A Few Hours Later
"Hey Buffy." Willow said as she and the gang entered the hospital room.
"Hey guys." Buffy said forcing a smile.
"Buffy are you okay?" Giles asked his charge. * She looks troubled. *
"Umm. Guys there is something I have to tell you." She said. Looking at her friends, she could already gauge their reactions. Willow would be happy, but worry because of school. Cordy would be indifferent and only view the whole ordeal as sad because she's to young to lose her figure. Giles would be disappointed and would move into research mode immediately. Xander. Xander would yell and be extremely pissed off. * Well here goes nothing. * "I'm pregnant." She blurted out.
Everyone in the room just stared at her with wide fish-like eyes, jaws hanging so low they scraped along the floor.
"You're.. Pregnant?" Willow asked.
"Yeah." She said looking down at her hand.
"Oh." Then she broke out into a wide grin. "Congratulations Buffy." She said moving to hug her friend.
"Yeah congratulations Buffy. Though this isn't going to help your figure." Cordy said from her spot against the wall by the door.
"I.I don't know what to say? And the baby is Angel's I presume?" Giles asked from his spot near the window.
"Yes Giles."
"Buffy are you quite certain the child is Angel's?"
"If you're asking if I've been sleeping around Giles, then the answer is 'No'. Angel's the only one. He has to be the child's father." She said getting a little angry at him for even thinking she had slept with anyone else.
"I'm sorry Buffy. It's just.. well vampires can't have children."
"I know. That's what I've been wondering. The how, of the situation. Angel told me he couldn't have children, though low and behold I'm pregnant with his child."
"Well I think we all know the how." Cordelia said.
"Thanks Cordy." Buffy said with a fake smile.
"Well I ought to research this."
"Figure you'd say that." She looked over at Xander who hadn't said a thing. "Xander?"
Xander looked up at his friend with sadness in his eyes. "I don't know what to say Buffy."
"Say anything please. I don't like you when you're quite. It scares me."
"I guess I should say congrats, but well I don't think I should."
"Why you say that?"
"Cause you're seventeen years old. You are too young to be having a baby. Besides the baby's father is evil now. I think it's a harder situation then you realize."
"I know." She said with a whisper.
"But even though I hate Angel, and I hate the fact that you're carrying his child. I love you Buffy. You are one of my best friends and I'll support you 100%. No matter what." He said moving to hug her and give her a kiss on the cheek.
Tears sprung into Buffy's eyes at his words. "Thank you Xander." She said with a tearful smile. "I love you too."
"Shh. No more tears." He said brushing the water from her face.
"These are good, happy tears." She said with a smile.
"So Buffy how far along are you?" Willow asked.
"The doc said I'm two months." She answered brushing tears from her eyes.
"Makes sense." Cordy commented.
"Does your mom know?" Willow asked her friend.
"No. Not yet, and I don't know how to tell her."
"You have to though." Willow answered.
"I know Wills. I just. How do you tell your mom that you're pregnant by the boyfriend you just told her last week you had, and how he's not around anymore because he went evil after you two made love?"
"Well, no matter what, we're here for you Buff." Xander said from his spot next to Cordy.
"Thanks."
"Hello." Joyce said as she entered her daughter's hospital room. "Oooo. Did I just interrupt a secrete meeting?" She said with a laugh as she kissed her daughters cheek.
"Hi. Umm mom. I need to tell you something important." Buffy said looking at her mother.
"Sure honey. What's wrong?" She asked worried.
"Umm. We're gonna go get some coffee." Xander said as the four headed out the room to give mother and mother-to-be, some privacy.
Buffy smiled at her friends before turning to her mother. "Mom maybe you should sit down." She suggested motioning to the empty chair next to her bed.
Joyce sat and looked at her daughter. "Buffy what's going on?"
"Mom? There's no easy way to say this so I'm just going to say it. I'm pregnant."
Joyce just sat there. Eyes wide with disbelief. Mouth open in shock. "What?"
"I'm pregnant."
"Who's the father?"
"Angel."
"How far along are you?"
"Two months. I just found out."
"Two months. That means it would have happened sometime around."
"My birthday." Buffy finished. "Mom are you okay?"
"Okay? Buffy my seventeen-year-old daughter just informed me that she is two months pregnant with her ex-boyfriends baby. I'm far from being okay." She said standing and pacing the room. "I guess Mr. Giles and the others know about this."
"Yes."
"And I presume you're keeping the baby."
"Yes."
"Then I guess there really isn't much for me to say. Except I don't want to be a part of this babies life and you better find somewhere else to stay if you plan on keeping this child." With that Joyce grabbed her purse and left the room.
Buffy just stared at the door, where her mother had just vanished from and began to cry.
"Buffy?" Willow said as the gang re-emerged with their coffee. "Buffy? What did your mom say?"
Buffy looked up at her friend, tears blurring her vision. "She kicked me out." She said as loud sobs erupted from her mouth.
Willow and Xander rushed to her and held her as she cried. Cordy followed her boyfriend as he moved toward his friend and stroked Buffy's hair.
Giles stood there looking at the four teens, his charge, now pregnant with nowhere to turn. "Buffy then tomorrow when you leave, we'll go to your house, while your mother is still at work and get your belongings. You'll move in with me." He said sternly.
All four teens looked up at Giles.
"Giles you don't have to do."
"I know that Buffy. I want to." He said with a warm smile.
Buffy smiled at her watcher. He always took care of her. She loved him like he were her father and in a way he, kind; of is. "Thank you Giles." She said through tears. "Thank you so much."
Giles just smiled.
"Hey Buffy." Willow said as she and the gang entered the hospital room.
"Hey guys." Buffy said forcing a smile.
"Buffy are you okay?" Giles asked his charge. * She looks troubled. *
"Umm. Guys there is something I have to tell you." She said. Looking at her friends, she could already gauge their reactions. Willow would be happy, but worry because of school. Cordy would be indifferent and only view the whole ordeal as sad because she's to young to lose her figure. Giles would be disappointed and would move into research mode immediately. Xander. Xander would yell and be extremely pissed off. * Well here goes nothing. * "I'm pregnant." She blurted out.
Everyone in the room just stared at her with wide fish-like eyes, jaws hanging so low they scraped along the floor.
"You're.. Pregnant?" Willow asked.
"Yeah." She said looking down at her hand.
"Oh." Then she broke out into a wide grin. "Congratulations Buffy." She said moving to hug her friend.
"Yeah congratulations Buffy. Though this isn't going to help your figure." Cordy said from her spot against the wall by the door.
"I.I don't know what to say? And the baby is Angel's I presume?" Giles asked from his spot near the window.
"Yes Giles."
"Buffy are you quite certain the child is Angel's?"
"If you're asking if I've been sleeping around Giles, then the answer is 'No'. Angel's the only one. He has to be the child's father." She said getting a little angry at him for even thinking she had slept with anyone else.
"I'm sorry Buffy. It's just.. well vampires can't have children."
"I know. That's what I've been wondering. The how, of the situation. Angel told me he couldn't have children, though low and behold I'm pregnant with his child."
"Well I think we all know the how." Cordelia said.
"Thanks Cordy." Buffy said with a fake smile.
"Well I ought to research this."
"Figure you'd say that." She looked over at Xander who hadn't said a thing. "Xander?"
Xander looked up at his friend with sadness in his eyes. "I don't know what to say Buffy."
"Say anything please. I don't like you when you're quite. It scares me."
"I guess I should say congrats, but well I don't think I should."
"Why you say that?"
"Cause you're seventeen years old. You are too young to be having a baby. Besides the baby's father is evil now. I think it's a harder situation then you realize."
"I know." She said with a whisper.
"But even though I hate Angel, and I hate the fact that you're carrying his child. I love you Buffy. You are one of my best friends and I'll support you 100%. No matter what." He said moving to hug her and give her a kiss on the cheek.
Tears sprung into Buffy's eyes at his words. "Thank you Xander." She said with a tearful smile. "I love you too."
"Shh. No more tears." He said brushing the water from her face.
"These are good, happy tears." She said with a smile.
"So Buffy how far along are you?" Willow asked.
"The doc said I'm two months." She answered brushing tears from her eyes.
"Makes sense." Cordy commented.
"Does your mom know?" Willow asked her friend.
"No. Not yet, and I don't know how to tell her."
"You have to though." Willow answered.
"I know Wills. I just. How do you tell your mom that you're pregnant by the boyfriend you just told her last week you had, and how he's not around anymore because he went evil after you two made love?"
"Well, no matter what, we're here for you Buff." Xander said from his spot next to Cordy.
"Thanks."
"Hello." Joyce said as she entered her daughter's hospital room. "Oooo. Did I just interrupt a secrete meeting?" She said with a laugh as she kissed her daughters cheek.
"Hi. Umm mom. I need to tell you something important." Buffy said looking at her mother.
"Sure honey. What's wrong?" She asked worried.
"Umm. We're gonna go get some coffee." Xander said as the four headed out the room to give mother and mother-to-be, some privacy.
Buffy smiled at her friends before turning to her mother. "Mom maybe you should sit down." She suggested motioning to the empty chair next to her bed.
Joyce sat and looked at her daughter. "Buffy what's going on?"
"Mom? There's no easy way to say this so I'm just going to say it. I'm pregnant."
Joyce just sat there. Eyes wide with disbelief. Mouth open in shock. "What?"
"I'm pregnant."
"Who's the father?"
"Angel."
"How far along are you?"
"Two months. I just found out."
"Two months. That means it would have happened sometime around."
"My birthday." Buffy finished. "Mom are you okay?"
"Okay? Buffy my seventeen-year-old daughter just informed me that she is two months pregnant with her ex-boyfriends baby. I'm far from being okay." She said standing and pacing the room. "I guess Mr. Giles and the others know about this."
"Yes."
"And I presume you're keeping the baby."
"Yes."
"Then I guess there really isn't much for me to say. Except I don't want to be a part of this babies life and you better find somewhere else to stay if you plan on keeping this child." With that Joyce grabbed her purse and left the room.
Buffy just stared at the door, where her mother had just vanished from and began to cry.
"Buffy?" Willow said as the gang re-emerged with their coffee. "Buffy? What did your mom say?"
Buffy looked up at her friend, tears blurring her vision. "She kicked me out." She said as loud sobs erupted from her mouth.
Willow and Xander rushed to her and held her as she cried. Cordy followed her boyfriend as he moved toward his friend and stroked Buffy's hair.
Giles stood there looking at the four teens, his charge, now pregnant with nowhere to turn. "Buffy then tomorrow when you leave, we'll go to your house, while your mother is still at work and get your belongings. You'll move in with me." He said sternly.
All four teens looked up at Giles.
"Giles you don't have to do."
"I know that Buffy. I want to." He said with a warm smile.
Buffy smiled at her watcher. He always took care of her. She loved him like he were her father and in a way he, kind; of is. "Thank you Giles." She said through tears. "Thank you so much."
Giles just smiled.