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Chapter 1

When I found out that I was going to be a father I was overjoyed. I thought it was impossible but I should have know that nothing is impossible when it comes to us and are future. People said that our love would never last but they were wrong we had our share of problems but we knew that we wanted to be together and nothing stopped us. She was always there for me and now she is carrying my child. I still can't believe it. It must be a sign that we are destined to be together. I always wanted her to have the life I could never give her, now there is no more excuses for us not to be together. Our child she is carrying is a symbol of that.

The life we created out of love and happiness that we never thought was possible to have. We were blessed to find out that there was no more happiness clause. Ever since that day we have been inseparable and now she tells me that she is carrying my child. It is another gift from the powers that be. We always thought that it was impossible to have a child so we were not very cautious when it came to making love. It's not like we are not ready for a child it's just that we are so comfortable right now and I don't want my doubts about being a father to ruin this for her. If you saw the look in her eyes every time she thinks about the baby you would see how much she wants this child even though she always said she never wanted a child. I am scared that when this child grows up he or she will not be able to except me like she has but I must put these feelings aside for her and our child.

When it came time to make the decision between her family and me, she told me it was not a hard one to make but I did not really believe her. I figured she was just trying to put up a brave front. Her family did not agree with her choosing me and I don't know how they will react to us having a child. But I can honestly say I don't think she will care if they don't accept her and the baby this time, she is use to them not liking the decisions she makes. Everything we go through makes us stronger, even the torment and heartache. This child will reflect everything we are and will be. The baby will have everything we both did not have. They will be loved, protected, cherished, and they will be able to be themselves no matter what they choose.

I am writing this all down because I don't want her to worry about my distress. She has so much on her mind and I don't want her to stress out any more then she all ready is. She will never have to worry about being financially supported or loved, what she needs to be worried about is her and the baby's health. She is my light and now the child growing inside of her gives me another reason to keeping on fighting and living against the demons out there in this world and inside of me.

She and the baby will never doubt my love for them or that I will never be there because no matter what happens I will be there for the both of them. If I am not on this world then I will be with them in spirit and in their dreams. I will make my presence felt no matter what, if I don't I will not know what has happened to them. I don't plan on going anywhere but one can never be too careful now days when they are expecting a family. She will be so surprised I know it does not mean anything to her because we have all ready made a pact to each other but I want to marry her in front of everyone. So they will know that she belongs to me and that I belong to her forever and always.

She must know that everything has changed and I will love her always.

Buffy "Angel, what are you writing?"

Chapter 2

I planned to spend a romantic evening with the women I love and pop that important question but they had to ruin it and destroy everything just like usual. It is not her fault she picked today to tell them that she was pregnant with our child. I don't think she expected them to go psychotic on her, well they did and they don't accept us having a child together. She was so upset when she got home that everything that was planned was put on hold for now. Don't they realize that putting this kind of pressure on her is not good for the baby but they wouldn't care would they? It's just like them to risk the one person we all love and the life she is carrying inside of her. They wanted her to have a normal life as much as I wanted her to have one and now she is getting part of that normal life with me but they can't accept that she is happy with a demon. They are not even happy that she is bringing a life into this world that is apart of her. It's true that it has half of my genetic makeup but it's her child too, it will be their family.

They say they love her why can't they just accept her for the choices she makes in her life. It's her life and they still try to control her they should have learned their lesson the last time when she chose to be with me when they gave her that ultimatum. She never wanted to have to make that choice but they did not let up until she finally made that difficult decision, her family and friends or me. They couldn't see that she wanted both of us and that's what would have made her truly happy. I know she does not regret the decision she made but part of her misses their love and friendship, I can see that sometimes when I look into her eyes. I can tell that she is thinking of them. No matter what they do to her she still loves them and still wants them to be apart of her life. She desperately wanted them to forget about the past and just accept the baby with open arms. All she ever wanted was to have them share in her happiness and only a few people in her life could accept that and support her in all the decisions she makes. There is her father figure, he is not her father by blood but in heart and spirit he is. He is there for her when she needs advice or just to talk about what is going on in world. He has been there for her when ever she has needed someone. He never had any children of his own so he has always cherished her and the way she has let him into her life. I don't know what we would do with out him in our lives. Then there is the one person that has changed the most. She has changed for the better and we are lucky to have such a wonderful, thoughtful and caring person in our lives. Most people would have thought that she did not give a damn about anyone except herself but what they did not realize is that was just a wall that need to be torn down to get to the loving person she really is.

She is starting to toss and turn now and I need to go to her and make sure she is all right. No matter what I will ask my love to marry me.

Chapter 3

The time was right tonight and I and had the perfect opportunity to ask her to marry me. We went out to dinner, the mood was so right, candlelight was everywhere, and soft romantic music was playing in the background. I got down on one knee in front of my beloved and pulled out the ring box from my coat pocket and slowly opened it. Right before I started to say the speech that I had rehearsed over and over in my head I looked up into her eyes and forgot everything I had wanted to say. I started to stumble on the words and just it was not happening like I wanted it to. The entire restaurant was watching me propose to her. She took my hand and looked into my eyes with complete love and I knew that this is what I wanted to do more then anything in my life. I wanted her to be become my wife and have my child. Everything was just so perfect that my nervousness went away and everything came back to me.

I knew that everything would work out and that the love we had for each other would make everything right. I looked into her eyes once more and started to say, "when I saw you smile for the first time I knew that I was yours completely and no other girl could ever compare to you. You make me the person I am today, without you in my life I could not survive. I love you with all my heart and soul. You're the only one in my whole life that has ever made me completely happy. People might try and stop our love but you and I are destined to be together forever. I love you, Buffy you are my life, will you marry me?"

I did not have to wait long for her answer; the next thing I knew is that she was in my arms, crying her eyes out and the whole entire restaurant was congratulating us on getting engaged. But we did not even notice the other people we were so wrapped up in the moment and each other that we forgot about everyone else until the baby decided to make it's presence known by moving around. That moment was the first time we had felt our baby move, it made that moment that more special to us. We will never forget that momentous occasion for both reasons.

If only her family can be as happy for us as the crowd in the restaurant was. But maybe just maybe they will come around sooner or later.

Chapter 4

We decided that we had better tell her family that we are getting married and that we are keeping the baby. They probably all ready knew that we were not giving this baby up for anything in this world but the wedding will probably be a total surprise to them. We also wanted them to know that they are welcome to be apart of our child's life, if they wanted to be. I don't care if they are apart of our life but she wants them to be if they can accept us so I will put my feelings aside for her.

I would not let her do this alone again, they might not like me but I will not see them hurt her again. They will not have a chance to put her and the baby at risk under any circumstances. When we walked into the restaurant where we planned to meet them they were shocked to see me walking by her side. They didn't even think that I would show up. But when they saw the engagement ring on her hand they were outraged, to think that we would invite them some where to tell them that we were doing something that they did not want. What they don't know is we were thinking of them, we wanted them to be apart of our life and the things that were to come. But that did not happen.

They could not and would not accept what we were doing to our lives or what I was doing to her. They always seem to blame it on me but when they do that it only seems to prove that they will never be able to accept her life or the choices she makes. The look in her eyes when they said that they could not and would not have anything to do with her life as long as she was with me and having my child was devastating. She did not cry because she would not let them see how much this really hurt her. The only thing she did was take my hand and ask them to leave. After they were gone she did not even need to ask, we got up and left and went home, where she finally broke down and cried that is when I vowed that they would never hurt her or our child again. It is one thing if they can't accept me but to put them through this is ridiculous. She did not understand how they could do this even though this is what makes her happy and this is what she wants.

I hope that sooner or later that they will come to their sense and accept what is going to happen no matter what and I hope that they will be a part of our life for her sake.

Chapter 5

The last few months have been perfect. We have been planning our wedding, which will be taking place soon. It is turning out to be everything that we wanted it to be. No one is telling us what we should do or have; it is just us making our dreams come true, together. Even if I did not agree with what she wanted for the wedding, I would still let her do it because I love her and I want our wedding day to be special for her. Her happiness means everything to me and if that means that I must go and ask her family and friends to put their stupid opinions aside for one day to make her happy, I will be on my hands and knees asking them to do this. All I want is for her to be happy and to receive everything she wants.

I can tell that she is somewhat disappointed that her mother is not taking part in the wedding, I think she is still hoping that she will change her mind and accept our life. I have been told that every little girl's dream when they get married is for their father to walk them down the isle and that her mother will help plan the wedding. Her real father is not walking her down the isle but that does not matter since she has not spoken to him in several years. She always did feel closer to her watcher any ways. But there has never been any one else in her life to take the place of her mother and wouldn't you know that she is as stubborn as my love.

I just want our wedding day to be everything she has dreamed about through out her life because every one of my dreams will be coming true on that day. I never thought that it would be possible for me to get married and to be in love with some one that loves me back and to be expecting a child. But on that day I will be marrying the women of my dreams and everything will be right in this world the way it should have been all along. I just hope that nothing goes wrong that will ruin our perfect day.

If we are extremely lucky every dream and wish that my love has will come true on that day or at least in the near future.

Chapter 6

The baby has been making such a big impact on my life and it has not even been born yet. I can't wait until the baby is here, then life will be absolutely perfect. By that time we will be married and they baby will have a home to come into that has two loving parents that only want the best for their child. A day does not go by that I don't thank my lucky stars and "the powers that be" for giving me this opportunity at being completely happy and a chance at another try at life. Everyday the baby becomes bigger inside of the women I love and each day I can't wait for the baby to be born.

We had another doctor's appointment and we had scheduled an ultrasound this time. For the past couple of weeks we have been discussing finding out what sex the baby is. I could wait to the day our child is born to find out what our precious miracle is but she wants to know so we can decided on a name for the baby and then we can buy things especially for the baby. I agreed to find out if the baby is going to be a boy or girl because I figured it would make everything seem that much more real.

We never really discussed if it mattered what we had, since we never thought it was possible to actually have a child. But I can see her being the perfect mother to either a little boy or girl. I could imagine us having a little girl with sparkling blue-green eyes and blonde hair just like her mother. If we had a little boy he would probably have her stubborn side and that devilish grin. No matter what the baby is I know it will be perfect.

When the time came for the doctor to ask us if we wanted to know, my love looked at me in the eyes, I could tell she was looking for an answer. I just looked back at her and asked the doctor "what are we having." I saw the joy in my beloved's eyes when the doctor told us that we are having a precious little girl.

Soon my daughter will be joining us in this confusing world. I know that she will be exactly like her mother. I can't believe that I am going to have a daughter, everything is so perfect.

Chapter 7

Our wedding day could not get any more perfect, we decided to write our own wedding vows and to say them to each other before we said our I do's. Our wedding went something like this.

Buffy "When I saw you for the first time you took my breath away and every day since you have made my heart stop. I can look into your eyes and see the love and passion that you hold for me in your heart just pouring out of them. From the first time you walked into the room I knew that I was in love with you and that you had captured my heart. I know we have both caused each other pain and we do regret it but that what makes me so sure about our love because we don't let anything interfere. You are my heart and soul without you I am not complete. I love you, Angel."

What do you say in a moment like this, when you can't find the words to tell it like it is, you just close yours eyes and let your heart lead the way.

Angel "There are not enough words in the world to express the way I feel towards you but you all ready knew that. You have given me so many things that I never thought were possible. I never thought any one could love me like you love me. In my life there has been one miracle and this miracle has given the world to me that I never thought was possible to have. You are this miracle, without you I would be nothing and with you I am everything. Everything we have been through happened for a reason, if it would not have happened we would not be the people we are today. I love you with my heart and soul, I thank my lucky stars to have you in my life everyday. I am yours always and forever."

Do you Buffy Anne Summers take Angel to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold until this day forward to death do you part?

Buffy looks directly into Angel's eyes and with a smile on her face she says, "I do."

Do you Angel take Buffy Anne Summers to be your lawfully wedded wife to have and to hold from this day forward to death do you part?

The only person that usually sees Angel smile is Buffy but not today there is nothing in the world that could take the smile off his face. He is marrying the women he loves and with that he says, "I do."

Chapter 8

I never thought today could become any more perfect. I married the most beautiful women in the world. I was able to announce my love for her before the whole entire world, even her family and friends. She got her wish because as it turned out her family and friends did come to their senses and accepted our life together. It probably has to do with our daughter that is growing inside of my wife or it could have to do with the wedding present from "the powers that be". Whatever made them change their minds had to be pretty damn powerful. I hope they did it for the right reasons.

We were both amazed when "the powers that be" sent a messenger to deliver their present to us. It was a present that would change our outlook on life all together. I never thought that they would be able to shock us that much. I thought when they deleted the happiness clause in the curse that they could not do any more for us, but then she got pregnant and everything was even more perfect. But this is just too much after all these years I will be able to walk in the sunlight with my wife by my side. When our daughter is born I will be able to take walks with her and her mother in the park and we will be able to have picnics in the sunlight. I will be able to grow old with the women I love; I will not have to worry about if my daughter will accept me for what I am.

The look in my wife's eyes told me that everything from now on in our life was going to be perfect. We had made it through everything that the world could throw at us and now it was time for us to be happy and to have the life that we were both meant to have. Everything that happens in life happens for a reason and what we had to endure happened because we have always been destined to be together forever.

This special day could not get anymore perfect. Tomorrow morning we would wake up together as husband and wife and watch the sunrise in each other arms.

Chapter 9

Everything has been perfect these last few months. It was hard at first getting use to a new way of living and having her family butt into our lives constantly. No matter how many times we have told them to not try and run our lives they never listen. But what can I say that's family for you. We both are extremely content with our life and now we are just awaiting the arrival of our daughter.

Everything we have been doing these last few months has been aimed at getting ready for her arrival. We bought a house. It is far enough away so her family can not just drop in on us with out a really good excuse but it is close enough so they can visit. We decorated the nursery in a light shade of blue for the walls, and almost everything else resembles what would be a rainbow of happiness. The nursery has a huge picture window so our daughter knows what the sun and moon look like everyday of her life. She will learn that they are both beautiful in their own aspects.

My mother-in-law is trying to make up for the time she missed out on when she was being ignorant. She invites us to dinner all the time and she tries to make it to our house at least once a week. It's kind of nice to have her in our life but it seems that she is trying to make all the decisions for us. She is even trying to tell us what to name our daughter and how we should raise her. She has only been back into our life for a couple of months and all ready we need a vacation from her.

We were relaxing at home one evening after her mother left, when the contractions started. We were both extremely nervous but also excited at the same time. It was finally time for us to meet our daughter and her to meet her parents. When we arrived at the hospital the doctor said it would be some time before she made her entrance into this world so I could go and call some people if I wanted too. I went and called a few people and told them to spread the word that the time has come. Right after I hung up the phone I rushed back to my wife. By the time everyone arrived our daughter really wanted to join us in this world. After about two hours of labor our daughter was born.

She was the most beautiful little girl in the world. On that day the world met our daughter, Zoey.

Chapter 10

I am totally amazed when it comes to our daughter, Zoey. She gets even more beautiful every day, she reminds me so much of her mother. She does this little coo when she is happy; I seem to remember her mother doing a similar sound to that when she is in a certain predicament. Our life can't get anymore perfect, now if people will just leave us alone to live our life like we want everything will be all good.

The people that could not accept our life in the beginning seem to be trying to run our life. They are trying to tell us how to raise our daughter and how to be the perfect family. What would they know about any of the stuff they are trying to tell us about, their lives are not perfect, at least we can say that we are happy and that we are doing what we want.

Her mother keeps on telling us that we are not raising our daughter right and that we should be doing this and that. She even hates what we named her, she does not think that Zoey is the perfect name for her granddaughter. But what would she know about raising a child, she did not except her daughter for who she was and like it matters what she wanted to name our daughter. We chose the name that we wanted and it suits her perfectly so she should just deal and live with it.

That whole thing of going on a vacation from our family is coming back to me. I think it would do us a great amount of good to get away from everyone and just adjust to being a family. There is so much to deal with, we have to get use to having a whole new responsibility. It not like we don't want them in our lives but we are the ones that have to adjust and we can't do that with them always telling us what to do.

Now all we have to do is decide on when we are going, I say the sooner the better and where we are going. We don't want to go to far in case something happens to Zoey but we need to get away.

Chapter 11

We decided to go to LA, it's not extremely far from Sunnydale but it will give us a chance to get some alone time. Since we had an appointment with the doctor, we thought that we should get her opinion on going away so soon after Zoey being born. We explained what was happening in our lives and how we thought if we got away it would give us a chance to adapt to the new aspects of our life. The doctor completely understood where we were coming from and she said that it would be all right if we did go on a little vacation we should just watch what we expose Zoey too.

We were very glad to hear that Zoey was perfectly healthy and that she was a normal child. We were a little skeptical at first because we did not know how me being a vampire at the time would effect her and we don't know how Zoey will be affected with her mother being the Slayer and all. We hoped that only good things would come from our uniqueness but one can never be to careful when living on the Hellmouth. It is still a little earlier to tell if there are going to be any side effects but as of now our daughter is healthy and perfectly normal.

We decided to tell only a few people where we were going, if we told everyone they would be dropping in on us constantly and that's what we are trying to get away from. We opted on not telling her mother or her friends where we were going. Her mother told us that is wrong to travel because Zoey was so young and that something could happen to her. She started to beg us not to go, she kept on saying that she would miss out on something really important in her granddaughter's life. No matter what she said she was not going to change our minds and she was definitely not going with us.

We finally were able to leave after they all got done giving us the third degree. We decided to drive to LA instead of flying, it seemed like the sensible thing to do, since they really could not track us through driving. Zoey was so perfect on the ride to LA; she slept straight through it. We decided that since we are staying LA with a small child that it would be better to rent house. We found the perfect house for us to stay in; it was located in a private cove off one of the many beaches.

We were having the best time in LA with out anyone telling us what to do or how to raise our daughter. We have learned a lot about our daughter and we have become totally enchanted with her. She is the most important thing in our life now. At first our relationship revolved around us and no one else and then all this chaos happened and our relationship became whatever we decided on affected everyone else in the world. Then our life came back to us and then we had our precious daughter and we realized that it was not just us any more, we are a family and every decision that we make will effect each of us

Even though out little getaway is coming to an end, I am thinking that either we need to move here or at least buy the house and visit every chance we get.

Chapter 12

When we arrived back in Sunnydale our whole family was waiting at our house. They did that little thing about how they missed us and they asked if they missed out on any big moments in Zoey's life. We were like we have only been gone a little over two weeks, nothing major happened except that we came to a decision regarding our life. That's when all hell broke lose, they could not believe that we made a decision with out them. Her mother went ballistic and she started to rant and rave about how she could not believe that there was a decision made with out her being involved. That's when my love screamed at the top of her lungs for every one to shut up and listen to what we had to say.

When she did that it set off a chain reaction and our daughter started to use her lungs to tell everyone that she did not like the atmosphere that she was in and that everyone should just listen to what is about to be said. That's when my mother-in-law started to give all her attention to Zoey. When she went to pick Zoey up my wife made a grab for our daughter and started to try and calm her down.

I took that as my hint to start trying to tell them again that we appreciated that they were in our lives but we wanted them to stop trying to live our life for us. We are a family now and yes they are family too but what matters most is our happiness not theirs. I went on to tell them that we still want them to participate in our life but we don't want them over at our house constantly and we don't want their opinions on how we are raising our daughter.

After I made my little speech everyone that it was directed to was basically stunned, they were shocked to find out that they could not do anything to change our minds and that they were not going to have this big impact on our life anymore. My mother-in-law realized at that moment that she really was not needed there, her daughter had a special bond with her child that no one could break.

After all was said and done they each one got up and left, they were still a little ticked off but it had to be done and they would realize that sooner of later.

Chapter 13

It has been a few months since we made the speech to our family and everything has been pretty quiet. They still take part in our life but they don't try and butt in where they know that their opinions are not wanted. We decided to buy the house in LA because it seems like the best place to getaway to. We did not tell them that we bought the house, we are going to keep that our little secret. All most everything has got back to normal. Not everything can go back considering that I am human now and we have a daughter but for the most part everything is like it should be.

Finally after all this time we were married and we can be together and nothing can stop us, we are blessed enough to have a beautiful daughter that we love with all our heart. Her family has finally accepted us and they are taking apart in our life like they should have been all along. My wife is happy to have them in our lives and that makes me happy since she is happy.

The only things that are missing in our life are her biological father and maybe a sibling for Zoey. We doubt that her biological father will take apart in our life, he does not know what I was and he does not know that his daughter is the slayer but he just does not seem to care about her and his granddaughter. As for a sibling for Zoey we will start working on that sooner or later and if our dreams come true she will have a little brother or sister but for now we are concentrating on just our daughter and what she needs. Needless to say that it won't take much to convince me to have another child because there is a lot of fun in just trying.

As for everything else to come in our life, we will just have to wait and see what the future will bring us.

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