Buffy sat on the plastic table in her examination room holding
Riley's hand nervously, she was sweaty.
"Hon, it'll be fine."
"I'm just so scared, Riley. What if I am? What if I'm not?"
"It'll be fine, I promise." He said as the doctor came in.
"Doc?" Buffy jumped up.
"Settle Mrs. Finn, the tests came back positive. You are going to be a mother, congratulations."
"Uh-huh." She seemed un-fazed.
"News is, you've been pregnant for a month."
"That's weird, we take the stick test every other Thursday." Buffy said.
"Why hasn't it shown up before now?" Riley asked.
"You have to let the body do its work, it's not automatic. The chemicals take a while to get into the system."
"Oh." Riley sighed.
"Oh." Buffy echoed.
"So I'm saying your due date should be about October thirty-first, Halloween."
"The Buffy date of the year." Buffy mumbled.
"Hmm?" The doctor asked.
"Nothing." She muttered.
"Well, you have a check up in two weeks. See you then." He waved.
"That guy scares me." Buffy twitched in the hallway.
"He seemed kinda nice."
"Are you kidding? That guy's EVIL!" She raved, the other ladies looked at her.
"She's hormonal." Riley explained and the women nodded.
"I am not hormonal!" She screamed as they went into the parking lot.
"Then what's with the 'the doctor's a mass murderer and EVIL' deal all about?"
"I'm just scared! Afraid of what'll happen. Riley, the baby, it's so small and helpless, if something, say a demon, got it. I couldn't live.... Riley, I don't want it to go through the hell I went through."
"Buffy, if something happens, we'll survive. But, the time we have it, it'll be good, we'll feel good. The PTB will be on OUR side, as Giles tells it, the Powers That Be don't' punish those who have done good for them. It's not the way."
"They slip up, Riley. Things happen."
"I have feeling they won't."
"A feeling? Riley, a feeling only takes you so far, work, hard duty, life, that helps you through. Feelings? Emotions....."
"Hey, emotions, love, living, that's what makes us, how we live, who we are. Without love, we wouldn't be here, we wouldn't know each other better than a T.A. and his student. Love, emotions, feelings, it's all the same. It's what makes me love you more."
"Riley..."
"Listen, to me, for once. I love you for not only who you are but what you are. You're not exactly human, you're Buffy, the chosen one, the one for me. I think the wedding ceremony covered it." He grinned.
"Yep, it did, I agree not to be mental if you agree not to Psych 101 me, deal?"
"Why?"
"It's just SO creepy." She giggled.
"Hon, it'll be fine."
"I'm just so scared, Riley. What if I am? What if I'm not?"
"It'll be fine, I promise." He said as the doctor came in.
"Doc?" Buffy jumped up.
"Settle Mrs. Finn, the tests came back positive. You are going to be a mother, congratulations."
"Uh-huh." She seemed un-fazed.
"News is, you've been pregnant for a month."
"That's weird, we take the stick test every other Thursday." Buffy said.
"Why hasn't it shown up before now?" Riley asked.
"You have to let the body do its work, it's not automatic. The chemicals take a while to get into the system."
"Oh." Riley sighed.
"Oh." Buffy echoed.
"So I'm saying your due date should be about October thirty-first, Halloween."
"The Buffy date of the year." Buffy mumbled.
"Hmm?" The doctor asked.
"Nothing." She muttered.
"Well, you have a check up in two weeks. See you then." He waved.
"That guy scares me." Buffy twitched in the hallway.
"He seemed kinda nice."
"Are you kidding? That guy's EVIL!" She raved, the other ladies looked at her.
"She's hormonal." Riley explained and the women nodded.
"I am not hormonal!" She screamed as they went into the parking lot.
"Then what's with the 'the doctor's a mass murderer and EVIL' deal all about?"
"I'm just scared! Afraid of what'll happen. Riley, the baby, it's so small and helpless, if something, say a demon, got it. I couldn't live.... Riley, I don't want it to go through the hell I went through."
"Buffy, if something happens, we'll survive. But, the time we have it, it'll be good, we'll feel good. The PTB will be on OUR side, as Giles tells it, the Powers That Be don't' punish those who have done good for them. It's not the way."
"They slip up, Riley. Things happen."
"I have feeling they won't."
"A feeling? Riley, a feeling only takes you so far, work, hard duty, life, that helps you through. Feelings? Emotions....."
"Hey, emotions, love, living, that's what makes us, how we live, who we are. Without love, we wouldn't be here, we wouldn't know each other better than a T.A. and his student. Love, emotions, feelings, it's all the same. It's what makes me love you more."
"Riley..."
"Listen, to me, for once. I love you for not only who you are but what you are. You're not exactly human, you're Buffy, the chosen one, the one for me. I think the wedding ceremony covered it." He grinned.
"Yep, it did, I agree not to be mental if you agree not to Psych 101 me, deal?"
"Why?"
"It's just SO creepy." She giggled.