Armageddon SagaIt had been a tense filed yet quiet night the night before. The Slayerettes had made their
Chapter Twenty-Five:
Future Guest
By the Lady Sirona ladysirona@LadySirona.com
plans and were planning to attack the catacombs when Angel was closer to full strength.
When the others just sat around talking, Xander and Willow went up to the room they
shared. They just spent time together, sharing and talking. They were more and more
comfortable with each other, if that was possible.Xander finally released his obsession with Buffy. His bonding with Angel made it
impossible to see Angel as "the enemy" any longer, and it was obvious even to him they
were deeply in love. He had finally accepted that they were together and would be so
until death separated them.Xander turned to look at Willow. Why they hell had it taken him this long to find out just
what a wonderful woman she was? Why did it take him this long and the potential end of
the world to admit to himself that he loved her?He was just staring at her and she started to feel uncomfortable. "What's wrong
Xander?" she asked. He just smiled and came over to her bed and kissed her deeply...The afternoon sun was setting as Angel and Buffy woke. He loved waking up next to
Buffy in the late afternoon. He loved the touch of her skin, and how she felt in his arms
as they slept together. He felt as if he was in heaven every day he woke up with her in
his life and his bed.Buffy awoke and she rolled over and took the tea and the crackers and started to nibble
on them. Angel watched her carefully. He knew what the symptoms he had seen were
now. Morning sickness. He looked at her as it all slid together; the tiredness, the
throwing up upon rising but settles with tea and crackers, the emotional roller coaster,
the easiness of crying. Buffy was pregnant."Buffy, we need to talk," He started slowly. She looked at him, fear in her eyes. He
hated the things he would ask, but he *had* to know! "I love you Buffy. Whatever you
have done, is past and means nothing. I love you.” He enfolded her in his arms.She lay in his arms confused. What was wrong with him? Did she do something wrong?
Was he tired of her? Did he no longer want her? Fear gripped her heart."Buffy, While I was lost and the demon was in control, or when I was lost to you... were
you... did you...” He was having such a hard time asking, even saying it. He felt that he
was having his heart ripped out of his chest. "Did you sleep with another man?" He
finally blurtedBuffy stared at him in shock. "No, I have only been with you. Why?" She looked at him,
her eyes wide. Did he think she was unfaithful? Angel only looked at her with an unusual
loom on his face, and then hugged her tightly. "Angel, what's going on? What's wrong?""Nothing is wrong." He told her. “I need to check something though. When you go to the
bathroom, save some of the urine in one of the paper cups in the there please?" Will you
do that for me?" he looked at her hopefully.“Are you getting weird on me?" She asked lightly, laughing. She saw his face was serious
and then she frowned. "This is serious, isn't it?" He nodded. She got up and went to the
bathroom and complied.
Angel stared at the purple + sign in shock. Buffy was pregnant and he had been the only
man she slept with! Buffy, the woman he loved, was pregnant with *his* child. At 245 he
was a father, again!"What is the matter?" Buffy asked him sliding up under his arm. Did he know why she
had been feeling so weird lately? Was this a test for some sort of disease?Angel looked down at her, his love glowing in his eyes. Here was the mother of his child.
"You’re pregnant Buffy. The tiredness, the vomiting, the crying, You’re pregnant" He
showed her the positive test.She stared at him in shock. "How?" She asked. She had thought vampires were sterile,
at least when they were Angel's age."I don't know.” He started to think it all through. "Before Darla changed me, my wife
had been pregnant. I hadn't had sex for several months. After I was changed, I always
culminated any sex with feeding on my vampire partners blood or the kill if they were
human. Not with ejaculation." He frowned."What about after you got your soul back?" She asked quietly. She didn't really want to
think about him with another woman."You were my first lover after I received my soul." He said simply. " You were and are
my one and only” he hugged her. The pain and loneliness in his eyes voice was palpable.
*His only? * She thought to herself. *He had been celibate for 80 years? *Then it dawned on her! She was pregnant! His child was growing in her! She
remembered his two children, they had been so cute! Now she was going to gift him with
a child!"I love you Angel and now I am going to have your baby!" Buffy told him gently and
proudly, she smiled. The idea of it was so far beyond anything she allowed herself to
dream about, it felt unreal. She never even let it be a possibility!"You’re going to keep it?" He asked in wonder. *She wanted his baby? *
Outraged at he thought she wouldn't want to bear his child Buffy spat "Of Course! Angel
what is the chances of you fathering any more children?" He nodded at that thought as
she continued. "Very slim to none. I love you Angel, and by whatever providence, I am
carrying your child. I never thought it was a possibility of having your child, but now I
will!" She hugged him as he returned her embrace in wonder.She pulled him to the bed and they lay down together. He hugged her and put his head on
her lower abdomen. Now he looked at her normally flat abdomen, he could see that it
was a tiny bit protruding. His child grew here!"I can't hear anything yet, but just the thought of my child growing in you..." he drifted
off in wonder. Buffy smiled down at him. She knew how much he loved children. She
was so thankful that she would be able to give him a child as a show of her love."I love you Buffy!" He was instantly intense. "We just have to win. We can't let the
Demon Lord win now!" He cradled her in his arms. He remembered his own children
from so long ago, whose deaths were on his hands. Here was a new life. Buffy now
carried his child! *Nothing* could happen to this one!"Angel, I can't breathe" Buffy squeaked. His embrace had become iron. He came out of
his reverie, and relaxed his grip on her."I love you Buffy. No matter what, I love you," He whispered in her hair
"Angel," Buffy turned to him. " I don't want to tell Giles or the others until after the
battle. Giles won't be able to send me into the battle if he knows I am pregnant."Angel sighed. "Giles already suspects. I think he should at least know," Angel kissed
her. "The others can wait until after the battle," He hugged her a bit and then kissed
her. "I don't want to send you into battle either." he moaned as he hid in her hair, she
was precious to him, more precious than even his own life. The child she carried was
priceless."Angel, Even if we both die, we need to win! If I don't fight, and stay safe but we lose,
the baby and I are dead anyway. There is no other option. We have to fight and we have
to win!" She cuddled up next to him, fear running through her. She only just found out
she was pregnant, and already she was incredibly protective of it!"We'll win. If it costs me my life or my soul... we will win" Angel vowed to her as he held
her close. Buffy wasn't sure she liked the sound of that...
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