Hiya, thank you again for all the great reviews. This chapter is a little
longer than the other chapters because a few of you wanted the chapters to
be longer, I hope that this is good enough for you...
Chapter Four- Trying again
Angel and Joyce sat in the living room. Joyce had come to the house little after Angel had called her, trying to convince him that Buffy was a loving and faithful wife, and would never cheat on him.
"The barmaid saw her go out with another guy...what else could they be doing?" Angel said sadly, pouring himself a glass of whiskey,
"Yes, but did she actually see them do anything?" Angel shook his head and Joyce watched him with sympathy,
Angel was about to open his mouth to say something but was interrupted by the sound of the front door opening, looking around, he saw Buffy stood in the doorway, tears were streaming down her face and she was fiddling with her hands.
"Buffy!" he shouted, running up to her and throwing his arms around her. Although he wanted to her every single detail of where she was, he was still so glad that she was back safe and sound
"Where were you?" he asked, hoping that Joyce had been right,
"I was staying over at a friends house" she lied, Angel didn't look convinced,
"Oh, that's strange because after you had been missing for most of the night I went to the bar to find you and the barmaid gave me some information" Buffy just stared at him, playing dumb.
"She said she saw you leaving the bar with another man" Angel said and Buffy could see the rage bubbling up inside him.
"She was lying, you know what she's like...she probably just wanted to split us up so that she could get off with you" Buffy watched Angel's face hopefully. There was a long silence before Angel spoke up again,
"Really? There was no guy?"
"There's only one guy who I want" Buffy said Yeah, Spike the evil voice in her head spoke up again.
Joyce broke the silence, "Could I please speak to Buffy alone Angel?
"Sure" Angel walked out of the living room and upstairs, Joyce waited until he was completely out of sight before talking,
"Who is he?"
"What?"
"Who is the guy you went out of the bar with?"
"Mom! You heard me talking to Angel, there was no guy!"
"Buffy. I have been your mother for twenty-three years and I know when you are lying" She looked at Buffy in a caring way and Buffy knew that she had to tell her,
"His name is Spike" she said, looking down at the floor, she felt her mother's hand cup her chin, forcing her to look up again,
"What happened?"
"I got a little tipsy and he let me stay over at his apartment for the night..." she trailed off and Joyce told her to keep going,
"He was so nice to me mom, we were very attracted to each other"
"Did you cheat on Angel?"
"Well, I um... kinda...um..."
"Did you cheat on Angel?" Joyce's tone was sterner this time and Buffy knew that she had to tell the truth...
"Yes, ok? I did cheat on him, but it's over now, it was just a one time thing...don't tell Angel please!"
Joyce looked at Buffy with shock before turning away,
"I won't tell Angel but don't do it again, If not for Angel then for Ella"
Joyce walked towards the door and walked out, Buffy stared after her for a moment before bursting into tears, she looked up when she felt Angel's hand on her shoulder,
"Don't cry Buffy" he looked at his watch, "Do you want to go out for lunch, just you and me?"
Buffy looked at his warm eyes, some quality time with her husband could help her forget about Spike...
"Sure, that'll be lovely. I'll just be ten minutes I have to get changed" she ran upstairs and into their room, throwing herself down on the bed and sobbing, god, she had only known this man for a day and already he was all she could think about.
He couldn't stop thinking about her.
In the four hours since she left he had been strolling around his apartment trying to think of anything that could take his mind off her. Nothing did.
He felt overwhelmed by jealousy as he thought of her husband, my god that man didn't know what he had! Buffy was the perfect woman and he must have been treating her real bad for her to cheat on him. He smiled as he thought of the night they had spent together, the breakfast that they had shared and their final kiss, sure he had only known her for a day but already he was head over heels in love with her.
Whoa!!! Since when had he been in love with her! Since the first time you saw her said a little voice in the back of his head, as much as he tried to deny it, it was true.
He had fallen in love with a married woman.
"SHIT!" he yelled, falling backwards onto his bed, the bed that they had shared not five hours ago.
Sitting at the little café with Angel, Buffy felt like her whole world was collapsing around her. She could see her husband's mouth moving, but she couldn't hear what he was saying, she was too wrapped up in her own thoughts about Spike. She snapped back into reality as she tried to listen,
"So I think we should try for another" she heard Angel say
"Another what?"
"Another baby! God Buffy where've you been for the last five minutes of me talking to you?"
"Another baby?" she immediately dismissed the idea, how could she have another baby with one man when she couldn't stop thinking about another.
"No, I don't think that it's such a good idea right now, y'know with my mum being ill and all..." she saw the hurt look on Angel's face and melted.
"On second thoughts...yeah why not?" what the hell had come over her?
"You really want to?" he sounded excited and Buffy just couldn't find it in her heart to disappoint him.
"I really, really want to" she said and Angel leaned over the table and kissed her.
Buffy and Angel arrived home about an hour later holding hands when Angel suddenly realised that Ella was still at school.
"Hey" he said to Buffy,
"Yeah?
"You know about trying for a baby?"
"Yeah"
"What about trying right now?"
Spike crinkled up his beer can and threw it in the bin, taking a cigarette out of his duster pocket he took a drag to calm his nerves but it wasn't working. Buffy was the only thing on his mind, and she had been ever since he had met her. He looked at his watch, it was 6:00pm, that time the day before she would have just met him now, and they would have been dancing saucily together, he was such an idiot, why? Why didn't he just tell her then that he had already started falling for her? Why did he let her go that morning? A million questions started running around his head and he decided that the best thing to do would be to take a walk in the park to clear his head, grabbing his duster he walked out of his apartment, heading for the park.
Buffy looked across at Angel's sleeping form and then at the clock, she had rung Katy's mom and asked if Ella could stop over there for the night and, luckily, she said that that would be no problem.
Looking over at Angel again she realised how much hotter and cuter Spike was when he was asleep, Spike didn't snore and every so often would breath a little deeper when he was dreaming, Angel snored loudly and slept with his mouth wide open- not very flattering.
Buffy realised that she had to get out of there and clear her head, she decided that a walk would be her best bet so she quietly got dressed, put her coat and shoes on, and went to the park.
Spike lit a cigarette and inhaled, smiling as he felt the relief sweep through his body.
"Damn her" he said to himself. He had been in the park for about an hour and was beginning to feel a bit better, but he didn't know whether that was because of the fresh air or the twelve cans of Guinness that he had drunk since he arrived.
Sighing, he sat down on a bench, she had stolen his heart, and he was never going to see her again.
Buffy wrapped her coat tighter around her shivering body, it was quite unusual for California to be that cold, but the weather usually matched her mood, coincidently, it began to rain.
"Shit" she muttered under her breath, she coughed slightly as she inhaled the smoke off of a cigarette coming from behind the bushes.
Looking around a corner, she noticed the dim lights of the bar that she had first met Spike in; she felt tears welling up in her eyes as she thought of him. The rain began to fall heavier
She was just about to give up and go home when she heard a british voice muttering behind the bush where the smoke was coming from.
"Damn woman"
Buffy took a deep breath as her tears began to fall. It couldn't be him could it?
Curiosity soon getting the better of her she walked unsteadily around the bush, her hair was now soaking wet and her mascara was running down her face, the sensible option would be to go home before she got ill but she was fed up with being sensible now, it was what made her leave him in the first place.
"Spike?" she whispered as she peered around, she looked at the man, his face was hidden but his tell tale platinum blonde hair gave him away.
"Spike" she said shaking him to look at her, he looked up and she saw the trails that tears had left down his face.
"Buffy?" he gasped, obviously surprised by her presence,
"It's me" she whispered, her tears were running freely down her face and he stood up, facing her.
The rain was pouring down and they were both soaking wet but that didn't stop them. Before two seconds had passed their lips were on each other's and her arms wrapped around his neck as he held her waist. It felt like coming home.
He broke the kiss and looked at her, a look of shock played on his face,
"You came back to me?" he said, wiping her tears with his thumb.
"I couldn't stay away" a weak smile came across her face and he kissed her again.
Angel groaned as he woke up. He put his arms around where Buffy was supposed to be lying.
There was nothing there.
He sat up, "Buffy?" he called out, nothing. She had gone off and left him again.
He angrily got out of bed and put some clothes on. He was going to find her and she was going to tell him what was going on. They were trying for another baby for God's sake; they shouldn't be keeping secrets from each other!
Running downstairs he grabbed his coat and walked swiftly out of the door, he wasn't going to let her get away with doing this for the second time.
Ella lay awake talking to her friend; Katy. They had begun to talk about how Katy's Mom and Dad had split up when she was just three years old and Ella was thankful that her Mom and Dad loved each other very much.
"They just started fighting all the time" Katy said sadly, looking over at Ella from her camp bed on the floor,
"Why?" Ella asked, she was curious about why two people would get married in the first place if they were always fighting
"I heard my Mom say that she loved Gavin, not my Dad"
"Who's Gavin?"
"A guy that kept coming round to our house when my Dad was at work. My Mom always used to put me to bed and lock the door to her bedroom and she and Gavin would stay inside for hours"
Ella felt sorry for her friend; it must be really difficult if your Mum loves someone who isn't your Dad she thought.
"Mmmmm" Buffy breathed as she lay in Spike's arms, they had just had the most amazing sex ever, snuggling up to him even more, she closed her eyes, she didn't want to be anywhere else in the world but there.
"Buffy?" her eyes snapped open when she heard him say her name,
"Yeah?"
"What about Angel?" She shuddered when she thought about how she had been with her husband that very same day,
"What about him?"
"He's your husband Luv"
"So?"
"Are you gonna come clean to him about us?"
Buffy couldn't believe what she was hearing; he wanted her to come clean about cheating. No. way.
"Why should I? Do you want me to?" She asked, her voice shaking
"No, no...I was just...never mind, let's just sleep okay?"
He was just closing his eyes when he heard Buffy speak up again,
"What do I mean to you?" she asked. Surprised when he didn't answer she looked up to see him asleep already; she shut her eyes and soon drifted off as well. Spike opened his eyes.
"Everything" he whispered, kissing the top of her head and closing his eyes.
Angel stormed into the bar, grabbing the barmaid and forcing her to face him,
"Who was the guy that Buffy went out of here with the other day?" he asked angrily,
"Oh! The sexy blonde?" Angel sighed,
"Yes..."
"He comes in here quite a lot, his name is Spike"
"Where does he live?"
"I'm not sure..." "Where does he live?!"
"In the apartment block across the street, I dunno what number, are you gonna drink something or what?"
"No" Angel said "Thanks for the information though" he placed ten dollars on the bar and the barmaid looked at him anxiously,
"What are you gonna do?"
"What I have to" Angel said as he stormed out of the bar, cracking his knuckles.
Spike was woken up by banging on the door of the apartment next to him, there was some more banging and Buffy woke up,
"What's going on?" she asked
"I dunno" he said, kissing her head again, "Do you want something to eat or drink?"
The banging got louder as it came to Spike's door, Buffy's eyes widened as she heard Angel's voice,
"Come on Buffy, I know you're in there." He bellowed, banging even harder on the door,
"Oh God" Buffy whispered, "Spike, that's Angel, he knows about us"
"Why? Did you tell him?"
"No, he must have figured it out"
"Well then he's gonna feel a bit of a wanker when he finds me in here alone- quick! Hide in the closet!" Buffy kissed him quickly on the lips before leaping into the closet, Spike put on his dressing gown and walked calmly to the door. Answering it, he saw Angel stood there.
"Can I help you?" he asked, his eyebrows raised innocently,
"Where's Buffy?" Angel asked, pushing past Spike and into the apartment,
"Who?"
"Buffy, my wife, the woman you brought home a couple of nights ago"
"Oh! That Buffy! She's just an old school friend; she got a little tipsy that night so I walked her out and got her a cab"
Angel looked at him, searching for any clues that he might be lying. He found none but continued to ask questions,
"Really, what time was this?"
"Oh, I dunno, about midnight"
"Really? Well that's funny...she was out all night"
"Well, erm...we were talking in the bar for a little while and she mentioned something about staying over at a friend's house that night"
Angel calmed down a little.
"If I ever find out that you're lying to me..." he said threateningly,
"I'm not" Spike said, his eyes never leaving Angel's, he was a good liar.
Angel pushed past Spike again and stormed out of the apartment, slamming the door behind him. Buffy ran out of the closet and hugged Spike,
"I thought he was gonna really hurt you" she said, it was obvious that she had been sobbing,
"Yeah, so did I, but he didn't did he?" he said, hugging her tighter, she pulled away and looked into his eyes.
"I love you" she whispered, surprising them both, he smiled,
"I love you too" he said and they pulled each other in for a tender but passionate kiss.
Closing the door behind her, Buffy walked into the house, she could hear the T.V in the living room so it was obvious that Angel was home, just as she was going to go in, Ella ran up to her and wrapped her little arms around her.
"We didn't know where you where mommy!" she said and Buffy hugged her back,
"Oh, I was...um...having dinner with my mom" she said, Joyce knew about the affair and she knew that she would cover for her.
"Daddy was ever so worried" she said leading her into the living room,
"Look Mommy's home!" she called and Angel stood up quickly to face the two of them,
"Ella, will you leave Mom and Dad to talk in private please?" he asked and Ella smiled and walked into the kitchen.
"Where were you? I looked everywhere for you!" he said, pulling her into a tight hug, he obviously wasn't too suspicious about Spike anymore since the apartment.
"I was having dinner with my Mom. Did she not tell you?" she said, pulling away,
"It must have slipped her mind; you know how forgetful she is these days"
"Yeah..." Buffy muttered, she looked at the clock; it was almost half past ten.
"Well..." she said, "Ella should get to bed, she's got school tomorrow"
"I'll put her to bed" Angel said cheerfully "While I'm doing that...I want you to do this..." he walked her upstairs and into the bathroom, closing the door behind them.
He opened a drawer and took out a chemist bag and Buffy opened it.
A pregnancy test.
"Okay Buffy, I'll go and get Ella..." he went downstairs and she shut and locked the door.
"Come on Ella" Angel called, he sure hoped that Buffy was pregnant; it would be a great chance to turn over a new leaf in their relationship.
"Coming" Ella called, coming upstairs, she giggled as Angel picked her up and carried her off to bed,
"Read me a story?" she asked hopefully,
"Okay then...which one?"
Buffy just stared at the thin blue line. It was amazing that something that small told her which direction her life was going to take. She had prayed that she wasn't pregnant, but she was. Why did God hate her so much?
She was pregnant again and one of two men could be the father.
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Chapter Four- Trying again
Angel and Joyce sat in the living room. Joyce had come to the house little after Angel had called her, trying to convince him that Buffy was a loving and faithful wife, and would never cheat on him.
"The barmaid saw her go out with another guy...what else could they be doing?" Angel said sadly, pouring himself a glass of whiskey,
"Yes, but did she actually see them do anything?" Angel shook his head and Joyce watched him with sympathy,
Angel was about to open his mouth to say something but was interrupted by the sound of the front door opening, looking around, he saw Buffy stood in the doorway, tears were streaming down her face and she was fiddling with her hands.
"Buffy!" he shouted, running up to her and throwing his arms around her. Although he wanted to her every single detail of where she was, he was still so glad that she was back safe and sound
"Where were you?" he asked, hoping that Joyce had been right,
"I was staying over at a friends house" she lied, Angel didn't look convinced,
"Oh, that's strange because after you had been missing for most of the night I went to the bar to find you and the barmaid gave me some information" Buffy just stared at him, playing dumb.
"She said she saw you leaving the bar with another man" Angel said and Buffy could see the rage bubbling up inside him.
"She was lying, you know what she's like...she probably just wanted to split us up so that she could get off with you" Buffy watched Angel's face hopefully. There was a long silence before Angel spoke up again,
"Really? There was no guy?"
"There's only one guy who I want" Buffy said Yeah, Spike the evil voice in her head spoke up again.
Joyce broke the silence, "Could I please speak to Buffy alone Angel?
"Sure" Angel walked out of the living room and upstairs, Joyce waited until he was completely out of sight before talking,
"Who is he?"
"What?"
"Who is the guy you went out of the bar with?"
"Mom! You heard me talking to Angel, there was no guy!"
"Buffy. I have been your mother for twenty-three years and I know when you are lying" She looked at Buffy in a caring way and Buffy knew that she had to tell her,
"His name is Spike" she said, looking down at the floor, she felt her mother's hand cup her chin, forcing her to look up again,
"What happened?"
"I got a little tipsy and he let me stay over at his apartment for the night..." she trailed off and Joyce told her to keep going,
"He was so nice to me mom, we were very attracted to each other"
"Did you cheat on Angel?"
"Well, I um... kinda...um..."
"Did you cheat on Angel?" Joyce's tone was sterner this time and Buffy knew that she had to tell the truth...
"Yes, ok? I did cheat on him, but it's over now, it was just a one time thing...don't tell Angel please!"
Joyce looked at Buffy with shock before turning away,
"I won't tell Angel but don't do it again, If not for Angel then for Ella"
Joyce walked towards the door and walked out, Buffy stared after her for a moment before bursting into tears, she looked up when she felt Angel's hand on her shoulder,
"Don't cry Buffy" he looked at his watch, "Do you want to go out for lunch, just you and me?"
Buffy looked at his warm eyes, some quality time with her husband could help her forget about Spike...
"Sure, that'll be lovely. I'll just be ten minutes I have to get changed" she ran upstairs and into their room, throwing herself down on the bed and sobbing, god, she had only known this man for a day and already he was all she could think about.
He couldn't stop thinking about her.
In the four hours since she left he had been strolling around his apartment trying to think of anything that could take his mind off her. Nothing did.
He felt overwhelmed by jealousy as he thought of her husband, my god that man didn't know what he had! Buffy was the perfect woman and he must have been treating her real bad for her to cheat on him. He smiled as he thought of the night they had spent together, the breakfast that they had shared and their final kiss, sure he had only known her for a day but already he was head over heels in love with her.
Whoa!!! Since when had he been in love with her! Since the first time you saw her said a little voice in the back of his head, as much as he tried to deny it, it was true.
He had fallen in love with a married woman.
"SHIT!" he yelled, falling backwards onto his bed, the bed that they had shared not five hours ago.
Sitting at the little café with Angel, Buffy felt like her whole world was collapsing around her. She could see her husband's mouth moving, but she couldn't hear what he was saying, she was too wrapped up in her own thoughts about Spike. She snapped back into reality as she tried to listen,
"So I think we should try for another" she heard Angel say
"Another what?"
"Another baby! God Buffy where've you been for the last five minutes of me talking to you?"
"Another baby?" she immediately dismissed the idea, how could she have another baby with one man when she couldn't stop thinking about another.
"No, I don't think that it's such a good idea right now, y'know with my mum being ill and all..." she saw the hurt look on Angel's face and melted.
"On second thoughts...yeah why not?" what the hell had come over her?
"You really want to?" he sounded excited and Buffy just couldn't find it in her heart to disappoint him.
"I really, really want to" she said and Angel leaned over the table and kissed her.
Buffy and Angel arrived home about an hour later holding hands when Angel suddenly realised that Ella was still at school.
"Hey" he said to Buffy,
"Yeah?
"You know about trying for a baby?"
"Yeah"
"What about trying right now?"
Spike crinkled up his beer can and threw it in the bin, taking a cigarette out of his duster pocket he took a drag to calm his nerves but it wasn't working. Buffy was the only thing on his mind, and she had been ever since he had met her. He looked at his watch, it was 6:00pm, that time the day before she would have just met him now, and they would have been dancing saucily together, he was such an idiot, why? Why didn't he just tell her then that he had already started falling for her? Why did he let her go that morning? A million questions started running around his head and he decided that the best thing to do would be to take a walk in the park to clear his head, grabbing his duster he walked out of his apartment, heading for the park.
Buffy looked across at Angel's sleeping form and then at the clock, she had rung Katy's mom and asked if Ella could stop over there for the night and, luckily, she said that that would be no problem.
Looking over at Angel again she realised how much hotter and cuter Spike was when he was asleep, Spike didn't snore and every so often would breath a little deeper when he was dreaming, Angel snored loudly and slept with his mouth wide open- not very flattering.
Buffy realised that she had to get out of there and clear her head, she decided that a walk would be her best bet so she quietly got dressed, put her coat and shoes on, and went to the park.
Spike lit a cigarette and inhaled, smiling as he felt the relief sweep through his body.
"Damn her" he said to himself. He had been in the park for about an hour and was beginning to feel a bit better, but he didn't know whether that was because of the fresh air or the twelve cans of Guinness that he had drunk since he arrived.
Sighing, he sat down on a bench, she had stolen his heart, and he was never going to see her again.
Buffy wrapped her coat tighter around her shivering body, it was quite unusual for California to be that cold, but the weather usually matched her mood, coincidently, it began to rain.
"Shit" she muttered under her breath, she coughed slightly as she inhaled the smoke off of a cigarette coming from behind the bushes.
Looking around a corner, she noticed the dim lights of the bar that she had first met Spike in; she felt tears welling up in her eyes as she thought of him. The rain began to fall heavier
She was just about to give up and go home when she heard a british voice muttering behind the bush where the smoke was coming from.
"Damn woman"
Buffy took a deep breath as her tears began to fall. It couldn't be him could it?
Curiosity soon getting the better of her she walked unsteadily around the bush, her hair was now soaking wet and her mascara was running down her face, the sensible option would be to go home before she got ill but she was fed up with being sensible now, it was what made her leave him in the first place.
"Spike?" she whispered as she peered around, she looked at the man, his face was hidden but his tell tale platinum blonde hair gave him away.
"Spike" she said shaking him to look at her, he looked up and she saw the trails that tears had left down his face.
"Buffy?" he gasped, obviously surprised by her presence,
"It's me" she whispered, her tears were running freely down her face and he stood up, facing her.
The rain was pouring down and they were both soaking wet but that didn't stop them. Before two seconds had passed their lips were on each other's and her arms wrapped around his neck as he held her waist. It felt like coming home.
He broke the kiss and looked at her, a look of shock played on his face,
"You came back to me?" he said, wiping her tears with his thumb.
"I couldn't stay away" a weak smile came across her face and he kissed her again.
Angel groaned as he woke up. He put his arms around where Buffy was supposed to be lying.
There was nothing there.
He sat up, "Buffy?" he called out, nothing. She had gone off and left him again.
He angrily got out of bed and put some clothes on. He was going to find her and she was going to tell him what was going on. They were trying for another baby for God's sake; they shouldn't be keeping secrets from each other!
Running downstairs he grabbed his coat and walked swiftly out of the door, he wasn't going to let her get away with doing this for the second time.
Ella lay awake talking to her friend; Katy. They had begun to talk about how Katy's Mom and Dad had split up when she was just three years old and Ella was thankful that her Mom and Dad loved each other very much.
"They just started fighting all the time" Katy said sadly, looking over at Ella from her camp bed on the floor,
"Why?" Ella asked, she was curious about why two people would get married in the first place if they were always fighting
"I heard my Mom say that she loved Gavin, not my Dad"
"Who's Gavin?"
"A guy that kept coming round to our house when my Dad was at work. My Mom always used to put me to bed and lock the door to her bedroom and she and Gavin would stay inside for hours"
Ella felt sorry for her friend; it must be really difficult if your Mum loves someone who isn't your Dad she thought.
"Mmmmm" Buffy breathed as she lay in Spike's arms, they had just had the most amazing sex ever, snuggling up to him even more, she closed her eyes, she didn't want to be anywhere else in the world but there.
"Buffy?" her eyes snapped open when she heard him say her name,
"Yeah?"
"What about Angel?" She shuddered when she thought about how she had been with her husband that very same day,
"What about him?"
"He's your husband Luv"
"So?"
"Are you gonna come clean to him about us?"
Buffy couldn't believe what she was hearing; he wanted her to come clean about cheating. No. way.
"Why should I? Do you want me to?" She asked, her voice shaking
"No, no...I was just...never mind, let's just sleep okay?"
He was just closing his eyes when he heard Buffy speak up again,
"What do I mean to you?" she asked. Surprised when he didn't answer she looked up to see him asleep already; she shut her eyes and soon drifted off as well. Spike opened his eyes.
"Everything" he whispered, kissing the top of her head and closing his eyes.
Angel stormed into the bar, grabbing the barmaid and forcing her to face him,
"Who was the guy that Buffy went out of here with the other day?" he asked angrily,
"Oh! The sexy blonde?" Angel sighed,
"Yes..."
"He comes in here quite a lot, his name is Spike"
"Where does he live?"
"I'm not sure..." "Where does he live?!"
"In the apartment block across the street, I dunno what number, are you gonna drink something or what?"
"No" Angel said "Thanks for the information though" he placed ten dollars on the bar and the barmaid looked at him anxiously,
"What are you gonna do?"
"What I have to" Angel said as he stormed out of the bar, cracking his knuckles.
Spike was woken up by banging on the door of the apartment next to him, there was some more banging and Buffy woke up,
"What's going on?" she asked
"I dunno" he said, kissing her head again, "Do you want something to eat or drink?"
The banging got louder as it came to Spike's door, Buffy's eyes widened as she heard Angel's voice,
"Come on Buffy, I know you're in there." He bellowed, banging even harder on the door,
"Oh God" Buffy whispered, "Spike, that's Angel, he knows about us"
"Why? Did you tell him?"
"No, he must have figured it out"
"Well then he's gonna feel a bit of a wanker when he finds me in here alone- quick! Hide in the closet!" Buffy kissed him quickly on the lips before leaping into the closet, Spike put on his dressing gown and walked calmly to the door. Answering it, he saw Angel stood there.
"Can I help you?" he asked, his eyebrows raised innocently,
"Where's Buffy?" Angel asked, pushing past Spike and into the apartment,
"Who?"
"Buffy, my wife, the woman you brought home a couple of nights ago"
"Oh! That Buffy! She's just an old school friend; she got a little tipsy that night so I walked her out and got her a cab"
Angel looked at him, searching for any clues that he might be lying. He found none but continued to ask questions,
"Really, what time was this?"
"Oh, I dunno, about midnight"
"Really? Well that's funny...she was out all night"
"Well, erm...we were talking in the bar for a little while and she mentioned something about staying over at a friend's house that night"
Angel calmed down a little.
"If I ever find out that you're lying to me..." he said threateningly,
"I'm not" Spike said, his eyes never leaving Angel's, he was a good liar.
Angel pushed past Spike again and stormed out of the apartment, slamming the door behind him. Buffy ran out of the closet and hugged Spike,
"I thought he was gonna really hurt you" she said, it was obvious that she had been sobbing,
"Yeah, so did I, but he didn't did he?" he said, hugging her tighter, she pulled away and looked into his eyes.
"I love you" she whispered, surprising them both, he smiled,
"I love you too" he said and they pulled each other in for a tender but passionate kiss.
Closing the door behind her, Buffy walked into the house, she could hear the T.V in the living room so it was obvious that Angel was home, just as she was going to go in, Ella ran up to her and wrapped her little arms around her.
"We didn't know where you where mommy!" she said and Buffy hugged her back,
"Oh, I was...um...having dinner with my mom" she said, Joyce knew about the affair and she knew that she would cover for her.
"Daddy was ever so worried" she said leading her into the living room,
"Look Mommy's home!" she called and Angel stood up quickly to face the two of them,
"Ella, will you leave Mom and Dad to talk in private please?" he asked and Ella smiled and walked into the kitchen.
"Where were you? I looked everywhere for you!" he said, pulling her into a tight hug, he obviously wasn't too suspicious about Spike anymore since the apartment.
"I was having dinner with my Mom. Did she not tell you?" she said, pulling away,
"It must have slipped her mind; you know how forgetful she is these days"
"Yeah..." Buffy muttered, she looked at the clock; it was almost half past ten.
"Well..." she said, "Ella should get to bed, she's got school tomorrow"
"I'll put her to bed" Angel said cheerfully "While I'm doing that...I want you to do this..." he walked her upstairs and into the bathroom, closing the door behind them.
He opened a drawer and took out a chemist bag and Buffy opened it.
A pregnancy test.
"Okay Buffy, I'll go and get Ella..." he went downstairs and she shut and locked the door.
"Come on Ella" Angel called, he sure hoped that Buffy was pregnant; it would be a great chance to turn over a new leaf in their relationship.
"Coming" Ella called, coming upstairs, she giggled as Angel picked her up and carried her off to bed,
"Read me a story?" she asked hopefully,
"Okay then...which one?"
Buffy just stared at the thin blue line. It was amazing that something that small told her which direction her life was going to take. She had prayed that she wasn't pregnant, but she was. Why did God hate her so much?
She was pregnant again and one of two men could be the father.
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Brittany
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