NEW CHAPTER, BE HAPPY!
"Buffy? Baby, wake up" Spike said and softly shook her. Buffy, Faith and Dawn had slept the whole night in the hospital waiting room.
"Hmm? What?" Buffy asked and opened her eyes to find Spike and smiled. "Hey."
"Hey, how're you doing?" he asked and sat next to Faith. Dawn and Faith were both still asleep.
"Okay, my mom's okay, the baby's okay, everything's going fine. I just hope it stays that way," Buffy said.
"Good" Spike said. "Have you seen him?"
"Yeah, he's beautiful" Buffy said and Spike smiled and Faith woke.
"Hey" she said to Spike and looked around. "God, my neck."
"I know, these chairs suck" Buffy said and her stomach growled. "And my tummy's hungry."
"Come on, luv. We can go down to the cafeteria" Spike said and stuck out his hand. "Faith, you wanna wake the bit and come with us?"
"I'll eat later, and I'll let Dawn sleep for a little longer" Faith said.
"Okay" Buffy said and she and Spike headed for the cafeteria. Faith got up and went into her mother's room and Joyce was awake.
"Faith, hi" Joyce said.
"Hey, mom" Faith said and sat at the foot of her bed. "How are you?"
"I'm doing okay. Where's Buffy and Dawn?"
"Buffy's at the cafeteria with Spike and Dawn's still asleep" Faith told her.
"Oh, well that's good" Joyce said. "You know, you should go eat something."
"I will. I'm not really hungry right now," Faith said. "I'll eat when Dawn wakes up."
"Okay, if you're sure" Joyce said.
"I'm sure," Faith said.
Buffy and Spike made their way to the cafeteria, ordered their food and sat at a table. Buffy picked at the eggs and hash browns she had on her plate.
"Baby? You okay?" Spike asked as he took a drink from his cup.
"Mmm-hmm" Buffy said, still playing with the food.
"Buffy" Spike said and she looked up at him.
"Oh, sorry, I was just thinking" Buffy said and took a bite of her food.
"About?" Spike asked.
"I don't know. It just seems so weird. I mean, I never thought a year ago that I'd be sitting here with you at a hospital waiting to see if my new baby brother's gonna be okay" Buffy said and Spike chuckled. "I mean, when you moved to Sunnydale, I thought, 'Oh, he's hot', but I never thought that we'd be together." Spike smirked at that remark. "What?"
"You thought I was hot?" he asked, still smirking.
"Duh" she said and smiled at him. "It's just weird to know how blindsided we all got. About everything."
"Well of course it's gonna seem that way. You can't predict the future luv. If you could you'd me a millionaire by now" Spike said. "Are you sorry about anything?"
"No, of course not. I love my new baby brother, and I love you, more than you will ever know" Buffy said and he leaned over the table and kissed her lightly on the lips.
"I love you too," he said.
Buffy and Spike finished their breakfast and headed back to labor and delivery to see if Joyce was awake. Dawn had woken up by then and she and Faith were in with Joyce.
"Hi, mom" Buffy said and kissed Joyce on the cheek.
"Hi honey, hi, Spike" Joyce said.
"Hey" Spike said.
"How are you feeling?" Buffy asked Joyce.
"I'm okay," Joyce said.
"How's Quinn?" Buffy asked.
"The doctor's haven't said anything since yesterday. When the doctor comes into the room I'll ask him. Yesterday they said he was doing great" Joyce said.
"Well, as long as he stays that way" Buffy said and the doctor came into the room.
"Oh, Dr. Wallis, how's Quinn doing?" Joyce asked.
"Quinn's just fine" Dr. Wallis said. "He's not quite ready to go home yet, but he's doing great."
"Good" Joyce said. "Can you predict when I'll be able to take him home?"
"I'd say in about four days, depending on if his recovery rate keeps at this speed" Dr. Wallis said. "You can go home tomorrow."
"Wait, I don't want to leave my baby" Joyce said.
"I know, but we need the room for other patients. You can come any time to visit him, day or night, but you're going to have to go home, I'm sorry" Dr. Wallis said.
"It's okay, mom" Buffy said. "We'll be here everyday keeping an eye on him, don't worry."
"I know, I just hate to leave him" Joyce said and Faith pushed the hair out of her face.
"He's strong like you, mom. He's gonna be okay" she told her.
"Well, you're in good shape, Joyce. You'll be released tomorrow morning, around nine-thirty" Dr. Wallis said and left the room.
"You wanna go see Quinn, mom?" Buffy asked.
"Yeah, let's go" Joyce said and slowly got up with the help of Faith and they all went to the NICU.
"Hello, Ms. Summers" the nurse said. "Who's all going in?"
"Everyone" Joyce said.
"Okay, everyone has to put on gowns and wash up" the nurse said and they did so and went into the room. "Okay, here we go. Quinn, mama's here to see you." The nurse handed the infant to Joyce and she smiled at him.
"Hi little guy" Joyce said and kissed his head. "Mommy has to go home tomorrow, but I'll be here everyday to see you. I promise you'll come home soon."
"He's so cute" Spike said.
"Isn't he" Buffy said. "There's school tomorrow. We could skip it if—"
"No, you all are going to school. You can come and visit Quinn when school lets out" Joyce said.
"Can I hold him?" Faith asked.
"Then me" Buffy said.
"Me after Buffy" Dawn said and Joyce handed the baby to Faith.
"Hey Quinn. God look at you, you look just like mommy, yes you do" Faith talked to the baby. "You're gonna come home soon and we're gonna take care of you. We're gonna teach you to play basketball and baseball and football. You have a lot of people who love you little brother." Faith kissed the baby and handed him to Buffy.
"Hi Quinn" Buffy said. "I know it must seem scary, but it's gonna be okay. You're gonna be okay. And then you can come home and be with your family forever. And you're gonna fit right in." After kissing the baby she handed him to Dawn and cuddled on Spike who put his arm around her.
"Hi Quinny" Dawn said in baby talk. "Look at you. You are so cute. You know I was a little upset when mommy first told me she was having a baby, but who couldn't love you. You are the cutest little boy I have ever seen." Dawn kissed the baby and handed him back to Joyce.
"Spike, do you want to hold him?" Joyce asked.
"Uh. . ." Spike said a little uncertain.
"It's okay, baby" Buffy said.
"Sure" Spike said and Joyce handed him the baby. "Hey, kid. You know, you may not have a brother, but if you ever want to talk about guy stuff, you can come to me. I know it's gonna be a little awkward talking to your sisters about man stuff, so just come to me. After all, I am a man." Spike kissed Quinn on the forehead and handed him back to Joyce. Buffy smiled at him and cuddled on him again.
"Girls, Spike, would you mind if I had a couple minutes with Quinn?" Joyce asked.
"No, not at all, we'll go home and change and take showers and stuff. You be alone with your baby" Buffy said.
"We'll be back later" Faith said and they left the room. Joyce carried little Quinn over to a rocking chair and sat down and began to rock him.
"Hi Quinn" she said. "Let's make a deal okay. If you promise to be okay, I'll promise to give you the best life I can. I just want to take you home little boy. You're my only son, and I love you more than you will ever know. More than I can tell you, but I promise to let you know as best I can. Just be okay, please" Joyce began to cry as she continued to rock the baby.
Faith and Dawn went home while Spike and Buffy went to his place. Buffy had clothes there so she decided to shower there. After taking a shower she came into Spike's room to dress and he was on his computer.
"Whatcha doin'?" she asked, drying herself off and dressing in a pair of sweatpants and a sweatshirt.
"Just checking my e-mail" Spike said and turned to face her. "You okay?"
"Yeah, I'm just really tense" Buffy said, rubbing her neck.
"Well, let's see what we can do about that" Spike said coming over to her. "Come sit over here." He patted the bed and she sat in front of him and he began to rub her shoulders.
"That feels so good" she told him, closing her eyes.
"God, you are tense" Spike said and continued to massage her shoulders.
"Mmm" Buffy said and leaned back into him. "I'm so sleepy."
"Well, go to sleep, baby" Spike said.
"I don't know, I'm thinking I should go back to the hospital" Buffy said.
"Baby, just get some sleep. You need a good rest, just lay here and sleep for a while, okay," Spike told her and she crawled up to the pillows and got under his comforter. He tucked her in and kissed her forehead.
"I love you" she said yawned sleepily and he smiled at her.
"I love you too, baby" he said and went to leave the room.
"Wait" she said and he turned back around.
"What is it?" he asked.
"Will you lay here with me?" she asked.
"Sure" he said and crawled into bed with her and she snuggled against him. "Go to sleep."
"Kay" she said and closed her eyes.