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Chapter 19


Eighteen Months Later


Buffy sat in front of the vanity, staring at her reflection as her mother
placed the veil on her head. Smiling at the happy woman she saw there,
Buffy got up and looked out the window at the small crowd milling around the
grass.

Willow and her boyfriend Oz were engaged, and Buffy had arranged for Oz and
his band to play at the reception later that day. The stage was set off to
the side of the pool at the country club, giving plenty of room for dancing.
Spike had firmly vetoed nearly all of Buffy’s ideas for the wedding. She
always thought it was the woman’s job to do the planning, but Spike clearly
disagreed. He had wanted a big, flashy ordeal, which was met with a
resounding ‘No’ from Buffy.

After many long talks and lots of compromises, it was decided they would get
married at the Sunnydale Country Club with fresh arrangements of spring
flowers on every surface. White folding chairs lined the lawn, facing a
brilliant floral archway that Spike and Buffy were to be married under.
Both the bride and groom had decided to forego the numerous attendants.
Instead, Caitlyn was to walk down the aisle with her variety of brightly
colored flowers and stand next to her parents. It was decided that they
would live in Sunnydale with Spike commuting to L.A. to do one movie a
year. He was a millionaire and didn’t need the money, but he enjoyed the
work. Buffy and Caitlyn would travel with him in the summer to any shoots
he may have to do.

Buffy smiled as she remembered Christmas Eve. It was their second Christmas
together, and everything had been mostly smooth sailing for the couple,
excluding a few minor disagreements they had over inconsequential things.
They had all been staying up, watching the twinkling lights of the Christmas
tree, when Caitlyn had turned to Spike and asked him if she could call him
her daddy. Spike had immediately pulled the little girl into his arms with
tears in his eyes and told her he would love to be her daddy. After a few
minutes, he had whispered something to Caitlyn, and she had gone to get a
present from under the tree. Sitting the box in front of Buffy, she had
resumed her seat on her new daddy’s lap.

Buffy had looked at them both quizzically before she unwrapped the present
to reveal another slightly smaller wrapped box inside the larger one.
Opening that one, there had been another smaller box, and another, and another,
until Buffy was finally left with a tiny box, wrapped in silver with a white
ribbon. When she opened it, she nearly fainted at the large emerald cut
diamond set in platinum that was displayed on the black velvet. Spike had
immediately knelt on one knee, asking her to marry him, and she had jumped
into his arms in response, giving him a thorough kiss with Caitlyn giggling
in the background.

The biggest shock of that Christmas wasn’t Spike and Buffy’s engagement,
which was inevitable, but the fact that they had later found out Xander and
Anya had run off to Las Vegas the day after Christmas and gotten married at
an all-night chapel.

Now, several months later, Buffy stood in the doorway in her elegant silk
strapless dress, taking deep breaths as her mother walked up to tell her it
was time. Making her way to the outdoor ceremony, Buffy smiled as she saw
Spike fidgeting at the end of the aisle. Noticing Buffy being escorted by
her mother, Spike visibly relaxed as the woman he loved seemed to float
toward him. As Joyce gave her daughter away, Spike took Buffy’s hand, giving
it a loving kiss before they turned to face the minister.

When the vows were exchanged and the cake was cut, Buffy stepped up on the
makeshift stage to address the crowd.

“A lot of you don’t know this, but when Spike first approached me, I wanted
nothing to do with him. Or at least that’s what I told him,” she said with
a smile as the crowd laughed softly. “Looking back, that was the night that
changed my life. I fell in love with a man who was more compassionate than
I first gave him credit for. And now, I trust him with my life, but more
importantly, I trust him with the life of my daughter. Caitlyn and I had a
long talk, and now, she has a little gift for you.”

Spike looked down at the little girl tugging on his coat and holding out an
envelope. Smiling at her, he bent down to her level and opened it. Staring
at it for a minute, he looked from Caitlyn to Buffy disbelievingly. “Adoption papers?”

The crowd buzzed as Buffy smiled at him. “You’re already her daddy. I
figured you might want to be her father.”

Spike looked at Caitlyn, who was smiling brightly at him, looking like a
mini-replica of her mother. Spike planted a gentle kiss on the top of her
head and looked into her eyes. “I love you, Little Bit. You know that,
right?”

Caitlyn smiled at him. “Of course I know that, Daddy. You’re silly. Go tell
Mommy.”

Spike smiled and took off for his new bride, grabbing her around the waist
and pulling her from the stage to give her an adoring kiss as the crowd
cheered for the family. Pulling away, Spike spent a minute looking deeply
into Buffy’s eyes.

“You’re sure, luv?”

“Well, I figured since you’re about to be a new daddy, you should officially
be Caity’s.”

Spike stared at her as confusion, shock, and finally excitement flashed
across his features. “But, you were…”

“Yeah, I know. Seems like when I had the stomach flu a few months ago, the
pills didn’t want to stay in my system.”

“We’re going to have a baby?” he asked in disbelief.

Buffy nodded as he smiled. “We’re going to have a baby!”

Pulling her close to him again, Spike kissed her lovingly. Pulling away
after a minute to Caity once again tugging on his coat, Spike swung her up
in his arms.

“I love my girls.”

“We love you, too, daddy,” Caitlyn said, planting a kiss on his cheek as
Buffy watched with tears in her eyes before nodding.

“Yes, we do.”



THE END


A/N Okay, another huge thank you to my beta, Allison! If she hadn’t liked this story, it probably would have never been posted, so thank you so much for the support! Also, thank you to all the reviewers and readers-I’m glad you liked it. Please read my other stories!





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