SUMMARY: Buffy and Angel get an extremely pleasant surprise
Well I just heard the news today
"Can you believe it Angel?" Buffy waved a little white plastic stick with
two pink lines in the center in front of me. "I'm pregnant! We're gonna
have a baby!" She threw her arms around me and I hugged her back, kissing her hair and
crying along with her at the prospect of having something we both agreed to
accept living without. It wasn't until later that evening that I realized
what was really happening, and I felt excitement running all through me.
With arms wide open
"Do you wanna know the sex?" Dr. Moxon asked.
I looked at Buffy and she looked at me. I couldn't read her eyes, but I
desperately wanted to know. She was only three months along and I wanted to
be able to pick out a name and decorate a room now. I wanted a way to refer
to the baby while he or she grew in Buffy's stomach.
"I wanna know," she finally admitted. "So do I."
"Why didn't you just say so?" she asked. "I was waiting to see what you wanted." I told her.
"So we want to know the sex?" Dr. Moxon asked.
"Yes," we answered together.
She looked at the monitor and smiled. "I think it's time to buy some
pale blue paint for the nursery. You're having a boy."
Buffy looked at me and beamed. "He's gonna look just like you." she
smiled. "I hope not."
"I think he'll be a beautiful combination of both of you." she pressed a
button on a monitor and went over to the back of the machine. She pulled out
a videotape and handed it to me. "And there's the first home movie of your
baby." ***** Buffy and I must've watched that tape a thousand times that first night
while picking out a name. We finally decided on Kyle Justin Alexander. Buffy
said Kyle Alexander sounded like a movie star name and that was why she liked
it. I was just grateful she didn't want to name him Giles or Oz. True, it
might've been nice, especially since we opted to take Xander's name as our
own when we got married, but I like the idea of just picking something at
random. We heard the name, liked it, and that was it.
Well I don't know if I'm ready
"Are you sure you're in labor?" I asked her.
"No, no, my back is killing me, my stomach feels like there's a band
playing inside there and that big pool of liquid on the kitchen floor is from
a bottle of juice I dropped." Hormones, I reminded myself. Just hormones.
Buffy took the picture from our last ultrasound off the fridge and kissed
it. "Momma's gonna see you soon, Kyle."
I grabbed her bag and we were out of there, no time to worry or think about what was about to happen. With arms wide open
"Buffy, focus." I pointed to the crystal Willow had given her for
protection when the baby was born. "If you concentrate on it--"
"ANGEL!" she screamed. I held her hand and kept my mouth shut.
"One more push," Dr. Moxon encouraged. "That's what you said *last* time!" Buffy yelled. I'd forgotten how loud she could be. "This is really it Buffy, really, one more."
Buffy clutched my hand as hard as she could and pushed.
Then we heard him crying. "He's out!"
Buffy fell against my chest, crying and smiling and kissing my hands.
The nurse wrapped him in a blue blanket and placed him in Buffy's arms.
She kissed his forehead and held his tiny hand in hers.
"Hi sweetheart. Hi Kyle. Welcome to Los Angeles."
Now everything has changed
"You wanna hold him?" Buffy asked me a few hours later. Except for the
short time when the doctor had taken him to make sure he was all right and
weigh and measure him, he'd spent every minute since his birth in Buffy's
arms. "You sure?" I asked. After all, she had carried him for nine months, I
wasn't gonna cut short his first night in her embrace unless she needed a
break. "Yeah, I'm kinda tired. Take him for a walk, call my mom and everyone."
"It's two a.m." I smirked. "Do it anyway." she yawned and by the time I was slowly bouncing Kyle as I walked, she was sound asleep.
If I had just one wish
"Are you sure we shouldn't have called my mom?" Buffy asked as I pulled
our new van into the driveway of our house. "I don't know if she would've
minded the trip under these circumstances."
"Now Buffy, we talked about this. You're tired and you've just had the
baby. Rest a few days and everyone will come over this weekend."
She sighed and unhooked her seat belt before getting out and taking the
baby seat out, talking to our sleeping son while I fumbled for our keys. I
unlocked the door and let her into our house.
"Here," I took the carrier from her. "Go on into the kitchen and get something to drink."
"Why?" she looked at me strangely. "You said you were thirsty."
Buffy shrugged and went into the kitchen. I smirked as I heard a bunch
of voices say "SURPRISE!!" and then Buffy squealing.
"Come on, Kyle." I took him out of his carrier. "I think we'd better go
meet the rest of the family."
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SPOILER: slight S1 ANGEL
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DISCLAIMER: Big fat stupid hair icky moron owns Buffy and Angel (that would
be Joss). Creed owns the song. The baby is mine! All mine!!!
This is for Jess, because she's a huge songfic fan like me, and 'cause she
sent the lyrics me to use them in a fic *again*
It seems my life is going to change
I closed my eyes, begin to pray
Then tears of joy stream down my face\\
Under the sunlight
Welcome to this place
I'll show you everything
With arms wide open\\
To be the man I have to be
I'll take a breath, take her by my side
We stand in awe, we've created life\\
Under the sunlight
Welcome to this place
I'll show you everything
With arms wide open\\
I'll show you love
I'll show you everything
With arms wide open\\
Only one demand
I hope he's not like me
I hope he understands
That he can take this life
And hold it by the hand
And he can greet the world
With arms wide open...\\