WARNING: MORE BUFFY-BASHING! I'm sorry, she just turned into a real bitch towards the end.

A/N: I'm using Spike's age given in Fool for Love and tacking on he years from then to the time this story takes place putting him at about 123-124 ish.

Chapter four: Daddy's boyfriend

Xander held the amulet out to Spike. "I take it the Slayer is gone?" Spike quirked a scarred eyebrow and took the amulet from Xander. "What is it?"

"Besides it looking like something from the Mr. T reject pile?" Xander shrugged and sank onto the bed. "Is it just me or has she gotten bitchy?" He rolled onto his stomach and propped his chin in his palm. Spike smiled warmly at the young twenty-something and pressed a light kiss to his mouth. Xander grinned. "That's something I wanted to talk to you about. I mean where do we stand? Is there an 'us' or what? Am I your boyfriend or something?"

Spike chuckled. "Xander Harris wants to have a chat about relationships? I want there to be an us." Spike admitted shyly. "I've wanted there to be an us for a while now. At first I just wanted you for your ass (A/N: Sounds weird. I don't think I've ever heard Spike say 'arse')." He grinned remembering all the times he had had a good wank to images of Xander doing naughty things.

"I want there to be an us, too. I've only been attracted to three guys in my life but you're the only one I've ever been able to see myself with for more than a fling."

"You gonna tell me who the other two guys are or am I going to have to find out myself?" Spike joked. He brushed a curl of brown hair away from Xander's eyes. "Did she say anything about what this thing does?"

"Who? Oh, Buffy? Nah. She bitched about stuff but said nothing about the necklace." He watched as Spike pulled the gold chain over his head. Glancing over to the corner, Xander spied little Nicholas about to eat something he shouldn't. "Come here, little guy." The Star Wars action figure was placed back in the shoe box and carried the toddler over to the bed. "No eating the action figures. Come on, let's get you fed."

Spike grinned and followed the two out of the bedroom. Walking into the room next door, Spike watched Ariel as she combed he tangles from her hair. "Want some help?" Spike asked, sitting on the edge of the bed. Ariel nodded and sat in front of him and gave him the comb. "So, you really want Xander to adopt you?" He eased the comb through her hair, carefully untangling the knots as he came to them.

"I like him. He's nicer than my daddy and step-dad were. I know I've only known him for a few days but he's got to be nicer than my old parents." She sighed deeply and let the blonde continue to comb her hair. "Do you live here?" She asked, turning to face him.

"Mm-hm." Spike nodded.

"Are you like my babysitter?"

He thought about that for a moment. "I don't know." Was he just a sitter for the two children?

"If you're a vampire, then how old are you?"

"123 years old."

"Why don't you have fangs?" She leaned in close, trying to get a good look at his teeth.

"I do but they only come out when I want them to." Explained Spike.

"Can I see?"

"When you're older." The young girl nodded and shot Spike a bright smile.

"When were you born?"

Spike laughed. "Why are you asking me so many questions?" She shrugged. "I was born in London in 1880."

"Mommy and daddy said they would take me and Nicky to London."

Spike saw the pensive expression on her small face and placed a hand on her shoulder. "I'll take the two of you to London one day." He sighed. "What do you want to do today?" He asked, motioning for the girl to turn around so he could tie up her hair.

Nicholas sat on the couch eating a box of Animal Crackers while Xander flipped through the channels finally settling on cartoons. He was stroking Nicholas' hair when Spike came and plopped onto the couch followed by Ariel.

"Ya know, kids in my day read books. Didn't watch cartoons all day." Spike commented half-heartedly.

"That's a nice story grandpa. What are you talking about?! You didn't even have electricity!"

"No television?" Ariel asked completely amazed.

"Nope."

She looked hopefully to Xander. "Are we gonna have a new mommy, too?"

Xander looked from Spike to the girl and back again. "C'mere sweety." Xander pulled her into his lap. "Aren't me and uncle Will enough?" She shrugged making Xander chuckle. "Would it bother you if one day you had two daddies?" He asked.

"Like a step-dad?" She asked, not really understanding what the man said.

"No, like another dad. Instead of having a mother and father, you had, instead of a mother, another father." He paused and thought about how to make it easier for the six year old to understand. "Okay, this might be easier. How would you like it if one day, Will became your dad?"

"Would I have two mommies, too?"

Spike balanced Nicholas on his knee. "Ariel, some children have a mummy and daddy or just a mummy or just a daddy but some children have two mummies or two daddies." Spike explained. She seemed to understand the concept of a gay parent a little better.

RING!

Xander reached behind him and lifted the phone from the receiver. "Hey! G-man, what's up?...Yeah, we'll be there." He glanced over to Spike who was wildly gesturing to the children. "Fangless and I won't be alone tonight. No, not dates. Yeah, we'll see ya later. Later, G-Man." He hung up the phone and motioned for Ariel and Nicholas to go pack some toys for when they went to Buffy's. "I'll ask Willow to get me the adoption papers and whatever other documents I'll need. Do you think the kids'll be alright with me as their new father?"

"They'll be fine. You'll be a great da. Did you mean it before when you asked her if it would be okay if I could be her other da one day?" He asked, snuggling up against the larger man.

"I plan on being with you for a while." Xander admitted. He knew that Spike craved love and that when he loved someone, he loved them with his whole being. Case in point: Drusilla.

"You'll make a great father for them. We've only had them what, two days, and Nicky only likes it when you change him and Ariel likes you." Xander smiled and turned to kiss Spike fully on the mouth.

"So, do we tell the rest of the Scoobies and the potentials about us?"

A/N: I know that chapter ended weird but that's just how I ended it so that it flows to the next chapter smoothly.