CHAPTER TWENTY
"Who's my favourite little boy then? Yes you are." Buffy cooed into the pram, which contained her grandson.
Joy looked at here and gave here a little laugh, "You nervous?"
Buffy rubbed her tummy, today was the day that she had to go for her first scan. Nervous wasn't the word for what she was feeling now, when she had Will she was worried about being a single mother now she was worried about the heath of her baby.
Spike was too happy to care, Buffy had tried to explain to him the chances of having a baby with disability was a lot greater when you were in your forties but he wouldn't listen. No all he would do when she started that particular lecture would be to talk into her tummy telling 'baby bit' that mommy was crazy.
"A little but you understand what it's like." Buffy explained not wanting to share her deepest darkest fears just at the moment.
"Yeah I do god I was so excited when I went for Matthew's first scan just wanting to see him for the first time, but I was kinda worried you know? I just needed to know that everything was ok before I started to enjoy it." Joy explained.
"Do I hear my favourite girls talking down there?" Spike shouted from upstairs.
Before they could answer Spike came bounding down the stairs in nothing but a pair of white boxer shorts.
"Spike you should be dressed by now!" Buffy shouted seeing her boyfriend in that state of undress. Why was he being so laid back about this?
"Yeah I was just doing that but then I heard Joy and I didn't want to miss her." Spike said leaning into the pram and plucking Matthew out of his place their.
Buffy rolled her eyes at him, it was very hard to stay mad at him when he was looking at Matthew like that and was only wearing a pair of boxer shorts, if only he'd just start to panic a bit like her. She thought she'd change the subject and keep her mind of Spike.
"So tell me why are you walking the streets and my son is not driving you like a good husband?" Buffy asked a cheerful smile on her face as she thought of Will's little family unit.
"Usual stuff, work, and I wanted Matthew to get some fresh air it seems we drive everywhere now." Joy explained.
Joy hadn't had any problems accepting the new situation in her family. Yes it was weird when you wrote it down but if you thought about the situation in terms of people it wasn't. She for one was happy to have a new sibling on the way. Will on the other hand had been a little less understanding about it all, he thought it was kinda icky that his mom would have a baby now, but he had come around eventually and was now happy about it.
"Did you bring that book with you sugar?" Spike asked his daughter and he knew the answer when he saw the confused look on Joy's face.
"What book?"
"The baby book that I bought for you," Still Joy didn't understand, "I asked you to bring it over for me to read."
Joy nodded, "Sorry, I know when you're done at the clinic why don't you come over and we'll have dinner, you can pick it up then."
Spike cocked an eyebrow at her, "How many time have I told you not to bribe me with food Joyce?"
Buffy giggled at Spike's use of his daughters full name, obviously his daughter knew that food was a major weakness for Spike and used it to her advantage.
"What's the big deal? You can have it tonight." Joy responded.
"I wanted to read it before we went to the clinic so that I could ask the doctor all my intelligent questions." He admitted blushing slightly.
"We're not even going to get there if you don't go and get dressed, and before you say it no you can't go like that." Buffy told him in a tone of voice that clearly let him know that she wasn't in the mood for messing.
"Ok then." He said placing Matthew back in his pram and then moving to kiss Joy.
"Bossy little chit." Spike mumbled quietly to himself as he walked up the stairs.
"I heard that!" Buffy shouted from downstairs.
~*~
Buffy was biting her nails as the entered the clinic waiting room, Spike raised his hand and slapped her hand away from her mouth.
"Hey!"
"Don't pet, now where do we sign in?" Spike said.
Buffy looked around, there were pregnant woman everywhere, more to the point young pregnant woman and she felt wrong and out of place. All the posters on the walls contained pictures of families and the parents were young, twenty something's.
"Over here." She said pulling Spike towards the reception desk.
Spike could sense her unease, she thought that she was too old. He had tried to explain to her that if she was to old then her body wouldn't have let it happen but she just started to rant on about mistakes and disabilities.
"Hello do you an appointment?" The older woman a reception asked. Buffy froze unable to answer.
"Yeah we do, in the name of Buffy Summers, I'm William the father."
The woman smiled at them, flicked through some papers and handed them a file, "Great the doctor will be with you soon so if you and your husband would like to take a seat."
The snapped Buffy out of whatever trance she was in, "He's not my husband." She said sharply before snatching the file out of the woman's hand.
Spike wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled Buffy off towards the chairs, "Slayer there was no need for that."
Buffy went to answer him back when she realized he'd called her Slayer, he hadn't done that it in along time he must be made. In fact every time someone assumed they were married and she put them straight he got mad, it was as if the little dream he had going on in his head had been shattered.
"Buffy would you like to follow me." The doctor said as she approached the couple.
Both Buffy and Spike stood and followed the doctor, both of them wanted to get on with things as soon as possible but for entirely different reason.
"Right first things first how are things going Buffy?" Dr Maverick asked as she closed the door behind the couple.
"Great everything's how it should be I think, I mean my first was a long time ago but as far as I remember every thing has been normal."
The doctor smiled, that was good.
"Well here I've got the ultrasound machine set up so if you'd like to just pop up on to the bed and pull your top up and pants down below your bump."
Buffy did as she was instructed.
"Well you're a good size Buffy." The doctor commented as she looked at the bump that Buffy had just revealed. Spike watched Buffy gasp as the doctor squeezed cold gel on to her tummy ready for the ultrasound.
"Now let me just find a heartbeat." Dr Maverick said more to herself than anyone else.
"Doc will you be able to tell us if every thing's ok today you know healthy baby an' all?" Spike asked.
The doctor turned her head to look at Spike, "Yes well all the other tests have come back negative so far so this will be the final confirmation that all's well."
"Right got it, no wait a minute I've got," the doctor paused, "two heartbeats which would mean"
"Twins." A very shocked Buffy finished as she stared at the screen seeing two little babies wriggling around.
"Yes twins and very healthy by the looks of it."
TBC.
"Who's my favourite little boy then? Yes you are." Buffy cooed into the pram, which contained her grandson.
Joy looked at here and gave here a little laugh, "You nervous?"
Buffy rubbed her tummy, today was the day that she had to go for her first scan. Nervous wasn't the word for what she was feeling now, when she had Will she was worried about being a single mother now she was worried about the heath of her baby.
Spike was too happy to care, Buffy had tried to explain to him the chances of having a baby with disability was a lot greater when you were in your forties but he wouldn't listen. No all he would do when she started that particular lecture would be to talk into her tummy telling 'baby bit' that mommy was crazy.
"A little but you understand what it's like." Buffy explained not wanting to share her deepest darkest fears just at the moment.
"Yeah I do god I was so excited when I went for Matthew's first scan just wanting to see him for the first time, but I was kinda worried you know? I just needed to know that everything was ok before I started to enjoy it." Joy explained.
"Do I hear my favourite girls talking down there?" Spike shouted from upstairs.
Before they could answer Spike came bounding down the stairs in nothing but a pair of white boxer shorts.
"Spike you should be dressed by now!" Buffy shouted seeing her boyfriend in that state of undress. Why was he being so laid back about this?
"Yeah I was just doing that but then I heard Joy and I didn't want to miss her." Spike said leaning into the pram and plucking Matthew out of his place their.
Buffy rolled her eyes at him, it was very hard to stay mad at him when he was looking at Matthew like that and was only wearing a pair of boxer shorts, if only he'd just start to panic a bit like her. She thought she'd change the subject and keep her mind of Spike.
"So tell me why are you walking the streets and my son is not driving you like a good husband?" Buffy asked a cheerful smile on her face as she thought of Will's little family unit.
"Usual stuff, work, and I wanted Matthew to get some fresh air it seems we drive everywhere now." Joy explained.
Joy hadn't had any problems accepting the new situation in her family. Yes it was weird when you wrote it down but if you thought about the situation in terms of people it wasn't. She for one was happy to have a new sibling on the way. Will on the other hand had been a little less understanding about it all, he thought it was kinda icky that his mom would have a baby now, but he had come around eventually and was now happy about it.
"Did you bring that book with you sugar?" Spike asked his daughter and he knew the answer when he saw the confused look on Joy's face.
"What book?"
"The baby book that I bought for you," Still Joy didn't understand, "I asked you to bring it over for me to read."
Joy nodded, "Sorry, I know when you're done at the clinic why don't you come over and we'll have dinner, you can pick it up then."
Spike cocked an eyebrow at her, "How many time have I told you not to bribe me with food Joyce?"
Buffy giggled at Spike's use of his daughters full name, obviously his daughter knew that food was a major weakness for Spike and used it to her advantage.
"What's the big deal? You can have it tonight." Joy responded.
"I wanted to read it before we went to the clinic so that I could ask the doctor all my intelligent questions." He admitted blushing slightly.
"We're not even going to get there if you don't go and get dressed, and before you say it no you can't go like that." Buffy told him in a tone of voice that clearly let him know that she wasn't in the mood for messing.
"Ok then." He said placing Matthew back in his pram and then moving to kiss Joy.
"Bossy little chit." Spike mumbled quietly to himself as he walked up the stairs.
"I heard that!" Buffy shouted from downstairs.
~*~
Buffy was biting her nails as the entered the clinic waiting room, Spike raised his hand and slapped her hand away from her mouth.
"Hey!"
"Don't pet, now where do we sign in?" Spike said.
Buffy looked around, there were pregnant woman everywhere, more to the point young pregnant woman and she felt wrong and out of place. All the posters on the walls contained pictures of families and the parents were young, twenty something's.
"Over here." She said pulling Spike towards the reception desk.
Spike could sense her unease, she thought that she was too old. He had tried to explain to her that if she was to old then her body wouldn't have let it happen but she just started to rant on about mistakes and disabilities.
"Hello do you an appointment?" The older woman a reception asked. Buffy froze unable to answer.
"Yeah we do, in the name of Buffy Summers, I'm William the father."
The woman smiled at them, flicked through some papers and handed them a file, "Great the doctor will be with you soon so if you and your husband would like to take a seat."
The snapped Buffy out of whatever trance she was in, "He's not my husband." She said sharply before snatching the file out of the woman's hand.
Spike wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled Buffy off towards the chairs, "Slayer there was no need for that."
Buffy went to answer him back when she realized he'd called her Slayer, he hadn't done that it in along time he must be made. In fact every time someone assumed they were married and she put them straight he got mad, it was as if the little dream he had going on in his head had been shattered.
"Buffy would you like to follow me." The doctor said as she approached the couple.
Both Buffy and Spike stood and followed the doctor, both of them wanted to get on with things as soon as possible but for entirely different reason.
"Right first things first how are things going Buffy?" Dr Maverick asked as she closed the door behind the couple.
"Great everything's how it should be I think, I mean my first was a long time ago but as far as I remember every thing has been normal."
The doctor smiled, that was good.
"Well here I've got the ultrasound machine set up so if you'd like to just pop up on to the bed and pull your top up and pants down below your bump."
Buffy did as she was instructed.
"Well you're a good size Buffy." The doctor commented as she looked at the bump that Buffy had just revealed. Spike watched Buffy gasp as the doctor squeezed cold gel on to her tummy ready for the ultrasound.
"Now let me just find a heartbeat." Dr Maverick said more to herself than anyone else.
"Doc will you be able to tell us if every thing's ok today you know healthy baby an' all?" Spike asked.
The doctor turned her head to look at Spike, "Yes well all the other tests have come back negative so far so this will be the final confirmation that all's well."
"Right got it, no wait a minute I've got," the doctor paused, "two heartbeats which would mean"
"Twins." A very shocked Buffy finished as she stared at the screen seeing two little babies wriggling around.
"Yes twins and very healthy by the looks of it."
TBC.