Description: Buffy's not feeling well, Spike won't go away, and Dawn knows
more that she should. The Scoobies lives are about to be changed forever.
Rating: R
Pairing: Buffy/Spike (did you think otherwise?)
"Giles can't you drive any faster?!" Dawn was getting slightly annoyed with the fact that the rental car that Giles got never went over 30 mph.
"I'm doing the speed limit, Dawn." Giles said.
"Go. Faster." Dawn grumbled.
Giles punched the gas and the car lurched forward. They took the corner to the hospital on what felt like two wheels. He slammed on the brakes just outside the doors and sent he and Dawn flying forward.
"Geez you drive like Anya." Dawn groaned as she climbed out of the car. Giles met her on the other side of the car and they went in together.
Spike had been sitting in the ER waiting room for almost an hour, but it felt like an eternity to him. He'd called the Watcher about 5 minutes ago. For the life, or rather the unlife of him, he couldn't understand why he had waited so long.
Question upon question raced through his mind. 'Buffy's pregnant? But I can't do that. I don't think so anyhow. Oh God Buffy's pregnant. That monster it hit her in the stomach. I'll kill!'
Finally one of the doctors that had taken Buffy before came back out. Spike stood and moved to him. "Is she okay? Can I see her?"
"She'll be fine." The doctor said with a slight smile. "She's still out, but she should be coming out of it soon, if you want to go in and sit with her." He motioned to the doors.
Spike was passed him before he even finished that last sentence. He pushed through the swinging doors and found a short hallway with maybe two of three doors on either side. Spike walked slowly down the corridor looking into windows.
'This place is just depressing.' He thought as he passed a room where a young girl lay in a bed, unconscious, surrounded by family.
Finally he came to the last window on his right. He looked in and saw Buffy's small figure lying in a bed. Spike pushed through the doors and stepped inside.
The room was dimly lit, casting shadows everywhere. Buffy's limp body was lying on the bed in the center of the room. An IV was strung from her left arm to a bag dangling behind her bed. One of those hospital bracelets was hooked on her right wrist.
"Oh God." Spike whispered. He grabbed a chair from the corner of the room and pulled it up beside her bed. He sat in it and took her hand in his. "God Buffy." He whispered again. "I know you're still in there, and I know you can hear me." As he talked to her, he stroked the back of her hand. "Come on, Slayer. Time to wake up. The Watcher'll be here soon with Little Bit. Don't want her to see you like this now do you?" he pleaded. Spike felt her hand tense and he looked up at her face. "Slayer?" Buffy's eyes opened slightly, just enough for Spike to see the emeralds hidden behind them. "There's my girl." He said with a huge smile.
"S-s-spike?" Buffy said. It was loud enough for just him to hear.
"I'm here." Spike said.
"What h-happened?" she asked.
"Demon took you down." Spike explained. He continued to stroke her hand gently as he talked. "Buffy, when were you going to tell me?"
She stopped and looked at him. He hadn't explained what he was talking about, but she knew anyhow. She knew that Spike had found out about her being pregnant. 'Oh God.' She thought, memories flooding back. 'That thing kicked me in the stomach.'
"Buffy?" Spike asked again, noticing her staring into space.
"I'm sorry." She choked out. She tried to hold them back, but tears slowly started to form in the corners of her eyes. "I'm so sorry."
"No pet." Spike stood up and wrapped his arms around her shoulders the best he could. "There's nothing to be sorry for."
"I just don't know how this happened." Buffy sobbed. "I mean you can't- um."
"I know pet." Spike said. He sat back down on the chair and took her hand again.
"The demon." Buffy started. "He kicked me, in the stomach." She ran a hand slowly down to her abdomen.
"We'll get a sonogram later." Spike said.
"Sir," a man appeared in the doorway. "Oh good to see you're awake."
"Can I help you?" Spike asked a little rudely.
"There is an older man and a young girl out here looking for you and the lady."
"Giles," Spike said to Buffy, "and Bit. Show them back, will ya?"
"Sure," was all he said and left the room.
"Spike," Buffy pleaded. "Don't tell Giles or Dawn. I.I want to tell them myself."
"Sure thing pet." Spike assured her.
"Buffy!" Dawn cried as she ran to her sister's bed and threw her arms around her.
"Dawnie." Buffy managed to say as she tried to pry her younger sister off her. "I'm glad to see you too."
"Buffy, how are you feeling? Are you all right?" Giles asked.
"I'm fine." Buffy said, her sister still clinging to her.
"Uh Bit," Spike ventured, "she's gotta breath you know."
Dawn backed off of her sister. "Sorry," she apologized quickly. "Are you sure you're okay? I mean what about the-" Dawn stopped herself again.
"What about the what?" Buffy asked, confused.
"What about the.um.the demon?" Dawn recovered quickly. 'Oh no,' Dawn thought, 'they're gonna know that I know.'
"Spike got it." Buffy explained. "That was after he took me down,"
"What happened?" Giles asked. "Did he have some type of uh, super strength or something?"
"No, he just hit me.here." Buffy rubbed her stomach.
"And why exactly would that cause you to fall?" Giles asked confused. "You've been in numerous fights, Buffy. And I imagine you been hit in the stomach before, but."
"Umm, Giles?" Buffy said wearily. "Dawn? There's something I have to tell you both." She looked up at Spike for reassurance, and she found it in his face. Spike reached over and took her hand.
"Buffy what is going on?" Giles asked.
"I'm.um.I don't really know how to say this." again she looked up at Spike.
He saw the desperation in her eyes. These were the people she loved the most. "We're uh." Spike began, clutching her hand tightly, "we're gonna have a baby." There it was out. Well at least to two of them knew.
Giles stood there for a moment and stared at his Slayer. 'This isn't happening.' He thought. 'This physically can't happen.'
"Oh my gosh, Buffy!" Dawn screamed. "Oh my gosh! I'm gonna be an aunt!" She rushed back over to the bed and once again threw her arms around her older sister. "I love you." Dawn whispered in her ear. Then she ran over to Spike. She almost knocked him flat on his butt. "Oh my gosh Spike this is so awesome!" Dawn threw her arms around him and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.
"Buffy, how." Giles started. He took off his glasses and pulled the handkerchief from his pocket. "How could this happen?"
"I don't know." Buffy admitted. "Spike and I.um."
"Slayer," Spike said untangling himself from Dawn's grasp, "seeing as how he knows you're pregnant, I think he gets that we're sleeping together."
Buffy's cheeks turned a deep crimson.
Rating: R
Pairing: Buffy/Spike (did you think otherwise?)
"Giles can't you drive any faster?!" Dawn was getting slightly annoyed with the fact that the rental car that Giles got never went over 30 mph.
"I'm doing the speed limit, Dawn." Giles said.
"Go. Faster." Dawn grumbled.
Giles punched the gas and the car lurched forward. They took the corner to the hospital on what felt like two wheels. He slammed on the brakes just outside the doors and sent he and Dawn flying forward.
"Geez you drive like Anya." Dawn groaned as she climbed out of the car. Giles met her on the other side of the car and they went in together.
Spike had been sitting in the ER waiting room for almost an hour, but it felt like an eternity to him. He'd called the Watcher about 5 minutes ago. For the life, or rather the unlife of him, he couldn't understand why he had waited so long.
Question upon question raced through his mind. 'Buffy's pregnant? But I can't do that. I don't think so anyhow. Oh God Buffy's pregnant. That monster it hit her in the stomach. I'll kill!'
Finally one of the doctors that had taken Buffy before came back out. Spike stood and moved to him. "Is she okay? Can I see her?"
"She'll be fine." The doctor said with a slight smile. "She's still out, but she should be coming out of it soon, if you want to go in and sit with her." He motioned to the doors.
Spike was passed him before he even finished that last sentence. He pushed through the swinging doors and found a short hallway with maybe two of three doors on either side. Spike walked slowly down the corridor looking into windows.
'This place is just depressing.' He thought as he passed a room where a young girl lay in a bed, unconscious, surrounded by family.
Finally he came to the last window on his right. He looked in and saw Buffy's small figure lying in a bed. Spike pushed through the doors and stepped inside.
The room was dimly lit, casting shadows everywhere. Buffy's limp body was lying on the bed in the center of the room. An IV was strung from her left arm to a bag dangling behind her bed. One of those hospital bracelets was hooked on her right wrist.
"Oh God." Spike whispered. He grabbed a chair from the corner of the room and pulled it up beside her bed. He sat in it and took her hand in his. "God Buffy." He whispered again. "I know you're still in there, and I know you can hear me." As he talked to her, he stroked the back of her hand. "Come on, Slayer. Time to wake up. The Watcher'll be here soon with Little Bit. Don't want her to see you like this now do you?" he pleaded. Spike felt her hand tense and he looked up at her face. "Slayer?" Buffy's eyes opened slightly, just enough for Spike to see the emeralds hidden behind them. "There's my girl." He said with a huge smile.
"S-s-spike?" Buffy said. It was loud enough for just him to hear.
"I'm here." Spike said.
"What h-happened?" she asked.
"Demon took you down." Spike explained. He continued to stroke her hand gently as he talked. "Buffy, when were you going to tell me?"
She stopped and looked at him. He hadn't explained what he was talking about, but she knew anyhow. She knew that Spike had found out about her being pregnant. 'Oh God.' She thought, memories flooding back. 'That thing kicked me in the stomach.'
"Buffy?" Spike asked again, noticing her staring into space.
"I'm sorry." She choked out. She tried to hold them back, but tears slowly started to form in the corners of her eyes. "I'm so sorry."
"No pet." Spike stood up and wrapped his arms around her shoulders the best he could. "There's nothing to be sorry for."
"I just don't know how this happened." Buffy sobbed. "I mean you can't- um."
"I know pet." Spike said. He sat back down on the chair and took her hand again.
"The demon." Buffy started. "He kicked me, in the stomach." She ran a hand slowly down to her abdomen.
"We'll get a sonogram later." Spike said.
"Sir," a man appeared in the doorway. "Oh good to see you're awake."
"Can I help you?" Spike asked a little rudely.
"There is an older man and a young girl out here looking for you and the lady."
"Giles," Spike said to Buffy, "and Bit. Show them back, will ya?"
"Sure," was all he said and left the room.
"Spike," Buffy pleaded. "Don't tell Giles or Dawn. I.I want to tell them myself."
"Sure thing pet." Spike assured her.
"Buffy!" Dawn cried as she ran to her sister's bed and threw her arms around her.
"Dawnie." Buffy managed to say as she tried to pry her younger sister off her. "I'm glad to see you too."
"Buffy, how are you feeling? Are you all right?" Giles asked.
"I'm fine." Buffy said, her sister still clinging to her.
"Uh Bit," Spike ventured, "she's gotta breath you know."
Dawn backed off of her sister. "Sorry," she apologized quickly. "Are you sure you're okay? I mean what about the-" Dawn stopped herself again.
"What about the what?" Buffy asked, confused.
"What about the.um.the demon?" Dawn recovered quickly. 'Oh no,' Dawn thought, 'they're gonna know that I know.'
"Spike got it." Buffy explained. "That was after he took me down,"
"What happened?" Giles asked. "Did he have some type of uh, super strength or something?"
"No, he just hit me.here." Buffy rubbed her stomach.
"And why exactly would that cause you to fall?" Giles asked confused. "You've been in numerous fights, Buffy. And I imagine you been hit in the stomach before, but."
"Umm, Giles?" Buffy said wearily. "Dawn? There's something I have to tell you both." She looked up at Spike for reassurance, and she found it in his face. Spike reached over and took her hand.
"Buffy what is going on?" Giles asked.
"I'm.um.I don't really know how to say this." again she looked up at Spike.
He saw the desperation in her eyes. These were the people she loved the most. "We're uh." Spike began, clutching her hand tightly, "we're gonna have a baby." There it was out. Well at least to two of them knew.
Giles stood there for a moment and stared at his Slayer. 'This isn't happening.' He thought. 'This physically can't happen.'
"Oh my gosh, Buffy!" Dawn screamed. "Oh my gosh! I'm gonna be an aunt!" She rushed back over to the bed and once again threw her arms around her older sister. "I love you." Dawn whispered in her ear. Then she ran over to Spike. She almost knocked him flat on his butt. "Oh my gosh Spike this is so awesome!" Dawn threw her arms around him and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.
"Buffy, how." Giles started. He took off his glasses and pulled the handkerchief from his pocket. "How could this happen?"
"I don't know." Buffy admitted. "Spike and I.um."
"Slayer," Spike said untangling himself from Dawn's grasp, "seeing as how he knows you're pregnant, I think he gets that we're sleeping together."
Buffy's cheeks turned a deep crimson.
