Priorities
"A girl huh, I think that's great luv I really do" Spike said when Buffy told him the news.
"Yeah, I think so too, and Anya will be happy, now I just need a name for her, I know I want the middle name to be Joyce" Buffy said.
"Because of your mum?" Spike asked compassionately.
"Yeah, is that okay?" Buffy asked.
"Yeah, I really liked your mum, she was a decent lady, but you know the girl needs a first name, I think it should symbolize something, it should mean something" Spike said.
"Me too, I'm going to get some of those baby name books, and also I'll have Willow and Dawn get on the internet and look too" Buffy said. "They were all really exited about having a girl, especially Dawn, she's so exited to have a niece."
"Well I'm glad the little bit's exited, well the sun's coming up, I'm going to go to sleep" he said. She sort of laughed inside about that, most people went to sleep when the sun went down, not when it came up, but then again Spike wasn't most people, in fact he wasn't people, he was a vampire, and she was supposed to kill vampires, so why did she love him so much? Most likely the same reason she fell in love with Angel, for his soul. But it wasn't just his soul. She liked the danger. She loved not being sure, living on the edge, which was how their relationship was from the beginning, on he edge of love and hate.
The sun rose bright, but had no effect on earth since the winter air overthrew it. Buffy sleepily got out of bed at 1:25 and went downstairs to find Dawn watching TV.
"Hey Dawnie" Buffy said as she sat next to her.
"Hi Buffy, do you want to go shopping now, since we didn't go yesterday?" Dawn asked.
"Sure, just let me get dressed" Buffy told her as she made her way back upstairs. The good thing about this was that Dawn was now sixteen and had her driver's license so she could drive and Buffy could just relax. She was feeling very worn out. She got dressed and went back downstairs.
"Buffy I think you look cut pregnant" Dawn complimented her sister.
"Well I'm glad you do because I don't" she said conscientiously. Dawn drove to the mall where they could look at all the clothes for girls.
"I think you should get a lot of pink, so that everyone will know it's a girl, 'cause I saw this one show where this woman had a baby girl, and everyone thought is was a boy" Dawn told Buffy.
"My baby daughter is not going to look like no boy" Buffy said.
"Well.now that I think about it, the woman did kind of look like a boy too, and you're pretty so.she'll be pretty too.I hope" Dawn said as they made their way to each aisle.
"She will be pretty" Buffy said.
After they got all the clothes Buffy could buy at the time they went to the checkout where she saw a baby name book.
"Oh, I'm going to get this, it can help me find a name for the baby" she said and put it in with the rest of the stuff. They drove home and Buffy put the baby things in the baby's nursery. Xander had built a room downstairs in the basement and Willow and Tara moved down there, Buffy moved into her mom's room, where Tara and Willow had been before and the baby's nursery would be in Buffy's old room. Buffy looked that night at the various baby names the book had to offer. She had the baby's middle name so it was easier. She wanted a name that meant something, but also went cute with Joyce. She stayed up until three o'clock in the morning looking through the book. As she was flipping through the pages she came across some cute names such as Brogan, Alexandra, Kathryn, Madelyn and Katelyn. She really liked the names and decided to talk it over with Spike.
So, which do you like more sweetie?" Buffy asked.
"Let's see" Spike said as he took the piece of paper that Buffy had written the names on. "Alexandra, Brogan, Kathryn, Madelyn and Katelynn, well luv all these names are good, which do you like?"
"I'm not sure, I'm trying to see which goes better with Joyce" Buffy said.
"Well ducks I'm not that good with names so you'll probably have to ask one of your gal pals for this one" Spike said.
"Okay, I'll do that" Buffy said. "But you like all the names right, there isn't one that you don't like?"
"Well if you ask, I don't really care for Alexandra" Spike said.
"Okay, then we'll veto that one" Buffy said as she kissed Spike. "I'm going to go to bed, I love you."
"I love you too pet" Spike said.
Buffy's alarm went off at 7:15 in the morning. She wanted to get up early and talk to Anya. It was strange for her that she was befriending Anya so much. But both of them being pregnant together really helped them bond. As she was about to leave the house the phone rang and she answered it.
"Hello" Buffy said into the phone.
"Buff, it's Xander, I'm at the hospital, Anya's been asking for you, she's in labor, can you come?" Xander said with adrenalin in his voice.
"Uh, yeah, actually I was just going to see Anya, um I'll be there as soon as I can okay" she said.
"All right, hurry" Xander said and then hung up. Buffy went upstairs to wake Dawn and then into the basement to wake Willow and Tara.
Willow drove the gang to the hospital to meet Xander and Anya. When they arrived they were too late. Anya had already had the baby.
"Can we come in?" Willow asked as she knocked on the door of Anya's room.
"Sure come in you guys" Anya said happily cradling her newborn son.
"Oh, Anya he's so beautiful" Tara told Anya and Xander.
"What's his name?" Dawn asked.
"Well we wanted him to have a name that we both liked and that was nice" Xander said.
"Yeah and we fought and fought about this" Anya added.
"And we finally came up with a name" Xander said.
"So what is it?" Giles asked.
"It's Giles Matthew Harris" Anya said.
"Really?" Giles asked honored.
"Yeah, we were thinking about a name that would bring happiness and good things to the little guy and our first obvious agreement.we knew that giving him the first name of Giles would make him smart and level headed like you" Xander told Giles.
"I'm touched, really" Giles smiled.
"And also Matthew means god's gift, which is what he is" Anya said.
"It's a great name" Buffy said.
"Now for the next thing, Will we'd like you and Buff to be the godparents of him" Xander said.
"Really?" Willow said.
"Yeah, no one is the father or the mother, but.we want our two best friends to share this with us" Xander said.
"We'd be honored" Buffy said with a smile.
After Buffy returned home she looked at the list she had made of baby names. She decided to call her daughter like she saw her. When she was born she would name her.
"A girl huh, I think that's great luv I really do" Spike said when Buffy told him the news.
"Yeah, I think so too, and Anya will be happy, now I just need a name for her, I know I want the middle name to be Joyce" Buffy said.
"Because of your mum?" Spike asked compassionately.
"Yeah, is that okay?" Buffy asked.
"Yeah, I really liked your mum, she was a decent lady, but you know the girl needs a first name, I think it should symbolize something, it should mean something" Spike said.
"Me too, I'm going to get some of those baby name books, and also I'll have Willow and Dawn get on the internet and look too" Buffy said. "They were all really exited about having a girl, especially Dawn, she's so exited to have a niece."
"Well I'm glad the little bit's exited, well the sun's coming up, I'm going to go to sleep" he said. She sort of laughed inside about that, most people went to sleep when the sun went down, not when it came up, but then again Spike wasn't most people, in fact he wasn't people, he was a vampire, and she was supposed to kill vampires, so why did she love him so much? Most likely the same reason she fell in love with Angel, for his soul. But it wasn't just his soul. She liked the danger. She loved not being sure, living on the edge, which was how their relationship was from the beginning, on he edge of love and hate.
The sun rose bright, but had no effect on earth since the winter air overthrew it. Buffy sleepily got out of bed at 1:25 and went downstairs to find Dawn watching TV.
"Hey Dawnie" Buffy said as she sat next to her.
"Hi Buffy, do you want to go shopping now, since we didn't go yesterday?" Dawn asked.
"Sure, just let me get dressed" Buffy told her as she made her way back upstairs. The good thing about this was that Dawn was now sixteen and had her driver's license so she could drive and Buffy could just relax. She was feeling very worn out. She got dressed and went back downstairs.
"Buffy I think you look cut pregnant" Dawn complimented her sister.
"Well I'm glad you do because I don't" she said conscientiously. Dawn drove to the mall where they could look at all the clothes for girls.
"I think you should get a lot of pink, so that everyone will know it's a girl, 'cause I saw this one show where this woman had a baby girl, and everyone thought is was a boy" Dawn told Buffy.
"My baby daughter is not going to look like no boy" Buffy said.
"Well.now that I think about it, the woman did kind of look like a boy too, and you're pretty so.she'll be pretty too.I hope" Dawn said as they made their way to each aisle.
"She will be pretty" Buffy said.
After they got all the clothes Buffy could buy at the time they went to the checkout where she saw a baby name book.
"Oh, I'm going to get this, it can help me find a name for the baby" she said and put it in with the rest of the stuff. They drove home and Buffy put the baby things in the baby's nursery. Xander had built a room downstairs in the basement and Willow and Tara moved down there, Buffy moved into her mom's room, where Tara and Willow had been before and the baby's nursery would be in Buffy's old room. Buffy looked that night at the various baby names the book had to offer. She had the baby's middle name so it was easier. She wanted a name that meant something, but also went cute with Joyce. She stayed up until three o'clock in the morning looking through the book. As she was flipping through the pages she came across some cute names such as Brogan, Alexandra, Kathryn, Madelyn and Katelyn. She really liked the names and decided to talk it over with Spike.
So, which do you like more sweetie?" Buffy asked.
"Let's see" Spike said as he took the piece of paper that Buffy had written the names on. "Alexandra, Brogan, Kathryn, Madelyn and Katelynn, well luv all these names are good, which do you like?"
"I'm not sure, I'm trying to see which goes better with Joyce" Buffy said.
"Well ducks I'm not that good with names so you'll probably have to ask one of your gal pals for this one" Spike said.
"Okay, I'll do that" Buffy said. "But you like all the names right, there isn't one that you don't like?"
"Well if you ask, I don't really care for Alexandra" Spike said.
"Okay, then we'll veto that one" Buffy said as she kissed Spike. "I'm going to go to bed, I love you."
"I love you too pet" Spike said.
Buffy's alarm went off at 7:15 in the morning. She wanted to get up early and talk to Anya. It was strange for her that she was befriending Anya so much. But both of them being pregnant together really helped them bond. As she was about to leave the house the phone rang and she answered it.
"Hello" Buffy said into the phone.
"Buff, it's Xander, I'm at the hospital, Anya's been asking for you, she's in labor, can you come?" Xander said with adrenalin in his voice.
"Uh, yeah, actually I was just going to see Anya, um I'll be there as soon as I can okay" she said.
"All right, hurry" Xander said and then hung up. Buffy went upstairs to wake Dawn and then into the basement to wake Willow and Tara.
Willow drove the gang to the hospital to meet Xander and Anya. When they arrived they were too late. Anya had already had the baby.
"Can we come in?" Willow asked as she knocked on the door of Anya's room.
"Sure come in you guys" Anya said happily cradling her newborn son.
"Oh, Anya he's so beautiful" Tara told Anya and Xander.
"What's his name?" Dawn asked.
"Well we wanted him to have a name that we both liked and that was nice" Xander said.
"Yeah and we fought and fought about this" Anya added.
"And we finally came up with a name" Xander said.
"So what is it?" Giles asked.
"It's Giles Matthew Harris" Anya said.
"Really?" Giles asked honored.
"Yeah, we were thinking about a name that would bring happiness and good things to the little guy and our first obvious agreement.we knew that giving him the first name of Giles would make him smart and level headed like you" Xander told Giles.
"I'm touched, really" Giles smiled.
"And also Matthew means god's gift, which is what he is" Anya said.
"It's a great name" Buffy said.
"Now for the next thing, Will we'd like you and Buff to be the godparents of him" Xander said.
"Really?" Willow said.
"Yeah, no one is the father or the mother, but.we want our two best friends to share this with us" Xander said.
"We'd be honored" Buffy said with a smile.
After Buffy returned home she looked at the list she had made of baby names. She decided to call her daughter like she saw her. When she was born she would name her.
