Buffy stared at the box that she held in front of her.
"What the hell?" she asked herself as she put the box and test back in the trash. She didn't know who could be pregnant. It certainly wasn't her. She hadn't taken a test. That only left Faith, her mother and Dawn. It defiantly wasn't Dawn, she was only ten. Okay, Faith and her mom? She opened the door and went back into her and Faith's room. Should she ask her? "Uh. . .Faith?"
"Yeah?" Faith asked. She was lying on her bed, on her back. Was this a sign?
"Um. . .uh. . .are you pregnant?" Buffy blurted out.
"What? No of course not" Faith said, getting up. "Why?"
"I found a pregnancy test in the trash" Buffy informed her twin sister.
"Well it's defiantly not me, I mean I haven't. . .uh. . ." Faith admitted.
"Oh my. . .are you serious, y-you're a virgin?" Buffy asked amazed.
"B, come on, I'm your sister and your best friend, don't you think that if I had I would of told you?" Faith asked.
"Well I just. . .sorry, oh my god you know what this means?" Buffy asked.
"What?" Faith asked.
"It means that mom's pregnant" Buffy said.
"Oh my god. . .eew!" Faith said. "If mom's pregnant then she had to. . ."
"Eew!" both girls said again and cringed.
"Who's going to ask her?" Buffy asked.
"You" both girls said at the same time.
"Why me?" Faith asked.
"Why me?" Buffy asked.
"Because you look more like mom" Faith said.
"Well you're taller" Buffy said.
"What does that have to do with it?" Faith asked.
"What does mom-looking-alikeness have to do with it?" Buffy asked.
"Okay, we can stand here and argue on who's going to ask her, or we can both ask" Faith said logically.
"Fine, let's both ask" Buffy said and took Faith's hand and they both went downstairs and into the kitchen where their mother was sitting and reading the paper.
"H-hi mom" Faith said.
"Whatcha doin'?" Buffy asked.
"Oh, just reading the paper" Joyce said.
"And having a baby" Buffy blurted out and then covered her mouth. Faith glared at her and Joyce turned around to face her twin daughters.
"What did you say?" Joyce asked.
"We know you're having a baby mom, we- well B, found the test in the trash" Faith said.
"Oh, oh okay girls come, sit" Joyce said and they sat at the island with her. "Yes, I am having a baby."
"Why didn't you tell us?" Buffy asked.
"I'm sorry, I wanted to, I just didn't know how you two, and even Dawn were going to react to a new baby" Joyce said.
"Who's the father?" Faith asked.
"You do know who it is right?" Buffy asked.
"Yes, it's this man I met a couple months ago, his name is Curtis Jacobs, he's a really nice man" Joyce said.
"He isn't moving in here with us is he?" Faith asked.
"Well. . .I don't know, I haven't told him about the baby yet" Joyce said.
"Mom, you have to tell him, and then tell him to stay away" Buffy said.
"Buff" Faith scolded.
"I'm sorry, but we're doing fine just the way we are, we don't have to depend on a man to survive" Buffy said.
"I'm going to tell him, soon, I just. . .don't know how" Joyce said.
"Well how about 'Hey Curt, we had sex and I go knocked up, how do you feel about that?'" Faith said.
"God Faith, that's gross" Buffy said, nudging Faith in the arm.
"But it gets her point across" Faith said and Buffy and Faith smiled.
"I'm so happy you girls are having fun with this" Joyce smiled sarcastically.
"Sorry mom, look, it's going to be okay, all right, we promise, you have us, all the way" Faith said.
"Yeah, always" Buffy said.
"Thank you, I'm glad" Joyce said.
"You have to tell Dawnie" Buffy said.
"I know, do you think she's going to react just as well, I mean she's the baby. When you two found out I was having another baby you were so angry" Joyce said.
"Mom, we were six, Dawnie's ten, she'll be okay" Faith said.
"I hope so" Joyce said. Suddenly Dawn walked through the door.
"Um, I'm going to go over to Spike's, Faith want to *go*" Buffy said, emphasizing the 'go'.
"Oh, uh, yeah" Faith said and Buffy grabbed the keys off the key rack.
"See ya Dawnie" Buffy said and they left.
"What's their deal?" Dawn asked, putting down her stuff and coming into the kitchen.
"Uh, nothing, come here honey, I have to talk to you" Joyce said and Dawn sat with Joyce.
"What is it, are you okay?" Dawn asked worryingly.
"Yes, I'm fine, but uh. . .I have something to tell you. . .I'm going to have a baby" Joyce said and Dawn looked at her shocked.
Buffy and Faith arrived at Spike's place a while later. They certainly didn't want to be in the house with Dawn when their mother told her about the baby.
"Are you sure you want me here B? I mean you two. . ." Faith smirked.
"Stop it, and yes it's fine" Buffy said and knocked on the door and Mr. Giles answered.
"Oh, Buffy, Faith, do come in" Giles said.
"Thanks Giles, is Spike here?" Buffy asked.
"Yes, he's downstairs in his room listening to the god awful music he likes so much" Giles said and Buffy smiled.
"Thanks, nice tie" Buffy said looking at his tie.
"Oh thank you, you're so kind" Giles said. "Well I'm off, got to work, see you girls." After he left Buffy and Faith went downstairs to Spike's room.
"Hi" Buffy said.
"Hey luv, Faith" Spike said and kissed Buffy. "What brings you here? Not that I'm not happy to see you."
"Uh, well there's a little thing happening at home, and we don't really want to be there" Faith said.
"What's the matter?" Spike asked.
"Oh, aside from the fact that our mother's knocked up?" Buffy said.
"What? Are you serious? That's. . .kind of gross actually, thinking of an older woman, especially a mother having-" Spike began, but Buffy put her hand over his mouth.
"Do not finish that sentence" she warned and Spike smirked.
"Don't worry, I got a parent too remember, uhg! That's just, wrong" Spike cringed.
"Another baby, it's going to have to share a room with Dawn, 'cause there isn't any other place to go" Faith said.
"I don't think Dawnie's gonna like that very much" Buffy said.
"Well she's gonna have to get used to it" Faith said. "Do you t think it's safe to go home?"
"I don't know" Buffy said.
"I'm gonna go, you coming?" Faith asked and Buffy looked at Spike.
"Uh. . .no, I think I'm gonna stay here for a while" Buffy said and Faith smirked.
"I'm sure you two will have lots of fun" she said.
"Bye" Buffy said and Faith left and Buffy turned to Spike. "So, what should we do?"
"Do you even have to ask?" he asked her and pulled her into a kiss.
Faith arrived home and Dawn was sitting on the front porch. Faith got out of the car and walked up and sat with her.
"Hey Dawnie, what's the what?" Faith asked.
"I can't believe mom's having a baby" Dawn said.
"It's cool" Faith said.
"No it isn't. . .we have enough people in this house, and I don't want to share a room" Dawn said and Faith put her arm around her little sister.
"Dawn, you're going to have to get used to sharing a room, I mean B and I have done it ever since you were born" Faith said.
"Were you happy when mom told you she was having me?" Dawn asked.
"To tell you the truth, no. B and I were really little and we liked having mom all to ourselves, but we got used to you, you're a pretty okay kid, and hey, you get to be the big sister now" Faith said.
"Yeah, I never thought of it that way, thanks Faith" Dawn said.
"No problem, come on, let's go inside" Faith said and she and Dawn went inside.
Buffy arrived home about five hours later. She went inside and saw her mother on the couch and went over to her.
"Hey mom" she said.
"Oh, Buffy, you're back, have fun?" Joyce asked.
"Definitely" Buffy said. "Are you okay?"
"Oh, I'm fine, just tired that's all, and trying to think of a way to tell Curtis about the baby" Joyce said and Buffy sat down.
"Mom, how do you know if you love someone, I mean really love. I thought I loved Parker, I thought I loved Riley, but I got over them so easily, it couldn't of been love" Buffy said.
"Well. . .why? Do you love Spike?" Joyce asked.
"I don't know. . .how did you know you loved dad?" Buffy asked.
"Well, I thought about him all the time. I wanted to be with him when he wasn't around, I got butterflies in my stomach every time I heard his name" Joyce said.
"Well I certainly have all the symptoms, I'm just afraid to fall for him. Every time I've fallen for a guy they've betrayed me" Buffy said.
"Well there's an old saying: love hurts" Joyce said.
"Ain't that the truth" Buffy said. "Do you love Curt?"
"I don't know, maybe" Joyce said.
"Mom, that little remark Faith and I made about him not moving in here. . .if you love him, and you trust him, and you want him to be a part of this baby's life, then it's okay. Don't let Faith and I ruin this for you" Buffy said.
"I'm not sure of anything yet honey. Maybe we should all get together for dinner this weekend, so you girls can meet him, you can bring Spike along" Joyce said.
"Okay, sounds good to me, where's Faith?" Buffy asked.
"Oh, she went over to Willow's to get some help with homework, she'll be home soon" Joyce said. "I'm going to go to bed, I'm beat, see you tomorrow." With that she went upstairs.
"What the hell?" she asked herself as she put the box and test back in the trash. She didn't know who could be pregnant. It certainly wasn't her. She hadn't taken a test. That only left Faith, her mother and Dawn. It defiantly wasn't Dawn, she was only ten. Okay, Faith and her mom? She opened the door and went back into her and Faith's room. Should she ask her? "Uh. . .Faith?"
"Yeah?" Faith asked. She was lying on her bed, on her back. Was this a sign?
"Um. . .uh. . .are you pregnant?" Buffy blurted out.
"What? No of course not" Faith said, getting up. "Why?"
"I found a pregnancy test in the trash" Buffy informed her twin sister.
"Well it's defiantly not me, I mean I haven't. . .uh. . ." Faith admitted.
"Oh my. . .are you serious, y-you're a virgin?" Buffy asked amazed.
"B, come on, I'm your sister and your best friend, don't you think that if I had I would of told you?" Faith asked.
"Well I just. . .sorry, oh my god you know what this means?" Buffy asked.
"What?" Faith asked.
"It means that mom's pregnant" Buffy said.
"Oh my god. . .eew!" Faith said. "If mom's pregnant then she had to. . ."
"Eew!" both girls said again and cringed.
"Who's going to ask her?" Buffy asked.
"You" both girls said at the same time.
"Why me?" Faith asked.
"Why me?" Buffy asked.
"Because you look more like mom" Faith said.
"Well you're taller" Buffy said.
"What does that have to do with it?" Faith asked.
"What does mom-looking-alikeness have to do with it?" Buffy asked.
"Okay, we can stand here and argue on who's going to ask her, or we can both ask" Faith said logically.
"Fine, let's both ask" Buffy said and took Faith's hand and they both went downstairs and into the kitchen where their mother was sitting and reading the paper.
"H-hi mom" Faith said.
"Whatcha doin'?" Buffy asked.
"Oh, just reading the paper" Joyce said.
"And having a baby" Buffy blurted out and then covered her mouth. Faith glared at her and Joyce turned around to face her twin daughters.
"What did you say?" Joyce asked.
"We know you're having a baby mom, we- well B, found the test in the trash" Faith said.
"Oh, oh okay girls come, sit" Joyce said and they sat at the island with her. "Yes, I am having a baby."
"Why didn't you tell us?" Buffy asked.
"I'm sorry, I wanted to, I just didn't know how you two, and even Dawn were going to react to a new baby" Joyce said.
"Who's the father?" Faith asked.
"You do know who it is right?" Buffy asked.
"Yes, it's this man I met a couple months ago, his name is Curtis Jacobs, he's a really nice man" Joyce said.
"He isn't moving in here with us is he?" Faith asked.
"Well. . .I don't know, I haven't told him about the baby yet" Joyce said.
"Mom, you have to tell him, and then tell him to stay away" Buffy said.
"Buff" Faith scolded.
"I'm sorry, but we're doing fine just the way we are, we don't have to depend on a man to survive" Buffy said.
"I'm going to tell him, soon, I just. . .don't know how" Joyce said.
"Well how about 'Hey Curt, we had sex and I go knocked up, how do you feel about that?'" Faith said.
"God Faith, that's gross" Buffy said, nudging Faith in the arm.
"But it gets her point across" Faith said and Buffy and Faith smiled.
"I'm so happy you girls are having fun with this" Joyce smiled sarcastically.
"Sorry mom, look, it's going to be okay, all right, we promise, you have us, all the way" Faith said.
"Yeah, always" Buffy said.
"Thank you, I'm glad" Joyce said.
"You have to tell Dawnie" Buffy said.
"I know, do you think she's going to react just as well, I mean she's the baby. When you two found out I was having another baby you were so angry" Joyce said.
"Mom, we were six, Dawnie's ten, she'll be okay" Faith said.
"I hope so" Joyce said. Suddenly Dawn walked through the door.
"Um, I'm going to go over to Spike's, Faith want to *go*" Buffy said, emphasizing the 'go'.
"Oh, uh, yeah" Faith said and Buffy grabbed the keys off the key rack.
"See ya Dawnie" Buffy said and they left.
"What's their deal?" Dawn asked, putting down her stuff and coming into the kitchen.
"Uh, nothing, come here honey, I have to talk to you" Joyce said and Dawn sat with Joyce.
"What is it, are you okay?" Dawn asked worryingly.
"Yes, I'm fine, but uh. . .I have something to tell you. . .I'm going to have a baby" Joyce said and Dawn looked at her shocked.
Buffy and Faith arrived at Spike's place a while later. They certainly didn't want to be in the house with Dawn when their mother told her about the baby.
"Are you sure you want me here B? I mean you two. . ." Faith smirked.
"Stop it, and yes it's fine" Buffy said and knocked on the door and Mr. Giles answered.
"Oh, Buffy, Faith, do come in" Giles said.
"Thanks Giles, is Spike here?" Buffy asked.
"Yes, he's downstairs in his room listening to the god awful music he likes so much" Giles said and Buffy smiled.
"Thanks, nice tie" Buffy said looking at his tie.
"Oh thank you, you're so kind" Giles said. "Well I'm off, got to work, see you girls." After he left Buffy and Faith went downstairs to Spike's room.
"Hi" Buffy said.
"Hey luv, Faith" Spike said and kissed Buffy. "What brings you here? Not that I'm not happy to see you."
"Uh, well there's a little thing happening at home, and we don't really want to be there" Faith said.
"What's the matter?" Spike asked.
"Oh, aside from the fact that our mother's knocked up?" Buffy said.
"What? Are you serious? That's. . .kind of gross actually, thinking of an older woman, especially a mother having-" Spike began, but Buffy put her hand over his mouth.
"Do not finish that sentence" she warned and Spike smirked.
"Don't worry, I got a parent too remember, uhg! That's just, wrong" Spike cringed.
"Another baby, it's going to have to share a room with Dawn, 'cause there isn't any other place to go" Faith said.
"I don't think Dawnie's gonna like that very much" Buffy said.
"Well she's gonna have to get used to it" Faith said. "Do you t think it's safe to go home?"
"I don't know" Buffy said.
"I'm gonna go, you coming?" Faith asked and Buffy looked at Spike.
"Uh. . .no, I think I'm gonna stay here for a while" Buffy said and Faith smirked.
"I'm sure you two will have lots of fun" she said.
"Bye" Buffy said and Faith left and Buffy turned to Spike. "So, what should we do?"
"Do you even have to ask?" he asked her and pulled her into a kiss.
Faith arrived home and Dawn was sitting on the front porch. Faith got out of the car and walked up and sat with her.
"Hey Dawnie, what's the what?" Faith asked.
"I can't believe mom's having a baby" Dawn said.
"It's cool" Faith said.
"No it isn't. . .we have enough people in this house, and I don't want to share a room" Dawn said and Faith put her arm around her little sister.
"Dawn, you're going to have to get used to sharing a room, I mean B and I have done it ever since you were born" Faith said.
"Were you happy when mom told you she was having me?" Dawn asked.
"To tell you the truth, no. B and I were really little and we liked having mom all to ourselves, but we got used to you, you're a pretty okay kid, and hey, you get to be the big sister now" Faith said.
"Yeah, I never thought of it that way, thanks Faith" Dawn said.
"No problem, come on, let's go inside" Faith said and she and Dawn went inside.
Buffy arrived home about five hours later. She went inside and saw her mother on the couch and went over to her.
"Hey mom" she said.
"Oh, Buffy, you're back, have fun?" Joyce asked.
"Definitely" Buffy said. "Are you okay?"
"Oh, I'm fine, just tired that's all, and trying to think of a way to tell Curtis about the baby" Joyce said and Buffy sat down.
"Mom, how do you know if you love someone, I mean really love. I thought I loved Parker, I thought I loved Riley, but I got over them so easily, it couldn't of been love" Buffy said.
"Well. . .why? Do you love Spike?" Joyce asked.
"I don't know. . .how did you know you loved dad?" Buffy asked.
"Well, I thought about him all the time. I wanted to be with him when he wasn't around, I got butterflies in my stomach every time I heard his name" Joyce said.
"Well I certainly have all the symptoms, I'm just afraid to fall for him. Every time I've fallen for a guy they've betrayed me" Buffy said.
"Well there's an old saying: love hurts" Joyce said.
"Ain't that the truth" Buffy said. "Do you love Curt?"
"I don't know, maybe" Joyce said.
"Mom, that little remark Faith and I made about him not moving in here. . .if you love him, and you trust him, and you want him to be a part of this baby's life, then it's okay. Don't let Faith and I ruin this for you" Buffy said.
"I'm not sure of anything yet honey. Maybe we should all get together for dinner this weekend, so you girls can meet him, you can bring Spike along" Joyce said.
"Okay, sounds good to me, where's Faith?" Buffy asked.
"Oh, she went over to Willow's to get some help with homework, she'll be home soon" Joyce said. "I'm going to go to bed, I'm beat, see you tomorrow." With that she went upstairs.