The Nearness Of You

Hillary: No, this is not the end of the series; I still have a long way to go.

This story is going to jump ahead a bit. Not too much, but enough to move the story along.

Thank you for all your reviews! Please continue reviewing.

-----Uninvited-----

"Are you all right, Buffy?" Willow asked her friend, she could hear Buffy vomiting in the bathroom.

"I hate him for doing this to me," Buffy cried out and then proceeded to lose her lunch again.

"I'm sure he didn't mean to, honey," Tara said trying to comfort the sickly girl.

"He did it on purpose, because he wanted to torture me," Buffy declared.

"Buffy, I doubt the Spike purposely got you pregnant to make you suffer morning sickness," Willow said patiently.

"How do you know? Spike is evil and capable of doing evil things," the blonde slayer wailed.

Willow and Tara stood around the ladies' room at the mall, waiting for Buffy to exit her stall. The three women decided to go maternity shopping; they spent most of the morning at the mall picking out cute outfits for Buffy. It wasn't until Willow suggested they get something to eat that there were problems. Buffy had spent the last half hour puking her guts out, after taking only a bite of her chicken.

--Two Months Later--

"I'm sorry Buffy but I cant make heads from tails of this sonogram," Spike said looking at the picture like it held the mysteries of the universe.

"It isn't that hard, Spike. Even our little girl can figure it out," Buffy said exasperated.

Buffy glared at him and the tried again the show him the sonogram of the baby. The vampire was obviously frustrated by the whole thing. And it only made things worse when Emma took one glance at the damned thing and could see her unborn sister.

--Four Months Later--

"I can patrol just fine," Buffy said daring anybody to disagree with her.

"Nobody said you couldn't," Angel said trying to calm down the eight-month-pregnant slayer, but she was just looking for a fight.

"Buffy, all we are saying is maybe you should take it easy," Giles explained to the pregnant blonde slayer with a crossbow.

"I already told you boys there was no reasoning with a pregnant brassed off slayer," Spike said.

"I am going to kill that scrawny vampire that called me fatty," Buffy said seething with hatred.

---One Month Later---

"No!" screamed Emma.

"Talk with your child," Buffy demanded, glaring at the laughing vampire.

"Since when is she all mine?" Spike laughed out mockingly.

"She isn't listening to me," Buffy whined.

"Emma, let's be nice to your mum. You can't fight this forever," Spike reasoned.

"Please daddy, don't make me go," the five-year-old girl pleaded from inside her bedroom.

"Unlock the door, bit. School isn't that bad," the blonde vampire assured his daughter.

"Connor doesn't have to go," Emma said.

"Connor is still a baby, Em. He just started walking," Buffy explained. She was tempted to kick down the door, but with her huge belly she wasn't sure she could. Buffy felt like any day she would be having the baby, but Jenny was ridiculously patient.

"Emma, you aren't winning this fight. Your mum has averted more apocalypses and stopped more bad men then you can imagine. It is useless trying to reason with a slayer," said Spike.

"Is Emma ready?" Darmian asked just inviting himself into their house.

"She will not leave her bedroom," Buffy said glaring at the door to her daughter's room.

"Baby, will you let me in," Darmian asked calmly.

"Darmian tell mum I don't have to go to school," Emma demanded.

"Buffy how can you expect Emma to go to school? Even though good girls who go to school get lots of ice cream. Emma doesn't like ice cream," said Darmian.

"Yes I do," Emma yelled running out of her room.

"Well then if you are good at school, I'll buy you the biggest ice cream at the shop," offered Darmian, who was now escorting Emma to the front door.

"Thanks Darmian," Buffy said.

"For what?" he asked, as he watched Emma as she clumsily tied her shoelaces.

"Taking Emma to school on her first day. Spike can't cause of the sun and well I can barely stand without help," Buffy said, tears forming as she watched her little girl get ready for her first day of school.

"It is an honor," Darmian said hugging Buffy as she silently cried.

"Hey now, one of my girls is enough for you. Can't have them both," Spike said with a grin. Pulling Buffy into his arms, he was still bothered when Darmian comforted his woman. Spike had been forced to accept the fact that Darmian was sticking around for Emma, but times like this he was almost grateful.

"Well we should be going," Darmian said leading Emma out of the house.

"Spike I'm not ready for her to go to school," Buffy sighed gripping his arm.

"Yes you are. Just think soon we will have two little people running about terrorizing the local demon population and braking boy's hearts. We should have another kid," Spike suggested.

"Wait a minute, what the hell deal is this? I'm just your baby making factory," Buffy teased.

"Well the impossible has happened twice and I am enjoying this family thing," Spike said nibbling on the slayer's neck.

"Next time you get to be pregnant," Buffy groaned.

"So is that a yes?" Spike asked hopefully.

"Spike, I think we should wait a bit longer until we determine how many Summers girls there should be. Darmian warned me that with each baby they would be less and less human," Buffy explained.

"So no more children," surmised Spike.

"I love being a mommy and I love sharing this with you, but we are already risking a lot having Jenny. And maybe Jenny will be completely normal and we can have a whole crew of babies. But I want to wait until we know," Buffy explained rubbing Spike's shoulders.

"Right. So what are we going to do with all this alone time?" questioned the sexy vampire rubbing his hands together.

"I'm hungry," Buffy stated.

"You are a true romantic," groaned Spike, "What would you like my love?"

"Tuna and seedless grapes," Buffy requested waddling over to the couch.

"Gross. Anything else?" Spike asked placing his leather duster over his head shielding himself from the sun.

"A different outfit would be nice," Buffy said shakily.

"Why?" Spike demanded.

"Because my water broke," said Buffy as she struggled to get off the couch.

"Bloody hell," was the vampire's only sentiment.

o8o8o8o

--- Several hours later ---

"Joyce," Giles greeted as he walked into the waiting room carrying a balloon and a pink teddy bear for the baby.

"Rupert, it's finally happening," Joyce said bouncing Emma on her knee.

"I don't think I'm ever having kids," Xander said as another agonizing scream filled the hallway.

"You don't have to do any of the work," Anya pointed out.

"Hey there is plenty of fetching and consoling and massaging that has to be done," Xander replied defensively.

"I'm sure it is a lot of hard work for both people," Willow interrupted the pair.

The group sat there in the waiting room down the hall listening to the sudden silence. Then Spike stepped out of the delivery room. Walking down the hall he grinned.

"Emma would you like to meet your new baby sister," Spike asked.

The little girl was a blur as she ran down the hall. Spike stood there for a minute feeling all sorts of proud. Two beautiful girls and he was their father, a lot could happen in five years…