregnant"¦I don't think he's one of them Buff," Xander joked.

"Cordelia," Willow yelled as she realized that she might be one of them. "The last time I talked to her she said she had this power given to her by the Powers That Be or something. She said she gets visions of people that Angel is meant to save or something like that."

"Isn't vision one of the characteristics?" Anya asked as she looked at Giles.

"Yes," he nodded.

"I guess we should call them then," Dawn suggested looking at Buffy.

She was still staring out into space. Finally she snapped out of it, "I guess so."

 

[Cohen]

Getting good. Keep it coming. I want to see more.

 

[Sinister]

Chapter 5 - Working Together


When Angel brought Faith to the hotel she walked in looking confused and even a little scared. When Angel went to the prison to give Faith the pregnancy test he ended up breaking her out of jail instead. He didn't really explain much about what was going on. He pretty much just told her that he knew she was pregnant and that he needed to get her out of there.

He explained things more to her in the car ride back to the hotel. The explained to her the prophecy of The Eight and how Cordelia had a vision that she was one of them. It was all a little overwhelming and scary. No one was completely sure of exactly what was going to happen but Faith couldn't really see herself as a mother. Her kid would grow up without a father because lord knows she could never stay with just one man and her parents, if you could even call them that, weren't exactly big helps when it came to teaching her how to have her own family one day.

"This is just too weird," Faith said as she walked into the hotel with Angel, "All my life since I've been old enough I've slept with guys and been pretty reckless. Sometimes I didn't even use protection but never once did I get pregnant or even have a pregnancy scare. Never got an STD either but now I haven't gotten laid in like two years and I'm pregnant." Faith shook her head, "This world makes zero sense to me."

Angel put his hand on her shoulder comfortingly, "We're going to figure this out."

Faith forced a smile his way, "I know."

Angel smiled back. "Wes, Cordy?" he started to yell when he didn't see anyone in the lobby.

When they heard Angel was back Wesley, Gunn, Cordelia and Fred came into the lobby. "Well look who it is," Cordelia said in a slightly nasty way.

"Nice to see you too Cor," Faith responded. "This is a nice place you guys got here."

"It's not bad for an office," Angel commented with a slight smile.

"Angel," Wesley said with a nervous look on his face, "You had a call while you were out."

Angel gets a lot of calls but he could tell that this one was important by the way Wesley was acting. "Who was it?" he asked.

"It was Buffy," Cordelia answered.

"Oh yeah does B know about me yet?" Faith asked Angel.

"As far as I knew she didn't know about any of you," he answered. "What did she say?"

"Well," Cordy started, "She asked me if I was pregnant."

"So she knows about you guys?" Angel questioned.

"She said that her friend Willow did a locator spell somehow with a map or something," Fred responded, "It didn't reveal exactly where we were but it showed us in LA. They remembered that Cordy has the visions and thought they'd see if she was one of The Eight."

"What did everyone talk to Buffy?" Angel said.

"We had her on speaker phone," Gunn responded.

"Well"¦" Angel started to say, "Did she umm"¦did she even want to talk to me?"

Cordelia smiled at him, "She wants you to call her back. She asked if you were here before she even realized it was me answering the phone."

Angel felt relived. He would hate it if she hadn't even asked about him at all. "I guess I should go call her back then." He started to walk to his office and then turned around, "Fred can you do me a favor and set Faith up a room?"

"Sure thing boss," Fred responded with a smile.

"Thanks," he replied and then he continued into the office to call Buffy.


* * * *


"FAITH!?" Willow yelled, "You mean psycho killer Faith who is prison where she belongs? Are you kidding me?"

"Willow!" Buffy said with shock at her reaction.

"I'm sorry Buffy but I find it very hard to believe that Faith is one of the warriors for good that are supposed to have miracle children. I mean she can't even take care of herself how is she going to take care of a child?"

"I don't know but it doesn't really seem like your giving her a chance," Buffy responded.

"I don't really see why you are," Dawn said jumping into the conversation, "I mean this is the girl that stole your body remember?"

"She's different now," Buffy said really trying very hard to take Faith's side, "Or so I'm told," she added with an eye roll.

"And Angel is, let me make sure I heard you right, "˜taking' her out of prison?" Xander asked.

Buffy shrugged her shoulders, "That's what Wesley said."

"Well that's just great," Willow said.

"They didn't really have much of a choice," Buffy pointed out.

Giles nodded his head, "Buffy's right. She is in an all women's prison Willow. They would obviously find out she was pregnant and then they would probably think she was having an affair with one of the guards or they wouldn't know what to think. Either way she'd probably be punished for something she had no control over."

Willow just looked away. She knew he was right but she wasn't a huge fan of Faith and knowing that she was out of jail wasn't really helping any. Before anyone could say anything more the phone rang.

"That's probably Angel," Buffy said as she walked to the phone and picked it up, "Hello."

"Hey Buffy," Angel said nervously on the other end.

"Angel," Buffy greeted also sounding a little nervous.

"Umm"¦Wesley told me you called," he started, "I guess you know what's going on."

Buffy nodded her head even though she knew he couldn't see it, "The prophecy of The Eight. I'm familiar with it," she said as she looked down nervously.

"I have Faith here," Angel said.

"Good," she responded tried to sound as if she was actually interested, "That's good."

Angel rolled his eyes. It was time to just break the nervousness already. "Listen Buffy I know this is all really confusing and difficult to deal with but I think we all need to work together on this."

Buffy took in a deep breath and then let it out, "I agree."

"I was thinking that maybe you and the others should come to LA for a few days," Angel said nervously, "Just so we can all work together and try and figure this whole thing out." He waited in silence. He wasn't sure what she would say to this.

She sat there and thought about it for a few moments. It was a good idea in theory. The Eight girls were all in this together weather they liked it or not and things would probably go much smoother if they all worked together. "I think that sounds like a good idea"¦but," Buffy finally said, "Why do we have to go there? Why can't you guys come here? I mean there are less of you."

Angel rolled his eyes, "˜she can be so childish sometimes,' he thought to himself. "I know that but I have a hotel here. There's much more space and after what happened your senior year with the taking of Giles' books and then the school burning down I think he have a more extensive collection of research material."

Buffy rolled her eyes. He had a point, "Good point."

"And it doesn't just have to be you five girls that come of course. You can bring the others too, Giles, Xander," Angel added for the icing on the cake, "We have plenty of room."

"Thanks, Can I call you back though?" she asked, "I'm going to talk this over with the others."

"Sure," he responded quickly, "Take as much time as you need. Call me back whenever. I'll be here."

"Ok," she said with a small smile, "I'll talk to you later."

Angel smiled a little too on the other end as he hung up the phone. He knew that she would convince them to go. Buffy was coming and even though he knew nothing had changed he was excited, happy even.

Buffy hung up the phone and started walking back into the living room where the others were. She was going. She knew she was going. Convincing the others to go wouldn't be hard especially with the information Angel used to convince her. The thought of seeing him gave her mixed feelings. She was excited but also worried. She didn't really know what to expect.

"Was it Angel?" Willow asked Buffy when she got into the room.

"Yeah," Buffy responded. They all looked at her waiting to hear what he said. "He has an idea."

"What is it?" Dawn asked.

"He thinks that we should go to LA," Buffy said. She immediately got all kinds of different looks from everyone in the room. Before anyone could say anything she continued, "It would only be for a few days while we figure this whole thing out better. The eight of us girls are in this together weather we like it or not and I think we all need to work together on this. Angel has a hotel so there's plenty of room and Wesley supposedly has all the research materials we'd need. And the invitation wasn't just for the five of us girls. Angel wants the two of you to come also," she said to Giles and Xander.

They all sat in silence for a little while thinking about it. "I think we should do this," Buffy said breaking the silence.

"What about Dawn?" Giles asked.

"Yea I have school on Monday," Dawn added.

"This situation is going to affect your whole future Dawny," Buffy explained, "You can afford to miss a few days."

"Buffy has a point," Tara said, "We should probably do this. The more people we have figuring all of this out the better."

They all started nodding their heads in agreement. The only one who was left expressionless was Xander. They all looked at him for approval. He looked at them and realized that even if he said he didn't like this idea it wasn't going to help any. "Alright," he said with a sigh, "I guess we should go."

"Good," Buffy said firmly, "So we're all in agreement then?" They all nodded their heads and then Buffy did the same. "Alright then, everyone go home or go up to your rooms and start packing. We'll leave tonight. I'll go call Angel."

Willow, Tara and Dawn said good bye to Giles, Xander and Anya and then went upstairs to start packing. As Giles, Xander and Anya walked out the door to go start packing none of them even realized that Spike had been watching through the window and listening the whole time.

He looked extremely angry and even a little hurt. He really thought he might have been making progress with Buffy last night bute realized he was wrong. "She didn't even bloody think of me at all in this did she?" he said to himself, "No, it's all Angel this and Angel that. Let's go to Angel's, screw Spike, Spike who? Did she even think that maybe I would want to come and help?" He laughed at himself, "Oh who am I kidding? Of course I wouldn't want to help."

After saying this he started thinking. "Maybe that's it," he said to himself, "I don't care enough. I don't want to help. I guess a vampire's gotta have a soul to win her heart."

He started walking away from the house with a determined look on his face, "Guess I better go get mine back."

sk8rj04: Getting good. Keep it coming. I want to see more.

Thanks! I'm glad to know your enjoying it!

 

[Sinister]

Chapter 6 - LA


After they were all packed Buffy and the gang hoped on a bus for LA. The bus dropped them off only a block away from the hotel so they just walked there. When they walked into the hotel Angel and the others were all huddled around the books as usual.

As they walked in they were in aw. The Hyperion wasn't exactly the nicest place but it still had a beauty to it and the lobby was pretty aw worthy. When he heard them come in Angel practically ran from his office into the lobby. He and Buffy approached each other nervously. "Buffy," Angel said with a half smile, "I'm glad you came."

Buffy smiled back at him, "It's good to see you too Angel."

Cordelia came into the room next with a big smile on her face. Back in her earlier years of high school she couldn't have cared less about these people but now she was a lot different. She was even different enough to actually call them her friends. "Hey guys! I'm so glad your here. It's so nice to see familiar faces at a time like this."

Cordy exchanged hugs with Buffy, Willow, Giles and Dawn. When she got to Xander they just smiled at each other. They had a long history but it ended on a good note and they were happy about that. "It's good to see you again Cordelia," Xander said as he hugged his old girlfriend.

"Oh God you too Xander," Cordy responded, "How have you been? What have you been up to?"

"Oh you know the usual, fighting demons, getting engaged to x-vengeance demons"¦same old stuff," Xander joked.

Cordelia's mouth fell open, "Xander Harris"¦engaged? Hell really has frozen over."

Xander smiled at her and let out a small fake laugh, "Very funny."

"Yes Xander is engaged which means if you're planning on trying to get him back it wont work," Anya said to Cordelia defensively as she grabbed his arm.

Cordy just nodded her head, "Good to see you too Anya."

Shortly after Cordelia came out Wesley, Gunn and Fred fallowed. Wesley went to Giles first and shook his hand and then he proceeded to give hugs to Buffy, Dawn and Willow and then a hand shake for Xander.

Even though Angel wasn't looking like he was in much of a hugging mood Dawn practically jumped into his arms. Angel always used to be a little bit of a pain in the ass but he was always nice to Dawn and he was definitely her favorite of all of Buffy's x-boyfriends. "Hey Dawn, how have you been?"

"Good," Dawn replied with a smile as they pulled away from their embrace, "Well"¦aside from the whole being pregnant at the age of 15 which out ever having sex." Angel just smiled a little.

After Dawn, Willow took her turn at hugging Angel. Angel smiled at her, "It's good to see you Willow."

She smiled back at him, "Likewise."

Willow stepped aside to let Buffy have her turn at hugging Angel but when the two were face to face they just kind of smiled at each other nervously. "We should probably"¦introduce people," Buffy suggested trying to break the awkwardness of the situation.

"Right," Angel agreed. He walked over to Gunn and Fred. "Everyone this is Charles Gunn," he said as he pointed to Gunn.

"How you doin?" Gunn said with a wave.

"And this is Winfred Burckle," he said pointing the Fred.

"Hi, yawl can call me Fred," Fred said with a wave.

"Fred, Gunn, this is Buffy, Giles, Willow, Dawn, Xander," Angel said as he pointed to each one respectively, "And I'm sorry I don't know your names," he said as he pointed to Tara and Anya.

"Everyone this is Tara," Willow said as she put her arm around a very shy Tara, "She's my girlfriend," she added as she smiled at Tara.

Wesley looked around very confused, "Willow you're"¦?" he stopped himself when he realized everyone was staring at him. "Um"¦good for you."

Tara face started to turn red. She didn't really like being the center of attention, "It's nice to meet you all."

"And this is my fiancée Anya," Xander said as he smiled at Anya.

Anya smiled at all the new faces, "It's a pleasure to meet you all."

"Tara, Anya this is Angel, Wesley, Cordelia," Willow said as she pointed to each one, "And we've already been introduced to Gunn and Fred."

"So," Buffy said, "Where's Faith?"

"I think she's in the shower," Fred answered. Buffy nodded her head.

"We've got rooms set up for all of you," Angel said, "Five room's right?"

Buffy nodded her head, "Thanks again for this Angel."

"It's no problem," he responded with a smile, "If you guys want to come with me I'll show you were your staying."

Buffy and the rest of the crew grabbed their stuff and fallowed Angel up the stairs. "Five rooms"¦does that mean I get my own room?" Dawn asked with excitement.

"Only because Angel has enough room and I couldn't stand to share with you," Buffy joked. Dawn just glared at her as they walked to the rooms.

After they got situated they all went back down to the lobby. As they were about to have a little meeting about what their next move should be Faith came down the stairs with a shocked look on her face. She knew that they were coming but it didn't really fully register until she saw them all.

When Buffy saw her coming she forced a smile, "Faith."

"Long time no see. How's it goin B?" Faith asked with the same forced smile on her face.

Buffy shrugged her shoulders, "Been better."

"I hear that," Faith added. "So"¦did I interrupt anything?"

"Just in time actually," Angel said, "I had an idea of a way we might figure out a little more information about these babies."

"We're all ears," Faith responded.

"I called up an old friend," Angel said as he looked at the door. A smile appeared on his face when a familiar green, horned demon walked through the door.

"You ran Angel cakes," Lorne said as he walked into the hotel with a smile on his face.

Angel smiled back, "Guys this is Lorne." He introduced Lorne to everyone who didn't already know him and then explained to them about his power.

"Let me get this straight"¦you want us to sing?" Buffy asked with a very unsure ton.

"Yea that's the part I'm not liking," Faith said.

"Dido," Willow added.

"That's the idea sugar," Lorne responded.

Faith, Buffy and Willow were looking very nervous. "Did I mention I don't sing," Faith added.

"It's the best thing I can think of," Angel pleaded, "Lorne can read all of you and that way we can be sure that this prophecy is really what it says it is and hopefully it will help us all decide what the next step should be."

After some very hard convincing, the Angel gang finally convinced Buffy and the other girls to sing for Lorne. He took them each into Angel's office one at a time so that they would feel more comfortable. They decided that he should read them all first and then tell the group as a whole what he saw.

After Lorne read all eight girls everyone gathered in the lobby. Angel looked at him with worry, "So?"

"Alright ladies and gents," Lorne started with all eyes anxiously looking at him, "This is the basic gist of the situation. It looks like this prophecy that Wes and Giles here found is exactly what's going on here. You eight are obviously some of the best of the best when it comes to fighting for the side of good"¦or at least you will be," he continued as he winked at Faith after saying that last part. He continued, "All eight of the little ticks are human and should have pretty big destinies ahead of them."

"Ok so, not that I was thinking about trying this or anything but, would it even be possible for any of us to get an abortion?" Buffy asked.

"I don't think so sweet pea," Lorne responded with a sympathetic look on his face, "The kids are all human sure but their existents is mystical all the way. Someone wants these kids to be born and all though I'm not entirely sure on this I'd be willing to bet money that nothings going to be able to hurt those kids as long as their in their mommies bellies."

Dawn looked slightly disappointed. "Guess I'm going to be a teenage mother after all," she said with a sigh. She hadn't really thought too much about what she would do if she had the choice but not having the choice at all was a lot to take.

Buffy could see the look on Dawn's face. "It's going to be ok Dawny. We'll figure something out. You can get home schooled and stuff. We'll work this all out I promise," Buffy said comfortingly as she ran her fingers through her sister's hair.

"So this is really happening?" Cordelia said, "The eight of us"¦we're going to be mothers?"

"That's right Cordy," Lorne confirmed. "Don't be so down in the dumps kids. I don't really know most of you but I can tell from reading you and just from what I've seen of you all so far that you're going to excelthers. And you've got all these boys that I'm sure will be standing in line to help you girls raise the little nippers."

"He's right," Giles said, "We're all here for you, all of you." The rest of the boys nodded at Giles' statement. Their boys would do anything for them.

It was evident that the girls, or at least some of them were becoming more comforted and mood was starting to get lighter again. "That's what I like to see," Lorne said as he saw Dawn crack a small smile, "I want to see smiles on all your faces. This is all going to work out."

"He's right," Angel said, "We all just need to talk this out and we'll figure out a way to deal with this"¦together."

 

[Cohen]

Hm...there was an error or two in continuality from Buffy. But that's okay. Nice way of bringing in the whole Spike has a soul thing too. Keep it up.

 

[Wanabee-slayer]

It is sooo good!!!!!

 

[Sinister]

^ thanks guys I'm glad your enjoying the story! 🙂 Also I'll have to go back and check for those errors. I know it's bad but I'm usually the type of writer that doesn't prof my stuff. I like to get it out for people to read ASAP. I should really start proffing though.


Chapter 7 - Comforting


After Lorne had confirmed that all of this was real and that it was really going to happen the girls were feeling a little shocked and helpless. Everyone was being nice and saying comforting words but it wasn't really helping all that much.

Buffy and Dawn were sitting on the steps by the front door. "It's going to be ok Dawny," Buffy comforted, "Believe it or not teenage girls become mothers more often then you might think."

Dawn rolled her eyes, "Yea but that's usually because they were irresponsible, had sex too young, didn't use protection or something like that. I didn't do anything wrong."

This made Buffy's heart melt. Dawn was right. She didn't do anything to deserve this. She hadn't even had her first kiss yet, or at least she was pretty sure she hadn't. "I'm sorry Dawny. You're right. You didn't do anything wrong to deserve this but maybe if we start thinking of this as more of blessing then a curse it might make things a lot easier." Dawn just glared at her. "I know that isn't easy. But I'm here for you. We're all here for you."

"I know," Dawn admitted, "But you guys are all going to be going through the same thing."

"Exactly," Buffy exclaimed, "We'll all be raising these kids together. As much as you might not think so I think that will make things easier. When they get older they won't have to worry so much about making new friends because they'll each already have seven other kids their age that they'll be friends with. And once they get to a certain age we won't have to worry so much about always keeping them entertained because they can entertain each other."

Dawn gave a half smile, "That's true I guess."

Buffy smiled back at her, "It's all going to work out Dawny. I can feel it."

Anya was sitting on the other side of the steps that Dawn and Buffy were on. Xander was standing at the bottom of the stairs talking to Anya. "Yah know," Xander started, "I think this is actually going to be nice. I mean we're getting married already anyway and now we're going to have a kid." He smiled at his beautiful fiancée. "I'm actually kind of excited about this."

Anya smiled back at him. These were the words that she had been waiting for ever since she told him that she was pregnant. "Really?"

"Yeah," Xander responded, "I love you and I know I'm going to love this child just as much."

Anya's smile grew even brighter. "So even though you're not the technical father, considering this is just a mystical pregnancy and all, you're still going treat it as your own?"

"Of course," Xander responded.

"Good!" Anya said as she leaned in and kissed Xander softly, "Because I don't think I can do this without you."

Xander kissed her again and then just smiled at her for a moment, "You won't have to. We're going to do this"¦together."

Willow and Tara were on the steps going to the upstairs. Willow was one step higher then a very nervous looking Tara stroking her hair. "It's going to be ok baby. It's just like what Angel said"¦we'll get through this together," Willow said comfortingly.

Tara turned to face Willow and forced a smile, "I know. It's just all so overwhelming. I mean first of all"¦me"¦a warrior for good? How did that even happen?"

Willow smiled at her self-conscious girlfriend, "You mean you don't know? You're one of the best people I know. You do more good everyday then you can even imagine. You help us with the magic's, with research, and most of all"¦you keep me going. I could never do all I do without you."

This time Tara's smile didn't have to be forced, "What would I do without you?"

Willow smiled back, "The same thing I'd do without you"¦be lost."

"How do you always do that?" Tara asked.

Willow looked at her with slight confusion, "Do what?"

Tara smiled, "Make me feel like nothing can go wrong as long as I'm with you."

Willow smiled back and kissed her lightly, "Magic."

Faith, Fred and Cordelia were all sitting on the round couch in the middle of the lobby staring out into space deep in thought.

Angel, Wesley, Gunn, Giles and Lorne were all standing by the office watching the others. "I think its damage control time boys," Lorne said to the others.

"What do you mean?" Gunn asked. Just as he said this they watched Buffy walk out into the garden.

Lorne continued, "Alright"¦It looks like Xander is taking good care of Anya over there and Willow and Tara are looking like their taking pretty good care of each other over there. The five aren't looking so good though. Five of us"¦five of them"¦its comfort time boys."

"I'll take Fred," Wesley and Gunn said at the exact same time. They looked at each other and then shrugged their shoulders. "Rock, paper, scissors?" Gunn suggested.

"Right," Wesley said as they both got into passion. They counted it out and then held out their hands. Wesley had paper and Gunn had rock. Wesley smiled triumphantly as he walked towards Fred.

Gunn just shook his head in disappointment. He looked around and before he could say anything Lorne stepped in, "I'm going to go talk to Cordelia. That poor girl looks so down in the dumps. Maybe I should bring her a sea breeze."

Since Cordy was going to be Gunn's second choice he shrugged his shoulders and started to walk towards Faith, "Guess I'll take Faith then."

Angel was starting to get nervous. Things were weird between him and Buffy but he wanted more then anything to be the one to comfort her. But on the other hand he was scared out of his mind to even talk to her.

Giles could see in Angel's eyes that even though he was scared he really wanted to be the one to talk to Buffy. "I'm going to go sit with Dawn then," he said to Angel with a smile and a pat on the shoulder.

Angel watched Giles walk towards Dawn. He took a deep breath and walked towards the door where Buffy was outside in the garden.

When Wesley got to Fred he smiled at her and sat down on the couch next to her. "How are you doing?"

Fred forced a smile back at him, "To be honest"¦I'm terrified. I just got out of a hell dimension not even five months ago. I haven't even fully gotten back into the routine of normal life and now I'm going to have to raise a child."

Wesley put his hand on her back and rubbed it comfortingly. "I can only imagine how scared you must feel. It's not fair. This whole situation is all so sudden and none of us really know what to expect. But"¦I'll always be here for you"¦we all will." Fred turned to him and smiled. "No matter what its, no matter what you need"¦I'll be here for you," Wes continued.

"Thanks Wesley," Fred said as she took him into a tight embrace, "That really means a lot to me."

When Gunn approached Faith she smiled a little, "Got stuck with me huh?"

Gunn just shrugged his shoulders, "I don't like to think of it that way."

She got up out of her seat and walked to a pillar and leaned against it. "It's ok," she said with a smirk, "You don't have to come over here and say some nice words to comfort me."

Gunn walked towards her and faced her about five feet away. "I don't have to do anything. Did you ever think that I might just want come over here and talk to you?" Faith just gave him a look. "Ok, ok"¦we all decided we should talk to you guys a little. Say some comforting words yada yada yada."

"And you're the lucky one that got stuck with me."

"On the contrary," Gunn said with a smile, "getting stuck with would imply that you were the last pick"¦and I picked third."

"Third huh? Better then I expected," Faith said as she nodded her head. "So is this the part where you tell me that you here for me if I want to talk and that everyone's there for me on this?"

Gunn nodded his head, "Pretty much." He walked over to the pillar next to hers and leaned on it. "Look Faith, I'm probably not the best person to be comforting you because I'm going to tell you how it is strait up. I know you think that everyone here doesn't like you and that they don't trust you"¦and I'm not going to lie to you"¦your pretty much right. But what I can do for you is tell you that I don't go by what people tell me happened with you in the past. I wanna get to know you first and then we'll see how it goes from there. And"¦I can also tell you that others will come around."

Faith smiled a little. She liked Gunn. He seemed to be the only one around here that wasn't fake. "You think so?"

"I do. Angel says you've changed and weather its now or later"¦people are going to realize it."

Faith smiled, "You know"¦you're not as bad at you think at this comforting thing."

Gunn smiled back, "Why thank you."

"Hey there sunshine," Lorne said as he sat down next to Cordelia on the couch.

Cordy forced a smile his way, "Hey Lorne."

Lorne flinched, "Honey I can sense the mood on you from a mile away. Are you nervous about the baby?"

"Do the words, "˜hell yes,' sum it up?" she answered in a bitter ton.

"Oh come on sweet checks"¦you don't have to worry so much," Lorne said with a soothing ton. "Weather you like it or not we're all here for yah and we're not going anywhere. We're all in this together."

"I know," Cordelia admitted, "It's just that"¦I remember how I felt when this happened to me before. When I got impregnated by a freakin demon"¦well"¦before we knew it was a demon. I saw so scared. I didn't know what I was going to do, how I was going to raise a child when I'm not really finished growing myself. I know you guys are all here to help but"¦I just don't know if I'm ready to be a mother."

Lorne gave Cordelia a very comforting hug. "Cordy I don't know what you're talking about. I think your more ready then you think. You're a sweet, caring, loving woman and you're going to be a wonderful mother."

Cordelia was starting to cry, "You really think so?"

"Cordy honey"¦I know so," Lorne said as he whipped a tear from Cordelia's cheek.

Giles walked to the stairs and sat down on the step next to Dawn. She was staring strait ahead almost as if she was focusing on something. She didn't turn to look at him but she knew it was him. "So"¦you're pretty much going to be like these kids grandpa," Dawn said as she started to smile.

Giles looked at her and smiled back, "Well I never really thought about that"¦but I guess so."

Dawn turned to face him, "You know"¦you've always been like a father to me and Buffy"¦especially after mom died. Heck"¦you've been more of a father to us then our own dad. I just want you to know how much we appreciate that."

Giles almost started to cry, "Thank you Dawn. It means a lot to me that you think that." He whipped his eyes to try and stop himself from crying. "And here I thought I was supposed to be the one comforting you," Giles said with a small laugh.

Dawn laughed a little back but then her face turned very serious, "What am I gonna do?"

Giles gave her a half smile and brushed away some hair from her face. "You're going to be brave and get through this"¦just like you always do. We can get you home schooled."

Dawn was trying to fight back the tears as well. "I don't know"¦I was thinking that maybe I should just get my GED. I always thought I was too smart for high school anyway," she added with a small laugh.

Giles smiled, "I'd have to agree. You are a very smart young woman Dawn and despite your age I know your going to make a wonderful mother."

Dawn smiled as the tears started to fall and wrapped Giles in a big hug. "Thanks Giles."

As Angel walked outside into the garden he tried to figure out what he was going to say. He wanted to hold her in his arms and tell her that everything would be ok, that he would be there for her no matter what, and that he would be with her forever. But he knew he couldn't. "Hey Buffy," he said as he walked up behind her in the moon light. "Is everything alright?"

As soon as the words came out of his mouth he wished he could take them back. Of course everything wasn't alright. Buffy was looking at some flowers. She turned around with a look of despair. "I don't know what to do here Angel. I'm supposed to be the leader, the strong one that always knows what to do"¦but I'm not"¦and I don't. Vampires, demons, monsters I can handle"¦but this"¦this is something that will affect our lives forever. And the funny thing is"¦I haven't even had the time to think about the mystical part of this. All I've been able to think about is how are we going to afford this? What are we going to do about Dawn and school? How is a vampire slayer going to raise a child?"

Angel walked towards her, "Buffy"¦those are all completely normal things to be worrying about."

"I know but this isn't normal. These aren't the only things we need to worry about are they?" she asked as she looked at him for conformation.

"No," Angel said with a look of sorrow on his face, "I don't think it is. I'm not going to lie to you Buffy if the prophecy is right others will find out about this. Forces of evil will find out and they'll try and destroy the babies. The prophecy says that these kids will be big players in the fight for good. When evil finds out"¦they'll do anything and everything they can to stop them."

Buffy sat down on a ledge and buried her face in her hands, "Great."

Angel sat down next to her. He felt really bad. This probably wasn't the time to tell her that. "Buffy"¦it really is going to be ok. We're all here for you and I promise you"¦I won't let anyone hurt you or your child." She lifted her head and gave Angel a half smile. What he was saying felt comforting to know. "I've actually been meaning to talk to you about something," Angel added.

"What is it?" Buffy asked with a concerned look on her face. The look on his face told her this wasn't going to come out easy.

"I think you should stay," Angel said, "All of you. The prophecy is about all of you together and I think you should stay together. I have the space here and we're all stronger together then we are apart."

Buffy didn't know what to say. She wasn't expecting this. He had a very good pos was a lot to ask. Leaving her home, asking her friends to leave home, moving in with her x-lover that left town because he couldn't stand to be near her without being with her. I was a lot to ask. "I umm"¦I don't know," Buffy responded.

"You don't have to give me an answer now," Angel said quickly to make sure she knew he wasn't trying to pressure her. "I know that Sunnydale is your home and it would be a lot to ask you to leave and there's your slayer duties with the Hellmouth and all. I think we could work things out though. Just take some time, think about it, talk to the others and give me an answer whenever you're ready."

Buffy smiled, "Ok"¦sounds fair."

Angel smiled back, "Now what do you say we go back in there and I take everyone out to dinner?"

"Dinner huh?" Buffy said with a smile, "Only one problem with that idea."

"What's that?" Angel asked.

"You don't eat food," Buffy reminded him.

Angel just blew that off, "Don't worry about that. I know a place that serves food and pigs blood."

They both got up and started walking inside. "Sounds charming," Buffy said sarcastically.

Angel just held out his arm and smiled. She took his arm in hers and they walked back inside.

 

[Helpless]

This is a good fan fiction Sinister, all of your Fan Fictions are...just remember Britney Spears and the poodle and the grandma, and the random movie quotes...

I know that had nothing to do with your fan fic but this does...YOU ROCK AND SO DO YOUR FICS.

 

[Wanabee-slayer]

aaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!! Love that BAngel Shippage!

 

[MentPatient]

The repetition of Dawn not having a first kiss is kind of throwing me off...
And the misuse of a few words, which is probably since they all sound alike. (I know, stupid words...)

Overall, it's pretty good.

 

[eunsoma]

Im starting to get way into the story a lot more now. good work.