Disclaimer: The characters in the story, apart from ones you don't recognize from the show are not mine, they are owned by joss Whedon.

A/N : Hey, took me a while, I had this whole third chapter written out, but then I lost it, so I've had to alter it, I've written up to chapter eight on paper, but well, I guess it's seven now since I've decided to skip a chapter. It was kinda pointless and not all that good so I figured you'd all be happier with this chapter instead. Thank you for all the reviews. They've really been great, make me go all happy and giddy! Anyway, enough babble and on with the story, this is about 4 days after the last chapter, …..

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Dawn walked to the doctors office, since it was only a few blocks away.

Despite Xander's insistence that she needed accompaniment, all her friends were busy, and she was a big girl now and could take care of herself.

Although, she hadn't told Xander that she'd be going alone, or walking.

He would have taken the day off work and insisted upon going with her.

She was actually quite worried about what could be wrong with her, despite all her protests. She felt absolutely awful, Nauseous, Weak, achy, the lot.

As she walked she basked in the sun and mild weather, totally different to the Californian weather she'd grown up with. It was early spring and she loved the vibe in the air.

It only took her a few minutes to get to the doctors and once she entered the large red brick clinic she didn't have long to wait.

She had just settled into one of the comfy blue chairs when,

"Dawn Harris, the doctor will see you now" The nurse announced

she stood and followed her through the door and hallway into a large airy room with two chairs, a desk and a bed-like doctors couch with a cream curtain to one side, ready to hide the bed if needed.

Doctor Conway was seated behind his desk, and as Dawn entered the room the nurse pulled the door shut behind her.

"Hi Dawn, please take a seat," The doctor gestured to the seat n front of him, smiling widely at her.

"Um, Hi, Doctor" She smiled a little nervously as she sat down.

"Right then Dawn, what seems to be the problem?"

"Well, for a couple of weeks now, I've been almost constantly sick and nauseous, and well, I keep getting really, really tired. Even if I'm not doing anything, and I've even passed out a couple of times."

"Okay, do you have any other symptoms?" the doctor looked at her kindly.

"None that I've noticed."

"Right then, I think we'll do a couple of tests. We'll need to take blood and urine I'm afraid Dawn." He reached into a drawer in his desk, then handed her a cardboard cup.

"If you'd just like to go down the corridor, the bathroom is the third door on the left, then bring that back here, thanks."

"Ok" she blushed slightly, but stood and left the room.

After a few minutes she returned, cup in hand, and sat back down.

"Ok Thank you Dawn" Doctor Conway said, taking the cup. He placed it on a work surface at the back of the room.

He stood up and moved around towards Dawn.

"I'll just need to take some blood for more tests please Dawn. If you could just roll up your sleeve please."

Dawn did as asked and the doctor placed a tourniquet around the top of her arm tightly. He took a cotton swab out of a packet and wiped the crook of her elbow clean.

He then took a needle and syringe out of its packing and affixed the little collecting bottle to it and turned to Dawn.

"Okay Dawn, you'll just feel a little sting as the needle goes in , but it'll only take a couple of seconds."

Dawn looked away, she couldn't stand needles. She gasped as she felt the needle pierce the skin on her arm and stay there.

Seconds later she heard the doctor say,

"Okay, all done, now I'll just run some basic tests on these to see what we come up with, and determine whether we need to look a little deeper. I'll be back in a few minutes."

Doctor Conway left the room, taking the little vial of her blood and the cardboard cup with him. Dawn was left alone. She began to wonder, the doctor hadn't said what was tests he was running and he hadn't told her any suspicions.

So, she worried for the entire fifteen minutes the doctor was gone. When he finally did come back in he sat down behind his desk, looked her in the eye and asked her,

"Do you want the good news or the bad news first?"

She regarded him nervously.

"The bad" she decided.

"Right, well. I'm afraid to say that you're symptoms are unlikely to go away immediately."

She looked horrified

"Wh-Why, What's wrong with me?"

He laughed slightly,

"Nothings wrong Dawn, …" he paused "You're going to have a baby."

"A, - I'm – Wh – Huh?" Dawn stumbled over her words, completely in shock.

"You're Pregnant" he re-iterated.

"A Baby?" She all but whispered.

"Yes Dawn. Can I ask you a few questions?" She nodded a little shakily.

"When was the start of your last period?"

"Um, oh- um, Hang on a second" she thought for a few minutes "April, April 20th – Oh god, I never realised I'd missed them."

"Okay – well, your baby is due on Sunday 24th January. That makes you almost three months gone."

"Oh – Wow" her voice was small. "I'm gonna be a mom?" she asked the doctor

"Yes, I take it this wasn't planned?"

"Um, No it wasn't really"

"The father?"

"My Husband"

"Ok well, I've got some literature here for you to read about pregnancy and the basics, and there's much more out there for you to find if you so require."

He rifled through one of his drawers and pulled out some leaflets and a thin book, and handed them to Dawn.

"Here you go, I suggest you read as much as you can. I'll refer you to Doctor Davenport – she's an OB/GYN, very good, she'll look after you. Her Office will contact you to arrange an appointment – probably in the next couple of weeks or so, since your first trimester's almost up."

"Ok" Dawn was still shocked

"Do you have any questions?"

"No, not really – I'm just – shocked, Y'know?"

"Dawn," Doctor Conway turned serious "If you decide you don't wan this baby you do have options."

"Not want My Baby?" she asked puzzled "Why wouldn't I want it?" She smiled dazzlingly at him as she stood up.

"Thank You Doctor" She shook his hand vigorously.

"You're welcome Dawn, 'bye"

"'bye" with that she turned and left the doctors office, still shocked and in a daze, but feeling as if she was walking on air.

She wandered down streets aimlessly, not really knowing nor caring where she was going. She wandered into a busy high street full of shops and entered the first bookshop she came across.

Almost instinctively she went straight to the section on pregnancy and babies, picked up a book and flicked through it. Then another, and another before putting them back and moving away from that section altogether.

She went and found the latest book by Xander's favourite author and bought that for him as a surprise and left the shop.

She realises she was really thirsty so went and bought herself a decaff latte in a nearby coffee shop before deciding to head home so she could cook tea for everyone.

She realised she had forgotten some important ingredient and figured she may as well buy something nice for dessert while she was in town. Dawn turned and headed back into the rush of the high street.

Into the hypermarket she went and picked up everything she needed. She started to feel a little light-headed and dizzy, but put it down to the shock of the news she'd just received.

As she left the hypermarket she could have sworn she saw two familiar heads.

"No, no –it couldn't be" she muttered.

Then again in the crowd, two blonde heads, one lighter than the other.

Dawn felt worse, going very hot. One of the blonde heads tuned around and saw her, stopped and turned back to the other. They both turned towards her and stated to come closer.

"NO it isn't It can't be" Dawn murmured to herself.

She was feeling worse by the second now, a feeling of dread in the pit of her stomach, she knew what was coming.

The two blondes were right in front of her now and she couldn't deny it any longer.

"Buffy? Spike?" she managed before her legs gave way and darkness engulfed her.