Disclaimer: Please. If I owned them, Buffy and Angel would be nymphos by now.
Spoilers: Anything goes...
Summary: Buffy and Angel meet Hank. They have to tell him some stuff.
Author's Note: This has been rattling around in my head all day and I finally got it into a complete thought.
Rating: same as show.

Angel was scared. Plain and simple. He was about to meet his girlfriend's father.

Buffy glanced up at a now human Angel. The expression on his face was classic fear. They were standing outside the restaurant where they were to meet Hank Summers for lunch. She put one hand on her swollen stomach, as if to protect the baby and another on Angel's shoulder.

"Why do you look scared, Love?"

"We are about to tell your father that you are six months pregnant with our child, I look way too old for you, and we have no immediate plans to get married. So far, to him, I only have one redeeming quality and that is the fact that I am sticking by you."

Buffy smiled at him. "We do plan to get married after the baby is born."

"What about the fact that you are 23 and I look 27."

"That's only a 4 year difference, Angel. My aunt and uncle are 12 years apart and they still love each other to death."

"I guess you're right."

"C'mon! I'm starving, our baby is starving and my Dad is not the most patient person on the planet." Buffy took her lover's hand and pushed him into the restaurant. Hank stood up to greet his daughter and her boyfriend.

His jaw dropped when he saw his little girl. She was PREGNANT!

"Dad, I would like you to meet my boyfriend, Angel O'Connorr. Angel, this is my Dad, Hank Summers."

They shook hands and all three sat down.

"Why didn't you tell me your condition?"

"I was going to, Dad. But your secretary said that you were traveling in Asia and you just returned last week."

"Oh. I suppose this isn't the kind of thing you tell in a e-mail or a phone call."

She shook her head

"I suppose you are the father?"

Angel cleared his throat. "Yes, sir."

"Do you intend to marry my daughter at some point?"

"After the baby is born and settled in. Probably in a year or so. We have 3 months until the baby comes and we would need to spend some time with him or her before getting all stressed out about a wedding."

"How old are you, Angel?"

"I turned 27 on July 12."

"Only 4 years in between you. Not too bad. I suppose Buffy told you about my younger brother marrying a woman 12 years his junior?"

"She did."

"Do you have a job?"

"No, but I own a mansion in Sunnydale and I have plenty of money so you can rest assured that Buffy will always have enough left over at the end of the day."

"In a rough estimate, how much do you have?"

"Somewhere in the millions by now, probably."

Hank's jaw dropped. Buffy just smiled.

The rest of the meal was filled with casual conversation and at the end, Buffy announced her own surprise. "I have decided to go to medical school to become a doctor."

Both father and lover tried to hug her and congratulated her. Buffy and Angel said goodbye to Hank and promised to visit again soon.

"See, that wasn't too bad, was it?" Buffy asked as her helped her up to his Mercades SUV.

"Not as bad as your mother said. She was the one who said that he would try and choke me."

He got into the driver's seat and the lovers headed back to Sunnydale.

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