Chapter 2 The In Between Stuff
“You need to let me know what you're gonna sing cause I'm gonna need to get the backing tracks.”
“Willow, what I need to do right now is feed my daughter and then sleep for a week!”
“Sorry Buff, no can do. Well I mean you can feed Adelaide of course but the sleeping thing is a big no at the moment” Willow tried not to be afraid of the death glare she was getting, but dammit, the blonde could be scary when she was sleep deprived.
“Come on mom, you'll be fine. Hey, did dad ever whine this much?”
“Oh no, your father whined a lot worse!”
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“But I don't wanna get up!”
“Fine, then I'll cancel the rest of the gigs.”
“Wait....What? You can't do that!”
“Well you don't 'wanna' get up. I'm taking that to mean at all. You can't very well do a gig in here now can you?”
“That's what you think. I'll have you know-”
“Save it William. I do not wish to know about your extra activities.”
“Dad.......You know there's not-”
“I know. Now, will you please get up. We have to be at the venue in a hour.”
“Yeah, I'm up.”
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“Ok so I'm gonna do Adelaide's song. That ones a definite. But I don't know about the other two.”
“That's a good one. I really like that song.” Willow replied whilst looking for the track on her computer.
“Oh mom, Why don't you do Let Love Lead the Way?”
“Yeah I could do that one. And I guess I can do What Does She Look Like? There, that's my three. Can I please go to sleep now?” When Willow nodded, Buffy sighed with relief.
Buffy sat down on the bed that was going to be hers for the next week and a half. Memories flew through her mind at lightening fast speed. One of the most painful ones pushed it's way to the front. It was about three months after Spike had left. She'd been suffering really bad morning sickness and was on strict bed rest. Buffy had just been dropping off when the phone had rang.
“Hello?”
“Hi Buffy”
“Spike?”
“Yeah it's me”
“Why are you calling? Is something wrong?”
“Umm no actually everything's good. There's just something I wanted to tell you before you heard it from anyone else.”
“Oh, what's that?”
“The day I left I......Well I kinda met someone.”
“Oh, in New York?”
“No, in Sunnydale. God, I didn't think it would be this hard.”
“What are you trying to tell me Spike?”
“The woman I met....Well I've asked her to marry me. And she said yes.”
“Well.....That's.....I'm happy for you.”
“That's not all”
“Oh please, do tell”
“She's pregnant. I'm gonna be a father!”
At that Buffy had slammed the phone down so hard it had shattered. That was the day she had finally realised that she had lost Spike forever.
As Buffy wiped her tears away and got into bed, she finally realised that she had to move on.
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As soon as Adelaide crawled into bed, she grabbed the remote for the TV. She flicked through all the channels before settling on an old disney movie. It was one of those ones that had songs in it and if you knew the words you couldn't help but sing along. As she hummed a few words to herself, she couldn't help but think life was going to get so much better.
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“No she's fine, it's just Buffy I'm a bit worried about.”
“Has she said anything?”
“No, not since we left Sunnydale. Adelaide mentions him every chance she can get”
“Well that's to be expected really. She's excited about finally getting to meet her father and her grandfather”
“GILES! Buffy doesn't know that I've told you, so Adelaide doesn't know you're here.”
“Don't you think you should?”
“Do I have a death wish?”
“Willow, that's a bit dramatic don't you think?”
“Let me think about it, NO! Giles, Buffy will kill me.”
“I have a right to know my own granddaughter. And William has a right to know he's a father”
“But he already is”
“What?”
“What do you mean what? Spike has another child”
“With who?”
“What do you mean with who? He or she has to be the same age as Adelaide.”
“Willow I can honestly say I have no idea what..................Wait a minute. I can't believe it. William phoned Buffy and told her?”
“Yeah, three months after he left. Said he was getting married and that she was pregnant. Buffy hung up and they haven't spoke since.”
“The stupid prat! So that's why Buffy never told him. It all makes sense now.”
“Giles, what aren't you telling me?”
“I can't tell you Willow, but what I can say is that William has only fathered one child and that's Adelaide.”
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After having a couple of hours sleep, Buffy stumbled back into the main room.
“Coffee” Buffy smiled when Willow pushed a cup in her direction.
“So do I need to go down for a sound check?”
“Not tonight no. We're in first thing tomorrow. Spike's gone down there tonight to check up on all the back grounds and stuff. But I thought as we were here I'd get you on a TV interview. You're on a morning show called GMTV. Time slot is 7:30. They want you to do a song as well”
“OK, sounds good. Umm, Willow, how do you know what Spike's doing?”
Willow looked down into her coffee and mumbled.
“I'm sorry, what?”
“I'm in contact with his manager”
“Well yeah I kinda guessed that, but I didn't think it would go this far”
“Well you know us managers always ready to spill the beans.”
“Actually Will, I do know you managers and I know when there's something you're not telling me. Like now for example!”
“It's just, I'm good friends with Spike's manager, that's all”
“Willow!”
“Buffy I'm real busy. I have loads of paper work to get done. Especially if you wanna get paid”
“Willow!”
“Giles! OK, Giles is Spike's manager.”
TBC
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