Summery:  Buffy has said the words Spike has longed to hear. She finds got she's pregnant and tells Spike. His reaction isn't what she expected and defiantly not what she wanted. The wedding is drawing closer and guests will be coming to Sunnyhell soon. Spike now sees he was wrong about the baby and he tries to make it up to Buffy. He wants her and their baby back, he's waited too long, for her to love him and he isn't going to loose her.   

 Rating: R

Feedback: Yes Please! I live for it. Good or bad. This is my 1st fiction.

Author: scarletrose at scarletr@localnet.com

Disclaimer: You know all the characters are owned by 20th Century Fox, Joss Whendon and the rest of them. I DON'T OWN THEM. I just like playing in their dimensions for a while –Thanks.

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Note:  Thanks to everyone out there for the reviews, you guys keep me writing. A special thanks to Midnight's Shadow, thanks for the help.

Hope, Dreams and Miracles

Part XXI-Missing- Part 2

"Where is she?" Dawn whined pacing back and forth, wanting to go home. "I mean, she was supposed to be here by now. I thought she got out at 9, it's almost 10:30, and she's still not here."

 "Maybe, she had to work late Dawnster, or maybe she had a run in with Captain Peroxide again." Xander grumbled the last part not wanting to remember the whole Spike/Buffy thing ever again. She had told him for too much for him taste. 'Should've just taken care of the problem myself, sure Buffy be mad at first but she would get over it. He's a soulless vamp, she couldn't really love him, right?' he though.

"What did you just say….the last part?"

Xander sighed, "When I stopped by the Double Meat earlier, Spike was coming out. He wasn't in the best of moods, if you get my drift. Then when I got in Buffy was all teary eyed. She told they were fighting and she told me they were….sleeping together. How could she, Dawn? How can she even think of sleeping with that thing?"

Dawn had stopped pacing and put her hands on her hips, "Don't start Xander, if she's with Spike it's on her own free will and you're just going to have to except it. Spike and Buffy are together." She started walking the path she had wore in the floor once again; "I hope she is there. Maybe they can work through their problems. He would never hurt her or …" she almost let it slip. By what Xander had said, she hadn't told him about the baby. He was way to calm to know about the baby.

"OR who?" Xander questioned.

She had to think quick, "Or anybody he loves."

"Pleassssse, he's a vampire, Dawn. He doesn't know how to love!"

"YES HE Does! He loves her and she loves him. And nothing you could ever do can change that!"

Before Xander could get a chance to protest any more Willow and Tara entered the shop. Willow could fell the tension in the room, "what's going on?"

"Were just waiting for Buffy" Dawn replied, still staring at Xander, shooting daggers at him.

"We thought she'd be her by now, we wanted to tell her that Wes called. He said they were coming in tonight, a few days a head of schedule." Tara added as she walked over to the table and sat down.   

Tara had finally gotten Dawn's attention. "Angel's coming here tonight?"

"Ya, they should be here, any time now." Willow finished.

'Oh great' Dawn thought; 'now she's got to deal with him, on top of the fighting with Spike and the baby. Could things get any worse?'

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"Ok slayer, where are you? I need to talk to you, to make you see I accept it now, that I'm the father. "Spike said looking down at the first picture of their child. " I love you little one." He whispers then tucked the picture back into his duster. He started to pace once again. A few minutes the light inside went out, 'finally' he thought, walking over, in front of the door, taking unneeded huge amounts of air into his lunges. Then the door opened, Sophie and two others walked out, but no Buffy. Spike started to worry, 'where is she?' "Sophie, where's Buffy?"

"She left a little after 9. She said something about picking Dawn up at the Magic Box and then she was going home. Why?"

She hadn't even gotten more than the words 9 and Magic Box out of her mouth before Spike was gone. He was running as fast as he could to find her. 'Please for the love of God be there.' He thought as he rounded the corner. Stopping just short of the door, he looked though the window he could see the whole gang but no Buffy. He started to worry more, something in his gut told him that something was wrong. He was hoping it was wrong, as he entered the shop. "Bit, is big Sis here?"

"NO. I thought she was with you? Or she's still working?" Dawn asked more than answered. 'Ok you're not with Spike than where are you?' she started to panic.

"No, she's not with me and she's not at work either. I was just there, waited all night to talk to her. Sophie said she left at 9 and came here for you!" Spike was rambling. They could tell by the tone of his voice that he was scared. "If she's not here, not at work and not with me, then where in bloody hell is she?"

 "Spike I'm scare, what if something has happened to her or the baby?" Dawn had forgotten that there were others in the room, she could only think about her sister and her niece or nephew at the moment. When she said it all eyes were on her and that's when she realized what she had said. Anya was standing at the counter motionless, Willow and Tara were sitting at the table in shock from Dawn's little slip, they were trying to find away to cover it up but with no reveal. There was no covering this up now! And Xander, well Xander was shocked to say the least, his mouth was moving up and down, and as if he was trying to speak but no works were coming out.

  All Spike could do was walkover to Dawn and put his arms around her. She was so scared she had started to tremble. "It's ok Bit, she's probably home getting her rest. You know she's a little tired lately." He whispered in her hair. He was hoping he was right, that Buffy had gone home first. Dawn hugged him tighter.

"What do you mean baby?" Xander asked, finally being able to form words.

"She means Buffy can be like a baby some times." Willow tried to cover, not a very good one but a cover. It was the only thing she could think of.

"No, what she means is the baby. Buffy's and mine. She pregnant and now we don't know there she is." Spike didn't have time to play twenty questions with any of them. All he wanted to do was find Buffy, make sure she and the baby were all right. Then tell her how much of a jerk he has been and try to make it up to her. "Willow, you, and Tara go back to the house and check if she's been there. Xander go to the Bronze and have a look. Dawn you stay here with Anya, in case she shows up. I'll go check the crypt and the patrol routes. We'll all meet back here."   

       "I'm going with you, Spike. I can't just wait around here, waiting for her not to show up. You know as well as I do there is something wrong. She out there, somewhere and god only knows what's happened to her. I'm going and that's final!" Dawn was scared and mad at the same time.  Spike knew she wasn't backing down. She was defiantly Buffy's sister all right.

"All right, but we've gotta get going." Spike said as he turned to leave. "And Xander don't even start." He added, knowing that the whimp was about to say something.

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Slowly Opening her eyes Buffy couldn't see much, the room she was in was dimly lit. She could only make out the imaged of a few boxes. There was something in the farthest corner but her vision was still to blurry to see it . On a table to the left of her was a laptop. She could hear muffled voices in the distance. She tried to move but she couldn't, she was chained to pillar. The room was cold and damp, but familiar like she had been there before. Then, she heard footsteps coming near, "So you decided to wake up I see." Buffy tries to wiggle free and see who was talking to her. She know she had heard that voice, but couldn't make it out. The ringing in her head made it hard to concentrate. She tried to move again, but still couldn't why?

  "Now, now Slayer, Why do you want to leave this little party so soon? You know it's being thrown in your honor. You really must stay."

"Who are you and what do you want with me? Are you too chicken to show your face?"

"No Slayer, I just like having the upper hand."

"Warren?" Buffy mumbled as someone came from the shadows behind her.

"You know I thought you'd put up more of a fight, you being the slayer in all."

"Warren, please let me go!" She begged.

   "Oh this is too much fun, you're actually begging. This is more than I could have hoped for." Warren laughed, with a large smirk on his face.

"Now that we got her, what are we going to do with her?" Josh asked walking out of the darkness.

"Lots, but I don't want to spoil all the fun surprises I have in store. Jonathan watch her for a little while, we're going out. I have a few more things I need to pick up."

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Back at the Summers' home Tara and Willow didn't find Buffy, but they did find Angel and Cordy sitting in the car outside the house waiting for someone to come home. Connor was asleep in his car seat; Angel and Cordy were in the front talking.

 "Angel have you seen Buffy tonight?" Willow asked trying to catch her breath. They had run all the way there.

"No. Why?"

"She's missing and we're afraid that something has happened to her."

"She can handle herself."

"No Angel, you don't understand. She was supposed to come by the Magic Box after work she didn't show up. Spike was waiting for her after work but he never saw her."

"Why was he waiting for her?" Cordy asked.

"They had a fight and he wanted to apologize, so he was waiting for her. " Tara answered.

"Always knew he couldn't hold her interest for very long." Angel smirked, at the thought of Spike and Buffy breaking up.

  Cordelia smacked him in the chest, "You promised you would be nice."

"Sorry, I couldn't help it."

"Do I have to send you back to LA or are you going to be good?" Cordelia scolded, as if he was a young school boy.

"I'll behave Cordy, I promise." Angel gave her, his most innocent smile.  

"But, that still doesn't explain where she is?"

"No it doesn't. We'll help Will, where do you want us to start?"

TBC…