Expecting The Unexpected

Chapter 6

Once the lovers were back in the bedroom and in bed, Buffy rolled onto her side and wrapped one leg over Spikes.
"So what else can I expect from the claim?"
"Well pet, you got the gorgeous golden eyes going for you and the growling , which is a bloody turn on if I say so m'self . We can talk telepathically and feel each others emotions and pain, physical and emotional. You have added strength, like you soddin need it, and also, you'll have an extended life span"
"All of the good so far.What do you get out of it though"
"Amazing sex with the woman of my dreams" he kissed her gently
"I'm being serious Spike" she smiled at him though, she could never get enough of his endearments.
"Don't rightly know yet pet. Maybe the Poof can help out with that"
"Do you think he will now? He seemed really pissed"
"Enough of this luv, we can talk tomorrow, right now I want to fall asleep in the arms of my wife n mate an' my lil bit in there" he stroked her swollen stomach and felt the baby kicked.
Buffy groaned and snuggled into Spike , kissing the mark she had left at the base of his neck. "Night then my gorgeous husband"
"Night my beautiful wife"
They kissed and fell asleep within minutes.


Angel drank the tumbler of whiskey that Giles had poured for him. They sat opposite each other unsure of what to say next. Giles cleared his throat for the umpteenth time and slumped against the back of the chair, the whiskey finally taking effect.

"What will happen to her?"
"She'll change, not into a vampire, but she will have some physical changes but most are telepathic. You saw the eye thing and heard the growling, she will grow fangs, but they take a while. " Angel saw the look of panic on Giles' face and swallowed "She can communicate with Spike through telepathy and they can feel the emotions and pain of their mate , that's the part that will kill her if you stake him. Sever the claim and she will perish Giles."
"I wouldn't do that to her now. As much as I hate the fact that they have done this, I appear to be the only person that does not approve bar yourself of course" Giles sighed "With the baby on the way I feel we have more important things to worry about"
"I wouldn't worry about the child, I have a son and he has a soul, and he was born from two vampires, I'm sure that will work out fine"
"I wish I had your confidence Angel"

Buffy was now in her thirty sixth week and was now huge. Spike had to help her off of the couch and out of bed. He found it amusing, Buffy found it to be a pain in the ass. The baby had slowed it's kicks and punches now that there wasn't as much room as before. Something Buffy was grateful for.

Spike had taken to singing to the baby and would curl up in her lap, facing the bump and sing his favourites , anything from the sex pistols, which Buffy frowned at, to some country and a few lullaby's. It worked to keep the baby calm and would normally make Buffy fall asleep too.

Spike had been patrolling lately and he had gotten back a little while ago, covered in slime and guts, moaning about the state of his treasured duster.Buffy sat ignoring his rant and just nodded and said "Ya huh" in the right places. She was preoccupied with the book she was reading.
Spike stood at the bottom of the bed, pulling off his demon goo covered jeans. He smiled

"I asked the demon if he knew where I could get a few virgins so I can chain them in the basement and drain at my will"
Buffy was still oblivious "Yeah, good idea"
Spike flipped his jeans into the trash and stood in the doorway of the bathroom "Do you think I can have a dozen, then I can have sex with the ones that are healed"
"Ya huh"
"Buffy?"
"Hmmm"
"You not been listening at all have you pet?"
"Yeah course you said that you wanted .... oh"
She hit him on his chest with the book.
"Ow" Spike picked the book up and read the page that had been dog eared.

"That sounds down right bloody painful pet, you got to do that?" His face was a picture of astonishment
"Well duh! How else do you think she'll get here?"
"I'm gonna go get showered pet, and try and get those pics outta my head, tha's jus' down right nasty, make a bloke have bloody nightmares"
Buffy laughed as he retreated into the bathroom, seems even a vampire couldn't handle pictures of a woman giving birth, who woulda thunk it!

Spike came to her last gynae check up and was nervous. He paced in the waiting room and had smoked more fags in the past hour than he had in a week. The receptionist pointed to the no smoking sign and he just gave her the great British two finger salute and carried on, he did sit by the window though. Buffy calmly sat there reading a magazine that was a few months out of date. Old news, celebs and crazy diets and who was dating who distracted her from Spike. He was driving her mad.

A nurse came out of the room and called her name. Spike dropped his cigarette into a plant pot that had a half dead fern in it and rushed to his ' wife's' side. Once they were in the room , the nurse asked all questions she needed for security. She smiled as Spike picked up things , inspected them and then put them down again.
"First baby?"
"Yeah " they said together.
"You hoping for a girl or boy?" she aimed more at Spike than Buffy
"Don' care , s'long as it's healthy, but we know it's a girl"
"Well, your Dr will be with you soon. "
She handed Buffy a gown and asked her to pop it on so the Dr could examine her and give her another scan.
When the nurse left Spike sat in the chair, his leg bounced and he bit his nails, since when did he bite his nails?

Buffy laid on the bed and pulled the gown over her knee's. Now that she was almost full term, the gown rose at the front,and it was not very flattering. Spike was looking around the room amazed.
"This could be a really good torture room, bit sterile but they got most of the cool... " he saw her face and her one raised brow , he sniffed ".. but only if your doctor is evil, which I'm sure yours isn', he isn' is he?"
Who knew he rambled?
"Relax, he'll be here soon and you'll meet him and you'll do that sussing out thing you do and feel at ease. "
"Right"
Spike put his hands in his duster pockets and looked at the floor, then the ceiling, and then back at the weird posters on the wall showing the different stages of growth for a baby, and then he saw the model. He went over and poked the baby that was nestled in the plastic uterus, the baby fell out , juggled in his hands and then spun across the floor and hit a pair of hush puppies.
"Oops?"
"Mr Summers I presume, I'm Dr Wallace, please to meet you.I hope you don't have this much trouble with your new addition" he smiled
Spike shook his hand and stared at Buffy."Mr Summers" he mouthed
Buffy frowned and shrugged "He's not normally so clumsy, I guess he's nervous"
A muttered "Yeah right"
"Right" the Dr said as he took to his stool that was on castors, he moved it to the foot of the bed "Now shall we see that everything down here is still in tact, this is just procedure as your so close, normally a small dilation at this stage is common, but we want to make sure your not in for a big surprise.

The Dr pulled a few faces that had Spike perplexed, hoping it was all good , he waited .The Dr took off his gloves and threw them in the bin, then he rolled over to his desk and made some notes in a file.
"Right , now for the fun bit, he got up and bought the scan machine over and turned it on. Buffy lifted her gown and pushed the blanket down.
The Dr squirted the gel onto the bump and rolled the scan device over the large bump.
Spike was in awe, his mouth gaped and he swallowed hard. Tears brimmed in his eyes and he reached across and took Buffy's hand. His daughter was on the screen and was sucking her thumb. The best thing for Spike was her heart beat. She had a heart beat, she was human. His tears fell and he apologised for being such a ponce.
The Dr laughed and told him it was a reaction he saw in ninety per cent of new Dads.
There was that word, Dad. Spike was a Dad.
He kissed Buffy on the forehead and swore to himself , that he would buy her something special .
The scan pictures showed his daughter sucking her thumb and smiling, who knew that they did that! They came away knowing that everything was fine, Buffy was healthy and so was their daughter. Buffy was a little dilated but nothing to worry over just yet.

Spike dropped her back at the house and he took off on his own saying he had something to take care off.Buffy went in and was surrounded by her friends and family all wanting to know how it went and how big the baby had gotten, and of course to see the latest pictures. Buffy did the show and tell and felt bad that Spike hadn't been there to share in this and play the proud Dad.
Dawn took one of the pictures and put it in the diary they had been keeping since Buffy had found out. Smiling she thought ' Got to get a piccy of Spike so that he's in here too'
Buffy put her feet up and sighed .
"Not long now" Dawn plopped unceremoniously next to her
"Nope, the nurseries ready, clothes got, bottles and formula in the kitchen ready, now we just need the guest of honour" Buffy stroked the bump and felt a twinge of loss already. It was only a matter of weeks and she would be alone , the baby would be born and she would have to share.
Buffy liked the feeling of being pregnant and having something , someone to herself. While the baby was inside her, nothing could hurt her.And yet she felt guilty for being so selfish. Buffy was determined to enjoy the last few weeks of having her daughter tucked safely inside her.
That was hard, she needed to pee a thousand times a day, her ankles were swollen, she had to get help to get off the couch, her bed, a stool even and her back ache was crippling. She ate everything that was possibly edible and other foods she didn't think were. She had heartburn and chronic indigestion from eating the weirdest things. Her moods swung more times than a pendulum and she cried if someone so much as mentioned something sweet or cute or sad. Don't even get started on the tiredness!Everyone looked after her and helped her unconditionally through it all, even when they learned who the Dad was.

Buffy got herself comfy in their bed, pillows supported her leg and bump, one supported her back and she had one under her ankles . She felt bad as it really didn't leave alot of room for Spike. She looked like a marshmallow kebab.
Spike came in and stripped as he made his way to the bathroom, he mumbled something about seeing the Immortal hanging around and had told the git to sod off. Buffy got the impression he had given her the polite version . Oh well, the Immortal wasn't her concern now, let some other girl worry about him now. She thought he was a slimy arrogant prick and as for the 'I straddle good and evil', well it just made him sound gay.
She sniggered and Spikes head appeared round the door frame "Something tickling my girls bits?"
"Doesn't matter really" she calmed her laughter "Just random thoughts about the Immortal"
"I heard them through the claim love 'n' I tend to agree. Right poncy git , full of his own self importance"


They had been in bed for hours and Buffy looked out of the window. It was still dark. The pain came again and she got to the edge of the bed and leant over.
Spike felt it too and rubbed her back , wishing there was more he could do.
"Ring the hospital, numbers programmed in "
Spike sat on the bed watching her face contort with her next contraction.
The hospital went through a list of questions and then after he's answered them, told him to bring her in.
"This is it Spike, she's ready"
He panicked,he threw her bag and the car seat into a heap by the bedroom door and in his haste to tell everyone, he tripped and fell over them.
"Bloody bolloxing fuckin' hell!"
Which did the trick nicely, everyone came out into the hall at the sound of the expletives that echoed through the house.
"What is it Spike?" Dawn asked , rubbing her eyes to wake herself up and to get them to focus against the dark hallway.
"Buffy, baby she's coming, gotta get them to the bloody hospital"
Everyone went back into their rooms and he could hear them all rushing to get dressed.
By the time he had Buffy suitably dressed and by the front door, an army of feet were running down the stairs and waiting to go.
So it was a family day trip now he thought as he ushered Buffy onto the back seat, Dawn along for support. The rest were in Giles' car and following behind them.
Spikes driving had been erratic to say the least. He tried to take a bend at fifty and consequently thrown both girls across the back seat, an empty vodka bottle bounced off the back of his head.
"Sorry pet, jus' anxious to get you there" two things he would remember from this, his girl was a good shot and don't mess with a Slayer that was in labour.
He rubbed at his sore head and slowed down.

They arrived at the hospital without any more damage being done to him or to the girls . Dawn got out and got the bag from the trunk whist Spike helped Buffy out. A porter met them with a wheel chair, and Buffy got into it.
Her eyes shone amber and she growled as another contraction hit and the porter busted her onto the bed.A nurse came in and went through the notes, Buffy just wanted something for the pain. The nurse smiled a sickly sweet smile and said she would have to wait until after the exam.
Buffy's patience was wearing thin "So I have to pass and get an A before you give me anything for the pain, what kind of hospital is this? Are you run by demons or something?"
Spike tried to soothe her by stroking her arms and holding her hand.It just earnt him a look that could dust. So, he sat there waiting for the latest contraction to pass.
Dawn stood by the window.It appeared Bitchy Buffy was out full force. The only person that didn't get a mouthful of abuse was herself, which she was grateful for.

The Dr finally arrived and Spike was grateful it had been Dr Wallace.Buffy smiled through her teeth as yet another contraction hit.They were coming almost at the same time, or that's how it felt.
She gripped his hand and squeezed, hard,
He was grateful for his fast healing and winced as she squeezed the life from his hand. He was sure he had multiple broken bones in it by now.

"Looks like I may have been a little wrong about my assessment then, how do you feel Buffy?"
"Do you ask every woman that question?"
"Yes"
"And what do they tell you?"
"That they're in pain and they need something to help , oh and if they're husbands touch them again , I can perform surgery on their ' parts' "
"Hey now Doc, let's not give the bloody woman any idea's" Spike instinctively covered his manly bits and sat down.
"So Dr , How about some of that pain relief you were talking about? This is getting wicked painful" Buffy lurched forward and grunted .
"I think this babies in a rush, we don't have time, are you getting the urge to push?"

Buffy nodded

The Dr pushed a call button and three nurses came in and a fourth one came in pushing an incubator. Buffy and Spike both panicked and looked at each other then to the Dr.

"It's precautionary I assure you, the baby is a little early and so, we need one of the incubators in case. I'm sure they won't be a need for it"


Buffy had been pushing for ten minutes and the baby's head was crowning. She was cursing Spike with every colourful word she could think of and he was alternating between kissing her forehead and telling her how much he loved her, to watching the head appear and crying.

"One more good push Buffy and the head will be out, and that's the hardest part, so on the next contraction, push" the Dr went back to focus on delivering the baby.


Out in the hall, a group of friends had arrived along with Angel and they all took turns in pacing the hall. Angel could smell Buffy's blood and knew it wouldn't be much longer.

Spike stood staring at his daughter and she was finally delivered, her first scream bought the tears that had been threatening to fall . Buffy collapsed back on the bed panting.She smiled and watched as the Nurses cleaned the screaming baby and checked her over.
Spike listened to her heartbeat and her breathing and nodded to Buffy.
Their daughter was fine.
Their daughter was here.
He was a Dad

Spike ran out of the room, grinning like the cheshire cat and saw them all rise when he came out of the room. Tears streaked his face and the grin got wider. He bounced up and down.

"I'm a Dad, I'm a bleedin' Dad , Oh my god I'm a Dad !" he screeched at them excitedly he went to go back in the room and he stopped "I'm a Dad , I got a baby girl" and then with a swirl of leather, he went back into the room.

Buffy was exhausted and she laid down , watching Spike cradle his baby girl.

"We have to give her a name, we can't keep calling her titbit, people will give us funny looks soon"
"What you got in mind pet?"
"Katherine"
"My Mothers name? How'd you know that luv?"
"Angel"
"You sure pet? I'd love it "
"Then she's a Katherine, How about the middle name, you have to choose that, and I'm too tired to think now"
"Aurelius, kind of our other family name innit"
"Then that's sorted out ... Katherine Aurelius Summers"

Buffy fell asleep.