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Chapter Nine: Truth

Buffy had gone upstairs and gotten Dawn ready and off to school , Andrew had gone to the supermarket as planned. Buffy had showered and dressed with a little un-needed help from Spike and now the two of them, plus Giles were sitting down in the lounge room waiting for the rest of the gang to arrive.

Giles was sitting on one of the chairs and Buffy and Spike were sitting together on the couch. Buffy was really nervous, she was looking out the window with every sound that she heard and fidgeting non stop. Spike noticed this and put his arm around her, trying to comfort her. It worked; she snuggled into his chest and held onto his hand, lacing their fingers together

“it’ll be ok luv, the it’ll be a shock, but the whelp will come around eventually, plus, you’ve told Red, Andrew, Nibblet, Glinda and The Watcher and they’re all happy for you, the whelp will be to, and to tell you the truth, I really don’t think the demon bird will care that much” Spike told her, Buffy looked up and stared at him

“You’re right, and if he doesn’t come around, I don’t care, I’m happy” she told him, placing a gentle kiss on his lips, then she pulled back and looked at him in confusion

“What?” Spike asked

“Do you actually call any of my friends by their names? Do you even know their names?” she asked

“Yeah, I know their names, I just don’t use their names because, um, well, because they’ve all got their own nicknames” he told her defensively

“That’s ok, I like the nicknames, their…cute” Buffy told him, leaning up for another kiss

Just then, a car pulled up out the front and Xander, Anya, Willow and Tara all walked through the front door

“Hey guys” Buffy said, regrettably moving a little away from Spike

“Hey Buffy…G-Man? What are you doing here?” Xander asked, hugging Giles

“Xander, must you call me by that horrid nickname of yours?” Giles asked, avoiding the question of what he was doing there

“Giles…you’re back” Willow said, also coming in for a hug, the other two didn’t say anything; they just walked up and hugged him as well. Xander stepped away from Giles, leaving the girls to hug him; he turned his attention to Buffy and Spike

“Dead boy Jr. What are you doing here?” he asked, before Spike could reply, Buffy has began to speak

“Xander, I want him here, besides, there’s kind of something I want to tell you” She said

“Ok, shoot”

“Xander, Anya, I have to tell you something, it’ll probably, no, definitely be a big shock but, um, I hope you can be happy for me” Buffy started

“Buffy what is it?” Xander asked curiously

“Well, me and Spike are together now…I love him, and, well, I’m kind of having a baby, I’m pregnant” Buffy told them, Xander’s mouth was open in shock

“How, what, why? How can you love him? How can you be pregnant? It’s not his kid is it?” Xander asked

“Yes, its his, we don’t know why or how yet, Giles said there’s a prophecy about it and that’s why he’s here, to help us figure it out” Buffy told him, Xander turned his attention to Giles

“Giles you know about this?” He asked

“Yes, I know”

“And what about all of you, Do you know to?” he asked Willow and Tara

“Yes” the mumbled quietly

“How can you be ok about this? This is Spike we’re talking about” Xander said

“We know who he is Xander, but looked at Buffy, she’s happy; don’t you think that she deserves that?” Willow asked

“y-yes, I agree with Willow, Buffy deserve some happiness” Tara said

“No, not with him she doesn’t, he doesn’t even have a soul how can you love him? How could you let something like that touch you?” he asked, turning his attention back to Buffy

“It doesn’t matter if Spike has a soul or not, he’s proved to me time and time again that he is capable of loving me and Dawn without a soul, and I love him, and we’re having a baby together” Buffy told him, placing a hand on her stomach “I thought as my friend, you could be happy for me”

“I cannot believe this, I’m leaving” Xander said, before storming out the door

Buffy had tears in her eyes, she knew Xander would be upset, but she hadn’t expected him to react like that

“well, I for one don’t care what Xander says, I’m happy for you” Anya said, everyone turned around to look at her, forgetting that she had been there because up until now she had been silent

“Thankyou Anya, that means a lot” Buffy told her, wiping the tears from her eyes

“Yeah, thanks” Spike said sincerely

“And we’re all happy for you to” Willow said

“Yes” both Tara and Giles agreed

“Thankyou guys so much, you don’t know how much this means to me” Buffy told them, fresh tears starting to form

“Xander will come around eventually, and, if not, you’ll still have us” Giles said. They all came together in a big group hug, which Willow had made Spike join in with, and when they parted Anya decided to speak again

“I’m going to go look for Xander, try and talk to him” she told everyone

“Ok, but don’t push him, if he can’t be happy for us, then that’s his problem” Buffy told her, Anya didn’t reply, she just said goodbye to the others and walked out the door

Xander was sitting in his and Anya’s apartment, thinking about what just happened: Spike, Buffy was in love with Spike, an evil, soulless vampire. Sure, he’d helped protect Dawn from Glory, and he’d been upset when Buffy had died and hurt when they brought her back without telling him and yes, he had helped them a lot and done a lot of good things for them, and him and Buffy had appeared to be growing closer since she came back, but this was Spike…how could she love him?

At that moment Anya walked in

“Xander, I knew you’d be here, what happened to you, why’d you walk out?” she asked, sitting down beside him

“Why’d I walk out? Because one of my best friends has just told me she’s apparently in love with an evil, soulless vampire and is having his kid, how can you not be upset by this?” he asked, getting up from his seat and beginning to pace the room

“Because, have you actually seen Buffy? Did you look at her at all?” she asked him

“Huh? What has that got to do with anything?” he asked, confused

“she’s happy Xander, if you actually looked into her eyes, you could’ve seen that, for the first time since we brought her back, she looks happy” she said, Xander sighed, he knew Anya was right, but didn’t want to admit it

“Yeah, but its Spike, she’s one of my best friends, I want her to have a normal life, with someone who won’t hurt her”

“Xander, she’s the slayer, she’s never going to have a normal life, but now she has the chance to have a happy life, don’t you want that?”

“Yes, but…”

“No buts, and anyway, I don’t think Spike would ever hurt her, he loves her to much, and now they’re actually together, I doubt he’d do anything to stuff that up” Anya told him

“You’re right, I should just be happy for Buffy” Xander said, hugging Anya “Since when did you get so knowledgeable about these things?” he asked

“I’ve been alive for over 1000 years honey, I know a little” she told him

“I’m going to go see Buffy and Spike, apologize to them and tell them that I’m happy for them” he said, pulling away from the hug

“Ok, and Buffy will be happy, I’ve heard vampires have excellent stamina and can give wonderful orgasms” Anya said

“Ahn that is so not a picture I wanted in my head” he told her, before heading over to Buffy’s house.

When he got there he walked in to find everyone but Buffy and Spike in the kitchen, all the others turned their heads to look at him

“Hi guys, um, where’s Buffy?” he asked nervously

“She’s upstairs in her room” Willow answered

Xander didn’t reply, he just made his way up the stairs and knocked on Buffy bedroom door

“Come in” he heard Buffy say, he opened the door and walked in to see Buffy and Spike sitting on her bed

“Hey, Buffy can I talk to you, alone?” he asked, Buffy looked at Xander then to Spike

“Spike, do you mind?” she asked, he didn’t say anything, just got up and headed for the door

“So, what do you want?” she asked Xander

“I wanted to tell you that I’m sorry, I’m glad you’re happy, not exactly happy that it’s Spike, but if he’s the one you love then I’ll deal and also, congratulations, I’m happy for you” he said

Buffy stood up and hugged him and he gladly returned the hug

“Thankyou Xander that means a lot” she told him

“no worries, but if he ever hurts you, I’ll make him regret it, got it?’

“Got it, thankyou” she told him,

“Ok, now I’m going to have a talk with the bleached wonder” he said, moving out of Buffy’s room

He went downstairs and found Spike in the basement hitting a punching bag

“So whelp, did trying to talk Buffy out of being with me help?” he asked, not looking at Xander

“I didn’t try and talk her out of anything, I told her that she should be with whoever she loves and makes her happy, and I just came down here to tell you congratulations” Xander said, Spike stopped what he was doing and turned his attention to Xander, a look of disbelief in his eyes

“What?” he asked, when he had finally found his voice

“You heard me, I want Buffy to be happy, she loves you and you make her happy so that’s that”

“Thanks Wh- Xander” Spike said, and Xander gave a small smile at the fact that Spike had called him by his name instead of by the usual Whelp

“If you hurt her though, I will kill you” Xander told him

“You and everyone else here mate, including myself” Spike said truthfully, Xander just smiled again and walked back upstairs





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