Bailey: Chapter Five
by Angellover
Xander and Giles stood before Angel, neither one of them speaking. Angel leaned heavily against the counter, he was afraid that he’d fall any minute from the weight they bore down on him. He was scared for the first time in a long time. Xander already hated him, and Giles’ feelings towards him weren’t exactly fuzzy.
“Did you know about this?” Giles finally asked him, looking as if he would like nothing more then to strike him.
Angel just nodded
“When?”
“About seven months ago.” Angel croaked
“And you thought that it would be best to stay away? You’re the father!”
Angel didn’t say anything, all he could do was look down at his feet. To deny Xander’s coment would be wrong because everything was true. He had stayed away when he was needed here by Buffy’s side.
“After she told you, she didn’t want you here, did she?” Angel was shocked. Giles obviously knew Buffy better then he thought he did. Once again, Angel just nodded. He wasn’t sure if he could trust his voice yet.
“So why did you come back last night.”
“I wanted to see if they were okay.” He could hear the shakiness in his voice as he answered, his eyes never leaving the ground.
“Do you think you had any right to that?! You knocked her up and then didn’t even help her out! God, I thought you were low before but now…”
“Xander that’s enough!” Giles let some of the authority from his Ripper days come out, causing Xander to shut up immediately.
Looking at Angel with sympathy all Giles could think of was how young and scared he looked. Angelus the Scourge of Europe was standing before him barley able to hold himself up. He knew that Angel loved Buffy very much and would certainly die for her if he had to. Which lead him to believe that he would no doubt do the same for the baby.
Walking slowly over to Angel, Giles put his hand on his shoulder. “Take care of her.” Angel looked up at last into Giles face. The two of them both stared at each other for a moment, understanding passing between them, and then Giles walked away.
Angel looked over to Xander. “Look, I know that you care for Buffy very much and that you’re not very fond of me.”
“Fond? Try hate and you’ve got it about right.”
“Well, if it makes you feel any better, the feelings mutual.”
Xander rocked back and fourth on the balls of his feet, trying to wrestle with the decision he was about to make. “You love Buffy, and she loves you. I’m not about to keep you two apart, especially now. But I mean it, you hurt her again, and I’ll kill. No hesitation.”
“I’m not going to hurt her.” Angel said with so much conviction that Xander had to believe him.
Part Seven
Later that night, both Angel and Buffy lied in bed wrapped up in each other’s arms, both exhausted.
“You’re going to be in the room with me right?”
“What?”
“During labor, you’ll be there?” she asked worriedly
“Of course I will. I wouldn’t miss it for the world.”
She started to relax, a wave of relief washed over her. “We’ll make this work right?”
Angel stiffened, recalling another time that she had said that. “Yeah, we will.” Buffy kissed him lightly and he to began to relax. “Sleep, okay?”
Buffy sighed and snuggled deeper into his arms. Somehow she knew that everything would be all right again.
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Buffy woke up with a start. Something was different. Her stomach was hurting and…her eyes widened as she realized what was going on.
“Angel.” She shook him, trying to bring him out of his deep sleep. “Angel.” She shook him with more urgency.
“Hmmm?” he groaned.
“Angel, its time.”
“Time for what.” He mumbled, rolling over onto his side.
“Angel!”
“What? What? I’m up!”
Buffy looked at him with wide eyes. “Angel, we need to get to the hospital.”
Angel looked at her in confusion, then he jumped off the bed. “OH!” He started rushing around the room getting her things.
“Angel! Dawn can do that. Just help me to the car.” Forcing himself to stop he looked at her. Love shone brightly in her eyes as she took a deep breath. “Here we go.” Pulling herself out of bed she gave him a nervous smile
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“Congratulations, you two are now the proud parents of a beautiful little girl.” The doctor handed Buffy a pink bundle to hold. A bald little head peaked out of the pink folds to greet her parents. Her eyes were dark brown and from the little hair that she had, it too was brown. She was definitely her fathers daughter. “I’ll give you two a minute.” The doctor said.
“She’s beautiful.” Angel breathed.
“She has your eyes.”
“She has your looks though.”
Buffy smiled through her tears. Taking the little hand in hers she couldn’t help the tears that fell from her eyes. “Hi, I’m your mommy, and this is your daddy.” She looked up at Angel, he too was crying.
“Hey kid.” He croaked
“We need to give her a name.” Buffy smiled
“You haven’t thought of any?”
“Kind of slipped my mind.” They sat there in silence trying to think of the perfect name. Finally Buffy announced it. “Bailey.” She said firmly.
Angel smiled “Bailey is perfect.”
The nurse came in. “I’m afraid I’m going to have to steel her away, just to make sure nothing is wrong with her.” She took the baby into her arms. “Do you have a name for her yet?”
“Bailey Katherine Summers.” Buffy stated. Angel smiled. Buffy knew that Katherine was his sister’s name and he thought it right that her name was being carried on.
After the nurse left the room Angel sat at the edge of the hospital bed. “When can I leave?” she asked
Angel chuckled, “You’ve been in here for four hours and you already want out?”
“Yes.” She pouted
He leaned over and kissed her on the crown. “Sleep, we’ll talk about it when you get up.”
Buffy sighed in contentment. “Angel? Thank you.” Nodding her head off to the side Buffy’s eyes slid shut putting her into a deep slumber.
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When Buffy awoke tears immediately sprang to her eyes at the sight she saw. Angel was holding Bailey in his arms humming an old Irish lullaby and rocking her softly. Right then she was the happiest she’d been in a long while. She knew Angel had to feel the same. He never told her, but she had a feeling that he always wanted kids because in his eyes, a child was his redemption. Upon seeing him rock their daughter back and fourth she knew that he had finally forgiven himself for all the crimes that Angelus had committed in his name.
“Hey,” she spike up, drawing his attention towards her. His smile shone brightly back at her. In the past day, Buffy had seen him smile more then she did the three years that they were together.
“The nurse said that we should hold her a lot. It lets her know who we are.” He walked over to Buffy, carefully still holding Bailey. Sitting down by her, Angel passed their daughter to her. Taking her, tears' threatening to spill over, she leaned into Angel’s chest. His arms wrapped around her, and he knew that he was the happiest he’s ever been in his life, looking down at the woman he loved and his new daughter. His soul wasn’t going anywhere.
Softly he kissed Buffy’s head. “I love you.”
“I love you.” She replied
“Marry me?”
Buffy looked up at him smiling brightly and with their daughter wrapped in her arms, she leaned in for a kiss.
The End
Authors Note: Okay, that's my story. As I said before, i'm not at all fond of this one but my friend made me put it on here. Sorry for the fluffyness. I'm an angst woman myself, but hey, whatever floats your boat. LOL
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