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Once More With Feeling	By : TiffersTaffy Category: -Buffy the Vampire Slayer > Het - Male/Female > Buffy/Giles Views: 4209 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
- 14
- 15
Chapter 15:
You and Me

Disclaimer: Lifehouse Song You and Me Inspiration for Chapter
Title

They arrived at
the hospital ten minutes later, and they rushed Buffy away. Giles
wanted to go with her, but they wouldn't let him. Angel took Dawn
back to the waiting room, with Giles following closely behind the
pair. Dawn was crying, and Angel held her. Giles passed back in
forth across the room. He could only pray that she was going to be
okay. He couldn't lose her or the baby. Dawn calmed down, moving
away from Angel and placing a hand on Giles' shoulder. He turned
and looked down at her, pulling her into a hug.

"Giles,
she'll be okay. She's strong."

"I know,
Dawn. It's not over yet."

She pulled away
from him, smiling as she spoke the next sentence, her mood changing
from that of mild sadness to mild happiness. It didn't surprise
Giles any though. Dawn had a way with changing her mood constantly.
Some call it bi-polar and some call it just being a teenager. He
was sure it was the latter of the pair that caused Dawn to switch
emotions from one minute to another.

"I still
can't believe you and Willow killed Glory so easily."

"It wasn't
me, Dawn. It was the coven's magic. Willow did more than I did."

"Buffy will
still be grateful. I know it."

Giles nodded, as
he followed Dawn back to sit down near Angel. Angel said he needed
to make a phone call and Giles nodded, letting Dawn cuddle into his
shoulder. Dawn was like a baby sister to him, someone he cared for
as much as Buffy. Dawn was safe now. Glory couldn't harm her any
more. He didn't know if she was still the Key, but he knew that she
was safe from Glory forever. But, his mind floated back to Buffy,
and the baby. He knew one thing for sure, and that was that he
wanted to help Buffy raise the baby. If she decided she didn't want
to be with him, he would be there for the child. It was the least
he could do.

The rest of the
group arrived a few minutes later. They all appeared worried and
anxious, especially Xander and Willow. Giles knew the two of them
loved Buffy about as much as he did. She had been a big part of all
their lives for the past six years or so. They would all be
distraught if she passed from the world. Willow moved to sit down
on the other side of Giles, looking up at him. Willow spoke after a
few moments, her voice shaking as she whispered to him.

"She's gonna
be okay, right?"

"Yes, Willow.
Buffy will be fine."

Tara and Xander
were trying their best to comfort Dawn and Angel had finally
returned. He had called Cordelia, and she was bringing the rest of
the group from L.A. Giles didn't know how much good that would do,
but if it made the other man feel better to have his friends come
to see Buffy, he wouldn't be too much against it. They waited for
two hours before a doctor came out to great them. Giles and Dawn
immediately got up and walked their way over to the brunette woman
that had come out to tell them about Buffy.

"Miss Summers
is stable. We patched up the head wound and she should recover.
She's been sedated to help with the pain from the stitches."

"Oh, thank
God."

"Is the baby
- "

"We had to do
an emergency c-section to remove the baby in case things got worse.
It's usually procedure to do so in cases like this. But the little
one is healthy and lively. A little smaller than we like, but she
is fine."

The entire room
could feel the relief washing over them. Buffy and the baby were
both safe. The baby was out about a month early, but from what the
doctor was saying it was healthy and they could all be thankful for
that. The doctor looked to Giles, and to a few of the other men in
the room. It was obvious she was wondering which one of them was
the baby's father. She spoke that very question a few moments
later.

"Which one of
you is the baby's father?"

"I am."

Giles spoke to
her, and the woman's eyes shot up to him. He had expected the look
she gave him. It was something like shock and disgust all rolled
into one. Dawn gave the woman a look of disgust right back but the
woman ignored it. The doctor spoke slowly, watching the faces of
the people behind her.

"Right -
Well, if you both would like you can come and see them now. The
other's can visit her when she's awake."

The pair of them
followed the woman into a room down the hall. Dawn whispered
something to Giles about the woman being rude and he shook his
head, telling her to drop it. Giles had expected the look that he
would receive form many people. Some people would never understand
that age was only a number. True love didn't discriminate over age,
race, or gender. At least that was what he had been taught all his
life.

Dawn was the first
to walk into the room, moving first to Buffy. Giles had his eyes
looked on the little glass box that held his child. She was kicking
and looking around in awe. She was beautiful in every way he could
imagine, but he had expected for her to be. What little hair that
she had was a dirty blonde color, and her eyes were a green-blue
color that he knew better than anything else. She had received her
mother's hair, but her eyes were her father's.

He made his way
slowly over to the box, looking down at the baby inside. The baby
stared up at him with awe, and he chuckled. She was tiny, a little
smaller than most babies. But, she was beautiful nonetheless. He
leaned down and picked her up, tucking the blankets she was wrapped
in closer to her tiny body. He had never expected to have children,
but now he wouldn't take that back now for the world. He could hear
Dawn speaking from behind him, and he turned to see her standing
there with a grin on her face.

"She's
beautiful isn't she, Giles?"

"Yes she
is...amazingly so. But I never thought she wouldn't be."

Dawn nodded,
placing a small hand on the baby's head, watching her turn to look
at her. Giles told Dawn to sit down in the chair beside him, and
once she did he put the baby into her arms. Dawn smiled down at the
baby and Giles knew that she was going to be a good aunt to the
baby. Probably spoil her rotten, but that was what aunts were for.

"Hold her for
a few moments...I want to sit with Buffy."

Dawn held her
niece in her arms as Giles made his way over to Buffy, scooting a
chair closer to the side of the bed. She was still sleeping, and
his mind flashed back to all those months ago when he woke up to
hear crying beside him. He reached down, holding her hand in his.
He would sit beside her until she awoke again. It was something she
had done for him, and he had to do it for her. He had to do it more
for his own sanity than anything though.

After an hour or
so she twitched, and he watched her eyes slowly open. Dawn had
still been holding the baby, and she looked up to see Buffy awake.
She turned her head to look at him, and he relaxed when he saw the
small smile that had began to form on her face. She spoke after a
few moments, as he helped her to sit up against the pillows.

"It wasn't a
dream...You really are back."

"And I don't
plan on leaving again. Unless you want me too."

"No. Never
again. Please."

He could sense the
desperation in her voice and he nodded, moving the hand to his
lips. He knew that things wouldn't go back to the way they were
right away. Buffy would need time to adjust to him being back in
her life again. And he was sure she still held a bit of a grudge
inside, no matter how much she insisted that she had forgiven him.
He would wait for her, for how ever long she needed. He knew that
for sure. Buffy was like an addiction to him, and he couldn't give
her up even if he wanted too. He sighed, sitting back in the chair
and dropped her hand.

"It's not
going to be the same right away, is it?"

"Giles, I do
love you. But, I – I don't think jumping right back into the
saddle would be the best thing for either of us. I am still hurt,
even if I have forgiven you. I need to learn to trust again or it
won't work. It might take a while."

"I can wait.
I'm not going anywhere."

"I hope
not..."

Dawn walked
towards the bed, holding the baby close to her. The baby had fallen
asleep and Buffy's eyes widened when she saw it. She realized why
she had this pain in her side now. They had taken the baby out
while she was knocked out.

"Is that - "

"Your baby?
Yes, she is. She's beautiful, Buffy. You want to hold her?"

Dawn finished
speaking as Buffy nodded. Dawn moved to the other side of the bed,
and helped Buffy take the baby in her arms. Buffy looked down at
her in awe, amazed that the small creature had come from her and
Giles. She let her eyes wonder back to Giles, who was smiling at
her.

"Did you see
what we did?"

"Yes, Love, I
did."

"She's
beautiful..."

"What's her
name?"

Buffy hadn't
really thought about names, but now that she saw her only one made
sense to her. Buffy spoke the name out loud, feeling a tear
slipping down her face.

"Theresa...Tessa
for short."

"Wasn't that
Mom's middle name?"

"Yes."

Giles got up from
the chair and sat down beside Buffy on the bed, watching her look
up at him. Buffy let a small smile form on her face as she cuddled
baby Tessa closer to her body. The baby was healthy and Buffy knew
she would do all that she could to keep her safe from harm. Tessa
already had both her mother and father wrapped around her little
fingers. Buffy looked up at him, tilting her head to the side.

"Do you like
her name?"

"Yes, Love.
Do you know what it means?"

"Late Summer.
Mom told me."

He nodded,
agreeing that it was a fitting name considering the child had been
born on August 25th, about a week before Labor Day. Giles reached
down and placed a small hand on the back of the baby's head,
playing with the few small strands of hair covering her head. Buffy
spoke a few moments later, her eyes still fixed on Giles. She was
afraid that if she looked away for two long he would disappear
again.

"You can name
her middle name."

"Annabelle."

He hadn't even
thought much about the name. It had just came to him. He knew very
well where the name had come from. Anne was Buffy's middle name,
and Belle meant beautiful. Tessa resembled her mother in many
aspects, and she was just as beautiful. The name made sense in his
head. He let his eyes meet hers, and she smiled, her eyes never
leaving him. Dawn tried to break the moment by speaking, feeling
awkward by being in the middle of such an intimate moment.

"I think
that's really pretty, Buffy."

"Me too,
Dawn."

Even though Dawn
had tried her best to break the sexual tension between the pair,
Buffy's eyes had never left his. Dawn rolled her eyes and muttered
something about going to get the others. Buffy hadn't even heard
her leave. She was lost in the moment, and was thankful when he
finally leaned down and let his lips touch hers. She felt like she
was floating on air, and never wanted the feeling to stop. It was
just like things had never changed, and she wanted that feeling to
continue for forever. She knew they both had a long road ahead of
them if they ever wanted things to go completely back to normal,
but at that moment she didn't care. It was perfect, and nothing
could change that.

The pair broke the
kiss as the others joined them. Buffy blushed as Willow and Xander
came closer to the bed to see the baby. They both took turns
holding her and telling the both of them how beautiful she was.
Tara and Anya joined them shortly after, each giving there own
congratulations to the couple. Angel was the next to come forward,
with Cordelia and Wesley close behind them. Cordy and Wes didn't
really know what to think about the pair of them being together,
but they both thought that it wouldn't matter much what they
thought. The love between the Slayer and her Watcher was apparent
for all to see, and who were they to question it?

As her friends
fussed over the new born baby, Buffy was still lost in a world were
her and Giles were the only two people in existence. She let out a
sigh and cuddled closer to the man she loved, falling asleep in his
arms. Everything was perfect, just like she had always wanted it to
be. But, things would not stay perfect for very long. Outside the
hospital room window, Spike lurked as he watched the pair of them
together, and his anger began to grow.

"Yes, Slayer.
Enjoy your time of victory and celebration. Because I will end it
as quickly as it came. The watcher will not have you for long. I
swear it!"

END OF PART 1 OF
"ROMANCING THE SLAYER" SERIES
- 14
- 15
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