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Oct 01, 2006 01:50

Continued from here

Saying goodbye )

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sciencegrl_fred October 15 2006, 03:22:32 UTC
Fred rested her hand over Rupert's on her stomach, looking at him for a moment before he got out his phone. When he suggested that she call Willow while he spoke to Xander, she nodded. For a moment, she watched him as he rolled off the bed, biting her lip before reaching for her own phone. She stared at it for a moment, then dialed Willow's home number.

"Hello? Rosenberg-Moore residence," Willow answered.

"Willow? It's Fred," she said softly.

"Hey, what's up? Did you find the sarcaphogus? When are you guys coming back?"

Swallowing, Fred looked up at the ceiling and covered her stomach with her hand. She could hear her husband speaking to Xander in hushed tones, telling him what had happened, so she just told Willow the same, explaining that they had found the sarcaphogus and what Knox had tried to do and what Andrew had done to save her and the baby.

"Oh, Goddess," Willow breathed out. "He's...Illyria...?"

Fred nodded even though her friend couldn't see her, feeling her throat tightening painfully. "We're not sure what we're going to do. Spike's dealing with him...it now."

"I can't believe he's...gone. Andrew. Who's going to make bad Star Trek jokes and bug me about my reports for Giles?"

"I know," Fred said, tears coming to her eyes again.

"I...I need to tell Charlotte. She's at the Council at the moment. I need to have her come home and tell her. She should know. And Xander..."

"Rupert's talking to him now."

"I should call him then. I'll...talk to you later?"

"We'll call you when we get home."

"Okay." Willow paused for a moment. "Fred...I'm glad you're okay. You and the baby."

"Thanks, Willow. I just wish Andrew was too."

"Bye, Fred."

"Bye." Hanging up the phone, she looked over at Rupert. "Willow's going to tell Charlotte and call Xander to make sure he's all right, I think." She held her arms open to him, needing to hold her husband again.

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g_watcher October 15 2006, 09:49:40 UTC
While he was waiting for Fred to finish her call, Giles rang Spike and spoke to him for a few moments. The vampire told him Illyria had agreed to allow Spike to guide it. It was the best they could do because Giles knew there was no possible way he'd take Illyria back to England, even if it did look like Andrew. He told Spike he would call as soon as they got back to England and then rang off.

"Good," he said with a nod. "I just spoke to Spike and he said Illyria is responding to him so I'm going to leave it here. If the Council were to get a hold of Illyria...well, I don't want to think about the sort of destruction they would do."

When he saw Fred holding her arms out, Giles went over to her and gathered her into his arms. "It's going to be all right, love," he whispered as his hand laid on her stomach. "We're going home tomorrow. I'm going to get tickets and we're leaving and we aren't ever coming back here again because..."

He suddenly stopped talking when he felt a fluttering under his hand. "Was that...is that the baby?" Giles asked as he looked at his wife.

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