2. Finding out

Sunnydale- March 28, 2002 - Week 6

Spike/ Willow

Spike lay, with his head on his lover's stomach smiling up at her as he heard her sigh in her sleep. His young redhead had been with him for nearly two years. He could remember their first time together as if it were yesterday...

Sunnydale October 19, 1999 UC Sunnydale- Fischer Hall

Willow lay on her bed, staring into space. She lay there wondering why no one wanted to be with her, why everyone had to leave her. Her parents were always travelling, then Buffy had run away, and finally Oz. Did no one really like her? What was wrong with her?

A knock at the door momentarily stopped her new bought of self pity. "Come in" she said lazily. She regretted her words instantly as the door slowly began to open, revealing a tall, lanky blue-eyed bleach blond vampire. "Spike!" taken by surprise, she jumped up. "WH-What do you want? A... a spell? I can do that."

Willow tried to run past him, only to be pushed roughly back into her bedside table.

Spike slowly began walking towards her. "Now, I'm gonna kill you, no choice in that. But..." Getting even closer to her he continued. "I can let you stay dead... Or...". His mouth was now inches from her ear. " Bring you back like me." He inhaled, pausing to let his plan sink in, but also bringing in the wonderful scent that was only Willow.

"I—I'll scream." Willow stammered out.

"Bonus" he said leaning in to bring his teeth to her neck. Willow let out a sharp scream. He slapped his hand over her mouth, turned on the radio and pushed her onto the bed. He jumped on her, slightly aroused by his closeness to her.

Willow lay on the bed; her eyes squeezed shut waiting for her life to pass before her eyes as he gave her a life-ending bite. After what seemed like hours, she felt Spike's weight move off her and onto the edge of her bed. He sat there staring at his hands. She felt a sudden urge to have his body back on top of her. Missing the contact of his hard body, she barely heard him say, "I don't understand. This sort of thing's never happened to me before."

"Maybe you were nervous" Willow quietly said, inching closer to him.

"I felt alright when I started. Let's try again". This time he inched closer to her, hesitating as he brought his mouth to her neck. Inhaling to get himself back into his "killer" mind-set, he caught the slightest scent of arousal. Thinking it could not possible be the red witch below him, he violently bite into her, only to have intense pain ricochet through his body.

"Ow! Oh! Ow! Damn it!" he said as he kicked the dresser.

Willow got up and walked to him. "Maybe you are trying too hard," she said as she put her hand on his arm. "Doesn't this happen to all vampires?"

"Not to me it doesn't" Spike snapped as he shook her hand off.

Willow walked to the bed hurt. "It's me isn't it?"

"What are you talking about?" Spike said turning to her.

"Well, you came looking for Buffy, then settled" Staring down at her hands she fought to keep from crying. "I—I... You didn't want to bite me, I just happened to be around.

Brushing off her words he said "Piffle"

Going to sit on the bed, he listened to her rant, "I know I'm not the kind of girl vamps like to sink their teeth into. It's always, ooh you're like a sister to me or ooh you're such a good friend."

Taking her hands in his, Spike softly said, "Don't be ridiculous." She tried to pull her hands away, hurt, but stopped when he continued. "I'd bite you in a heartbeat".

"Really?" Willow said inching even closer to him.

"Thought about it".

"When?" Willow questioned, feeling her temperature raise as Spike began to rub his thumb back and forth on the back of her hand.

"Remember last year, you had on that...fuzzy pink number with the lilac underneath?" Spike whispered, feeling himself begin to get excited, remembering her outfit and what may have been underneath it.

"Mmm, I never would have guessed. You played the blood-lust very cool" Willow said seductively, emphasizing lust.

"I hate being obvious." Spike said, contradicting himself as his lips crashed onto hers.

Against his lips Willows mumbled, "You know this does not make you any less terrifying".

"Don't patronize me" Spike said as he pushed them fully on the bed, tearing off her clothes, replacing each piece of clothing with a path of kisses.

Back to 2002

Smiling as all the memories of their first night together rushed back to him, Spike placed his head onto Willow's stomach, his left ear just below her bellybutton. Relaxing into her, he listened for her heartbeat. He listened, hearing not only her heartbeat but two other faint ones. Why did his Red have three heartbeats? Had she cheated on him? She was planning on leaving him! Like Dru had! No, he would not allow it!

"Red!" He said through clenched teeth. When she remained asleep he reached forward roughly shaking her shoulders. "WILLOW" he yelled.

Alarmed Willow sat bolt upright. When she realized it was just Spike she said "Geez Spike, you scared me!" She turned to him, immediately knowing something was wrong as she stared into his now golden eyes. "Spike," she whispered, running her hands over his vampiric ridges trying to calm him. "What's wrong?"

"What's wrong? What's wrong is that I just found out that you cheated on me!" He yelled as he stood and began to pace the length of the bed. "Not only that, but you let the bastard knock you up! I heard them! The heartbeats of your two 'buns'!" he spat out in disgust.

"What are you talking about? I have not and never will cheat on you! As for me being pregnant I suggest you get your hearing checked, because unless you cold, dead sperm, got heated again, you are wrong! I have not slept with anyone, other than you for the past two years!" She turned away from him, trying to keep her tears in.

She whipped around as a though came to her. "Even if I had cheated on you, which I never have, you would have smelt him on me. So, Mr. Smart Ass, next time you accuse me of cheating on you, actually, there better be no next time! You better get your facts straight instead of jumping to outrageous conclusions!" Spike opened his mouth to speak, but did not get anything out before Willow pushed past him to go into the bathroom, vomiting into the toilet. The second she ran past him, Spike was by her side, rubbing her back.

"Pet," he said once she was finished "I'm sorry I accused you of cheating, but I know I heard three heartbeats. One was strong; yours, and the other two were faint. I know what I heard pet".

As the words sunk in, she realized that she had not gotten her period this month. "Spike I never cheated on you"

"I know pet, I was bloody stupid to think you did" Spike said, guilt apparent in his eyes.

"You're right"

"Well thanks, pet" sarcasm rolled off his tongue, trying to lighten the mood.

"No, not about that, well actually you were stupid, but I think I might be pregnant, I don't know how it could happen, but then again, we do live on a Hellmouth, so really, anything could happen. I think that we better go see Giles." She finished as her breathe ran out. "But first I will go to the drug store to get a couple of pregnancy tests and a whole bunch of juice."

Three tests later

A red and a blonde head stared down at three pregnancy tests, each with a large positive sign on them.

"Well I guess that proves it, I am pregnant... by a vampire." Willow said, looking at Spike with glistening eyes.

"Peaches once told me of a demon doctor down in L.A. We can look her up next weekend." Spike replied.

Seeing the glistening of unshed tears in her eyes, Spike brought her into a hug. "Everything is going to be alright. We'll figure this out"

"We better get ready, we have a research meeting in an hour." Willow said, allowing them to momentarily forget about their little problem.

The Magic Box two hours later

The team had been researching for an hour before Giles suggested it was time to patrol.

"Okay, Buffy, you are with Riley, Xander, you are with Anya... where is Anya?" Giles said finally realizing that someone was missing.

"Bathroom" Xander replied staring at the door. "She has been there for a while. I wonder what she is doing in there"

"I am guessing going to the bathroom Xan." Willow said, trying to reassure him, despite her mild curiosity at Anya's lengthy disappearance.

"Well anyways, Xander you are with Anya, leaving Spike and Willow together" Giles finished

"Red is not going on patrol" Spike stated

"What?" Everyone else said in union.

"Why not? I am just as capable as anyone else to take care of myself. We always patrol together. Don't you want to patrol with me?" Willow whined.

"It's too dangerous." Spike said "You or somebody else could get hurt" Spike whispered into her ear. When the reason for his act of protectiveness finally dawned on her, she quieted down, relieved that he had not told the rest of them about their soon to be bundles of joy. The relief she had immediately left as he continued.

"In fact, Red won't be patrolling for quite a while. Maybe eight... nine months." With that comment he received a hard jab in the stomach.

"Spike!" Willow exclaimed, "Not now!"

"Willow?" Xander said "What do you mean you won't be able to patrol for nine months?"

"Willow, do you have something to tell us?" Giles said, knowing exactly what she was going to say, but could not fathom how it had happened.

"Uhh, well, I... uhh, I'm..." Willow started when there was a large bang, as the bathroom door was flung open.

"I'm pregnant! Xander, I'm pregnant" Anya shouted waving a positive pregnancy test in the air.

Xander's face paled slightly as his girlfriend nearly crashed into him as she ran to hug him. When she finally reached him, he wore a goofy smile. "I'm going to be a dad!" He exclaimed looking around at his friend's surprised faces, hugging Anya to him tighter.

"Now we have to get married, so that our child is not a bastard." Anya said when she finally tore away from her boyfriend, who was yet again stunned into silence.

When he finally got his voice, he managed to choke out, "One thing at a time An."

Anya looked happily around, looking at each person, with pure happiness in her eyes. When she looked around, she saw happiness that was slightly clouded by looks of terror. "Aren't you all happy for us?" she said, slightly disappointed that they were not as overjoyed as she expected them to be.

Feeling that she had better get it over with Willow said, "Of course we are happy for you, and I don't want to overshadow your special day, but... well... Spike and I... Spike and I..."

"Oh, for heaven sakes, pet, just tell 'em." Spike interrupted

"I'm pregnant too." Willow finally spilled out.

This time the looks of surprise were even more apparent then when Anya had made her announcement.

Finally breaking the silence, Xander joked "Two down, one to go. Well, Buff, when ya gonna tell us you're pregnant?" Looking at her with a smile.

Everyone looked at Buffy. She turned into Riley in shame, telling everyone the answer to Xander's question.

"Well, three women pregnant. Seeing as we live on a Hellmouth, I believe, that this is not a coincidence. I suggest we research prophecies concerning pregnant women, particularly three. Since all three women are pregnant, Xander, Riley and Spike you three patrol. I will call the Watcher's Council. Since no Slayer has ever lived long enough to bear children, I believe that the council may be able to call upon a new slayer. I believe that pregnancy is close enough to death to qualify for a new slayer to be brought to Sunnydale." Giles said as he cleaned his glasses.

"What do you mean pregnancy is close to death?" Willow said, slightly offended.

"Well, in both pregnancy and death all three of you will not be very useful during battles and fighting." Giles answered calmly, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

"What! Just because I am pregnant, does not mean I can't slay. Slaying is my job! What am I supposed to do, twiddle my thumbs?" Buffy ranted

"Buffy, you get hurt constantly during fights. What if in one of those fights you hurt the baby... our baby." Riley said, staring into her eyes

Buffy looked back at him, nodded and looked away. "Fine, call for another slayer."

"Now that has decided on that, you boys go patrol, while the girls and I research." Giles said walking to the phone.

"Fun." Buffy muttered. "They get to go out and slay, while we research." She watched as Giles reached for the phone.

"Wait!" Willow said, before the guys left to patrol. "Spike said that he knew a demon doctor in L.A. I think that we should go see the doctor instead of patrolling. Just to make sure there is nothing hinky going on with our babies." She looked around the room, seeing nods of agreement from everyone.

After quickly packing and deciding who was riding with whom, they set off for L.A.

L.A. Two Hours later.

"Angel! Behind you!" Cordelia shouted as yet another vampire came out of the shadows. Angel whipped around, punching the vampire in the stomach. Cordelia looked around for another victim to stake. As she looked around she saw Fred and Wesley fighting side by side, their motions in sync. Turning she saw Gunn playing with a vampire making the fight last as long as possible. Finally she turned back to Angel staring at him in awe, momentarily forgetting where she was, as she watched his graceful motions.

Distracted from the fight, Cordelia did not notice the vampire grab her from behind. Slamming his hand over her mouth he sunk his teeth into her neck. She was frozen in fear, just standing there as he sucked her blood. Only sucking for a moment, he lifted his head to cockily yell to his fighting friends "Well, it has been a long time since I've had a pregnant one!"

At hearing the vampire's voice, Angel whipped around, growling when he saw Cordelia in another vampire's arms, with his teeth inches from her neck. She was his! Running to her side with vampiric speed he yanked Cordelia from the vampire's hold, pulling her protectively to his body. "She's mine!" he growled in the vampire's ear, as he broke his neck.

As Fred, Wesley and Gunn finished off the last three vampires, Angel and Cordelia stood, hugging each other, neither wanting to be the first to let go. Sobbing into his chest Cordelia began to relax as he stroked her hair, whispering to her that everything was going to be alright.

As Gunn finally finished staking the last vampire, he walked towards Wesley and Fred, whispering "Was it just me, or did that vampire say that Cordy was pregnant?"

Hearing Gunn, Angel moved to look into to Cordelia's eyes. "Whose is it?" He said trying to keep his voice from becoming a possessive growl. He knew he had failed when he looked into her hurt eyes.

"Well that is what I like to hear after almost dying thank-you very much!" She snapped.

"Whose is it?" Angel asked again, trying even harder to control his anger.

"For your information, Angel," she snapped "I have not been with a man for almost two years, thanks to these wonderful visions. I have if you remember slept with one vampire... in an enchanted room mind you, and unless a certain vampire with a soul got some special powers that allows him to have children I am NOT pregnant!"

"Let me test." Angel said, immediately having guilt flash before his eyes as he realized what he had just said.

"Let you test? You want to suck MY blood so that you can see if that scumbag of a vampire was telling the truth? Well you're a little late because I already took a test" Looking at his with hate in her eyes she continued, not allowing him even a second to say anything "You know what... FINE! Test my goddamn blood! Then you can tell everyone that it is impossible for a vampire to knock someone up! Oh wait, too late!"

"What are you talking about?" Angel yelled.

"I took a pregnancy test this morning stupid, it was POSITIVE, you know that little cross sign, and I always thought crosses were good." Tears streaking down her face she turned away from him.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Angel said quietly.

"I was going to, but I got scared." She said the last word so quietly even Angel struggled to hear her.

"Scared of what"

"That it wasn't true. Scared that you would not want me to have your child, scared that it was some demonic thing again and that it wasn't really yours. Scared because I know you are a vampire and that it is not even possible for you to get me pregnant." Cordelia whispered as she walked closer to him.

"We will find out what is going on." He whispered back, kissing her on the forehead. "And for the record, I have always dreamed of being a father, especially a father to a child of your's"

Not realizing that they had been walking and talking, with their friends leading them, they now stood in the lobby of the hotel. Their friends stood in awe as they watched what was happening.

Fred whispered to Wesley "I knew that they would get together. They have kyrumption! And Moira." She looked into Wesley's eyes, a slight twinkle in them. "Speaking of pregnant women..."

Not sure if he understood her he said, "What?"

Fred punched him in the arm, "I'm pregnant too silly." At that moment Anne had walked into the hotel, a dazed expression on her face.

Looking everywhere she finally found Gunn. "Uhh, Gunn, I need to talk to you" She motion to a door of the basement, feeling that it was the closest private place.

"Okay Annie" he said giving her a confused look. He left, following her to the basement, leaving his four confused friends behind.

After he had been gone for a minute, Cordelia slowly crept to the door, pressing her ear against it. Listening at the door she heard a thud and Anne gasp.

Quickly opening the door, she ran down the stairs, closely followed by Angel, Fred and Wesley. As they ran down the stairs, they saw Gunn on the floor, unconscious with Anne standing over him, looking down at him in concern.

"What happened?" Wesley said as they reached the bottom of the stairs.

"We were talking, I had just told him I was pregnant and then he fainted!" Anne said

Everybody looked around, trying to suppress their laughter. They all failed miserably, when Gunn finally came to. Seeing him, they all burst out laughing.

"What happened?" He groggily questioned.

"You... you fainted" Wesley gasped between giggles, as everyone burst out into another round of laughter.

Remembering the reason as to why he fainted he said "Oh hilarious! Laugh at the new father to be! I didn't laugh at you two? Okay, maybe I laughed at Wes a little, but only a little."

As their new situation became clearer everyone quieted. Anne looked around, confused, "What's wrong? What do you mean you two? Who else is pregnant?"

"It seems that all three of you girls are pregnant. Now if you all were pregnant by humans, I would consider your pregnancies a very odd coincidence, but the fact that Angel is the father to Cordelia's child, I find coincidences unlikely." Wesley explained, slightly out of breath as he finished his speech.

"Well, I know this doctor downtown that specializes in demons and the mystical. I think that all three of you should see her tonight, just to be sure that everything is okay with the babies" Angel said, apparently to everyone, but his eyes were fixated on Cordelia.

She nodded in agreement. Angel noticeably relaxed. "Don't want to find out I am pregnant with another demon baby" Cordelia said shuddering as she remember her last pregnancy and her odd hunger for blood.

"She usually just takes walk-in clients, so we can go now" Angel said, as he clasped his hand in Cordelia, walking them towards the stairs.

"Hey! Slow down big guy!" Cordelia said almost falling as he tugged her along.

"Sorry" Angel mumbled under his breath as they finally reached his car.

Fred and Wesley got in the back seat as Angel turned to Gunn and Anne. "You guys follow me in the truck.

As soon as everyone was ready, they headed for the doctor's office.

To Be continued ...