CHAPTER THIRTEEN
A red 1997 Lotus Elise sped down Revello Drive, Sunnydale. The car came to a halt out side a house and Spike jumped out and ran up to the door.
Spike had driven like a mad man all the way from his house in Barnsfield, he didn't know why he felt the urge to get there as soon as possible but he wanted to see Joy. When he became a man again Spike had never thought about possibility of having any children, Joy had just sort of found her way into the world by surprise. The same was true of grandchildren, he knew that his daughter was young and healthy but he never saw her as a mother.
The thought of his Joy sat with a newborn cuddled up in her arms brought a smile to his face.
Suddenly the door swung open, Spike had been too wrapped up in his daydreams of little babies that he'd forgotten to knock. He was greeted by a smiling Slayer.
"Come in Spike." Buffy said standing back allowing him to enter.
"Hi Buffy."
Buffy raised an eyebrow, Spike had just smiled at her and called her Buffy. She watched the joyous look on his face, anyone could see the pride coming off from this man.
"You got here quick." She noted following him into the lounge.
"Oh yeah. Where are they?" Spike said looking round the room expecting to find it full of people but instead finding it empty.
Buffy smiled at him he seemed so much like a child.
"Spike they're out, Will said they'd come round for dinner tonight."
A look of confusion passed on Spikes face, why weren't they here? Joy should be resting or something.
He threw his body on to the sofa and looked at Buffy. She saw his disappointment that they weren't there.
"Anyway I told you that you have to pretend that you don't know." Buffy said trying to maintain her stern voice.
"I know but I'm so excited," He looked at Buffy again, "You're excited too right?"
Buffy sighed, yes she was excited but she couldn't help worry that it was all too fast. Her son and Joy had gotten married against her wishes and so far it had all been great but now there was going to be a child to think about. Buffy herself had come from a broken home and it wasn't nice, she'd brought her son up without his father and that wasn't nice she just didn't want her grandchild going through the same thing.
"You don't understand Spike, you had a happy marriage and I guess your parents did I'm just worried that it's too soon."
Buffy expected Spike to start shouting, but he never he just nodded his head in understanding.
"I know pet I've thought that too but you've seen them together, it's a great love if ever I saw one." Spike said.
It was true, Joy and Will had a love so special that it seemed like nothing could touch them. A child would only make things stronger and better for them.
"Yeah you're probably right." Buffy said.
Taken back a bit by the fact that Buffy had said he was right Spike started to smirk, he leaned back and put his feet up on the coffee table. His eyes searched her slender frame, carefully taking in every inch that had changed. She looked good he decided.
Buffy had put on a little weight, but not too much, if anything it made her look better. Her body was still toned and her hair still soft and shiny. The wrinkles of time hadn't really set in either, she had a few small lines around her eyes but nothing more. Still beautiful he thought.
"Look I've got to go out you can stay here if you want I'll be an hour or two." Buffy said trying to make him stop staring at her breasts.
"Yeah whatever." He replied in a far away and dreamy voice as his eyes trailed from her chest, down her stomach and resting on her hips.
"Well everything is pretty much where it always has been, oh and we got cable." Buffy told him turning herself away from his gaze and picking up her coat. She headed for the door and left Spike sitting there, grinning like a child.
~*~
The demon in him, that wasn't there any more had been tempt to go up to Buffy's room and have a poke about. He hadn't though, it had always seemed like the wrong thing to do but know he couldn't bring himself to do it.
No Spike had sat on the sofa watching TV for the past hour, it was nearly six o'clock now and he was starting to get restless, he just wanted to see Joy. To give her a big fatherly hug and tell her how happy and proud he was, he wanted to shake Will's hand and tell him how happy he'd made him. But no he had to wait. Spike had never been patient, it was a big down fall it'd nearly cost him his life at Buffy's hand more than once but he couldn't help it.
Spike jumped when he heard the sound of a car pulling up to the house. Sticking his head through the curtains he saw his daughter and her husband getting out of their car.
~*~
"Dad what are you doing here?" Joy asked with a smile when she saw Spike waiting at the door for them. She knew he knew, she'd known that there was no way Buffy would be able to get him here if she didn't tell him.
"I've come for a visit." Spike said trying so hard not to grab her in a bear hug and give the game away.
"Oh ok." Joy said flatly before walking past him into the house.
Spike's heart pounded, how long would he have to keep this up? Surely she would tell him soon, or else he'd explode.
"So how are you doing love?" Spike asked hoping that it would give her the chance to spill.
"Fine." Joy replied with a nod, it was cruel but she was enjoying keeping him hanging on.
Spike let out a little groan he couldn't keep this up. Stuff Buffy she was the one that broke her promise not him so he could say something.
"Joy I know, I know that you're pregnant." Spike said when she had her back to him.
Joy turned on her heels to look at Spike a broad smile the she'd inherited from him spread across her face, "I know you do."
With that Spike pulled her close to him hugging her whilst trying to be careful not to squash the newest member of his family. Tears of happiness were forming in his eyes, he hadn't felt this way in a long time, but it was worth the wait.
"I'm so proud." He managed to blurt out.
"I know." Joy told him before Spike released her and turned to Will. He grabbed his hand but then thought better of it and pulled the young man into a hug as well.
"And you! All I can say is well done." Spike told him, Will just smiled. It was a little off putting he'd only met this man six months ago and at that time he appeared to hate him.
"Thanks." Was the only answer Will could find for the older man.
Joy watched the scene smiling, everyone was so happy. "Daddy do you think you might stay now?" She asked with a begging look in her eyes.
"Of course pet if that's what you want."
A smirk passed on Joy's face as her father pulled her into another cuddle. Yeah the baby was by far the best thing about the situation but it made her happy to think that it'd had brought her dad and Buffy back together made it even better.
Her and Dawn couldn't have planned this better if they tried!
~*~
Buffy came home about half an hour later, she opened the door and stopped in the doorway when she saw the scene before her.
"Yeah well of course we'll have to sort the nursery out, we'll make it so perfect little teddy bears and stuff." Spike said to the two people in front of him.
"Oh and we could get on of those like electric motorbikes." Will added.
Joy giggled, "Calm down you two I'm only three months gone."
"Yeah but we need to be ready." Spike said, "I'll go buy a baby book tomorrow so that I can read up."
Buffy smiled, it was so nice to see Spike like this. The loving and caring side of him that she hadn't seen for years, it was just like when he used to sit with Dawn and paint her nails. It was nice, it warmed her heart to think of him like this.
She felt a shiver run down her spine as Spike turned and saw her standing there.
"You're back!" He said with a smile, a big genuine smile.
"Yep."
Looking at him now Buffy thought how good it was going to be having Spike back in her life, she'd just have to be nice to him. Her heart fluttered when she realized that he'd have to stay with her that night. On the sofa, of course.
Or she could just sit up with him all night.
TBC.
A red 1997 Lotus Elise sped down Revello Drive, Sunnydale. The car came to a halt out side a house and Spike jumped out and ran up to the door.
Spike had driven like a mad man all the way from his house in Barnsfield, he didn't know why he felt the urge to get there as soon as possible but he wanted to see Joy. When he became a man again Spike had never thought about possibility of having any children, Joy had just sort of found her way into the world by surprise. The same was true of grandchildren, he knew that his daughter was young and healthy but he never saw her as a mother.
The thought of his Joy sat with a newborn cuddled up in her arms brought a smile to his face.
Suddenly the door swung open, Spike had been too wrapped up in his daydreams of little babies that he'd forgotten to knock. He was greeted by a smiling Slayer.
"Come in Spike." Buffy said standing back allowing him to enter.
"Hi Buffy."
Buffy raised an eyebrow, Spike had just smiled at her and called her Buffy. She watched the joyous look on his face, anyone could see the pride coming off from this man.
"You got here quick." She noted following him into the lounge.
"Oh yeah. Where are they?" Spike said looking round the room expecting to find it full of people but instead finding it empty.
Buffy smiled at him he seemed so much like a child.
"Spike they're out, Will said they'd come round for dinner tonight."
A look of confusion passed on Spikes face, why weren't they here? Joy should be resting or something.
He threw his body on to the sofa and looked at Buffy. She saw his disappointment that they weren't there.
"Anyway I told you that you have to pretend that you don't know." Buffy said trying to maintain her stern voice.
"I know but I'm so excited," He looked at Buffy again, "You're excited too right?"
Buffy sighed, yes she was excited but she couldn't help worry that it was all too fast. Her son and Joy had gotten married against her wishes and so far it had all been great but now there was going to be a child to think about. Buffy herself had come from a broken home and it wasn't nice, she'd brought her son up without his father and that wasn't nice she just didn't want her grandchild going through the same thing.
"You don't understand Spike, you had a happy marriage and I guess your parents did I'm just worried that it's too soon."
Buffy expected Spike to start shouting, but he never he just nodded his head in understanding.
"I know pet I've thought that too but you've seen them together, it's a great love if ever I saw one." Spike said.
It was true, Joy and Will had a love so special that it seemed like nothing could touch them. A child would only make things stronger and better for them.
"Yeah you're probably right." Buffy said.
Taken back a bit by the fact that Buffy had said he was right Spike started to smirk, he leaned back and put his feet up on the coffee table. His eyes searched her slender frame, carefully taking in every inch that had changed. She looked good he decided.
Buffy had put on a little weight, but not too much, if anything it made her look better. Her body was still toned and her hair still soft and shiny. The wrinkles of time hadn't really set in either, she had a few small lines around her eyes but nothing more. Still beautiful he thought.
"Look I've got to go out you can stay here if you want I'll be an hour or two." Buffy said trying to make him stop staring at her breasts.
"Yeah whatever." He replied in a far away and dreamy voice as his eyes trailed from her chest, down her stomach and resting on her hips.
"Well everything is pretty much where it always has been, oh and we got cable." Buffy told him turning herself away from his gaze and picking up her coat. She headed for the door and left Spike sitting there, grinning like a child.
~*~
The demon in him, that wasn't there any more had been tempt to go up to Buffy's room and have a poke about. He hadn't though, it had always seemed like the wrong thing to do but know he couldn't bring himself to do it.
No Spike had sat on the sofa watching TV for the past hour, it was nearly six o'clock now and he was starting to get restless, he just wanted to see Joy. To give her a big fatherly hug and tell her how happy and proud he was, he wanted to shake Will's hand and tell him how happy he'd made him. But no he had to wait. Spike had never been patient, it was a big down fall it'd nearly cost him his life at Buffy's hand more than once but he couldn't help it.
Spike jumped when he heard the sound of a car pulling up to the house. Sticking his head through the curtains he saw his daughter and her husband getting out of their car.
~*~
"Dad what are you doing here?" Joy asked with a smile when she saw Spike waiting at the door for them. She knew he knew, she'd known that there was no way Buffy would be able to get him here if she didn't tell him.
"I've come for a visit." Spike said trying so hard not to grab her in a bear hug and give the game away.
"Oh ok." Joy said flatly before walking past him into the house.
Spike's heart pounded, how long would he have to keep this up? Surely she would tell him soon, or else he'd explode.
"So how are you doing love?" Spike asked hoping that it would give her the chance to spill.
"Fine." Joy replied with a nod, it was cruel but she was enjoying keeping him hanging on.
Spike let out a little groan he couldn't keep this up. Stuff Buffy she was the one that broke her promise not him so he could say something.
"Joy I know, I know that you're pregnant." Spike said when she had her back to him.
Joy turned on her heels to look at Spike a broad smile the she'd inherited from him spread across her face, "I know you do."
With that Spike pulled her close to him hugging her whilst trying to be careful not to squash the newest member of his family. Tears of happiness were forming in his eyes, he hadn't felt this way in a long time, but it was worth the wait.
"I'm so proud." He managed to blurt out.
"I know." Joy told him before Spike released her and turned to Will. He grabbed his hand but then thought better of it and pulled the young man into a hug as well.
"And you! All I can say is well done." Spike told him, Will just smiled. It was a little off putting he'd only met this man six months ago and at that time he appeared to hate him.
"Thanks." Was the only answer Will could find for the older man.
Joy watched the scene smiling, everyone was so happy. "Daddy do you think you might stay now?" She asked with a begging look in her eyes.
"Of course pet if that's what you want."
A smirk passed on Joy's face as her father pulled her into another cuddle. Yeah the baby was by far the best thing about the situation but it made her happy to think that it'd had brought her dad and Buffy back together made it even better.
Her and Dawn couldn't have planned this better if they tried!
~*~
Buffy came home about half an hour later, she opened the door and stopped in the doorway when she saw the scene before her.
"Yeah well of course we'll have to sort the nursery out, we'll make it so perfect little teddy bears and stuff." Spike said to the two people in front of him.
"Oh and we could get on of those like electric motorbikes." Will added.
Joy giggled, "Calm down you two I'm only three months gone."
"Yeah but we need to be ready." Spike said, "I'll go buy a baby book tomorrow so that I can read up."
Buffy smiled, it was so nice to see Spike like this. The loving and caring side of him that she hadn't seen for years, it was just like when he used to sit with Dawn and paint her nails. It was nice, it warmed her heart to think of him like this.
She felt a shiver run down her spine as Spike turned and saw her standing there.
"You're back!" He said with a smile, a big genuine smile.
"Yep."
Looking at him now Buffy thought how good it was going to be having Spike back in her life, she'd just have to be nice to him. Her heart fluttered when she realized that he'd have to stay with her that night. On the sofa, of course.
Or she could just sit up with him all night.
TBC.