OKAY, THERE IS A BIG SHOCKER IN THIS CHAPTER! R/R
A month passed and Buffy had been ill on and off. Now she sits looking in the mirror. Today was her birthday. She was getting ready for the big party. She was twenty-one today. She couldn't wait to go. The party was being held at her mother's house. She felt good today; she had a good feeling in her heart. She finished putting on her makeup and went over to the full-length mirror to look herself over. She was wearing a pair of light gray pants, with pockets on the hip of the pants and also the legs of the pants. She had on a maroon colored peasant top, which was see through. Under that she had on a maroon spaghetti strapped tank top. Her hair was curled and put up in a high ponytail with some pieces curled around her face. She looked beautiful. Spike came up the stairs to check on her and was mesmerized by the sight of his wife.
"Wow, baby you look amazing" Spike said.
"Thank you" Buffy smiled and he kissed her.
"Are you ready to go?" Spike asked.
"Uh-huh, let's get Robbie and Charley and leave" Buffy said. They got the kids and went over to Joyce's house.
"Hi honey" Joyce greeted her daughter. "Happy birthday."
"Thanks" Buffy said and entered the house. Joyce took Robbie from Buffy and Buffy sat down. Joyce and Spike set up the kids' playpen and set them in it. Dawn came down the stairs.
"Buffy, hi" she said happily and hugged her.
"Hey sweetie" Buffy said.
"So, are you happy to be twenty-one?" Dawn asked.
"Sure, seeing as how I'm not going to make it to twenty-two it's a hoot" Buffy joked. Dawn, Joyce and Spike got serious looks on their faces.
"Guys I'm just kidding all right" Buffy said.
"It's not funny" Dawn said quietly.
"I'm sorry" Buffy said. Suddenly the doorbell rang and Joyce answered it. It was Willow and Oz.
Pretty soon everyone was there and it was time for cake. The presents were opened and Buffy loved them all. They had cake and talked, though no one really knew what to say. It was so tense these days. No one knew when Buffy was going to go. They all were so scared that they were going to wake up and she wasn't going to be there. They all called her every morning to make sure she was okay.
The party ended abruptly when Buffy wasn't feeling so well and wanted to go home. They got all of the presents and the kids together and left. Spike helped Buffy upstairs after putting the kids to bed.
"Here you go baby, just rest" Spike said, tucking her in.
"Thank you" Buffy said. He kissed her and went to leave. Spike."
"Yeah baby?" he asked, turning back around.
"Can you stay here, can you hold me" she asked.
"Of course" he said and got into bed with her and held her. She was shaking. "Baby you're shaking."
"I just don't feel well, I don't know what's wrong" Buffy said.
"Tomorrow I'm taking you to the doctor" Spike said. "Just rest now."
"Okay" she said weakly and closed her eyes.
Spike woke the next morning at eight o'clock. He shifted a little before opening his eyes. the sun was shining high in the sky. He was no longer holding onto Buffy. He looked over to her side and a sharp pain hit him in his chest. She was lying there, very still, very pale, her eyes open.
"Buffy? Buffy come on, Buffy!" Spike said shaking her in panic. "No, no come on baby not now , come on." She tilted her head back to see if she was breathing, and she wasn't. "Oh god no, Buffy, Buffy!" he put his mouth on hers and breathed two big breaths into her mouth and then put his hands under her ribcage and pushed hard fifteen times. After repeating this process three times and nothing happening he grabbed the phone and called 911.
"Hello 911, what is your emergency?" the operator asked.
"Uh, h-hi my wife she isn't breathing" Spike said manically.
"Okay, did you try CPR?" the operator asked.
"Yes, it isn't working!" Spike yelled in desperation and began to cry. "Buffy baby come one please don't leave me."
"Okay, I'm sending an ambulance right now, what is your address?" the woman asked.
"Uh, 4-4706 Sycamore Drive, hurry!" Spike said.
"Okay, an ambulance is coming, they should be there very soon, just calm down" the woman said.
"Oh god baby come on, please baby, please" Spike pleaded.
"Okay, check her pulse, does she have a pulse?" the woman asked. Spike put his index and middle finger on her wrist and felt nothing. He did the same, but on her neck and still nothing.
"No! Oh god there's no pulse, hurry!" Spike said. Suddenly he heard the ambulance coming down the street and hung up the phone and ran downstairs to meet them. He led them inside and up the stairs.
'How long she been like this?" one paramedic asked.
"Uh, I-I don't know, I woke up a-at nine a-and I found her, oh god please save her" Spike said, feeling sick. The paramedics hooked her up to a heart monitor and began CPR. They then put an oxygen tub in her mouth to pump air into her.
"Let's get her in the ambulance" the other paramedic said.
"Okay, you coming?" the guy said.
"Yes" Spike said. "Once second." He ran over to the neighbors and asked if they could watch the kids and they agreed and Spike got into the ambulance and they quickly drove away.
"Come on, breath, breath" the girl said. They kept pumping and pumping and finally.
"Hhh!" Buffy gasped and coughed.
"Oh god, Buffy" Spike said.
"I. . .I. . .what. . ." Buffy tried to say, but she was too weak.
"Shhh" Spike said.
"We got her, we got her stabilized" the guy said. They drove to the hospital and the doctors rushed her into a room. They hooked her up to a bunch of monitors to track her heartbeat and pulse. Spike wasn't allowed to see her right away, but about an hour later he was permitted to go inside.
"Hey baby" he said quietly and teary eyed.
"Hi" she said, also in a quiet voice.
"If you ever scare me like that again, there will be hell to pay you here me" Spike said and stroked her hair. Buffy chuckled at that.
"Did you call everyone, mom, Dawn?" she asked.
"No, oh god, I wasn't even thinking, I'll call them now, are you going to be okay alone?" Spike asked.
"Yeah, just don't be gone to lone" Buffy said.
"Promise" Spike said and left. He was gone only a few minutes and returned. The others rushed to the hospital and into her room. It was like they all arrived at the same time.
"Hi, oh sweetie how are you feeling?" Joyce asked and kissed Buffy on the head
"Okay, considering" Buffy said.
"Of course" Joyce said. Dawn came over and laid in bed with Buffy. She was crying slightly.
"I thought I lost you" she said quietly.
"Can't get rid of me that easy" Buffy said and put her arm around Dawn to hold her. She stroked Dawn's hair slowly.
"Buff you nearly gave us all heart attacks" Xander said.
"Yeah thank god for the doctors" Oz said.
"Thank god for Spike, if he hadn't started CPR when he had I probably would have died" Buffy said. All of them looked at her with fear, worry and sadness. None of them knew, what's to come, they couldn't even begin.
A month passed and Buffy had been ill on and off. Now she sits looking in the mirror. Today was her birthday. She was getting ready for the big party. She was twenty-one today. She couldn't wait to go. The party was being held at her mother's house. She felt good today; she had a good feeling in her heart. She finished putting on her makeup and went over to the full-length mirror to look herself over. She was wearing a pair of light gray pants, with pockets on the hip of the pants and also the legs of the pants. She had on a maroon colored peasant top, which was see through. Under that she had on a maroon spaghetti strapped tank top. Her hair was curled and put up in a high ponytail with some pieces curled around her face. She looked beautiful. Spike came up the stairs to check on her and was mesmerized by the sight of his wife.
"Wow, baby you look amazing" Spike said.
"Thank you" Buffy smiled and he kissed her.
"Are you ready to go?" Spike asked.
"Uh-huh, let's get Robbie and Charley and leave" Buffy said. They got the kids and went over to Joyce's house.
"Hi honey" Joyce greeted her daughter. "Happy birthday."
"Thanks" Buffy said and entered the house. Joyce took Robbie from Buffy and Buffy sat down. Joyce and Spike set up the kids' playpen and set them in it. Dawn came down the stairs.
"Buffy, hi" she said happily and hugged her.
"Hey sweetie" Buffy said.
"So, are you happy to be twenty-one?" Dawn asked.
"Sure, seeing as how I'm not going to make it to twenty-two it's a hoot" Buffy joked. Dawn, Joyce and Spike got serious looks on their faces.
"Guys I'm just kidding all right" Buffy said.
"It's not funny" Dawn said quietly.
"I'm sorry" Buffy said. Suddenly the doorbell rang and Joyce answered it. It was Willow and Oz.
Pretty soon everyone was there and it was time for cake. The presents were opened and Buffy loved them all. They had cake and talked, though no one really knew what to say. It was so tense these days. No one knew when Buffy was going to go. They all were so scared that they were going to wake up and she wasn't going to be there. They all called her every morning to make sure she was okay.
The party ended abruptly when Buffy wasn't feeling so well and wanted to go home. They got all of the presents and the kids together and left. Spike helped Buffy upstairs after putting the kids to bed.
"Here you go baby, just rest" Spike said, tucking her in.
"Thank you" Buffy said. He kissed her and went to leave. Spike."
"Yeah baby?" he asked, turning back around.
"Can you stay here, can you hold me" she asked.
"Of course" he said and got into bed with her and held her. She was shaking. "Baby you're shaking."
"I just don't feel well, I don't know what's wrong" Buffy said.
"Tomorrow I'm taking you to the doctor" Spike said. "Just rest now."
"Okay" she said weakly and closed her eyes.
Spike woke the next morning at eight o'clock. He shifted a little before opening his eyes. the sun was shining high in the sky. He was no longer holding onto Buffy. He looked over to her side and a sharp pain hit him in his chest. She was lying there, very still, very pale, her eyes open.
"Buffy? Buffy come on, Buffy!" Spike said shaking her in panic. "No, no come on baby not now , come on." She tilted her head back to see if she was breathing, and she wasn't. "Oh god no, Buffy, Buffy!" he put his mouth on hers and breathed two big breaths into her mouth and then put his hands under her ribcage and pushed hard fifteen times. After repeating this process three times and nothing happening he grabbed the phone and called 911.
"Hello 911, what is your emergency?" the operator asked.
"Uh, h-hi my wife she isn't breathing" Spike said manically.
"Okay, did you try CPR?" the operator asked.
"Yes, it isn't working!" Spike yelled in desperation and began to cry. "Buffy baby come one please don't leave me."
"Okay, I'm sending an ambulance right now, what is your address?" the woman asked.
"Uh, 4-4706 Sycamore Drive, hurry!" Spike said.
"Okay, an ambulance is coming, they should be there very soon, just calm down" the woman said.
"Oh god baby come on, please baby, please" Spike pleaded.
"Okay, check her pulse, does she have a pulse?" the woman asked. Spike put his index and middle finger on her wrist and felt nothing. He did the same, but on her neck and still nothing.
"No! Oh god there's no pulse, hurry!" Spike said. Suddenly he heard the ambulance coming down the street and hung up the phone and ran downstairs to meet them. He led them inside and up the stairs.
'How long she been like this?" one paramedic asked.
"Uh, I-I don't know, I woke up a-at nine a-and I found her, oh god please save her" Spike said, feeling sick. The paramedics hooked her up to a heart monitor and began CPR. They then put an oxygen tub in her mouth to pump air into her.
"Let's get her in the ambulance" the other paramedic said.
"Okay, you coming?" the guy said.
"Yes" Spike said. "Once second." He ran over to the neighbors and asked if they could watch the kids and they agreed and Spike got into the ambulance and they quickly drove away.
"Come on, breath, breath" the girl said. They kept pumping and pumping and finally.
"Hhh!" Buffy gasped and coughed.
"Oh god, Buffy" Spike said.
"I. . .I. . .what. . ." Buffy tried to say, but she was too weak.
"Shhh" Spike said.
"We got her, we got her stabilized" the guy said. They drove to the hospital and the doctors rushed her into a room. They hooked her up to a bunch of monitors to track her heartbeat and pulse. Spike wasn't allowed to see her right away, but about an hour later he was permitted to go inside.
"Hey baby" he said quietly and teary eyed.
"Hi" she said, also in a quiet voice.
"If you ever scare me like that again, there will be hell to pay you here me" Spike said and stroked her hair. Buffy chuckled at that.
"Did you call everyone, mom, Dawn?" she asked.
"No, oh god, I wasn't even thinking, I'll call them now, are you going to be okay alone?" Spike asked.
"Yeah, just don't be gone to lone" Buffy said.
"Promise" Spike said and left. He was gone only a few minutes and returned. The others rushed to the hospital and into her room. It was like they all arrived at the same time.
"Hi, oh sweetie how are you feeling?" Joyce asked and kissed Buffy on the head
"Okay, considering" Buffy said.
"Of course" Joyce said. Dawn came over and laid in bed with Buffy. She was crying slightly.
"I thought I lost you" she said quietly.
"Can't get rid of me that easy" Buffy said and put her arm around Dawn to hold her. She stroked Dawn's hair slowly.
"Buff you nearly gave us all heart attacks" Xander said.
"Yeah thank god for the doctors" Oz said.
"Thank god for Spike, if he hadn't started CPR when he had I probably would have died" Buffy said. All of them looked at her with fear, worry and sadness. None of them knew, what's to come, they couldn't even begin.