CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
Buffy sat down on the floor a pout present on her face. Spike stopped what he was doing and turned to her.
"Please honey don't pull that face." Spike said, the expression on Buffy's face didn't change.
"I'm the Slayer Spike." She said.
"No your not as you keep telling me they let you go, and even if you were the Slayer I still wouldn't let you get up that ladder!" He said in a stern tone of voice, Buffy knew that he wouldn't be shifted.
A heavily pregnant Buffy lay flat on her back and started humming out of tune, Spike put the roller on top of the paint tin and went to lie down next to her.
"But you need help, it's taking you ages and I want to play." Buffy said trailing her finger down Spike's chest toward his groin. Spike grabbed her finger.
"Don't try that one pet, and we've got plenty of time yet, what two weeks now." He said smiling at her tummy, soon he'd have two little babies to take care of.
Buffy smiled back at him, if he wasn't going to let her help then she wasn't planning on letting him get any work done either. Things had been great after the major 'I'm too old' argument, they had been great together and apart from the trademark Spike and Buffy squabbles they hadn't had a crossed word.
Now she could say that she was happy about the twins and the ultrasound scan pictures were placed with loving care on the door of the refrigerator.
"Spike come down stairs with me." She said.
"I thought it was taking me too long anyway if I come downstairs with you then it'll be even longer before it's finished." Spike said grinning at his Slayer.
Maybe this would be a good time to go get the ring, he asked her on the back porch the night of their last argument and again she had stopped him before he could finish the question. One day she'd say yes, he had to keep himself telling himself that or he'd be crushed, so until she did he'd keep asking.
"Buffy I've been thinking a lot about us at the children and." Spike started.
Buffy knew where this was going, even if he hadn't started with what he just had she would have known. He got a glint in his deep blue eyes that showed he was off dreaming of weddings and their future.
"Please don't Spike." Buffy said a begging look in her eyes.
Normally Spike would have carried on to pester her until she punched him, but no not today. He planned on letting it lie until she had the babies at least, now was not the time to be pissing her off.
"Ok, now what are we going to watch on TV." He said standing and pulling Buffy to her feet.
~*~
Joy brought a big bowl of potato salad into the kitchen, she watched Buffy flutter around the kitchen all homely. With a fond smile she remember what it was like when she had been pregnant Matthew, with her it wasn't cooking it was cleaning everything had to be cleaned dusted and polished three times over, everyday!
"I brought salad." Joy said placing the salad down on the worktop.
Buffy turned to look at Joy's offering, she felt stupid but it made her kind of emotional.
"You're a good girl Joy and I'm so happy that Will has you." Buffy said tears now flowing freely down her face. Again Joy smiled.
"Feeling weepy, don't worry I know how it is, every morning I cried when I saw next door's cat with it'd kittens." Joy said laughing at the memory.
"Thanks I feel kinda stupid it seems I'll cry over just about anything, like this afternoon when your dad bought my a night gown for hospital."
"My dad expert at making woman cry!" Joy laughed.
Things were good between Buffy and Joy, they worked well together and gave each other what they needed. Buffy had always wanted a little girl and no matter how good Spike was Joy had always wanted a mother. She had defiantly found more than enough mother figures in the Summers house.
"Me make women cry, never!" A cocky British accent shouted from the dining room.
"You better go and sit down I'm bringing dinner through now." Buffy instructed Joy who gave her 'as if' look.
"Go sit!" Buffy said again.
"My dad will kill me if he thinks I'm letting you carry heavy pots and plates about." Joy said grabbing the tray of meat from the side before Buffy could protest.
~*~
Dawn, Will, Joy, Buffy and Spike were all sat around the table having a normal family meal and it felt good for all of them. Before this little family had come together family meals weren't really big in either house.
With Joy away in New York Spike had barley bothered to eat never mind sit down to a proper meal. Normally eating would consist of a bag of crisps in front of his laptop.
Buffy and Dawn were never in at the same time so they never bothered to sit down at the table and get the best dishes out. Even when the whole Scooby gang got together they normal had chicken in a bucket or something.
No this was new and it felt good, especially for Buffy because she could see the happy little home she was brining her children into, all be it not entirely normal.
"So you guys must have thought of some name by now." Will said spooning more salad on to his plate.
Buffy and Spike exchanged knowing glances, "Not quite!" They said at the same time.
"Well more we have thought of name it's just we can't agree." Spike continued.
"Oh the name debate, yeah it's been going on for weeks, and very loudly I might add." Dawn said her face playing at mock annoyance.
"Well it's just like when Red put this spell on us years back and we were going to get married, we couldn't agree on anything. You see Buffy had some funny idea's, like Wing Beneath My Wings." He explained to Will and Joy while laughing.
It was nice to think back to how they were then, fair enough he would have killed her given half a chance but things were fun and carefree.
"So come on what have you got?" Joy asked.
"A list your arm long!" Dawn added.
"Right girls, Karen, Christine, Carolyn, Susana, Lilly, Kylie, Beth and Lola." Buffy said reading out the list knowing every name by heart and observing the reaction to each name.
Spike decided it was his turn, "Joseph, Joshua, Luke, Alex, Mark and Benson."
"Oh I think then all." Joy said getting more and more excited about the thought of having two new siblings.
"So do we and that's the problem." Buffy said standing up to take away the empty plates.
She looked at Spike it was times like this she would be tempted to say yes if he asked her, but who was she kidding in her forties and running around getting married. When she had fallen pregnant with William she wanted nothing more than to be married, do things properly but all those years as a mother had taught her that kids don't care about a wedding certificate.
"What we thought was that when they came we'd look at them and we know what names suited them best." Spike explained as the little family moved into the lounge.
Spike's head shot round when he heard a crash of plates.
"Which would be now." Buffy said holding herself up against the door frame and surrounded in a pool of amniotic fluids.
TBC.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: I was wondering if you guys want to see the kids, not as babies but a couple of year down the line. Let me know and then I can decide where to finish this fic, thanx.
Buffy sat down on the floor a pout present on her face. Spike stopped what he was doing and turned to her.
"Please honey don't pull that face." Spike said, the expression on Buffy's face didn't change.
"I'm the Slayer Spike." She said.
"No your not as you keep telling me they let you go, and even if you were the Slayer I still wouldn't let you get up that ladder!" He said in a stern tone of voice, Buffy knew that he wouldn't be shifted.
A heavily pregnant Buffy lay flat on her back and started humming out of tune, Spike put the roller on top of the paint tin and went to lie down next to her.
"But you need help, it's taking you ages and I want to play." Buffy said trailing her finger down Spike's chest toward his groin. Spike grabbed her finger.
"Don't try that one pet, and we've got plenty of time yet, what two weeks now." He said smiling at her tummy, soon he'd have two little babies to take care of.
Buffy smiled back at him, if he wasn't going to let her help then she wasn't planning on letting him get any work done either. Things had been great after the major 'I'm too old' argument, they had been great together and apart from the trademark Spike and Buffy squabbles they hadn't had a crossed word.
Now she could say that she was happy about the twins and the ultrasound scan pictures were placed with loving care on the door of the refrigerator.
"Spike come down stairs with me." She said.
"I thought it was taking me too long anyway if I come downstairs with you then it'll be even longer before it's finished." Spike said grinning at his Slayer.
Maybe this would be a good time to go get the ring, he asked her on the back porch the night of their last argument and again she had stopped him before he could finish the question. One day she'd say yes, he had to keep himself telling himself that or he'd be crushed, so until she did he'd keep asking.
"Buffy I've been thinking a lot about us at the children and." Spike started.
Buffy knew where this was going, even if he hadn't started with what he just had she would have known. He got a glint in his deep blue eyes that showed he was off dreaming of weddings and their future.
"Please don't Spike." Buffy said a begging look in her eyes.
Normally Spike would have carried on to pester her until she punched him, but no not today. He planned on letting it lie until she had the babies at least, now was not the time to be pissing her off.
"Ok, now what are we going to watch on TV." He said standing and pulling Buffy to her feet.
~*~
Joy brought a big bowl of potato salad into the kitchen, she watched Buffy flutter around the kitchen all homely. With a fond smile she remember what it was like when she had been pregnant Matthew, with her it wasn't cooking it was cleaning everything had to be cleaned dusted and polished three times over, everyday!
"I brought salad." Joy said placing the salad down on the worktop.
Buffy turned to look at Joy's offering, she felt stupid but it made her kind of emotional.
"You're a good girl Joy and I'm so happy that Will has you." Buffy said tears now flowing freely down her face. Again Joy smiled.
"Feeling weepy, don't worry I know how it is, every morning I cried when I saw next door's cat with it'd kittens." Joy said laughing at the memory.
"Thanks I feel kinda stupid it seems I'll cry over just about anything, like this afternoon when your dad bought my a night gown for hospital."
"My dad expert at making woman cry!" Joy laughed.
Things were good between Buffy and Joy, they worked well together and gave each other what they needed. Buffy had always wanted a little girl and no matter how good Spike was Joy had always wanted a mother. She had defiantly found more than enough mother figures in the Summers house.
"Me make women cry, never!" A cocky British accent shouted from the dining room.
"You better go and sit down I'm bringing dinner through now." Buffy instructed Joy who gave her 'as if' look.
"Go sit!" Buffy said again.
"My dad will kill me if he thinks I'm letting you carry heavy pots and plates about." Joy said grabbing the tray of meat from the side before Buffy could protest.
~*~
Dawn, Will, Joy, Buffy and Spike were all sat around the table having a normal family meal and it felt good for all of them. Before this little family had come together family meals weren't really big in either house.
With Joy away in New York Spike had barley bothered to eat never mind sit down to a proper meal. Normally eating would consist of a bag of crisps in front of his laptop.
Buffy and Dawn were never in at the same time so they never bothered to sit down at the table and get the best dishes out. Even when the whole Scooby gang got together they normal had chicken in a bucket or something.
No this was new and it felt good, especially for Buffy because she could see the happy little home she was brining her children into, all be it not entirely normal.
"So you guys must have thought of some name by now." Will said spooning more salad on to his plate.
Buffy and Spike exchanged knowing glances, "Not quite!" They said at the same time.
"Well more we have thought of name it's just we can't agree." Spike continued.
"Oh the name debate, yeah it's been going on for weeks, and very loudly I might add." Dawn said her face playing at mock annoyance.
"Well it's just like when Red put this spell on us years back and we were going to get married, we couldn't agree on anything. You see Buffy had some funny idea's, like Wing Beneath My Wings." He explained to Will and Joy while laughing.
It was nice to think back to how they were then, fair enough he would have killed her given half a chance but things were fun and carefree.
"So come on what have you got?" Joy asked.
"A list your arm long!" Dawn added.
"Right girls, Karen, Christine, Carolyn, Susana, Lilly, Kylie, Beth and Lola." Buffy said reading out the list knowing every name by heart and observing the reaction to each name.
Spike decided it was his turn, "Joseph, Joshua, Luke, Alex, Mark and Benson."
"Oh I think then all." Joy said getting more and more excited about the thought of having two new siblings.
"So do we and that's the problem." Buffy said standing up to take away the empty plates.
She looked at Spike it was times like this she would be tempted to say yes if he asked her, but who was she kidding in her forties and running around getting married. When she had fallen pregnant with William she wanted nothing more than to be married, do things properly but all those years as a mother had taught her that kids don't care about a wedding certificate.
"What we thought was that when they came we'd look at them and we know what names suited them best." Spike explained as the little family moved into the lounge.
Spike's head shot round when he heard a crash of plates.
"Which would be now." Buffy said holding herself up against the door frame and surrounded in a pool of amniotic fluids.
TBC.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: I was wondering if you guys want to see the kids, not as babies but a couple of year down the line. Let me know and then I can decide where to finish this fic, thanx.