Chappy 12, here it comes!

It was Tuesday afternoon and Buffy was at her mother's
house in Sunnydale. She was preparing the room that
her Grandfather, Jim would be staying in. He lived on
a farm outside of Wyoming alone. He had been visiting
more often ever since Buffy's grandmother, Agatha, had
passed away from cancer.
Buffy was just about finished making the bed when she
heard her grandfather greet her father and mother. She
ran, as fast as a pregnant woman could, downstairs and
practically jumped in Jim's arms.
"Hey there Pumpkin!" said Jim.
"I'm so happy you're here!" said Buffy squeezing him
tighter.
"Well, I'll be in the hospital soon if you keep
cutting off my blood circulation."
"Oops, sorry. My bad!"
"Just look at you! All grown-up and more beautiful."
"Beautiful, please! I look like a mammoth that just
had way too much to eat."
"Look at your arms, you got to eat more. You're
usually a skinny little thing. If you were laying on
the ground, they'd probably just mistake you as a
stick!"
"A really big stick that got broken off the tree
trunk!"
Finally Joyce talked," Why doesn't Rosa (the maid)
take your stuff up to your room and you come sit down
for a nice meal. I bet you're starved!"
"Thanks sugar."
Lunch passed by and Buffy was beginning to worry.
Spike said that he would have been at her house two
hours ago. How long did it take to get there, he lived
right next door!
Buffy decided she would call Spike on his cell about
half an hour later.
Ring. Ring...
" 'ello?"said Spike over the line.
" Spike? Where are you?"
"Shit, " said Spike silently, but loud enough for
Buffy to hear.
" Is that guys I hear in the background?" said Buffy ,
then as the cheering went on she said," Spike, you're
watching the football game over at the house with the
band!"
"I'm sorry, luv, but it's the national championships!"
said Spike in a whiny voice.
" I don't care if the president was in our house-"
"Luv, I'd be there in a second if the president was at
our house. That bloody poof...."
"Whatever, the fact is when you say you're going to be
there, it requires you to be there. And when you don't
show up, that really pisses me off. We had to be at
the doctor's appointment forty-five minutes ago. You
still would have stayed if I hadn't called you right
now. You totally forgot. This is so like you Spike!
Ughh..."
"But..."
"You know what forget it, Spike. I guess I'll just
have to go find somebody I can depend on. I really
wanted to go this time with you, but as usual, you
screw it up. Just...I'll talk to you later...."
And that was the last thing Spike heard from her
before she hung up.

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"I mean he didn't even call!" said Buffy as she walked
briskly around her room talking to her best friend who
was laying on the bed , playing with her stuffed
piggy, Mr. Gordo."
" That's so immature. That is so like guys...."said
Willow, agreeing with her best friend.
"I mean sometimes I feel like I could just strangle
him, but then when I look in his eyes...I just....
forget, you know?"
"Yeah, it's called being in love."
Buffy smiled at Willow. " I remember the fist time I
saw his eyes, I felt as if I was just standing there
on the shore watching the ocean. Just standing still,
not moving.............You know, he never made fun of
me? It was always his friends and Cordelia and her
group. He'd just stand there, not saying anything. I
guess I should have been mad at him for not sticking
up for me, but I don't know...I don't think I can stay
angry at him for a long time.... or at all."
"I don't get you. I mean you're right with you not
being angry at him...but after all he did, like not
sticking up for you or making you miss the appointment
today... how can you not be mad at him?" asked Willow.
"I don't know. I'm just like that. I can't stay mad at
somebody for too long. I mean even with Cordelia. When
she walks up to me I think, hey maybe she's changed,
maybe she wants to be friends, but then she just walks
up to me and says really mean things...oh well."
"She doesn't deserve to be your friend."
"Thanks Willow," said Buffy smiling, " Anyways, I have
to go home to get the house cleaned up, since old
Granddad here is coming over tomorrow. Thank the lord
it's Friday, which means no homework."
"Yeah, I still don't get that. I wish I could go to
your school Oh well, I guess I'll see you
later.Bye,"said Willow as she went downstairs and out
the door.
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Buffy still couldn't believe her eyes. She had been in
a good mood, but that had suddenly changed when she
opened the door to her house.
The site in front of her was too horrifying. There
was, right in front of her, a large amount of bags of
trash, beer, potato chips, salsa dripping off the
walls, lamps broken, couch cushions everywhere, and
most importantly, girls.
Plenty of them too. They were wearing practically
nothing, like Barbie clothes. Not only were they
there, but they were on top of the guys and one of
them was doing a dance for Spike!
Buffy felt the anger from before rage inside her. He
was her boyfriend. He was the father of their child.
He had missed an important visit to the doctor for a
lap dance.
Buffy knew what she had to do. The worst thing ever.
It was what Spike feared most. The SILENT TREATMENT!
So, she walked quietly upstairs and put her purse
down. She changed into her sweat pants, black
sleeveless shirt, and gray sweat jacket. She took out
her straight hair from the bun and divided her hair in
two, combed it , and went downstairs. She went the
other way to the kitchen on the stairs, so he wouldn't
see her.
As she was washing the dishes and talking on the phone
to her mother, she saw Spike about to walk in and
freeze right there, mouth open in shock, out of the
corner of her eye.
He just stood there, not moving in inch. He went to
walk over to her, hoping she had come in from the
garage and not the front door, and leaned in for a
kiss, but stopped when she walked over to the
refrigerator to put away the groceries she had gotten.
"Okay..........love you too...........bye mom." said
Buffy as she put the phone back in its place and went
back to the counter, island, to cut up the vegetables
for dinner.
"uh......hey pet."
Buffy didn't move her head up to look at him and
simply proceeded with cutting the vegetables fast and
smoothly just like the chefs on TV. Would.
"I said hello, luv."
She walked over to the cabinet and grabbed a big salad
bowl to dump the lettuce and tomatoes in and grabbed
another plate for the vegetables.
She checked the oven to see if the chicken was
roasting and then went back to fixing up the rest of
the dinner.
' Shit', thought Spike,' she saw. What am I going to
say? Hey, luv, I was just getting a lap dance from a
stripper, it's not what it looks like? I'm so dead.
And she is giving me the silent treatment, which means
she is really furious with me. Or maybe...maybe she
hasn't seen the girls and she is just mad at me
because of earlier... well, she would probably yell or
something if she saw...yeah.... she doesn't know...'
"I'm really sorry about earlier. I shouldn't have
missed the show for a football game."
Just then Angel walked in with Scott.
"Hey Buffy,"said Angel as he was heading for the
fridge, but then suddenly stopped, noticing she wasn't
yelling about the girls, he thought she was okay with
it," wow, it's cool that you're okay with the
girls...and stuff."
' Bloody ponce.... going to kill him.'
Buffy looked up, acting as if she didn't know what he
was talking about, holding the knife in her hand with
her eyebrows scrunched together, as if to look
confused.
"What girls?" said Buffy.
"Oh, you know, the girls out in the living
room............."at Buffy's confused look , Angel
said," Uh......I guess you don't know."
"No, I don't, but I think I'll take a look for
myself."
Buffy walked out of the kitchen into the living room,
with a racing Spike after her. Buffy stopped abruptly,
as if she was shocked.
" What the hell is this?" shouted Buffy; she looked at
Spike for an answer.
"Um...it's not what it looks like...?"Said Spike
shrugging his shoulders a little.
Buffy had a menacing look plastered on her face. She
said," Okay, show time is over. You whores get your
butts out of my house now!!"
The girls' eyes were wide, scared at the volume and
tone the petite blond used. They quickly rushed out
the door with the band members following. Except the
bleached blond that was leaving was stopped.
"Hold it right there. Where the hell do you think
you're going?"
"Um...with them?"
"Spike, you are such a pig. I can't believe you."
"I'm sorry, luv... this was never supposed to happen."
" What? The me finding out part?"
"No, the girls coming over."
"Spike, I don't care about that. I knew that you loved
me and not those girls. I knew that you only had eyes
for me. You told me. What disappoints me in you is the
fact that you didn't come when you said you would. I
don't know what your god damn mother of yours told you
about manners, but it's rude to show up late or not
even show up at all! Anyways, I got over that, but
Spike, you know what ticks me off?"
Spike just stared at her.
"The fact that you were dishonest to me. I knew those
girls were here right when I got home. I saw the mess
the dirty dancing. You walked in the kitchen and acted
as if they weren't even there. And let me tell you
something else, William. If you think that you can
keep up this attitude," then in a deep, harsh, and
very terrifying voice replaced her usual sweet tone
she said," then don't you ever, and I mean ever expect
to come home with me there. This is your warning, I've
had it with you, I won't be here anymore.
I 'm starting to doubt that you love me at all
anymore. " And with that she walked past him towards
the stairs, hitting his shoulder roughly as she passed
him.
To say Spike was scared, well, that would be an
understatement. He had never been more terrified than
he had just been in the last minute. The love of his
life leaving him that was a nightmare.

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The next day, Spike woke up and found the bed empty.
He looked around the room and found Buffy fixing her
hair. She was taking half of her hair and pulling it
back into a ponytail. She had on a black long sleeve
shirt and a white thin skirt that reached to her mid
thigh and long knee high black boots . Her make-up was
done and she grabbed her purse to check to see if she
could find her cell phone.
Spike sat at the edge of the bed facing her. They
hadn't even cuddled last night and that feeling of not
being close to her for so long was hurting him.
He just kept sitting there, gaze fixed intently on
her. She slowly looked down at him as she moved her
head away from the purse. They both kept their eyes
locked on each other for five minutes, until Buffy
said,"What is it?"
"I'm sorry, luv. I didn't mean to hurt you. I love you
so much, it hurts. When I'm not close to you, it feels
like a big part of me is missing. A part that I need
so I can live. Please don't be mad at me. I promise
I'll be better. It's just I've been so excited about
going to Hollywood and getting a new home and a baby,
I know that it's still not an excuse, but I'm crazy
about you. And you being mad at me, it kills me."
"It's all ' I' and 'me'. What about Buffy. Have you
ever thought about my feelings Spike? I don't like
being mad at you, but it seems everything I say to you
just goes though one ear and out the other. Once the
baby comes and near the time it comes, you have to be
here with me all the time. You have to be reliable
because if you can't, I have to find somebody who
can."
"I'll be here Buffy. I promise, I promise. Just don't
be mad at me."
" I'm not. I was, but I'm just upset, but if you
promise to make it better than I guess I'll talk to
you."
He pulled her arms towards him and brought her face as
he kissed a loving and gentle kiss and then kissed in
a more passionate and desirable way.Buffy pulled away.
"I have to go Spike, I have a modeling shoot today,"
said Buffy softly.
' There's that sweet voice again. It's like music to
my ears' " Alright, luv, but promise to come back
soon?"
"I promise, with a little surprise to," said Buffy
grinning from ear to ear.
' Got to love that grin...'

A/N: Yo! What's up? Please tell me what you thought.
Please...?