Time Period: A Flashback

Place: An Abbey

Situation: Ginny's difficult birth

Buffy (squatting and pushing): GRR...AHA...AHA

Spike (providing extra body support for Buffy): Thats a good strong push, love

Buffy (digging her finger nails into Spike's pants legs): AHA..AHA...AHA

Dawn (serving as Buffy's midwife): Buffy, please relax your muscles. I don't want you to bleed to death.

Buffy (trying to relax her muscles): This baby is so big and stubborn. Maybe all the oracles are right. I am going to die in childbirth.

Spike (choked up): The baby will not take you away from me