OKAY, WELL THE REASON THE STORY IS GOING THIS WAY IS BECAUSE IT'S NEARING
Its END I'M SORRY TO SAY. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY MORE CHAPTERS IT'S
GONNA TAKE BUT WE'LL SEE.
Buffy drove home slowly. How was she going to tell Spike this news. How was she going to tell him that the child growing inside her might not be his. She could hardly breathe. As she pulled into the driveway she thought of what to say. 'Gee well let's see, I'm sorry to tell you this honey, but the child inside me, it might not be yours' Buffy thought and shook her head and got out of the car and took Charlotte out of her seat and went into the house. Spike wasn't seen when she walked into the living room. She put Charley in her playpen and walked into the kitchen and he wasn't there either. She closed her eyes and called out to him.
"Spike?" he didn't answer and she was relieved. She picked up the phone and called her mom, then Cordelia then Willow. She needed to talk to them. She wanted more than anything to tell Spike, but she didn't want to hurt him, or he to get mad at her. Within thirty minutes her mom, Dawn and her friends were there.
"Hey honey, what did you want to talk about, are you nervous about the trial tomorrow" Joyce asked.
"No, well yes, but that's not it, uh. . .Dawn can you take Charlotte upstairs and give her a bath?" Buffy asked.
"You just don't want me to hear huh?" Dawn said and picked up the little girl.
"Honey I promise that I will tell you soon, just not now okay" Buffy said.
"Fine" Dawn said and took Charley upstairs.
"What's up?" Cordelia asked.
"Well first, how are you two, with the pregnancy and all?" Buffy asked.
"Good" Willow said.
"Me too" Cordy said.
"Have you and Xander decided what you're going to do?" Buffy asked.
"No, not yet, but I think I'm going to go and talk to him soon" Cordelia said.
"Well tell me when you find out" Buffy said.
"Of course, so what did you want to talk about?" Cordelia said.
"Okay, well, I'm pregnant again" Buffy said and they all began to congratulate her.
"Oh that's great honey" Joyce said.
"Hey you're joining us, cool" Willow said.
"Awesome" Cordy said.
"Well that's the thing, I'm not so sure that. . .that the baby's Spike's" Buffy said and their smiles went to far fetched stares.
"What? You cheated on him?" Cordelia said.
"No of course not, but. . .I think it might be Miller's" Buffy said looking down in guilt.
"Oh, oh honey" Joyce said and went over to hug her daughter. "I'm sorry."
"What if it is? What are you going to do? I mean are you going to give it up for adoption or abort it?" Willow asked.
"No, I. . .I feel so ashamed to say that but, I could never do that, I could never give my baby up for adoption or kill it, no matter whose it is" Buffy said. "I'm just praying to god that it's Spike's."
"Does he know?" Joyce asked.
"No, not yet, I just found out like an hour ago I. . .I don't know how to tell him" Buffy said. Suddenly Spike walked through the door.
"Hey, who died?" he asked throwing his jacket on the back of the chair.
"We'll go upstairs with Dawn and leave you two alone to talk" Joyce said and she, Willow and Cordy went upstairs.
"So, what's wrong?" Spike asked.
"Okay, I went to the doctor as you know and. . .he said that I'm pregnant again" Buffy said and Spike's eyes lit up, which made Buffy feel even guiltier.
"Really this is great" he said and began to come towards her to hug her but she put her hand up to stop him.
"Uh, there's, there's more" she said. "The baby was conceived three and a half weeks ago."
"So" he said not knowing and then realized what she meant. "Oh. . .Oh my god, it's not mine is it?"
"Honey I don't know, it might be" Buffy said.
"But it might not" he said and went over to the couch and sat down.
"I'm sorry" she said.
"Why are you sorry it's not your fault" he said. Her eyes began to fill up with tears and the slowly trickled down her cheeks. "We uh, we need to do a test thingy right, to confirm it?"
"Yeah" Buffy said. "They'll take some of the DNA from your blood and match it with the baby's."
"When?" he asked looking at her with tears in his eyes also.
"I don't know, we have to make an appointment, it has to be sometime after the trial though" she said.
"Fine, we'll do the test" he said.
"Right" she said.
"What if it isn't mine, what will you do?" he asked.
"What do you mean?" she asked him.
"Will you keep it?" he asked.
"I. . .yes" she said quietly.
"How? How could you keep a baby made by him?" he asked hurt and angry.
"Spike it's not the baby's fault, I mean it didn't ask to be born" Buffy said.
"I have to take a walk" he said and grabbed his jacket and left.
"Spike" she said, but he closed the door without turning around. Buffy just sat there and buried her head in her hands and began to cry. Soon after that Willow, Cordelia and Joyce came back downstairs.
"Honey? Sweetie it will be okay" Joyce said as she sat next to Buffy and held her.
"Why is all this happening to me? What did I do so wrong that I have all this?" Buffy cried. Joyce rocked her back and forth. Buffy cried herself to sleep. Spike soon came home and he carried Buffy upstairs and put her to bed.
Buffy's alarm clock went off at seven a.m. She groaned and pushed the off button. She didn't want to get up. She didn't want to go to the trial, though she wanted him put away for a very long time. She got dressed and she and Spike dropped Charlotte off with Dawn before going to the courthouse. Joyce, Willow, Xander, Cordelia, Oz and Spike all came to support Buffy. Buffy asked Dawn to watch Charley for her. Even though Dawn wanted to go too she agreed.
"All stand for the honorable judge Matthew A. Rittman presiding" the bailiff said and everyone stood.
"Be seated" the judge said and everyone sat. "This is case number 12663, Bryson vs. Banks. . ."
*Later*
"I call Elizabeth Bryson to the stand" Buffy's lawyer said and Buffy went up to the sand and sat and rose her right hand.
"Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you god?" the bailiff asked.
"I do" Buffy said.
"Okay, Mrs. Bryson, on the morning of October 15, 2000 what were you doing?" Buffy's lawyer asked.
"Well I was sleeping, M-Miller called me at a-about nine o'clock, maybe nine thirty and asked me to pick him up" Buffy said.
"From where?" the lawyer asked.
"L.A." Buffy said.
"And you went?" he asked.
"Yes, Miller was a friend and he needed help" Buffy said.
"Okay, you got off the phone with the defendant and you got ready and you drove to pick him up, what happened next?' he asked.
"Um, well h-he said that he needed to go to his hotel to get his stuff so I took him there, and he invited me inside" Buffy said.
"Where he then raped you?" he asked.
"Y-yes" Buffy said.
"No further questions your honor" he said.
"Okay Mrs. Bryson, now you went to his hotel to get his stuff, why did you go inside when he invited you?" Miller's lawyer asked.
"Because he invited me, and I didn't want to wait outside for him" Buffy said.
"Why not?" she asked.
"Because it was kind of cold that day and I didn't want to leave the car running, gas" Buffy said.
"All right, so you didn't go in wanting anything but warmth?" she asked.
"Objection your honor" Buffy's lawyer said.
"Overruled, answered the question Mrs. Bryson" the judge said.
"No, I didn't" Buffy said.
"But didn't you and Mr. Banks have an occasion in his apartment once before?" she asked.
"Well, no not really 'he' kissed me and I stopped it, there was nothing there" Buffy said.
"Uh-huh, Mrs. Bryson, didn't your husband kiss another woman once before?" she asked.
"Objection your honor that is irrelevant" Buffy's lawyer said.
"Your honor I have a point please allow me to make it" Miller's lawyer said.
"Overruled, go on" the judge said.
"Y-yes, but he said that she kissed him" Buffy said.
"Which woman?" Miller's lawyer asked and faint whispering could be heard in the back.
"What do you mean?" Buffy asked.
"Well there were two women weren't there, a miss Latonia Frankford and a miss Harmony Kendall?" she asked.
"Uh, y-yes there were, but they both came on to him, not the other way around" Buffy said.
"I see, but could it be possible that you were jealous and when Mr. Banks invited you into his hotel room you saw it as revenge?" she asked.
"No, no. . ." she said.
"No further questions your honor" Miller's lawyer said.
The trial went on for five more hours and the jury was gone for not even twenty minutes before they made their decision.
"Here you are your honor" the bailiff said and handed the paper to the judge. He looked at it and then gave it back to the bailiff to read. "In the case of Bryson vs. Banks, we the jury find Miller banks guilty for rape." Buffy sighed with relief and closed her eyes and smiled as her lawyer hugged her.
"So say you one, so say you all" the judge said and all of the jury nodded yes. "Okay, I here by sentence you to ten years in prison with no chance of release until your ten years has passed, case closed" he said and banged his gavel and left. Buffy stood up, not looking at Miller and hugged Spike and then her mom and then all of her friends and she shook her lawyer's hand. The police took Miller away. Buffy was so relieved that he would be put away for a long time. She smiled as she and her family left the courthouse.
Buffy drove home slowly. How was she going to tell Spike this news. How was she going to tell him that the child growing inside her might not be his. She could hardly breathe. As she pulled into the driveway she thought of what to say. 'Gee well let's see, I'm sorry to tell you this honey, but the child inside me, it might not be yours' Buffy thought and shook her head and got out of the car and took Charlotte out of her seat and went into the house. Spike wasn't seen when she walked into the living room. She put Charley in her playpen and walked into the kitchen and he wasn't there either. She closed her eyes and called out to him.
"Spike?" he didn't answer and she was relieved. She picked up the phone and called her mom, then Cordelia then Willow. She needed to talk to them. She wanted more than anything to tell Spike, but she didn't want to hurt him, or he to get mad at her. Within thirty minutes her mom, Dawn and her friends were there.
"Hey honey, what did you want to talk about, are you nervous about the trial tomorrow" Joyce asked.
"No, well yes, but that's not it, uh. . .Dawn can you take Charlotte upstairs and give her a bath?" Buffy asked.
"You just don't want me to hear huh?" Dawn said and picked up the little girl.
"Honey I promise that I will tell you soon, just not now okay" Buffy said.
"Fine" Dawn said and took Charley upstairs.
"What's up?" Cordelia asked.
"Well first, how are you two, with the pregnancy and all?" Buffy asked.
"Good" Willow said.
"Me too" Cordy said.
"Have you and Xander decided what you're going to do?" Buffy asked.
"No, not yet, but I think I'm going to go and talk to him soon" Cordelia said.
"Well tell me when you find out" Buffy said.
"Of course, so what did you want to talk about?" Cordelia said.
"Okay, well, I'm pregnant again" Buffy said and they all began to congratulate her.
"Oh that's great honey" Joyce said.
"Hey you're joining us, cool" Willow said.
"Awesome" Cordy said.
"Well that's the thing, I'm not so sure that. . .that the baby's Spike's" Buffy said and their smiles went to far fetched stares.
"What? You cheated on him?" Cordelia said.
"No of course not, but. . .I think it might be Miller's" Buffy said looking down in guilt.
"Oh, oh honey" Joyce said and went over to hug her daughter. "I'm sorry."
"What if it is? What are you going to do? I mean are you going to give it up for adoption or abort it?" Willow asked.
"No, I. . .I feel so ashamed to say that but, I could never do that, I could never give my baby up for adoption or kill it, no matter whose it is" Buffy said. "I'm just praying to god that it's Spike's."
"Does he know?" Joyce asked.
"No, not yet, I just found out like an hour ago I. . .I don't know how to tell him" Buffy said. Suddenly Spike walked through the door.
"Hey, who died?" he asked throwing his jacket on the back of the chair.
"We'll go upstairs with Dawn and leave you two alone to talk" Joyce said and she, Willow and Cordy went upstairs.
"So, what's wrong?" Spike asked.
"Okay, I went to the doctor as you know and. . .he said that I'm pregnant again" Buffy said and Spike's eyes lit up, which made Buffy feel even guiltier.
"Really this is great" he said and began to come towards her to hug her but she put her hand up to stop him.
"Uh, there's, there's more" she said. "The baby was conceived three and a half weeks ago."
"So" he said not knowing and then realized what she meant. "Oh. . .Oh my god, it's not mine is it?"
"Honey I don't know, it might be" Buffy said.
"But it might not" he said and went over to the couch and sat down.
"I'm sorry" she said.
"Why are you sorry it's not your fault" he said. Her eyes began to fill up with tears and the slowly trickled down her cheeks. "We uh, we need to do a test thingy right, to confirm it?"
"Yeah" Buffy said. "They'll take some of the DNA from your blood and match it with the baby's."
"When?" he asked looking at her with tears in his eyes also.
"I don't know, we have to make an appointment, it has to be sometime after the trial though" she said.
"Fine, we'll do the test" he said.
"Right" she said.
"What if it isn't mine, what will you do?" he asked.
"What do you mean?" she asked him.
"Will you keep it?" he asked.
"I. . .yes" she said quietly.
"How? How could you keep a baby made by him?" he asked hurt and angry.
"Spike it's not the baby's fault, I mean it didn't ask to be born" Buffy said.
"I have to take a walk" he said and grabbed his jacket and left.
"Spike" she said, but he closed the door without turning around. Buffy just sat there and buried her head in her hands and began to cry. Soon after that Willow, Cordelia and Joyce came back downstairs.
"Honey? Sweetie it will be okay" Joyce said as she sat next to Buffy and held her.
"Why is all this happening to me? What did I do so wrong that I have all this?" Buffy cried. Joyce rocked her back and forth. Buffy cried herself to sleep. Spike soon came home and he carried Buffy upstairs and put her to bed.
Buffy's alarm clock went off at seven a.m. She groaned and pushed the off button. She didn't want to get up. She didn't want to go to the trial, though she wanted him put away for a very long time. She got dressed and she and Spike dropped Charlotte off with Dawn before going to the courthouse. Joyce, Willow, Xander, Cordelia, Oz and Spike all came to support Buffy. Buffy asked Dawn to watch Charley for her. Even though Dawn wanted to go too she agreed.
"All stand for the honorable judge Matthew A. Rittman presiding" the bailiff said and everyone stood.
"Be seated" the judge said and everyone sat. "This is case number 12663, Bryson vs. Banks. . ."
*Later*
"I call Elizabeth Bryson to the stand" Buffy's lawyer said and Buffy went up to the sand and sat and rose her right hand.
"Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you god?" the bailiff asked.
"I do" Buffy said.
"Okay, Mrs. Bryson, on the morning of October 15, 2000 what were you doing?" Buffy's lawyer asked.
"Well I was sleeping, M-Miller called me at a-about nine o'clock, maybe nine thirty and asked me to pick him up" Buffy said.
"From where?" the lawyer asked.
"L.A." Buffy said.
"And you went?" he asked.
"Yes, Miller was a friend and he needed help" Buffy said.
"Okay, you got off the phone with the defendant and you got ready and you drove to pick him up, what happened next?' he asked.
"Um, well h-he said that he needed to go to his hotel to get his stuff so I took him there, and he invited me inside" Buffy said.
"Where he then raped you?" he asked.
"Y-yes" Buffy said.
"No further questions your honor" he said.
"Okay Mrs. Bryson, now you went to his hotel to get his stuff, why did you go inside when he invited you?" Miller's lawyer asked.
"Because he invited me, and I didn't want to wait outside for him" Buffy said.
"Why not?" she asked.
"Because it was kind of cold that day and I didn't want to leave the car running, gas" Buffy said.
"All right, so you didn't go in wanting anything but warmth?" she asked.
"Objection your honor" Buffy's lawyer said.
"Overruled, answered the question Mrs. Bryson" the judge said.
"No, I didn't" Buffy said.
"But didn't you and Mr. Banks have an occasion in his apartment once before?" she asked.
"Well, no not really 'he' kissed me and I stopped it, there was nothing there" Buffy said.
"Uh-huh, Mrs. Bryson, didn't your husband kiss another woman once before?" she asked.
"Objection your honor that is irrelevant" Buffy's lawyer said.
"Your honor I have a point please allow me to make it" Miller's lawyer said.
"Overruled, go on" the judge said.
"Y-yes, but he said that she kissed him" Buffy said.
"Which woman?" Miller's lawyer asked and faint whispering could be heard in the back.
"What do you mean?" Buffy asked.
"Well there were two women weren't there, a miss Latonia Frankford and a miss Harmony Kendall?" she asked.
"Uh, y-yes there were, but they both came on to him, not the other way around" Buffy said.
"I see, but could it be possible that you were jealous and when Mr. Banks invited you into his hotel room you saw it as revenge?" she asked.
"No, no. . ." she said.
"No further questions your honor" Miller's lawyer said.
The trial went on for five more hours and the jury was gone for not even twenty minutes before they made their decision.
"Here you are your honor" the bailiff said and handed the paper to the judge. He looked at it and then gave it back to the bailiff to read. "In the case of Bryson vs. Banks, we the jury find Miller banks guilty for rape." Buffy sighed with relief and closed her eyes and smiled as her lawyer hugged her.
"So say you one, so say you all" the judge said and all of the jury nodded yes. "Okay, I here by sentence you to ten years in prison with no chance of release until your ten years has passed, case closed" he said and banged his gavel and left. Buffy stood up, not looking at Miller and hugged Spike and then her mom and then all of her friends and she shook her lawyer's hand. The police took Miller away. Buffy was so relieved that he would be put away for a long time. She smiled as she and her family left the courthouse.