Chapter Ten

Buffy entered the Magic Box the next morning to see the gang with Alex the next morning. She saw Spike in the corner having a heated discussion with Giles and from her extra hearing she could tell it was about her. Spike noticed her and sent her a grin her way before turning back to Giles. Buffy couldn't help the smile that slid over her face as she joined Faith, who was sitting at the table.

"Hey B, Hey little guy," Faith said.

Buffy and Alex both said Hi before taking a seat too.

"Can I look around Mommy?" Alex asked.

Buffy nodded and Alex scurried off in another direction. When he was gone and out of ear shot Faith turned to Buffy with a curious expression etched across her face.

"What?" Buffy asked upon seeing her expression.

"What's with you and Spike?" Faith asked.

Buffy stuttered over a denial. That's what she always did. She denied things that were true. But it didn't concern Spike who was listening because he knew it was in her nature.

"Don't tell me nothing," Faith insisted, "I saw that look he gave you."

Buffy dragged Faith into the backroom after telling Anya, who was behind the register, to watch Alex. When they were back there Buffy closed the door and turned back to Faith. She told her about what had happened last night from when Alex had asked that complicated question. When she was done with her tale Faith's expression had changed from one of curiosity to one of shock. She had not expected that kind of an answer.

"So are you and Spike like a thing?" Faith asked.

"I don't know. But Alex does like him," Buffy replied, "I just care about Alex's happiness."

"But you gotta start caring about your own happiness too!"

Meanwhile when Buffy and Faith had left the room Spike had finished his heated conversation with Giles. He had yelled at the watcher for what he had done so many years ago to his slayer. Giles had been a taken back that what he and Joyce had done was the reason that Buffy had left. But Spike was not happy with that kind of apology. He thought the old man should have known what he had done was wrong. He left the shocked Giles and went over to his little guy.

"Hey Alex," Spike said.

"Hey Daddy," Alex responded.

Spike was a little shocked with the name Alex was now calling him, but he took it in stride. He felt proud that Alex thought of him like that. So he went around the store looking at different things with his new found son.

A/N: I know I took soooo long to update and I just want to apologize. I hope I haven't lost any readers because of this. I'm sorry.  Please forgive me 