a miracle for christmas
by michelle

Disclaimer:  I do not own Buffy and the gang.  They are the property of the WB and Mutant Enemy
and are the creation of the genius Joss Whedon.  I'm just borrowing them.  I'm not making any
money off this, so please don't sue.  This is just my attempt to let people know how much I love the
show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer".  I did, however, invent the two Melissas.  If you want to use them,
feel free to, but please e-mail me so I can read your stories at  mhluvxfile@thegrid.net .  Thanks.
Distribution:  If anybody wants to archive this, I would be extremely flattered.  Just e-mail me to let
me know where.
Time frame:  Okay, I decided to write this little vignette as a companion to my story "Melissa".  It
probably won't make much sense if you haven't read that yet.  I noticed that we didn't get to see
Dru's thoughts very much in "Melissa" so I thought I'd write one from her points of view.  These are
her thoughts during the final scene of "Melissa".
 

    I am in shock.  That is the only way to describe how I am feeling right now.  I listen as if
from a great distance to the sounds of laughter coming from my friends and my husband, and
I notice absently that Melly is tearing through her presents, barely getting one open before
moving on to the next.  She somehow manages to come across as adorable rather than
greedy, though.  I wonder absently if my child will be as beautiful as Melly is.  Looking up at
my Rupert, whose tweed clad shoulder my head rests against, I decide that he or she will be.
I can't believe I'm going to have a baby, though.  What did I ever do to deserve this blessing?
Melissa and Buffy having children I can understand.  They saved the world more than once.
Willow saved it and eliminated all evil.  What have I done?
    Maybe this isn't just for me, though.  It could be for Rupert, and he does deserve this.  I
know he's happy with this.  He never said he wanted a child, but I know him, and I know the
idea of having a child makes him ecstatic.  He probably wants a son, though, and I'm hoping
against hope for a daughter.  This child is already worming its way into my heart, and I just
found out a few minutes ago that I'm pregnant.  I think that somewhere in the backs of Buffy
and Melissa's minds, they thought this was possible for them.  It honestly never occurred to
me.  I accustomed myself to the fact that I would never have a child two hundred years ago
when Angel turned me into a vampire.  Now, here I am, and that little stick says I'm going to
have a baby.  "A baby," I repeat to myself, watching Willow's daughter open yet another
present.  That girl is going to start feeling seriously deprived when her aunts all have children
of their own to dote on.  Although, I think we've all become too attached to her to ignore her
very much.
    I'm going to make a promise today.  I will raise my daughter, or son, to be the best person
she, or he, can possibly be.  I know that this can't possibly atone for two hundred years of
killing, but it's all that I can do.  God has somehow seemed fit to give me a child, and I am
going to make sure that child loves God as much as I did...before.  I hope that she isn't
psychic, though, although people seem to be much more tolerant these days.  Melissa seems
to be accepted well enough.
    I am going to have a baby, a beautiful, wonderful, little baby.  I just have to keep repeating it
to myself, or else I'll start to believe that I just imagined it.  I didn't, though.  It's true.  Drusilla
Giles, former vampire, is going to be a mother.  If my litte girl (I just have a feeling she's a girl,
maybe I'll ask Melissa to check) is telepathic, she will never experience what Melissa did.
This beautiful angel is already loved.  I've even picked out a name.  I'm sure Rupert won't
mind since she'll be named after two of his favorite women anyway.  My daughter will be
named Willow Melissa Giles.  The name Melissa was a given; I knew that would be part of
my child's name the second I discovered I'm pregnant.  She'll be named after Willow for
several reasons.  Willow is a good, strong, loyal, loving person just as I want my daughter to
be.  She also saved the world, so she deserves to have a child named after her.  And she
gave me the greatest gift I could ever imagine.  Melissa was right, there is no better present
than the one Willow gave me today.  She gave me a miracle for Christmas, and for that I will
be eternally grateful.

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