A/N : Here's another short chapter. I think the chapters will probably get longer later on but right now I'm afraid they're just gonna have to be this size. Thanx to everyone who reviewed the previous chapter; SouthernRain, DestinysFate, Michelle, Rachel, fictionfreak2, Spuffygirl, tinkerbell42, Azzy - I hope you all continue to enjoy the fic, please do tell me if anything doesn't make sense or if a chapter is just plain bad, writing three fics at once can be confusing and I need you guys to let me know if I start writing rubbish! I'll be updating 'Trouble With Boys' next and then 'One Wild Night' and then this one again, at least, that is the plan... ;-)

(For disclaimer, etc. - see chapter 1)

Chapter 4 : Bundle of Joy - 1981

As unlikely as it was, it appeared Giles and Jenny's first and only night of passion before their wedding night had been the one that got her pregnant, since just short of nine months beyond the date of the double wedding, was the day their child chose to come into the world...

"Joyce, it's Giles" the man whose nickname of Ripper now felt wholly inappropriate said into the phone, his tone a little panicked, "Jenny's gone into labour" he told his friend who lived across the hall.

"You need us to come over?" the blonde woman asked, sitting up in bed and glancing at the clock that read 02:37. She gave Hank a shove to wake him up before a thought hit her.

"Why are you calling when you only live across the hall?" she frowned and she heard a scream from Jenny on the other end of the line.

"Cos this bloody woman's got a death grip on my hand" Giles complained, of course he didn't deny his wife anything but every time she had a contraction she almost broke his fingers.

"Oh, okay" Joyce tried not to laugh as she pictured the scene, "We'll be right there"

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"We need to get her to the hospital" Giles was saying to Hank as Joyce went to her friends aid, trying to make her comfortable on the sofa. Jenny's hand was still clamped around Rupert's and despite his strength he still winced every time she squeezed.

"We don't have time for hospitals" Joyce soon realised and Jenny looked terrified.

"But I have to go to the hospital, I'm having a baby" she almost screamed as another contraction tried to rip her in two, at least that's what it felt like.

"These contractions are too close together, honey" Joyce tried to explain, "We're going to have to do this here"

The other three occupants of the room looked distinctly panicked, eyes trained on Joyce telling her she was crazy. The blonde only sighed.

"Well, you can try to get to the hospital in time" she huffed, "But don't blame me if your child ends up being born in the back of your car!"

That was enough to make Giles realise the baby should be born in the apartment. Even if Jenny's high pitched screaming and wrenching off his hand hadn't done it, risking his leather interiors had!

"Now Jenny" Joyce was soon telling her friend, "When I say the word, I'm gonna need you to push..."

Hank left the room out of respect and Giles knelt beside his wife, not caring so much about his painful hand as Joyce told him she could see his child coming into the world.

Less than a half hour later, and after much yelling and pushing, there was an extra occupant in the room.

"Oh my God" Jenny cried as Joyce handed the baby to her, "He's so beautiful"

"He is" Giles agreed as he knelt beside the sofa that she laid on, "Just like his mother"

"What will you call him" their blonde friend asked, as her own husband returned to the room and gave her a hug, telling her well done for what she'd done. The new parents shared a smile and Giles announced the child's name.

"William Rupert Giles" he grinned, "My son"

Confused yet? If you're not I'm sure you will be soon, but I swear I have a point and we'll get to it eventually and then you'll fully understand the predicament I mentioned at the beginning of this tale...

To Be Continued...