Chapter Five: Completely

"Spike?" Cassandra called from the kitchen. "I've got a doctor's appointment at 9:30 tonight, you wanna come?". This would be the first doctor's appointment that Spike would be able to go to because the all of the ones before had been scheduled in the middle of the afternoon. Plus the people the doctor's office were getting suspicious, even though Cassie had told them that Spike worked during the day.

"Do you even need to ask, luv?" Spike answered coming up behind her and wrapping his arms around her putting a hand on Cassie's stomach, which had bulged out considerably in the past three weeks. After a few seconds Spike was rewarded with a powerful kick from the growing baby.

"Great!" Cassie said pattering off up the stairs to get into some different clothes since the ones she had been wearing were covered in paint from the nursery.

While she was changing, Spike went to check on their 'guest'. It had been about three and a half weeks since they had captured Harrison. The first few days that Harrison was with them he fought, every time they went down to feed him he tried to get them to let him go, but now he seemed resigned to his fate.

"Hey, mate." Spike said as he came down the stairs holding a mug of warm blood,

"Hungry, 'cause I've got some blood here for ya?"

For all the notice Harrison took, Spike might as well have said nothing. Spike sat down in the chair next to Harrison and held the straw to his lips. The young vampire drank the blood till it was gone.

"Spike, where are you?" came Cassandra's voice from upstairs.

"Coming, pet!" Spike yelled back and he rose from his position next to Harrison. He was half way up the stairs when he heard something. He looked at Harrison who said, "I know you must hate me for what I did to Cassie and in these last few days I realized how wrong I was." He paused looking at Spike who was silent so he continued, "I know that what I'm saying will never make up for the hurt I've caused, but I just want to thank you for trying to talk to me and be nice, the only things I hear from Cassie when she comes down here are 'eat' and a few mumbled curses at me. She of course has every right to be angry, why she hasn't staked me yet, I don't know, God knows I deserve it. What I'm trying to say is thank you and that Cassie is a very lucky girl to have someone like you. Take care of her. Oh, and Spike, I'm gonna still be the biggest bastard to Cassie so it'll be easier on her when the time comes for her to kill me." Spike didn't know what to say, so he said nothing, just turned and walked the rest of the way up the stairs.

At dinner that night Cassandra had come up with the weirdest concoction that Spike had ever seen.

"Cassie, luv, what is that." Spike said wrinkling his nose and pointing at the heap of food on Cassandra's plate.

"Oh, it's just some of last nights leftovers and some dry pasta noodles crunched up over the top, plus, I backed some jalapeno peppers for a side dish." Cassie said matter of factly, not realizing how utterly strange and disturbing that sounded.

"Cassandra, luv, what did you have for dinner last night anyway?" Spike asked.

"Chinese." Cassie said around a mouthful of her dinner.

"Um...... interesting." Spike commented, while thinking, **That's really disgusting, repulsive, and... and...and a whole bunch more words that mean ewww I can't think of right now**

*I heard that, buster! But I'm gonna ignore it because I'm hungry. You got lucky*

On the car ride to the doctors, Spike was deep in thought. He didn't know what to make of Harrison's little speech earlier that night.

"What are you thinking 'bout, Spike?" Cassandra asked Spike, "Don't start brooding, I heard somewhere that it is bad for one's health."

"Verrrrry funny, pet." Spike answered sarcastically, "I am in no way brooding, that's my poofish sire's region of expertise. What's this doctors name, I wanna sound like you've been telling me everything, you know so people don't get suspicious."

"Dr. Marson, and it's a little late, people are already suspicious because you haven't been there with me. I've told them that you work all day, but they're thinking that you don't care because you haven't taken time off work to come with me." Cassie told him.

"Well, we'll just see about that." Spike said as they pulled in to the parking lot.

When they reached the front desk, Cassandra said to the receptionist, "Cassandra O'Conner, here to see Dr. Valerie Marson."

"Cassie dear, I know who you are," said the receptionist, "The question is, who is this?"

She said staring pointedly at Spike.

"Oh, Julie, I'm sorry, you've never met my husband, William, have you?"

"No I have not, but it's nice to finally meet you, Mr. O'Conner." Julie said shaking hands with Spike who said, "Call me William, please?" While sending a thought to

Cassie, **Cassandra O'CONNER?**

*Hey, A girl can dream can't she?*

**Yeah sure, but I didn't expect you to use my last name from when I was human, pet.**

*It was just easier, OK?*

**I'm gonna get you back for this, you know that right?**

*You can try.*

Spike was about to retaliate when Julie's voice interrupted, "Mrs. O'Conner? Dr. Marson will see you now."

She led them into a room and Cassie sat on the bed and they waited for the doctor to come. When she did enter the room five minutes later, she smiled at Cassandra and said

"I know I called you this morning and said it was time for your check-up, but I didn't expect see you soon." Then she noticed Spike, "And I would guess that this would be your husband, William, if I'm not mistaken?"

"Yep, that's my Will." Cassandra said smiling brightly, and before Spike could say anything she thought *Shut UP!*

"It's nice to finally meet you." Dr. Marson replied shaking hands with Spike. Then said to Cassie, "You know the routine, dear, shirt up and cold and wet goo for your ultra sound."

Cassandra complied, lifting her shirt to expose her stomach. The doctor turned on the screen Spike was mesmerized by the 'picture' of the growing baby, "Corr....." He whispered. Cassie looked up at him and couldn't help but laugh, the look on his face was priceless. "William, dearest, if you're not careful your face might freeze that way."

When Spike didn't even acknowledge what she had said, she laughed even harder. Even Dr. Marson couldn't help but smile at his reaction.

"Well, Cassie, I'd give it another one and a half, two months at the most, so I'd like to schedule another appointment in a couple weeks, Ok?" Dr. Mason asked as she walked the couple out to the waiting area.

"That'd be great. Oh, can you make the appointment after sundown? So William can come to?" Cassie asked before the doctor could leave. To which she replied, "Yes, of course, I think it would be good for him." They both looked at Spike who was completely oblivious to the conversation and was still staring at Cassie's swollen abdomen, he was still in a state of semi-shock.

"Will he be Ok?" Dr. Marson asked Cassandra, "Yeah, he'll be fine. He was like this the first time he felt the baby kick to." The women snickered at the still oblivious Spike.

When Cassie and Spike got to the car, she had to pinch his arm until Spike woke from his trance. When he finally did, he said, "Wow, that was....." Spike tapered off casting around for the right word.

"Amazing?" Cassandra asked helpfully.

"Yeah! Now let's get home Ok, luv?"

"That was the most intelligent thing you've said all night, William!" Cassie said getting in the car.

Spike was deep in thought all the way back to their home, he had the feeling that the baby wouldn't wait another two months to join them.

"Who's on patrol tonight?" Cassandra asked Spike. In the last couple of months the Scoobies and Spike had taken over her slaying duties, because she had hardly any mobility anymore, and would continue to do so until the baby started bottle feeding.

"Um, I think it was Red, Wicca, and Rupert" Spike answered.

"You know, buster, they do have names." Cassie said playfully.

"Ya, I know, you got Red, Whelp, Wicca, Rupert and....." Spike paused trying to think of some smart nick name for Anya, "Oh bloody hell, and Anya."

"You are impossible, you know that right?" Cassie squeaked through her laughter.

"It wasn't that funny," Spike looking at Cassandra in disbelief, **How could something not funny get her so worked up? Must be because the hormones.**

*I heard that, mister* Cassie thought, her laughter evident even in her thoughts.

About five minutes later they walked in to their house, and Spike had to ask her something, "Cassandra, luv, how long till you put your little plan for Harrison in to action?"

"One month, just one more month." Cassie answered with a dark look on her face. Spike new that in one month she would be eight months pregnant, and it would be Christmas; he also knew that it meant something to her, but what he couldn't figure out.

As the eighth month drew nearer, Cassandra became more broody. She would sit in the chair by the bedroom window with the curtains open so Spike couldn't come in. Whenever he tried to talk to her, she'd use her powers to set his silk shirt on fire for about three seconds so he'd leave her alone. By the twenty-ninth of her seventh month, Cassandra wouldn't talk to Spike at all, just sit by the window and brood.

In the third week of December, her eighth month, Cassandra went to Spike and said, "As soon as the sun sets were going to the abandoned warehouse on fiftieth and Rodeo, we do this tonight."

"But, Cassie luv, it's Christmas! Can't we wait another week, please?" Spike pleaded with the Slayer. When she turned to him her eyes were not their usual shad of green, they were almost black with fury. "We. Do. This. TONIGHT." Her voice was barley above a whisper, but it was deadly. Spike knew better than to argue with her.

Once the sun had set, they tied up Harrison, he gave no resistance at all, and headed to the
factory. Once they arrived, Cassie had Spike tie Harrison to the support pole that was in
the middle of the building. Then Cassandra, standing near the front door of the building,
she started to talk. "Well Harrison, it's Christmas, your favourite holiday, and exactly
eight months since you... you raped me. Do you remember what you said to me that
night?" Harrison shook his head to the best of his ability, "Oh really? Well I do, like is was
yesterday. You told me you'd burn before you'd mellow. And I looked you square in the
eye and said that I'd most likely be the one to burn you, I was right." the young vamp's
eyes went wide, Cassandra grinned evilly, "Good you figured it out, Goodbye, Harrison."
She finished her speech then a ball of flames shot out of her outstretched hands.

All of the sudden the doors to the warehouse burst open revealing Drusilla, she started towards the burning form of Harrison, when Spike stopped her.

"Dru, what are you doing?" Spike asked her, she looked up at him and said, "Spike, why are you burning your brother?" then slapped him hard across his face, and said, "You are a naughty boy, Spike. I'm going to have to punish you later." With that said, she ran into the flames

"Drusilla!! NO!!" Spike yelled running into the flames to save his Dark Princess.

"Spike!" Cassie screeched, "What the hell do you think you're doing!?" And before she knew what she was doing she had put out the flames and was kneeling next to Spike and Dru.

"We'll be fine, don't worry." Cassie was about to respond to the comment when she heard her name being whispered.

"Cassandra?" Harrison looked at her, taking her silence as consent to continue,

"I know you hate me for what I did to you, but during the last few months in your basement, awaiting my death, I've realized that I was wrong. I was a bastard to you and I deserve my death. You are a lucky girl to have Spike, don't let him go, because you'll have a hard time finding someone else that will be such a caring person to you and your child." And with one final shuddering and unneeded breath, Harrison turned into a pile of dust.

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Epilogue: It's Time

Cassandra stood in shock of what she had just heard. *He couldn't be serious, could he?*

**He's dead serious Cassandra.**

Cassie sat down on the hard concrete floor. "What have I done?" She whispered to no one but herself. Spike turned away from Drusilla to see Cassandra lying on the floor curled up in a ball on her side. He crawled the short distance to her side and held her close as she buried her face in his chest and cried.

All through this Drusilla watched the couple and she knew that her Spike was happy.

She left the building. The moon was telling her that Spike was where he belonged.

After what seemed like forever, Cassandra stopped crying and stood up and said, "I think we should go ho.... oooohh" Before she could finish she doubled over in pain.

Spike rushed to her side, "Cassie, luv, what's wrong?" When she looked up in to his face seeing his concern, she said the two words that Spike never expected,

"It's...uhg... Time."

The End