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Buffy hadn’t been off the plane five seconds and already her phone was ringing off the hook with six new voice mails waiting to be checked. With a frustrated sigh, she pulled out her phone and glanced at the caller ID.
“What Lindsey?” she asked irritably.
“Finally, I’ve been trying to get a hold of you for the last hour,” Lindsey informed her. “I even tried your brother’s house.”
“You’re brave,” Buffy said in a knowing voice. She could only imagine the reception Lindsey had received since he was no doubt Angel’s least favorite person.
“Well I was desperate.”
“Well what has you so desperate that you are calling my family while I was on vacation Lindsey?” Buffy questioned as she waited for her bags at the turn-style.
“Well I just got off the phone with Mark and he wants you to think about maybe extending your tour,” Lindsey informed her excitedly.
Buffy hadn’t even started this damn tour and already she was ready for it to be over with. “Lindsey I don’t know, I mean this one is already gonna be three months and the band doesn’t need to be away from their family any longer than they have to be,” she tried to reason.
“Buffy I thought you said that you weren’t going to let your personal life interfere,” Lindsey reminded her.
Buffy felt a surge of anger course through her. “Not that it’s any of your damn business but this has nothing to do with Will,” she snapped at him.
“Well then I think you should stop using everyone else as an excuse as to why you can’t do this then. You and I both know this is the best thing for your career Buffy,” Lindsey replied frustrated.
Buffy pinched the bridge of her nose. “I’m not gonna have this conversation with you now Lindsey.”
“Whatever Buffy, but I need you here at the studio as soon as possible so we can start going over itineraries and contracts,” Lindsey said in a clipped voice.
“Can I at least go by my apartment to drop my things off before you start slave driving me?” she asked snidely.
“Buffy if you don’t want to do this then just say the word and it all stops now, but know if you do that, you’re finished,” Lindsey pointed out.
“I’ll be there when I get there,” she hissed at him and then hung up. She knew things were going to be tense this next week trying to get everything ready but she seriously didn’t know if she could handle this.
Shoving her phone in her pocket, she ignored the blinking signal of her voicemails and hailed a cab so she could run home quickly before heading to what she was now referring to as ‘hell on earth’.
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William checked his phone for the millionth time in the last ten minutes and sighed. Buffy should have landed over an hour ago and he had left her several voicemails asking that she call and let him know she got in okay. He knew Buffy was going to have a busy day ahead of her but it would have been nice if she could just call and let him know she was home and safe.
“Will she’ll call as soon as she can,” Cordelia assured him with a comforting squeeze to his hand.
William put his phone away and offered her a small smile. “Yeah, you’re right, she’s just probably getting settled in before she calls,” he reasoned.
“Well you know Buffy, always the busy girl these days,” Cordelia sighed.
“Speaking of busy, how are you doing with trying to take care of the boys and the latest addition?” William asked conversationally.
Cordelia looked over at her sleeping daughter and sighed. “Well if I said it was easy I’d be lying, but it’s not as hard as I thought it would be, besides Angel has been well, an angel,” she chuckled at her own joke.
“Well I’m glad the big oaf has been doing his share,” William chuckled.
“That is one thing I have never had to worry about,” Cordelia said with a big smile as she thought of her husband and how wonderful he had been when it came to their children.
“I hope someday Buffy and I can have what you two have.”
“Have you two discussed having children?” Cordelia asked being the nosey sister-n-law that she was.
“Actually yeah,” William replied.
“And?” she pressed.
“We both know we would like to, have a baby that is, but we need to figure out us before we go addin’ anyone else to the mix,” William explained.
“Well it’s a start,” Cordelia grinned.
Abigail started to fuss in her basinet and Cordy was going to get her when William held up his hand for her to just sit and relax. “I can get her if you don’t mind.”
“Knock yourself out,” Cordelia insisted settling back on the couch.
William picked up the squirming baby and rocked her in his arms. “Well ‘ello there gorgeous,” he cooed in a smooth voice. Abigail settled almost instantly and looked up at him with big eyes. “There’s those big eyes that I love.”
Cordelia sat back and watched in awe as William managed to subdue her daughter in record time. “Angel can’t even calm her down that fast,” she pointed out with an impressed look.
William looked over at Cordy and smirked. “What can I say luv, I’ve always been a lady charmer,” he replied cockily.
“Don’t I know it,” Cordelia said under her breath. Sure it had been just one night and they had both been considerably under the influence but she had to admit he had rocked her world so to speak, but her husband never did have to know about that now did he.
“What was that?” William asked with a quirked brow.
“Absolutely nothing,” Cordelia replied feigning complete innocence.
William settled back on the couch with Abigail snuggly in his arms. “It still amazes me how something so sweet and perfect came from you and Angel,” he teased.
“Hey!” she exclaimed indignantly, smacking him on his arm.
“Oi! Precious cargo here,” he groused as he tried to shield the baby in his arms.
“Well that’s what you get…. ass,” Cordelia grumped.
“Well it’s true,” he pointed out and then braced himself for another beating.
“I’ll have you know I am damn sweet,” Cordelia huffed indignantly.
William raised a brow at her. “Yes and that very lady-like response just proved it too,” he informed her dryly.
“I only get like that when you’re around,” she pointed out.
“Lucky me,” he replied sarcastically.
“You better be glad you have a baby in your arms or I would so be kicking your ass right now.”
“Oh there’s no doubt about that,” William agreed.
“And don’t you forget it,” Cordial replied with a triumphant grin.
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Buffy looked at her watch and sighed wearily. It was almost seven o’clock and everyone was more than ready to call it a night. Closing the folder in front of her she looked at her fellow band members.
“All right guys, lets call it a night.”
Every one let out a sigh of relief. “Buffy I could kiss you right about now,” Devon gushed as he collected his things.
Buffy scrunched her nose. “As tempting as that sounds I think I’ll have to pass,” she teased.
“Oh you know you’re just dying to get a piece of this,” he joked with her flashing his best women catching smile.
“Devon, you have found my deepest darkest secret,” Buffy sighed dramatically.
Devon laughed. “Yep, you and half of Manhattan.”
“Go, before I make you stay late for making us all sick,” Buffy groaned.
“Alright, I’m out. I’ll see you all bright and early tomorrow morning,” Devon said throwing a dirty look in the direction of Lindsey’s office.
“Night,” Buffy giggled at Devon’s blatant dislike of Lindsey at that moment.
“Later man,” Oz said getting his own things together.
Buffy let out a puff of air and flopped back in her chair. “So you ready to go and tour through Europe?”
Oz shrugged his shoulders. “Sure I guess,” he replied in his normal monotone way. “And Willow seems pretty stoked so that’s always a plus.”
“Really? I figured she wouldn’t want to have the baby on the road like that,” Buffy said slightly surprised.
“I thought so too, but she said she didn’t want me to miss all the important stuff that babies do in the beginning,” Oz explained.
“That’s great she’s willing to do that for you.”
“You know Wills, always the giver,” Oz chuckled.
Buffy couldn’t help but join in his laughter. Willow had always went above and beyond for the people she cared about. Once she had even gone as far as to literally give the shirt off her back when her own had ripped down the front.
“Is that my husband I hear laughing?” Willow asked for the door.
Buffy and Oz both turned and smiled at the red head that had been the subject of their conversation.
“Hey Babe,” Oz greeted with a huge grin.
Buffy got up and went straight to Willow. “Oh let me see my sweet Goddaughter,” she squealed and scooped the little baby in her arms.
Willow let a pout form on her pretty face. “You know a girl might start to get a complex if every time she walked in the room everyone ignored her and went straight for the baby.”
Buffy looked up at Willow. “Sorry Wills but I haven’t got to see her for over a week and I was having major withdrawals,” she apologized.
“What am I chopped liver or something,” Willow pouted.
Buffy went to her friend and gave her a comforting squeeze. “Of course not. I still love you but it is a well known fact that when you have a baby you are no longer Willow you are Ally’s mom,” she teased.
Willow rolled her eyes playfully. “Well no one told me that part of the deal.”
Oz came over and pulled his wife in his arms. “Come here, I don’t think you’re just the mommy,” he cooed and pulled her in for a kiss.
“Okay you two, keep that up and we’ll have another little one on our hands,” Buffy teased.
“Nuh uh, we know what causes babies so we can have fun the safe way,” Willow replied and waggled her brow suggestively.
Buffy gaped at her friends for a second and then burst out laughing when she realized that Oz was indeed actually blushing.
“Willow why don’t you go by reception and see if Clair is still here. She’s threatened me with my life if she doesn’t get a chance to see the baby,” Oz suggested.
Willow gave her husband a quick kiss and then held out her arms to Buffy. “Okay, hand her over, duty calls.”
Buffy jutted out her lip in a pout and begrudgingly handed her Goddaughter over. “Fine, just tease me by letting me hold her for a little bit.”
“You’ll have plenty of time with her on tour believe me,” Willow assured her.
Buffy perked up at that and grabbed her bag. “All right guys, I’m out,” she sighed and headed out the door. She was waiting at the elevators when she heard someone calling her from down the hall. When she turned around she saw Lindsey waving her down.
“Can’t I just go home,” she groaned miserably.
Lindsey couldn’t help but grin. “Yes, I just wanted you to take this home and look over it,” he replied.
Buffy looked at the folder in his hand and then back up at him. “Is it work?”
“Yeah, it’s the itinerary,” he answered with a confused look on his face.
“Then no,” Buffy stated resolutely and got in the elevator.
“Buffy wait,” Lindsey protested as the doors began to close.
“Night Lindsey,” Buffy called to him in a falsely sweet voice as she waved goodbye.
Lindsey let out a frustrated sigh and glared at the closed doors. “Sometimes that woman can be a royal pain in my ass.”
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Buffy dropped her bag on the floor and sighed contentedly. Ah, home sweet home. It felt like ages since she had been in her own place and it felt good to be home.
Feeling a buzz in her pocket, she pulled it out and grimaced. She had completely forgotten to call Will back this afternoon and he was probably no doubt none to happy with her. She quickly dialed the now familiar number and worried her bottom lip nervously as she waited for him to answer.
William felt his phone vibrating in his pocket and pulled it out. When he saw Buffy’s name on the caller ID he felt a goofy grin cross his face but then let a scowl fall in its place. She had been home for a solid seven hours and she was just now getting around to calling him.
“So she lives,” he answered in greeting somewhat bitterly.
Buffy winced. “Will I am so sorry I didn’t call earlier, it’s just that Lindsey called first thing when I landed and I had to rush to the studio to get work stuff taken care of,’ she apologized.
At the mere mention of Lindsey’s name William felt his jealous streak rear its ugly head. “Oh I see, Lindsey calls and you forget all about me huh,” he replied snidely.
“No it’s not like that I swear,” Buffy insisted adamantly.
“Than why didn’t you call?” William asked letting his hurt come through in his voice.
Buffy felt her heart clinch at the sound in his voice. She hadn’t been away from him for a full day and she was already letting work get in the way of things. “Will I really am sorry; I should have just called to let you know I got in okay.”
William sighed. He didn’t want to fight with her right now, especially since she was too far away for them to make up properly. “Its fine,” he relented.
“No it’s not Will,” Buffy argued.
“Buffy I don’t want to fight with you,” William pleaded.
“So you’re not mad at me?” she asked in a small voice.
“No ducks, m’not mad,” he chuckled at how adorable she sounded.
Buffy sighed in relief and flopped back on her bed letting a mischievous grin curl at her lips as she asked in a sultry tone, “So are you alone?”
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Author's Chapter Notes:
Well I felt so bad for not posting the last few days I had to give you another chap! Oh and sorry for the goof up, I have this funky mouse that does all kinds of funky crap, but I fixed it. Well enjoy and let me know what you think, Kuddos!