Chapter Eight: Revelations
Buffy opened her eyes and immediately regretted it. She tried to lay perfectly still and hoped that maybe that would make her stomach behave. Slowly she sat up and moving slowly so that she wouldn't upset her already queasy stomach, she showered, dressed and went downstairs. She walked downstairs and saw Willow making Dawn breakfast. They stopped talking as soon as she entered the kitchen.
"Hi," Willow said, brightly. "Want some eggs?" She gestured to the eggs she was making. Buffy stared at the pan, winced and backed away. Willow looked at her sympathetically, "Are you still feeling sick?"
"Yeah," Buffy said, sitting down at the island.
"Maybe you should go see the doctor," Willow suggested.
"I will," Buffy said, trying to keep her stomach under control. She wasn't lying either. She did need to see the doctor to confirm her pregnancy and get started on pre-natal care. She had a feeling that if she didn't make an appointment herself, then Spike would drag her to the doctor.
Willow and Dawn exchanged a glance and Willow finally spoke, "What happened with Spike last night? Did he build another robot?"
"No," Buffy said, quietly. "Spike didn't build another robot."
"So he found some ho that looks just you?" Willow asked.
Buffy took a deep breath and said, "No, Spike isn't involved with someone who looks like me. It was me that he was with."
There was a stunned silence and from behind Buffy she heard Xander gasp, "What?"
Buffy turned around and saw Xander and Anya standing behind here. "It was me that you saw with Spike last night," She repeated.
Everyone exchanged glances, wondering who should speak first. No one quite knew what to say. They just stood there staring at each other and at Buffy. The silence was finally broken when the door opened and Spike hurried inside, covered by his smoking blanket.
" 'Morning all," He said, looking at the group gathered in the kitchen. Then he noticed the grim faces, "What?" He never got an answer to his question because suddenly Xander grabbed him by the front of his shirt, "Hey watch the shirt," Spike protested.
Xander threw Spike up against the wall and pressed a stake up against his chest, "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't use this?"
Spike looked over at Buffy, "Should you tell them or should I?"
"We are not going to do this now," Buffy said.
"Well you'd better do something," Spike said. "Or the whelp here is going to turn your.."
"Shut up," Buffy yelled before he could announce her pregnancy to everyone. "Xander, let him go." Xander glared at Spike but let him go. "Now there's a reasonable explanation for this."
"Oh we understand," Anya said. "You're having sex with Spike."
"Buffy, I know you've been through a lot lately," Willow said. "But is this the way to go? I mean it's Spike?"
"Hey," Spike said, insulted.
"It's complicated," Buffy said. She shut her eyes, trying to get her nausea under control.
"Are you okay, luv?" Spike asked, concerned.
"I'm fine," Buffy said, shaking her head at him. She didn't want him to broadcast her pregnancy to anyone quite yet.
"No, you're not," Xander said. "You're sleeping with Spike. There is obviously something wrong with this picture."
Buffy sighed, "I needed him, okay? Ever since I came back I haven't felt alive. I may be alive but I feel dead inside and the only time I feel alive is when I'm with Spike."
"Buffy, we're your friends. You could have come to us, " Willow said. "We want to help you."
"You couldn't help me," Buffy snapped. "Every time I saw you, I'd remember that you were the ones who brought me back," She held up her hand at their protests. "I know you thought that you were doing the right thing but it didn't change how I felt."
"Buffy, we didn't bring you back so that you could shack up with Spike," Xander said.
"You don't get to control my life," Buffy snapped. "Enough people have messed with both my and Spike's lives already."
"What are you talking about?" Willow asked.
"She's talking about how your ex thought that she could help Buffy by making me human again," Spike told them. "She worked her mojo, hoping that I'd turn all mortal again. Instead she messed up and now…"
"Spike, can you shut up for two seconds," Buffy said, desperately.
"Why did Tara want to turn you human again?" Dawn asked.
"She was just finishing what the bloody Initiative started," Spike said. He didn't want anyone to know that he could hit Buffy. They'd just use it as an excuse to stake him and he didn't fancy becoming a pile of dust, especially with a little one on the way. "Just another way of making a vampire harmless."
"But obviously it didn't work," Dawn said.
"It did work for a little while," Spike said. "But at the time both of us were too… preoccupied to notice that I had a heart beat."
"That was more than I needed or wanted to know," Xander said.
"So um now what are guys going to do?" Dawn asked. She was late for school but she didn't care. This was much more interesting.
"Didn't Buffy tell you?" Spike said, grinning. "I'm moving' in."
"Why?" Willow asked. "I mean, why are you moving in now? What's changed?"
"We're tired of sneaking around," Buffy said before Spike could say anything. "If he's here then he can help around the house and he's here to protect Dawn."
"But.." Willow started to say.
"It's not up for debate," Buffy said quietly. She wasn't thrilled about Spike moving in but she didn't have a choice.
"Well if this is what you want.." Willow said.
"It is," Buffy said. This wasn't what she wanted but she didn't have a choice. Spike was going to be around no matter what and she might as well get some use out of him.
"So where's he going to sleep?" Dawn asked, trying to be practical. "Your room?"
"No," Buffy said, ignoring Spike's disappointed look. She didn't have time to deal with a disappointed vampire. She was already trying to figure out a way to fit a baby into an already crowded house. "He'll sleep on the couch."
"So why's he moving at all then?" Dawn asked irritated. "You're moving him in because you don't want to hide your relationship but you're making him sleep on the couch?"
"Dawn, this is complicated," Buffy said.
"How much more complicated can it be? Why is Spike moving in if it's not to sleep with you? Are you pregnant or something?"
Buffy's already pale face turned white and she looked like a deer trapped in the headlights, "Buffy, that was a joke," Xander said. "Right, oh please tell me she's joking."
""Fraid not," Spike said, leaning against the counter and grinning. "Ole Spike here managed to do the impossible."
"Buffy?" Willow asked. "Is he telling the truth?"
Buffy glared at Spike. She was going to stake him for this, "Yes, he's telling the truth. I'm pregnant and it's Spike's."
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Buffy opened her eyes and immediately regretted it. She tried to lay perfectly still and hoped that maybe that would make her stomach behave. Slowly she sat up and moving slowly so that she wouldn't upset her already queasy stomach, she showered, dressed and went downstairs. She walked downstairs and saw Willow making Dawn breakfast. They stopped talking as soon as she entered the kitchen.
"Hi," Willow said, brightly. "Want some eggs?" She gestured to the eggs she was making. Buffy stared at the pan, winced and backed away. Willow looked at her sympathetically, "Are you still feeling sick?"
"Yeah," Buffy said, sitting down at the island.
"Maybe you should go see the doctor," Willow suggested.
"I will," Buffy said, trying to keep her stomach under control. She wasn't lying either. She did need to see the doctor to confirm her pregnancy and get started on pre-natal care. She had a feeling that if she didn't make an appointment herself, then Spike would drag her to the doctor.
Willow and Dawn exchanged a glance and Willow finally spoke, "What happened with Spike last night? Did he build another robot?"
"No," Buffy said, quietly. "Spike didn't build another robot."
"So he found some ho that looks just you?" Willow asked.
Buffy took a deep breath and said, "No, Spike isn't involved with someone who looks like me. It was me that he was with."
There was a stunned silence and from behind Buffy she heard Xander gasp, "What?"
Buffy turned around and saw Xander and Anya standing behind here. "It was me that you saw with Spike last night," She repeated.
Everyone exchanged glances, wondering who should speak first. No one quite knew what to say. They just stood there staring at each other and at Buffy. The silence was finally broken when the door opened and Spike hurried inside, covered by his smoking blanket.
" 'Morning all," He said, looking at the group gathered in the kitchen. Then he noticed the grim faces, "What?" He never got an answer to his question because suddenly Xander grabbed him by the front of his shirt, "Hey watch the shirt," Spike protested.
Xander threw Spike up against the wall and pressed a stake up against his chest, "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't use this?"
Spike looked over at Buffy, "Should you tell them or should I?"
"We are not going to do this now," Buffy said.
"Well you'd better do something," Spike said. "Or the whelp here is going to turn your.."
"Shut up," Buffy yelled before he could announce her pregnancy to everyone. "Xander, let him go." Xander glared at Spike but let him go. "Now there's a reasonable explanation for this."
"Oh we understand," Anya said. "You're having sex with Spike."
"Buffy, I know you've been through a lot lately," Willow said. "But is this the way to go? I mean it's Spike?"
"Hey," Spike said, insulted.
"It's complicated," Buffy said. She shut her eyes, trying to get her nausea under control.
"Are you okay, luv?" Spike asked, concerned.
"I'm fine," Buffy said, shaking her head at him. She didn't want him to broadcast her pregnancy to anyone quite yet.
"No, you're not," Xander said. "You're sleeping with Spike. There is obviously something wrong with this picture."
Buffy sighed, "I needed him, okay? Ever since I came back I haven't felt alive. I may be alive but I feel dead inside and the only time I feel alive is when I'm with Spike."
"Buffy, we're your friends. You could have come to us, " Willow said. "We want to help you."
"You couldn't help me," Buffy snapped. "Every time I saw you, I'd remember that you were the ones who brought me back," She held up her hand at their protests. "I know you thought that you were doing the right thing but it didn't change how I felt."
"Buffy, we didn't bring you back so that you could shack up with Spike," Xander said.
"You don't get to control my life," Buffy snapped. "Enough people have messed with both my and Spike's lives already."
"What are you talking about?" Willow asked.
"She's talking about how your ex thought that she could help Buffy by making me human again," Spike told them. "She worked her mojo, hoping that I'd turn all mortal again. Instead she messed up and now…"
"Spike, can you shut up for two seconds," Buffy said, desperately.
"Why did Tara want to turn you human again?" Dawn asked.
"She was just finishing what the bloody Initiative started," Spike said. He didn't want anyone to know that he could hit Buffy. They'd just use it as an excuse to stake him and he didn't fancy becoming a pile of dust, especially with a little one on the way. "Just another way of making a vampire harmless."
"But obviously it didn't work," Dawn said.
"It did work for a little while," Spike said. "But at the time both of us were too… preoccupied to notice that I had a heart beat."
"That was more than I needed or wanted to know," Xander said.
"So um now what are guys going to do?" Dawn asked. She was late for school but she didn't care. This was much more interesting.
"Didn't Buffy tell you?" Spike said, grinning. "I'm moving' in."
"Why?" Willow asked. "I mean, why are you moving in now? What's changed?"
"We're tired of sneaking around," Buffy said before Spike could say anything. "If he's here then he can help around the house and he's here to protect Dawn."
"But.." Willow started to say.
"It's not up for debate," Buffy said quietly. She wasn't thrilled about Spike moving in but she didn't have a choice.
"Well if this is what you want.." Willow said.
"It is," Buffy said. This wasn't what she wanted but she didn't have a choice. Spike was going to be around no matter what and she might as well get some use out of him.
"So where's he going to sleep?" Dawn asked, trying to be practical. "Your room?"
"No," Buffy said, ignoring Spike's disappointed look. She didn't have time to deal with a disappointed vampire. She was already trying to figure out a way to fit a baby into an already crowded house. "He'll sleep on the couch."
"So why's he moving at all then?" Dawn asked irritated. "You're moving him in because you don't want to hide your relationship but you're making him sleep on the couch?"
"Dawn, this is complicated," Buffy said.
"How much more complicated can it be? Why is Spike moving in if it's not to sleep with you? Are you pregnant or something?"
Buffy's already pale face turned white and she looked like a deer trapped in the headlights, "Buffy, that was a joke," Xander said. "Right, oh please tell me she's joking."
""Fraid not," Spike said, leaning against the counter and grinning. "Ole Spike here managed to do the impossible."
"Buffy?" Willow asked. "Is he telling the truth?"
Buffy glared at Spike. She was going to stake him for this, "Yes, he's telling the truth. I'm pregnant and it's Spike's."
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