FIC: Some Assembly Required (2/?)
Title: Some Assembly Required
Section: Part 2 of ?? (I'm thinking four or five, depending on how long this last section goes)
Category: Angel/BtVS (Lizverse)
Rating: PG due to Language
Pairings: Many. Main pairings are Faith/Wes, Fred/Spike, Buffy/Angel and Lindsey/Cordelia
Summery: A day in the life of the group on the day the newest Wynham-Pryce makes his apperance. Takes place in Lizverse, 7 months after Shattered Glass. Sequel to Addiction, The Perfect Life, Christmas Time Again and Shattered Glass (In that order, although SG is not completed yet)
Warnings: This tends to be extremely fluffy, especially for this particular pairing. There are also children in this fic.
For those of you who haven't read Liz-verse before, It is an AU where Fred never became Ilyria and her and Spike have a 2 year old daughter named Elizabeth (or Lizzie) Bracknall. Buffy and Angel also have a son named Alec Summers. Connor knows who his father is and is apart of the family (even though he's not really in this fic). Spike and Fred are recently married, Lindsey and Cordelia have been dating for about seven months, Willow, Oz and Xander have joined them all in LA. Andrew and Giles are floating around somewhere, I'm sure. Also, Lindsey's yougner brother Jeremy has decided to join the company, and is currently moving into his new office.
The reason I'm posting this is in parts is because it's long. It wasn't chapter to start off with. This has also not been completely beta'd so there may be some changes later on. comments greatly wanted on this due to that fact (and I'm trying to get better on characterization
Part One
Lindsey had been lucky and managed to spring an earlier flight back from Tuscan where he had been for a business conference. The meetings had concluded early because the plaintiff in the case had decided to retract the case. So he got to come home a few hours early. He wasn’t about to complain.
He was hoping to surprise Cordelia. They had only been dating for the past seven months, starting a week after Fred and Spike’s wedding and he still liked to surprise her every once and awhile. The only one who knew he was coming in early was Xander and Oz. Oz was going to pick him up at the airport while Xander would distract Cordelia by messing up something in the big plans for the Pryce’s baby shower.
However as he waited, his cell phone rang. He was surprised to see Faith’s number come up on his screen.
“Hello?”
“Hey, Lindsey, it’s Wesley.”
“Hey…”
“I know you’re in Tuscan and all, but could you pass a message onto Cordelia if you could? I can’t get her to answer her phone.”
“Sure, though I doubt I’d have any more luck then you.”
“Faith went into labor. We are at the hospital now. I know Cordelia wanted to be here.”
“Already? I thought the baby wasn’t due for another couple of weeks.”
“Well, apparently it likes to be early.”
~*~
When he had woken up that morning, Wesley had two things planned for the day. One was to construct that damn baby crib and the other was to make sure Faith didn’t kill anyone when they surprised her with the baby shower. Angel had let him know ahead of time, knowing how much both he and Faith hated surprises. Faith especially.
However, apparently he was going to spend the rest of the day sitting in the world’s most uncomfortable chair. He had finished his call to Lindsey a few minutes ago and now was sitting in the room with Faith who looked ready to kill the doctor as he said she probably be in labor for several more hours since it was her first child.
He was nervous as hell. While he pretended to be all calm he really wasn’t. Luckily Faith didn’t seem to see through this particular act. His own experience with his father and what happened with Connor kept him weary about fatherhood. He never wanted children till Faith told him she was pregnant. Perhaps inwardly he had wanted children, because it seemed like a switch got thrown. He had wanted this kid despite his misgivings. He had been excited when the panic wasn’t setting in.
Of course the timing had been awkward, but such was always the case when it came to their bunch of friends. Faith hadn’t been happy about being pregnant. It took away her supernatural strength and left her weak. She also had never wanted kids. Ever. However, she seemed happier about it as time went on and she was slowly getting used to having normal strength and abilities.
It had happened so quickly though. While they had been unofficially living with each other for close to four years before she had gotten pregnant, it had only been a few short months earlier that they had finally made it official.
He could remember the night clearly because he had started the day thinking he was loosing Faith. She had been illusive the week previous and when he did run into her she would be disagreeable and try to get away from as fast as she could. It had forced him to think about their relationship. He had gotten used to expecting Faith there. Not having her was a rude awaking and he finally realized he had come to love her.
After about a week of avoiding him she had appeared in his office looking perfectly calm and beautiful. It was like he needed a fix because he couldn’t look away from her. She apologized and refused his apology. Then she agreed to talk with him at the apartment later that night.
He opened the door to his apartment, finding Faith had already come home. She was sitting on the couch drinking a beer. She ha changed into a spaghetti strap shirt and a pair of cotton pants, her normal work out apparel. From the looks of it, she had already done her daily work out.
She looked up and smiled which relieved him slightly. Maybe she wasn’t all that mad at him. He wasn’t completely convinced though. He threw his jacket down and sat beside her on the couch. She offered him her beer, and he took a sip.
“Still want to talk?” She asked.
“Yeah, I think we need to.” He placed the beer down on the coaster she had on their coffee table. “I think we need to figure out what “us” is. We’ve put it off for too long.” She nodded but was silent for a second. Both he and Faith had ignored the whole ‘defining the relationship’ part. He knew his reasons were mostly because at first he was in love with Fred and later he was too comfortable to ask questions.
“I love you,” she said bluntly after a moment or two. She sounded unsure as how to say what she wanted to say. “I realized this last week and I freaked out. And you know how it is when I freak out, I run and become a bitch to everyone.” She looked at him briefly before standing and fiddling with the left out DVD cases.
“Is that the truth?” She looked back at him.
“When have I ever lied to you?” Which was a good point. She never lied directly to him. The others, yes, but she usually was truthful to him.
“I thought I’d ask.” He knew that for Faith, actions spoke louder then words. She had been given a lot of words that never panned out. So he stood up and walked over to her. He then proceeded to kiss her, hoping that he was conveying that the feeling was mutual. It never occurred to him that for once, the words may have been better.
Sadly, he hadn’t actually realized that she would need it said till after the fiasco around Fred and Spike’s wedding. She had been off that evening and it wasn’t till after she’d failed during the attack that he found out she was pregnant. He had been surprised, which was an understatement really. He hadn’t figured that he would start his own family, let alone with Faith. But after the surprise had worn off (and he had his hour of pure panic) he had been happy about it. This had surprised Faith. Apparently she had expected him to be angry about it. She didn’t think he loved her and thought that having a permanent connection with her wasn’t something he would want. He had finally corrected her on the matter when the situation with Lizzie had been finished.
~*~
“Cordelia,” Xander commented with a sigh. “The flowers are fine.” Lindsey owed him one. Cordelia had rearranged the arrangement of flowers at least five times in the last hour. Lorne should have done this. He was a little more relaxed then Cordelia and knew how to deal with her when she was in this kind of mood.
Luckily he was saved from her response by the arrival of Lindsey and Oz. The lawyer calmed his girlfriend down by repeating Xander’s words and generally just by being there. However what he said next made them all forget the stupid flowers.
“Wes called me at the airport. Faith went into labor about an hour ago.”
“Why didn’t he call me?” Cordelia asked as they all rushed out of the room to go to the hospital or to tell others the news.
“He did, no one answered,” Xander commented, holding up her phone, which she had forgotten to charge earlier and had left behind at the party room when she went shopping. No one had answered because it had been dead.
“Oh…”
“Buffy! No one can get her either. No Cellphone rule again.” Willow exclaimed as she got into her car.
“Why don’t you go pick her up and tell her? She was supposed to be done a few minutes ago right?” Fred asked.
“Yeah, good idea. See you guys later.” Fred, Oz and Xander got into the van and drove off to tell those at W&H. Willow went to get Buffy and Cordelia went with Lindsey in her own car.
“I can’t believe you didn’t tell me that you were coming back early!” Cordelia said once they pulled out and were on their way to the hospital.
“I wanted to surprise you,” Lindsey replied with a smile. “I got you something from Phoenix.”
“Oooo...What?”
“You’ll see.”
~*~
Fred found Xander’s notebook halfway back to the office. Xander tried to grab it back but she managed to keep it out of his reach. Flipping through it she recognized it as a book. A book about slayers, ones named Buffy and Faith in particular.
“You’re writing a story about Buffy?” Xander looked slightly embarrassed.
“She said it was ok. It will be considered a fiction book since it’s about Vampires even though it’s true.”
“Pretty cool idea, Xan.” Oz commented pulling into the firm’s parking garage. “Are you going to sell it?”
“Not sure yet,” Xander answered, his friend’s approval meaning a lot.
“Got a title for it?”
“Some Assembly Required.”
“Interesting title”, Oz commented and Fred murmured her agreement.
“I figured it fit us well,” Xander explained. “Since that kinda described our family pretty well.”
“How so?”
“Well, we were brought together piece by piece. First there was Buffy, Willow and myself and soon there after Giles. Then we gained Faith and Oz, followed by Wes. Then the family broke, but we gained Gunn, Fred, Spike, Dawn and Lindsey. So our family was assembled and it wasn’t at all easy.”
“That’s one way to look at it,” Fred said with a smile.
Section: Part 2 of ?? (I'm thinking four or five, depending on how long this last section goes)
Category: Angel/BtVS (Lizverse)
Rating: PG due to Language
Pairings: Many. Main pairings are Faith/Wes, Fred/Spike, Buffy/Angel and Lindsey/Cordelia
Summery: A day in the life of the group on the day the newest Wynham-Pryce makes his apperance. Takes place in Lizverse, 7 months after Shattered Glass. Sequel to Addiction, The Perfect Life, Christmas Time Again and Shattered Glass (In that order, although SG is not completed yet)
Warnings: This tends to be extremely fluffy, especially for this particular pairing. There are also children in this fic.
For those of you who haven't read Liz-verse before, It is an AU where Fred never became Ilyria and her and Spike have a 2 year old daughter named Elizabeth (or Lizzie) Bracknall. Buffy and Angel also have a son named Alec Summers. Connor knows who his father is and is apart of the family (even though he's not really in this fic). Spike and Fred are recently married, Lindsey and Cordelia have been dating for about seven months, Willow, Oz and Xander have joined them all in LA. Andrew and Giles are floating around somewhere, I'm sure. Also, Lindsey's yougner brother Jeremy has decided to join the company, and is currently moving into his new office.
The reason I'm posting this is in parts is because it's long. It wasn't chapter to start off with. This has also not been completely beta'd so there may be some changes later on. comments greatly wanted on this due to that fact (and I'm trying to get better on characterization
Part One
Lindsey had been lucky and managed to spring an earlier flight back from Tuscan where he had been for a business conference. The meetings had concluded early because the plaintiff in the case had decided to retract the case. So he got to come home a few hours early. He wasn’t about to complain.
He was hoping to surprise Cordelia. They had only been dating for the past seven months, starting a week after Fred and Spike’s wedding and he still liked to surprise her every once and awhile. The only one who knew he was coming in early was Xander and Oz. Oz was going to pick him up at the airport while Xander would distract Cordelia by messing up something in the big plans for the Pryce’s baby shower.
However as he waited, his cell phone rang. He was surprised to see Faith’s number come up on his screen.
“Hello?”
“Hey, Lindsey, it’s Wesley.”
“Hey…”
“I know you’re in Tuscan and all, but could you pass a message onto Cordelia if you could? I can’t get her to answer her phone.”
“Sure, though I doubt I’d have any more luck then you.”
“Faith went into labor. We are at the hospital now. I know Cordelia wanted to be here.”
“Already? I thought the baby wasn’t due for another couple of weeks.”
“Well, apparently it likes to be early.”
~*~
When he had woken up that morning, Wesley had two things planned for the day. One was to construct that damn baby crib and the other was to make sure Faith didn’t kill anyone when they surprised her with the baby shower. Angel had let him know ahead of time, knowing how much both he and Faith hated surprises. Faith especially.
However, apparently he was going to spend the rest of the day sitting in the world’s most uncomfortable chair. He had finished his call to Lindsey a few minutes ago and now was sitting in the room with Faith who looked ready to kill the doctor as he said she probably be in labor for several more hours since it was her first child.
He was nervous as hell. While he pretended to be all calm he really wasn’t. Luckily Faith didn’t seem to see through this particular act. His own experience with his father and what happened with Connor kept him weary about fatherhood. He never wanted children till Faith told him she was pregnant. Perhaps inwardly he had wanted children, because it seemed like a switch got thrown. He had wanted this kid despite his misgivings. He had been excited when the panic wasn’t setting in.
Of course the timing had been awkward, but such was always the case when it came to their bunch of friends. Faith hadn’t been happy about being pregnant. It took away her supernatural strength and left her weak. She also had never wanted kids. Ever. However, she seemed happier about it as time went on and she was slowly getting used to having normal strength and abilities.
It had happened so quickly though. While they had been unofficially living with each other for close to four years before she had gotten pregnant, it had only been a few short months earlier that they had finally made it official.
He could remember the night clearly because he had started the day thinking he was loosing Faith. She had been illusive the week previous and when he did run into her she would be disagreeable and try to get away from as fast as she could. It had forced him to think about their relationship. He had gotten used to expecting Faith there. Not having her was a rude awaking and he finally realized he had come to love her.
After about a week of avoiding him she had appeared in his office looking perfectly calm and beautiful. It was like he needed a fix because he couldn’t look away from her. She apologized and refused his apology. Then she agreed to talk with him at the apartment later that night.
He opened the door to his apartment, finding Faith had already come home. She was sitting on the couch drinking a beer. She ha changed into a spaghetti strap shirt and a pair of cotton pants, her normal work out apparel. From the looks of it, she had already done her daily work out.
She looked up and smiled which relieved him slightly. Maybe she wasn’t all that mad at him. He wasn’t completely convinced though. He threw his jacket down and sat beside her on the couch. She offered him her beer, and he took a sip.
“Still want to talk?” She asked.
“Yeah, I think we need to.” He placed the beer down on the coaster she had on their coffee table. “I think we need to figure out what “us” is. We’ve put it off for too long.” She nodded but was silent for a second. Both he and Faith had ignored the whole ‘defining the relationship’ part. He knew his reasons were mostly because at first he was in love with Fred and later he was too comfortable to ask questions.
“I love you,” she said bluntly after a moment or two. She sounded unsure as how to say what she wanted to say. “I realized this last week and I freaked out. And you know how it is when I freak out, I run and become a bitch to everyone.” She looked at him briefly before standing and fiddling with the left out DVD cases.
“Is that the truth?” She looked back at him.
“When have I ever lied to you?” Which was a good point. She never lied directly to him. The others, yes, but she usually was truthful to him.
“I thought I’d ask.” He knew that for Faith, actions spoke louder then words. She had been given a lot of words that never panned out. So he stood up and walked over to her. He then proceeded to kiss her, hoping that he was conveying that the feeling was mutual. It never occurred to him that for once, the words may have been better.
Sadly, he hadn’t actually realized that she would need it said till after the fiasco around Fred and Spike’s wedding. She had been off that evening and it wasn’t till after she’d failed during the attack that he found out she was pregnant. He had been surprised, which was an understatement really. He hadn’t figured that he would start his own family, let alone with Faith. But after the surprise had worn off (and he had his hour of pure panic) he had been happy about it. This had surprised Faith. Apparently she had expected him to be angry about it. She didn’t think he loved her and thought that having a permanent connection with her wasn’t something he would want. He had finally corrected her on the matter when the situation with Lizzie had been finished.
~*~
“Cordelia,” Xander commented with a sigh. “The flowers are fine.” Lindsey owed him one. Cordelia had rearranged the arrangement of flowers at least five times in the last hour. Lorne should have done this. He was a little more relaxed then Cordelia and knew how to deal with her when she was in this kind of mood.
Luckily he was saved from her response by the arrival of Lindsey and Oz. The lawyer calmed his girlfriend down by repeating Xander’s words and generally just by being there. However what he said next made them all forget the stupid flowers.
“Wes called me at the airport. Faith went into labor about an hour ago.”
“Why didn’t he call me?” Cordelia asked as they all rushed out of the room to go to the hospital or to tell others the news.
“He did, no one answered,” Xander commented, holding up her phone, which she had forgotten to charge earlier and had left behind at the party room when she went shopping. No one had answered because it had been dead.
“Oh…”
“Buffy! No one can get her either. No Cellphone rule again.” Willow exclaimed as she got into her car.
“Why don’t you go pick her up and tell her? She was supposed to be done a few minutes ago right?” Fred asked.
“Yeah, good idea. See you guys later.” Fred, Oz and Xander got into the van and drove off to tell those at W&H. Willow went to get Buffy and Cordelia went with Lindsey in her own car.
“I can’t believe you didn’t tell me that you were coming back early!” Cordelia said once they pulled out and were on their way to the hospital.
“I wanted to surprise you,” Lindsey replied with a smile. “I got you something from Phoenix.”
“Oooo...What?”
“You’ll see.”
~*~
Fred found Xander’s notebook halfway back to the office. Xander tried to grab it back but she managed to keep it out of his reach. Flipping through it she recognized it as a book. A book about slayers, ones named Buffy and Faith in particular.
“You’re writing a story about Buffy?” Xander looked slightly embarrassed.
“She said it was ok. It will be considered a fiction book since it’s about Vampires even though it’s true.”
“Pretty cool idea, Xan.” Oz commented pulling into the firm’s parking garage. “Are you going to sell it?”
“Not sure yet,” Xander answered, his friend’s approval meaning a lot.
“Got a title for it?”
“Some Assembly Required.”
“Interesting title”, Oz commented and Fred murmured her agreement.
“I figured it fit us well,” Xander explained. “Since that kinda described our family pretty well.”
“How so?”
“Well, we were brought together piece by piece. First there was Buffy, Willow and myself and soon there after Giles. Then we gained Faith and Oz, followed by Wes. Then the family broke, but we gained Gunn, Fred, Spike, Dawn and Lindsey. So our family was assembled and it wasn’t at all easy.”
“That’s one way to look at it,” Fred said with a smile.