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Chapter 8: She said Spike!


“Yes?” She said, looking at her brother and her sort-of-boyfriend with a hesitant smile on her face. Unfortunately they weren’t smiling. She saw Spike look at her with a look of anger and disbelief. She looked at her daughter who was looking at her with her big blue eyes. “Sweetie why don’t you go to your room, dinner will be a little later than usual okay?” Emma nodded and went upstairs; she always listened to her mother.

Spike waited untill he heard Emma’s room close again. “What the hell is going on?” he yelled at her. “What the bloody hell was she saying?” He pointed to the stairs.

Buffy looked at him, she was pretty sure what Spike was talking about, but she wasn’t completely sure, she needed to know what Emma said first. “I don’t know, what did she say?”

“What did she say?” Spike yelled again with disbelief. Xander was unusually quiet. He thought it would be best if he let his friend and sister talk. He was actually shocked himself that he did it. “She said Spike! That’s what she bloody said!”

“Wow, I see. That’s really something you need to shout about, she said Spike! It isn’t her first word you know!” She knew she was being immature, but she couldn’t stand it when people yelled at her. It reminded her to much of her father who used to blame her for everything that went wrong in his live. Xander always stood up for her, but it didn’t help much. Xander was his perfect child; Buffy was just an accident that he hated. Buffy got used to it, but it still hurt when she thought about all the horrible things he used to say to her. He only said them when her mother wasn’t around so she didn’t know that something was going on. Buffy didn’t tell her mother, she was afraid that her mother wouldn’t believe her and that things would only become worse. Her mother found out one day when her father came home and didn’t know that she was home, he yelled to Buffy and told her she was a whore that made his life a living hell. Joyce ran downstairs, she was cleaning her room, and after a long fight she ordered her husband Hank to get the hell out of her house.

Spike shook his head. “You bloody well know what I’m talking about.” He tried to calm down but the thoughts in his head made it impossible. “She said I was her bleeding father!”

Buffy looked down. She didn’t say anything back. “Well, am I?” He asked, looking at her.

Buffy looked back up with tears in her eyes. She nodded. “Yes, you’re her father.”

Spike looked at her, again with disbelief in his eyes. He heard Emma saying it, but hearing Buffy said it...it was just so unreal. He was a bloody father! He sat down on the couch, he felt like he was about to faint. This wasn’t happening...was it? He was a father, he had a daughter, and he had a baby girl.

“Look, I know this is hard.” He heard Buffy say. He looked at her. Buffy gasped, he had tears in his eyes.

He shook his head. “No you don’t,” he whispered. He shook his head again. “No you don’t.” He gave her one last look before walking out of the door, leaving her alone with Xander. She started crying. ‘He’s gone. He’s really gone.’ She thought. She felt arms around her. She looked up and saw Xander looking at her. Only now did she notice that she was sitting on the floor with Xander’s arms around her.

After what felt like hours she finally stopped crying. She looked at Xander. “Thank you.” She said.

Xander gave her a small smile and nodded. He looked at the door. “I better go. Spike needs me to.”

Buffy nodded. “Yeah.” She whispered.

He gave her a kiss on her cheek. “I can’t believe I’m an uncle.” He gave her a goofy smile, which made her laugh. And with that he dissapeared out of her door.

Buffy wiped away her tears. She had to be strong. She came this far without Spike; she could make it a hell of a lot farther! She didn’t need him. But god did she want him. She wanted him to be a father to Emma and a boyfriend to her. She wanted him in her life. But she didn’t know if that was going to happen, especially not after tonight. ‘God he must be so disgusted with me.’ She heard Emma’s door open and stood up.

“What’s wrong mommy?” She saw her daughter looking at her. “Where did uncle Xander and uncle William go?”

“Nothing sweetie, mommy just had a little fight with her friend. Uncle Xander and William left.”

“Will they come back?” Emma asked her with a pout. She liked her two uncles; they were really nice to her.

Buffy hugged her daughter. “I don’t know sweetie, I really don’t know.”


Spike slammed the door of the hotelroom shut. “I can’t believe her! All this time, all this fucking time and she didn’t even tell me! Didn’t even tell me that I have a daughter. A...” He stopped yelling. “A beautiful baby girl.” He smiled at the thought of Emma. She really was something; he couldn’t believe he didn’t notice the features that she had of him and Buffy. She had his blue eyes and his cheekbones, but she defnitely had Buffy’s nose and lips. God, he even saw her give him that pout that Buffy always did when she didn’t get her way. She was just a perfect combination of him and Buffy. But he was still angry, angry and sad. He had a daughter...He didn’t even know how old she was. He thought back at the last- and first time he and Buffy had made love. ‘She must be four.’ He thought. He shook away from his thoughts when he saw his friend coming to stand beside him. ‘He must have stayed to comfort Buffy.’ He thought because it was about a half hour later since he came in.

“Are you allright man?” Xander asked him. Spike looked at him with an arched eyesbrow. “Right, stupid question.” Spike nodded.

“I just can’t believe that I’m a bleeding father. She didn’t even tell me.” He started to get angry again.

“I understand you’re angry, but she didn’t really have a choice. You weren’t there, and she couldn’t contact you. Maybe she was scared, maybe she was scared that you would leave her just like I did.” He explained.

“But I’m not like that! I don’t abbandon my family!” He yelled before realizing what he said. “I’m sorry man.” He looked at Xander.

“It’s okay, I know I made a mistake, make that a big mistake. But you need to talk to her, man. You both deserve to be happy.”

Spike nodded. “I know. I just need to cool off for a little while. I’ll go and see her tomorrow.”

“Allright, you want to go and take a bit of fresh air?”

Spike thought about it for a moment. “Yeah!”

They were walking for fifteen minutes when they suddenly saw her walking.

“Isn’t that Buffy?” Xander asked pointing at the small girl walking a couple of feet in front of them.

Spike nodded. She was walking really fast. “Where is she going?” He stopped for a moment when he noticed the direction she was going. “Like hell she is!”

“What?”

“She is walking to the strip club!”

The two men looked at each other before following her. They arrived at the club five minutes later, but they didn’t see Buffy anymore. “Maybe she’s inside?” Xander asked.

They entered the club, looking for the blonde girl when they suddenly heard a voice announcing the next ‘act’.

“There’s a slight change of plan guys!” They heard a man say into the microphone. “There are 6 girls here who are going to dance and sing for you, but their clothes will stay on!” The man yelled their disagreement. “Don’t worry, don’t worry, it’s still going to be hot, I promise. Here they are: Buffy, Lilly, Jacky, Rosy, Jody and Nancy! ”

The two friends looked at the stage when they heard the man say Buffy’s name.

“Hi guys,” Buffy said through the microphone.

“Hi Buffy!” Almost all the men said, which made Spike growl. Xander looked at his friend with a surprised look.

Buffy smiled. “I actually had a day off, but I really need to work of some frustration. So my friends and I are going to sing a song called ‘Beep’. Ryan is going to sing with us, but don’t worry, he won’t take his clothes off.” She said with a smile, looking at the guy next to her.

The men yelled and whistled.

Buffy was standing in the middle.

Ha, ha-ha, ha-ha
Ha, ha-ha, ha
Ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha
Ha, ha-ha, ha

Ryan started singing.

It's funny how a man only thinks about the...
You got a real big heart, but I'm looking your...
You got real big brains, but I'm looking at your...
Girl, there ain't no pain in me looking at your...

The girls turned to sing.

I don't give a...
Keep looking at my...
'Cause it don't mean a thang if you're looking at my...
I'm a do my thing while you're playing with your...
Ha, ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha

Without taking their clothes of they still managed to make all the men in the room horny as hell. They kept grabbing their ass and tits when they were singing the chorus.
It was Buffy’s turn to sign now.

Every boy's the same
Since I been in the seventh grade
They been trying to get with me
Trying to (Ha, ha-ha, ha, ha-ha)
They always got a plan
To be my one and only man
Want to hold me with their hands
Want to (Ha, ha-ha, ha, ha-ha)
I keep turning them down
But, they always come around
Asking me to go around
That's not the way it's going down

'Cause they only want
Only want my ha, ha-ha
Ha, ha-ha
Only want what they want
But, na, ah-ah
Na, ah-ah

Ryan was really starting to get into it and moved against the poles on the stage.

It's funny how a man only thinks about the...
You got a real big heart, but I'm looking your...
You got real big brains, but I'm looking at your...
Girl, there ain't no pain in me looking at your...

Buffy sang this part again. Spike looked at her, she was so bloody hot! And she could really sing too. He heard her sing before in the club, but he was too much in shock then.

I don't give a...
Keep looking at my...
'Cause it don't mean a thang if you're looking at my...
I'm a do my thing while you're playing with your...
Ha, ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha

Do you know that no
Don't mean yes, it means no
So just hold up, wait a minute
Let me put my two cents in it
One, just be patient
Don't be rushing
Like you're anxious
And two, your just too agressive
trying to get your (Ahh)

The girls were really dancing sexy, swaying their bodies and making all the men drool.

Do you know that I know?
And I don't want to go there

Only want
Only want my ha, ha-ha
Ha, ha-ha
Only want what they want
But, na, ah-ah
Na, ah-ah

It's funny how a man only thinks about the...
You got a real big heart, but I'm looking your...
You got real big brains, but I'm looking at your...
Girl, there ain't no pain in me looking at your...

A girl who was dancing next to Buffy interrupted Ryan with singing.

I don't give a...
Keep looking at my...
'Cause it don't mean a thang if you're looking at my...
I'm a do my thing while you're playing with your...
Ha, ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha

Boomp-boomp, Omp-omp
Boomp, boomp-boomp
Boomp-boomp, Omp-omp
Boomp, boomp-boomp

The men were really yelling now. The dancing turned so hot in during the boomp that it was almost impossible for the men to stay in their seats, they were almost beggin the guys to take them right there! Most of the men were standing and whisteling at the girls on stage.

The girls started singing again.

Ooh, you've got it bad I can tell
You want it bad, but oh well
Dude, what you got for me
Is something I
Something I don't need
Oh!

The men even started to yell for Ryan.

It's funny how a man only thinks about the...
You got a real big heart, but I'm looking your...
You got real big brains, but I'm looking at your...
Girl, there ain't no pain in me looking at your...

I don't give a...
Keep looking at my...
'Cause it don't mean a thang if you're looking at my...
I'm a do my thing while you're playing with your...
Ha, ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha

It's funny how a man only thinks about the...
You got a real big heart, but I'm looking your...
You got real big brains, but I'm looking at your...
Girl, there ain't no pain in me looking at your...

I don't give a...
Keep looking at my...
'Cause it don't mean a thang if you're looking at my...
I'm a do my thing while you're playing with your...
Ha, ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha

They stopped dancing and bowed for the crowd. “Thank you!” They all yelled.

Buffy stepped from the stage and moved to the exit. She had worked out her frustration, god it felt so good to just sing and dance and not think about all the things that had happened. She stopped when someone stepped in front of her, blocking her way.

“Spike?”

Xander had already left, knowing that the two needed to work things out.

“We need to talk.”








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Chapter 9: Turn back time


“We need to talk.”

Buffy looked at him with surprise written on her face. “What are you doing here? How did you know I was here?” She asked with a smile. She was happy that he was there, she really wanted to make things work out.

“I followed you.”

The smile left her face. “You *followed* me?” She gave him a glare.

“It isn’t like that, Xander and I were just taking a walk and we saw you and we knew that you were going here so we followed you.”

“Because I was going here?”

“Yeah, I don’t like you working here.”

“Well, this is the only thing I can do. Besides, it’s not that bad. I actually like it; I have really great friends here, my boss isn’t bad, the guys are pretty decent and I make very good money.” She said. She knew that he didn’t agree with her job, but she didn’t have a choice. And she really did like the place, it was better than being a whore but she couldn’t say that to him. She wanted to keep that to herself for a while, they still had a lot to talk about and adding things to that list wouldn’t be a good idea. Okay, she had to admit that she was really scared of what his reaction would be; she just didn’t have the nerve to tell him.

“I know, I just don’t like all these poofters looking at you.” He said, giving her a pout of his own. He wanted to have her all to himself. “But no changing of the subject, we really need to talk, Buffy.”

“I know, let’s go for a walk.” She said, moving to the exit of the club. She walked out of the door with Spike following her.

“So...” Buffy started.

“So.”

It was pretty dark and usually Buffy didn’t feel safe when it was dark, but with Spike next to her she knew that she had nothing to fear.

“I’m sorry!” Buffy blurted out.

Spike looked at her with surprise. “About what exactely?” Spike asked her.

“Everything. I’m sorry for not telling you about Emma, I’m sorry for not calling you. I’m sorry for not telling you that it was me that time in LA, I’m...I’m just really sorry about everything.”

Spike nodded. “I understand. I mean, I’m angry, but I do understand.”

It was quiet for a moment.

“Would you change it?” Spike asked her.

“Change what?”

“Change that night we spend together. If you could turn back time, would you tell me who you really were?”

“No,” Buffy said immediately, not hesitating for a second.

Spike looked at her with a expression of disbelief. That definitely wasn’t the answer he was expecting. He thought she was sorry about not telling who she was that night. Buffy saw his look. “I *am* sorry, I really am. But if I told you who I really was then maybe things didn’t turn out this way. If I told you, then maybe I wouldn’t have Emma and I couldn’t imagine a life without her.” She explained to him.

Spike nodded. He understood that, she really seemed like an amazing girl, she must be with an amazing mother like Buffy. “I want to get to know her. You’re still not forgiven, but I understand why you didn’t tell me. I should be extremely angry, yelling at you and everything, but I realize that that’s not going to make things better. I need to be in her life and if I can forget about that if I start to yell at you and shut you out of my life.”

“I was hoping for that. And I understand.” She said with a small smile which he returned.

“I just can’t believe I’m a father! I mean I don’t know what to do. Just yesterday I was a man... well without a daughter and now suddenly there’s a beautiful little girl who’s my daughter. I missed 4 years of her life; I don’t even know what she likes. What’s her favorite color, movie, and food? What was her first word? Who’s her best friend?”

“Spike! Slow down, I’ll tell you everything you want to know, I promise.” She told him with a smile, letting him know that it was alright to ask all these questions.

“I’m sorry, I just want to know everything about her.” He really did want to know everything about her; he wanted to know his daughter, all the things that he had missed when he wasn’t there.

“Don’t be sorry for that. She’s your daughter, you deserve to know everything about her.”

Spike smiled at her before moving in to hug her. “I really want to be with you, you and Emma.” He moved back from her embrace. “Wait, if you’re here, who’s with Emma?” He asked with slight panic in his voice.

“The neighbours are looking after her, don’t worry.”

“I worry, I worry about a lot of things lately. I worry about you; I worry if I’m going to be a good father. I don’t want to be like my dad, he was a bloody poofter. Didn’t care shit about me, he was always drunk. I just don’t want to be like that for our daughter.”

Buffy could see the concern in his eyes. “Don’t worry, you’re going to be a great father. Besides, I’m here to help you okay. You don’t have to do this alone. I won’t let you get drunk and I’ll *make* you give a shit about her.” From the inside she smiled, he called Emma their daughter. And if he really wanted to be with Emma then it would mean that he wouldn’t leave. That he wouldn’t go back to Los Angeles. She really hoped that he wouldn’t leave. She couldn’t stand it; she couldn’t let another man leave her. Especially not Spike, she cared more about him then any man that had ever left her.

After two hours of walking and talking they ended at Buffy’s house. “Do you want to come over tomorrow?” Buffy asked him.

“I would love to.” He said, giving her a smile before leaning in to kiss her. Buffy smiled into the kiss, slightly nibbling on his bottom lip before taking it into her mouth. Spike moaned into the kiss, making Buffy smile again. She pushed her tongue into his mouth, slowly massaging it with his. Spike quickly moved back to see Buffy looking at him with pain in her eyes. He stroked her cheek with his finger. “I may sound completely gay right now, but I think we should take it slow, for Emma.” He explained her, not wanting her to think he didn’t want her...because GOD did he want her!

Buffy laughed. “Don’t worry, you really don’t sound gay. I completely agree with you, we need to take things slow for Emma...we can kiss though, right?” She asked him with a sly smile.

“Definitely.” Spike answered with a smirk before moving in to kiss her again.









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Chapter 10: He’s my daddy



“Where are you going, man?” Xander asked him, still half asleep.

“I’m going to see my daughter.” He answered his friend with a smile on his voice. He was really excited to finally meet her, he had seen her of course, but he didn’t really have a change to really talk to her. He hoped that things would go okay, he would first drop by the shop to buy her a little something, he just had no idea what he should buy her. ‘I mean, what do you give to your daughter who you haven’t seen for four years?’ He thought to himself. He still couldn’t get over the fact that he had missed four years of her life. He missed her first word, the first time she walked. But he promised himself that he wouldn’t miss another event of her life. He didn’t want to be away from her, even if he didn’t really know her yet, but there was still a problem; his job. He didn’t know what to do, they weren’t really famous that they had paparazzi following them, but they were pretty famous in Los Angeles. And he really loved his job; he just had to figure out a way to solve all his problems.

Xander looked at the clock next to his bed. “Now?” He asked with an arched eyebrow.

“What’s wrong with now?”

“It’s 8 o’clock. Knowing Buffy she isn’t up yet, not for another 3 hours,” he explained.

“She has a kid now and kids wake up early, right?” Spike asked. He never really had any experience with kids.

“Whatever man, I’m going back to sleep,” Xander said before turning around in his bed and going back to sleep. Slightly snoring to say that he didn’t want to hear anything anymore.


Twenty minutes later Spike was standing in front of Buffy’s house. He was really nervous. He was standing there with a stuffed animal in his hand; a pig that looked too cute to resist. It reminded him of Mr. Gordo, the pig that Buffy used to have. She always slept with the pig, something that he couldn’t understand, there was nothing special of the pig but she loved the little thing. He didn’t know if she still had the bloody pig, but knowing Buffy she probably couldn’t get rid of the thing.

He sighed heavily and walked towards the door. He took a deep breath and knocked on the door....no answer. He knocked again, harder this time. Finally, he heard someone come down the stairs. The door opened and there she was...Emma, wearing pyjamas with little bears on them.

“Hi, William.” Emma said. “What are you doing here?”

“Hello Emma. Is your mother here?” He asked his daughter. He knew he was staring at her but he didn’t care, he wanted to remember every little detail of his daughter.

“Mommy’s still sleeping, she doesn’t like to wake up early,” Emma explained him.

“You don’t wake up mommy?”

Emma shook her head. “No, I can wait for mommy to wake up and make me breakfast.”

Spike smiled at her. ‘Smart girl. Probably got that from me.’

“Why don’t we make some breakfast together and give your mother breakfast on bed?” Spike asked her daughter who nodded her head enthusiastically. He smiled at her and walked inside the house, straight to the kitchen. He looked around the kitchen, looking for something to make his daughter and the woman he was in love with. He stopped searching for food when he heard Emma’s voice.

“What was that sweetie?” Spike asked her.

“Why are you holding a piggy?”

Spike looked at her with a confused look, before his eyes rested on the pig. He smiled. ‘Moron.’ He was still holding the pig; he completely forgot to give her the present.

“It’s for you,” he said, giving her the pig.

Emma gave him a big smile. “Thank you,” she said, giving him a big hug. ‘If that’s the result of giving presents, I will give her one every day.’ He smiled and went back to looking for something to make.

He saw a couple of eggs in the fridge.

“Do you like eggs, little bit?” He asked Emma who was looking at him with big eyes.

“What’s a little bit?” She asked him.

“Well, it’s just a name that I have for you. Do you like it?” He asked, really hoping that she did, he didn’t want her to hate him the first minute she knew him. But thankfully Emma nodded her head.

“But yes, I like eggs very much.”

“Alright. Let’s go and make some eggs shall we?”


A half an hour later they were slowly walking to Buffy’s room. Emma opened the door while Spike was trying not the let the tray with food fall on the floor. They slowly walked to Buffy’s bed…she was still sleeping. ‘God she looks like an angel.’ He thought, looking at her.

Emma and Spike sat on the bed. Emma looked at him and he nodded.

“Mommy,” she whispered. “Mommy, wake up.” She shook her mother a little bit.

“Ugh.” They heard. Buffy slowly opened her eyes, looking at her daughter, not noticing that a man was sitting on the other side of the bed because she was turned to her daughter. “We got you breakfast,” Emma said with a smile on her face, proud that she had made her mother breakfast.

“We?” Buffy asked, finallly noticing that Emma’s eyes weren’t directed at her. She turned her head to the other side of the bed.

“Hello cutie.”

Buffy smiled. “Hi Spike. You made me breakfast?”

Spike nodded. “Yep, for you and the little bit.” He gave a wink to Emma who giggled at him.

“That’s so sweet,” she exclaimed. “Thank you.”

After an hour of eating, talking and laughing Spike headed downstairs while Buffy washed Emma and herself. Spike was waiting downstairs, looking at the pictures of Buffy and Emma. He smiled at them. A picture on the television cut his attention; it was a picture of a pregnant Buffy with a big smile on her face. ‘God, they weren’t lying. Pregnant women really are beautiful.’

“What are you looking at?” He heard behind him, he turned around to look at a freshed looking Buffy. She was wearing jeans with a white shirt, completely clean of any make-up. She really looked beautiful.

“You.” He said with a smirk.

Buffy smiled at him. “I was seven months pregnant there, and completely cranky because of all the hormones. My friends were shocked when I finally gave them a laugh, actually so shocked that they had to make a picture to confirm that they weren’t seeing things that weren’t there.”

Spike laughed. “Nice friends you got.”

“They’re sweethearts. They’re coming over tonight for dinner, you can come too if you want.”

Spike thought about it for a second, he really wanted to come, but he couldn’t just leave Xander alone. He came to Sunnydale for Xander.

Buffy saw him thinking about it. “Xander can come to.”

Spike smiled at her. “Then it’s a date...well not really a date but you know what I mean.”

“Yeah, I know what you mean.” She said, giving him a small kiss on his lips. He wanted to grab her and give her a longer kiss, but he noticed Emma coming down the stairs. She was holding the pig tightly into her arms. “It was sweet,” Buffy said looking at the pig in her daughter’s arms. “Giving her the pig, she named her Ms. Gordo.”

“You still have Mr. Gordo?”

Buffy smiled at him. “I gave him to Emma, she loves it. She’s as crazy about him as I was. But anyway, I got you something.” She gave him a videotape. Spike looked at it with a confused look. “It’s a video of Emma.” Spike gave her a big smile, which made her heart melt.

Ten minutes later Emma and Spike were watching the tape. “Look William, here I am on the swings, mommy is pushing me, see?”

Spike nodded. “I see, nibblet.”

Emma giggled. “I like the names.” She smiled at him. Spike smiled back at her. ‘God, I love the little girl already.’

They continued watching the tape; Emma and Buffy were waving at the person who was taping everything.

“Whom are you waving to, sweetie?” He asked her, trying to control his jealousy.

“Danny,” She started. “He’s mommy’s friend.”

Spike looked at her. “Does mommy’s friend comes over a lot?” He asked her. He felt a little guilty to ask all those questions to his daughter, but he really needed to know. Emma nodded. “Danny is coming tonight.” She smiled. “He’s really nice.”

Spike nodded, trying to control the anger inside of him and continued watching the movie.

An hour later Spike left again.


Buffy was busy in the kitchen, getting dinner ready. They were eating mac ‘n cheese, Emma’s favorite food. She was just finished when she heard the doorbell. She walked to the door and opened it, revealing Willow and Oz.

“Hi Wills, Oz.” She greeted her friends with a smile.

“Hi Buffy.” Willow Rosenberg greeted her friend. Oz just nodded, he wasn’t really a man of many words. “How are you?” Buffy had called Willow last night to tell her about Spike and Xander.

“I’m fine,” Buffy told her best friend. She was about to close to door when she suddenly saw her other friends standing there. “Hi guys!”

When they all greeted each other they moved to the livingroom. “It’s to bad Jacky and Nancy couldn’t make it,” Buffy said to her friends who just came in.
They were all sitting on the couch when they heard the doorbell. Her friends looked at her with surprise on their face, they weren’t expecting more people. They had a lot of dinners, and the people who usually came where already present.

Two minutes later Buffy came back with two men in tow. “Guys, this is Spike.” She said pointing at Spike.” Immediately the room was filled with gasps. “AND...” Buffy continued. “This is Xander, my brother.” This earned another pair of gasps.

“Spike, Xander, these are my friends: Willow, Oz, Giles, Danny.” Spike could barely supress a growl when he saw the man named Danny. “Lilly, Rosy and Jody,” she said pointing to the three girls. “They dance with me at the club.”

After ten minutes of talking they were all seated at the dinnertable with food on their plates.

“Everything’s allright with the baby?” Buffy asked. Spike looked around the table; he hadn’t noticed that someone was pregnant.

The blonde female Lilly answered back.
“Yes, Danny and I went to the hospital yesterday and everything’s fine,” she said. “Danny’s so exicted.” She smiled at her boyfriend who was seated next to her. “He can’t wait to become a father.”

Spike sighed of relief. There couldn’t be something between his girl and this Danny now. He was becoming a father and obviously dating her friend. He looked beside him; Emma was sitting next to him. She was silently eating. He smiled at her.

They were talking and eating for a couple of minutes when Danny opened his mouth again.

“Are you coming to work Monday, Buffy?” Danny asked her. Spike looked at him with surpise.

“I don’t know, I don’t think so.” She said, smiling at Spike. She saw his look of confusing. “He works at the club, he’s the bartender.”

Spike nodded. ‘He knew the man from somewhere.’

“How are you dealing with it man?” Danny asked him.

“Dealing with what?” Spike asked him, not knowing what the man was talking about, he had a lot of dealing to do lately.

“With Buffy working at the club? I mean, I met Lilly at the club, but I still don’t like her working there. At least I’m there to keep the men off of her,” he joked.

“He hates it,” Buffy said. “But he knows that I don’t have another choice.”

Spike nodded. “I’ll find a solution.” He said to Danny.

Buffy looked at him with confusion. “Solution?”

“For a different job, so you don’t have to work there anymore.”

Buffy looked at him, becoming angry. “But I like it there, and I make good money. It’s not your decision.”

Her friends noticed that there was probably going to be a fight so Danny decided to change the subject.

“So, how do you know Buffy, Spike?” He asked him, hoping they would stop fighting.

Spike and Buffy stopped arguing, looking at him. Danny didn’t know about their past, only the girls and Giles knew.

The room became quiet when the little girl opened her mouth. “He’s my daddy.”

Everyone looked at the young girl with surpise on her face. Especially Buffy and Spike.

“Why do you think that sweetie?” Buffy asked her daughter, decided to play it on the safe-side.

“Because you call him Spike. You called him Spike at breakfast,” Emma explained.

Buffy and Spike looked at each other. “You *are* my daddy, right?” Emma asked Spike with tears in her eyes. He looked at Buffy who looked at her daughter with tears in her eyes.

“Yes nibblet, I’m your daddy.” He smiled when he suddenly had a arm full of his daughter.

“I knew you would come back.” She whispered into his ear.









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