Well, I just wanted to let everyone know that I won't be updating for about a week. I'll be going to Georgia tomorrow and I won't be back until next Saturday so I'll have another chapter up when I get back. I hope ya'll like this chapter until then. Happy Thanksgiving!

Chapter 15

Buffy and Spike walked into the house the next day and Buffy was finally going to come clean about Angel now that everyone was there. She stopped when she saw her mom and Giles standing in the kitchen with confused expressions on their faces. She didn't know what was wrong when Joyce spoke up. "Honey, there's something you need to know." She said and Buffy didn't like the sound of that. She looked at Spike who just shrugged and then turned back to her mom.

"What's going on?" She asked in a shaky voice and Joyce just took her hand and pulled her into the living room. She saw that there was a man sitting on the couch and he stood up when they walked in. Buffy didn't know who he was, but he seemed really familiar. She then gasped as realization hit her. Her mother showed her pictures of this man when she was younger. He was older now, but he looked about the same. "Dad?" She stated and he nodded and seemed to have a grim look on his face.

"Hello, Buffy. I see you've really grown up." Buffy couldn't believe that her father was standing there. The man that left when she was only a year old. She knew how much his leaving hurt her mother and she then grew angry that he had the nerve to show up after all this time.

"Yeah, well a lot can happen in 17 years." She said harshly as she crossed her arms over her chest. "What are you doing here?" She asked and Hank was taken back by her tone.

"I wanted to see my daughter. I'm not very pleased with how you were raised." Joyce stood next to Buffy.

"How exactly was she raised, Hank? You walked out so that doesn't give you the right to judge how I raised my daughter." Buffy smiled at her mom.

"Well, I expected more than this. I left because I knew it was the right thing. I had to be on my own and I trusted you to take care of our daughter, but I hear that she has gotten into a lot of trouble. Sleeping with boys that she hardly knows and even getting pregnant. I should have come sooner when I found that out." Buffy was surprised by what he was saying.

"How do you know any of that?" Hank turned his gaze back on Buffy.

"I had someone watch you for the last few years so I would know how you were. I must say that I'm not impressed by your behavior." Joyce was shocked that he could do that and Buffy was angry.

"What? You had someone spy on me? What gives you the right?" She asked and Hank looked at her with cold eyes.

"I am still your father, I had every right. I was only looking out for you. I was very disappointed to find out all that you have done." Buffy felt tears form in her eyes, but she wouldn't cry in front of him. Joyce put a comforting hand on Buffy's shoulder.

"I agree that Buffy has made some mistakes, but she has also learned from them and I'm very proud of the woman that she is becoming." Buffy looked at her mom in shock andgave her another smile. Hank just ignored them as his gaze then landed on Spike who has been quiet the whole time.

"Who is this? Her punk boyfriend." Spike stepped up at that.

"Now just hold on a minute." Giles put his hand on Spike's arm and shook his head and Spike didn't say anything else about it. Joyce decided to speak up in a calmer voice.

"He is Buffy's step-brother, Hank. Rupert and I are married. We have been for 11 years now." She explained and Hank wasn't impressed. He didn't care about Giles and went back to Spike.

"Her step-brother? And that means what exactly? That doesn't mean they haven't been sleeping together and probably right under your noses, too." Buffy and Spike were angry that he had the nerve to accuse them of that and Joyce didn't know what to say. This time Giles was the one to speak up as he stepped toward Hank.

"If you are going to show disrespect to my family I advise you to leave my house. These are good kids and they have nothing but a sibling love for one another. I suggest you don't make those comments." Hank laughed.

"I can say whatever I want." He then looked back at Joyce. "You think Buffy has really learned from her mistakes? I happen to know that she has been secretly dating her professor. It doesn't sound like she has learned a whole lot." Buffy hated her father right then for telling them her secret before she got a chance to. She saw the surprised look on her mother's face as she looked at her. Giles just cleaned his glasses and stayed silent and Spike felt bad for Buffy.

"Buffy, is this true?" Joyce asked and Buffy looked away from her mother and nodded. She had tears in her eyes when she looked back at her.

"I'm sorry; I was going to tell you. I just didn't have a chance." She said as she glared at Hank. Joyce didn't know what to say when Hank suddenly laughed again.

"Some parenting, Joyce. You don't even know when your own daughter is hiding something from you. If I never left then things would be different. Buffy wouldn't have grown up to be such a slut." Spike was about to punch his lights out for that comment when Giles pulled him away and stepped in front of Hank instead.

"Don't you ever call my daughter that again. I think you should leave, Mr. Summers. You've caused enough trouble." He said in a surprisingly calm voice.

"Your daughter? I don't recall you giving any sperm." Giles was appalled at this man. Buffy then realized that she had enough and decided to give him a piece of her mind.

"You've got it all wrong. A father is someone who is there for you. Someone that takes care of you and loves you. Someone that would protect you with their life. That's what Giles is to me. He's more of a father than you could ever be. You may be blood, but Giles is my family. You should probably leave, Hank. You're really not wanted here." Spike was proud that Buffy had the guts to stand up to him like that and he put his arm around her and glared at the older man. Hank couldn't believe that she could speak that way to him and he decided that nothing was worth this.

"Fine, I'm leaving and you'll never have to see me again. I just hope you can handle the little whore." Hank said to Joyce as he then walked out of the house and didn't look back. Spike really wished he could have hit him right there for saying that about Buffy, but he let it go and was just glad that the man left. Buffy then couldn't keep the tears in any longer as they finally fell down her face. She buried her face in Spike's chest and he wrapped his arms around her as she cried.