Okay, guys, I know the last chapter was pretty short, but I didn't have anything else to write for that one. This one is about a month later, when she finds out the sex of the baby! Are Buffy and Spike gonna get together or are they just gonna co-parent? I guess you'll have to read to find out! Please review & let me know how you like this story!

Buffy sat on the couch rubbing her swollen belly. In the past month she had grown a lot and wondered if she was a little too big for how far along she was. She thought that maybe the doctor got her due date wrong and she was further along than he had told her. Today she was finding out the gender of her baby and she couldn't be more excited.

"Hey, when's your appointment, B?" Faith asked as she came into the living room and sat next to her twin.

"At one" Buffy said. "Spike's on his way over and then we're gonna go."

"How's it goin with you two?"

"Fine."

"And you're still not thinking about a relationship?" Faith asked.

"No, Fai" Buffy rolled her eyes. Ever since Faith found out Buffy was pregnant, she's been pushing for her and Spike to become more than—as she put it—'boink buddies'. Faith returned her eye roll and sighed.

"I don't get you two" she said, getting up and turning to face her sister. "I mean, you two are good enough to have a baby together, but not good enough to be in a relationship with each other?"

"It's complicated."

"Only if you make it complicated. It can be pretty simple, you either wanna be in a relationship or you don't" Faith told her. Just as Buffy opened her mouth to speak they heard the doorbell ring and Faith went over and answered it to find Spike standing there. "Hey, Spike. We were just talking about you." Buffy glared at her twin.

"Really? Good things I hope" Spike said, entering the house and going in to the living room where Buffy was attempting to get herself up from where she sat on the couch.

"We were just talking about the baby's gender" Buffy lied as Spike helped her up.

"Well, we'll find out soon enough. You ready, luv?" Spike asked Buffy and she nodded.

"Let's get outta here" Buffy said, grabbing her purse and giving Faith a warning look before she and Spike left the house.

The ride to the doctor's office was fairly quiet. Neither of them really wanted to talk about the elephant in the room and didn't really know what else to say, so, beyond a few words of gender talk, neither of them really said much.

Once they arrived, Spike helped Buffy out of the car and they headed inside to check in.

"Can I help you?" the receptionist asked as Buffy walked up to the front desk.

"Hi, my name's Elizabeth Summers, I have an appointment" Buffy told the woman who typed something into the computer.

"Oh, yes. I see you have a one o'clock appointment. Just sign in here and a nurse will be calling you back shortly" the woman said and Buffy wrote her name on the sign-in sheet and she and Spike sat down in one of the empty chairs.

As they waited, Buffy looked around the room at the other patients waiting to be seen. It seemed like everyone was staring at her and Spike and it made her uncomfortable. She wondered if it was because, compared to the other women there, she looked fairly young, too young to be pregnant, as she now obviously was. Her stretched and swollen belly left nothing to the imagination. As she grew more uncomfortable, she began to get a little anxious. Spike noticed this and took her hand, lacing his fingers between hers and squeezed her hand lightly. After a few moments, he began to get a bit irritated at the women who were still staring—and doing it a little too obviously. He cleared his throat loudly.

"Is there a problem?" he asked one woman, who had particularly been rude.

"Excuse me?" the woman asked, a little shocked at his question.

"You've been staring at my girl since we sat down, so I ask again. Is. There. A. Problem?" he asked, emphasizing the last four words of his sentence.

"No…" the woman said.

"Then mind your own business, okay" Spike more demanded than asked. The woman just scoffed and turned her attention to the TV that was across the room. Buffy couldn't help but smile.

"Thank you" she whispered and he gave her a small smile.

"Don't mention it, luv" he told her. She laid her head on his shoulder, still holding on to his hand.

"Elizabeth Summer?" a nurse asked as she opened the door to the back. Buffy and Spike stood up and followed the woman to an examination room.

"My name's Heidi, I'm the nursing assistant" Heidi said and shook their hands.

"Hi, I'm Buffy and this is Spike. He's the baby's father" Buffy introduced them.

"Nice to meet you both. Just a few questions and then we'll send in the tech to find out your baby's gender" Heidi said and Buffy smiled, she couldn't wait to know if her baby was a boy or a girl. "Full name and date of birth."

"Elizabeth Anne Summers, January 19, 1981."

"Height and weight?"

"5'3'' and…" she looked at Spike, a little embarrassed for him to know her weight. Heidi looked up from what she was writing when Buffy paused.

"If you're not sure of your weight that's fine. We're gonna weigh you anyway" Heidi told her.

"Well, I'm usually 110lbs, but…" her hands roamed over her round belly as she trailed off. "Who knows how much this little one has made me put on."

Heidi smiled at the sixteen-year-old.

"We'll just have you step on the scale over here and get your exact weight then." Buffy again looked at Spike, her face beginning to blush a little. Spike could tell she was uncomfortable.

"You want me to step out, luv?" he asked. After pondering for a moment, she shook her head.

"It's okay, just don't make fun of me if I'm huge" Buffy said, half-jokingly. Spike chuckled at that.

"I would never make fun of you, luv, and you're gorgeous." Buffy smiled at that and nodded, going over to the scale, taking off her shoes and stepping on. Heidi moved the dials until the scale was balanced. Buffy was afraid to look. Her whole life, she was never above 112lbs and she was worried she had gained too much weight to lose once the baby was born.

"What is it?" Buffy asked, her eyes clenched shut. Spike and Heidi smiled at her.

"115lbs" Heidi said. "You're actually right about where you should be at this stage of your pregnancy." Spike helped Buffy off the scale and she put her shoes back on. "Okay, the tech will be in shortly, good luck." With that she left the two blondes alone. Buffy sat on the examination table waiting for the tech to come in and looked around the room. Spike could tell she was a bit nervous and was thinking about something.

"What's on your mind, pet?"

"Just thinking about the baby" Buffy said. "I know I haven't been pregnant before, but…"

"What?" he asked.

"I just feel like I'm bigger than I should be at this point."

"She just said you were right where you should be" Spike reminded her.

"I mean my belly looks bigger than it should be."

Spike shrugged. "I don't know, luv. You look perfect to me though." She smiled at him, he was always so sweet to her.

"Thank you." He nodded. Just then they heard a knock at the door.

"Come in" Buffy said and a woman walked in.

"Hello, Elizabeth?" she asked, looking down at the clipboard she had in her hand.

"Yeah, you can call me Buffy" Buffy told her and she nodded.

"Okay, Buffy. My name's Vivian, I'm the ultrasound tech" Vivian said, shaking her and Spike's hands. "Are you the father?" she asked Spike.

"Yeah" Spike told her and she smiled at them.

"Okay, well, lay back and we'll take a look at your baby." Buffy laid back and Vivian lifted Buffy shirt to reveal her round belly. "the gel's a little cold." She put the gel on Buffy's stomach and began moving the ultrasound wand around her abdomen. It only took a couple seconds for the baby to come into view on the screen.

"Oh my god, look" Buffy said in awe as she stared at the screen. The picture was grainy, being an ultrasound and all, but Buffy could still tell that she was looking at her baby. "So, can you tell the gender?" The woman's face changed, looking a bit shocked.

"What's wrong?" Spike asked, growing concerned.

"Umm…" Vivian said, moving the wand around some more. "Did anyone tell you that you're having twins?" Buffy and Spike's eyes shot open and their mouths dropped in shock.

"No…" Buffy said carefully.

"Are you telling us we're having twins?" Spike clarified.

"Look here" Vivian told them, pointing to the screen. "Can you see the two different sacks? It's definitely twins."

"Oh my god!" Buffy almost screamed. Tears began to fall as she tried to wrap her head around what she was just told and what she was looking at. It made sense now why she was so big at only 21 weeks.

"Bloody hell" Spike said, mostly to himself. They were both staring at the screen as Vivian continued moving the wand around Buffy's stomach, trying to find the reproductive organs.

"Do you still wanna know their gender?" Vivian asked the two shocked parents. Buffy just shook her head 'yes', finding it hard to speak. "Okay then." She moved the wand around a little more. "You're having two baby girls. They look great, very healthy and perfect sizes for gestational age."

"Two girls?" Buffy clarified. Vivian nodded. Buffy's eyes filled with more tears and began falling down her cheeks.

"I'll let you two have some time alone. I'll print the pictures for you also. When you're ready, go to the front desk and the receptionist will give you the photos." Buffy just nodded, getting lost in the many thoughts that were filling her mind.

"Thank you" Spike told her and Vivian smiled, turning the lights back on and leaving them alone in the room. Buffy cleaned the gel off her stomach and sat up, pulling her shirt back down. She was in total shock. "You okay, luv?"

"I… I don't know" Buffy said, not looking at him.

"It's gonna be okay" he assured her. "I know we were thinking we'd just have one little nibblet to take care of, but we'll be okay taking care of two." Buffy continued to be silent as she let her thoughts take over. Spike could see the tears falling and went over, taking her in his arms as she began to cry. "Shhh, it's okay."

"I was scared before, when I thought we were having one, but… God, I'm terrified, Spike" she told him through tears. He stroked her hair, holding her close.

"I know, me too" he told her. "I promise we'll figure this out. Let's get you home, okay?" Buffy nodded. He helped her off the exam table and they gathered their stuff, leaving the room and getting their pictures before leaving the office. Things were going to be completely different now that they were having two babies. They were both terrified, but Spike decided right then that he wouldn't let her see how scared he was. He was determined to take care of all three of them and he was going to be strong for her.