The next morning Buffy woke Spike early and told him to go take a shower,
"Come on, sppppiiiikkkkeee.." She whined
"Slayer its too early, I haven't had a decent nights sleep in 200 years, stop buggin me"
"Ah you had to play the sympathy card?"
"Yes, now scoot, go make yourself more beautiful, I'll be up in a bit"
"How longs a bit?"
"days"
"Spike!"
"OK ok, 2 hours?"
"Fine, I'll initiate the phone tree." She sulked off
He turned over and slept and woke 4 hours later
"Wha ? Slayer!?" Spike got up throwing on a pair of sweat pants
Buffy came around the corner dressed in a purple maternity shirt
"where'd you get that?"
"Alicia, our neighbor, She had a baby a few months ago and I went over there to try on some clothes, I called Xander and everyone, said I was feeling under the weather and insisted we not meet till 1. Which leaves you a whole hour to unskankify yourself, you smell." She turned him and pushed him in the direction of the rest room
"all right, all right, I'll be down in 15 minutes."
"Oh, and Dawnys been practicing her key magic"
"Key magic?"
"Yea but she learned a neat little trick, She's been perfecting it all morning, turning things invisible and visible at will, she's gonna do it to you so we have, the eliment of surprise."
"more magic?" He complained
"Don't start, just go change and shower" He nodded and skipped up the stairs
30 minutes later Spike came down in black jeans and a black muscle shirt
"Mm much better" Buffy moaned kissing him
"Luv, I just got in my clothes," She smiled nipping his lip
"slayer, your tempting me, come on, to your friends remember? Theres plenty of time for fun later" he rubbed her belly
"Is that a promise?"
"It's a garentee"
"all right, Dawns got the spell stuff in the living room, She figured out how to charm a necklace, so you can just take it off, she was just trying to charm the necklace, one of her test subjects, but I think this is better." She turned and kissed him one more time, see you at the shop"
"OK dawny where's this thingy?"
"here, catch" she tossed a cold chain at him
"OK lets get this done,"
"O I figured we could do some tricks on em first, like while I'm trying to s-ss-stt-stutter out my confession on sleeping with you you can flick their ears and pull their hairs or something, little stuff"
"little smaller than I would have gone, but ok" He slipped It on
"OK now onto the hard part" Dawn walked out the front door Buffy went to follow when she felt pressure on her stomach and Spike sucking on her ear
"mhhhhmmm"
"that's payback sweety, ten fold" His hand traveled south of her waistline
"Spike,"
"To the magic shop," He gave her a little push playfully and ducked around her moving arms.
"Buffy you coming?"
"ya" once they got to the shop they saw everyone sitting around talking
"hey guys" She said
"Oh hey Buffy, feeling any better?"
"Some" Dawn went to sit beside Tara and read over her shoulder
"I have to confess something to you guys. Its bout Spike."
"Eww, what about him I thought He was gone, that's good." Spike pinched the back of his neck hard
"OW! I think I just got stung by a bee!" Anya ran over to him and sat on his lap
"are you ok"
"I'm sure he's fine, now what were you saying buffster" Willow asked
"I.Its, Its just..this is really hard to say" She say Tara flick something away from her ears
"Its ok Buff, were here for you" Xander said
"ok. I...Before Spike.left.We.we were"
"Buffy?" Tara asked
"Spike and I were.having sex. And.and I love him" 4 mouths hung open like fish. Giles chuckled quietly wwhile Dawn merely grinned
"WHAT!" Xander burst out making everyone jump
"Giles did you know about this?" Willow asked
"Only last night"
"HOW COULD YOU SLEEP WITH SPIKE!?" He was standing up now
"Xander its not that big of a deal, we all suspected it" Tara said
"that's not all" Spike said shoving Xander back down into his chair
"What? Where?" Spike took off his necklace.
"I'm offended you find mine and Buffy's relationship so appalling Harris"
"SPIKE!" Willow jumped up and hugged him
"Aw I was missed, good to see you too red, I missed you too"
"Where were you?"
"Hell, for about 200 years."
"oh goddess, are you all right?"
"I will be, but we got more news for you." Spike said cheekily.
"what first?" Buffy asked
"I think the Human bit" spike told her
"Your human!?" anya asked
"Completely human?"
"totally 100%"
"Not fair, now I'm the only demon here" She pouted
"So, let me see if this is straight, your back from hell, and your human"
"How?"
"Oh that's the next part" Dawn said
"More?"
"Oh quite" Giles said from the back of the room where he was brooding over a white bound book
"When I came back from.from hell, I was pretty well flogged, beat to a bloody pulp." Xander gave a snort of approval and Buffy glared at him, he shut right up
"No start before that" Buffy said
"all right then, why don't you tell it" He held a hand for her to take the floor
"Fine, first of all, I figured out what's wrong with me, why I'm sick"
"your not dying again?" Willow asked
"of course not" She smiled
"I'm pregnant" again the mouths stood aghast
"as in"
"See" She turned side ways so everyone could see her belly
"how long have you kept this from us?"
"Only two days, actually I'm 2 months along, Now 5, back to the beginning. I went to see Giles last night and he had this prophecy of a Slayer getting pregnant with the bringer of world wide Peace, exhibit A" She pointed to her stomach
"I fell asleep at his place, had a dream about our daughter, Renee. It means peace"
"Its gonna be a little girl?" Willow asked
"Yea, Giles, wheres the book?" She asked
"here" He handed her the book
"OK, this is our daughter." She proceeded to tell them in detail everything that happened last night
"Woah"
"Big load" Xander said
"Oh, congratulations Buffy, Spike, We are so going shopping tomorrow to celebrate" Willow said
"all right, but Id like to take a picnic today, Dawn wanted to last night" She looked at her for confirmation
"yea!" There were unanimous mumbles
"Spike, can I talk to you?" Xander asked discreetly
"Sure Harris" they let the girls go ahead back to the kitchen to fix some stuff
"Buffy's pregnant right?" He asked
"riiiight, I thought we."
"Listen, she's my best friend, I love her like a sister, and I just want you to know that if you hurt her I will you kill you and that is possible not that your human, I.I also wanted to ask..I wanted to ask"
"Spit it out Harris"
"are you gonna do right by her? Because that baby might as well be my neice, and I just want to make sure your gonna be there for her."
"Har..Xander, you have nothing to worry from me, I love Buffy with all my heart, Id never hurt her. I have only been back for 15 hours, I haven't thought about marriage yet, but I'm sure it will come up, but no matter what, ring or no ring, I'm gonna stick by her"
"All right, so now that we've done our bonding. Truce? For Buffy" Xander offered his hand Spike looked down and took it
"Not just for Buffy, but yea, Truce," The men parted and sat beginning their first real conversation
"aww" Dawn sighed
"Yea' Buffy said and She Willow and Tara ducked back into the kitchen
"Come on, sppppiiiikkkkeee.." She whined
"Slayer its too early, I haven't had a decent nights sleep in 200 years, stop buggin me"
"Ah you had to play the sympathy card?"
"Yes, now scoot, go make yourself more beautiful, I'll be up in a bit"
"How longs a bit?"
"days"
"Spike!"
"OK ok, 2 hours?"
"Fine, I'll initiate the phone tree." She sulked off
He turned over and slept and woke 4 hours later
"Wha ? Slayer!?" Spike got up throwing on a pair of sweat pants
Buffy came around the corner dressed in a purple maternity shirt
"where'd you get that?"
"Alicia, our neighbor, She had a baby a few months ago and I went over there to try on some clothes, I called Xander and everyone, said I was feeling under the weather and insisted we not meet till 1. Which leaves you a whole hour to unskankify yourself, you smell." She turned him and pushed him in the direction of the rest room
"all right, all right, I'll be down in 15 minutes."
"Oh, and Dawnys been practicing her key magic"
"Key magic?"
"Yea but she learned a neat little trick, She's been perfecting it all morning, turning things invisible and visible at will, she's gonna do it to you so we have, the eliment of surprise."
"more magic?" He complained
"Don't start, just go change and shower" He nodded and skipped up the stairs
30 minutes later Spike came down in black jeans and a black muscle shirt
"Mm much better" Buffy moaned kissing him
"Luv, I just got in my clothes," She smiled nipping his lip
"slayer, your tempting me, come on, to your friends remember? Theres plenty of time for fun later" he rubbed her belly
"Is that a promise?"
"It's a garentee"
"all right, Dawns got the spell stuff in the living room, She figured out how to charm a necklace, so you can just take it off, she was just trying to charm the necklace, one of her test subjects, but I think this is better." She turned and kissed him one more time, see you at the shop"
"OK dawny where's this thingy?"
"here, catch" she tossed a cold chain at him
"OK lets get this done,"
"O I figured we could do some tricks on em first, like while I'm trying to s-ss-stt-stutter out my confession on sleeping with you you can flick their ears and pull their hairs or something, little stuff"
"little smaller than I would have gone, but ok" He slipped It on
"OK now onto the hard part" Dawn walked out the front door Buffy went to follow when she felt pressure on her stomach and Spike sucking on her ear
"mhhhhmmm"
"that's payback sweety, ten fold" His hand traveled south of her waistline
"Spike,"
"To the magic shop," He gave her a little push playfully and ducked around her moving arms.
"Buffy you coming?"
"ya" once they got to the shop they saw everyone sitting around talking
"hey guys" She said
"Oh hey Buffy, feeling any better?"
"Some" Dawn went to sit beside Tara and read over her shoulder
"I have to confess something to you guys. Its bout Spike."
"Eww, what about him I thought He was gone, that's good." Spike pinched the back of his neck hard
"OW! I think I just got stung by a bee!" Anya ran over to him and sat on his lap
"are you ok"
"I'm sure he's fine, now what were you saying buffster" Willow asked
"I.Its, Its just..this is really hard to say" She say Tara flick something away from her ears
"Its ok Buff, were here for you" Xander said
"ok. I...Before Spike.left.We.we were"
"Buffy?" Tara asked
"Spike and I were.having sex. And.and I love him" 4 mouths hung open like fish. Giles chuckled quietly wwhile Dawn merely grinned
"WHAT!" Xander burst out making everyone jump
"Giles did you know about this?" Willow asked
"Only last night"
"HOW COULD YOU SLEEP WITH SPIKE!?" He was standing up now
"Xander its not that big of a deal, we all suspected it" Tara said
"that's not all" Spike said shoving Xander back down into his chair
"What? Where?" Spike took off his necklace.
"I'm offended you find mine and Buffy's relationship so appalling Harris"
"SPIKE!" Willow jumped up and hugged him
"Aw I was missed, good to see you too red, I missed you too"
"Where were you?"
"Hell, for about 200 years."
"oh goddess, are you all right?"
"I will be, but we got more news for you." Spike said cheekily.
"what first?" Buffy asked
"I think the Human bit" spike told her
"Your human!?" anya asked
"Completely human?"
"totally 100%"
"Not fair, now I'm the only demon here" She pouted
"So, let me see if this is straight, your back from hell, and your human"
"How?"
"Oh that's the next part" Dawn said
"More?"
"Oh quite" Giles said from the back of the room where he was brooding over a white bound book
"When I came back from.from hell, I was pretty well flogged, beat to a bloody pulp." Xander gave a snort of approval and Buffy glared at him, he shut right up
"No start before that" Buffy said
"all right then, why don't you tell it" He held a hand for her to take the floor
"Fine, first of all, I figured out what's wrong with me, why I'm sick"
"your not dying again?" Willow asked
"of course not" She smiled
"I'm pregnant" again the mouths stood aghast
"as in"
"See" She turned side ways so everyone could see her belly
"how long have you kept this from us?"
"Only two days, actually I'm 2 months along, Now 5, back to the beginning. I went to see Giles last night and he had this prophecy of a Slayer getting pregnant with the bringer of world wide Peace, exhibit A" She pointed to her stomach
"I fell asleep at his place, had a dream about our daughter, Renee. It means peace"
"Its gonna be a little girl?" Willow asked
"Yea, Giles, wheres the book?" She asked
"here" He handed her the book
"OK, this is our daughter." She proceeded to tell them in detail everything that happened last night
"Woah"
"Big load" Xander said
"Oh, congratulations Buffy, Spike, We are so going shopping tomorrow to celebrate" Willow said
"all right, but Id like to take a picnic today, Dawn wanted to last night" She looked at her for confirmation
"yea!" There were unanimous mumbles
"Spike, can I talk to you?" Xander asked discreetly
"Sure Harris" they let the girls go ahead back to the kitchen to fix some stuff
"Buffy's pregnant right?" He asked
"riiiight, I thought we."
"Listen, she's my best friend, I love her like a sister, and I just want you to know that if you hurt her I will you kill you and that is possible not that your human, I.I also wanted to ask..I wanted to ask"
"Spit it out Harris"
"are you gonna do right by her? Because that baby might as well be my neice, and I just want to make sure your gonna be there for her."
"Har..Xander, you have nothing to worry from me, I love Buffy with all my heart, Id never hurt her. I have only been back for 15 hours, I haven't thought about marriage yet, but I'm sure it will come up, but no matter what, ring or no ring, I'm gonna stick by her"
"All right, so now that we've done our bonding. Truce? For Buffy" Xander offered his hand Spike looked down and took it
"Not just for Buffy, but yea, Truce," The men parted and sat beginning their first real conversation
"aww" Dawn sighed
"Yea' Buffy said and She Willow and Tara ducked back into the kitchen