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Normal is Never an Option
By Secret Slayer
Chapter Three
More Babies and More Magic
Previously...
"Yes, it is tranquil," he smiled.
"No," she leant forward and leaned against the desk, "It was tranquil", she corrected him.
"What do you mean?" he too leant forward, so they were practically nose to nose.
She lowered her voice.
"We dusted ten maybe twenty vamps last night, man. It was hectic, like Sunnydale hectic."
"Good lord."
"I hate to say it G, but I think there's a new Hellmouth, and I think we're sitting on it."
Three weeks later...
"I look like a whale," Buffy moaned.
Spike rolled his eyes, having heard that for the past week.
Buffy wasn't huge yet, but she was far more pregnant looking than a normal pregnancy would look at this stage. As Giles had said, the pregnancy was far quicker than most. It was expected that it would only last a couple more months.
Buffy pouted, trying on another top, just to find that this one was far too small as well. She pulled it off impatiently, her pout growing as she threw it on the bed and she turned to the vampire, who had been dressed for the past hour.
"What am I supposed to wear tonight?" she asked him expectantly.
"What about those maternal things you and the Bit bought last week," he suggested.
She frowned glancing to the baggy, yet pretty, clothes she and Dawn had purchased. She sighed, knowing she had no choice and pulled out one that was remotely sexy. She pulled it on and the black satin fabric settled loosely over her bump. She looked at herself in the mirror and pouted again. Before she could complain Spike spoke up.
"This is your bleedin' fault any way," Spike pointed out, "I never wanted to go to this soddin' dinner with Peaches and his bird."
"But they said it was important, but good. Which is strange because nothing is ever important and good at the same time for us, so we should go," she explained, putting on her earrings.
"Yeah well, if he mentions that bloody Shanshu bugger-boo again..." he stood from his chair in the corner of the bedroom, "He's even broodier now than he was before."
Buffy pulled on her jacket and turned towards her vampire. He was looking a lot less casual than usual tonight because the restaurant they were going to was quite fancy according to Giles, who had done the booking. He wore black jeans, with a dark blue shirt and some shiny, black shoes Buffy had bought him on her latest shopping spree. Though he had reluctantly worn the new look for tonight, he still insisted he wore his leather coat.
Buffy took Spike's hand and for the first time that evening smiled.
"At least one of us looks good this evening," she sighed, still smiling.
"You look beautiful luv," he assured her genuinely.
"Thank you."
Meanwhile, in the Manor...
The third lounge on the second floor, was eerily quiet. Willow was holding Xander's hand as Giles explained the bad news.
"I believe it's to do with the large amount of evil energy that was released in L.A," he began to explain, cleaning his glasses.
"But here?" Xander asked in disbelief.
"I'm afraid so," Giles replied gloomily, replacing his glasses.
"Does Buffy and Spike know?" Willow asked, glancing out of the window to see the blonde pair drive away in Spike's car.
"It would be far too stressful for Buffy," Giles promptly answered, "A new Hellmouth would only add to the worries of her pregnancy. That's why I needed to tell you without fear of them knowing."
"So you arranged for them to go for a meal?" Xander asked him.
"Cordelia suggested it, she has some good news apparently, I just helped," Giles smiled softly.
"Good news?" Willow echoed.
At the Restaurant...
"I'm pregnant!" Cordelia squealed excitedly.
All eyes in the restaurant turned on her in annoyance. She sat down in her seat and Angel apologised on her behalf. They were after all, in the best place in town, not everyone appreciated Cordelia's high pitched squeals whilst eating there over priced meals.
"Congratulations," Buffy smiled, leaning across the table to hug her brunette friend.
"So, you made use of certain human advantages, mate," Spike smirked at his grand sire.
"Not all bad," Angel smiled glancing at the girls talking excitedly next to them.
For some reason Buffy began to feel unsettled and she knew it wasn't a pregnancy thing. It was something else. Something worse. She gazed around the exquisite restaurant, but couldn't find anything unusual.
"You all right luv?" Spike asked, following her gaze.
"Some thing's wrong," she replied absently.
He looked at her and she turned her head to face him, smiling uneasily. Cordelia was just about to speak, when they all heard a quiet rattling noise. All four sets of eyes went to the table. The knives and forks vibrated on the polished table and the china plates began to tremble, travelling slowly to one end of the table.
"Earthquake?" Buffy suggested.
"Unlikely," Spike replied bluntly grabbing her hand.
He stood up, giving a knowing look to Angel. The ex-vampire soon took his girl friend's hand also. People around the room looked at them oddly as they began to shuffle towards the exit.
"Angel, where are we going. We haven't..." but Cordelia was unable to finish her sentence as the ground suddenly and violently jolted. It went still again, before jolting unexpectedly.
"Definitely not an earthquake," Buffy said nervously, gripping to her vampire's hand.
"Then what the bloody hell is it?" Spike asked, guiding his very pregnant Slayer to the car.
"Feels like a Hellmouth," Angel suggested, getting into the back of Spike's car as it was closer.
"And how the hell would you know? Sorry to break the news mate, but your human. You don't get those feelings any more," Spike pointed out, starting the engine.
The ground jolted again, pushing the car forward a meter and nearly causing it to crash into the building.
"So what do you suggest, bleach brain?" Angel growled.
All eyes fell on the vampire and he glanced around the car suddenly feeling uncomfortable.
"Fine. It could be a Hellmouth," he mumbled.
"But how?" Buffy asked, "I thought there was just that one in Cleveland."
Suddenly the ground jolted even more violently than before, this time sending the car hurtling backwards into a hedge. Luckily no damage was done to the occupants of the car.
"That was close," Cordy sighed glancing at the branch that was just centimetres away from her head.
"Too close," Angel mentioned.
Without a word they all got out of the unusable car. They started to walk away from the car park, when Buffy felt that unsettling feeling again.
"Spike," she whispered, pulling on his hand.
He stopped, whilst the other couple continued walking obliviously.
"What luv?" he asked concerned.
Before he could answer an almighty roar cut into the night. He instinctively stepped closer to Buffy and glanced around, expecting the worst. He hadn't been wrong to either. A large creature, with twisting horns, blood red eyes and cloven feet emerged from the field beside the restaurant. It saw the two couples immediately and charged at them like a bull to a red cloak.
It was fast too. Too fast for any of them to get of the way quick enough. Closing their eyes in anticipation, Buffy and Cordy gripped to their boyfriends. But after a second, and the noise of a frustrated grunt, the women opened their eyes.
Buffy's mouth fell open. She gazed around herself and noticed Spike's proud smile. Around herself and the nearby couple a bright light engulfed them like a bubble. Swirling shades of pinks and blues mingled together as their shell and the creature tried with all it's force to break into it.
"Buffy, Spike, what did you do?!" Cordelia yelled, smiling gratefully.
"Wasn't us!" Spike answered.
"It was them," Buffy said quietly to herself, glancing at her unborn children.
To Be Continued...
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