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A/N: WOOOHOOOOO!!! The second chapter! I'm terribly sorry it took so long to write...my new muse had to get comfortable first. To those of you who will think Riley is a bit mean at the beginning of this chapter...he'll get nicer! I promise! I hope I didn't make him to much of a bad guy- he's not my favorite and all- but in this story...he's just pissed, because he thinks Buffy cheated on him...and I have a plan! I don't want to share that plan right now, well, because it's mine! lol so here goes nothing!
For those of you who don't know this: fully capitalized words are emphasized
Rating: PG (there might be some mild language in the chapter...I don't know at this point)
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A Gift from the Forgotten Day Chapter 2: Answers
"Riley?" Buffy hesitated. "Please say something..." Her lip trembled. "Riley...please. Just-"
Riley interrupted. "Whose is it?" He of course knew it wasn't his, so he thought he at least had the right to know. He felt like his heart had been shattered into a million pieces and there was no way even the smartest craftsman could mend it.
"What?" She knew what he had meant when he asked that question, but she couldn't give him an honest answer. She tried playing the confused card, one that had worked for her many times in the past.
"Don't play dumb with me, Buffy. You know what I mean." His eyes narrowed and his grip on the door tightened.
Buffy inhaled a shaky breath. "I don't...I don't know." She was on the verge of bursting to tears, but she held back.
Riley threw his hands up and entered Buffy's dorm. "How could you NOT know? What-- are you sleeping with more than just ONE guy?"
She shook her head vigorously. "No, I'm not sleeping with anyone! I don't know- I don't know how I could be pregnant- I might NOT be pregnant, but Willow, sh-she did research and, well it's the most reasonable explanation, but- a demon! Willow and I think it could be a demon's trick or something. Riley, I would never-"She tried to convince Riley to see the truth, but stopped, seeing it was no use.
Riley sat on the edge of the bed, his tone not as harsh as before. "Why couldn't you just tell me before, Buffy? It all would have been easier." Buffy made no motion to sit next to him. She watched his back rise and fall and licked her lately dry lips. "It would have been easier," he added softly, slumping his head into his hands.
"Riley, I-," the petite blonde paused, trying to force back a wave of nausea. "Look, I don't know how it happened...I haven't slept with anyone, Riley, I promise! There's got to be some hellmouth-y explanation to all this!"
A pained expression etched Riley's face. "You know what, when you find your 'reasonable explanation', come find me. And when you do, it better be a good one." With that said, the commando stalked out of the room, leaving Buffy in the lonely dorm. Buffy closed the door and crawled back into bed, pulling the covers up to her chin.
She didn't feel like going to class today.
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Willow walked into the room with an armful of books and a Walgreen's bag in her hand. She set the books down on the nearby desk and switched on a small lamp. "Hey Buff, feeling any better?" she asked. There was no answer. "Buffy?" she repeated, moving towards the bed.
"I think Riley broke up with me," she rasped. Willow could tell Buffy had been crying.
"Oh, Buffy..."
Buffy continued, "He came by and I told him how we though I was pregnant, and he- he just..." She couldn't finish her sentence; Willow immediately took the big sister role and hugged her best friend gently, smoothing down her mussed hair.
"Buffy, it's ok. It's alright..." Willow tried to subside Buffy's heartbreak.
"No. It's not, he hates me...he thinks I'm some kind of a-a whore!" she choked out.
Willow's eyebrows knitted together and she drew the distraught slayer closer. "No Buffy, he just—after we figure this whole thing out, he'll realize how stupid he was. Everything will be ok; I promise." Buffy sniffled and sat up, nodding and wiping her tears. "Hey, I got a couple of those pregnancy tests...I wasn't sure how accurate they were so I got three of them," she reached over to the bag and pulled out the three boxes, handing them to Buffy. "The bathroom's clear, I just checked, so you're safe to do them now."
Buffy forced a smile, pulling herself together once more. "What would I do without you Will?"
"You'd probably have to get Xander to go to Walgreen's. Knowing him, he'd end up getting one of those muscle heating pads," Willow chuckled slightly at her own joke, and Buffy did too. "Ok, off to the bathroom with you."
"Wish me luck."
"Good luck." Willow gave Buffy a thumbs-up right before Buffy walked out the door towards the direction of the restrooms. Willow sighed. She took out a piece of paper from the drawer, a pencil from the smiley faced mug, and opened a book she had just set down titled, 'DEMON IMPLANTATION'. "Well, here we go," she sighed and flipped through the pages and jotted down demon names that fit Buffy's condition. After looking through the entire book, Buffy still hadn't been back. Willow figured she was just having a bit of trouble figuring out how the test worked. She shrugged and continued on her work, now scribbling down all the recent spells that had been cast that she knew of, all the recent apocalyptic occurrences Giles had mentioned, and any more-than-peculiar new students at the college. Rubbing her temples, she leaned back in the chair, racking her brain for answers. "Work brain! Work!" she commanded. Her mind wandered to the spell she had cast close to two months ago about her will being done. 'Well that hadn't gone well.' She thought to herself. 'I made Giles blind, nearly got Xander killed, and got Buffy betrothed with-' Willow leapt out of the chair, sending papers flying everywhere. "Oh God! Spike! Buffy and Spike!" she gasped. Why hadn't she remembered this sooner?? "Bad Willow, stupid Willow. Bad, bad, bad..." she muttered, striking herself on the forehead.
Buffy finally returned to the dorm, three pregnancy tests in her hand. "Sorry that took so long; these things are kinda confusing."
"Buffy!" Willow cried. "Um, so how did it go?" She shifted her position, trying not to show too much nervousness.
"Well on this test, is blue positive, or is red?" Buffy wasn't sure she wanted to know, but she had to at some point.
"Red."
Buffy sighed and flopped onto the edge of the bed. "Well then I'm definitely pregnant with something then, 'cause all three came out red. DARK red." Buffy sighed. "This is just my luck, you know. I get pregnant when I don't even sleep with anyone!" She looked over at Willow. "So did you find anything in those books of yours?" Buffy was trying to act a little less depressed. She didn't want to bring everyone down. Besides, when she was depressed, she brooded, which reminded her of Angel. She didn't like to think about that anymore; it hurt too much to go down that path again.
"Well, umm...I have one idea...but I REALLY don't think you'll like it."
"Just tell me and get it over with Willow, how bad can one ugly demon be?"
"Uh..."
"Will, just spit it out. Please, I'd like to know what's inside of me," Buffy pleaded.
Willow bit her lower lip. "You remember a while ago when I did that spell to have my will done?"
Buffy nodded. "Do you think one of the demons that were attacking Xander might have done it?"
"Well, umm...not exactly," Willow hesitated.
"Well what then?"
Willow sighed; she knew she couldn't keep it from Buffy forever, so she finally answered the deadly question...
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TBC...hehe I felt like stopping there, I know it's a short chapter, but I wanted to get it posted. And who knows, maybe if I write shorter chapters, I'll get more up! lol Next time, you'll find out Buffy's expression to Willow's theory and how she handles it! This will be fun!
A/N: WOOOHOOOOO!!! The second chapter! I'm terribly sorry it took so long to write...my new muse had to get comfortable first. To those of you who will think Riley is a bit mean at the beginning of this chapter...he'll get nicer! I promise! I hope I didn't make him to much of a bad guy- he's not my favorite and all- but in this story...he's just pissed, because he thinks Buffy cheated on him...and I have a plan! I don't want to share that plan right now, well, because it's mine! lol so here goes nothing!
For those of you who don't know this: fully capitalized words are emphasized
Rating: PG (there might be some mild language in the chapter...I don't know at this point)
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A Gift from the Forgotten Day Chapter 2: Answers
"Riley?" Buffy hesitated. "Please say something..." Her lip trembled. "Riley...please. Just-"
Riley interrupted. "Whose is it?" He of course knew it wasn't his, so he thought he at least had the right to know. He felt like his heart had been shattered into a million pieces and there was no way even the smartest craftsman could mend it.
"What?" She knew what he had meant when he asked that question, but she couldn't give him an honest answer. She tried playing the confused card, one that had worked for her many times in the past.
"Don't play dumb with me, Buffy. You know what I mean." His eyes narrowed and his grip on the door tightened.
Buffy inhaled a shaky breath. "I don't...I don't know." She was on the verge of bursting to tears, but she held back.
Riley threw his hands up and entered Buffy's dorm. "How could you NOT know? What-- are you sleeping with more than just ONE guy?"
She shook her head vigorously. "No, I'm not sleeping with anyone! I don't know- I don't know how I could be pregnant- I might NOT be pregnant, but Willow, sh-she did research and, well it's the most reasonable explanation, but- a demon! Willow and I think it could be a demon's trick or something. Riley, I would never-"She tried to convince Riley to see the truth, but stopped, seeing it was no use.
Riley sat on the edge of the bed, his tone not as harsh as before. "Why couldn't you just tell me before, Buffy? It all would have been easier." Buffy made no motion to sit next to him. She watched his back rise and fall and licked her lately dry lips. "It would have been easier," he added softly, slumping his head into his hands.
"Riley, I-," the petite blonde paused, trying to force back a wave of nausea. "Look, I don't know how it happened...I haven't slept with anyone, Riley, I promise! There's got to be some hellmouth-y explanation to all this!"
A pained expression etched Riley's face. "You know what, when you find your 'reasonable explanation', come find me. And when you do, it better be a good one." With that said, the commando stalked out of the room, leaving Buffy in the lonely dorm. Buffy closed the door and crawled back into bed, pulling the covers up to her chin.
She didn't feel like going to class today.
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Willow walked into the room with an armful of books and a Walgreen's bag in her hand. She set the books down on the nearby desk and switched on a small lamp. "Hey Buff, feeling any better?" she asked. There was no answer. "Buffy?" she repeated, moving towards the bed.
"I think Riley broke up with me," she rasped. Willow could tell Buffy had been crying.
"Oh, Buffy..."
Buffy continued, "He came by and I told him how we though I was pregnant, and he- he just..." She couldn't finish her sentence; Willow immediately took the big sister role and hugged her best friend gently, smoothing down her mussed hair.
"Buffy, it's ok. It's alright..." Willow tried to subside Buffy's heartbreak.
"No. It's not, he hates me...he thinks I'm some kind of a-a whore!" she choked out.
Willow's eyebrows knitted together and she drew the distraught slayer closer. "No Buffy, he just—after we figure this whole thing out, he'll realize how stupid he was. Everything will be ok; I promise." Buffy sniffled and sat up, nodding and wiping her tears. "Hey, I got a couple of those pregnancy tests...I wasn't sure how accurate they were so I got three of them," she reached over to the bag and pulled out the three boxes, handing them to Buffy. "The bathroom's clear, I just checked, so you're safe to do them now."
Buffy forced a smile, pulling herself together once more. "What would I do without you Will?"
"You'd probably have to get Xander to go to Walgreen's. Knowing him, he'd end up getting one of those muscle heating pads," Willow chuckled slightly at her own joke, and Buffy did too. "Ok, off to the bathroom with you."
"Wish me luck."
"Good luck." Willow gave Buffy a thumbs-up right before Buffy walked out the door towards the direction of the restrooms. Willow sighed. She took out a piece of paper from the drawer, a pencil from the smiley faced mug, and opened a book she had just set down titled, 'DEMON IMPLANTATION'. "Well, here we go," she sighed and flipped through the pages and jotted down demon names that fit Buffy's condition. After looking through the entire book, Buffy still hadn't been back. Willow figured she was just having a bit of trouble figuring out how the test worked. She shrugged and continued on her work, now scribbling down all the recent spells that had been cast that she knew of, all the recent apocalyptic occurrences Giles had mentioned, and any more-than-peculiar new students at the college. Rubbing her temples, she leaned back in the chair, racking her brain for answers. "Work brain! Work!" she commanded. Her mind wandered to the spell she had cast close to two months ago about her will being done. 'Well that hadn't gone well.' She thought to herself. 'I made Giles blind, nearly got Xander killed, and got Buffy betrothed with-' Willow leapt out of the chair, sending papers flying everywhere. "Oh God! Spike! Buffy and Spike!" she gasped. Why hadn't she remembered this sooner?? "Bad Willow, stupid Willow. Bad, bad, bad..." she muttered, striking herself on the forehead.
Buffy finally returned to the dorm, three pregnancy tests in her hand. "Sorry that took so long; these things are kinda confusing."
"Buffy!" Willow cried. "Um, so how did it go?" She shifted her position, trying not to show too much nervousness.
"Well on this test, is blue positive, or is red?" Buffy wasn't sure she wanted to know, but she had to at some point.
"Red."
Buffy sighed and flopped onto the edge of the bed. "Well then I'm definitely pregnant with something then, 'cause all three came out red. DARK red." Buffy sighed. "This is just my luck, you know. I get pregnant when I don't even sleep with anyone!" She looked over at Willow. "So did you find anything in those books of yours?" Buffy was trying to act a little less depressed. She didn't want to bring everyone down. Besides, when she was depressed, she brooded, which reminded her of Angel. She didn't like to think about that anymore; it hurt too much to go down that path again.
"Well, umm...I have one idea...but I REALLY don't think you'll like it."
"Just tell me and get it over with Willow, how bad can one ugly demon be?"
"Uh..."
"Will, just spit it out. Please, I'd like to know what's inside of me," Buffy pleaded.
Willow bit her lower lip. "You remember a while ago when I did that spell to have my will done?"
Buffy nodded. "Do you think one of the demons that were attacking Xander might have done it?"
"Well, umm...not exactly," Willow hesitated.
"Well what then?"
Willow sighed; she knew she couldn't keep it from Buffy forever, so she finally answered the deadly question...
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TBC...hehe I felt like stopping there, I know it's a short chapter, but I wanted to get it posted. And who knows, maybe if I write shorter chapters, I'll get more up! lol Next time, you'll find out Buffy's expression to Willow's theory and how she handles it! This will be fun!