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Chpt30 -- Buffy
Happy...
Eight and a half
months.
Thirty-four weeks.
And like, way too
many days!
I think Wills told
me yesterday, but I can't remember!
I look around our apartment.
It’s beautiful.
I had a kind
of....epiphany, I think he called it.
I decide two weeks
ago that everything had to change.
Then yesterday-and
my whipped honey did it!…
All the dark colors
are gone and they've been replaced with creams and beiges and...yumm!
Well, I said all
the darks were gone--
But...yesterday I
noticed some very sexy black silk sheets at the top of the wardrobe!
We'll have to put
them to some good use after Jr's born.
Mmmm...
Oh, hungry!
Where is he?
The door goes!
"Finally!
What took you so long?"
"Sorry, love,
but some crazy had me pick up Chinese from three different take-aways, two
pizzas, AND a bloody jar of peanut butter." He scowls at me ,and I a smile
sweetly.
"Oh, no. What
now?"
He drops his
leather on a kitchen stool.
Gotta love that
resigned look on his face.
"Gherkins."
"Gherkins."
"Gherkins.
Little green things in vinegar."
"I thought
you couldn't stand vinegar. The whole Sunnydale population has gotten rid of
the stuff under threat of disembodiment!"
He's not putting
his coat on.
"Shoo, Spike,
quicker you go, quicker you come back!"
"Ah hah! I have
become such a master at guessing your whims...presenting..."
He dashes out of
the room and heads to the pantry.
Two seconds later
he's back.
"Little green
things in vinegar!"
"Mmm..."
I grab one from the open jar and quickly stick it in the peanut butter.
He makes a face,
"Love, can't you at least-"
I scowl at him,
before sucking it into my mouth, widening my eyes as I feel the inside of my
cheeks roll along the length of the gherkin.
Ha! That shut you
up.
I continued to
munch on my snack.
Spike?
"Spike?"
I swallow the last bit and watch his eyes rest on my lips.
"Grrrrr!"
Lips of Spike,
strawberry lipstick and gherkins.
Good combo!
A deep growl then,
uh...Oh....mmmmm!
Epilogue -- Buffy
Black, White and
The Gray In Between....
Okay, whoever said
childbirth was easy, obviously never had to blow a table out their ass!
But I have my mate
and my child.
Nothing has ever
felt this right.
This perfect.
This...real.
I've never seen
anything so beautiful.
Like I said,
childbirth's a bitch.
But my baby's worth
it.
The cutest nose.
And mystic blue
eyes like Spike.
Mom's overjoyed!
Can't believe
she's a grandmother.
I know the kid'll
be spoiled rotten.
Good.
I think sometimes
we all need that.
And a child made
from a vampire and a slayer will definitely need some TLC now and then!
Spike's....
He's still in
shock.
Don't tell anyone,
but...
He fainted in the
delivery room!
Ha!
We don't talk
about it though.
Nope.
Not a peep.
Because that would
be bad.
"Still
conscious, honey?"
He's changing Jr's
diaper, so I thought I'd better check!
"Very funny,
love, you're a laugh a minute."
"I
know!"
Okay, I'll stop
teasing him.
Next century
maybe!
We spoke to Giles
yesterday.
Spike's worried
about whether or not Jr will have superpowers....or a soul.
Giles said that
since the baby's human, and I had a human birth, there is little chance that Jr
will be without a soul.
I'm glad.
Not that I see
things that black and white anymore.
I know there's a
hell of a lot of gray in between.
But...
Still, I'm glad.
Also, considering
the kid's parents Giles reckons another dose of superpowers is on the way.
So...yeah,
responsibility.
Not.
We've decided to
let Jr. know about Spike's 'Condition' now.
You know;
"Get used to
it now so that it's not such a big shock when you're older"
Kind of a deal.
Mom agrees.
Oh, I can't get
over how much I love this baby!
How much I love my
mate!
Or, how much my
life has changed.
I'm not that
teenager besotted with the broody darkness anymore.
I've found I can
live in the light and still live with danger.
There are two
sides to every coin.
I'm not just
Buffy.
I'm not just the
Slayer.
I'm both.
I'm me.
And, I think I've
finally accepted that.
....
Oh, by the way.
We named him
William.
The End