Sooooooooooooo sorry for the long wait. Really didn't mean to leave it this long, but had a bit of writers block, and about three other stories that are begging me to be written. Tho I won't be posting them till they're completely finished. So as not to keep you all waiting so long. Sorry again.
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A/N: Hiya again, thanks to everyone who reviewed,
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anyway i won't bore you this time i'll just get into the story, here you go...
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"Dawn? DAWN? Spike Get an ambulance, Dawn?"
Both Buffy and Spike were in complete shock after seeing Dawn after all this time, especially with her fainting straight away. Spike took out a cell phone and dialled.
"Oh Bloody Hell, Yeh, I'd like an Ambulance please" Spike told the operator on the other end of the line sarcastically.
"Umm, Honey, where are we?" He looked down at Buffy, now kneeling by her fallen sister.
"The high street on Beacon Hill" Buffy snapped at him, irritably.
"Right pet, the high street on Beacon Hill, Boston," he paused, listening, "Yeah young girl's fainted, out cold, she hit her head when she fell." he listened again.
"Yeah uh-huh Ok" He hung up and replaced the phone in his coat.
"They'll be here in ten love" he told Buffy, keeling by his side and putting a hand on her shoulder.
Buffy nodded, not taking her eyes off the sister she hadn't seen for seven years.
A fair crowd had formed around them by the time the ambulance arrived.
two paramedics finally forced their way through the crowd to Dawn's side, even pushing both Buffy and Spike out of the way.
"Miss, can you hear me? Miss?" he tried shaking her shoulders gently.
"her name's Dawn," Buffy said in a small voice. the paramedic looked at her
"Dawn?" she nodded mutely.
"Does she have a last name?" the other paramedic asked.
"m-hmm Summers" Buffy replied without thinking or taking her eyes off her sister. the other paramedic continued to try and rouse Dawn, while checking her vitals.
"Right ok, how old is she?" asked the paramedic not working on Dawn.
"ummm," Buffy thought for a minute, mentally calculating her age, "23"
"O-kay" the paramedic filled in her details on a form he'd pulled out. "and you are?"
"Her sister."
"Do you have a name?" he questioned
"Uh Yeah, Buffy"
"Right," he nodded at her "We'll be taking your sister into the hospital, so they can check her out and see what's up, ok?"
"C-Can we come too?" she asked timidly
"Sure" he replied, Buffy only nodded.
While Buffy had been talking to the paramedic the other had checked Dawn over, to make sure they were okay to move her. They both loaded her onto a stretcher and covered her with a blanket. Then they pulled straps tightly across her chest stomach and legs to keep her from falling and pads around her head to keep it immobile, in case there was any damage.
Seeing her sister like that got Buffy even more terrified.
They carried Dawn's stretcher into the ambulance and motioned Buffy and Spike to follow them in. Once they secured the stretcher, and Buffy, Spike and the paramedic were seated the other paramedic climbed out and shut the back doors. seconds later he climbed into the front of the ambulance and they sped off with lights and sirens blaring.
After what seemed like an interminable amount of time to all of them thy arrived at the hospital.
The ambulances back doors burst open and they were met by a handful of nurses and a doctor.
"Right Hi, Who do we have here then?" the doctor asked.
"This is Dawn Summers, 23, she fainted in the street and hit her head when she fell." the paramedic filled them in on her vitals. whilst talking they were moving a still unconscious Dawn out of the ambulance and towards the hospital.
"I didn't find and damage, but we'll need an x-ray to confirm it. Other than that i don't know much. This here," he motioned towards Buffy "is her sister, am i correct?"
"Y-yes" Buffy stammered Spikes arm around her waist.
"Ok" The tall male doctor said, turning back to Dawn.
"Dawn, Can you hear me Dawn? Right, I want to run x-rays of her back, neck and head, also blood tests to check her levels and safety for x-ray. Admit her while we're waiting for the results, we may need to keep her in." he told one of the nurses, who pushed Dawn's gurney towards the lift.
"Ok Doctor Sculley"
"Wait! Where are they taking her?" Buffy all but screeched
"Calm down Pet, they're lookin after her"
"Yes, they're just taking her up to Abbott ward, and then they'll run some tests to see what's wrong with her, check she didn't hurt herself. When they're done you can go up and see her if you want."
"Please"
"Ok, if you want to go to our relative's room, which is the last door on the right down there, I'll come and get you when she's ready, ok?"
"Th-thank you doctor"
With that the doctor followed the nurse, leaving Buffy and Spike to wait in the relative's room. Once they were settled into the overstuffed chairs Buffy turned to Spike.
"It's been seven years, and she's been here for who knows how long, and god knows what she's been thinking about us. She probably thought we were dead. She's gonna hate me."
"Not possible Love. No-one could hate you"
"But it's been so long Spike; anything could have changed in seven years. What if she's been all alone, what if they all left her and she had no-one, what if…"
"Bit late for what ifs pet" Spike cut in.
They fell silent for a long time. Both thinking about the young woman they'd just re-discovered, and her reaction to them.
Eventually the door to the room opened and Doctor Sculley walked in.
"Hi, You can go up and see your Sister now if you want to. We know why she fainted and we've ascertained that she suffered no injury when she fell other than a mild concussion."
"So, what's wrong, why did she faint?" Buffy had been on her feet since the moment the doctor walked into the room.
"Well, it's a side effect of her pregnancy, With all the changes her body's going through. Also any stress at all won't help, she really needs to take it easier for the next few months. But both her and the Baby will be absolutely fine."
"uh-huh, WAIT, did you say Pregnancy!?!"
"Y-yes Miss Summers, didn't you know, your sister is eleven weeks pregnant."
"Pregnant? At twenty three, She's pregnant?"
"Yes, she's most definitely pregnant."
"Oh God, Is she awake?"
"No, I'm afraid not, she's still unconscious and we have no idea how long she will remain so."
"Ok, well, I think we'll go up and sit with her for a while, till she wakes up. I need to talk to her." With that Buffy turned on her heel and started to march out the door.
"Wait, please don't upset your sister, she needs to keep calm and rest, she's suffering from stress and exhaustion." The doctor called after her.
"Don't worry doc, I'll make sure she don't upset her." Spike told the medic before following after Buffy at a jog.
When he caught up with Buffy she was ranting to herself about Dawn being careless and irresponsible.
"How could she do this Spike? how could she let this happen? I thought she was more sensible than that."
"Pet, it's been seven years. She could have changed a lot since then."
But Buffy wasn't listening to him. She raced up to the nurses station.
"Hi, I'm looking for my sister, Dawn Summers?" She asked the nurse on duty.
"Yes miss," the nurses consulted her bed chart. "She's in the last room on the left at the end of that corridor" the nurse said pointing.
"Thanks" Buffy said before stalking off in that direction.
They entered the room and Buffy gasped at the sight of her sister lying limply on the bed, Pale as death. They took seats to the left of Dawn's bed, with their backs to the door.
Buffy leaned over her sister and touched her cheek.
"Dawnie, c'mon wake up honey." She tried gently before leaning back and sighing deeply.
Spike put his arm around her shoulders and drew her close to him. They sat in an uncomfortable silence, both staring at the seemingly tiny woman in the hospital bed.
After an hour or so had passed Dawn stirred and her eyelids fluttered.
"Mmmm Xan?" she mumbled incoherently.
"Dawn?" two worried voices sprang at once.
"huhwha?" Dawn's eyes opened fully still blinking furiously. She took in the worried nervous face of two people she had thought dead for the last seven years.
"Bu-Buffy? Spike?" she asked confused "But you're dead?"
"No, Dawn, No we're not, we weren't dead, I'm so sorry"
"Then why…?" Dawn started
"Dawn!" Suddenly a flurry of people burst into the room.
"Dawn you weren't home, I waited and then called round hospitals a-and I found you here, but under Summers. What happened? What's wrong?" a frightened male voice screeched.
Dawn smiled groggily over Buffy and Spike's heads at the people who'd entered.
"Who…?" a female voice started.
Buffy and Spike turned around to look at the newcomers.
"Buffy? Spike? What?"
"Xander? Willow? I can't believe it, you guys? I didn't think you'd be that worried about my little sister. After all, you did let her go out alone" Buffy accused
"She's a big girl you know Buffy. She's not sixteen any more. She can go out all alone sometimes." Xander spat at her.
"In her condition. I thought you all had more sense than that."
"In what condition? She's only got a stomach bug, haven't you Dawn? She only went to the doctors" he turned to Dawn "And you promised me someone was going with you. What did he say? Is that why you're here? What's wrong?"
"Um, I uh" Dawn spluttered. Not wanting to tell him in front of everyone, a little nervous of his reaction. Buffy turned to face Dawn.
"Who's the father Dawn?" she asked.
"Father?" Xander and Willow asked simultaneously. Buffy ignored them
"Who's is it Dawn? Did he knock you up then leave you? Why didn't you have more common sense? You're only twenty three! What are you gonna do?" Buffy ranted
"My Husband is the father." Dawn spat indignantly. "And no he didn't 'knock me up and leave'. Yet" she added in a quiet voice. She looked at Xander shyly and saw an expression of shock, love and pride on his face. He knelt by the edge of the bed.
"How long have you known?" he asked
"Um, since this morning" Dawn answered. Both studiously ignoring Buffy's cries of 'Husband?'
Xander turned and beamed proudly at willow, who was grinning like a madwoman.
"Husband Dawn? You're married? To who?" Buffy continued to question.
Xander stood up and faced her. He whispered two words
"To me"
"Y-You two?" She asked incredulously. "How, When?"
"About a year and a half we've been married now" he said calmly, with an edge of delirious happiness to his voice, Before turning back to his wife.
Both Buffy and Spike were shocked into silence, realizing for the first time just how much they had missed.
"And Now," Dawn looked directly at Xander, beaming at him. "We're going to have a baby. In about six months. I'm due on 24th January. Doctor Conway is referring me to an ob/gyn so I'll have an appointment soon"
"My God Dawn, We're gonna be parents" He leaned over and hugged her tightly. "Oh love you so much" he whispered in her ear.
"I love you too." She told him.
There was a knock at the door.
"Not that I want to interrupt the moment, but Dawn, I need to do some checks."
"Ok, Doctor uh, Doctor…?"
"Sculley Dawn, Doctor Sculley."
"Ok um, Do you know if I'll be able to get out of here soon?" she asked displaying her blatant dislike of hospitals that she got from her sister.
"I should think so, just let me check you over again, then we can see about getting you home."
"Thank You Doctor."
"Ok, Can I ask the rest of you to step outside for a minute or two then please?"
They all stood up, except for Xander, who was holding his wife's hand tightly, as if he'd almost lost her.
"Please sir, it'll only be a moment."
"I'll be ok Xan, only a couple o minutes."
He nodded reluctantly and joined the others in the corridor outside.
Doctor Sculley started by taking Dawn's blood pressure, temperature, asking her how she felt and such. Finally he perched on the edge of her bed.
"Dawn, your collapse today was the result of stress and exhaustion, as well as a side effect of the pregnancy. You've been over doing it. You need to take more care of yourself whilst pregnant and avoid all over-exertion. Its dangerous for both you and the baby. I'd suggest that you cut back a bit on working hours, and let your family and friends look after you more. You need to get a lot more rest, and try not to go out alone just in case. All I'm saying is be a bit more careful okay?" Dawn nodded slowly.
"Ok I will, Thank you doctor."
"Right well," he stood up, "I'm gonna go talk to your friends and family ok?"
"Yeah ok"
He smiled at her and left the room. As he entered the hallway he was surrounded by people.
"What's wrong with her?"
"Will She be okay?"
"Can we do anything?" Doctor Conway chuckled a little.
"Ok ok, one at a time people. There's nothing wrong with her that an awful lot of rest and relaxation wouldn't cure. All that happened is she got over stressed and tired, and collapsed. She's going to be absolutely fine. And yes you can do something. Dawn is going to need a lot of rest and support and help, and absolutely no sterr for the next six months. Don't let her over-exert herself, but don't make her feel redundant. If this were to happen again she could hurt herself or the baby, so make sure she's careful. I'm just going to confirm an appointment with Doctor Davenport and then she can go home."
"Ok Thank you, can we go back in now then?" they asked anxiously.
"Yes, yes you can."
They thanked him again and re-entered Dawn's room. Doctor Sculley looked through the window into the room to see them all crowd round her talking animatedly. He smiled as he turned and walked off down the corridor.
