by Goddess Isa
SUMMARY: God, is it really that hard to pick a baby name?
SPOILERS: My stories Blissful Existence, Unanticipated, Jitters? Nope. Not
Me and Surprise!!!
FEEDBACK: Please, I'd hate to have to Slay for it. =P
RATING: TV-PG
DISCLAIMER: Joss is an idiot, but he did give us Buffy and Angel so I
suppose I can't hate EVERYTHING about him. Wait, wait, he gave us Riley,
Parker, Kate and Jheira. Yeah, I can hate everything about him. Ignore
everything. He does own them though, and I don't. Damn.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: August, 2000
AUTHOR'S NOTES2: Really and truly the last story in this series
"Lily?" Buffy asked.
"No."
"Liana?" she asked.
"Buffy, we've been over it."
"I know, I know." she took a deep breath. "I still like Jenna."
"Too much like Jennifer."
"Which makes us both think of...never mind."
"If we were going with Jenna, we may as well call her Britney."
"What a lovely image to give me *now*." she glared at him. "And may I
remind you that you're the one who put me in this position?"
"ME?" he demanded.
"Yes, you."
"Buffy, it was your choice to--"
"Stop!" she took another deep breath and then said, "We both created this
child, Angel."
"Yes, but you're the only one breast feeding her."
"Angel," she said in a warning tone.
"Buffy," he shot back.
"I still like Angelina," she said as she carefully switched the baby to
her other breast.
"I still like Marcella," he would do anything to get away from calling
the child Angel.
"And have her nickname be Marci? No way."
"What about Tiana?" he said. "We liked Tiana."
"Too much like Titanic." she shook her head. "And we didn't want to go
with Tiana, because it goes with Kiana, and we already said the next girl
would be Kendra."
"Tiana Faith works though," he pointed out.
"But I want to name her after Cordelia," Buffy reminded him. "We agreed
her middle name would be Lauren."
Angel snorted. "You win."
"What?" Buffy blinked.
"You win. Valerie Lauren Willow Daly it is."
Buffy smiled at him and Angel leaned over to kiss her.
"Thank you," she whispered.
"I only agreed to it because I like the name Val," he said. "It's
different."
"It's beautiful." she lifted the baby off of her breast and handed her to
Angel while she re-buttoned her nightshirt. "Angel?"
"Hmm?"
"Do you think Val will wind up being called as a Slayer?"
"I don't know," he answered honestly.
"What if she is?"
"I guess we'll deal with it when it happens."
"Right," she nodded. "Angel?"
"Yes."
"Can we insist that Willow be her Watcher?"
"I suppose it could be arranged."
"Angel?" she asked in a small voice. "One more thing?"
"What?"
"If she falls in love with Spike--"
"I'll dust him."
"Thank you." she said gratefully.