Chapter 4
Be careful what you wish for
Buffy rolled over in bed, she flung out her arm, but the space where her husband should have been was empty. She yawned and stretched, rising out of the bed. She wasn't looking forward to today, all those drooling babies in the crèche centre, nothing like being thrown in at the deep end, she mused, but would she sink or swim?
Buffy could hear sounds from above, it sounded like Spike was busy making her something to eat, she wasn't sure her stomach was up to it, but she didn't want to hurt his feelings. It was their doctor's appointment today, her usual doctor was on vacation, something Buffy was grateful for after the last time, when she had almost done it with Spike on the examination couch and the doctor had been witness to it.
Buffy listened, she thought she could hear Spike, singing upstairs, her ears must be deceiving her, she giggled at the idea. Buffy quickly dressed and crept slowly up the ladder; she popped her head up through the hole. Spike had his back to her; busy making coffee, oblivious to her presence.
She had heard right, Spike was singing softly to himself, she was surprised by the quality of his voice; she savoured the sound of it for a few stolen moments. Spike turned around, seeing Buffy there he almost spilled his coffee.
"Bleedin' Hell slayer, give a guy a heart attack," he said.
"Need a beating heart for one of those," she reminded him.
"You know what I mean," Spike replied.
"You have a good voice, why's you never tell me?" asked Buffy.
"Doesn't go with the image of being the big bad, would you be scared of an all singing and dancing vampire?" Spike asked.
"You dance too?"
"No forget I said that, if you wanna watch a dance recital, I am sure peaches would oblige, he ballets real good," said Spike sarcastically.
"That's not ballet, it's a martial art," she replied.
"Yeah right, if that's what they are calling it these days, remember I spent a long time with the wanker, before he went all soul having," he said.
"I wondered when the Angel bashing would commence, I keep thinking that because you are older than me, that you'd have a bit of maturity, boy was I mistaken," she said
Buffy snatched the coffee cup out of Spike's hand, she took a quick swallow and slammed it down on a nearby coffin and closed the door with such force that it shook on it's hinges.
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Buffy arrived at college, half an hour later, feeling extremely out of sorts. She hated arguing with Spike, she knew she was being intolerant; after all she'd dated enough vampires by now to know snarky behaviour was all part of the package. Buffy only had one class today and that was psyche with Walsh, her day was going from bad to worse. Then there was the crèche thingy to look forward to after lunch, why had she even bothered getting out of bed, she thought to her self.
She looked across the campus, Willow and Oz were walking slowly towards her, they were holding hands and smiling, maybe things were looking up after all.
"Hey Willow, Hey Oz, how's it going?" asked Buffy
"Good, you?" asked Oz
"Great, how was China?"
"Good," he said.
"Ever the conversationalist Oz," said Buffy wryly.
"Not really a lot to tell, Buff, Oz said it was a silent order, well most of the time anyway," shrugged Willow.
"Sorry I didn't let you all know I was back in Sunnydale, it was the first night of the full moon the other night, just wanted to make I sure my little problem was fixed," Explained oz.
"I can understand that," sympathised Buffy.
"Yeah, I guess you do at that, Willow told me, you have your own little fangy monster to cuddle up to now," said Oz, raising an eye brow at her.
"It was great last night Buffy, there was a full moon and everything and Oz didn't change," said Willow.
"How'd you know Willow? You must have spent the whole night with him," said Buffy unable to resist teasing her friend.
Willow blushed and remained silent.
"In answer to your earlier question Oz, yes I do have a fangy creature of the night to cuddle up to, Spike," she finished.
"Spike? I just assumed it was Angel, and you'd found a way to get past that pesky curse thing," said Oz looking shocked.
"No, it's the Spike that you all know, and only I love," said Buffy.
"Yeah, and they're having a baby, but that's nothing to do with me," said Willow.
"Well of course not, you only cast a spell on your friend, so she and her mortal enemy ran off and got married," said Oz.
"Ooh, look at the time, we'd better move it if we don't want to be late for class," said Willow.
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Buffy sat alone in the lunch hall, Willow and Oz had failed to show, and Buffy guessed they were making up for lost time again. She kinda felt like a third wheel at the moment. She quickly finished her food and made it over to the crèche facility, she could hear the babies screaming about a hundred meters before she even got there. Buffy knocked loudly on the door, just to make sure she would be heard above the din. A strange woman opened the door, Buffy frowned.
"Hi, maybe I should come back later," said Buffy.
"Hi, come in, you are the new nursery assistant, yes? Vickie told me about you, she called in sick today, I'm her replacement, Halfrek, but you can call me Hallie," smiled the young woman.
"Hi Hallie, I'm Buffy Lovejoy," replied Buffy.
"Nice to meet you Buffy, I'm sure you'll fit right in," said Hallie.
"Not so sure about that," sighed Buffy.
"Here this one's diaper needs changing, an excellent place to start," said Hallie handing a chubby boy baby to Buffy.
Buffy caught a whiff, of just what needed changing, she felt the bile rise up in her throat.
"Bathroom! Quick!" said Buffy.
"Through there," said Hallie quickly.
Buffy became reacquainted with her lunch, she rested her head against the toilet bowl, taking a minute to recover, slowly rising, she washed her face with cold water and went back into the main room, just in time to see Hallie finish changing the little boy, Buffy had run away from.
"Sorry about that, I have a bit of a weak stomach right now," said Buffy apologetically.
"Oh yes, your pregnant right?" asked Hallie.
"Either that or I've been over doing it on the snacking," said Buffy, rubbing her tummy.
" A sense of humour too? Any way, it must help to have a husband to share it all with," said Hallie.
"You'd think, don't mean to sound ungrateful, he's a wonderful vamp er guy, but he's a little too protective, if he knew I was here right now, he'd be very annoyed," sighed Buffy.
"Oh I see, money's short and he doesn't like the idea of you working?" asked Hallie.
"Something like that, but before the baby I had a much more physical means of employment, even if the pay was lousy," said Buffy.
"Let me guess, he's not being very understanding of how you feel right now?"
"I love being pregnant, don't get me wrong, we really want this baby, but I am finding the restrictions hard, I just wish Spike could be pregnant for a week, so he could understand how I feel," sighed Buffy.
Hallie turned away from her, her face morphed into her demon visage.
"Wish granted," she said, before quickly changing back to her human form.
"What was that?" asked Buffy.
"Nothing, shall we get on with the children's lunches?" asked Hallie brightly.
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"Spike, I'm home," said Buffy.
Spike jumped out of the shadows, putting his arms around Buffy's thickening waist.
"Sorry about this morning pet," he breathed in her ear.
Buffy's arm came around the back of his neck.
"I am sorry too, didn't mean to be a grouch," she said.
Spike's left hand worked its way up Buffy's body, resting on her breast. She gasped at the sensation, he turned her around.
"Feel like kissing and making up, I know I do," he purred.
"I noticed, time's getting on though," she smiled
"We have plenty of time before the doc's appointment," he pouted.
"Yeah guess you're right, and I am feeling very neglected right now, 24 hours is a long time," she answered.
Spike crushed his lips to hers; he lifted her off the floor and slowly let her body fall down his.
"If we carry on like this, we're not gonna make it to the bedroom," he said
"I don't have a problem with that, that rug looks comfy," she said licking her lips.
"I've married a hussy, thank God," he growled before lowering her gently to the floor.
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Buffy was the first to awaken after their lovemaking. She propped herself on one elbow, tracing patterns on her husbands naked skin. She watched in fascination as the flesh puckered beneath her touch. Spike shifted about in his sleep, a contented smile on his face. Buffy's hand went lower, tracing the smooth planes of his torso, Buffy feeling extremely saucy, looked lower. Her eyes widened, all the blood left her face, as she opened her mouth and screamed. Spike sat up with a start, looking at Buffy.
"Bloody hell, Buffy what is it?" he asked
"Look!" she said, pointing at his stomach.
"What?" said Spike, still confused from his slumber.
"You, you're pregnant," said Buffy
"Don't be so bloody stupid, oh bollocks," He said looking lower.
Buffy touched her own stomach, it was back in it's usual flat pre-pregnant state.
"And I'm not pregnant, where's my baby gone?" she wailed.
"I'll give you one guess, Oh my God, I think I am gonna be sick," said Spike putting a hand to his mouth.
"Don't tell me this is some weird vampire thing, where we take turns being pregnant?" Asked Buffy desperately.
"How the bleedin' hell should I know, I need a drink," he snapped.
"Don't you dare, not in your condition," said Buffy firmly.
"What the, I don't understand how this could have happened," said Spike.
"We need to find Giles, and call a Scooby meeting said Buffy.
"No we don't, there's no way I'm going public with this, If I get stretch marks, I'm gonna kill you Mrs Lovejoy," he groaned.
"Oh that's right, immediately assume it's my fault, of course we need our friends help," said Buffy angrily.
"Well how am I even going to be able to leave the crypt? My black jeans will never do up in a million years," said Spike.
"that's the least of your worries, I will go and see Giles, I'm sure he will have something in your new size," said Buffy.
"Very bloody funny, just be quick ok," he said.
Buffy slipped on her coat, doing it up, so as not to alert the casual onlooker that her pregnant status had altered. She was freaking out inside , but she needed to be strong for Spike, she looked at him.
"You look like you have a paunch," she said.
"Not helping, let's just get this bleeding sorted," he said frowning.
"Amen to that," said Buffy as she hurried off to find Giles.
TBC
Be careful what you wish for
Buffy rolled over in bed, she flung out her arm, but the space where her husband should have been was empty. She yawned and stretched, rising out of the bed. She wasn't looking forward to today, all those drooling babies in the crèche centre, nothing like being thrown in at the deep end, she mused, but would she sink or swim?
Buffy could hear sounds from above, it sounded like Spike was busy making her something to eat, she wasn't sure her stomach was up to it, but she didn't want to hurt his feelings. It was their doctor's appointment today, her usual doctor was on vacation, something Buffy was grateful for after the last time, when she had almost done it with Spike on the examination couch and the doctor had been witness to it.
Buffy listened, she thought she could hear Spike, singing upstairs, her ears must be deceiving her, she giggled at the idea. Buffy quickly dressed and crept slowly up the ladder; she popped her head up through the hole. Spike had his back to her; busy making coffee, oblivious to her presence.
She had heard right, Spike was singing softly to himself, she was surprised by the quality of his voice; she savoured the sound of it for a few stolen moments. Spike turned around, seeing Buffy there he almost spilled his coffee.
"Bleedin' Hell slayer, give a guy a heart attack," he said.
"Need a beating heart for one of those," she reminded him.
"You know what I mean," Spike replied.
"You have a good voice, why's you never tell me?" asked Buffy.
"Doesn't go with the image of being the big bad, would you be scared of an all singing and dancing vampire?" Spike asked.
"You dance too?"
"No forget I said that, if you wanna watch a dance recital, I am sure peaches would oblige, he ballets real good," said Spike sarcastically.
"That's not ballet, it's a martial art," she replied.
"Yeah right, if that's what they are calling it these days, remember I spent a long time with the wanker, before he went all soul having," he said.
"I wondered when the Angel bashing would commence, I keep thinking that because you are older than me, that you'd have a bit of maturity, boy was I mistaken," she said
Buffy snatched the coffee cup out of Spike's hand, she took a quick swallow and slammed it down on a nearby coffin and closed the door with such force that it shook on it's hinges.
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Buffy arrived at college, half an hour later, feeling extremely out of sorts. She hated arguing with Spike, she knew she was being intolerant; after all she'd dated enough vampires by now to know snarky behaviour was all part of the package. Buffy only had one class today and that was psyche with Walsh, her day was going from bad to worse. Then there was the crèche thingy to look forward to after lunch, why had she even bothered getting out of bed, she thought to her self.
She looked across the campus, Willow and Oz were walking slowly towards her, they were holding hands and smiling, maybe things were looking up after all.
"Hey Willow, Hey Oz, how's it going?" asked Buffy
"Good, you?" asked Oz
"Great, how was China?"
"Good," he said.
"Ever the conversationalist Oz," said Buffy wryly.
"Not really a lot to tell, Buff, Oz said it was a silent order, well most of the time anyway," shrugged Willow.
"Sorry I didn't let you all know I was back in Sunnydale, it was the first night of the full moon the other night, just wanted to make I sure my little problem was fixed," Explained oz.
"I can understand that," sympathised Buffy.
"Yeah, I guess you do at that, Willow told me, you have your own little fangy monster to cuddle up to now," said Oz, raising an eye brow at her.
"It was great last night Buffy, there was a full moon and everything and Oz didn't change," said Willow.
"How'd you know Willow? You must have spent the whole night with him," said Buffy unable to resist teasing her friend.
Willow blushed and remained silent.
"In answer to your earlier question Oz, yes I do have a fangy creature of the night to cuddle up to, Spike," she finished.
"Spike? I just assumed it was Angel, and you'd found a way to get past that pesky curse thing," said Oz looking shocked.
"No, it's the Spike that you all know, and only I love," said Buffy.
"Yeah, and they're having a baby, but that's nothing to do with me," said Willow.
"Well of course not, you only cast a spell on your friend, so she and her mortal enemy ran off and got married," said Oz.
"Ooh, look at the time, we'd better move it if we don't want to be late for class," said Willow.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Buffy sat alone in the lunch hall, Willow and Oz had failed to show, and Buffy guessed they were making up for lost time again. She kinda felt like a third wheel at the moment. She quickly finished her food and made it over to the crèche facility, she could hear the babies screaming about a hundred meters before she even got there. Buffy knocked loudly on the door, just to make sure she would be heard above the din. A strange woman opened the door, Buffy frowned.
"Hi, maybe I should come back later," said Buffy.
"Hi, come in, you are the new nursery assistant, yes? Vickie told me about you, she called in sick today, I'm her replacement, Halfrek, but you can call me Hallie," smiled the young woman.
"Hi Hallie, I'm Buffy Lovejoy," replied Buffy.
"Nice to meet you Buffy, I'm sure you'll fit right in," said Hallie.
"Not so sure about that," sighed Buffy.
"Here this one's diaper needs changing, an excellent place to start," said Hallie handing a chubby boy baby to Buffy.
Buffy caught a whiff, of just what needed changing, she felt the bile rise up in her throat.
"Bathroom! Quick!" said Buffy.
"Through there," said Hallie quickly.
Buffy became reacquainted with her lunch, she rested her head against the toilet bowl, taking a minute to recover, slowly rising, she washed her face with cold water and went back into the main room, just in time to see Hallie finish changing the little boy, Buffy had run away from.
"Sorry about that, I have a bit of a weak stomach right now," said Buffy apologetically.
"Oh yes, your pregnant right?" asked Hallie.
"Either that or I've been over doing it on the snacking," said Buffy, rubbing her tummy.
" A sense of humour too? Any way, it must help to have a husband to share it all with," said Hallie.
"You'd think, don't mean to sound ungrateful, he's a wonderful vamp er guy, but he's a little too protective, if he knew I was here right now, he'd be very annoyed," sighed Buffy.
"Oh I see, money's short and he doesn't like the idea of you working?" asked Hallie.
"Something like that, but before the baby I had a much more physical means of employment, even if the pay was lousy," said Buffy.
"Let me guess, he's not being very understanding of how you feel right now?"
"I love being pregnant, don't get me wrong, we really want this baby, but I am finding the restrictions hard, I just wish Spike could be pregnant for a week, so he could understand how I feel," sighed Buffy.
Hallie turned away from her, her face morphed into her demon visage.
"Wish granted," she said, before quickly changing back to her human form.
"What was that?" asked Buffy.
"Nothing, shall we get on with the children's lunches?" asked Hallie brightly.
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"Spike, I'm home," said Buffy.
Spike jumped out of the shadows, putting his arms around Buffy's thickening waist.
"Sorry about this morning pet," he breathed in her ear.
Buffy's arm came around the back of his neck.
"I am sorry too, didn't mean to be a grouch," she said.
Spike's left hand worked its way up Buffy's body, resting on her breast. She gasped at the sensation, he turned her around.
"Feel like kissing and making up, I know I do," he purred.
"I noticed, time's getting on though," she smiled
"We have plenty of time before the doc's appointment," he pouted.
"Yeah guess you're right, and I am feeling very neglected right now, 24 hours is a long time," she answered.
Spike crushed his lips to hers; he lifted her off the floor and slowly let her body fall down his.
"If we carry on like this, we're not gonna make it to the bedroom," he said
"I don't have a problem with that, that rug looks comfy," she said licking her lips.
"I've married a hussy, thank God," he growled before lowering her gently to the floor.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Buffy was the first to awaken after their lovemaking. She propped herself on one elbow, tracing patterns on her husbands naked skin. She watched in fascination as the flesh puckered beneath her touch. Spike shifted about in his sleep, a contented smile on his face. Buffy's hand went lower, tracing the smooth planes of his torso, Buffy feeling extremely saucy, looked lower. Her eyes widened, all the blood left her face, as she opened her mouth and screamed. Spike sat up with a start, looking at Buffy.
"Bloody hell, Buffy what is it?" he asked
"Look!" she said, pointing at his stomach.
"What?" said Spike, still confused from his slumber.
"You, you're pregnant," said Buffy
"Don't be so bloody stupid, oh bollocks," He said looking lower.
Buffy touched her own stomach, it was back in it's usual flat pre-pregnant state.
"And I'm not pregnant, where's my baby gone?" she wailed.
"I'll give you one guess, Oh my God, I think I am gonna be sick," said Spike putting a hand to his mouth.
"Don't tell me this is some weird vampire thing, where we take turns being pregnant?" Asked Buffy desperately.
"How the bleedin' hell should I know, I need a drink," he snapped.
"Don't you dare, not in your condition," said Buffy firmly.
"What the, I don't understand how this could have happened," said Spike.
"We need to find Giles, and call a Scooby meeting said Buffy.
"No we don't, there's no way I'm going public with this, If I get stretch marks, I'm gonna kill you Mrs Lovejoy," he groaned.
"Oh that's right, immediately assume it's my fault, of course we need our friends help," said Buffy angrily.
"Well how am I even going to be able to leave the crypt? My black jeans will never do up in a million years," said Spike.
"that's the least of your worries, I will go and see Giles, I'm sure he will have something in your new size," said Buffy.
"Very bloody funny, just be quick ok," he said.
Buffy slipped on her coat, doing it up, so as not to alert the casual onlooker that her pregnant status had altered. She was freaking out inside , but she needed to be strong for Spike, she looked at him.
"You look like you have a paunch," she said.
"Not helping, let's just get this bleeding sorted," he said frowning.
"Amen to that," said Buffy as she hurried off to find Giles.
TBC