Okay guys, sorry for the wait and the short chapter last time. I've just
been really busy. So here's the next chapter. Enjoy, and as always, r/r,
thanks!
Buffy watched as they wheeled her mother out of the house and into the ambulance. She stayed behind to go get Dawn and Faith. Her heart was beating so fast that she thought it might explode. She grabbed her mother's keys off the rack and jumped in her car and sped out of the driveway. She went to Dawn's friend's house to pick Dawn up first. She didn't tell her what had happened she just said that they needed to go. After that she went to Mike's Auto to get Faith.
"Faith!" she said and ran into the store.
"B, what's wrong?" Faith asked, coming from behind the desk.
"It's mom, we have to go, now" Buffy said and ran out of the store. Faith grabbed her keys and joined her sister.
They got to the hospital as soon as they could and ran to the front desk.
"Hi, our mom's here, Joyce Summers" Faith said.
"You're the Summers girls?" a doctor said and came up to them.
"Yes, is our mother okay?" Buffy asked.
"She's fine, it was just a bad anxiety attack that's all" the doctor said.
"Oh, oh god, thank you" Buffy breathed and noticed that tears were running down her cheeks and wiped them away.
"Can we see her?" Faith asked.
"Of course" the doctor said and led them into Joyce's room.
Buffy took Dawn's hand and she, Faith and Dawn went into Joyce's room. She was lying there, her head turned away from the doorway.
"Mom?" Faith asked.
"
"Oh, hi girls, oh Buffy, I'm so sorry I scared you" Joyce said and Buffy went over to her mother.
"It's okay mom, you just worry about getting better all right" Buffy said quietly and kissed Joyce on the forehead.
"Mommy, are you okay?" Dawn asked.
"Oh, yeah baby, I'm fine" Joyce said. "Come here sweetheart." Dawn went over to Joyce and sat on the edge of her bed.
"What about the baby?" Faith asked, also coming closer.
"The baby's fine too" Joyce said.
"Good, when can we take you home?" Buffy asked.
"Not until tomorrow" the doctor said and came into the room. "We just want to run some tests to make sure that your mother doesn't have toxemia, or any other pregnancy related disorders."
"Toxemia? What's that?" Faith asked.
"It's a blood pressure condition found in pregnant women, it's not very likely that you have toxemia Joyce, but. . ." the doctor said.
"Better safe than sorry?" Joyce offered.
"Exactly" the doctor said with a smile and left the room again. After he did all three of Joyce's girls climbed into bed and cuddled with her.
"Mom, if you ever scare us like that again there'll be hell to pay, got it" Faith said.
"I promise" Joyce smiled.
"I guess we should cancel the dinner on Saturday" Dawn said.
"And my date with Spike on Friday" Buffy added.
"No, don't any of you dare cancel anything, I'm gong to be fine, I'll be able to go home soon and we're going to go on with our plans" Joyce said.
"Do you want me to call Curtis for you mom?" Buffy asked.
"Yes, will you?" Joyce asked.
"Of course" Buffy said and got off the bed. "Anything I can get anyone while I'm..."
"I'll come with you" Faith said and got down also. "We'll be back in a minute." Buffy and Faith walked out of the room and to the nearest payphone.
"Do you have a quarter?" Buffy asked, her voice become shaky.
"Yeah, here" Faith said and handed her sister the quarter and Buffy inserted it into the payphone. "Where's your cell?"
"Uh...I left it in the car" Buffy said, looking through her mother's appointment book for Curtis's number. Once she found it she dialed the number and a woman answered.
"Hello?" the woman asked.
"Is Curtis there?" Buffy asked.
"He's in the shower, do you want me to go get him?" the woman asked.
"Who is this?" Buffy asked.
"I'm Curtis's wife" the woman asked.
"His what?" Buffy asked, surprised.
"Who is it?" Faith asked, but Buffy didn't answer her.
"His wife, who is this?" the woman asked, but Buffy hung up the phone.
"B, what's wrong?" Faith asked.
"Curtis's wife answered the phone, said he was in the shower, I can't believe that bastard" Buffy said angrily.
"You mean he's been cheating on mom?" Faith asked as she and Buffy sat in two of the chairs that were next to the payphone.
"Or cheating on his wife, any way you put it he's still be cheating, god that rat" Buffy said. "I can't deal with this."
"You? How do you think mom's going to take this?" Faith asked.
"I'm scared Faith" Buffy admitted as she looked at her sister.
"What do you mean? Scared of what?" Faith asked.
"What if mom isn't okay? I mean what if she..." Buffy trailed off, tears now trickling from her eyes.
"Buffy, mom's going to be fine" Faith said.
"This is the scariest thing that has ever happened to me, I just..." Buffy said and Faith hugged her.
"Hey, mom's strong, and you heard what the doctor said, it was just an anxiety attack" Faith said.
"I know" Buffy said and Spike came around the corner.
"Hey" he said and Buffy stood up and hugged him and kissed him.
"Hi, thanks for coming" Buffy said.
"Anytime, is your mum okay?" Spike asked.
"Yeah, she's going to be fine" Faith said. "How did you know?"
"I called him on my way to get Dawn" Buffy informed her.
"Come on, let's get back to mom" Faith said and Spike took Buffy's hand and they went back into Joyce's room.
Buffy watched as they wheeled her mother out of the house and into the ambulance. She stayed behind to go get Dawn and Faith. Her heart was beating so fast that she thought it might explode. She grabbed her mother's keys off the rack and jumped in her car and sped out of the driveway. She went to Dawn's friend's house to pick Dawn up first. She didn't tell her what had happened she just said that they needed to go. After that she went to Mike's Auto to get Faith.
"Faith!" she said and ran into the store.
"B, what's wrong?" Faith asked, coming from behind the desk.
"It's mom, we have to go, now" Buffy said and ran out of the store. Faith grabbed her keys and joined her sister.
They got to the hospital as soon as they could and ran to the front desk.
"Hi, our mom's here, Joyce Summers" Faith said.
"You're the Summers girls?" a doctor said and came up to them.
"Yes, is our mother okay?" Buffy asked.
"She's fine, it was just a bad anxiety attack that's all" the doctor said.
"Oh, oh god, thank you" Buffy breathed and noticed that tears were running down her cheeks and wiped them away.
"Can we see her?" Faith asked.
"Of course" the doctor said and led them into Joyce's room.
Buffy took Dawn's hand and she, Faith and Dawn went into Joyce's room. She was lying there, her head turned away from the doorway.
"Mom?" Faith asked.
"
"Oh, hi girls, oh Buffy, I'm so sorry I scared you" Joyce said and Buffy went over to her mother.
"It's okay mom, you just worry about getting better all right" Buffy said quietly and kissed Joyce on the forehead.
"Mommy, are you okay?" Dawn asked.
"Oh, yeah baby, I'm fine" Joyce said. "Come here sweetheart." Dawn went over to Joyce and sat on the edge of her bed.
"What about the baby?" Faith asked, also coming closer.
"The baby's fine too" Joyce said.
"Good, when can we take you home?" Buffy asked.
"Not until tomorrow" the doctor said and came into the room. "We just want to run some tests to make sure that your mother doesn't have toxemia, or any other pregnancy related disorders."
"Toxemia? What's that?" Faith asked.
"It's a blood pressure condition found in pregnant women, it's not very likely that you have toxemia Joyce, but. . ." the doctor said.
"Better safe than sorry?" Joyce offered.
"Exactly" the doctor said with a smile and left the room again. After he did all three of Joyce's girls climbed into bed and cuddled with her.
"Mom, if you ever scare us like that again there'll be hell to pay, got it" Faith said.
"I promise" Joyce smiled.
"I guess we should cancel the dinner on Saturday" Dawn said.
"And my date with Spike on Friday" Buffy added.
"No, don't any of you dare cancel anything, I'm gong to be fine, I'll be able to go home soon and we're going to go on with our plans" Joyce said.
"Do you want me to call Curtis for you mom?" Buffy asked.
"Yes, will you?" Joyce asked.
"Of course" Buffy said and got off the bed. "Anything I can get anyone while I'm..."
"I'll come with you" Faith said and got down also. "We'll be back in a minute." Buffy and Faith walked out of the room and to the nearest payphone.
"Do you have a quarter?" Buffy asked, her voice become shaky.
"Yeah, here" Faith said and handed her sister the quarter and Buffy inserted it into the payphone. "Where's your cell?"
"Uh...I left it in the car" Buffy said, looking through her mother's appointment book for Curtis's number. Once she found it she dialed the number and a woman answered.
"Hello?" the woman asked.
"Is Curtis there?" Buffy asked.
"He's in the shower, do you want me to go get him?" the woman asked.
"Who is this?" Buffy asked.
"I'm Curtis's wife" the woman asked.
"His what?" Buffy asked, surprised.
"Who is it?" Faith asked, but Buffy didn't answer her.
"His wife, who is this?" the woman asked, but Buffy hung up the phone.
"B, what's wrong?" Faith asked.
"Curtis's wife answered the phone, said he was in the shower, I can't believe that bastard" Buffy said angrily.
"You mean he's been cheating on mom?" Faith asked as she and Buffy sat in two of the chairs that were next to the payphone.
"Or cheating on his wife, any way you put it he's still be cheating, god that rat" Buffy said. "I can't deal with this."
"You? How do you think mom's going to take this?" Faith asked.
"I'm scared Faith" Buffy admitted as she looked at her sister.
"What do you mean? Scared of what?" Faith asked.
"What if mom isn't okay? I mean what if she..." Buffy trailed off, tears now trickling from her eyes.
"Buffy, mom's going to be fine" Faith said.
"This is the scariest thing that has ever happened to me, I just..." Buffy said and Faith hugged her.
"Hey, mom's strong, and you heard what the doctor said, it was just an anxiety attack" Faith said.
"I know" Buffy said and Spike came around the corner.
"Hey" he said and Buffy stood up and hugged him and kissed him.
"Hi, thanks for coming" Buffy said.
"Anytime, is your mum okay?" Spike asked.
"Yeah, she's going to be fine" Faith said. "How did you know?"
"I called him on my way to get Dawn" Buffy informed her.
"Come on, let's get back to mom" Faith said and Spike took Buffy's hand and they went back into Joyce's room.