Hardly human, yet wholly blessed
Spike held the gem in front of him and smiled. He couldn't believe that Angel had sent it. It didn't change anything though. He still hated Angel as much as he ever did. But at least now he could see his first daughter be born, and he was grateful for that. He put the ring in the box it had been delivered in and stuck in the drawer of the table next to his and Buffy's bed where it would be safe until the baby came. The sun was now rising and Spike thought he could put on the ring and wear it so he could go outside, but he decided to only use it for necessary reasons. As he lay in bed half asleep he heard Buffy's alarm clock go off and Buffy slam her fist down on it and groan. He smiled, as this was tradition for the twenty- three year old blonde. He turned over to greet her with a kiss.
"Hello luv" he said.
"Hi" she smiled.
"Did you sleep well?" he asked her.
"Yeah, I did" she said peacefully. "Are you coming?"
"Coming where?" he asked her quizzically.
"To my doctor's appointment, I mean your coming right, you have the ring so you can go outside in the daytime now" she said.
"I know that.you want me there?" he asked.
"Of course I do, but if you don't want to come." she said.
"No, I do, okay, let's go," he said as he went into the drawer and retrieved the ring and put it on his left hand on his middle finger right next to his wedding ring.
Buffy and Spike got ready to go to see Dr. Allan, but first they would make a pit stop.
"Where are we going luv?" Spike asked.
"Oh, I just want to make a pit stop by the magic box real quick" she said and pulled into the parking lot. "Come on."
"Uh, I think I'll stay here pet" Spike said.
"Oh come on sweetie, I want everyone to see the good news, please.for me" Buffy said as she stuck out her bottom lip.
"Fine, okay" he said and they got out of the car and walked into the magic box to find Willow, Tara, Anya, Giles, Xander and little Giles there.
"Hey guys" Buffy said happily holding Spike's hand.
"Hey Buffy, Spike look at you, all in with the sun" Willow smiled. "How's it feel?"
"Wouldn't be the first time red" Spike said.
"Well I think it's great, now you can experience the thing's you're supposed to, the things that you have a right to" Tara said.
"Yeah" Spike said.
"So Buffy, have you came up with a name for Mrs. Giles Harris yet" Anya said with a smile as she fed her son.
"No, not yet" Buffy said. "I have some picked out but.I don't know."
"Well let's here them" Willow said.
"Okay, uh.there's Katelynn, Brogan.uh what else, um Kathryn and Madelyn" Buffy told them.
"I like Katelynn" Willow said.
"Me, I like Kathryn" Tara said.
"Well I think they're all cute" Anya said.
"I don't know" Buffy said as she glanced at the clock on the wall. "Oh, we have to go, I'm going to be late for my appointment."
"Okay Buff, talk to you later" Xander said.
"Yeah, see you at home, speaking of which, where's Dawnie?" Willow asked.
"She's still sleeping" Buffy said. "Bye."
"See ya" Willow said, and Buffy and Spike left.
Buffy drove to the doctor and Buffy waited until the he called her into his office. It was confirmed that everything was all right and the baby was growing well. Buffy said they should spend some time outside, and despite Spike's better judgment he agreed.
Buffy and Spike arrived home at three o'clock. Dawn was watching TV.
"Hey guys," she said with a mouth full of popcorn. "Do you want to watch this movie with me, it's horrific!"
"No thanks Dawnie we-" Buffy said and stopped in mid sentence.
"What is it luv?" Spike asked.
"I.my water broke" Buffy said panicked.
"What, but how, you're only eight months pregnant?" Dawn asked, just as worried.
"I don't know!" Buffy said, the tears starting to fall.
"Okay, Buffy honey it's gonna be okay, I'm going to drive you to the hospital okay" Dawn said sweetly to her older sister.
"Okay, yeah" Buffy said. Spike helped her to the car and sat in the back seat with her while Dawn drove to the hospital.
"Hi my name is Buffy Summers, I'm in labor" Buffy told the nurse at the front desk when they arrived at the hospital.
"Okay, how far apart are the contractions?" the nurse asked.
"I don't know, maybe five minutes," Buffy said.
"Alright, and you're full term?" the nurse asked.
"No, I'm only eight months pregnant" Buffy told the nurse.
"Oh, okay" she said. "Um, who's your doctor, I'll page him?"
"Doctor Allan" she said.
"Okay, just relax" she said as she got on a microphone. "Doctor Allan to front desk, Doctor Allan to front desk please."
"Please hurry" Buffy said.
"It'll just be a minute, take a seat," the nurse said as another brought a wheelchair to her and Buffy sat down. The doctor arrived within five minutes and they wheeled Buffy to the ER to deliver her baby.
"Okay Buffy you have to push now okay, come on" Doctor All an told her.
"Okay" Buffy said and pushed hard for seven seconds and collapsed down on the bed in exhaustion.
"Okay good, one more okay, come on," he said and she repeated the process, but this time for ten seconds. "Good Buffy, all right, one more push and you'll bring your daughter into the world, come on."
"I can't do it" Buffy said in pain.
"Yes you can luv come on" Spike encouraged her.
"I.it, it's too hard" she said.
"Come on pet I have faith in you, I know you can do this, come on ducks one more" Spike said.
"Okay" she said and pushed as hard as she could one more time.
"Okay, shoulders, arms, legs and she's out, it's a beautiful little girl, congratulations!" the doctor said happily as he held the newborn baby up for Buffy and Spike to see.
"Oh, she's so.she's wonderful!" Buffy said excitedly. The nurse took the little girl and cleaned her up and rapped her in a blanket and then handed her to Buffy. Spike's eyes were filled with tears as he looked as his daughter. He felt so blessed to have this little miracle in their lives. He touched the baby's forehead softly as a blissful calm came over him.
"She's.exquisite" Spike said as he looked into her big blue eyes. "She has my eyes," he told Buffy, and then the baby started to throw a fit. And her mother's personality he thought as he smiled.
"Oh don't cry little baby, it's okay mama and daddy are here, yes, and we'll always protect you.we still don't have a name for her" Buffy told Spike.
"How about Amara" Spike suggested. "I mean after all it is the name of the ring that made it possible for me to be here."
"Amara.Amara Joyce.eternally joyful, I like it, it fits her" Buffy said. Spike once again smiled. He was so happy. He had so much. He had Buffy, and now little Amara.
"Hi" they heard Dawn say and knock on the door. "Can we come in?"
"Of course you can" Buffy said and the gang came in holding balloons.
"She's so amazing" Dawn said. "Can I hold her?"
"Yeah" Buffy said as she handed Amara to Dawn.
"What are you calling her Buffy?" Willow asked.
"Amara Joyce" Buffy told them.
"That's pretty" Tara said and Anya brought little Giles up to Amara.
"Giles Mathew Harris, meet Amara Joyce Summers, your future bride" she said with a smile.
"She wonderful" Dawn said.
"Buffy, can I.?" Giles asked.
"Of course" Buffy said and Dawn handed Amara to Giles. "Giles.um" she said as she looked at Spike and Spike nodded telling her to go on. "I-we want you to be her god father."
"You do?" Giles said, surprised.
"Yes, Xander you understand right, I mean I love you but." Buffy said.
"No, of course, it's a wise choice Buff" Xander said.
"Good.so will you?" Buffy asked Giles.
"Of course" he said with a smile.
Spike held the gem in front of him and smiled. He couldn't believe that Angel had sent it. It didn't change anything though. He still hated Angel as much as he ever did. But at least now he could see his first daughter be born, and he was grateful for that. He put the ring in the box it had been delivered in and stuck in the drawer of the table next to his and Buffy's bed where it would be safe until the baby came. The sun was now rising and Spike thought he could put on the ring and wear it so he could go outside, but he decided to only use it for necessary reasons. As he lay in bed half asleep he heard Buffy's alarm clock go off and Buffy slam her fist down on it and groan. He smiled, as this was tradition for the twenty- three year old blonde. He turned over to greet her with a kiss.
"Hello luv" he said.
"Hi" she smiled.
"Did you sleep well?" he asked her.
"Yeah, I did" she said peacefully. "Are you coming?"
"Coming where?" he asked her quizzically.
"To my doctor's appointment, I mean your coming right, you have the ring so you can go outside in the daytime now" she said.
"I know that.you want me there?" he asked.
"Of course I do, but if you don't want to come." she said.
"No, I do, okay, let's go," he said as he went into the drawer and retrieved the ring and put it on his left hand on his middle finger right next to his wedding ring.
Buffy and Spike got ready to go to see Dr. Allan, but first they would make a pit stop.
"Where are we going luv?" Spike asked.
"Oh, I just want to make a pit stop by the magic box real quick" she said and pulled into the parking lot. "Come on."
"Uh, I think I'll stay here pet" Spike said.
"Oh come on sweetie, I want everyone to see the good news, please.for me" Buffy said as she stuck out her bottom lip.
"Fine, okay" he said and they got out of the car and walked into the magic box to find Willow, Tara, Anya, Giles, Xander and little Giles there.
"Hey guys" Buffy said happily holding Spike's hand.
"Hey Buffy, Spike look at you, all in with the sun" Willow smiled. "How's it feel?"
"Wouldn't be the first time red" Spike said.
"Well I think it's great, now you can experience the thing's you're supposed to, the things that you have a right to" Tara said.
"Yeah" Spike said.
"So Buffy, have you came up with a name for Mrs. Giles Harris yet" Anya said with a smile as she fed her son.
"No, not yet" Buffy said. "I have some picked out but.I don't know."
"Well let's here them" Willow said.
"Okay, uh.there's Katelynn, Brogan.uh what else, um Kathryn and Madelyn" Buffy told them.
"I like Katelynn" Willow said.
"Me, I like Kathryn" Tara said.
"Well I think they're all cute" Anya said.
"I don't know" Buffy said as she glanced at the clock on the wall. "Oh, we have to go, I'm going to be late for my appointment."
"Okay Buff, talk to you later" Xander said.
"Yeah, see you at home, speaking of which, where's Dawnie?" Willow asked.
"She's still sleeping" Buffy said. "Bye."
"See ya" Willow said, and Buffy and Spike left.
Buffy drove to the doctor and Buffy waited until the he called her into his office. It was confirmed that everything was all right and the baby was growing well. Buffy said they should spend some time outside, and despite Spike's better judgment he agreed.
Buffy and Spike arrived home at three o'clock. Dawn was watching TV.
"Hey guys," she said with a mouth full of popcorn. "Do you want to watch this movie with me, it's horrific!"
"No thanks Dawnie we-" Buffy said and stopped in mid sentence.
"What is it luv?" Spike asked.
"I.my water broke" Buffy said panicked.
"What, but how, you're only eight months pregnant?" Dawn asked, just as worried.
"I don't know!" Buffy said, the tears starting to fall.
"Okay, Buffy honey it's gonna be okay, I'm going to drive you to the hospital okay" Dawn said sweetly to her older sister.
"Okay, yeah" Buffy said. Spike helped her to the car and sat in the back seat with her while Dawn drove to the hospital.
"Hi my name is Buffy Summers, I'm in labor" Buffy told the nurse at the front desk when they arrived at the hospital.
"Okay, how far apart are the contractions?" the nurse asked.
"I don't know, maybe five minutes," Buffy said.
"Alright, and you're full term?" the nurse asked.
"No, I'm only eight months pregnant" Buffy told the nurse.
"Oh, okay" she said. "Um, who's your doctor, I'll page him?"
"Doctor Allan" she said.
"Okay, just relax" she said as she got on a microphone. "Doctor Allan to front desk, Doctor Allan to front desk please."
"Please hurry" Buffy said.
"It'll just be a minute, take a seat," the nurse said as another brought a wheelchair to her and Buffy sat down. The doctor arrived within five minutes and they wheeled Buffy to the ER to deliver her baby.
"Okay Buffy you have to push now okay, come on" Doctor All an told her.
"Okay" Buffy said and pushed hard for seven seconds and collapsed down on the bed in exhaustion.
"Okay good, one more okay, come on," he said and she repeated the process, but this time for ten seconds. "Good Buffy, all right, one more push and you'll bring your daughter into the world, come on."
"I can't do it" Buffy said in pain.
"Yes you can luv come on" Spike encouraged her.
"I.it, it's too hard" she said.
"Come on pet I have faith in you, I know you can do this, come on ducks one more" Spike said.
"Okay" she said and pushed as hard as she could one more time.
"Okay, shoulders, arms, legs and she's out, it's a beautiful little girl, congratulations!" the doctor said happily as he held the newborn baby up for Buffy and Spike to see.
"Oh, she's so.she's wonderful!" Buffy said excitedly. The nurse took the little girl and cleaned her up and rapped her in a blanket and then handed her to Buffy. Spike's eyes were filled with tears as he looked as his daughter. He felt so blessed to have this little miracle in their lives. He touched the baby's forehead softly as a blissful calm came over him.
"She's.exquisite" Spike said as he looked into her big blue eyes. "She has my eyes," he told Buffy, and then the baby started to throw a fit. And her mother's personality he thought as he smiled.
"Oh don't cry little baby, it's okay mama and daddy are here, yes, and we'll always protect you.we still don't have a name for her" Buffy told Spike.
"How about Amara" Spike suggested. "I mean after all it is the name of the ring that made it possible for me to be here."
"Amara.Amara Joyce.eternally joyful, I like it, it fits her" Buffy said. Spike once again smiled. He was so happy. He had so much. He had Buffy, and now little Amara.
"Hi" they heard Dawn say and knock on the door. "Can we come in?"
"Of course you can" Buffy said and the gang came in holding balloons.
"She's so amazing" Dawn said. "Can I hold her?"
"Yeah" Buffy said as she handed Amara to Dawn.
"What are you calling her Buffy?" Willow asked.
"Amara Joyce" Buffy told them.
"That's pretty" Tara said and Anya brought little Giles up to Amara.
"Giles Mathew Harris, meet Amara Joyce Summers, your future bride" she said with a smile.
"She wonderful" Dawn said.
"Buffy, can I.?" Giles asked.
"Of course" Buffy said and Dawn handed Amara to Giles. "Giles.um" she said as she looked at Spike and Spike nodded telling her to go on. "I-we want you to be her god father."
"You do?" Giles said, surprised.
"Yes, Xander you understand right, I mean I love you but." Buffy said.
"No, of course, it's a wise choice Buff" Xander said.
"Good.so will you?" Buffy asked Giles.
"Of course" he said with a smile.
