"Boys, you're going to be late for your first day of school." Buffy screamed up the stairs at her identical twin sons Will and Eddie.
"Be right down mom," Will called as he picked up his stack of text books from his organized desk and placed them in his bookbag.
"Chill mom," Eddie rolled his eyes as he fished his latest comic book out from under a pile of dirty clothes.
"How are Double Trouble this morning?" Spike asked as Buffy entered the kitchen.
"They're fine." Buffy smiled at the old nickname for the twins that they'd earned in their terrible twos. "I still can't believe that my babies are starting their sophomore year at Sunnydale High. Pretty soon they'll be driving and going to college."
"Assuming Eddie keeps his grades up." Spike pointed out.
"He's just a free-spirit like I was." Buffy cut off the old argument about book smarts and street smarts. "Personally, I'd trust Eddie on a solo patrol before Will."
"And that has nothing to do with a certain red-head that would go on the patrol with Will." Spike smirked.
"I like Violet," Buffy assured him, "it's just hard to concentrate on patrol when you're a hormonal teenage alone with your date."
"He's a good kid Buffy, besides not everybody is like you and Angel on patrol."
"I was not talking about him."
"Please do you honestly think no one knew how the two of you patrolled? The other vampires were laughing themselves sick."
"Hey," Eddie came bounding into the room breaking up the conversation.
"Morning" Both parents said in unison glaring at each other.
"Yeah, feel the love in this room." Eddie laughed as he grabbed two pop-tarts and put them in the toaster.
"Where's your brother?" Spike asked.
"Still combing his hair for Violet" Eddie mocked the emphasis on the last word.
"Morning all," Will walked in smiling grabbed a pop-tart as it came up and slap his brother in the back of the head for the Violet joke.
"Have a good first day of school." Buffy smiled at both sons as she rinsed out her coffee cup and grabbed her purse before she left. "Say Hi to Violet and Cody for me."
"Bye Dad," both boys said in unison as they headed out the door with their pop-tarts and bookbags.
"I guess that means I need to start writing the next chapter of my book," Spike shook his head as he headed to his study.