Chapter 2

Buffy looked at Spike as they waited for any vampires to show up. The past week had been edgy for her and her friends. Every time they showed up together there was tension in the air. She wished there wasn't but there was. She wished that Xander could understand her love for Spike.

Buffy ran her fingers through Spike's curly hair. He had stopped putting styling gel in it. She loved the feel of his soft curls beneath her fingers.

"What are you thinking about, love?" Spike asked turning his attention to her. She placed a soft kiss on his lips.

"I was just thinking how much I want you," Buffy answered with a cocky smile. His icy blue eyes began to twinkle. He wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her closer. She loved this time alone with him. She couldn't spend time with him at home because Dawn wanting to get enough of him as she could before she graduated. Magic Shop had too much tension for them to deal with. So patrolling was the only way they got some quiet and enjoyable time.

Buffy laid her head on his shoulder and stared up into the sky. She looked at all the stars shinning. It was one of the most romantic things around.

"Buffy, I know we can never do anything romantic like see a sunset or a sunrise but I will do my best to make you happy."

She knew when Spike called her Buffy he was dead serious about something. He usually used his pet names for her.

She looked up at his and saw the seriousness in his eyes. He knew that they would never be a real couple. They couldn't go for strolls in the park during the day. They only could enjoy the darkness of nature as a couple.

"Spike, I love you. You know that. No matter what happens in the future I will love you until the day I die."

He kissed her hair then stared out into the cemetery. They had been sitting there for three hours. He knew she had to get to work tomorrow.

"Come on, love. Why don't we get you home?"

Spike stood up with Buffy in his arms. He kept his arm around her waist. She wrapped her arm around his waist and they began to walk on the streets. They looked like a regular couple going for a moonlight stroll. Some people stopped and smiled as they watched them walk together. "Young love," some would whisper. Spike would give a quick glance then think, if they only knew.

When they got to the house they were surprised to see all the lights still on. They both looked at each other and walked up to the door. They felt like something just wasn't right.

"Dawn, I'm home!" Buffy called walking through the door. She stopped when she looked in the living room. Giles sat on the couch with Xander next to him.

"What's going on?" Buffy asked walking into the living room. Giles let out a sigh.

"I did more research on the prophecy and I have to tell you I don't have great news," Giles answered. Spike still stood in the hallways. He didn't know if it was watcher and slayer time. Giles looked at Spike.

As if Giles was reading his mind he said, "This includes you, Spike. Trust me; you will want to hear every detail I will tell you."

Spike walked in and sat down in the chair. Buffy sat down on his lap. Giles couldn't help but think back when they were under Willow's spell and they got engaged.

"So, what do we need to know?" Buffy asked as she got settled on Spike's lap.

"I did research about the prophecy and the only time it has ever worked has been when a slayer has fallen in love with a vampire," Giles began. Buffy looked at him for a moment confused. Giles picked up on it quick. He decided to continue with the new information.

"Every time this has happened the slayer had been killed taking her love with her," Giles continued. "In the prophecy it says that the slayer will end up pregnant with the child of love and power and it will……."

"Whoa, hold up. I will become pregnant?" Buffy asked interrupting. Spike looked at Buffy then back at Giles. His vampire senses told him that Giles was holding back.

"What are you telling us, Rupert?" Spike asked. Giles shifted uneasily on the couch.

"Every time the slayer had become pregnant….well…she was killed," Giles said rubbing his hands together. Buffy sat there with her jaw on the floor. Spike pulled Buffy closer.

"I, suddenly, don't like this prophecy," Buffy said in a low childish voice. Spike didn't like it, either. He hated when she died only a year before. He barely could keep himself from staking himself. He probably would have if it wasn't for the bit.

"Have any of them ever survived?" Spike asked after a moment of silence fell.

"No one has ever survived the prophecy. Ever pregnant slayer was killed by some sort of evil. In 1760 a slayer was killed by a god. The thing was the god was Glory, but that's beside the point. Every evil thing from every hell dimension will end up killing." Buffy shook her head in shock.

"Is there a way to prevent this at all?" Buffy asked frantic. Giles took off his glasses and whipped them with his cloth.

"We haven't found anything yet, but we will find something," Giles said in assurance. Buffy nodded. He stood up from the couch. Buffy's gaze was distant. Spike picked her up and put her on the couch. He walked Giles to the door.

"We are trying every, Spike, but I'm afraid that it's going to happen no matter what," Giles whispered. Spike ran his fingers through his bleached locks.

"I will protect her with my life. She will be carrying my bloody kid," Spike whispered.

"The only way evil will stop if….if you become human," Giles whispered. He, then, grabbed his coat and left. Spike closed the door behind him. He looked stared at the door then back at his love. Their destiny was cursed. He was the only person, who could change their destiny.

"Spike, what are going to do?" Buffy asked standing up. Spike shook his head.

"I don't know, love. I think we should start looking for how I can become human," Spike answered. He pulled her into an embrace. She laid her head against his chest.

"This has to be different. You have a soul." Spike kissed her hair.

"I think it's been a long night and you need some rest."

"Come on, Spike. You know I can't sleep now." Spike guided her to the stairs. He scooped her up into his arms and carried her up stares.

"Trust me, love. You will go to sleep once I put you on that bed." Buffy stared at him and laid her head on his shoulder. He was right. It had been a long…very long night. She was tired but she, also, felt wired. It was an odd combination.

Spike opened her bed room door. He carried her over to the bed and laid her down gently. He took off her shoes and covered her up with a blanket. He kissed her on the forehead.

"Good night, love," Spike whispered. He began to walk off but Buffy grabbed his arm.

"Please, Spike. Will you just hold me?" Spike looked at her and smiled. She moved over so she could make room for him. He sat down and wrapped his arm around her. She cuddled up close to him.

"I love you, Spike," Buffy whispered. He looked down at her. She kissed him gently on the lips. The kiss turned passionate. Spike felt Buffy's lips part slightly to let his tongue in. Buffy soon was pulling off Spike's shirt. She could feel his bulge in his pants. She was tugged at his pants. He unbuttoned her shirt and unhooked her bra. He guided down her chest with kisses.

"Spike, take me," Buffy whimpered. Spike unbuttoned her jeans and took off her panties. He ran his hand up her thigh. She arched her back wanting him to take her. She didn't have to wait long. With one good thrust they were moaning.

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Buffy jumped out bed and ran to the bathroom. It was the third time in today in the past four days. The whipped the sweat from her forehead. She flushed the toilet. She ran the water and rinsed out her mouth. She couldn't keep anything down. She looked in the mirror. She looked horrible. Her hair was a mess and she had lost her color. She was beginning to look dead. She opened the door and headed downstairs. She saw down sitting on the couch watching television while eating a bowl of cereal.

Spike sensed like something was wrong. He turned over felt the empty spot in the bed. He sat up and looked around the room. The bedroom door was wide open. He grabbed his jeans and he put them on. He walked out of the room and headed down stairs. He saw Dawn sitting on the couch.

"Hey bit, have you seen you sister?" Spike asked walking into the living room. She looked up at him. Her eyes went wide.

"What?" Spike asked. Dawn put her bowl on the coffee table and stood up. She poked him.

"Ow! What are you doing?"

"Spike, have you gone to some kind of tanning place?" Dawn asked eyeing him. He put his hands on his hips.

"Bit, have you lost it? I will be a pile of dust," Spike answered. Dawn shook her head. She grabbed him by the arm and dragged him into the downstairs bathroom. She placed him in front of the mirror. He stared into it stunned. He could see himself!

"Bloody hell," Spike murmured. Dawn ran from the bathroom. She ran into the kitchen.

"Buffy, come see Spike," Dawn said in excitement. Buffy looked up from the eggs she was cooking.

"Dawn, I see Spike everyday," Buffy said as Dawn dragged her off to the bathroom. She took one look at Spike and almost passed out. He was tanner then he usually was. His hair was messed but it was from sleeping.

"We have to get to the Magic Shop now," Buffy said then rushed up the stairs to change.

Spike walked into the bedroom. He noticed that Buffy had lost some color. He walked behind her and wrapped his arms around her. She leaned back into his arms.

"You feel so protective," Buffy whispered. Spike looked at her.

"Are you feeling all right, love?" Spike asked concerned. She looked at him and smiled.

"I'm fine," Buffy whispered. Spike nodded and let her go. He put his shirt on then went down stairs. Dawn was cleaning up the forgotten eggs.

"You ready, bit?" Spike asked leaning against the door frame.

"What's wrong with Buffy?" Dawn asked looking back at him. Spike raised his eye brow.

"What do you mean?" Spike asked. Dawn walked over to him and wrapped her arms around him.

"I'm worried Spike. She hasn't been herself lately."

"I know, Nidbit. I'm worried too. We will talk to her after we get back from the Magic Shop." Dawn smiled and gave squeezed him.

"I'm so glad you're here, Spike. I would have freaked out." Spiked hugged Dawn and kissed her hair.

"I'm glad I am too."

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Buffy walked into the Magic Shop holding hands with Spike. Dawn had her arm looped through Spike's arm. Everyone was surprised that Spike wasn't hiding from the sun and that Dawn and Buffy were clinging to him.

Giles seemed to realize what was going on. He took off his glasses and cleaned them with his handkerchief. Anya looked up and smiled.

"Something is going on, Giles," Buffy said walking to their research area. Spike walked closed behind with Dawn.

"What happened?" Giles asked sitting down at the table. Buffy sat down at the table.

"Spike's human," Buffy answered. It caught everyone's attention except Dawn and Spike's.

"What do you mean human?" Xander asked. He was holding a book about the Garmatin prophecy.

"I mean heart beating, blood flowing, needs air to breathe kind," Buffy answered. Everyone looked over at Spike.

"This can't be good," Giles said going over to his books. Dawn looked around at everyone.

"Am I missing something? I mean this is great news. Spike is part of the living like the rest of us," Dawn said cheerfully. Spike looked over at Dawn.

"Thanks, bit," Spike said gratefully. Buffy rubbed his arm. He held her close. He knew she wasn't feeling well.

"Are you feeling all right, Buffy? You look a little flushed," Willow asked worriedly.

"I'm fine. I'm just a little tired today. So much has happened in such little time," Buffy answered. It was then when she felt queasy again. She leaped from Spike's arm and ran straight for the bathroom. Willow, Dawn, Anya, and Tara all went to the bathroom leaving the three males alone.

"We, really, need to get more guys around here," Xander said as he realized how little male contact was in the scoobies.

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Buffy felt like she was a volcano erupting. She heard a knock on the stall door. She heard the girls walk into the bathroom. Buffy pulled off some of the toilet paper and whipped her mouth. She stood up and flushed the toilet. She opened the stall and saw all the worried faces.

"I'm fine, guys," Buffy said in assurance. They didn't believe it. Willow walked to the side of Buffy.

"Maybe you should see a doctor," Willow suggested. Buffy looked at her and shook her head.

"I probably just have that stomach flu, Will. Please don't worry about me. You do have a wedding to plan. I have a prophecy to figure out. Me being sick is just a little bump in the road," Buffy said in a slayer command voice. Willow shrugged. Buffy turned the water on. She let the water soak her hands.

"D...Did you s…say prophecy?" Tara asked realizing something. Something in Buffy's head went off. Her eyes went wide.

"No…this can't be happening," Buffy whispered. They all rushed out of the bathroom. Spike looked up at Buffy. Her face was white with fright.

"What is it, love?" Spike asked concerned. He stood up and walked over to Buffy.

"I'm pregnant," Buffy whispered in fright. It was, then, their world began to crumble.