Joyce and Giles stared at the couple sitting before them in mute shock. Giles was the first to make a move, taking his glasses off and furiously cleaning them.
"Excuse me?", he asked, placing his glasses back on his face.
"You guys are going to be grandparents." Spike stated again, his smile even bigger than before.
"Oh dear lord." Giles said, snatching his glasses back off of his face to resume cleaning them.
Buffy looked at Joyce who finally snapped out of her daze and looked at Buffy.
"You're pregnant?", she asked.
"That's obviously the reason why Spike just said you were going to be a grandparent." Buffy said nervously.
"And are you going to keep it?" Giles asked.
Before Buffy could respond, Spike exploded.
"Of course we're going to keep her! What'd you think we were going to do?"
"It's a her?" Joyce asked excitedly.
"We don't know. It's just better than calling our baby an it." Buffy told her.
Spike sat next to Buffy, silently fuming, while Giles looked flustered and tried to explain.
"I didn't mean…I just wanted to make sure this is what both of you want." Giles stated, and then turned to Buffy. "Quite frankly, I am delighted about your current condition.", he finished, grinning.
Giles suddenly stood and grabbed Spike and hauled him up to give a crushing hug, all the while laughing.
Buffy stared at them in amusement before she was swept up in her own hug.
"I'm so happy for you both, sweetie." Joyce told her. "How far along are you?"
Giles and Spike had sat back down, and Buffy and Joyce joined them.
"Well, it would be nine weeks now." Spike answered proudly.
"What are your plans?" Giles asked.
"Plans?" Buffy asked.
"What do you plan to do now? You both must start making preparations now." Joyce answered.
"Yes. Where are you going to live? What about college?" Giles asked.
"And marriage. You mustn't forget marriage." Joyce added.
Buffy and Spike sat in silence as Joyce and Giles grilled them about the future. Spike wrapped his arm around Buffy and pulled her closer when he noticed that she had started shaking.
"Actually, we haven't really had time to think about all of that yet." Spike said loudly, interrupting the two.
"What do you mean you haven't thought about what you are going to do? That should have been the first thing you two did when you found out you were expecting." Giles said.
"A baby at your age is a big step. You have to be prepared for such a huge responsibility." Joyce said, her voice slightly rising.
"Well, we haven't!" Buffy yelled, standing up. "And our baby is not a 'huge responsibility'!"
Buffy ran out of the house, slamming the front door behind her. Spike sat on the couch in silence.
"William, you must tell her that she needs to think about-"
Giles was cut off from his pleading when Spike stood.
"Don't." Spike said, glancing at the two adults, before leaving the house after Buffy.
"Maybe we were a little too hard on them about the future bit." Joyce said quietly.
Giles nodded a little, his gaze fixed on the floor.
"But they still need to think about what they are going to do. It's not something to take lightly." Giles said, looking at Joyce.
"I know Rupert.", she said, patting him on the shoulder. "But knowing those two and the group of friends they have, as well as the both of us, I know that they are going to be just fine."
"You're right. Perhaps we should give them a bit of time before we bring up the future discussion again."
"Perhaps you're right." Joyce said with a smile. "Would you care for some coffee?"
Outside in the car, Spike wrapped in arm around Buffy and pulled her to him.
"Let's go home kitten."
As soon as Spike parked the car in the driveway, Anya came bolting out of the house, the rest of the gang not far behind. Buffy and Spike got out of the car just as Anya skidded to a halt in front of them.
"You're pregnant?" Anya asked, panting.
Buffy moved to stand next to Spike.
"Yep. You're gonna be an aunty."
Anya looked at Buffy for a moment before throwing her arms around her.
"Congratulations, man." Xander said, smacking Spike on the back.
"Thanks mate."
The girls crowded around Buffy, talking and giggling, while the guys stood by. Buffy stood in the middle of the girl, her tired mind whirling at the onslaught of excited questions. She locked eyes with Spike and smiled. Spike interrupted the girls and grabbed Buffy.
"How 'bout we go inside and watch a movie?" Spike asked.
Everyone nodded their heads and headed for the house, throwing out suggestions for a movie.
"How about Finding Neverland?" Willow suggested.
"Nah, too girly." Xander said. "I say we watch Man On Fire. It's got this really cool scene where Denzel Washington cuts off this guy's fingers-"
Everyone stopped and turned to see Buffy leaning into a bush, while Spike rubbed her back soothingly.
Anya wrinkled up her nose in disgust.
"Eeeew. Is that gonna happen often?"
A/N: Yeah, I know it's shorter than my usual chapters. But this is the end. For this part anyway. I've decided that Changes will end here, and part three will start about a month later, while she's still pregnant and will focus on Spuffy and Anya/Xander. Everyone else is just too much to handle for the plot right now. So, I will be putting all stories on hiatus until at least the beginning of the summer. Sorry for the wait guys! And I hope that you will come back to read part 3!
