Author: Blackcherrymeg
Chapter 10
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters.
---Couple Weeks Later---
I had been having late night studies with Tara and Giles. Brittany would stay at home with Spike. We had only been researching the one prophecy and found that it was recorded by some gods in another dimension. Giles was rambling on about something right now, but I was too involved in a prophecy translation book at the moment.
"Buffy! Buffy are you listening to me?" I shook out of my concentration and looked at Giles.
"I'm sorry I was just reading this book, what were you saying?"
"I was just saying that I believe if we can just talk to the Council-"
"Are you crazy! I will not go to the people for help who want to kill my daughter."
"Buffy they haven't come for her yet; maybe they have decided you are still able to fight."
"If they find out that Brittany can defeat some demons beneath a sacred seal don't you think they are going to want to experiment on her?"
"Maybe it will do some good to have her tested for powers and see just what exactly is going on." He took his glasses off and cleaned them once more.
"How dare you suggest they test and experiment on my daughter. The one I gave birth to and have raised for two and a half months!" He looked at me and nodded.
"You're right. I'm terribly wrong for suggesting such a thing. We won't tell the Council of this prophecy. Hopefully we can find this seal, but for now continue raising Brittany as a normal child. She will come to know her powers when it's time."
"Okay well then I'm calling it a night. See you later." Tara gathered up her things from Giles coffee table and followed me to my car. "I will be so happy when Brittany is older and knows her powers and we know a way to not let her blood kill whatever demons are behind this seal. But for now I guess I will raise her as a normal girl with Spike. He wasn't too happy about the whole bleeding thing either."
"Well we will try to find another way. Brittany is a part of you… it might just be a matter of sacrifices." I turned to look Tara in the eyes after her response.
"I think you're right." She tilted her head in confusion, and then looked out the window. I kept driving until we reached my house. Faith was in the living room holding Brittany. "Where's Spike?"
"Oh hey B. Spike went out with Dru for some reason. Don't worry though. I gave her a nice warning about not touching him. She won't be getting any action." I eyed Faith, but knew Dru was easily scared by Faith's actions.
"Alright then I'm going to take Britt upstairs and we're calling it quits for now." Faith handed over the yawning baby. Tara headed to her room. After I got Brittany into her pajamas I laid her down in her crib. "Goodnight little one, sweet dreams." Brittany smiled back at me then waved her arms about. Her mobile above the crib started twirling fast and the lights flickered off and on. "Oh my …goddess!" I picked Britt up and ran into Tara's room.
I opened Tara's door to find her reading the dark magic book. "What is it Buffy?"
"Brittany … she… I was saying goodnight and-"
"Just slow down ok?" I nodded and took a moment to catch my breath.
"I was saying goodnight and usually she starts to laugh when I tuck her in, but this time she started getting excited and waved her arms around. After she waved her arms up to me her little crib mobile started twirling fast and the lights flickered off and on."
Tara sat there calmly taking inn all that I had said. "Hmm… it makes sense. Brittany does have power that we need to look into. It seems right now that those are just signs of uncontrolled magic."
"S-so Brittany's a …w-witch?"
"Yes she is. It might explain why her blood can help. She is full of pureness and power. Power that I do not obtain. So far, from what I can see, Brittany is like a… well like a goddess."
I sat there with my mouth open for quite a while. Tara finally spoke up. "Maybe a little sleep will help?" She smiled weakly and I nodded.
"What would help is to have Spike here to hold me… instead of him being of with Dru. You wouldn't happen to know a spell that would turn her ugly do you?"
"Now Buffy isn't that kind of harsh?"
"Why can't she just leave Spike alone?"
"I'm not sure of that, but he loves you. There are no worries for you ok? Now go to bed and rest up."
I knew she was right so I went back to my room and put Britt back to bed. I gave her a kiss and tucked her in. Before pulling the covers fully over my body, I sat up and looked over at my dresser. A picture of Spike, Brittany, and me a month or so after she was born. We looked so happy. I smiled a bit then pulled the covers over and lay down.
--One House Later--
I felt the bed shift on Spike's side. I didn't want to open my eyes and find him with hickies and swollen lips from kissing. "Buffy luv are you awake?"
I stayed still contemplating whether or not I should answer. I guess I should say goodnight. "Yeah I'm awake." I didn't turn around to look at him. I just stared at the clock that flashed 12:46.
"Sorry I'm home so late… I had some business to do."
'He was lying to me! The nerve of that man!' I turned around and sat up. "So you were doing Dru? Because that's the only business I heard of from Faith!"
"Oh… so you know about that. Right, I should have figured Faith would tell you." He shifted his eyes, trying not to look at me.
"Oh you're pathetic. Can't look me in the eye and tell me you were with her. So what now? Are you going back to her?"
"Bloody hell no! I don't want Dru; she just came by out of nowhere and asked for dinner. It seemed harmless enough so I went."
"Did it seem harmless when you two were making out on the cafeteria couch!"
"Buffy we didn't do anything. She begged me to come back to her. Said that she was miserable. After dinner she asked to go back to her place to listen to music. I knew she couldn't manipulate me so I went."
"OH MY GOD! Get out of this house now!"
"Buffy you-"
"Spike I said get out now!" Brittany woke up and started crying. As she her emotions stirred the lights went crazy again. "Look what you did!"
"Why are the lights flickering? Is the power going or something?"
"A lot has happened today. Our daughter is something like a goddess with magical powers and they aren't controlled yet. Not that you were home to notice!"
"A goddess? When did-"
"Get some of your things together and get out. I can't be around you right now." Spike put his hands up in defeat and I watched him get his things together, give Brittany a kiss and walk out. As soon as he left I broke into tears. My sobs were loud and woke up Faith.
"Yo B it's really late can you keep it down?" She looked up at me from the doorway and changed expressions. "What happened?"
"He came home and told me that he had dinner with Dru and went to her place. I couldn't bear what he was going to say next so I made him leave."
"Shouldn't you have listened to him?"
"Don't you see how pretty Dru is? How could he resist her? I'm not as pretty as her, and I still have fat on me from being pregnant. There's no way nothing happened between them."
"Well just get some sleep and I'll beat him down later ok?"
"Alright, thanks." She smiled at me then left for her bedroom.
----Next Morning----
I woke up early and took Brittany to the park. I fed the ducks while she sat in her stroller and laughed. I noticed a couple on the other side of the lake with a little girl. She looked to be about one year old and just started walking. They were so happy. I smiled and a tear made its way down my cheek. Brittany was getting a little fussy so we started back home. As we walked up to my doorway I saw spike walking out with a black eye and bloody nose.
"Buffy nothing happened I swear." My mind flashed back to the happy couple across the lake.
"How do I know that? What were you doing the whole night?"
"We went to her place and had some coffee and talked. She got mad when I said no and started yelling. I stayed and tried to calm her down. That's all and I promise."
I looked into his blue eyes, one half shut from the swelling. "What happened to you?"
"Faith got the idea I was cheating some how." He raised an eyebrow at me, but then winced in pain.
"Come on inside and I'll get some ice for that." He took the stroller and pushed it inside for me. I went to the freezer and got some ice while he held Brittany. I came back to find her fast asleep in his arms. "I see she missed you." He smiled a bit. I walked over to him and placed the ice on his eye. "You can hold that there while I clean up the blood from your nose and lip.
"Sounds good to me."
I put the cold rag up to his blood-caked lip and patted it clean. The cut was pretty big for just a punch. As I pressed the rag on harder he gasped in pain. "Sorry…" He looked up at me with sorrow in his eyes. I knew he was thinking of how he hurt me. I leaned in and kissed him. It grew passionate, but we both pulled apart with the realization of Brittany still in his arms. "I love you."
"I love you too pet." He rested his forehead against mine and we sat there for a while.
Tara came rushing from her room looking very excited. "Buffy I found something you might find interesting!"
"What is it Tara?" I sat up away from Spike.
"Well I was reading this site I got from a friend and it talks about a seal for the Hell Mouth."
"Well the Hell Mouth is here. Isn't it?"
"Yeah it is. In fact it's under Sunny Dale High school."
"I guess we better go check it out. Tonight we will go after meeting up with Giles. Spike you'll be watching Brittany because I need Faith. These demons could come loose if we disturb them."
"Sounds like a plan. Once we examine the seal it will be easier to determine how much blood we're talking about."
"She won't be giving any blood! Brittany is just a baby!" Spike woke up Britt with his loud voice.
"We're going to find a way around that. I'm going to protect our daughter from everything, just trust me."
"I'm the father, shouldn't I be protecting her?"
"This is out of your hands. Unless you suddenly became super strong with semi-powers, I would like to see you beat these demons."
"Fine but let me feel a little manly and let me go with you to the seal."
"Who would watch Brittany while we're gone?"
"We can just leave her with Giles."
"No Spike just stay here with Brittany. Besides we're not planning on fighting these things tonight. We will find out what we're up against, and then plan a fight." Tara and Spike both nodded.
"Ok I'll watch Brittany. Just be careful."
"I will Spike. I'm going to go train right now then go shopping see you later."
----Faith's POV (Sunny Dale Promenade) ----
"So what do you want to see at the movies?"
"I don't care. Anything without people smooching all the time." Angel nodded as he opened the paper to look at movies playing. I liked him so much… maybe it was even love. Wait I'm Faith Summers, I do not love people who aren't family.
"Hey Faith you there?" He asked waving a hand in front of me.
"Sorry I was just thinking."
"Oh ok. Well there's Cat woman, Spider-Man 2, or Van Helsing."
"Oh my gosh we have to see Spider-man. He so kicks a lot more butt than Cat woman ever could." He laughed at my comment and I blushed a little. "I mean… yeah sounds good." He smiled at my very bad cover-up and we agreed on the movie.
"Ok well then let's head over to the theatre." We got up from our table at the pizza place and walked down the street. "You know Faith I was thinking…"
"Oh really, what about?"
"Well we have been getting kind of close lately. We've slept together and I've spent the night at your house quite a few times. You are turning a senior now and turning 18 then graduating. I'm out of high school with a nice apartment. It's perfect."
"What's your point Angel?" I got nervous as he went on talking.
"Will you move in with me?"
I was at a loss of words. 'Wow this is going fast.' "Wow um… are you sure we're ready?"
"I think we are. We have been together for a while now… and I love you Faith."
My Breath caught in my throat and I stopped walking. "You l-love me?"
"I know it might be too soon for you… but I don't expect you to say it back. I love you and those are my feelings."
"Well okay then… let's just keep going to the movies." We started walking and reached the theatre. He paid for our tickets and I realized I never answered whether I would move in or not. "Yes I will."
He had a look of confusion. "You will what?"
"I'll move in with you. It doesn't seem too bad and it would be better than living with my crazy Aunt Loraine."
"Ok then when your things are ready you just come tell me and I'll get you settled in." I smiled and caught him off-guard with a passionate kiss. We stopped when we were out of breath. I saw a smile start to form on his lips. "God I love you so much."
I got all nervous again as my stomach turned. 'Do I feel the same? Oh god this can't be good…' "I love you too Angel."
"You don't have to say it if you don't mean it."
"No I mean it… just don't expect me to say it a lot. I won't turn into a softie like Buffy!" He laughed and we went into the theatre.
----Buffy's POV----
I gathered some stakes and holy water into a bag for tonight at the seal. "Buffy do you have to do this?"
"Well unless you want our daughter to just die since we didn't take a peak at the seal then yes I do."
"It just seems… dangerous."
"I'll be fine. If I feel it's too dangerous I will get out of there, deal?"
"Ok deal. I love you, you know that right?"
"Yes I know that. Tomorrow Willow, Tara, Dawn, and I are planning the wedding. It's going to happen soon. I'm going to be 18 and everything will be legal." He smiled.
"I can't believe I'm going to be married to such a wonderful woman."
"Well believe it mister because you are." I gave him a kiss then pulled out a dagger from a wooden box under my bed.
"What's that for exactly?"
"This is just to ensure my safety. No worries ok Spike?"
"Alright luv, when will you be back?"
I felt my stomach turn at the thought of what I was about to do at the high school. My mind flashed back to what Tara said earlier: "Well we will try to find another way. Brittany is a part of you… it might just be a matter of sacrifices."
"Buffy when will you be back?"
"When our daughter's safe." I had to do this. Brittany's blood is my blood…
To be continued…
---Thanks for the reviews so far! Please read and review! Tell me what you think of it and maybe some ideas? I might not be able to update soon, I'm going on a summer vacation until the 9th or 10th of July. Sorry, but I'll try to get another chapter up before I leave. Please review!---
Chapter 10
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters.
---Couple Weeks Later---
I had been having late night studies with Tara and Giles. Brittany would stay at home with Spike. We had only been researching the one prophecy and found that it was recorded by some gods in another dimension. Giles was rambling on about something right now, but I was too involved in a prophecy translation book at the moment.
"Buffy! Buffy are you listening to me?" I shook out of my concentration and looked at Giles.
"I'm sorry I was just reading this book, what were you saying?"
"I was just saying that I believe if we can just talk to the Council-"
"Are you crazy! I will not go to the people for help who want to kill my daughter."
"Buffy they haven't come for her yet; maybe they have decided you are still able to fight."
"If they find out that Brittany can defeat some demons beneath a sacred seal don't you think they are going to want to experiment on her?"
"Maybe it will do some good to have her tested for powers and see just what exactly is going on." He took his glasses off and cleaned them once more.
"How dare you suggest they test and experiment on my daughter. The one I gave birth to and have raised for two and a half months!" He looked at me and nodded.
"You're right. I'm terribly wrong for suggesting such a thing. We won't tell the Council of this prophecy. Hopefully we can find this seal, but for now continue raising Brittany as a normal child. She will come to know her powers when it's time."
"Okay well then I'm calling it a night. See you later." Tara gathered up her things from Giles coffee table and followed me to my car. "I will be so happy when Brittany is older and knows her powers and we know a way to not let her blood kill whatever demons are behind this seal. But for now I guess I will raise her as a normal girl with Spike. He wasn't too happy about the whole bleeding thing either."
"Well we will try to find another way. Brittany is a part of you… it might just be a matter of sacrifices." I turned to look Tara in the eyes after her response.
"I think you're right." She tilted her head in confusion, and then looked out the window. I kept driving until we reached my house. Faith was in the living room holding Brittany. "Where's Spike?"
"Oh hey B. Spike went out with Dru for some reason. Don't worry though. I gave her a nice warning about not touching him. She won't be getting any action." I eyed Faith, but knew Dru was easily scared by Faith's actions.
"Alright then I'm going to take Britt upstairs and we're calling it quits for now." Faith handed over the yawning baby. Tara headed to her room. After I got Brittany into her pajamas I laid her down in her crib. "Goodnight little one, sweet dreams." Brittany smiled back at me then waved her arms about. Her mobile above the crib started twirling fast and the lights flickered off and on. "Oh my …goddess!" I picked Britt up and ran into Tara's room.
I opened Tara's door to find her reading the dark magic book. "What is it Buffy?"
"Brittany … she… I was saying goodnight and-"
"Just slow down ok?" I nodded and took a moment to catch my breath.
"I was saying goodnight and usually she starts to laugh when I tuck her in, but this time she started getting excited and waved her arms around. After she waved her arms up to me her little crib mobile started twirling fast and the lights flickered off and on."
Tara sat there calmly taking inn all that I had said. "Hmm… it makes sense. Brittany does have power that we need to look into. It seems right now that those are just signs of uncontrolled magic."
"S-so Brittany's a …w-witch?"
"Yes she is. It might explain why her blood can help. She is full of pureness and power. Power that I do not obtain. So far, from what I can see, Brittany is like a… well like a goddess."
I sat there with my mouth open for quite a while. Tara finally spoke up. "Maybe a little sleep will help?" She smiled weakly and I nodded.
"What would help is to have Spike here to hold me… instead of him being of with Dru. You wouldn't happen to know a spell that would turn her ugly do you?"
"Now Buffy isn't that kind of harsh?"
"Why can't she just leave Spike alone?"
"I'm not sure of that, but he loves you. There are no worries for you ok? Now go to bed and rest up."
I knew she was right so I went back to my room and put Britt back to bed. I gave her a kiss and tucked her in. Before pulling the covers fully over my body, I sat up and looked over at my dresser. A picture of Spike, Brittany, and me a month or so after she was born. We looked so happy. I smiled a bit then pulled the covers over and lay down.
--One House Later--
I felt the bed shift on Spike's side. I didn't want to open my eyes and find him with hickies and swollen lips from kissing. "Buffy luv are you awake?"
I stayed still contemplating whether or not I should answer. I guess I should say goodnight. "Yeah I'm awake." I didn't turn around to look at him. I just stared at the clock that flashed 12:46.
"Sorry I'm home so late… I had some business to do."
'He was lying to me! The nerve of that man!' I turned around and sat up. "So you were doing Dru? Because that's the only business I heard of from Faith!"
"Oh… so you know about that. Right, I should have figured Faith would tell you." He shifted his eyes, trying not to look at me.
"Oh you're pathetic. Can't look me in the eye and tell me you were with her. So what now? Are you going back to her?"
"Bloody hell no! I don't want Dru; she just came by out of nowhere and asked for dinner. It seemed harmless enough so I went."
"Did it seem harmless when you two were making out on the cafeteria couch!"
"Buffy we didn't do anything. She begged me to come back to her. Said that she was miserable. After dinner she asked to go back to her place to listen to music. I knew she couldn't manipulate me so I went."
"OH MY GOD! Get out of this house now!"
"Buffy you-"
"Spike I said get out now!" Brittany woke up and started crying. As she her emotions stirred the lights went crazy again. "Look what you did!"
"Why are the lights flickering? Is the power going or something?"
"A lot has happened today. Our daughter is something like a goddess with magical powers and they aren't controlled yet. Not that you were home to notice!"
"A goddess? When did-"
"Get some of your things together and get out. I can't be around you right now." Spike put his hands up in defeat and I watched him get his things together, give Brittany a kiss and walk out. As soon as he left I broke into tears. My sobs were loud and woke up Faith.
"Yo B it's really late can you keep it down?" She looked up at me from the doorway and changed expressions. "What happened?"
"He came home and told me that he had dinner with Dru and went to her place. I couldn't bear what he was going to say next so I made him leave."
"Shouldn't you have listened to him?"
"Don't you see how pretty Dru is? How could he resist her? I'm not as pretty as her, and I still have fat on me from being pregnant. There's no way nothing happened between them."
"Well just get some sleep and I'll beat him down later ok?"
"Alright, thanks." She smiled at me then left for her bedroom.
----Next Morning----
I woke up early and took Brittany to the park. I fed the ducks while she sat in her stroller and laughed. I noticed a couple on the other side of the lake with a little girl. She looked to be about one year old and just started walking. They were so happy. I smiled and a tear made its way down my cheek. Brittany was getting a little fussy so we started back home. As we walked up to my doorway I saw spike walking out with a black eye and bloody nose.
"Buffy nothing happened I swear." My mind flashed back to the happy couple across the lake.
"How do I know that? What were you doing the whole night?"
"We went to her place and had some coffee and talked. She got mad when I said no and started yelling. I stayed and tried to calm her down. That's all and I promise."
I looked into his blue eyes, one half shut from the swelling. "What happened to you?"
"Faith got the idea I was cheating some how." He raised an eyebrow at me, but then winced in pain.
"Come on inside and I'll get some ice for that." He took the stroller and pushed it inside for me. I went to the freezer and got some ice while he held Brittany. I came back to find her fast asleep in his arms. "I see she missed you." He smiled a bit. I walked over to him and placed the ice on his eye. "You can hold that there while I clean up the blood from your nose and lip.
"Sounds good to me."
I put the cold rag up to his blood-caked lip and patted it clean. The cut was pretty big for just a punch. As I pressed the rag on harder he gasped in pain. "Sorry…" He looked up at me with sorrow in his eyes. I knew he was thinking of how he hurt me. I leaned in and kissed him. It grew passionate, but we both pulled apart with the realization of Brittany still in his arms. "I love you."
"I love you too pet." He rested his forehead against mine and we sat there for a while.
Tara came rushing from her room looking very excited. "Buffy I found something you might find interesting!"
"What is it Tara?" I sat up away from Spike.
"Well I was reading this site I got from a friend and it talks about a seal for the Hell Mouth."
"Well the Hell Mouth is here. Isn't it?"
"Yeah it is. In fact it's under Sunny Dale High school."
"I guess we better go check it out. Tonight we will go after meeting up with Giles. Spike you'll be watching Brittany because I need Faith. These demons could come loose if we disturb them."
"Sounds like a plan. Once we examine the seal it will be easier to determine how much blood we're talking about."
"She won't be giving any blood! Brittany is just a baby!" Spike woke up Britt with his loud voice.
"We're going to find a way around that. I'm going to protect our daughter from everything, just trust me."
"I'm the father, shouldn't I be protecting her?"
"This is out of your hands. Unless you suddenly became super strong with semi-powers, I would like to see you beat these demons."
"Fine but let me feel a little manly and let me go with you to the seal."
"Who would watch Brittany while we're gone?"
"We can just leave her with Giles."
"No Spike just stay here with Brittany. Besides we're not planning on fighting these things tonight. We will find out what we're up against, and then plan a fight." Tara and Spike both nodded.
"Ok I'll watch Brittany. Just be careful."
"I will Spike. I'm going to go train right now then go shopping see you later."
----Faith's POV (Sunny Dale Promenade) ----
"So what do you want to see at the movies?"
"I don't care. Anything without people smooching all the time." Angel nodded as he opened the paper to look at movies playing. I liked him so much… maybe it was even love. Wait I'm Faith Summers, I do not love people who aren't family.
"Hey Faith you there?" He asked waving a hand in front of me.
"Sorry I was just thinking."
"Oh ok. Well there's Cat woman, Spider-Man 2, or Van Helsing."
"Oh my gosh we have to see Spider-man. He so kicks a lot more butt than Cat woman ever could." He laughed at my comment and I blushed a little. "I mean… yeah sounds good." He smiled at my very bad cover-up and we agreed on the movie.
"Ok well then let's head over to the theatre." We got up from our table at the pizza place and walked down the street. "You know Faith I was thinking…"
"Oh really, what about?"
"Well we have been getting kind of close lately. We've slept together and I've spent the night at your house quite a few times. You are turning a senior now and turning 18 then graduating. I'm out of high school with a nice apartment. It's perfect."
"What's your point Angel?" I got nervous as he went on talking.
"Will you move in with me?"
I was at a loss of words. 'Wow this is going fast.' "Wow um… are you sure we're ready?"
"I think we are. We have been together for a while now… and I love you Faith."
My Breath caught in my throat and I stopped walking. "You l-love me?"
"I know it might be too soon for you… but I don't expect you to say it back. I love you and those are my feelings."
"Well okay then… let's just keep going to the movies." We started walking and reached the theatre. He paid for our tickets and I realized I never answered whether I would move in or not. "Yes I will."
He had a look of confusion. "You will what?"
"I'll move in with you. It doesn't seem too bad and it would be better than living with my crazy Aunt Loraine."
"Ok then when your things are ready you just come tell me and I'll get you settled in." I smiled and caught him off-guard with a passionate kiss. We stopped when we were out of breath. I saw a smile start to form on his lips. "God I love you so much."
I got all nervous again as my stomach turned. 'Do I feel the same? Oh god this can't be good…' "I love you too Angel."
"You don't have to say it if you don't mean it."
"No I mean it… just don't expect me to say it a lot. I won't turn into a softie like Buffy!" He laughed and we went into the theatre.
----Buffy's POV----
I gathered some stakes and holy water into a bag for tonight at the seal. "Buffy do you have to do this?"
"Well unless you want our daughter to just die since we didn't take a peak at the seal then yes I do."
"It just seems… dangerous."
"I'll be fine. If I feel it's too dangerous I will get out of there, deal?"
"Ok deal. I love you, you know that right?"
"Yes I know that. Tomorrow Willow, Tara, Dawn, and I are planning the wedding. It's going to happen soon. I'm going to be 18 and everything will be legal." He smiled.
"I can't believe I'm going to be married to such a wonderful woman."
"Well believe it mister because you are." I gave him a kiss then pulled out a dagger from a wooden box under my bed.
"What's that for exactly?"
"This is just to ensure my safety. No worries ok Spike?"
"Alright luv, when will you be back?"
I felt my stomach turn at the thought of what I was about to do at the high school. My mind flashed back to what Tara said earlier: "Well we will try to find another way. Brittany is a part of you… it might just be a matter of sacrifices."
"Buffy when will you be back?"
"When our daughter's safe." I had to do this. Brittany's blood is my blood…
To be continued…
---Thanks for the reviews so far! Please read and review! Tell me what you think of it and maybe some ideas? I might not be able to update soon, I'm going on a summer vacation until the 9th or 10th of July. Sorry, but I'll try to get another chapter up before I leave. Please review!---