ALL RIGHT, NEW CHAPTER. SORRY FOR THE WAIT FOR THE LAST ONE GUYS. PLEASE
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Joyce looked in the mirror. She had on a white floral dress that was two inches past her knees and was frilled at the bottom. It was sleeveless and had pink roses on it. Her shoulder length hair was combed out and put half way up. She had on white sandals to match and pink lipstick. She sighed as she left her room. She had told Curt a couple days before, but she was still nervous. Her family was meeting him for the first time. She went downstairs to make sure she had everything she needed.
Meanwhile Faith and Buffy were getting ready themselves. Their mother had told them to dress nice, not in the teenagy way they always did. Buffy had on a blue floral dress that was 3 inches past her knees, which was sleeveless and white sandals to match. Faith had on a light pink dress, which was 3 inches past her knees that had flowers on it. She also had white sandals.
"God I feel wicked stupid in this thing" Faith said.
"Just remember, we're doing this for mom, that's all" Buffy said, fidgeting with her dress.
"Right, for mom" Faith said.
Joyce went into Dawn's room and she was busy putting her hair up. She had on a pink skirt, which had little pink and blue flowers on it. She also had on a blue, light long sleeved shirt. On her feet were blue sketchers. Her hair was curled and put up half was in a big pink bow.
"Aw, Dawnie, you look so cute" Joyce said.
"Thanks" Dawn said.
"Okay, I need to see if your sisters are ready yet, meet us downstairs will you" Joyce said and went into Faith and Buffy's room. "Girls, are you- aw, you too look so pretty.'
"Thanks" Faith said.
"You girls ready?" Joyce asked.
"Yep, let's boogie" Buffy said and got her purse and the four girls got into Joyce's minivan.
Joyce and her daughters pulled up to Spike's place. They had to pick him up before going to the restaurant.
"I'll be right back" Buffy said getting out of the van and going up to the front door. She knocked and a woman answered. She looked young, but had to be in her thirties. She had short dark brown hair and she was wearing nothing but a long t-shirt. "Uh. . .hi, I'm-"
"Buffy, I know, Spike said you were coming" the woman said.
"Uh. . ." Buffy said unsure.
"I'm Jenny, Jenny Calendar, I'm Rupert's girlfriend. . .recently" Jenny said.
"Oh, h-hey" Buffy said, a little relieved that she wasn't involved with Spike. "Is Spike ready?"
"Uh, I think so, Spike" she called and Spike came to the door wearing a black pair of pants and a red silk long sleeved shirt.
"Hey luv" he said and kissed her.
"Hi, you ready?" she asked.
"Yeah, let's do it" Spike said. "Jenny, tell pops I'll be back later, see ya." With that he took Buffy's hand and they went back to the van.
Joyce pulled into the parking lot of the restaurant and they all got out. After getting settled at their table Joyce sighed.
"Mom, are you okay?" Buffy asked taking a hold of Joyce's hand.
"Yeah, just nervous, I mean he already knows about the baby, but. . .I don't really know where he stands on the whole thing" Joyce said.
"Well don't worry, we're here for you no matter what" Faith said.
"Yeah" Dawn said.
"Thank you girls" Joyce said.
"Hey, uh, you got me too Joyce" Spike added and Joyce smiled. Buffy gently took a hold of his chin and pulled him into a kiss. Just then a man dressed in a suit came up to their table.
"Hi Joyce" he said. 'This must be Curt' Buffy thought.
"Hi Curtis" Joyce said. 'Yep, it's Curt' Buffy thought. "Curtis, this is Faith" Joyce said introducing Faith. He shook her hand and she put on the best fake smile she could. "This is Elizabeth."
"Buffy" Buffy told him and shook his hand.
"And this is my youngest, Dawn" Joyce said and Curt shook her hand. "And this is Buffy's boyfriend William."
"Spike" Spike told him and shook his hand.
"Well it's nice to meet you all, I'm Curtis" he said with a smile and sat by Joyce.
"So, Curt, how do ya feel about being a dad?" Faith asked and Buffy glared at her and hit her in the arm.
"Faith!" she whispered loudly.
"Well uh. . .it's. . .surprising, but. . .I like it" Curtis said.
"How old are you?" Dawn asked.
"Dawn" Joyce scolded.
"No, it's okay, uh, I'm thirty-eight" Curtis said.
"Huh, do you have any other children?" Buffy asked.
"Uh, yes, I have a son named Brett, he's eleven and a daughter named Chelsea, she's fourteen" Curtis said.
"You're not married are you?" Faith asked.
"No, I'm divorced, I've been divorced for six years" Curtis said.
"Do your kids live with you?" Dawn asked.
"No, they live with their mother and her new husband, I see them every other weekend and every other week during the summer" Curtis said.
"Do you love our mother?" Faith asked.
"Now girls that's enough" Joyce scolded, embarrassed.
"Yes I do" Curtis said and Joyce looked at him, surprised.
"You do?" she asked.
"Yes" Curtis said.
"Well I. . .I love you too" she said and he kissed her. Faith, Buffy, Spike and Dawn looked away.
"Eew" Dawn said.
"Well, what do you say we order huh? If all the questions are over" Joyce said.
"Good idea" Spike said.
They ordered, ate and then decided that it would be a good idea to go and play some board games so they went back to Joyce's house. They got out Clue, Pictionary and the game of life.
"Okay, teams of two" Joyce said.
"Spike's mine" Buffy said.
"I got mom" Faith said.
"So Dawn, care to team up and kick their butts?" Curtis asked.
"Sure" Dawn said.
"All right, let's go" Curtis said. First they played Pictionary.
"Okay" Spike said and drew a hand and made arrows going back and forth. Then he drew a bird.
"All right um. . .uh. . .bye. . .bird? Oh! Bye-bye birdie!" Buffy said.
"Yes" Spike said.
"Ha, we rule!" Buffy said and kissed Spike.
"Okay, our turn" Dawn said and got up and picked a piece of paper out of the hat and read it. "Okay." She drew a tiny figure and put a line that looked like a ruler beside it. Then she scribbled with red marker, next she drew a guy on a bike and last she drew a car and pointed to the top of it.
"All right" Curtis said. "Uh, the first one. . .small, tiny. . ." he named off and Dawn shook her head no. "Little." Dawn shook her head yes. "Okay, little. . .scribble. . ." he said and she shook her head no and pointed to it and then held up the red marker. "Red, red" he said and she shook her head yes. "Okay, little red. . .bike, riding a. . .riding a. . .riding, right" he said and she shook her head yes. "Okay and the top of a car is the. . .oh, little red riding hood."
"Yes!" Dawn said and high-fived Curtis. Next Faith and Joyce went. They played this a couple more times and moved on to the other games.
Curtis went home at about eleven-thirty. Joyce went up to bed as well and so did Dawn. Faith, Spike and Buffy were left downstairs.
"I can go upstairs if you two want to make out" Faith joked.
"Great, thanks" Buffy said.
"I was kidding B" Faith said.
"I wasn't" Buffy smiled. Faith rolled her eyes and got up.
"Fine" she said.
"Well you don't have to go upstairs" Buffy said.
"I really don't want to watch you two make out" Faith said and went upstairs.
"We're alone" Buffy said.
"Yes, we are" Spike said and kissed her. They spent a long time making out and then he went home and she went upstairs and went to sleep. The next morning Buffy and Faith woke to the sound of their mother throwing up in the bathroom.
"Mom?" Buffy asked and knocked on the door.
"Mom are you okay?" Faith asked. Joyce flushed the toilet and opened the door.
"Yeah girls, I'm fine, just a little morning sickness that's all, I'm fine" Joyce said.
"Do you want something mom, tea, coffee, water?" Buffy asked.
"We can make you some food" Faith offered.
"Oh, that's sweet but you don't have to do that, I can make breakfast" Joyce said.
"No, mom it's really no trouble" Buffy said and took Joyce's arm. "Come on, come downstairs and sit on the couch and Faith and I will make breakfast, what do you want?"
"Um, whatever you make is fine girls, thank you" Joyce said and went into the living room. Buffy and Faith made eggs, bacon, biscuits and gravy, and toast.
"Okay, here you go mom" Faith said. "Dawn, breakfast!"
"Thank you girls, this was very sweet of you" Joyce said and took a bite of it. "Mmm, very good too."
"We're glad you like it" Buffy said and kissed Joyce on the forehead. Dawn came down the stairs, yawning and sat at the dining room table with everyone else.
"Breakfast good" she said in a sleepy Tarzan voice and put some bacon in her mouth. "Dawn like breakfast."
"Stay up too late honey?" Joyce asked Dawn.
"Game playing equals hyperness equals no sleep equals Dawn feeling sleepy" Dawn said and Joyce smiled.
"So, mom, have you thought of any names yet?" Buffy asked, biting a piece of toast.
"Not yet, but I don't even know what it is yet" Joyce said.
"When can you find out?" Dawn asked.
"Not for another five months" Joyce said.
"I want to help name it" Dawn said.
"Ooh, me too, if it's a girl, we should give it a really girly name, like. . .Lilly or Hailey or something" Buffy said.
"Well, we'll see. . .girls. . .you like Curtis right?" Joyce asked.
"Sure, he seems like a nice enough guy, just as long as he doesn't like take over our lives and start telling us what to do we'll be five by five" Faith said.
"What are you two gonna do, I mean are you gonna get married?" Buffy asked. "Is he gonna move in here, 'cause I don't want to move."
"I'm not sure honey" Joyce said.
"Well you need to know, I mean you're not gonna be pregnant forever" Faith said.
"I know, geez, all this is just so stressful" Joyce said.
"Well just take it easy" Faith said. "You can use this pregnant thing as an excuse to be lazy, hell I'd take advantage of it." Buffy smiled at her sister's remark. Suddenly the phone rang and Dawn got up and answered it.
"Hello?" she said. "Dad? Hi, yeah I'm good, they're good too, uh yeah she's here, hold on." With that Dawn brought the phone over to Joyce. "It's dad, he wants to talk to you."
"Hello? Hi Hank. . .yes, here? This weekend? Uh . . .sure, okay, see you then, bye" Joyce said and hung up the phone.
"What did he want?" Faith asked.
"He's in town this weekend and he wants to stop by, he'll be here Saturday" Joyce said.
"Cool" Dawn said.
"Okay, well breakfast was great girls, but I have to get ready for work" Joyce said and got up.
"Wait, work? But you're pregnant, you should rest" Buffy said.
"Sweetheart I'm fine, and besides, I don't get maternity leave until I'm at least eight months pregnant, and just because I'm pregnant doesn't mean the bills aren't gonna stop coming" Joyce said and went upstairs.
"We should get jobs, to help out mom" Buffy said.
"That's a great idea" Faith said.
"I want to get a job too" Dawn said.
"Dawn you're ten, you can't get a job yet" Faith said. "Come on B, let's go look." With that Faith and Buffy went upstairs. Dawn sighed and took the plates into the kitchen and put them into the dishwasher.
Buffy stood in front of the mirror. She was wearing a nice work suit that was professional, but equally cute. Her hair was curled and she had on a little makeup, but not too much. She had gotten a job. Spike's dad, Giles owned his own business and Buffy got a job as his secretary. Spike worked for his father also as his assistant.
"So, how do I look?" Buffy asked Faith.
"Very cool, yet professional" Faith smiled.
"This is so great, I get to work with Spike" Buffy said.
"Yeah and make out with him more, hey you can do it at work" Faith said.
"No we can't. . .well probably can't" Buffy said and Faith smiled.
"Okay, Spike will be here any minute, you ready?" Faith asked.
"Yep" Buffy said and went downstairs to the living room where Joyce and Dawn were. "Introducing the new Buffy, Buffy the working gal."
"You look great honey" Joyce smiled.
"Well I thank you, you're so kind" Buffy said in a British accent and then the doorbell rang and she went over and answered it.
"Hey luv" Spike said.
"Hi" she smiled and kissed him.
"You look nice" he said.
"Thank you, so do you" she said. "Do you want to come in?"
"Sure, for a minute" Spike said and entered the house and he and Buffy went back into the living room. "How are ya Joyce?"
"Okay, thanks" Joyce said.
"That's good" Spike said. "How far along are you?"
"Uh, ten and a half weeks" Joyce said.
"Hey Spike, lookin' sharp" Faith said, looking at Spike. He had on a suit and tie.
"Thanks luv, all right baby, we got to go, don't want to be late, pops will have my head" Spike said, taking Buffy's hand.
"Bye mom, see you after work" Buffy said and left with Spike.
Joyce stood in front of the mirror looking at herself. It had been so long since she had been pregnant. Ten and a half years to be exact. She hadn't been pregnant since Dawn. It was going to be strange. I mean she was going to be a thirty-six, well by the time the baby was born she'd be a thirty-seven year old mother of an infant. All this was just so weird to her. And the part about her and Curtis. She had no idea what they were going to do. All she knew was that Curtis wanted to be in the baby's life, which was good right? And then there were clothes, diapers, blankets, a crib, and names, baby formula, a stroller. Her head began to hurt thinking of all this and she went to lay down. Her ex-husband was coming into town this weekend and she had to tell him about the baby. She sighed thinking of all that was ahead of her. She had lots to do and she had to figure everything out soon.
Joyce looked in the mirror. She had on a white floral dress that was two inches past her knees and was frilled at the bottom. It was sleeveless and had pink roses on it. Her shoulder length hair was combed out and put half way up. She had on white sandals to match and pink lipstick. She sighed as she left her room. She had told Curt a couple days before, but she was still nervous. Her family was meeting him for the first time. She went downstairs to make sure she had everything she needed.
Meanwhile Faith and Buffy were getting ready themselves. Their mother had told them to dress nice, not in the teenagy way they always did. Buffy had on a blue floral dress that was 3 inches past her knees, which was sleeveless and white sandals to match. Faith had on a light pink dress, which was 3 inches past her knees that had flowers on it. She also had white sandals.
"God I feel wicked stupid in this thing" Faith said.
"Just remember, we're doing this for mom, that's all" Buffy said, fidgeting with her dress.
"Right, for mom" Faith said.
Joyce went into Dawn's room and she was busy putting her hair up. She had on a pink skirt, which had little pink and blue flowers on it. She also had on a blue, light long sleeved shirt. On her feet were blue sketchers. Her hair was curled and put up half was in a big pink bow.
"Aw, Dawnie, you look so cute" Joyce said.
"Thanks" Dawn said.
"Okay, I need to see if your sisters are ready yet, meet us downstairs will you" Joyce said and went into Faith and Buffy's room. "Girls, are you- aw, you too look so pretty.'
"Thanks" Faith said.
"You girls ready?" Joyce asked.
"Yep, let's boogie" Buffy said and got her purse and the four girls got into Joyce's minivan.
Joyce and her daughters pulled up to Spike's place. They had to pick him up before going to the restaurant.
"I'll be right back" Buffy said getting out of the van and going up to the front door. She knocked and a woman answered. She looked young, but had to be in her thirties. She had short dark brown hair and she was wearing nothing but a long t-shirt. "Uh. . .hi, I'm-"
"Buffy, I know, Spike said you were coming" the woman said.
"Uh. . ." Buffy said unsure.
"I'm Jenny, Jenny Calendar, I'm Rupert's girlfriend. . .recently" Jenny said.
"Oh, h-hey" Buffy said, a little relieved that she wasn't involved with Spike. "Is Spike ready?"
"Uh, I think so, Spike" she called and Spike came to the door wearing a black pair of pants and a red silk long sleeved shirt.
"Hey luv" he said and kissed her.
"Hi, you ready?" she asked.
"Yeah, let's do it" Spike said. "Jenny, tell pops I'll be back later, see ya." With that he took Buffy's hand and they went back to the van.
Joyce pulled into the parking lot of the restaurant and they all got out. After getting settled at their table Joyce sighed.
"Mom, are you okay?" Buffy asked taking a hold of Joyce's hand.
"Yeah, just nervous, I mean he already knows about the baby, but. . .I don't really know where he stands on the whole thing" Joyce said.
"Well don't worry, we're here for you no matter what" Faith said.
"Yeah" Dawn said.
"Thank you girls" Joyce said.
"Hey, uh, you got me too Joyce" Spike added and Joyce smiled. Buffy gently took a hold of his chin and pulled him into a kiss. Just then a man dressed in a suit came up to their table.
"Hi Joyce" he said. 'This must be Curt' Buffy thought.
"Hi Curtis" Joyce said. 'Yep, it's Curt' Buffy thought. "Curtis, this is Faith" Joyce said introducing Faith. He shook her hand and she put on the best fake smile she could. "This is Elizabeth."
"Buffy" Buffy told him and shook his hand.
"And this is my youngest, Dawn" Joyce said and Curt shook her hand. "And this is Buffy's boyfriend William."
"Spike" Spike told him and shook his hand.
"Well it's nice to meet you all, I'm Curtis" he said with a smile and sat by Joyce.
"So, Curt, how do ya feel about being a dad?" Faith asked and Buffy glared at her and hit her in the arm.
"Faith!" she whispered loudly.
"Well uh. . .it's. . .surprising, but. . .I like it" Curtis said.
"How old are you?" Dawn asked.
"Dawn" Joyce scolded.
"No, it's okay, uh, I'm thirty-eight" Curtis said.
"Huh, do you have any other children?" Buffy asked.
"Uh, yes, I have a son named Brett, he's eleven and a daughter named Chelsea, she's fourteen" Curtis said.
"You're not married are you?" Faith asked.
"No, I'm divorced, I've been divorced for six years" Curtis said.
"Do your kids live with you?" Dawn asked.
"No, they live with their mother and her new husband, I see them every other weekend and every other week during the summer" Curtis said.
"Do you love our mother?" Faith asked.
"Now girls that's enough" Joyce scolded, embarrassed.
"Yes I do" Curtis said and Joyce looked at him, surprised.
"You do?" she asked.
"Yes" Curtis said.
"Well I. . .I love you too" she said and he kissed her. Faith, Buffy, Spike and Dawn looked away.
"Eew" Dawn said.
"Well, what do you say we order huh? If all the questions are over" Joyce said.
"Good idea" Spike said.
They ordered, ate and then decided that it would be a good idea to go and play some board games so they went back to Joyce's house. They got out Clue, Pictionary and the game of life.
"Okay, teams of two" Joyce said.
"Spike's mine" Buffy said.
"I got mom" Faith said.
"So Dawn, care to team up and kick their butts?" Curtis asked.
"Sure" Dawn said.
"All right, let's go" Curtis said. First they played Pictionary.
"Okay" Spike said and drew a hand and made arrows going back and forth. Then he drew a bird.
"All right um. . .uh. . .bye. . .bird? Oh! Bye-bye birdie!" Buffy said.
"Yes" Spike said.
"Ha, we rule!" Buffy said and kissed Spike.
"Okay, our turn" Dawn said and got up and picked a piece of paper out of the hat and read it. "Okay." She drew a tiny figure and put a line that looked like a ruler beside it. Then she scribbled with red marker, next she drew a guy on a bike and last she drew a car and pointed to the top of it.
"All right" Curtis said. "Uh, the first one. . .small, tiny. . ." he named off and Dawn shook her head no. "Little." Dawn shook her head yes. "Okay, little. . .scribble. . ." he said and she shook her head no and pointed to it and then held up the red marker. "Red, red" he said and she shook her head yes. "Okay, little red. . .bike, riding a. . .riding a. . .riding, right" he said and she shook her head yes. "Okay and the top of a car is the. . .oh, little red riding hood."
"Yes!" Dawn said and high-fived Curtis. Next Faith and Joyce went. They played this a couple more times and moved on to the other games.
Curtis went home at about eleven-thirty. Joyce went up to bed as well and so did Dawn. Faith, Spike and Buffy were left downstairs.
"I can go upstairs if you two want to make out" Faith joked.
"Great, thanks" Buffy said.
"I was kidding B" Faith said.
"I wasn't" Buffy smiled. Faith rolled her eyes and got up.
"Fine" she said.
"Well you don't have to go upstairs" Buffy said.
"I really don't want to watch you two make out" Faith said and went upstairs.
"We're alone" Buffy said.
"Yes, we are" Spike said and kissed her. They spent a long time making out and then he went home and she went upstairs and went to sleep. The next morning Buffy and Faith woke to the sound of their mother throwing up in the bathroom.
"Mom?" Buffy asked and knocked on the door.
"Mom are you okay?" Faith asked. Joyce flushed the toilet and opened the door.
"Yeah girls, I'm fine, just a little morning sickness that's all, I'm fine" Joyce said.
"Do you want something mom, tea, coffee, water?" Buffy asked.
"We can make you some food" Faith offered.
"Oh, that's sweet but you don't have to do that, I can make breakfast" Joyce said.
"No, mom it's really no trouble" Buffy said and took Joyce's arm. "Come on, come downstairs and sit on the couch and Faith and I will make breakfast, what do you want?"
"Um, whatever you make is fine girls, thank you" Joyce said and went into the living room. Buffy and Faith made eggs, bacon, biscuits and gravy, and toast.
"Okay, here you go mom" Faith said. "Dawn, breakfast!"
"Thank you girls, this was very sweet of you" Joyce said and took a bite of it. "Mmm, very good too."
"We're glad you like it" Buffy said and kissed Joyce on the forehead. Dawn came down the stairs, yawning and sat at the dining room table with everyone else.
"Breakfast good" she said in a sleepy Tarzan voice and put some bacon in her mouth. "Dawn like breakfast."
"Stay up too late honey?" Joyce asked Dawn.
"Game playing equals hyperness equals no sleep equals Dawn feeling sleepy" Dawn said and Joyce smiled.
"So, mom, have you thought of any names yet?" Buffy asked, biting a piece of toast.
"Not yet, but I don't even know what it is yet" Joyce said.
"When can you find out?" Dawn asked.
"Not for another five months" Joyce said.
"I want to help name it" Dawn said.
"Ooh, me too, if it's a girl, we should give it a really girly name, like. . .Lilly or Hailey or something" Buffy said.
"Well, we'll see. . .girls. . .you like Curtis right?" Joyce asked.
"Sure, he seems like a nice enough guy, just as long as he doesn't like take over our lives and start telling us what to do we'll be five by five" Faith said.
"What are you two gonna do, I mean are you gonna get married?" Buffy asked. "Is he gonna move in here, 'cause I don't want to move."
"I'm not sure honey" Joyce said.
"Well you need to know, I mean you're not gonna be pregnant forever" Faith said.
"I know, geez, all this is just so stressful" Joyce said.
"Well just take it easy" Faith said. "You can use this pregnant thing as an excuse to be lazy, hell I'd take advantage of it." Buffy smiled at her sister's remark. Suddenly the phone rang and Dawn got up and answered it.
"Hello?" she said. "Dad? Hi, yeah I'm good, they're good too, uh yeah she's here, hold on." With that Dawn brought the phone over to Joyce. "It's dad, he wants to talk to you."
"Hello? Hi Hank. . .yes, here? This weekend? Uh . . .sure, okay, see you then, bye" Joyce said and hung up the phone.
"What did he want?" Faith asked.
"He's in town this weekend and he wants to stop by, he'll be here Saturday" Joyce said.
"Cool" Dawn said.
"Okay, well breakfast was great girls, but I have to get ready for work" Joyce said and got up.
"Wait, work? But you're pregnant, you should rest" Buffy said.
"Sweetheart I'm fine, and besides, I don't get maternity leave until I'm at least eight months pregnant, and just because I'm pregnant doesn't mean the bills aren't gonna stop coming" Joyce said and went upstairs.
"We should get jobs, to help out mom" Buffy said.
"That's a great idea" Faith said.
"I want to get a job too" Dawn said.
"Dawn you're ten, you can't get a job yet" Faith said. "Come on B, let's go look." With that Faith and Buffy went upstairs. Dawn sighed and took the plates into the kitchen and put them into the dishwasher.
Buffy stood in front of the mirror. She was wearing a nice work suit that was professional, but equally cute. Her hair was curled and she had on a little makeup, but not too much. She had gotten a job. Spike's dad, Giles owned his own business and Buffy got a job as his secretary. Spike worked for his father also as his assistant.
"So, how do I look?" Buffy asked Faith.
"Very cool, yet professional" Faith smiled.
"This is so great, I get to work with Spike" Buffy said.
"Yeah and make out with him more, hey you can do it at work" Faith said.
"No we can't. . .well probably can't" Buffy said and Faith smiled.
"Okay, Spike will be here any minute, you ready?" Faith asked.
"Yep" Buffy said and went downstairs to the living room where Joyce and Dawn were. "Introducing the new Buffy, Buffy the working gal."
"You look great honey" Joyce smiled.
"Well I thank you, you're so kind" Buffy said in a British accent and then the doorbell rang and she went over and answered it.
"Hey luv" Spike said.
"Hi" she smiled and kissed him.
"You look nice" he said.
"Thank you, so do you" she said. "Do you want to come in?"
"Sure, for a minute" Spike said and entered the house and he and Buffy went back into the living room. "How are ya Joyce?"
"Okay, thanks" Joyce said.
"That's good" Spike said. "How far along are you?"
"Uh, ten and a half weeks" Joyce said.
"Hey Spike, lookin' sharp" Faith said, looking at Spike. He had on a suit and tie.
"Thanks luv, all right baby, we got to go, don't want to be late, pops will have my head" Spike said, taking Buffy's hand.
"Bye mom, see you after work" Buffy said and left with Spike.
Joyce stood in front of the mirror looking at herself. It had been so long since she had been pregnant. Ten and a half years to be exact. She hadn't been pregnant since Dawn. It was going to be strange. I mean she was going to be a thirty-six, well by the time the baby was born she'd be a thirty-seven year old mother of an infant. All this was just so weird to her. And the part about her and Curtis. She had no idea what they were going to do. All she knew was that Curtis wanted to be in the baby's life, which was good right? And then there were clothes, diapers, blankets, a crib, and names, baby formula, a stroller. Her head began to hurt thinking of all this and she went to lay down. Her ex-husband was coming into town this weekend and she had to tell him about the baby. She sighed thinking of all that was ahead of her. She had lots to do and she had to figure everything out soon.