Love and Its Rewards

by Aisha

Summery: This is my own interpatation of IWRY in honor of the 1 year aniversery of "I Will Remember You." What if the Oracles had told Angel that Buffy was pregnant before he decided to erase the day? I know other people have written this but if Angel didn't take the day back then there would've been a very good chance that Buffy would've been pregnant.
Spoilers: 'I Will Remember You' and beyond! LOL I've been watching Toy Story 2 too many times.
Disclaimer: They are not mine or else do you think the events of IWRY would've been erased?
Authors Note: Like I said before this is in honor of the 1 year aniversery of IWRY. Which means I wrote this November 23, 2000. What if the Oracles have told Angel something that would've made him reconsider erasing that day.
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Prologue

"You again."

Angel stood his ground in the great hall, staring solemnly at the Oracles as they materialized before him, his gaze flickering over them nervously.

"What have you brought me?" the female Oracle asked expectantly, her eyes lighting up as Angel held out a black vase in offering.

"Famille Rose vase," he stated, tossing it in her direction. "Ching dynasty. Circa 1811."

"Lovely," she purred, her hands roaming over the obsidian vase in delight. The male Oracle rolled his eyes in boredom and turned his gaze to Angel. "Why are you here, lower being?" His voice boomed and echoed in the room, making Angel swallow hard and glance down at the floor nervously. He had to know...he had to be able to do this.

"The Mohra demon said the End of Days had begun. That others were coming, soldiers of darkness. I need to know if he was telling the truth." There. It was said. The male Oracle raised an eyebrow and cocked his head a bit, as though he was listening to some far-off music. "As far as such things can be told." Angel felt cold dread creep into his stomach and burrow itself there, slowly spreading throughout his body like a malicious disease.

"What happens to the Slayer when these soldiers come?" he asked, his voice shaking slightly.

"What happens to all mortal beings--only sooner, in her case," the female Oracle said, tearing her gaze away from her new vase to answer his question. Angel froze as that sunk in slowly, forcing itself through the layers of denial he was rapidly trying to build to the very pit of his soul, where it sat quietly, mocking him. Buffy would die. It was something he refused to acknowledge, refused to believe. She couldn't die. She couldn't. He wouldn't be able to live if she did. "She'll die?" He paused, fighting down the hysteria. "Then I'm here to beg for her life."

The Oracles scowled and began to turn to leave, obviously disgusted with him. "It is not our place to grant life or death."

Angel delivered the blow. "And I ask you to take mine back." He said his voice breaking knowing that in asking this he might never become human again never be happy with Buffy again but keeping her alive was more important to him then his own happiness.

The Oracles stopped mid-stride and spun back around to face him, their gazes incredulous--if such beings could look incredulous beneath their layers of omnipotence. Angel continued, his head nearly hanging as he gave actual voice to his fears--forcing himself to accept them as the truth they were. "Look...I can't protect her or anyone this way, not as a man."

"You're asking to be what you were, a demon with a soul, because of the Slayer?" The female Oracle asked, her voice holding a note of awe. Her counterpart scowled in disgust and turned once more.

"Oh, this is a matter of love. It does not concern us."

Angel's eyes widened and he swallowed the lump in his throat. "Yes, it does. The Mohra demon came to take a warrior from your cause--and it succeeded. I'm no good to you like this. I know you have it in your power to make this right. Please." The last word was a plea, a plea for help, a plea for an escape from the horrifying truth that Buffy would die if he did not do this. He had to keep staring at them, he couldn't think of Buffy and how amazing it had been to be free too make love to her after so long and fall asleep with her in his arms and how badly he wanted her... he knew if he would then he couldn't do this.

"What is done can not be undone." He was about to respond when the other Oracle spoke, her hand raised.

"What is not yet done can be avoided."

The male Oracle leaned over to speak quietly. "Temporal folds are not to indulge at the whims of lower beings," he hissed. His counterpart looked sharply at him, her eyes hardening slightly.

"You are wrong," she reprimanded. She glanced at Angel before continuing. "You are wrong this one is willing to sacrifice every drop of human happiness and love he has ever known for another. He is *not* a lower being. He has the heart of a warrior and the soul of a human and he's willing to give up his happiness to save his love."

The male Oracle seemed to deflate slightly, and with a sigh he said, "There is one way. But it is not to be undertaken lightly."

"We swallow this day, as though it had never happened. Twenty-four hours from the moment the demon first attacked you, we take it back." Angel felt as though his breath had been knocked out him.

"Then none of this happened and Buffy and I..." he trailed off as realization dawned. He felt his heart break.

The female cocked her head to one side, studying him intently. Angel felt his heart stop at her words. "You. You alone will carry the memory of this day."

"Can you carry that burden?" Her voice was soft, and yet inquisitive at the same time, as though she didn't quite believe he would be able to do such a thing. He looked up at her, and she witnessed his heart breaking.

"I..." Angel trailed off when he realized there was nothing he could say to her. Nothing he could say to himself.

How could he ever live without Buffy again?

The female turned towards him after sharing a private look with her brother. Who only shoke his head they started talking in foreign language that Angel thought sounded Greek or Roman.

"Don't tell him?" "Why he deserves to know and so does she." "The powers will be very upset if you do tell him about the child." "I don't think so." "Ask them." The female's eye's glossed over and said to her brother in the language they had been speaking in before "They say that I do have permision." The male rolled his eye's and said "Very well!"

She turned her attention back towards Angel and said in English "If you give up this day you would be destroying what you have created." "What do you mean?" "Your love is pregnant with a child." Angel felt his head spin and almost fell over he said "What?"

"When you and your soul mate mated with each other you created a new life." The male said in annoyance. "Your kidding right?" 'She can't be pregnant I wont be able to go through with this is she is.' "We do not lie warrior." The male oracle said "The powers tell us that she is and they know everything." The female said "It's your choice warrior you can either take back the day and destroy this new life and your new found happiness or you can embrace your son, your new found happiness and your slayer and live out your life as a mortal man free of your heavy burden and die." "We will return your strength and healing too you so you and the slayer can fight as equals together you are strong alone you are weak."

Angel thought it over he would probilly lose Buffy sooner if he didn't do this but he would also lose his son and Buffy if he did. At the female's words something hit Angel directly in the face his heart and soul hitting him telling him to not to be an idiot and take everything back.

For once Angel was going to listen to his heart and soul when they showed him the bright future shinning so tentilizing before him and Buffy were there was the prospect of them growing old together, having children, taking walks along the beach, watching the sunsets and sunrises together, having more days like yesterday, getting married.

The oracles looked at him and the female and male approched him and looked him in the eye's the female said "I see your soul warrior. You've made your decision to live out your mortal life and die." Angel smiled and said from his heart "Yes I want Buffy and I want our son."

He glimpsed at the oracles smiles before he was thrown out of the vortex and into the life he had chosen the life he could build with Buffy were there future was shinning so brightly in front of them. He stood up and dusted himself off and took one last look at the gateway before breaking out into a huge smile that lit his face and made his eye's twinkle he jumped into his convertable and drove off down the street eager too see Buffy and lose himself in her essence and love.

Angel arrived back at his apartment and went down the stairs not wanting to waste time with the elevator. Buffy was sitting on the couch with a magazine in her lap but instead of reading it her eye's were glazed over and she was remembering the perfect day yesterday and she knew that no other day could ever top off yesterday and they had more days coming up like that.

She felt more whole and complete then she's been in months looking at the kitchen table on it's side and the broken dishes on the floor caused her to giggle she said "I know now I'll never look at a kitchen table the same way again or a kitchen." She felt his strong arms slide around her and he lowered his lips too her neck and Angel trailed kisses up and down Buffy's neck she said "This is a nice greeting!"

She smiled and tilted her head back to give him better access she also gave him a giggle. Buffy turned in Angel's arms she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him, Angel kissed her back he kept his arms around her waist and after a while of making out they pulled away to catch there breath and Buffy said "Hi!" "Hay!"

Angel smiled and said "I'm going to have to get use too the breathing thing again." Buffy giggled and said "Yeah thats for sure." Buffy turned serious and said "Were where you? You had me worried that I had lost you again."


Part 1

Angel sundenally found the wall behind her interesting and said "I--I went to see the oracles again." "Why?" "Because now more then ever I realize how much I love you." "No, no you didn't!" She looked at him and said "You did! You asked them to turn you back you got tired of being a regular joe and found it more exciting to be a super hero!" "You know thats not it!" Angel stroked her cheek with his fingers needing physical contact with her so despertly he was amazed at how well she knew him he said "The oracles gave me a choice baby." "What were they." Buffy asked softly "They take back the day as if it never happend." "Then this day wouldn'tve happend." "Nothing."

Buffy felt the tears fill her eye's how could he do this too her to them. "There is another choice baby." Angel said hardly able too contain his joy she made him want too shout with joy on the top of a mountain. "What is it?" Buffy asked with agony and the tinest bit of hope in her voice. "I stay human and we raise are son together." Buffy looked up and said her eye's shinning with tears "Our son what son?" Angel placed a gentle hand on her stomach and said "The one thats in here."

"You mean I'm....Oh God!" Buffy said she sundenally felt dizzy and started too fall Angel helped her sit down on the couch before she fell. "Thanks!" "Buffy are you okay?" "Yeah I'm fine, but I'm shocked" Angel gave her a sheepish grin and said "It really isn't a surprise is it I mean after all we spent most of the afternoon and evening making love and we weren't thinking about using protection, if a women can't get pregnant after that I don't see how she could at all. Are you happy honey?" Angel asked with slight fear in his voice he took a hold of Buffy's hands "Of course I am Angel I couldn't be happier I've always dreamed of having your children. I'm the happiest person in the world right now."

"I'm really happy too and we can name him Liam Sean O'Brain." "Liam Sean O'Brien?" "That was my actual name when I was among the living before." "How did it get changed to Angelus and then Angel then?" "It's a very very long story Buff." "Buff why did you just call me that?" Angel didn't realize it and he hugged her and said "Oh baby I'm sorry I didn't mean too call you the pet name my demon had for you. I'm so sorry!" Angel said regretfully and put his arm around Buffy's shoulders and rubbed them.

Angel's hand came up towards Buffy's face he cupped it and then pulled her lips towards his. There lips touched softly and tenderly soon ther tender kisses became more passionate and Angel laid Buffy down across the sofa and they laid there in each others arms kissing Buffy brought a hand up and her fingers caressed his chin and pulled him down more onto her.

He took the hint and started attacking her neck she moaned and beant her head up too give Angel better access she wrapped her legs around his waist and he kissed down her neck and then too her throat and held her head in place with his hands she returned his gesture and kissed him everywere there was skin exposed his neck, his shoulders and his throat. Buffy said while tracing her fingers over his chest "you know it just occured too me we didn't do the couch yesterday we covered everywhere else, the table the floor, the shower and the bed. We probilly got the bed messy from eating last night!" Buffy said playfully she nibbled on his ear he shrugged and said "Oh well it was worth it and so will getting the table replaced."

"You want too" Angel said as he stopped kissing her just long enough too look in her eye's. Buffy smiled slyly at him and had his chin cupped with her index finger and thumb. "Of course." Angel's eye's darkend and he said "it would be a pleasure." They started kissing again and were getting really into it until Cordelia and Doyle came downstair Cordelia said "Oh my God! Scared for life ugh." "I have to agree with ya princess." Buffy and Angel pulled sheepishly away and Buffy said "Hi Cordelia, Doyle."

Buffy and Angel sprung off the couch and fixed themselves up fixing there clothes and Angel was wipping Buffy's lipstick off of him. Angel said "What can I do for you two?" "I got a message from The Oracles, but I think I'll just tell ya later." Doyle said Cordelia grumbled "God you two are acting like a couple of nymphos and we heard you break the table yesterday!"

Buffy and Angel glared at Cordelia Angel turned towards Doyle and said "What was the message you got Doyle?" "Your still a warrior man. They gave you back your strength. I think I'll just take me princess and leave now. Come on Cordy let's leave them alone." Doyle placed his arm around Cordelia's waist and guided her up the stairs.

As soon as Buffy and Angel heard the door shut Angel turned towards his love and said placing his arms around her waist he lowered his lips down too her and kissed her softly he said "Now were were we?" "I think right about here." Buffy said and kissed him again and they proceded at what they were doing before they got interupted.


Part 2: Starbucks

Cordelia and Doyle were at 'Starbucks' the coffee shop near Angel Investigations.

Doyle said drinking his Irish cappuchino Cordelia was having a cinnimion frapichinno "So thats Buffy huh?"

"Yep thats the infamous buffster. The girl who has had Angel brooding non-stop for the last few months." "She seems like an interesting and an extremly beautiful lass. How come Angel always catches the pretty ones!" "Doyle any girl who see's Angel and Buffy together would be extremly envious of Buffy. She's okay. At first I thought she was a freak but that was before I learned about vampires, and slayers and all the other icky things that go bump in the night, and as I got to know Buffy I learned she was a pretty cool person and very important, but please don't tell her that. In fact once I got mistaken for a slayer and at that time I was able to get to know Buffy." "Don't worry princess I wont."

"I learned about the real world in the most interesting way, when I was a sophmore in high school there was this vampire named the master he was rissing from the hellmouth and there was this really discusting hydra that came out of the ground. So it pretty much got shoved in my face."

"I want to get to know Buffy some more! I've been wanting too meet the lass who makes Angel's heart beat." "Don't worry I'm sure you will." "Cordy I have something to tell you." "What is it?" "Well first of all I like you a lot! I'm guessing you've been able to tell." "Yes Doyle I have." "So next I'm not exactly your average normal joe." Doyle proceded to tell Cordelia about the whole half demon thing and she seems pretty cool about it.


Part 3: Angel's apartment

Buffy and Angel were lying down on the couch. Buffy was on top of him and they had a blanket that was draped over the back of the couch over there naked bodies. Buffy was tracing her fingers along his muscled chest and said "Yesterday was the most perfect day of my entire life!" Angel kissed her and said "mine too baby I don't think another day will be able too top off yesterday." "I know and too think we'll have a lot of days like that coming up! Oh I forgot my dad wants too meet you."

"Your dad! Yeah he asked me why I didn't check in yesterday and I told him I spent the night with Cordelia and that I was in town visiting my boyfriend and well he grew suspicious he's never really liked any of my boyfriends in the past. Especially not Tyler he hated Tyler." Angel remembered that from when he saw her that first night of slaying. He remembered that first day he saw her it was the next to the best day he's ever had when he made the decision to become someone because he wanted Buffy to live longer then past slayers.

Angel looked at Buffy and said "Yeah I remember." "How could you though?" "Buffy remember I told you last year that I was watching over you and protecting you in the shadows when you lived in Los Angeles?" "Oh yeah." Buffy said embaresed."When does your dad want too meet me?" "He said tonight for dinner at his place." "Were going to have to make up a pretty damn believeble story if your dad ask about my life and were also going to have to talk about are situation of what to do about it."

"Let's go out to lunch and talk." Buffy sugested. "We should get dressed first!" "I know." Buffy got up off of him she put her red sundress back on she fixed her hair and put it back the way it was before in a half pony-tail being held in place by a medium sized clip and Angel put on his grey sweater, boxers and his black pants on and sliped the belt back on.

Angel picked his keys up off the coffee table he took a hold of Buffy's hand and they walked out too his car. Before leaving Angel's office Buffy said "Angel wait we should leave a note for Cordelia and Doyle when they get back." Angel thought about it a while and said "No I'll just call there cell
numbers."

Angel and Buffy went into his office and Angel took out a peice of paper and a pen Buffy sat on the corner of his desk and he wrote the note.

When he finished he signed it and put the note in the mirrior he took Buffy's hand again and said "let's go!" He lead her out too his car and opened the door for Buffy she stepped in Angel shut it and Angel went around to the drivers seat and jumped into the drivers seat.Angel started the car and pulled out his cellphone. Buffy smiled and said "Angel when did you go all twentieth century on me? When you lived in Sunnydale you didn't even know what a cell was!" She teased him playfully.

Angel laughed and said "I've learned a lot Cordy taught me what a cell is for and she also taught me how to use a computer and the internet and a cell phone." "Cordy has introduced you to the twentieth century and now your a twentieth century man instead of an eighteenth century Irish man! You still have the charms and attitude of an eighteenth century Irish man."

Angel chuckled he started driving he said to Doyle "Doyle. It's Angel." "Hay man whats the deal." "I'm calling to tell you and Cordy that you can have the rest of the day off Buffy and I are going out to lunch to make up some stuff to tell too Mr. Summers since were meeting him for dinner tonight and then were going too go to the beach or the park to talk about what are salutions are. So I'm pretty much busy for the rest of the day." "Okay man." "Call Cordelia and tell her and tell Cordy not too worry her job is safe." "No problem man I'll see you tomarow then." "Bye Doyle." Angel turned his cell off and put it back.

Angel slipped his arm around Buffy and pulled her closer too him. "So were are we going to eat?" "You'll see!" "Hows the Los Angeles air doing for your health?" Buffy asked "Well it's okay I mean when I first became human I coughed for a while when I got out of the sewers. I'm doing okay though. You have no idea what it's like to be from a place like Ireland and then move too L.A. when the last time you had to breath was in 1753? After all Doyle told me that Ireland is pretty much the same way it was in the seventeen hundreds clean air clean water."

"Well in the winter L.A. is okay" Angel looked at her and said "Buffy from were I'm from this is summer not winter! For me winter is when the tempature is in the thirties and it's snowy and the ground is covered with clean white snow. In Ireland it gets chilly and damp at night no mater what season it is." "When summer comes you don't want to live in L.A." "Especially since your from Ireland. The palution is really really bad in the summer and so is the garbage and believe me Angel I know I lived here for fifteen years." "Buffy that doesn't really make me eager to spend the summer here." "Sorry honey, but it's true, but you will get use too it eventually." Buffy reashured him.


Part 4:

They were driving for another few minutes until Angel arrived at a cheery outdoor cafe that was near the beach and had a great veiw of the ocean. Angel said "Kate told me this place has the best food in L.A." "Who's Kate?" Buffy asked barily able to contain her jealousy Angel took a hold of Buffy's hand he kissed the top of it and said "Don't worry baby she's just a friend of mine. She's a cop I met her at a singles bar and sometimes she helps me out with cases and sometimes I help her with cases so are relationship doesn't go any farther then just buisness and maybe as much as friends, but nothing more. I could never imagine being with someone else who's not you." "Okay good!" Angel parked the car and they got out they sat at a table outside that had a great veiw of the sea and was near the beach.

While they were eating Buffy said "Angel I have to ask you a question." "What is it baby?" Angel asked taking her hand and holding it. "Well I can't help but think that. If the oracles didn't tell you that I was pregnant with a son would you have still not taken everything back?"

Angel thought about it and said "At first yes I would've but then my heart punched me right in the head and showed me what would happen in the future if I didn't, and all I saw was happiness and love in the future and then my soul hit me about what would've happend if I did take back the day and my humanity and it showed me that the memories of what we could've had would make me feel more lonely then I've ever been in my life and the burden would become too heavy to carry. So to answer your question. Yes I still wouldn'tve taken anything back."

"Oh Angel!" Buffy moved next too him and kissed him sweetly he kissed her back and moved closer too him they stopped when they heard there waitress clearing her throat and said "Can I take your order or do you need more time too look at what you want?"

They looked sheepishly at the waitress and they pulled away from each other and placed their orders. They waited for their food to come and Angel said "Buffy I have something I want to return too you." "What?" Angel reached into his pocket and withdrew a black jewelry box he handed it too her and said "Open it." Buffy did she saw her claddagh ring inside with the two hands holding the crowned heart and said smiling "My ring I"ve been looking for this I thought it was lost forever. Were did you find it?"

"When I was packing up too leave I found it in an abbandond corner of the mansion covered with dust so when I left I placed it in a jewelry box and took it with me. I have something else to ask you." "What?" Angel took a hold of her hand he kissed the top of it Buffy smiled she knew what he was going to do. "Buffy I have loved you ever since I first saw you. I knew from the moment I saw you that everything I had done in my life happend for a reason to lead me too you. Will you marry me?"

"Yes! Yes!" Buffy repeated and kissed him.


Part 5: Nine Month's Later

Buffy and Angel were about to expect their first kid. They had a name picked out and they had gotten married at a small ceramony on Santa Monica.Buffy was sitting with Willow at a deli near Angel Investigations. Buffy said "I noticed at the wedding that Oz came back when did he?" "A couple months ago about the middle of May!" Willow said beaming "He decided it was too hard too stay away from you?" Buffy asked "Yeah and the best part is he found out a way to control his wolfiness." "Thats so great! So were you excited when he returned?"

"Yeah I was. I started too terribly miss Oz!" "I'm so happy for you Wills! Are you two going to be getting married soon?" "No, we talked for a very long time after he returned and we decided too take things slow so it's probilly going to be awhile before we get married. So how about you and Angel? What was his expresion when he learned you were pregnant?" "He was so happy! You should've seen him Will's his face lit up like a little boys on Christmas that is when he found out that we were going to have a baby."

"Well I'm not surprised I mean he was a vampire for over 240 years and he never thought he was going to have a chance at being a father." "Well when he was bad he didn't want children Dru did but he didn't want to have anything to do with wanting children, but when he got cursed with his soul and we talked about the future he was wishing he could have kids with me and he's human too and that day when he became human we spent pretty much the whole afternoon and evening making love and we weren't really concerned about having protection we were completly focused on feeling."

"I can't really blame you I mean you and Angel have had to do self-control for over a year and all the obsticals were taken out." "Thats for sure and I'm so happy I never wanted kids but thats because I never wanted anybodies kids then Angels." "Cool. Did you pick out a name for your son?" Willow asked "Yes we did we decided to name him Liam Patrick." "Liam?" "Yeah that was Angel's birth name. The name Liam means strong protector and well Angel and I have too wait until at least August before we could go on our honeymoon." Buffy complained "Who's going to babysit your son?" "Doyle already said he'd be more then willing too be Angel's and my babysitter." "Uh Buffy are you sure you want him to babysit after all he drinks."

"Willow Doyle use to teach third grade he loves kids!" "No kidding Doyle use to teach third grade?" "Yeah hard to believe isn't it? He's willing to remain sober while babysitting, and well since he started dating Cordy he's been drinking less he still drinks but not as much as he use too." "Well he is Irish." "Wills thats kinda prejudice. I mean not all Irishmen drink some of them actually remain sober all the time and Angel is one of them even though when he was in his youth he use to be a drunkent lout and his father was often ashamed to call him his son, but I know for a fact that Angel is going to be nothing like his father." "You mean Angel's told you about his family life?" "Yeah he's been really open with me about his past these days and he sems more light weight and carefree."

Buffy felt a cramp in her stomach and it stopped and then another few minutes and she felt a much sharper cramp and it was wet were the baby was.She said "Um Willow I need to go to the hospital." Willow took the hint and said "Okay come on!" She quickly paid for the tip and their food and they hurried out too Willow's car.

Buffy took out her cellphone that Angel got her for her birthday and dialed Angel's cell number. Angel was driving through downtown L.A. doing a case of some type he heard his cell go off and pulled it out of his jacket pocket he said "Hello?" "Angel it's me." "Hay honey how are you?" "Angel I just went into labor." "Oh my God! Who's taking you too the hospital?" "Willow is. What about you when will you show up?" "Look honey I'll try to be their as soon as possible I'm on a case right now."

"How long will it take? I really want you too be here when are son is born." "I know I want to be their too more then anything. Just hold on as long as you can and I'll try to be their as soon as posible." "I'll try." "Okay I love you sweetie." "I love you too." Angel and Buffy turned off their cell phones and Angel silently cursed the forces of evil in Gaelic for chosing today of any day too go take action.Angel would much rather be by his wifes side while she had their son.


Part 6: The Birth

Buffy had been in labor for nearly five hours and Angel was finally able too go to the hospital he had imdieatly called her cell number and helped her through the labor as much as he could and bought a dozen white roses for her.

Angel quickly speed too the hospital and hoping that he wouldn't get caught by the police and he arrived at the hospital without getting caught by the police.

He imdieatly ran into the hospital and asked the nurse at the check out desk "Were is she?" "Who sir?" "My wife" "what's your wives name sir?" "Buffy O'Brian." "Let me see just be patiant sir."

The nurse looked through the check in's and said "She's in room 247." "Where is that?" "Second floor first room after the elevator." "Okay." Angel followed the directions and quicker then a flash of lightining he went to the elevator and when it opened on the second floor he walked fast too her room he was surprised he didn't bump into anyone.

He saw Willow in the hall he went towards her he took a hold of her arm and said "Willow is Buffy still in labor?" Willow looked sympothetically at him and said "She gave birth a couple minutes ago." "Okay thanks." Angel said slightly upset "Is she still in her hospital room?" "Yeah." "Okay." Angel stood in the doorway he saw Buffy breast feeding his son and said "Buffy." She smiled and said "Angel come meet your son." He went towards his wife and his son he handed her the white roses and said "These are forgivness for not being here."

She smiled and took them and said "don't worry about it I imagine the case took longer then expected." "Yeah I tried to get here as fast as I can." "It's okay Angel." She kissed him and said "Like I said Angel don't worry about it." "Can I hold him?" "Of course he is your son." Buffy removed the baby from her breasts and handed him over too Angel he said with tears of happiness in his eye's "My son!" "You mean our son." "Yes our son. Liam Sean. Thats the name we decided on and it says so on his braclet."

Their son had Buffy's hair, Angel's eye's, Angel's body, his nose, her chin. Buffy said "It looks like Liam has his fathers dark brooding looks he looks like his daddy!" Angel chuckled he kissed his wife on the top of the head and then his son, Buffy made room for him too lie down on her hospital bed he said "He's beautiful." "He's ours and he looks just like his father. He's probilly not going to like to be called Liam." "I don't know. When he starts school if people make fun of his name then we can allow him too be called by his middle name, Sean."


END.