A/N: Sorry it's been so long, over a month. All I've got to say about it is that it's been a horrendous month. Along with having to juggle full time work, a demanding boyfriend, and a degree, I've had to deal with an anorexic cousin, and other family problems, and to top it all off the stress of it all has made me really ill. Hospital emergency room is so not the best place to spend a Saturday, so, sorry once again about the long wait, hope I haven't lost any readers, and sorry that this is so short, but hopefully I'll get the next one out soon, and hopefully it'll be a lot longer than this.

Well, I know that Willow and Xander didn't react much to buffy and spike, and I had a hard time writing that bit, but however much I tried, they stubbornly refused to react anymore, My theory is that they were really worried bout dawn, and they were relieved to see she was okay, and they were in shock, both with Dawn's news, and seeing them again,          

Thank you all for your reviews, they make me grin giddily, anyway, enough of my moping, please read, and enjoy,  X Haras X

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Shortly after the doctor left them, a nurse entered the room and explained to Dawn about her appointment with the ob/gyn and told her that she could leave when she was ready.

The Girl's legendary hatred of hospitals was second only to her long lost sister's so she was very quick to jump on the opportunity to go home.

After much discussion, and a few slightly heated words between Dawn, Xander and Willow, it was decided that Buffy and Spike should be offered an invitation to stay with them, at least for the night.

Buffy and Spike gladly accepted, since it was now too late to find any other place to stay.

They all piled in to Xander's SUV and headed back to the house in a slightly uncomfortable silence.

Once there, Xander and Dawn decided to go in first, to let Giles know what was happening, so as not to present him with quite such a shock.

They entered the house uneasily, with Xander taking most of Dawn's weight as she was still exhausted.

They found Giles sitting in the den, holding a full mug of stone cold tea and staring into space.

"Hey, Giles" Dawn said tiredly, His head jerked round, his eyes snapping into focus on the young woman and her husband. He stood and faced them

'God she looks awful' he thought to himself.

"Dawn, Good God what happened, why were you in the hospital, What's wrong??"

"I er kinda fainted up on beacon hill after I left the doctors"

"God, Dawn, What did the doctor say?"

"He said, um, he said, that I'm….." she paused, unsure of how to tell him, after a second she sighed and decided to bite the bullet and spit it out. "I'm Pregnant" she said with a slight smile.

Giles looked a bit shocked, and stood there staring at the two of them for a few seconds before breaking into a grin and moving to envelop them both into a hug.

"Congratulations, but Dawn, is that why you've been passing out, and been so tired then?"

"Er yeah, ummm Giles, there's something else we have to tell you," Dawn said, looking down at the ground nervously

"Yes?"

"Um, just before I passed out, I saw someone, someone we haven't seen for a long time, well two people really, ummm…." She broke off

"Who Dawn?" Giles asked, confused

"Ummm, it was … it was" She stopped, unable to say anymore, unshed tears gathering at her eyes.

"Dawn?" Giles asked again

"It was Buffy, Giles, and Spike" Xander answered for his wife.

Giles stood there for a second, pure shock spread across his features.

"I-I-I I think I need to sit down" he said quietly before going and half-sitting, half-collapsing onto the sofa. Dawn and Xander moved to sit beside him

"They're dead…… seven years………how?" was all they heard, mumbling to himself over and over.

"Giles, they're, … they're outside, they're gonna be staying the night, is that… is that okay?" Dawn asked tentatively.

"Outside? He asked vaguely, his eyes not focusing on anything.

"yeah, d'you want us to bring them in, so you can see for yourself?"

"see for myself?" he repeated, parrot fashion "yes, yes, bring them in. I must speak to her, tell her…" he said before his eyes snapped back into focus and he looked at them.

They could both see the tears at his eyes, and Dawn was barely containing her tears too.

"O-okay, I'll go fetch her" Dawn told him and he nodded. She stood up alone, but had to put a hand out to steady herself as she wobbled slightly, Xander quickly stood up to support her, and lead her out of the room to fetch her sister.

Gile sat on the sofa, a million thoughts running through her his head. Seconds later, Dawn and Xander returned, following  behind them was Willow, then Buffy and Spike.

"Giles?" Buffy asked in a small voice, looking at him hopefully

He stood and turned to face her.

"Buffy?" he asked in a voice full of emotion. Without another word, they closed the distance between them, and hugged each other tightly.

A/N2: again, sorry for the lack of length, but I really haven't got the energy to write more at the moment, though I'll try to be quicker with the next update. Please review and tell me what you think x haras x