It's been eight weeks…eight weeks…together. Buffy stroked her stomach. "I can't keep you hidden for much longer." What will they think?…and Spike….he'll… Buffy sighed. She thought back to that night… We brought the building down. We didn't even notice. We were so wrapped up in…I don't even know what. Just then, three vampires ran from behind a fence. Finally something to distract me…
"How you doin'?" Buffy jumped at the sound of Spike's voice."Oh, fine. You know, same old same old." Buffy lied, struggling with a vamp.
A second vamp wandered over to the building Spike was above. He grabbed him by the shirt collar. "Here, I could take care of this guy if you want."
"Whatever." Buffy kicks the first vamp off and flips to her feet.
"Your call. I mean, sure he don't look like much...but I'd wager he could give you a bit o' nasty…Save you the staking. All you gotta do is—"
"I am not telling my friends about us."
"Right, I'll just be dropping him down to you then."
"You wanna tell them so badly? Go ahead." Buffy said, agitated.
She finally manages to get a hand free and stakes the first vamp. Buffy stands up and walks over to the gate, looks up at Spike and the still dangling the second vamp.
"You know why? I tried to kill my friends, my sister, last week ... and guess how much they hate me. Zero. Zero much. So I'm thinking, sleeping with you? They'll deal."
She turns to go. Spike lets the vamp go. He falls to the ground and rushes at Buffy from behind.
"In that case, why won't you sleep with me again?" Spike yelled, catching the vamp's attention.
The vamp pauses and looks back at Spike in confusion as Buffy stakes him. She then turns again and resumes walking.
"Because I don't love you." Buffy says, thinking differently. If only I could…
"Like hell." Spike said, pouting.
Buffy sat awkwardly at the table occupied by her two best friends. This it…It's now or never. I'm telling them about the baby. "Guys I have—"
"Hey! I think I found something…" Willow gasped, still watching the screen on her laptop intently. "There's more cameras."
"More? How many are we talking about here?" Xander's eyes grew big.
Willow continued to scan the computer before coming across a string of camera locations. "Xander's site, the campus, The Double Meat Palace… I know there's more I'm just having trouble…Woah." Willow exclaimed, backing up out of her chair. The reaction peeked her friends' interest as they came to view what was causing Willow's shock. Dawn walked in the house, clueless to what was going on. As Xander reached the computer he couldn't believe what he was looking at. Buffy was close behind him, seeing the shock on his face before looking for herself. Spike…and…Anya. No. How could he? This isn't happening. This…no way. I have to get out of here…
Willow tried to shield Dawn's eyes but it was too late. "Woah..wo—" Willow looked to Buffy and tried to understand why she looked so shocked and so…hurt.
"Buffy." Willow managed to say, but it was too late. Buffy turned and walked out the back door. Too concerned with her, Willow never noticed that Xander had taken one of Buffy's axes and left.
"Buffy." Dawn said sympathetically, walking cautiously toward her sister who was sitting on a chair in the backyard. "Is this what you've been protecting me from…you and Spike?"
"It's more than that Dawn." She's my sister. She deserves to know. "Sit down, Dawnie. There's something I need to tell you." Buffy said, smiling, trying to show her sister some courage.
"What's going on?" Dawn asked, her voice shaky.
"Spike and I…we've been seeing each other…"
"You mean having sex." Dawn said, abruptly.
Buffy gave Dawn a shocked look as if she wasn't supposed to know about this stuff. "Yes Dawn. We've been…" Why can't I say the word? "And uh, I know this sounds scary and all but I'm having a baby. His baby, more precisely." She was afraid to see Dawn's reaction so she slowly worked her eyes to Dawn's. When she did, she saw tears.
"Buffy…" She whispered, enveloping her sister in a hug. Both sisters let out a few tears before separating. When they did, Buffy wiped her tears away, still ashamed of herself. Dawn found it hard to find the right words. "Why didn't you tell me before?"
"I didn't know how. I'm so sorry Dawnie."
Dawn sighed as Willow ran towards them. "Buffy! Xander's gone and he took your ax."
Buffy scurried to her feet and grabbed a stake before running after her best friend. If he does what I know he's doing…I need to run faster. Ooh. Not now, not now. Do you want your father alive or what? …Well as alive as he's going to get. She pushed past the nausea and picked up the pace as much as she could in her condition.
Finally she got to the Magic Box, just as the commotion began. All she could do was stand there. She couldn't move. It was finally sinking in… Spike…he did this to get back at me. Now Xander's hurting… It's all my fault. Oh God… Just then she heard Spike's voice and her body grew hot at what she thought she'd just heard.
"It was good enough for Buffy." Spike's words filled Buffy's head as she looked up at Xander. He was confused, pain written all over his face as he dropped his stake and took off. Anya stood, staring at Buffy. Anya's eyes burned through Buffy's skin, not literally of course, but it sure felt like it. She turned and ran.