Kidnapper. Chapter 2.

On the next day, Buffy is dragged over to the magic shop by Willow, Tara, and Xander. They push her inside and she stumbles a little. She smiles just incase Giles or a costumer sees her enter the store.

"Can't we do this some other time?" asks Buffy to Xander.

"No," replies Xander. "At least you're the slayer and he won't kill you for getting pregnant. He can go crazy and grab any weapon from this room and throw it at me."

"Xander, don't be ridiculous."

"Giles would never hurt you," says Willow. "You get the doughnuts. He appreciates that."

"Oh yeah, I'll be spared because I get the doughnuts," says Xander.

"Here he comes," says Tara. The others face Giles as he walks over to them.

"Buffy, you have to move," Xander says under his breath. "Go." He pushes her lightly and she walks down the steps towards Giles. The others make themselves busy and Giles realizes that there is something up.

"Alright," says Buffy to herself. "Giles, I need to tell you something."

"What is it, Buffy?" asks Giles as he looks at her.

"Can we go somewhere more private?"

"Is this serious? Does this have something to do with…?"

"No, it's nothing like that. I'm okay." Giles leads Buffy to the back room.

"Good, keep him in a room where he won't throw something at me," says Xander.

"I kinda wanted to know how he would react," says Willow.

"Who is going to watch the store?" asks Tara. Xander and Willow look at her. "Oh." Xander and Willow head over to the back door and try to listen in.

"Buffy, is this going to take long?" asks Giles. "I have a store to run."

"No," says Buffy. "It's really simple."

"What is it?"

"Um…I'm madly in love with you." Buffy's eyes widen. Why would she say that instead of the truth?

"What?" Giles is confused and a bit flattered.

"I'm just kidding. Just a joke, funny." Buffy laughs a little.

"Oh." Giles begins to breathe again.

"What I really want to say is…" Buffy takes a deep breath. "Giles, I'm pregnant." Giles looks at Buffy like if she just grown another head.

"Ha, you're joking again. Very funny, Buffy. You can't fool me twice." Giles begins to laugh and then he realizes that Buffy isn't laughing with him. She has a serious face and her head is bowed down. Giles' smile turns into a serious one. "You're not joking." Buffy shakes her head no.

"Are you mad at me?"

"Mad at you? How could you think that?"

"It's a grown up thing to say. That's what I was expecting. Disappointment."

"No. I could never be disappointed in you, Buffy."

"Really?" Giles walks up to her and touches her cheek.

"Really. Who's the father?"

"Xander."

"Xander? Xander Harris?"

"Hey, I resent that," says Xander entering the room.

"When did you two get together?" asks Giles. "I thought you were with Damon?"

"We broke up," replies Buffy. "I know it's Xander's. For sure."

"Congratulations I guess are in order." Giles hugs Buffy tightly. "I liked Angel better for you."

"Giles."

"Hey," says Xander insulted.

"I'm kidding, Xander," says Giles.

"First thing, you're not going to throw a book at me for getting Buffy pregnant, are you?" asks Xander.

"I'm not going to hurt you, Xander," says Giles. "Tara, Willow, you can come in now." The two Wicca's enter the back room. "This is not going to be easy, Buffy. It's going to be tough."

"I know," says Buffy. "No other Slayer has lived as long as I have or had a baby."

"But we'll make it through," says Xander as he holds Buffy close to him.

"Yeah, Buffy, we'll all help," says Willow. "Whenever you need it."

"Thanks you guys for being so supportive," says Buffy. "Especially you, Giles. Well, now you can go and tell my dad." Buffy starts to leave the back room.

"Buffy," Giles calls her back. Buffy turns around.

"You could be there when I tell him."

"I'll think about it." Giles pats her shoulder and goes by her. He heads over to the register to ring up a couple of things for a customer.

"Ah, come on, Giles. It was hard enough telling you. Telling Hank Summers that his daughter is pregnant, all hell will break loose, literally." Giles finishes with the customer. "Giles, please help me here." Giles looks at Buffy, with her puppy eyed look.

"Don't try that with me. I'm not going to fall for it."

Later that night, Giles is at Buffy's house to help Buffy explain to her father that she is pregnant. Xander is right behind them and will try to stay out of sight if Mr. Summers loses it.

Buffy explains to Hank and Ann that she is pregnant. Giles vouches for Buffy that she is an intelligent woman and that she is old enough to have a child of her own. Buffy through the whole explanation is holding Giles' hand. Hank and Ann try to take it all in and react.

"Buffy, he is way older than you are," says Hank thinking that Giles is the father of her child.

"Dad, God no," says Buffy. "Giles."

"Thanks for clearing that up so well, Buffy," says Giles.

"I'm sorry. You're hot, well at least my mom thought you were hot. Oops."

"Your mother," says Hank. "You and Joyce were…"

"Briefly," replies Giles. "Let's get back to the point at hand, Buffy."

"Look, I'm the father," says Xander as he comes from behind Buffy and Giles. "Mr. Summers, I'm very in love with your daughter and I know that she'd be a great mom. She can handle herself."

"Well, he has a point there," says Ann.

"Well, I've always wanted to be a grandfather," says Hank with a smile. Buffy breathes a sigh of relief. "Congratulations, Buffy." Hank hugs his daughter tight. Buffy is thrilled to have such understanding people in her life able to accept her and Xander and her baby.

"Oh my gosh, I'm going to be an aunt," says Dawn coming down the stairs and hugging her sister. "That's so cool."

The next day, it's Buffy's birthday and everyone has something special planned for Buffy on her day. Even though Buffy's birthdays end up going totally wrong, this night will be the birthday that will beat them all.

As Buffy heads downstairs, everyone is quiet in the kitchen waiting for her. She senses that something is up, but decides to head to the kitchen like normal. When she enters the kitchen, everyone surprises her.

"Surprise!" they all say. "Happy Birthday, Buffy." Buffy is very surprised as Xander pulls her over to his side and kisses her on the lips. The girls go awwwwww.

"Buffy, this is for you," says Ann. "It's from all us girls." Buffy opens the card and sees that it has $100 visa card for shopping spree and a certificate for a day at the spa.

"This is great," says Buffy. She hugs them all.

"It's a girl's day out and the boys here are going to make dinner, right?" Ann looks at Giles, Hank, and Xander.

"Oh yeah, sure," the three say at the same time.