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Chapter 3: Craving for you Angel was laying on the bed, staring at the sleeping woman in his bed. He had been up for hours, had his breakfast and practiced sword fighting in the basement and he was slowly starting to wonder why she hadn't got up yet. She had seemed tired for the past month but she usually didn't sleep so late no matter what. Slowly she opened her eyes and stared into his, a small smile crept into lips and she looked at him suspiciously. “What? Is my bed head really that bad?” she asked and he shook his head. “You look lovely”, he answered and gave her a quick kiss on the lips. “You wouldn't want to have breakfast, would you?” he asked and she nodded, a wide smile appearing to her face. “I'm starving. You wouldn't happen to have cookie dough fudge mint ice cream too, would you?” she said brightly and got off the bed pulling him with her. “Ice cream for breakfast?” he questioned raising an eyebrow. “Well, yeah. I could kill for some cookie dough fudge mint chip ice cream right now. I don't know where it's coming from but I'd do anything for it”, she said and leaned into his ear whispering huskily: “Anything.” He turned to look at her in surprise and she just gave him a seductive grin before making her way downstairs. After getting his head together, he followed her to the kitchen and started making her breakfast, while she sat up to the counter, nibbling at a piece of cheese. She was watching his every move with a smile playing on her lips, she loved to watch him cook since she wasn't any good in the kitchen, all she could do was coffee and he didn't drink it. She smelled the slice of cheese in her fingers, scrunching her nose. “Does this smell funky to you?” she asked and offered the slice for him to sniff, which he did and shook his head. “It smells like cheese. Why?” he asked and kept stirring the ingredients in a bowl. “I just thought it smelled funky, but if you can't trust a vamps sense of smell then who's can you”, she said and dropped the slice into trash can. “Okay, so no cheese in your omelet”, he stated and with few swift moves sliced the tomato into the eggs. He stirred the ingredients and poured it down to the hot frying pan. “So where's the ice cream?” she asked like a little girl, hopping down the counter. He turned to look at her in amusement. “You're really going to eat ice cream for breakfast?” he asked and she nodded like it was the dumbest question she had heard. “Yeah. I really, REALLY want cookie dough fudge mint ice cream. I even had dreams of it.” A crooked smile rose to his lips and he leaned closer to her, whispering into her ear. “Care to share?” Buffy turned to look at his face, a grin tucking her lips but she just shook her head and headed to the freezer. “Use your imagination”, she finally said and pulled out the carton of ice cream, smirking at him and jumping back sitting to the counter. His eyes raked up and down her body and he leaned into a searing kiss, his arms wrapping around her body and pulling her flush against his body, nearly off the counter. The door opened and Cordelia quickly covered her eyes. “Could you please not do that here, people eat in this kitchen!?” she said and glared at the lovers. 'It's not safe anywhere in this house', she thought to herself in a huff. “Want an omelet?” Angel asked innocently, pulling away from Buffy who just looked at Cordelia just as innocently, yet her flushed face and swollen lips were betraying that she wasn't all so innocent. She just opened the ice cream carton and dug the spoon into it. “It's egg whites only, some tomato and so on”, Angel clarified and Cordelia sighed deeply. “Fine”, she relented and sat to the table, sighing dramatically. “There are other people in this building, you know. You can't just get groiny where ever you like, people can get seriously traumatized”, she continued waving her hands as she spoke but she stopped as she saw what Buffy was eating. “You're having ice cream for breakfast?!” she stated incredulously. “So? I wanted ice cream and I couldn't wait for our master chef to finish making those eggs”, she explained herself with a frown, why was everyone making such a big deal from the fact that she was eating ice cream. She hopped down from the counter and placed the carton back to the freezer before turning to Angel with a smirk on her face. “I got a letter from your worst competition the other day”, she said and he turned to look at her, taking a minute to realize what she was talking about. But Cordelia didn't have any idea and she was going to find out. “What are you talking about? Who?” she asked, dying for some great gossip. “A guy I met in New York, he made Angel all growly”, Buffy smiled and Cordelia turned to look at Angel with raised eyebrows. He shifted nervously on the balls of his feet, feeling the eyes on his back. “Angel was jealous of a eight years old boy, he all but stuck his tongue at him”, Buffy continued and Angel hung his head, he was really hoping she wouldn't reveal that to Cordelia. “No way!” shrieked Cordelia and turned to look at him while giggling like a school girl. “Liam asked me if I dumped you already and when was I moving back to New York”, Buffy told about the letter and Angel turned sharply to look at her, feeling the irrational jealousy coming back and making Buffy giggle at the sight. “You're cute when you're jealous but really, try to remember he's eight”, she chastised him with a smile. “And that reminds me, he's turning nine in couple of weeks, we should send him a card”, she added thoughtfully and all he did was stare at her, he really didn't want to send a card to that little pest. He was wearing a dark scowl on his face just from the thought. “Angel? Remember, eight years old”, Buffy's voice brought him back from his thoughts. He wanted to roll his eyes but found a way to get out of the conversation when Wesley called from the other room. Quickly he took the frying pan from the stove, put the food on two plates and left the kitchen, he could hear the two women burst into laughter once he closed the door. “I think we should go see what Wes has to say”, Buffy said and got up but all went black and she staggered, grabbing a hold of the table to not to fall down. “Buffy?” Cordelia asked, concern showing in her voice. “Just a little woozy”, Buffy explained after her vision came back and she tried to give a comforting smile to ease Cordelia's concern. “I'm going to get Angel”, she said but Buffy grabbed a hold of her arm, stopping her from leaving. “No, don't. It's nothing and he would just get concerned from nothing. Really, I just got up too quickly”, she said to Cordelia trying to look as sincere as she could. Cordelia gave a dramatic sigh and shrugged. “Fine. But I'm not taking the blame when he finds out on his own that you 'get up too quickly'”, she said and gave Buffy a half glare before leaving the room.
Wesley explained about the new case, some group of demons was killing college girls and apparently kidnapped three of them, he believed they were still alive but held in some cave since the demons had a pattern on hiding in them. Cordelia stayed at the hotel while the others went to search for the cave the girls were held. They had taken two cars since it was unlikely seven people would fit into Angel's convertible, the plan was to kill the demons and Gunn to take the girls to a hospital. “They're near”, Angel stated sniffing the air. “I'm not even going to ask how you know that”, Buffy whispered to him. “Vampire”, he reminded her. “I can hear the demons talking”, he added and Buffy frowned. “Why can't I hear anything?” she asked him, nearly pouting. “Because their voices are so high pitched that you can't hear them, it's like a dog whistle”, he explained, smiling at her pout. Gunn rolled his eyes at the couple, they couldn't get serious even when they were hunting. Everyone went quiet when one of the demons walked past them behind the trees. Buffy and Angel started following the demon till he disappeared into one of the caves. “I'm guessing the prize is in the cave number one”, Buffy said as they sneaked into the cave. They stayed behind some rocks to observe the group, to count how many was against them and how to get the three girls out as soon as possible. But the plan was interrupted when Buffy felt lightheaded and grabbed a hold of the rocks to keep her balance, one of the rocks rolled down to the ground and the five demons turned to look at the intruders. Angel looked at Buffy in concern but she wouldn't let him say anything when she attacked the demons, others following. She kicked the first demon attacking her, throwing it to the ground and elbowed the other coming from behind her. She ducked a swing coming at her way and spinning around, she cut one of the chains holding the girls. Without being told, Wesley went to the girls and with Gunn's help, they helped them out of the cave. But one of the demons stalked after them, grabbing Wesley by the shoulder and throwing him against the cave wall. The girls cowered behind Gunn as he tried to shield them and keep the demon away with his axe but it was little use against the burly demon. Buffy kicked another demon to the ground and saw Gunn and the girls from the corner of her eye. She threw her battle axe at the demon, the axe burying nearly completely inside the demon and it fell dead to the ground. But now she was without a weapon and she tried to duck the punches coming at her from the two demons that were after her. Angel saw her being backed into a corner and growling in anger, he punched one of the demons, sending it flying to the wall and decapitated the other before running to help Buffy. He grabbed the other demon by the neck and slammed it head first into the wall. Buffy sent a round house kick at the other, making it stagger back, close enough for Angel to cut its head off. “Buffy”, he started but didn't get to finish when he saw her stagger and start to fall to the ground. “Buffy!” he yelled in alarm and hurried to her, scooping her into his arms before she hit the ground. Wesley was slowly getting up from the ground, groaning at the pain in his head when he saw that Angel was carrying Buffy who seemed to be unconscious. “Is she hurt?” he asked concerned. “I don't know. I don't smell any of her blood”, Angel answered, not even looking at the former watcher. He carried Buffy to the car, Wesley trailing behind him and as he laid her gently to the backseat, she started stirring. She opened her eyes, staring into the concerned eyes of her lover. “What happened?” she asked as she noticed she was in the car. “You fainted. I'm taking you to the hospital”, Angel answered and Buffy started furiously shaking her head. “No hospitals”, she tried to deny but Angel would have none of it. “I know you hate hospitals but we're going. You fainted Buffy! You could have gotten seriously hurt, you've been tired lately and don't even think I didn't notice the staggering before the fight”, he said his voice giving away his concern and anger. “But...” she tried but he gave her a look that told it was the end of discussion. He went to the front seat and drove straight to the hospital.
Angel was pacing in the waiting room, feeling ready to kill something if he soon didn't find out what was taking so long for the doctor to check Buffy. “Calm down, Angel, you're making me dizzy”, Cordelia said annoyed but it didn't stop Angel from walking around like a caged tiger. She huffed in irritation. “She's the slayer, I bet there's nothing wrong with her”, she tried even though she could remember what had happened earlier in the morning and it made her worry that there just might be something wrong. When had she ever been sick?! Other than the time when she had the flu. The doctor treating Buffy walked into the room and Angel made a straight beeline to him. “How is she?” Angel asked anxiously but still nearly threatening the man with his dark eyes. “I'm doctor Dowd, is any of you a family member of miss Summers?” the doctor asked, eying at the group. “I'm her boyfriend”, Angel answered, anxious to see her, not having any patience to deal with the doctor or formalities. “She's been asking Angel, I'm assuming it's you”, the doctor said looking past Angel at Cordelia, he had decided not to like the glowering man in front of him. Cordelia only laughed and Angel turned to the doctor. “My name is Angel”, he said correcting the mistake, he could see that the doctor didn't seem to like him. Doctor Dowd glanced at Angel and nodded him to follow. They made their way to Buffy's room and as soon as they stepped through the door, Angel made his way across the room and pulled her into his arms. He pressed a soft kiss to her hair and pulled away to look at her. “Are you okay?” he asked, still feeling worried. “I'm fine, I'm sure. The doc hasn't given the test results yet cause I didn't want to hear them without you. You know how I feel about hospitals”, she said and pulled him into a quick kiss. “Besides, I missed you”, she whispered to his ear giving him a small smile. She encouraged him to sit next to her on the bed but seeing him resist, she just pulled him into the bed and snuggled against his side. “Okay, doc, what's wrong with me?” she asked, seeing the resentful expression on the doctor's face and that only encouraged her to entwine her fingers with Angel's. “Well, miss Summers, I wouldn't say there's anything wrong with you. The test results show that you are pregnant”, doctor Dowd answered and the two looked at him like he had said something funny. First reaction came from Buffy who giggled. “Really, that's funny. What's really wrong with me?” she asked but the smile faded from her face as she saw he was serious. “I am not joking, miss Summers. It appears you are on your first trimester of your pregnancy”, he said and Buffy went pale. “But that's not possible”, she stammered, taking a stronger grip from Angel's hand. She turned to look at him and he had the same expression as her, complete stunned and scared deer caught in head lights. “There are options you can consider, especially with your age and...” the doctor started but Buffy interrupted him. “I need to talk to Angel in private”, she said to him and even though he didn't look happy, he nodded and left the room. As soon as the door was closed, Buffy turned back to Angel, this time her face showing her fear. “There has to be a mistake, I can't be pregnant. You're the only person I've been with for a year and you're a vampire, you can't have kids”, she said, her fear and anxiety showing in her voice. He placed a comforting hand on her cheek, he knew she hadn't cheated on him cause he would have smelled another male on her but that made it even more confusing, since he couldn't be the father either. “I know. Don't worry, everything is going to be okay, we'll figure this out”, he assured her but it did little to comfort her. “What if it was some demon? What if I'm carrying some hell spawn inside me? I've been reading the books...” she rambled growing more panicked by the minute. He placed his hands on both sides of her face and forced her to look into his eyes. “Buffy, love, We'll figure this out. Don't worry, we'll visit Lorne, we'll ask him what he saw when you sang to him. We'll make it through this”, he said calmly and softly kissed her lips. “I love you, Angel”, she whispered and buried her face into his chest, wrapping her arms tightly around him. “I love you too. I'm not letting anything happen to you”, he whispered into her ear and pressed a kiss to her hair.
Buffy and Angel left the hospital, not yet telling the others what had happened, not even when Cordelia was pestering them with questions. The gang went to Caritas, the others sitting in a table as Buffy and Angel searched for Lorne. Lorne turned to the couple, he was wearing a bright pastel blue suit and Buffy couldn't help but raise her eyebrow at it. “I'm taking that you found out the news”, he said and seeing the glum looks on the couple, he frowned. “Why the sour face, pumpkin pie, I thought you two would be bursting from the happiness, isn't this what you two always wanted?” he asked puzzled. “Well, getting pregnant at twenty and not knowing how, wasn't my idea of the happiness worth bursting for”, Buffy said sarcastically. Lorne smiled warmly and placed a calming hand on her arm. “Of course you know how it happened, you've been through high school and what I've heard, they tell about the birds and bees. And I bet you two didn't use any protection because you thought his little swimmers weren't going to knock you up. Well, let me tell you, sweetness, he's one surprising vamp”, Lorne said and what he was trying to say started to dawn to the couple in front of him. He almost couldn't hold his laughter at the looks on their faces, they were both stunned but yet there was a stupid grin on both their faces. Buffy turned to Angel and for a long moment, all they could do was stare at each other. “We're having a baby”, she whispered and he could just nod dumbly before pulling her into his arms and kissing her with all the love he held for her. As they pulled apart, they were both gasping for air and Lorne was fanning himself with his hand. “Oh boy”, he sighed and the couple turned to look at him, a frown slowly rising to Angel's face. “But is the baby human?” he asked worried of the fact that it might not be. “From what I saw from this songbird's singing, I would say the baby is. There's nothing to worry about, big guy”, Lorne assured him and patted him to his arm. A smile of relief rose to his lips and he turned to Buffy who's smile could brighten the whole room. “We're having a baby”, she whispered again and wrapped her arms around him in a tight hug, not noticing the tears of joy rising to his eyes.
Angel was hovering over her constantly, slowly making her crazy, finally she had enough and sent him to other room. She sighed at the silence in the kitchen but it was short lived when Cordelia stalked into the room. “Okay, missy, spill it! What happened? What the doctor say? And don't try the 'it's nothing' cause Angel's been hovering over you like a mother hen. You're dying, aren't you?!” she said and gasped, making Buffy roll her eyes. “I'm not dying, Cordelia”, she said and Cordelia looked at her inspecting, placing her hands on her hips. “Then what is it? Start talking, slay girl”, she demanded. Buffy sighed deeply. “I'm pregnant”, she finally confessed and Cordelia's eyes widened in surprise. “What?! Pregnant?!” she shrieked and then looked at her angrily. “How could you do that to Angel!” she accused and Buffy jumped to her feet. “The baby is Angel's”, she defended herself. “And how is that possible, he's a vampire, dead swimmers”, Cordelia retorted even though her hostility was wavering. “I don't know how it happened but it happened. I haven't been with anyone but Angel for a year and Lorne told us that the baby is Angel's”, Buffy explained crossing her arms in front of her like a challenge. “Okay”, Cordelia drawled and then a bright, wide smile appeared to her face. “So, I'm happy for you, I'm gonna be aunt Cordy”, she said excitedly and pulled Buffy into a hug. “I'm so gonna teach that girl some serious fashion sense”, she continued practically jumping in joy. Buffy looked at her in surprise and tried to tell her: “It might be a boy.” But Cordelia just shook her head. “Not gonna happen, there's enough testosterone stench in the air here”, Cordelia said back. “So, when are you going to tell scoobies and Giles? Oh, can I be there when you tell them, that should be entertaining”, she changed the subject, making Buffy roll her eyes till they suddenly widened in shock.
“What am I going to tell my mother!” she whispered to herself.
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