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Buffy slammed her fist down on her alarm clock as her favorite radio station sounded. She laid there for a moment until she remembered that today her father was coming and she had to get things together. She jumped up and seeing that Faith wasn't in bed, she went downstairs to where she was talking with her mom, Dawn and Spike. She smiled at the sight of her boyfriend.
"Hey" she said, making herself known.
"Hey, 'bout time you got up, B" Faith said. "We have to get started on everything."
"Okay, we will" Buffy said, going over to Spike and giving him a kiss.
"Did you sleep well, baby?" he asked, putting his arm around her.
"Mmm, yeah" Buffy said and then whispered in his ear. "Because of you." He smiled at that and she went over to the fridge. "So, what all do we have to do?"
"We have to make dinner and stuff" Faith said.
"Faith, it's only eleven o'clock in the morning," Buffy reminded her sister, retrieving a pitcher of orange juice out of the fridge and pouring herself a glass.
"Well, we should start it at least. Doesn't stuffed cabbage take a while to cook?"
"Don't know, mom?" Buffy asked her mother, but Joyce didn't answer. "Mom?"
"Huh? What's that sweetie?" Joyce asked.
"How long do you cook the stuffed cabbage for?" Buffy asked again.
"Oh, well, you can put it in the crock pot and cook it all day. It's easier that way," Joyce said.
"Mom, are you all right?" Buffy asked.
"I guess, I'm just trying to decide if I should tell your father about the baby or not" Joyce said.
"Well, he's going to find out sooner or later, might as well be sooner, right?" Faith said.
"Maybe you're right" Joyce said.
"It's up to you, mom. If you don't feel comfortable talking to him about it, then don't" Buffy said.
"Yeah, whatever you want to do" Dawn said.
"You have our support" Faith added.
"Thank you girls. What would I do without you?" Joyce asked.
"Well, I'd imagine you'd sleep a lot more" Spike said in jest and Buffy hit him on the arm.
"Well, I think I'll go upstairs and take a nice long hot bath" Joyce said and went upstairs.
"And I'm gonna go get dressed, you be good" Buffy said to Spike.
"Oh, what's the fun in that?" Spike asked and Buffy smiled at him and went upstairs. She wanted to look nice for when her dad came, but she wanted to look like her also. After a while of searching her closet she chose a pair of blue jeans, a pink t-shirt and a gray sweatshirt that had the word 'brat' on the front in pink letters. After getting dressed she curled her hair a bit and put on some makeup. When she was finished she went back downstairs to where Faith had already started cooking.
"Okay, how do I look?" she asked, entering the kitchen.
"Awesome" Faith said.
"Yeah, that shirt defines you perfectly" Spike said, looking at her sweatshirt.
"Shut up" Buffy said playfully.
"B, do you think I should change?" Faith asked, and Buffy looked at what she was wearing. A pair of blue jeans and a black ACDC t-shirt.
"No, you look great" Buffy said. "Okay, what can I do?"
"Uh...you can help me wash the cabbage," Faith said.
"Sounds dirty" Spike joked.
"Would you stop that" Buffy smiled. "You cannot talk like that when my dad comes, you know that, right?"
"'Course I do. I'm not a git," Spike said.
"Faith, Buffy? What can I do?" Dawn asked.
"Dawnie, you can go up and check on mom and ask if she needs anything," Faith said.
"Okay" Dawn said and went upstairs.
Dawn sat at the windowsill watching the cars pass and jumped up when she saw her dad's car pull into the driveway.
"Dad's here!" she said excitedly, opening the door and running out to greet him. "Daddy!"
"Hey, Dawnie" Hank said, picking up Dawn and carrying her into the house.
"Hank, how are you?" Joyce asked.
"I'm doing just fine, Joyce, you?" he asked, putting Dawn down.
"Fine myself" Joyce said.
"Hi dad" Faith said.
"Faith, well, look at you" Hank said, hugging her. "And my little Elizabeth" he hugged her also.
"Hi dad" Buffy said.
"And who's this?" he asked, turning his attention to Spike.
"Daddy, this is my boyfriend William, we call him Spike. Spike, this is my dad, Hank Summers" Buffy introduced them.
"Nice to meet you, sir" Spike said, shaking hands with him.
"You too" Hank said.
"Dad, we're having stuffed cabbage" Dawn told him.
"Mmm, my favorite" Hank said.
"Well, while we're waiting for dinner to be ready, why don't we have a drink" Joyce said.
"Eh-hem" Buffy cleared her throat at her mother.
"A non-alcoholic drink" Joyce assured her.
"Why can't you have alcohol?" Hank asked.
"Uh, l-let's go in here to talk" Joyce said and they all went into the living room. "Hank, I. . .I don't really know how to tell you this, but, here it goes. I'm pregnant."
"You're. . .wow. Uh. . .I. . .I don't really know what to say about that" Hank said. "Who's the father?"
"Someone who I want nothing to do with" Joyce said. "His name's Curtis."
"And he's a jerk" Buffy added.
"It's a long story" Joyce said. "But I am keeping the baby. I just thought that you should know. I mean you were going to find out sooner or later. I thought you should hear it from me."
"Well, this is certainly surprising" Hank said. "Congratulations, not on the jerk part, but everything else."
"Thank you" Joyce said.
Dinner was served a half an hour later and they all ate. After dinner they had dessert and Faith, Buffy, Dawn and Spike cleaned up the kitchen while Joyce and Hank talked. At about 10:00 Hank decided to call it a night.
"I have an early business meeting tomorrow so I'm gonna go" Hank said, kissing his daughters goodbye and shaking Spike's hand. "Spike, take care of my little girl."
"Always" Spike said, looking at Buffy and she smiled at him.
"Joyce, it was nice to see you again" Hank said, kissing her on the cheek.
"You too, Hank" Joyce said. "Next time you're in town, come and visit."
"Count on it. Dinner was great, bye girls" Hank said.
"Bye" Buffy and Faith said in unison.
"Bye daddy" Dawn said and Hank left.
"Ooh, I'm beat. I'm gonna head to bed" Joyce said, going upstairs.
"I'm gonna watch some TV" Faith said.
"Me too" Dawn said and they went into the living room.
Spike and Buffy laid out in the backyard together looking at the stars.
"Did you have a good time?" Buffy asked him.
"Yeah, your dad's a great guy" Spike said.
"Yeah, he is" Buffy said, snuggling into him more. "Do you think everything's going to work out?"
"With what?" Spike asked.
"Everything, mom, us, everything" Buffy said.
"I can't predict the future, luv" Spike said. "I can tell you what I know. I know that I love you, and I know that your mum is one strong bird. If that's enough for things to be fine, then, yeah, they're going to be great."
"I hope so" Buffy said. "I just want the fairytale ending."
"You want it to end with a kiss?" he asked her.
"I want it to end happily ever after" Buffy told him. "But, a kiss is good for now." He leaned over and kissed her on the lips and they continued to lie there.
Buffy slammed her fist down on her alarm clock as her favorite radio station sounded. She laid there for a moment until she remembered that today her father was coming and she had to get things together. She jumped up and seeing that Faith wasn't in bed, she went downstairs to where she was talking with her mom, Dawn and Spike. She smiled at the sight of her boyfriend.
"Hey" she said, making herself known.
"Hey, 'bout time you got up, B" Faith said. "We have to get started on everything."
"Okay, we will" Buffy said, going over to Spike and giving him a kiss.
"Did you sleep well, baby?" he asked, putting his arm around her.
"Mmm, yeah" Buffy said and then whispered in his ear. "Because of you." He smiled at that and she went over to the fridge. "So, what all do we have to do?"
"We have to make dinner and stuff" Faith said.
"Faith, it's only eleven o'clock in the morning," Buffy reminded her sister, retrieving a pitcher of orange juice out of the fridge and pouring herself a glass.
"Well, we should start it at least. Doesn't stuffed cabbage take a while to cook?"
"Don't know, mom?" Buffy asked her mother, but Joyce didn't answer. "Mom?"
"Huh? What's that sweetie?" Joyce asked.
"How long do you cook the stuffed cabbage for?" Buffy asked again.
"Oh, well, you can put it in the crock pot and cook it all day. It's easier that way," Joyce said.
"Mom, are you all right?" Buffy asked.
"I guess, I'm just trying to decide if I should tell your father about the baby or not" Joyce said.
"Well, he's going to find out sooner or later, might as well be sooner, right?" Faith said.
"Maybe you're right" Joyce said.
"It's up to you, mom. If you don't feel comfortable talking to him about it, then don't" Buffy said.
"Yeah, whatever you want to do" Dawn said.
"You have our support" Faith added.
"Thank you girls. What would I do without you?" Joyce asked.
"Well, I'd imagine you'd sleep a lot more" Spike said in jest and Buffy hit him on the arm.
"Well, I think I'll go upstairs and take a nice long hot bath" Joyce said and went upstairs.
"And I'm gonna go get dressed, you be good" Buffy said to Spike.
"Oh, what's the fun in that?" Spike asked and Buffy smiled at him and went upstairs. She wanted to look nice for when her dad came, but she wanted to look like her also. After a while of searching her closet she chose a pair of blue jeans, a pink t-shirt and a gray sweatshirt that had the word 'brat' on the front in pink letters. After getting dressed she curled her hair a bit and put on some makeup. When she was finished she went back downstairs to where Faith had already started cooking.
"Okay, how do I look?" she asked, entering the kitchen.
"Awesome" Faith said.
"Yeah, that shirt defines you perfectly" Spike said, looking at her sweatshirt.
"Shut up" Buffy said playfully.
"B, do you think I should change?" Faith asked, and Buffy looked at what she was wearing. A pair of blue jeans and a black ACDC t-shirt.
"No, you look great" Buffy said. "Okay, what can I do?"
"Uh...you can help me wash the cabbage," Faith said.
"Sounds dirty" Spike joked.
"Would you stop that" Buffy smiled. "You cannot talk like that when my dad comes, you know that, right?"
"'Course I do. I'm not a git," Spike said.
"Faith, Buffy? What can I do?" Dawn asked.
"Dawnie, you can go up and check on mom and ask if she needs anything," Faith said.
"Okay" Dawn said and went upstairs.
Dawn sat at the windowsill watching the cars pass and jumped up when she saw her dad's car pull into the driveway.
"Dad's here!" she said excitedly, opening the door and running out to greet him. "Daddy!"
"Hey, Dawnie" Hank said, picking up Dawn and carrying her into the house.
"Hank, how are you?" Joyce asked.
"I'm doing just fine, Joyce, you?" he asked, putting Dawn down.
"Fine myself" Joyce said.
"Hi dad" Faith said.
"Faith, well, look at you" Hank said, hugging her. "And my little Elizabeth" he hugged her also.
"Hi dad" Buffy said.
"And who's this?" he asked, turning his attention to Spike.
"Daddy, this is my boyfriend William, we call him Spike. Spike, this is my dad, Hank Summers" Buffy introduced them.
"Nice to meet you, sir" Spike said, shaking hands with him.
"You too" Hank said.
"Dad, we're having stuffed cabbage" Dawn told him.
"Mmm, my favorite" Hank said.
"Well, while we're waiting for dinner to be ready, why don't we have a drink" Joyce said.
"Eh-hem" Buffy cleared her throat at her mother.
"A non-alcoholic drink" Joyce assured her.
"Why can't you have alcohol?" Hank asked.
"Uh, l-let's go in here to talk" Joyce said and they all went into the living room. "Hank, I. . .I don't really know how to tell you this, but, here it goes. I'm pregnant."
"You're. . .wow. Uh. . .I. . .I don't really know what to say about that" Hank said. "Who's the father?"
"Someone who I want nothing to do with" Joyce said. "His name's Curtis."
"And he's a jerk" Buffy added.
"It's a long story" Joyce said. "But I am keeping the baby. I just thought that you should know. I mean you were going to find out sooner or later. I thought you should hear it from me."
"Well, this is certainly surprising" Hank said. "Congratulations, not on the jerk part, but everything else."
"Thank you" Joyce said.
Dinner was served a half an hour later and they all ate. After dinner they had dessert and Faith, Buffy, Dawn and Spike cleaned up the kitchen while Joyce and Hank talked. At about 10:00 Hank decided to call it a night.
"I have an early business meeting tomorrow so I'm gonna go" Hank said, kissing his daughters goodbye and shaking Spike's hand. "Spike, take care of my little girl."
"Always" Spike said, looking at Buffy and she smiled at him.
"Joyce, it was nice to see you again" Hank said, kissing her on the cheek.
"You too, Hank" Joyce said. "Next time you're in town, come and visit."
"Count on it. Dinner was great, bye girls" Hank said.
"Bye" Buffy and Faith said in unison.
"Bye daddy" Dawn said and Hank left.
"Ooh, I'm beat. I'm gonna head to bed" Joyce said, going upstairs.
"I'm gonna watch some TV" Faith said.
"Me too" Dawn said and they went into the living room.
Spike and Buffy laid out in the backyard together looking at the stars.
"Did you have a good time?" Buffy asked him.
"Yeah, your dad's a great guy" Spike said.
"Yeah, he is" Buffy said, snuggling into him more. "Do you think everything's going to work out?"
"With what?" Spike asked.
"Everything, mom, us, everything" Buffy said.
"I can't predict the future, luv" Spike said. "I can tell you what I know. I know that I love you, and I know that your mum is one strong bird. If that's enough for things to be fine, then, yeah, they're going to be great."
"I hope so" Buffy said. "I just want the fairytale ending."
"You want it to end with a kiss?" he asked her.
"I want it to end happily ever after" Buffy told him. "But, a kiss is good for now." He leaned over and kissed her on the lips and they continued to lie there.