Expecting The Unexpected

Disclaimer: It all belongs to Joss Wheddon And Mutant Enemy. I borrow 'em occassionally : D

Intro:Set after Chosen. Angel and Spike have been to Italy and seen Buffy with The Immortal. Spike moves on and works for Angel.

Buffy moves back to L.A and turns up at the Wolfram and Hart offices out of the blue with a shock for the team. This is a Spuffy fic but will be set in Angelverse . Some Buffy characters involved as cameo's.

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Chapter One

Buffy stood in the doorway, her hand resting on her hip.

Spike stared at her, his mouth open, no sound eminated from it.

Angel looked up from his desk and couldn't take his eyes off her.

"No bleedin' way!"

"Yes way and don't you dare say what I think your going to say"

"How in hell ... no don't answer that pet, think we all know"

Buffy shut the door to Angels office and stormed over to Spike, punching him on the nose and sending said vampire staggering into Angels desk

"Why didn't you tell me you were back in the land of the undead? A letter, card, phone call... hey you can even say it with flowers"

"It's complicated"

"And this... isnt?" she pointed to her protruding stomach

Spike didn't have a come back for that, not one that wouldn't have resulted in another punch on his nose. What could he say?I died burning up wearing the tackiest pendant on the face of the planet, closed a Hellmouth, come back as a ghost and then get made flesh again, then find out the the girl you love who currently thinks your still dead, is pregnant with your child, oh and just to further complicate matters, she's a Slayer , your a Vampire.Hmmmm trump that! I don't think so!

Angel finally came back to earth and offered Buffy a seat, earning Spike yet another evil glare.He covered his nose just in case her free hand decided to take aim again.

'God she looks so bloody sexy right now' he thought ' Angry and pregnant with my baby' . Spike drew his duster round him to hide the evidence of his arousal ' Bint always made him feel like this before but now, Gah! he could slam her down and screw her into Angels carpet , she was utterly delicious'.

The five minute silence and the constant stares she was getting from the two vampires was starting to get on her incredibly feisty nerves. Buffy shook her head as she realised they were both focused on another part of her anatomy that had swollen with the pregnancy.

"Helloo , eyes up here" she snapped her fingers to draw their attention. Both of the offenders snapped their eyes upwards and if they could blush, she was sure they would be beetroot red by now.

Angel walked round to the other side of his desk and leant against it, stretching out his legs and crossing them at his ankles. He folded his arms and pouted

"How is it that Spike has managed this, it's unheard of , you do know this should not be able to happen, it's only ever been recorded once before between two vampires?" Angel said, his jealousy obvious in the tone of his voice

"No shit Sherlock!" Spike spat back at him , beating Buffy to it. "Excuse me while I wait for someone to come in, shove a cigar in my gaping great gob and sing congratu-bloody-lations pet "

"I think we should get Wesley and the team on this. Wes did most of the research when Darla was pregnant with Connor"

"Huh? Connor?"

Angel looked at Buffy with an almost shameful expression on his face "My son , mine and Darla's "

"So mystical vamp pregnancy not so unique, figures" Buffy wiggled in the chair, seemed Junior wasn't going to give her peace while she dealt with 'Daddy'. "Okay get Wes in here and see what he has to say then, this should be interesting" she muttered

Angel called his team in for a consult regarding the 'news'.

Spike was now knelt by Buffy with his hand on the bump. He was in awe of this girl, his Slayer, she was giving him the most precious of gifts. He felt the kicks and punches and stared up at Buffy , his love for her there for all to see. She softened under his gaze and stroked his face and cupped his cheek.He had so many questions but they could wait.

Wesley, Fred, Lorne and Gunn came into the office.' Great , more stares' Buffy thought and rolled her eyes . Spike was unaware, still laughing and crying at the little miracle that was kicking and punching him .

It was Angel that briefed his team "Don't know how but 'Deliriously Happy' over there has managed to achieve the impossible.. again. Buffy this is my team, team, this is Buffy , current Slayer and also the Mother of Bleach boys baby"

"Least I can get a happy on without losing my soul you prissy git!"

The team had become accustomed to the two vampires verbally sparring, Buffy however was short tempered due to hormones and had very little patience.

Angel sat behind his desk, muttering as he shuffled some papers "I was the first vampire with a soul, he has to get his, I save the world, he has to sacrifice himself to save the world, I'm the first vampire to have a son, he has to have one too"

"What are you? Twelve??" Buffy asked him "Bathroom?" the baby had decided to settle on her bladder making it an urgent request.

Spike helped Buffy up and escorted her to the nearest ladies.

"Don't you dare say I'm huge or that I waddle or else you'll find yourself on the pointy end of a stake"

"Wouldn't dream of it pet, I happen to find you incredibly sexy right now."

Buffy rolled her eyes "Not feeling like that right now, three months ago though" she blushed when she realised that she had said it out loud.

Buffy just made it to the bathroom . The satisfying sigh was clearly audible to Spike. God he missed her and felt guilty at missing the first few months of her pregnancy. As time passed he gathered more than a few questions.He would have to take Buffy back to his apartment so they could talk privately.She came out of the ladies and gripped his arm.

"Can we get out of here? Angel knows the ins and outs, he can get his team working on this without us being here can't he?" she asked

"Sure Luv, just a sec" He left Buffy for a minute and went to the front desk "Harm, keys to the Viper an' don't tell Angel, cos he's busy "

"K Blondie Bear" she leant over the desk and watched Buffy. "Who got the Slutty the Vampire Slayer pregnant, I mean like who would, she's just so urghhh , icky, bet its some nasty demon spawn"

"Spike "

"Coming Pet, oh n' Harm, that demon spawn happens to mine, you might wanna keep that bleedin' trap of your shut unless you want to meet a dusty end"

Shocked, Harmony plonked down heavily in her seat and handed Spike the keys to the Viper.

In the office, the team discussed the Slayers pregnancy and what that meant with regards to the prophecy that Wesley had studied when Connor was a baby. Was there a different prophecy or was this just one of those things. The baby had to be concieved on the Hellmouth so anything was possible. Angel was quick to add that it was Spikes child so it was highly unlikely to be anything good, and what was taking them so long?

The Viper shot through the downtown district of L.A at speed and pulled up outside an apartment block. Spike ran round and opened the car door for his heavily pregnant slayer. He helped her out and hurried her into his apartment.He threw the keys into a bowl on the table and stood there . For once the usually cocky Vampire was lost for words.

"You know, the least you could do is offer me a drink " Buffy broke the spell he was under and with a swirl of leather he disappeared into the kitchen. The fridge door opened and he ducked behind it

"All I got in is O neg and I doubt that's quite what you had in mind is it luv?"

"I did go through a phase in my fourth month, but it gave me cronic indigestion" She waited for his head to pop up over the fridge door "5 ... 4... 3 ... 2 ... 1"

"What the f... Oi! that aint even funny!"

Buffy obviously disagreed as she was now sat on his couch with tears streaming down her face and she was clutching her bump, whilst laughing loudly.

It was one of the only times Spike had seen her really laugh. It was an amazing sight for him and he couldn't help but join in .He slammed the fridge shut and grabbed his keys again "I'll just go an' get you some soda's, you hungry at all?"

"Yeah I am, surprise me"

Spike ran out the apartment and into the night.

Buffy's curiosity got the better of her and she wandered around his home . She looked everywhere and found nothing of much interest until she went into the vampires bedroom. Spike didn't have many belongings as such. The only thing that she could see that had survived Sunnydale with him was a picture of Her Mum with Dawn and herself.She looked to be about seventeen in the picture, so that would have been taken around the time that they had called their first truce. She smiled and then took a deep breath, it was when Angelus was loose and he had tried to use Acathla to suck the world into hell. How had this survived? She didn't have any pictures , everything she had owned, sunk into the abyss that was Sunnydale.

By the time Spike had returned from the store, Buffy was reclined on the couch and channel surfing. She looked comfy there and Spike felt a tug at his heart. This is what he had wanted when they were in Sunnydale and this seemed to be temporary. Her world and his moved in different circles now. He hoped that she had quit Slaying , it wasn't like it was just her now. Faith could lead the girls and well, the world was now full of Slayers. This was one of those topics he was going to be having a nice little chat with her about.

Spike served up the kung pow chicken he had gotten her and bought in the six pack of sodas for her. Buffy's eyes lit up when she saw the plate full of Chinese, and tucked in, devouring it in no time.

"So, where do you wanna start then Buff?"

"How about the beginning?"

"As good as any i guess, when did you find out?"

"When I got to Italy. At first we thought I had stomach flu or something then I went to the Doctors and well, he asked the usual questions including the ' could you be pregnant' one. I said no cos well, vampires cant .When the blood test came back and they confirmed that I was , I was a mess"

She saw his face drop and realised how it came across

"No not in a bad way, Spike, I was grieving for you and you were gone. And there I was, pregnant by you. I was so alone"

Spike sat next to her and held her hands. "If I had known I would have rushed back once I was made coporeal again. Angel n Me came to Italy an' saw you with that wanker the Immortal an' well I wasn't gonna stick around after that"

"The Immortal was helping us with a case, where did you see us together then?"

"Some club, you were hanging off him Buffy an' dancing with him"

"We were undercover that night, we heard that a group of demons and some Vampires were going to be frequenting the club that night and I went to do some serious Slayage"

"Those Bloody Vamps were me n Angel, they were trying to set us up!" he calmed down again and looked into her eyes "Were you pregnant then?"

"Yes"

Spike paced the room "You were out clubbin' n' slayin' while you were carryin' my baby? I should bloody well slap you for that you stupid bint!"

Buffy raised her brows and stood up to him "I didn't know at the time otherwise I would have stayed at home " Spike stopped pacing and reached into his pocket for his smokes. He pulled one out and went to light up. Seeing the stern look on her face, he quickly put it back and resumed his pacing.

"Right so, how far gone are you?"

"Thirty two weeks"

"You had one of those doo hickey pics dojne yet?"

"A scan and yes" she opened her bag and handed the scan pictures to him and sat down.

Spike flicked back and forth through the pictures and tried hard to not cry. He picked one and slipped it into his back pocket of his jeans, before handing them back to her.

"Did you find out what it is?"

"Do you want to know?"

"Of course... well Buffy, what am I gonna have?"

"A girl"

Spike couldn't hold back any longer, the tears fell, he smiled and hugged her so tightly. He reigned kisses down on her neck and face. Realising he had let down the barriers , he withdrew and composed himself again.

"Right, so , where do you live now?"

"I'm in between places at the moment , but I'm staying with one of the Potentials that survived the battle with The First. Do you remember Vi?

He nodded

"Well I'm with her, here in L.A." Buffy handed him the address and phone number " You can reach me there"

The address went in the same pocket as the scan picture.

"Where's Niblet?"

"She settled in Italy, she's in a fantastic school and doing well. Willow and Kennedy , Andrew and Giles live there with her. I can't fly now, but I used to fly there every weekend to see her."

"Andrew knew we were there , just thought you might wanna have a word with him about it"

"Little tratcherous ... wait til I get my hands on him!"

Spike sat next to Buffy and sighed

"What?"

"S'nothin pet"

"Would you mind if I stayed here tonight, It's late and I am so tired"

"Take the bed luv, I'll settle on the couch"

"Thanks, I'll um , just go and have a shower then. Spike?"

"Hmmm "

"I'm glad your back. I missed you"

Buffy had closed the bathroom door by the time Spike had looked up to answer her.

He sat there for ten minutes going over everything. He finally realised that she had no luggage with her.Spike stood outside of the bathroom door and tapped on the door to draw her attention to the fact that he was there.

"Buffy luv?"

"What?"

"Have you got a change of clothes or any sleep wear with you?"

"No, I kinda came here on a whim"

"None to bright now was it?"

"Okay my bad"

"I'll just pop out an' get you a few bits k , back soon"

"Bloody woman!" he growled as he kicked the car tyre. He got into the car and slammed the door shut just before he tore away at high speed.

Buffy wrapped herself in his robe . She felt more relaxed now, the day had been tense and frustrating. Tomorrow promised to be much of the same, but tonight she would try and connect with Spike and let him bond with his unborn daughter.