Wrong:
Wrong
by Shirlz

I came out of my office. Cordy’s desk was empty. I imagined she was off doing a make-up repair job. That was unless she and Doyle had taken to checking out closets!

Just then the phone rang. I made my way over to it.

"Angel Investigations."

As I spoke the words something on the desk caught my eye. Frowning I picked it up and studied it. An ultrasound picture. What the hell was Cordy doing with an ultrasound picture? I studied it more closely. What I saw made me put down the phone, not caring who was on the other end.

B Summers.

Cordy and Doyle entered the office. When Cordy saw me the conversation stopped dead.

"Oh shit!" she muttered.

I pulled myself together. "Cordelia. My office." My tone made it perfectly clear this was not a request..

.. The door closed behind her. I held the picture level with her eyes. "Explain."

"I can’t. I made a promise."

"Ok, we’ll go back to that. Do the others know?"

Silence.

"I’ll take that as a no. Damn it Cordelia! She’s told no one but you? So that means she’s going out on patrol every night! Why didn’t you tell me???"

More silence.

"Look, I know you’ve made some kind of promise here but this is serious. Why hasn’t she told Giles or somebody? I’d better ring.."

A hand barred my progress. "No."

"This is no time for games Cordy."

She took a deep breath. "Sit down Angel."

"What???"

"Sit down. We need to talk,"

I lowered myself into the chair. "You’ve got five minutes."

Cordy sat down opposite me, rolled her eyes skyward and muttered ‘Sorry Buffy but this is for your own good’ under her breath. She seemed to forget that I was able to hear her.

"Well?"

"Buffy wrote to me a month ago. She told me she was pregnant and that I was the only one she could trust. Since then she’s been writing to me, sometimes every day. Today was the first time I forgot to hide the letter."

"Why were you hiding them?"

"From you. Buffy didn’t want you to know."

"I don’t understand this."

"Oh for Christ’s sake! Just chill for a sec." She left my office and returned a few moments later. "Now listen. ‘ He doesn’t give a damn about me and he sure as hell isn’t having any claim on this child.’"

She sat back and looked at me expectantly. For a moment I was too stunned to speak. Buffy thought I didn’t care about her. She couldn’t be more wrong.

"Well say something Angel."

"I still don’t understand."

"JESUS! Do I have to spell it out to you Angel?!? Buffy is pregnant. She was a virgin until you and her. She isn’t the town ho’. Are the pieces beginning to fit?"

I heard what she was saying but my mind rejected it. I couldn’t have children.

"Whose is it?"

I saw her twist her hands together and a look of fury crossed her face.

"Can you do math? You and her equals Buffy pregnant. It’s yours Angel. Buffy is expecting ‘your’ child. And before you start on the ‘I can’t have kids trip’, you obviously can!"

"I have to go to her. I have to talk.."

"So ‘now’ you want her! What’s changed?"

"She’s expecting my baby."

"So? You left her. You wanted her to move on. Is it the baby you want or Buffy?"

Her words hurt me as much as if she’d staked me.

"I love her Cordy. I’ve never stopped loving her. I miss her so much. I did what I thought was best for her put aside my wants and needs. I also thought that if we stayed together it would only be a matter of time before Angelus appeared again. God I need her." My voice faltered.

Cordy then surprised me. She came round to my side of the desk and she hugged me.

"She’ll probably never forgive me for this but, go to her. If she means that much to you then you have to try. I’m sure you’ll be able to sort out the ‘Grr’ problem if you really want to be together."

I hugged her back and dashed out of the office. I had to make Buffy believe I wanted to be with her, baby or not and I had to leave now.

Part Four

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