A/N: This chapter is a couple months later. I didn't wanna cover every month of her pregnancy and really didn't feel like writing about the first Dr. appt cuz I felt like that's been done a lot (even though so has the whole pregnant thing, but whatever, lol). I hope everyone likes this chapter and please review and lemme know what y'all think!
Two months had passed since Buffy's first Dr. appointment and, besides some morning sickness, she was feeling pretty good. The doctor told her that she was eight weeks along so, two months having passed, she was now almost 17weeks and was beginning to show. She still hadn't told her friends and was feeling really guilty about it, especially with Willow. Willow was her best friend besides Faith and she hated lying to her so when she called Buffy one Saturday morning and asked if she wanted to hang out with her and the rest of the gang, Buffy decided to take that opportunity to let everyone in on her secret.
Buffy looked in the mirror before getting dressed Saturday morning. Her normally tiny frame was beginning to get a small baby bump, but, since she was usually so little, it was quite noticeable with the right outfit. Until then, Buffy had worn looser-fitting clothes to hide her belly, but, since she was planning on telling her friends today, she decided not to hide it anymore.
"Hey, B, almost ready?" Faith asked, coming into their room as Buffy was putting on the top she intended to wear that day.
"Yeah." Buffy looked in the mirror once the top was on, it looked really cute with her small protruding abdomen.
"So you're finally gonna tell the guys, huh?" Faith asked, sitting on her bed while Buffy put on her jeans, socks and tennis shoes.
"Yeah, it's time. I mean, I'm four months pregnant and…" she trailed off for a moment, looking down at the small baby bump. "It's gettin more and more obvious."
"How do you think they're gonna react? They don't even know you and Spike were sleeping together. I think this is gonna be a big shock to them" Faith told her and Buffy shrugged.
"They can't take it any worse than Spike and mom" Buffy told her and Faith nodded in agreement. Buffy stood up once she had her shoes on and grabbed her cellphone and purse.
"Okay, let's motor" Faith told her and they both went downstairs. "We're outta here, ma" she called to her mother who was in the kitchen with Dawn. Joyce came into the living room with Dawn following.
"Okay, you going to talk to your friends?" Joyce asked.
"Yep" Buffy told her, putting on her jacket and grabbing the car keys off the key rack.
"Good luck" Dawn told her and she smiled at her baby sister.
"Thanks." With that, Buffy and Faith left the house and headed over to Cordelia's house. Usually, when they all met up at someone's house it was the Summers' house, but, since Cordy's parents were out of town, they decided to hang out by the pool. It was October and the weather was getting chilly so they weren't swimming, they just wanted to hang out on the huge deck Cordelia had in the backyard.
It only took ten minutes to get to Cordy's and they parked the car and walked up the steps to the huge front porch and rang the doorbell. A few moments later, Cordelia answered the door, greeting them with a smile.
"Hey" she said happily, letting them in.
"Hey, Cordy" Buffy said.
"We're all back here" Cordelia told them and they followed her out to the back deck. Willow, Tara and Xander were gathered around the patio table drinking sodas and talking.
"Hey, Summers twins" Xander greeted them.
"Hey" Buffy said back as she, Faith hand Cordelia took seats at the table.
"Haven't seen you around much, Buff" Xander pointed out.
"I know, I'm sorry… I've just been… thinking" Buffy told him.
"About?" Willow asked. Buffy knew this was the perfect opening for her to let her friends in on her very surprising news.
Buffy took a deep breath before speaking. "Uh, guys… I have something to tell you." Everyone, except Faith, looked at her intently, waiting for her to continue. She looked at her twin, who was smirking a bit, waiting for their friends' faces when Buffy told them about her pregnancy.
"Okay…" Xander said, urging her to go on.
"Okay, um… I'm… I'm pregnant" she finally said and watched her friends' faces change from wonder to shock.
"I'm sorry, did you just say 'pregnant'?" Willow asked.
"Yeah." Xander looked at Willow and Tara, who looked at each other, all in total shock.
"What? How? What?" Xander asked.
"Buffy, who's the father?" Willow asked. Buffy cringed a little. She knew one of them would ask that. It wasn't that she was ashamed that Spike was her baby's daddy, she just knew that fact of her little news would shock them more than the news that she was pregnant.
"Uh…" she hesitated. Faith's tiny smirked turned full-on as she waited for her sister to answer. "S—Spike's the father." She heard gasps from the four people sitting around the table and looks of total shock as they stared at her. No one said anything for what seemed like forever. Finally, it was Willow who spoke.
"Spike? But…I didn't even know you two were together" Willow said. Buffy looked at Faith who just continued to smirk.
"We're not" Buffy told them. "We've just been… you know." She could feel her face start to blush as her friends continued to stare at her, completely stunned. The silence was broken again by Xander's laughter. Everyone glared at his inappropriate mirth.
"Sorry" Xander apologized. "Just…shock."
"I know this is a lot" Buffy told everyone.
"How far along are you?" Cordelia asked.
"Almost four and half months."
"I'm assuming you knew, Faith" Tara said, looking at Faith's lack of surprise. Faith nodded.
"B told me when she found out" Faith told her.
"Does Spike know?" Willow asked.
"Yeah, he's known for a while" Buffy told her and Willow nodded. They sat there for a few more moments of silence.
"Well… is congratulations in order? I mean, are you happy about it?" Cordelia asked and Buffy smiled, putting her hands on her small baby bump.
"Yeah. I mean, it was definitely a shock and I had to take time to get used to it, but I'm happy about it now" Buffy told them.
"How is Spike handling it?" Willow asked.
"Good, he's happy now too. He can't wait to be a daddy" Buffy smiled.
"And you two aren't gonna get together?" Cordelia asked. Buffy sighed.
"I don't think so… I mean, I think we both just wanna keep things how they are. We'll co-parent, but… I think that's it."
"You two gonna keep screwing?" Faith piped up. Buffy glared at her. "What? I'm curious."
"I don't know, Fai" Buffy told her.
"So you haven't since you found out?" Faith asked.
"No."
"Well… congratulations then" Tara smiled.
"Yeah, this is shocking, but exciting too" Willow said, smiling also.
"We have to have a baby shower" Cordelia chimed in.
"We still have time for that" Buffy told her. "I have almost five months to go, so…"
"And I'm sure mom's already planning one" Faith added.
"Can we help?" Cordelia asked.
"I'm sure she'd appreciate that" Buffy told her. "We can talk about it soon." Xander finally chimed in again.
"Trust me" Buffy said. "I know."
"Wow, this is crazy" Xander finally chimed in again.
"Trust me" Buffy said. "I know."
