Surprise, Surprise

Ok People. Sorry about taking two months to come up with something. Trying to get a part of another story done quickly so that I can read my damn book and not worry about intermixing.

"Amazing." Buffy said.

"Absolutely amazing." Giles said.

"What are we looking at?" Faith asked, joining the two in looking out the window into the backyard.

"Spike and Abby." Buffy said. "Look at them. You'd think with the way both of them were behaving around the other that they knew each other for a lot longer then a week."

It had been a week since Spike had found out and the only time that he was away from Abby was when she was asleep. All you had to do was look for one of them to find the other. He had taken her to the park, to the movies, out to McDonald's and had even spent three hours at Toys R' Us with her. Luckily for them, Sunnydale was a small place and pretty much everyone there already knew all of them from before they became famous. There weren't crowds of people everywhere that would have bothered Abby. Even Buffy was able to walk around the town by herself without worry.

"Yeah…weird." Faith said.

"Ok, ok I give up!" Spike said after he fell over and Abby jumped on top of him. "Let me breath for a few minutes." Abby nodded and lied down next to him. They were quiet for a while.

"Daddy?" Abby asked. Spike took a second to register that she was talking to him. He looked at her.

"Yeah?" Spike asked.

"Are you gonna go back to New York soon?" Abby asked. She looked really sad at the idea.

"Really don't know pet." Spike said, shrugging. "If I did…it wouldn't be for long. Maybe a week or two, just to try and convince them to transfer me here."

"You going to come back to me and mommy?" Abby asked. "Then you and mommy are going to get married right? And I can be the flower girl again?"

"Again?" Spike asked.

"I was flower girl at Angel and Darla's wedding. Auntie Darla said I was the prettiest person there." Abby said.

"I bet you were." Spike said.

"What if they don't let you transfer…" Abby said, taking a while to pronounce the word. "What if you can't be here?"

"Then I'll quit." Spike said.

"Will you join mommy's band? Aunt Dawnie says you taught her and you really good." Abby said.

"If mommy lets me." Spike said. "Then I just might. But I don't think she will."

"Why not?" Abby asked. "Doesn't mommy loves you no more?"

"Don't know baby." Spike said, playing with Abby's hair slightly. "Don't know."

"Do you still loves mommy?" Abby asked, rolling onto her stomach and holding herself up on her elbows.

Spike just looked at the window and at Buffy. Did he still love her? That question seemed to haunt him a lot these past few days. Every time he saw Buffy, there was very little said. Neither of them was willing to look the other in the eyes anymore.

"Daddy? Hello?" Abby said, poking Spike in the ribs. Spike shook his head and looked at her. "Did your mind go away like mommy's always does?"

"Yeah luv. That it did." Spike said.

Buffy heard a ringing and looked at the two cell phones on the table. Giles and Faith had each gone out already. Buffy flipped open her phone and saw it wasn't hers that rung. She gingerly picked up Spike's phone and answered it.

"Hello?" Buffy asked.

"Hi. This is Spike's Boss, Reese. Who's this?" A guy answered.

"Umm…Buffy." Buffy said.

"Ah." Reese said, knowingly.

"Ok whatever you're thinking, if it involves sex in anyway, stop thinking it." Buffy said. "Spike's just visiting his dad's…for the last week."

"Well what's he doing there?" Reese asked.

"Playing with Abby." Buffy said, absently. She looked out the window again.

"He's playing with your daughter? Why?" Reese asked.

"Why don't you ask him? I'm sure he'll be glad to answer." Buffy said.

"Well if you give him the phone then I will." Reese said.

"Okee Dokee." Buffy said. She went out the backdoor and watched as Spike was tickling Abby.

"No daddy stop!" Abby laughed.

"Spike!" Buffy said. "Sorry about interrupting the bonding…but your boss is on the phone."

"You answered my phone?" Spike asked, getting up.

"It was ringing." Buffy said, defensively. Spike just laughed. Buffy sighed in relief that he wasn't mad.

"I'll be right back Abby." Spike said. He walked over to Buffy and took the phone from her. They looked at each other in the eyes for a few seconds before Buffy went onto the lawn and started playing with Abby. "What's up?"

"What are you still doing in Sunnydale and why are you playing with the singer's daughter?" Reese asked.

"I'm in Sunnydale still because I want to be." Spike said, watching Abby and Buffy playing. Buffy caught his eye and nodded as if giving him permission to do something. "And I'm playing with Buffy's daughter because turns out she's my daughter as well."

"WHAT!" Reese asked so loudly that Spike held the phone away from his head. "You have a daughter?"

"Yeah." Spike said.

"You never told me." Reese said.

"I never knew until I got here." Spike said.

"So…what are you going to do?" Reese asked.

"What do you mean?" Spike asked, going into the kitchen.

"You can stay in Sunnydale and be with your family…or you can come back to New York and be at work." Reese said.

"Not exactly a tough question." Spike said. "I was gonna ask to be transferred here anyways."

"Spike…we don't transfer people." Reese said. "Besides…even if we did…couldn't transfer you there anyways. No base of operation there."

"So what now?" Spike asked.

"I don't know." Reese said. "I'd hate to lose ya." There was a silence in which Spike looked in the fridge and Buffy and Abby came in to find milk and some cookies on the table for them. Buffy lifted Abby up onto the table. She watched Spike carefully. "I got it."

"Ok shoot." Spike said.

"Put Buffy back onto the phone for a minute." Reese said.

"Ok." Spike said. "Buffy…he wants to talk to you." Buffy went around the table and took the phone from Spike. She gave him a look and he just shrugged.

"Yeah?" Buffy asked into the phone.

"How would you feel if Spike became…sorta like your official reporter." Reese said.

"Explain." Buffy said.

"Ok…you know how some of those celebrity couples have the TV shows?" Reese asked.

"Yeah." Buffy said, slowly.

"Well…what if Spike tagged along with your band and was sorta like your press control guy?" Reese said. "It sounded better in my head."

"Umm…" Buffy said. She took the cookie Abby held out to her. "I guess so sure. As long as he agrees."

"Great…feels like we're playing phone tag. Give him back the phone." Reese said.

"Ok…bye." Buffy said. She handed the phone back to Spike and ate her cookie. Spike talked a bit longer before hanging up.

"Is daddy going back to New York?" Abby asked.

"Nope." Buffy said.

"Staying with you." Spike said.

"YAY!" Abby said. Buffy and Spike both smiled at the huge smile on Abby's face.

That night Buffy stood in the doorway of Abby's room as Spike tucked her in. It was cute to see Spike acting like this. When she knew him in high school, he only let that sweet sensitive side of him out when he and Buffy were alone. With Abby, Spike didn't even act like himself. Buffy knew him to be the tough punk guy, so it was a surprise to see him acting like…well…daddy.

"Buffy." Spike said. Buffy jumped and looked at him.

"I want hug." Abby said. Buffy smiled and walked over to the bed. She hugged and kissed Abby.

"Night baby girl." Buffy said.

"Night mommy." Abby said. "Night daddy."

"Night." Spike said.

"Don't forget my night light." Abby said. Buffy turned on the Little Mermaid night light that was near the bed, then she and Spike left, closing the door slightly. Buffy walked into her room, which used to be Spike's room when he still lived there. Spike was using Angel's old room. He followed her.

"Buffy." Spike said. Buffy didn't look at him. Giles had gone out for the night so they were pretty much the only people in the house now apart from Abby. "Bloody hell Summers. Will you at least look at me?"

"What?" Buffy asked, turning around.

"Abby asked me some interesting questions earlier." Spike said. Buffy just nodded. "She asked me if I still loved you."

"And?" Buffy asked, wanting to know the answer. If he didn't still love her…then she'd at least know that there was no reason to keep denying the dates that kept getting asked. If he did still love her…

"I've been thinking about it. A lot." Spike said. "Truth is…there were times at the beginning, when I first left, when all I could do was think about you. You never left my mind, at all. As long as I was gone, there was always a thought of you buzzing around in my head. You hear all those rumors about you…"

"All the ones about me dating someone aren't true." Buffy said.

"I realized that." Spike said. "Just so you know…never dated anyone either…had drunk one night stands…but never dated anyone. Surprisingly never caught anything either." Buffy made a noise. "Anyways…I thought about Abby's question for a while and I got an answer."

"What is it?" Buffy asked.

"Yeah." Spike said. "I do still love you. Always have. Ever since I first met you." Buffy just stared at him. "Abby also asked if you still loved me. I couldn't answer because I don't know."

"What do you want me to say Spike?" Buffy asked.

"Just tell me the truth." Spike said.

"I don't even know what the truth would be." Buffy said. "I mean…sure I loved you. But then you left…and I know I told you to so don't bring that up again." She sighed and leaned against the wall next to the bed. "Five years is really a long time."

"If I kissed you…would you stop me?" Spike asked.

"I don't know. Why?" Buffy asked.

"Because I'm going to." Spike said. He stepped up to Buffy and kissed her.

Ok stopping it there. Sorry about taking forever and making this chapter not all too long but I really have no more ideas for this story. It's like my PotC story. Can't think of anything for that one either. ARG…stupid mind.