A/U: Sorry about the major delay on this chapter. Things have been kind of hectic lately. Mix that in with spats of writer's block and lots of schoolwork and it equals late posting. Okay, I'm done making excuses. :-D Thanks to my reviewers! Reviews make me update faster! (Hint hint)

AND...something weird happened and when I posted this it didn't post all the way, and I didn't notice for over a week! Sorry!

Bloody Hell

Chapter 20- More Dreams, Snack Time, And Confrontations

Buffy was walking alone in the dark. She recognized everything around her. She was in the cemetery. Well, other girls walked around at the mall with clothes and shoes, Buffy walked around graveyards with dead people. The Slayer kept walking at a fast pace. She wasn't on patrol, she knew. She knew she was going somewhere, somewhere important. Suddenly, she stopped and knelt down by one of the many headstones she had grown familiar with throughout the years. She read the name and gasped. It was a regular gray marble stone headstone, but it had roses engraved in it.

Elizabeth Summers

2001

Beloved Daughter

Buffy knelt, still starring at the headstone with teary eyes.
"Funny isn't it?"
Buffy jumped, turning around to face the voice. She let out a cry when she saw The Master.
"You're dead." Buffy's voice quivered, although she wasn't sure why. She had long gotten over her ordeal with The Master.
"I am. But so were you. Seems things like death don't stick the way they used to."
"What are you doing here?" She stood, sounding angry.
"I just came to say congratulations. You're going to be a mother. And not a very good one it seems." He gestured to the grave. " Personally, I find it fascinating. A Slayer and a vampire having child. And the vampire pregnant! That's great for kicks. Although it is kind of…disgraceful. But I'm not big on family. And he's what? My great-great-great grand childe? Never even met the boy." The Master shrugged. "Doesn't matter. I will." He started to back away, still facing her. "See you soon." He winked, disappearing.

Buffy's eyes snapped open. "Spike!" She jerked up.
Spike, who was lying beside her, shuffled around, coming up beside her. "What happened? What's the matter?"
"The Master! He was in my dream and he was talking about seeing you and that he wasn't dead. Spike what if these dreams, about Elizabeth are prophecy dreams? What if it's going to come true?!"
A slow smile spread across Spike's face. "Elizabeth?" Buffy blushed slightly, realizing her subconscious had already named their baby. "I like it." He hugged her. "Don't worry about the dreams, luv. They aren't prophecy dreams, just all the stress getting to you. And if it makes you feel better, we'll tell the Watcher about it, yeah?"
Buffy smiled lightly. "Okay. We should probably get up anyway. I'm starved!"
"Me too." Spike seemed in deep thought for a second. "I would kill for some ice-cream..."
Buffy beamed, "I can do that."
"And pickles."
Buffy's smile vanished and she looked slightly purple. "Ice-cream and pickles?"
"Well, yeah…oh! And peanut-butter and pickle sandwiches!"
"Okay, serious ew factor." Buffy patted him on the shoulder. "But we can get some on the way to The Magic Box.

Buffy and Spike walked into the shop, Buffy looking sick, and Spike looking extremely happy. Especially for one who was wearing a smoldering blanket. Buffy came in and sat down the grocery bag that was in her hands down on the table and looked at everyone. Willow, Xander, Tara, Dawn, Anya, and Giles were all there. Again. They were all quiet; waiting for her to start the dreaded conversation they all knew was coming. All sitting at the table, leaving only one empty space. "Hey guys." She said, like nothing had happened the night before. "Just gimme a sec." She walked over to Spike, who was leaning up against the counter and took his hand, leading him to the empty chair.
Pulling out a box of plastic knives, Buffy went to work. She pulled out a paper plates, and some bread. Getting two pieces of bread from the loaf, she then pulled out a jar of peanut butter and started making him a peanut butter sandwich. Giles looked slightly disturbed, Willow looked confused, along with Dawn. Xander looked kind of angry, Anya looked like she was about to laugh, and Tara just sat their smiling. Then Buffy put away the peanut butter covered knife and pulled out another one. Then she reached back inside the bag, and pulled out a jar of pickles. Everyone was still starring but Buffy didn't notice, or was doing a great job at pretending she didn't notice. She started to chop the pickles up, which was hard to do with the plastic knife. When she was done chopping she threw the pickle pieces on the peanut butter sandwich. Then putting the second piece of bread on top, she cut it in half and slid it over to Spike, also handing him a diet coke from the bag. Spike began eating, smiling at the looks on everyone's faces.
Except for Dawn, everyone looked like they were about to puke. "You're feeding him peanut butter and pickle sandwiches?" Dawn nodded to herself, "Not a bad choice, but the texture always got to me. Kinda like slimy meets sticky."
Buffy sighed, taking the diet coke away from Spike, taking a drink, and then handing it back to him. "It's what he wanted." Buffy shrugged.
"Buffy, I think we need to talk." Giles started to clean his glasses.
"Yeah, I figured. What about?" She asked rhetorically, because everyone knew what about.
"How about you being the mother of Spike's…child."
Spike was finished eating -must have been really hungry-and pulled Buffy into his lap. "Okay. Let's talk about how I'm the mother of Spike's child." Buffy tried to be normal, like this conversation didn't terrify her.
"Although this pregnancy, is very mystical…I assume you and Spike…well…"
"Had sex." Anya told Buffy bluntly, then turning to Giles, "Stop being so British."
"Y-yes. I assume you and he…?"
"Yes, Giles. Not complete mystical pregnancy. Well, yeah it is. So I don't see how this…that makes any difference." She glared slightly.
Xander was being way too quite for comfort, and Willow too.
"I think it does." Giles shook his head.
"When?" Xander asked, looking at the Slayer.
"When?" she gulped, her and Spike standing up.
"When did you and Dead Boy Jr. do…that."
"I really don't think that's any of your business." Buffy shot back, a little harsher than she had meant to.
"You've done it more than once." Willow spoke, shock written across her face. "You and him…are a couple."
"What?" Buffy asked hurriedly. "You can't possibly know that. That's…"
"None of our business?" Xander spat forcefully.

Buffy starred at her friends, her jaw hanging loosely open. Her eyes scanned over each one of them. Willow was looking at her, a hurt expression on her face, as Tara stared at her, looking worried. Giles and Xander looked angry, Dawn looked shocked, and Anya looked on happily. Angel was standing in the back of the room; God knows what was going on in his head.
"That's not what I meant. Okay, you want to know everything? Fine!" Buffy's surprise turned into anger. That's all she had, she couldn't be weak in this or it would break her. "A few months ago me and Spike got together. I'm not sure how it happened so don't ask! We didn't tell you because it wasn't the time! We weren't sure where our relationship was going and telling you guys would just make it more complicated!" Buffy yelled, glaring around the room.
"That still doesn't make it right to get involved with another vampire!" Xander yelled back with just as much force. "Cause God knows that ended SO well last time!"
"Hey!" Both Spike and Angel spoke at the same time.
"I thought we could get past that!" "I am nothing like the poof!"
"This is extremely stupid! And how you can end up in bed with him anyway, it's beyond me!" Xander continued. "Unless you fell on him into the bed, again and again!"
"Xander." Willow spoke quietly.
"No. Xander's right." Giles spoke clearly, yet firmly. "Buffy, you getting involved with another vampire is very ignorant. You are not only endangering you but us as well."
"Frankly Giles, I don't give a damn! It is my life to endanger! And I don't see that it is! And as for you guys, it's your choice! You can leave any time! It has always been your choice. Right from the beginning. I didn't want you guys to get involved, to get into danger, but you wanted to help. So help! Be my friends, and support me on this! I'm about to be a mother! Does that not connect with any of you? The girl who can't keep her fish alive is now responsible for a life of a child! So either get behind me on this or get the hell out of the way because I can't deal with this."
The room was silent. Every one sending glances to each other, until the silence was broken by sobs. Everyone turned around, looking behind Buffy, to see Spike, holding his hands over his eyes, crying.

A/U:
"Frankly Giles, I don't give a damn!" Gotta a little Gone With The Wind in this chapter, lol. I didn't realize that until I was done with this chapter! And for those of you who have never seen Gone With The Wind or don't no what I am talking about...just forget this. I make little sense most of the time any way! Review, Review, review!!! Please!?

"I wanted to sweep Scarlet off of her feet."
"You were five!"
"I never said the sweeping would be easy!"
-Kennedy and Willow
The Killer In Me