Author: Buffy 21
Rating: M
Disclaimer: Joss and Mutant Enemy own the characters. I own the story.
Chapter 19
The night before Thanksgiving . . .
Everyone arrived at the Summers' home except Dawn, Angel and his family, but Buffy anxiously awaited their arrival. Dawn called to let Buffy know that their flight had been delayed and should arrive in Cleveland around 11 p.m. Spike asked if they needed a lift from the airport, but Dawn told him that she rented a car and would see them when they got there.
All of her other guests marveled at how large Buffy had become and stated that it looked as if she were having twins. Buffy assured them that she wasn't and even told her friends about Brianna's dream indicating such. Then they all sat down to a buffet style meal and chatted about what was going on in their lives. Xander and Susan's wedding and honeymoon pictures were passed around and admired. Buffy had never been to Cancun and commented on its beauty, it saddened her that she and Spike could never go there because of him being a vampire. Willow chatted with Buffy about the Council and about some of the new Slayers that Kennedy was training at the Slayer school. Brianna and RJ kept her Grandpa Giles occupied while Andrew talked Spike's ear off about his fascination with London and about other inconsequential things. Faith and Robin talked to Xander and Susan about their trip, as the Woods' had considered going on a second honeymoon in the future.
Dawn, Angel, Cordy and the kids finally arrived about 11:30 p.m. Dawn couldn't believe how big Buffy had gotten, commenting that it looked as if she swallowed a house. Spike took Dawn aside to inquire about the scent he picked up on her, she informed him that it was from her boyfriend, Brad. She assured Spike that she was still a virgin and was planning to stay that way until she was ready for anything more, which appeased him for the time being.
"Girl, you are ready to pop," Cordy said when she lay eyes on Buffy.
"And I can't wait."
"How are you?" Angel asked as he gently hugged Buffy.
"I'm good, thank you. You look well," she replied.
"Thanks. Pregnancy certainly agrees with you, you're glowing," Angel said.
"Thank you," she replied.
His vampiric hearing soon picked up the sound of three heartbeats during their embrace; he suddenly stepped back from her with a distressed look on his face.
"Angel, are you alright? What's wrong?" Buffy inquired.
"Nothing . . . I'm just tired. Long plane ride," he replied.
"Oh . . . okay . . .well, let's get you guys something to eat," Buffy said, leading them to the kitchen.
Spike watched the interaction between his wife and his grandsire and seeing Angel's reaction to their little secret brought a satisfying smirk to his lips, it was always a pleasure to one-up Angel especially when Buffy was involved.
Buffy waddled out of the kitchen with a glass of blood for Angel and handed it to him. She made sure that there was plenty of pig's blood in the refrigerator this time, remembering what happened between the two vampires the last time Angel visited with them.
"You should've let me get it, you need your rest," Angel said.
"It's no big."
After she sat down to talk to Angel and Cordy, the baby gave her a hard kick, making her gasp; Angel saw her reaction and became concerned.
"Buffy, are you okay? Is it time?" he asked.
She put her hand up silently asking him to give her a minute and then once the pain subsided she blew out the breath she was holding to answer him.
"I'm fine. It's not time yet," she replied.
Angel continued to look concerned and noticing this Buffy tried to put his mind at ease.
"It's false labor. It's normal," Buffy explained.
He relaxed after hearing that.
"I know Cordy experienced this."
"I did and everytime that it happened he tried to take me to the hospital. You saw what happened the night that I was in true labor," Cordy said.
"Yes, I remember," Buffy said with a giggle.
Once everyone had settled down for the night, Buffy and Spike were at it again.
"Uhn . . . Uhn . . . Oh baby . . . yes," Buffy moaned.
"Oh Slayer . . . so tight . . ."
"Harder . . ." she moaned.
"Don't . . . want to . . . hurt you . . . or the baby," he panted.
"Please Spike . . . I need you," she whimpered.
That was all Spike heard as his lust took over, their orgasm was an earth-shattering one with her screaming his name. Once it subsided, Buffy fell asleep, Spike lay awake beside her for a time and listened to his childrens' heartbeats within their mothers' womb. He then heard her moan as if she were in pain and decided to awaken her to make sure she was alright, Buffy groggily told him that she was good and to go to sleep which he eventually did.
The next morning, everyone had gotten up early, made breakfast and ate together enjoying each other's company. That afternoon Dawn, Willow, Cordy and Buffy began preparing their holiday meal, while the men watched a football game on TV. The other women insisted that Buffy sit down and rest while they did most of the work, which she wasn't very happy about; but did as she was told.
When the doorbell rang, Andrew jumped up to answer it.
He invited Robin, Faith, RJ, Xander and Susan into the house. Robin and Xander joined the other men to watch the game and Faith and Susan joined the women after leaving RJ to play with the other children. Buffy began experiencing what she thought to be false labor pains and decided to ignore them until they became more regular. When they did, there was no doubt in her mind what was happening, but she decided to keep it to herself.
Dawn, Willow or one of the other women would periodically notice a look of discomfort on Buffy's face and ask her if she were alright, for which replied that she had indigestion. By the time they all sat down to dinner, Buffy's contractions were about 20 minutes apart. Whenever a pain hit, she would try to suppress it by holding her breath until it passed. Dawn paid very close attention to her sister's odd behavior and became suspicious, she knew there was something wrong.
Cordy accidentally dropped her napkin on the floor and when she bent down to retrieve it, she glanced under the table and saw a pool of liquid.
"Okay, who spilled water on the floor?" she inquired.
Everyone at the table glared at one another with puzzled looks on their faces and decided to take a peek under the table, but when they couldn't figure it out, Buffy spoke up.
"Um . . . guys . . . guess what?"
"What luv?"
"My water broke," she said sheepishly.
"Ah ha! I knew something was going on with you," Dawn said.
"WHAT?" Angel screamed in hysterics.
"Calm down dead boy," Xander said to Angel, making Susan laugh.
"Bloody hell Buffy, why didn't you tell someone that you were in labor?"
"I was going to tell someone . . . eventually. Besides, I didn't want to ruin everyone's Thanksgiving."
"When were you planning to tell us, when you got the urge to push?" Dawn asked, admonishing her sister.
"Never mind that, we've got to get her to the hospital," Giles said, calmly.
"How far apart are the contractions?" Cordy inquired.
"About 20 minutes," Buffy answered.
"Come on princess, let's get you cleaned up and off to the hospital," Spike said, helping his wife up from her chair.
"Do you need help getting her upstairs Spike?" Faith asked.
"No, I got her luv," he replied.
"Let me know if you need any help," Faith said.
"I will, pet."
"Dawn, please run up and get her bag. Someone call her doctor," Willow said.
After returning with Buffy's bag, Dawn replied, "I'll do it."
TBC . . .