SUMMARY: Angel brings Buffy news about the baby.
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DISCLAIMER: Not owned by me. Joss and WB.
RATING: G
NOTE: For my stories Spike is two hundred years old and Angelus' childe. Thanks to Ryan for being my beta reader.
The baby checked out perfect, much larger than it should be for it's age. It had been a big surprise to everyone since he had been born seventeen weeks premature. The doctor had been surprised when Buffy started gaining more weight than usual the last two months, now he thought that it could be normal for a half vampire half human child.
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Angel stood outside the nursery watching intently as his child had his first bath and then his hair was shampooed. Angel could tell his son was not happy, the minute the nurse took off his diaper he showed his dissatisfaction. His screams increased in volume when she started to wash his dark hair. Once the boy was clean he was re-diapered and lay in a bed where the nurse attached a small heart shaped thing to his chest. Then left him. She had left a newborn baby lying nearly naked in his bed. Angel growled, how dare that woman leave his son with nothing to keep him warm? Angel moved towards the door. He would make sure that woman took proper care of his son.
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Willow, Oz and Cordelia left Buffy's room and headed to the nursery. There was no need hanging around when Buffy was out cold. They decided to head over and see the baby. They got there in time to see a tiny baby being diapered and hooked up to a monitor.
"He's so small." Was Oz's only observation.
Cordelia's comment was less tactful. "He's kinda blotchy and wrinkly." She turned to Willow. "Do you think that I should bring Buffy some of my mom's anti-wrinkle cream? It sure looks like he could use it." She flipped her hair back. "And please, I know perfectly well that Buffy has clothes for him. I was with her when she bought them."
They watched as the nurse lay him in the bed and went to use the phone. Before Willow could tell her all babies looked like that they heard a growl. Looking over they saw a very unhappy looking Angel. He looked paler in the bright hospital lights, they were used to seeing him in the shadows.
When Angel reached for the door Willow stopped him. "Angel?" Willow wondered what was wrong.
"How can she just leave him like that, he'll freeze." A low growl started deep in his throat and grew louder as he watched his son.
"Angel?" Willow pulled at his sleeve to get his attention. "Angel, the nurse put him in a warming bed." She pointed to the lights at the top of the bed. "Look up there, see those lights? They're there to warm the baby. The patch she put on his chest is a temperature monitor. It will let them know when he reaches the optimal temperature. She didn't leave him to freeze."
Angel looked at the bed and then at Willow. She nodded at him. "Thanks Willow. I'm sorry I kind of lost it there."
"No sweat man. If I thought someone was trying to freeze my kid I'd lose it too." Oz tried to make him feel at ease. He held out his hand. "Name's Oz."
Angel tentatively shook the other man's hand. "Angel." He looked him over breathing in deeply and detected Willow's scent on the boy.
"Hi, I'm Willow's boyfriend." Oz thought he should introduce himself, from what Willow had told him Angel wouldn't ask.
"So, Angel can you believe you knocked Buffy up on the first try?" Cordy asked in her usual tactless way.
Angel stayed at the window watching his son when he saw the doctor coming towards him.
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Buffy awoke to find Angel sitting next to her bed. "Angel? Are you really here?"
Angel chuckled, "I think we went through that once already."
"So it all really happened? I had the baby?" Buffy wasn't sure she wanted to know the answer to that question.
"Yes my love, you had the baby, a beautiful little boy. He has your cute little nose." He leaned over and kissed her gently nose then her mouth. "And your sweet little mouth." He said as he pulled away.
As much as Buffy was enjoying this she had to ask the question she had been dreading. "How is he? Is he okay?"
"He's fine Buffy. In fact the doctor examined him and said he didn't know how but he was in perfect health. Babies born this early normally have a long hospital stay ahead of them, but the doctor said as soon as he puts on some weight he can come home.
"Really? You're not just saying that so I won't freak on you are you? I mean, I may have just had a baby but I can handle it." Buffy didn't know if she could handle it if something was wrong with their son.
"No Buffy, they'll be bring him in any minute for you to feed him." Before Angel finished the nurse came in bring their son with her. She went over to Buffy checking the band on Buffy's wrist and then the one on their baby. Angel could tell that Buffy was getting anxious, she wanted her son and this lady was keeping her from him.
Once the nurse handed Buffy her baby, Buffy checked him over to make sure he was really okay. Angel watched as Buffy brought their son to her breast so he could feed from her. Never in his long life did he ever think he could be so happy. He was in awe as he watched his wife feed their son.
"Angel? Angel? ANGEL!" Buffy wondered where he had gone. Angel was staring at her with a majorly dopey look on his face.
"What?"
"Where did you go?" Buffy asked, her amusement clearly showing.
"I was just thinking how lucky I was and how I have something I thought I'd never have." Angel still couldn't believe it was real.
"Well you better believe it because your son has a wet diaper. So how about helping me change him? Hand me a diaper and that box of baby wipes." Angel gave her a blank look and she pointed to the diapers and wipes. Buffy watched as he tried to decide what to do with the diaper. "Bet they didn't have those when you were little. Huh?"
"No. It's safe to say they didn't have these when I was young." Angel watched as Buffy changed their son, he had been putting off the one thing he had been wondering about for the last hour. "Buffy we can't keep calling him baby, have you given any thought to a name?"
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