Chapter 2
"Hey B!" Faith said as she opened the door to her apartment. "Spike! Get your ass out here. Buffy and Angel are here. Come on in guys." She stood back to let them in and then followed them to the couch where Angel helped Buffy sit easily.
"I can't wait till I can do that on my own!" Buffy said.
"But until then, you have me." Angel said sliding one arm behind Buffy's back and putting his free hand on Buffy's bulging stomach.
"I'm glad I don't have to go through that. Unless there's some prophecy about Spike getting a slayer pregnant, I'm as free as a bird." Faith retorted.
"Hey, they're doing amazing things with science these days." Buffy said.
"Even if they could, I wouldn't let them poke around down in THAT area." Spike said coming out of the bedroom. "I've had to deal with way too many scientists poking and prodding me already!"
"Not our fault sweetie." Faith retorted.
Spike came over and sat down by Faith, slipping his hand in between her thighs but not doing anything. Buffy sat there holding Angel's hand and putting her other over his on her stomach. They sat there in silence for a little while before Spike broke the silence.
"So, where's Little Bits? She was supposed to be here too."
"She went to her friend Cassie's house." Angel said.
"Oh. Are you sure?"
"Yeah. I called her mom before we left to tell her where we would be if she needed us."
"Good, cause we all know what happened Halloween."
"Buffy?" Faith asked. She had been staring at the blond slayer sitting there seeming to be off in another dimension. Besides, in Sunnydale you never knew. "Buffy."
Finally she stirred and asked, "Huh?"
"Where were you?" Faith asked.
"Somewhere were I'm in bed asleep."
"You know, you don't really have to be here."
"Are you trying to get rid of me?"
"No, but I'm concerned about you. You're always drifting off lately."
"It's Conner. I've been tired ever since I hit the seventh month."
"How is the little guy?" Spike asked.
"I'll let Angel tell you. He seems much more excited than I am for the day Conner comes into the world." Buffy said.
"He's a healthy growing boy and moving right on schedule." Angel said, the proud daddy look coming over him again.
"Good. How are you Buffy?" Spike asked.
"Tired, hungry, my back hurts, my feet hurt, and wishing I could sit like I used to before I got bulgy. But other than that, peachy." She retorted.
"Sounds fun. Hey Spike, maybe we could get a sperm donor!" Faith exclaimed.
"Like hell we are! If we are ever going to have a baby, I want it to be MY little swimmers making the thing! And, seeing as how THAT'S never going to happen, we're fresh outta luck." Spike said.
"Hey! Do NOT get touchy with me. I'm not the one who went and got bit and changed! I'm too smart for that!" The two vamps in the room fidgeted a little. Then Spike looked at Faith angrily.
"At least I'm not the slayer who was WORKING with them." Both the slayers in the room squirmed.
"You were two ass munch!"
"Good point, but still! I'm a vampire, I'm evil! I'm SUPPOSED to work with them."
"Not anymore, but you can keep telling yourself that. You're neutered."
"Hey, that was against my will!"
"Yeah, well guess what. Most DOGS object to it!"
"Are you calling me a dog?"
"Maybe I am. What are YOU gonna do about it? You can't hurt a FLOWER!"
"Hey, I can bloody well hurt a flower!"
"Yeah sure."
"I can! Stupid twit!"
"Bite me!"
"Gladly." Spike leaned in to take a bite out of Faith.
"GUYS!" Buffy and Angel yelled together. Spike and Faith looked over at the two on their couch.
"Thank you. Look, maybe we better go." Buffy said.
"You don't have too. We'll be good. I promise." Spike said.
"No really. We really should go. Dawn is supposed to come home soon and we were going out to eat." Angel filled in as he stood up.
"Oh. All right. Come back soon." Spike said.
"We will." Angel answered helping his wife up.
"Bye Faith. Bye Spike." Buffy said as Faith led them to the door.
"Bye Buffy. You let us know if something is going on with Conner." Faith said.
"We will." Angel replied. They walked out the door. They could hear Faith turn around and say something obscene to Spike.
"Boy, they are perfect for each other, aren't they? Those lovely little fights occur a lot." Buffy said as she got into the convertible.
"I give them a year before Faith gets fed up and stakes him or tortures him to death." Angel said.
Buffy just laughed.
"That dinner was good." Dawn said.
"Yup." Buffy said.
"You ate, like two bowls full of that fettuccini alfredo with grilled chicken Buffy!"
"Yup. You know, I could go for a sundae with Reeses Peanut Butter Cups."
"You're still hungry?"
"A little. Angel?"
"I know, I'm headed that direction." Angel said.
"Want anything Dawn?" Buffy asked.
"Um, I could go for that fudge brownie sundae thing."
"Whatever you want. Right Angel?"
"Absolutely."
They pulled up and were about to go through the drive-through when Buffy spotted Xander's car.
"Angel, park. I want to go in." Buffy said.
"All right, but Dawn needs to get to bed. She has school in the morning." Angel said, parking the car.
They headed in and Angel went to order the ice cream with Dawn tagging along. Buffy said she was going to go sit down. She headed over to Xander, sitting with his back turned to her, and stopped right behind him.
"Drowning your sorrows?"
He looked up at Buffy and smiled as she sat down across from him at the table. "Not anymore. What are you doing here? You're supposed to be at home resting."
"I got a craving for ice cream and Reeses. What can I say? The baby made me do it!"
"I can see that. How is he?"
"Growing and on schedule."
"Still gonna use my name as Conner's middle name?"
"Yup."
"Cool."
"How are you?"
"Coping." He paused and looked into his giant bowl of multicolored ice cream. "She hates me."
"She doesn't hate you. She may be a little pissed off at you, but she doesn't hate you."
"I left her at the alter Buffy. I was scared that. Never mind, you wouldn't understand. You made it past the alter."
"Try me Xand. I've had my fair share of guys leaving me."
"Not at the alter."
"Ok, you got me there, but I know how it feels to have someone I love very much tell me that he's leaving me."
"You're with him now."
"I am, but you can always trust me Xand. Always."
"I.I was afraid that I would become my dad. I saw him and mom at the wedding at the bar. He was drinking and she was cursing at him for drinking so much and getting drunk at his son's wedding. I couldn't take it anymore."
"Xander."
"See, I told you you wouldn't understand."
"I do understand. You weren't ready. You know what I think? I think that you and Anya are going to make up and when you are both ready, then you'll try again."
"She doesn't want anything to do with me. I've left a ton of messages, but I get nothing from her."
"She'll come around. I promise."
"How would you know?"
"I'm a girl. We have lapses in judgments sometimes." He snorted at that and then smiled.
"See." Just then Angel and Dawn came trotting up to them.
"Hey Xander!" Dawn said coming up and sitting beside Xander.
"Hey." Xander replied.
"What's up with you?" Angel asked.
"He's sulking and brooding." Buffy said.
"Hey, that's my job!" Angel retorted.
"Not anymore it isn't!" Buffy smacked him on the arm. "I want non-broody Angel!"
"And here he is with your ice cream."
Buffy smiled then her face fell.
"What?" Angel asked concerned.
"You didn't get me a diet coke." Buffy pouted.
"You didn't tell me you wanted one baby."
"So? You should know well enough by now that I never eat ice cream without my diet coke."
"Be right back." Angel said standing and leaving to little giggles coming from Dawn and Xander. "Hey Xander?" Angel called without turning or stopping.
"What?"
"Guys aren't supposed to giggle." Angel said as he turned the corner.
"That Dead Boy. What a sense of humor!"
"Hey!"
"Sorry. Angel."
"Darn straight."
They had left the ice cream parlor at 9:45 so they could get Dawn home before 10:00. Dawn had to go to school in the morning. They had said their goodbyes to Xander and then piled in Angel's car. The drive home was short, but Buffy had fallen asleep on the way. Angel carried her up stairs effortlessly and deposited her on the bed. He went and tucked Dawn in upon her request and then went back to Buffy. He then removed her clothes and put her in a big shirt of his and a pair of her oversized PJ pants. Then he slipped out of his clothes and left his silk boxers on and climbed into bed. As soon as he lay down, Buffy's arm snaked across his chest of its own accord and she snuggled closer to him. He smiled and drifted off to sleep. Every night since Buffy and he had gotten back together had been like this, but he never got tired of it and he never would.
"Hey B!" Faith said as she opened the door to her apartment. "Spike! Get your ass out here. Buffy and Angel are here. Come on in guys." She stood back to let them in and then followed them to the couch where Angel helped Buffy sit easily.
"I can't wait till I can do that on my own!" Buffy said.
"But until then, you have me." Angel said sliding one arm behind Buffy's back and putting his free hand on Buffy's bulging stomach.
"I'm glad I don't have to go through that. Unless there's some prophecy about Spike getting a slayer pregnant, I'm as free as a bird." Faith retorted.
"Hey, they're doing amazing things with science these days." Buffy said.
"Even if they could, I wouldn't let them poke around down in THAT area." Spike said coming out of the bedroom. "I've had to deal with way too many scientists poking and prodding me already!"
"Not our fault sweetie." Faith retorted.
Spike came over and sat down by Faith, slipping his hand in between her thighs but not doing anything. Buffy sat there holding Angel's hand and putting her other over his on her stomach. They sat there in silence for a little while before Spike broke the silence.
"So, where's Little Bits? She was supposed to be here too."
"She went to her friend Cassie's house." Angel said.
"Oh. Are you sure?"
"Yeah. I called her mom before we left to tell her where we would be if she needed us."
"Good, cause we all know what happened Halloween."
"Buffy?" Faith asked. She had been staring at the blond slayer sitting there seeming to be off in another dimension. Besides, in Sunnydale you never knew. "Buffy."
Finally she stirred and asked, "Huh?"
"Where were you?" Faith asked.
"Somewhere were I'm in bed asleep."
"You know, you don't really have to be here."
"Are you trying to get rid of me?"
"No, but I'm concerned about you. You're always drifting off lately."
"It's Conner. I've been tired ever since I hit the seventh month."
"How is the little guy?" Spike asked.
"I'll let Angel tell you. He seems much more excited than I am for the day Conner comes into the world." Buffy said.
"He's a healthy growing boy and moving right on schedule." Angel said, the proud daddy look coming over him again.
"Good. How are you Buffy?" Spike asked.
"Tired, hungry, my back hurts, my feet hurt, and wishing I could sit like I used to before I got bulgy. But other than that, peachy." She retorted.
"Sounds fun. Hey Spike, maybe we could get a sperm donor!" Faith exclaimed.
"Like hell we are! If we are ever going to have a baby, I want it to be MY little swimmers making the thing! And, seeing as how THAT'S never going to happen, we're fresh outta luck." Spike said.
"Hey! Do NOT get touchy with me. I'm not the one who went and got bit and changed! I'm too smart for that!" The two vamps in the room fidgeted a little. Then Spike looked at Faith angrily.
"At least I'm not the slayer who was WORKING with them." Both the slayers in the room squirmed.
"You were two ass munch!"
"Good point, but still! I'm a vampire, I'm evil! I'm SUPPOSED to work with them."
"Not anymore, but you can keep telling yourself that. You're neutered."
"Hey, that was against my will!"
"Yeah, well guess what. Most DOGS object to it!"
"Are you calling me a dog?"
"Maybe I am. What are YOU gonna do about it? You can't hurt a FLOWER!"
"Hey, I can bloody well hurt a flower!"
"Yeah sure."
"I can! Stupid twit!"
"Bite me!"
"Gladly." Spike leaned in to take a bite out of Faith.
"GUYS!" Buffy and Angel yelled together. Spike and Faith looked over at the two on their couch.
"Thank you. Look, maybe we better go." Buffy said.
"You don't have too. We'll be good. I promise." Spike said.
"No really. We really should go. Dawn is supposed to come home soon and we were going out to eat." Angel filled in as he stood up.
"Oh. All right. Come back soon." Spike said.
"We will." Angel answered helping his wife up.
"Bye Faith. Bye Spike." Buffy said as Faith led them to the door.
"Bye Buffy. You let us know if something is going on with Conner." Faith said.
"We will." Angel replied. They walked out the door. They could hear Faith turn around and say something obscene to Spike.
"Boy, they are perfect for each other, aren't they? Those lovely little fights occur a lot." Buffy said as she got into the convertible.
"I give them a year before Faith gets fed up and stakes him or tortures him to death." Angel said.
Buffy just laughed.
"That dinner was good." Dawn said.
"Yup." Buffy said.
"You ate, like two bowls full of that fettuccini alfredo with grilled chicken Buffy!"
"Yup. You know, I could go for a sundae with Reeses Peanut Butter Cups."
"You're still hungry?"
"A little. Angel?"
"I know, I'm headed that direction." Angel said.
"Want anything Dawn?" Buffy asked.
"Um, I could go for that fudge brownie sundae thing."
"Whatever you want. Right Angel?"
"Absolutely."
They pulled up and were about to go through the drive-through when Buffy spotted Xander's car.
"Angel, park. I want to go in." Buffy said.
"All right, but Dawn needs to get to bed. She has school in the morning." Angel said, parking the car.
They headed in and Angel went to order the ice cream with Dawn tagging along. Buffy said she was going to go sit down. She headed over to Xander, sitting with his back turned to her, and stopped right behind him.
"Drowning your sorrows?"
He looked up at Buffy and smiled as she sat down across from him at the table. "Not anymore. What are you doing here? You're supposed to be at home resting."
"I got a craving for ice cream and Reeses. What can I say? The baby made me do it!"
"I can see that. How is he?"
"Growing and on schedule."
"Still gonna use my name as Conner's middle name?"
"Yup."
"Cool."
"How are you?"
"Coping." He paused and looked into his giant bowl of multicolored ice cream. "She hates me."
"She doesn't hate you. She may be a little pissed off at you, but she doesn't hate you."
"I left her at the alter Buffy. I was scared that. Never mind, you wouldn't understand. You made it past the alter."
"Try me Xand. I've had my fair share of guys leaving me."
"Not at the alter."
"Ok, you got me there, but I know how it feels to have someone I love very much tell me that he's leaving me."
"You're with him now."
"I am, but you can always trust me Xand. Always."
"I.I was afraid that I would become my dad. I saw him and mom at the wedding at the bar. He was drinking and she was cursing at him for drinking so much and getting drunk at his son's wedding. I couldn't take it anymore."
"Xander."
"See, I told you you wouldn't understand."
"I do understand. You weren't ready. You know what I think? I think that you and Anya are going to make up and when you are both ready, then you'll try again."
"She doesn't want anything to do with me. I've left a ton of messages, but I get nothing from her."
"She'll come around. I promise."
"How would you know?"
"I'm a girl. We have lapses in judgments sometimes." He snorted at that and then smiled.
"See." Just then Angel and Dawn came trotting up to them.
"Hey Xander!" Dawn said coming up and sitting beside Xander.
"Hey." Xander replied.
"What's up with you?" Angel asked.
"He's sulking and brooding." Buffy said.
"Hey, that's my job!" Angel retorted.
"Not anymore it isn't!" Buffy smacked him on the arm. "I want non-broody Angel!"
"And here he is with your ice cream."
Buffy smiled then her face fell.
"What?" Angel asked concerned.
"You didn't get me a diet coke." Buffy pouted.
"You didn't tell me you wanted one baby."
"So? You should know well enough by now that I never eat ice cream without my diet coke."
"Be right back." Angel said standing and leaving to little giggles coming from Dawn and Xander. "Hey Xander?" Angel called without turning or stopping.
"What?"
"Guys aren't supposed to giggle." Angel said as he turned the corner.
"That Dead Boy. What a sense of humor!"
"Hey!"
"Sorry. Angel."
"Darn straight."
They had left the ice cream parlor at 9:45 so they could get Dawn home before 10:00. Dawn had to go to school in the morning. They had said their goodbyes to Xander and then piled in Angel's car. The drive home was short, but Buffy had fallen asleep on the way. Angel carried her up stairs effortlessly and deposited her on the bed. He went and tucked Dawn in upon her request and then went back to Buffy. He then removed her clothes and put her in a big shirt of his and a pair of her oversized PJ pants. Then he slipped out of his clothes and left his silk boxers on and climbed into bed. As soon as he lay down, Buffy's arm snaked across his chest of its own accord and she snuggled closer to him. He smiled and drifted off to sleep. Every night since Buffy and he had gotten back together had been like this, but he never got tired of it and he never would.