If Spike could have choked he would have right then and there, thankfully the sun
had gone down and he didn't have to worry about handling the blanket when
they got of the car at the place Jordan had directed him too. "You know?" Spike
sputtered as they went into the small Wafflehouse.
"Yes, I've known for a while. Dawn's my wife...we share things." Jordan smiled
at Spike as they entered the restaurant.
The waitress smiled prettily at the two handsome men as she led them to a booth and
handed them menus. "What can I get you to drink?" She asked cheerily.
"Coffee is fine with me." Jordan replied as he opened the menu.
"Same here." Spike watched the waitress walk away, "So how long have you known?
I mean you never let on."
"I've known for a while before you and Buffy married and it just never seemed the
right time to ask 'hey how is that vampire thing working out for you?'" Jordan
looked back down at his menu, "Waffles are great here with that blackberry
syrup stuff on them. Dawn loves them."
The waitress showed up with their coffee and left it on the table.
"So you never questioned Dawn about the weirdness in her life such as a sister who
...."
"Slays vampires yet somehow ended up married to one?" Jordan finished the
sentence in a low voice.
Spike shook his head in amazement at his brother in laws calmness, "Yeah that."
"I love Dawn with all my heart and I figured out a long time ago that the Summer's
women have more family secrets then........well then anyone. And some of them
she lets me in on and some of them she just can't and I have to trust her on that.
But hey here were are so you might as well tell me what the problem is, maybe
I can even help." Jordan nodded at the waitress and she returned to the table.
"Ready to order?" She asked as she pulled out her pad.
"Yes, I'd like the waffle stack please." He closed the menu and handed back to
her then looked at Spike, "You want try them?"
"Sure." Spike nodded, "That sounds good."
"Okay be a few minutes." She told them as she went to place the order.
"Well if Dawn trusts you, I guess I can." Spike told him the whole story and then
sighed as he leaned his head back against the booth.
"So do you really believe that Buffy would be better off without you? I mean
seriously? Because I remember "pre Spike Buffy" and she was a sad woman."
Jordan took a long sip of coffee.
"Well if she had a normal guy, she would probably have a house full of kids by now."
Spike frowned as sipped the last of his coffee.
The food arrived and Jordan reached for the blackberry syrup, "Try it." He offered
the sticky bottle to Spike. The waitress refilled their coffee cups and left them alone.
Jordan continued, "Buffy wasn't going to find a normal guy Spike, she loved you
and it didn't matter how many nice guys tried to go out with her she never found
anyone and she wouldn't because she loves you. This seems like a hard thing,
I know but you'll work through it. And hey, thats not the only way to have a baby,
lots of people adopt children every year."
"You really think she would still be alone if I hadn't come back?" Spike asked
as he took a bite of his waffle.
"Yeah, I really do." Jordan nodded his head, "So you like the syrup?"
"It's actually very good." Spike took another bite, "You know I thought about
the adoption thing, I think it would be a good thing to give a child a home who
really needed it. And there would never be a question the child would be ours
just as if we had done it the old fashioned way." Spike nodded as he cut
another piece of waffle.
"I know you'll work this out, it just seems bigger then it really is and Buffy was
upset. I don't know everything about her past but I do know that not much has
come easy for her."
"That's true, poor Pet she always has to go the long way around." Spike agreed.
*******
"Dawn!" Buffy called as she opened the front door.
"I'm in here, Buffy." Dawn called from the living room.
"Your door is unlocked thats not good." Buffy frowned as she sat down.
"Sorry, I guess Jordan didn't lock it when he and Spike left."
"Spike was here? You said he wasn't - he left with Jordan? Where did they
go?" Buffy asked the questions in rapid fire sequence.
"Calm down, well he was leaving with Jordan when you called, he needed to talk
to someone. He's okay, he told me what happened." Dawn replied softly placing
her hand on her sisters arm.
"He told you about the pregnancy thing?"
"Yes, I'm sorry it didn't work Buffy. You can try again though and really it wasn't
Spike's fault. He feels terrible." Dawn gave her sister a small smile.
"I know it's not his fault, I was just counting on it, but nothing ever happens easily
for me. But he left Dawnie, he said that maybe Angel had the right idea when he
left me, it was for my own good -all those old arguments. And I have to find him,
I have to let him know that he is the most important thing, I want a child but I want
him more." Buffy played nervously with the fringe on the sofa pillow.
"I told him that you loved him, that you were just upset. Jordan is talking to him,
I'm not sure where they went. But they'll be back soon, I'm sure."
"Do you think he'll forgive me?" Buffy asked her voice slightly trembling.
"I think that's an easy 'yes', you are everything to him, Buffy. He would love to
have a child with you too, but I think he is nervous about all of these procedures
etc. I know that you two will find a way though." Dawn reassured Buffy with a smile.
"I hope so, but if we don't we will have each other and that's enough." Buffy
sighed as she leaned back against the sofa.
******
"Dawn, we're back." Jordan called as he and Spike entered the house.
"Guess she's in there." Spike nodded towards the living room.
"Probably, It's gonna be okay, Spike." Jordan started towards the livingroom with
Spike following.
Dawn stood when they entered the room, "Hey where did you two go?"
"Waffle House." Jordan answered with a grin, "Where are the kids?"
"Sleeping." Dawn smiled, "You had waffles with blackberry syrup didn't you?"
"Yes, I did. So I won't need supper." He patted his tummy.
Buffy and Spike watched each other nervously. Finally Dawn broke the
awkwardness, "Jordan lets go check the kids. I think Buffy was about to leave
anyway, I'm sure you two can see your way out." Dawn nodded at them as
she and Jordan left the room.
"Subtle isn't she?" Spike rolled his eyes at Dawn's back.
"Very." Buffy agreed with a smile, "I'm sorry."
He reached his hand out to take hers, "I know, don't worry about it."
"No, I was really wrong. No matter what, Spike. I want you with me." She
took his hand and they went to his car.
"We'll get your car tomorrow, lets go home, okay?" Spike told her as he
opened the car door for her.
Buffy slid into the seat next to Spike moving his well worn blanket to the back seat. "You know I was
worried that you didn't have your blanket when you left this afternoon." She smiled at him
and leaned against him as he drove.
"Worried that I had left my blankie?" He laughed softly. "You know pet, when we have a child and we *will*
find a way someday you may be the only mom who worries about daddy losing his blankie more then
baby losing his."
Buffy's soft laughter joined with his, "You think we will really find a way?"
"Yeah, I do Pet." He leaned down and kissed the top of her head.
"Well you know even if we do, you'll still be my baby too." She smiled as she gave his leg a squeeze.
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had gone down and he didn't have to worry about handling the blanket when
they got of the car at the place Jordan had directed him too. "You know?" Spike
sputtered as they went into the small Wafflehouse.
"Yes, I've known for a while. Dawn's my wife...we share things." Jordan smiled
at Spike as they entered the restaurant.
The waitress smiled prettily at the two handsome men as she led them to a booth and
handed them menus. "What can I get you to drink?" She asked cheerily.
"Coffee is fine with me." Jordan replied as he opened the menu.
"Same here." Spike watched the waitress walk away, "So how long have you known?
I mean you never let on."
"I've known for a while before you and Buffy married and it just never seemed the
right time to ask 'hey how is that vampire thing working out for you?'" Jordan
looked back down at his menu, "Waffles are great here with that blackberry
syrup stuff on them. Dawn loves them."
The waitress showed up with their coffee and left it on the table.
"So you never questioned Dawn about the weirdness in her life such as a sister who
...."
"Slays vampires yet somehow ended up married to one?" Jordan finished the
sentence in a low voice.
Spike shook his head in amazement at his brother in laws calmness, "Yeah that."
"I love Dawn with all my heart and I figured out a long time ago that the Summer's
women have more family secrets then........well then anyone. And some of them
she lets me in on and some of them she just can't and I have to trust her on that.
But hey here were are so you might as well tell me what the problem is, maybe
I can even help." Jordan nodded at the waitress and she returned to the table.
"Ready to order?" She asked as she pulled out her pad.
"Yes, I'd like the waffle stack please." He closed the menu and handed back to
her then looked at Spike, "You want try them?"
"Sure." Spike nodded, "That sounds good."
"Okay be a few minutes." She told them as she went to place the order.
"Well if Dawn trusts you, I guess I can." Spike told him the whole story and then
sighed as he leaned his head back against the booth.
"So do you really believe that Buffy would be better off without you? I mean
seriously? Because I remember "pre Spike Buffy" and she was a sad woman."
Jordan took a long sip of coffee.
"Well if she had a normal guy, she would probably have a house full of kids by now."
Spike frowned as sipped the last of his coffee.
The food arrived and Jordan reached for the blackberry syrup, "Try it." He offered
the sticky bottle to Spike. The waitress refilled their coffee cups and left them alone.
Jordan continued, "Buffy wasn't going to find a normal guy Spike, she loved you
and it didn't matter how many nice guys tried to go out with her she never found
anyone and she wouldn't because she loves you. This seems like a hard thing,
I know but you'll work through it. And hey, thats not the only way to have a baby,
lots of people adopt children every year."
"You really think she would still be alone if I hadn't come back?" Spike asked
as he took a bite of his waffle.
"Yeah, I really do." Jordan nodded his head, "So you like the syrup?"
"It's actually very good." Spike took another bite, "You know I thought about
the adoption thing, I think it would be a good thing to give a child a home who
really needed it. And there would never be a question the child would be ours
just as if we had done it the old fashioned way." Spike nodded as he cut
another piece of waffle.
"I know you'll work this out, it just seems bigger then it really is and Buffy was
upset. I don't know everything about her past but I do know that not much has
come easy for her."
"That's true, poor Pet she always has to go the long way around." Spike agreed.
*******
"Dawn!" Buffy called as she opened the front door.
"I'm in here, Buffy." Dawn called from the living room.
"Your door is unlocked thats not good." Buffy frowned as she sat down.
"Sorry, I guess Jordan didn't lock it when he and Spike left."
"Spike was here? You said he wasn't - he left with Jordan? Where did they
go?" Buffy asked the questions in rapid fire sequence.
"Calm down, well he was leaving with Jordan when you called, he needed to talk
to someone. He's okay, he told me what happened." Dawn replied softly placing
her hand on her sisters arm.
"He told you about the pregnancy thing?"
"Yes, I'm sorry it didn't work Buffy. You can try again though and really it wasn't
Spike's fault. He feels terrible." Dawn gave her sister a small smile.
"I know it's not his fault, I was just counting on it, but nothing ever happens easily
for me. But he left Dawnie, he said that maybe Angel had the right idea when he
left me, it was for my own good -all those old arguments. And I have to find him,
I have to let him know that he is the most important thing, I want a child but I want
him more." Buffy played nervously with the fringe on the sofa pillow.
"I told him that you loved him, that you were just upset. Jordan is talking to him,
I'm not sure where they went. But they'll be back soon, I'm sure."
"Do you think he'll forgive me?" Buffy asked her voice slightly trembling.
"I think that's an easy 'yes', you are everything to him, Buffy. He would love to
have a child with you too, but I think he is nervous about all of these procedures
etc. I know that you two will find a way though." Dawn reassured Buffy with a smile.
"I hope so, but if we don't we will have each other and that's enough." Buffy
sighed as she leaned back against the sofa.
******
"Dawn, we're back." Jordan called as he and Spike entered the house.
"Guess she's in there." Spike nodded towards the living room.
"Probably, It's gonna be okay, Spike." Jordan started towards the livingroom with
Spike following.
Dawn stood when they entered the room, "Hey where did you two go?"
"Waffle House." Jordan answered with a grin, "Where are the kids?"
"Sleeping." Dawn smiled, "You had waffles with blackberry syrup didn't you?"
"Yes, I did. So I won't need supper." He patted his tummy.
Buffy and Spike watched each other nervously. Finally Dawn broke the
awkwardness, "Jordan lets go check the kids. I think Buffy was about to leave
anyway, I'm sure you two can see your way out." Dawn nodded at them as
she and Jordan left the room.
"Subtle isn't she?" Spike rolled his eyes at Dawn's back.
"Very." Buffy agreed with a smile, "I'm sorry."
He reached his hand out to take hers, "I know, don't worry about it."
"No, I was really wrong. No matter what, Spike. I want you with me." She
took his hand and they went to his car.
"We'll get your car tomorrow, lets go home, okay?" Spike told her as he
opened the car door for her.
Buffy slid into the seat next to Spike moving his well worn blanket to the back seat. "You know I was
worried that you didn't have your blanket when you left this afternoon." She smiled at him
and leaned against him as he drove.
"Worried that I had left my blankie?" He laughed softly. "You know pet, when we have a child and we *will*
find a way someday you may be the only mom who worries about daddy losing his blankie more then
baby losing his."
Buffy's soft laughter joined with his, "You think we will really find a way?"
"Yeah, I do Pet." He leaned down and kissed the top of her head.
"Well you know even if we do, you'll still be my baby too." She smiled as she gave his leg a squeeze.
TBC