Soul Searching
Author: Pumpkin Belly
Previously: Spike leaves Willow to go find himself but Willow discovers that she may be pregnant.
He'll be back
"Hello?" Buffy said answering her cell phone.
"Hey, Buffy. It's Willow." The voice on the other end of the phone said.
"Hey Wills. I just finished off that demon so I was going to go to the store. Do you need anything?" Buffy asked walking towards the convenience store.
"Umm, yeah I do. That's why I called actually." Willow said nervously.
"What do you need?" Buffy asked.
"Apregnancytest." Willow said quickly.
"A what?" Buffy asked, straining to hear.
"A pregnancy test." Willow repeated more slowly.
"I'm sorry the reception is so bad on this phone. It sounded like you said pregnancy test." Buffy laughed.
"I did." Willow said softly.
"Oh, sure I can pick that up for you." Buffy said, taken back, "I'll be at the dorm in about a half hour."
"Thanks Buffy." Willow said.
"No problem." Buffy said ending the call.
At the dorm"Ok, that's done. Everything is going to be ok. Maybe its just stress. I don't have to be pregnant." Willow mussed out loud.
"Knock, knock." Buffy said coming into the dorm carrying 2 bags, "I got lots of snacky goodness and movies."
"Did you get," Willow started but Buffy interrupted her.
"I got it." She said reaching into the bag, "Here you go." She said handing Willow the test kit.
"Maybe I should do this first." Willow suggested.
"Yeah." Buffy agreed.
"Ok so lets see, if it shows up with a plus that means I am pregnant. Is it is a minus I'm not pregnant." Willow explained before going into the bathroom.
"Do we want this to be positive or negative?" Buffy called through the door.
"Negative." Willow said emerging from the bathroom.
"How long do we have to wait?" Buffy asked.
"Umm," Willow said looking at the box, "5 minutes."
5 Minutes later"OK, here we go." Willow said reaching for the stick, "Buffy I can't do this."
"Do you want me to check?" Buffy asked.
"Please?" Willow said.
"OK, it's a plus sign." Buffy said, "That means you are pregnant, right?"
"Yeah. That means that I am pregnant." Willow said, "Oh god I'm pregnant. This can't be happening. How could I be pregnant?" She said looking up at Buffy from her spot at the edge of the bed.
"I know you loved Spike but maybe you slept with someone else and if you did that's ok." Buffy said.
"But I didn't, Buffy. I was only with Spike." Willow said, "I thought Angel said that vampires couldn't have kids?"
"He did." Buffy said, "Maybe it's a prophecy?" Buffy added.
"Ah, what am I going to do? My parents will probably disown me if they even come home long enough to see me. How am I going to finish school? I won't be able to do that with a baby." Willow said crying.
"We'll all help. I'm sure Giles will baby-sit for you and Xander or Anya. And I will when I don't have classes or slaying." Buffy said trying to comfort Willow.
"What if this is why Spike left? What if he knew that I was pregnant and left because of it?" Willow said, crying harder.
"I'm sure Spike didn't leave because he knew you were pregnant. He isn't that kind of guy, Wills." Buffy said hugging Willow.
"You're right. He wouldn't do that." Willow said her tears starting to slow.
"You should probably call a doctor. Just to make sure that everything is ok, you know?" Buffy suggested.
"Yeah, that's a good idea. I'll call tomorrow morning. I don't have any classes then." Willow said nodding.
"We should also call Giles and tell him what's going on and Xander." Buffy added.
"Will you call Giles? I don't think I can." Willow asked.
"Sure, he might be able to figure out how this happened." Buffy said moving towards the phone.
"Wait, Buffy. Can we watch the movies first? I just don't want to have to deal with that now." Willow pleaded.
"Of course we can." Buffy said comforting Willow. "Ok now we have,"
As Buffy listed the movies that she had picked up Willow thought of Spike. The note he had left didn't seem to say that he knew about the baby. He also said that he would be back as soon as possible. Maybe she wouldn't have to do this alone. Spike would be back soon. Reassured by that thought Willow turned towards the TV were Buffy was putting in the first movie.
A/N: OK, wow it's been a long time for this story. I started it but then I didn't know what else to do with it, you all know how that is. But now it is back. Hopefully I won't be abandoning it anytime soon. I already have the next chapter planned out. That should be coming soon. Please review and tell me what you think.