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Whedon.
Chapter one
"Xander, when is she going to be here?" asked the ex-demon. She was getting tired of waiting for Tara. Tara was coming down for Dawn's wedding, and 21st birthday.
"Ahn, honey, I don't know, she said 5:30, but sometimes planes are delayed, you know that." Said Xander. He was so happy that he was going to see Tara again, it had been 3 years, and he was very excited.
"Mommy, I wanna see Piper!" cried the little brunette boy in Anya's arms. Piper was his cousin. Tara's child. Anya and Xander were the only members of the Scooby gang, not including Dawn, that knew about Piper. The three of them knew that she was Willow's daughter also, but Willow didn't even have the slightest clue.
"Oh, look who it is Blakie!" called Anya as she saw the blonde witch, with a blonde-red headed 5 year old in her arms.
"Auntie Tara and cousin Piper!" yelled Blake as he jumped out of Anya's arms and ran towards his aunt and cousin.
"Finally, it's about time," whispered Anya, so only Xander could hear her. But Xander had already made his way over to his friend, and was hugging her gently, trying not to wake the child up that was in her arms.
"Tara, God, it's be what, 3 years since I've seen you and the little one. Goddess isn't she adorable." Xander said while trying to hold back tears. Tara had been the one who helped him get over the loss of his and Anya's first child, Michelle, who'd looked a lot like Piper.
"Yeah, I know Xand, but you know how it is, with Willow here it's going to be hard, and goddess what is she going to say when she sees. you know who." She said while nodding down to her beautiful babe.
"I don't know, honestly, but I hope that she can understand why you haven't told her. I mean you are going to tell her that she is hers too right?" Xander exclaimed worriedly.
"Hey Blake! How's my favorite nephew doing?" said Tara, avoiding Xander's question.
"I'm good, can I play with Piper now, please?" said the little boy looking up at his aunt with adorable brown eyes.
"Well, seeing how she's asleep right now, maybe she can come over to your house for a while tonight so you can play, while I talk with auntie Willow at her house. Is that alright Anya?" she asked the ex-demon, seeing how she'd made her way over to them, without even speaking a word.
"Hey Tara, you know it's always fine with me, and if Xander says no, I'll eviscerate him or something. just kidding, just kidding." Anya said while receiving a glare from her husband.
"Hey Tara, you want me to take Piper, and head to the car with Blake, while you and Anya talk?" said Xander, he knew that the two had a lot to talk about.
"Yes, that'd be excellent. Thank you. Piper, baby? You need to wake up and go see uncle Xander. We're in Sunnydale now." She gently spoke while the blonde-red head woke up.
"Mommy, I don't wanna go to playgroup today!" Piper said, she was still obviously asleep and oblivious to the people in the airport.
"Honey, it's time to wake up. You're going to go play with Blake now." Tara said to her daughter as Piper shot her eyes open.
"Yay! I getta go over to uncle Xander's house and play!" she said, greenish blue eyes lightening up as she jumped out of her mommy's arms and ran to her uncle Xander.
"Hey there! How's my strawberry doin?" Xander asked the child.
"I'm good, but can we go play now? I got lots of toys! And I really wanna play with Blake, it's been a long time since I talked to him." She said, while hugging her uncle.
"OK, let's go then!" said Xander, picking up both Piper and Blake and carrying them to the car.
"Oh my god, she looks exactly like Willow, how are you going to tell her? You know, she's going to freak Tara." Anya said, looking surprisingly scared.
"I know, that's the hard part, she's going to freak, and I'm not sure if I want Piper around to see her like that. What am I supposed to do Anya? Keep Piper away from her family, her other mother for crying out loud? I can't do that, I love Will too much to do it any longer, and I definitely can't do it to Piper. She's my everything, and she needs you guys, all of you. I do too, but it's different now. When it was just me, I could handle being away from you, but she needs family. And she's not going to find it anywhere else. " Tara said while crying on Anya's shoulder.
"Hey, hey, hey now. It'll be alright, and if it's not, we'll make it alright ok? We always do, and plus, even if Willow does find out, and freak, she'll be so happy that you two created the most beautiful child ever, out of pure love for one another." Anya said, reassuring her best friend.
"Yeah, I guess you're right. We should probably go now, Piper will start to worry if I don't hurry."
With that, the two friends walked out of the airport to find Xander chasing Blake and Piper around the parking lot, trying to get them into the car.
"That is so Willow's child," the friends said at exactly the same time, while laughing hysterically.
Chapter one
"Xander, when is she going to be here?" asked the ex-demon. She was getting tired of waiting for Tara. Tara was coming down for Dawn's wedding, and 21st birthday.
"Ahn, honey, I don't know, she said 5:30, but sometimes planes are delayed, you know that." Said Xander. He was so happy that he was going to see Tara again, it had been 3 years, and he was very excited.
"Mommy, I wanna see Piper!" cried the little brunette boy in Anya's arms. Piper was his cousin. Tara's child. Anya and Xander were the only members of the Scooby gang, not including Dawn, that knew about Piper. The three of them knew that she was Willow's daughter also, but Willow didn't even have the slightest clue.
"Oh, look who it is Blakie!" called Anya as she saw the blonde witch, with a blonde-red headed 5 year old in her arms.
"Auntie Tara and cousin Piper!" yelled Blake as he jumped out of Anya's arms and ran towards his aunt and cousin.
"Finally, it's about time," whispered Anya, so only Xander could hear her. But Xander had already made his way over to his friend, and was hugging her gently, trying not to wake the child up that was in her arms.
"Tara, God, it's be what, 3 years since I've seen you and the little one. Goddess isn't she adorable." Xander said while trying to hold back tears. Tara had been the one who helped him get over the loss of his and Anya's first child, Michelle, who'd looked a lot like Piper.
"Yeah, I know Xand, but you know how it is, with Willow here it's going to be hard, and goddess what is she going to say when she sees. you know who." She said while nodding down to her beautiful babe.
"I don't know, honestly, but I hope that she can understand why you haven't told her. I mean you are going to tell her that she is hers too right?" Xander exclaimed worriedly.
"Hey Blake! How's my favorite nephew doing?" said Tara, avoiding Xander's question.
"I'm good, can I play with Piper now, please?" said the little boy looking up at his aunt with adorable brown eyes.
"Well, seeing how she's asleep right now, maybe she can come over to your house for a while tonight so you can play, while I talk with auntie Willow at her house. Is that alright Anya?" she asked the ex-demon, seeing how she'd made her way over to them, without even speaking a word.
"Hey Tara, you know it's always fine with me, and if Xander says no, I'll eviscerate him or something. just kidding, just kidding." Anya said while receiving a glare from her husband.
"Hey Tara, you want me to take Piper, and head to the car with Blake, while you and Anya talk?" said Xander, he knew that the two had a lot to talk about.
"Yes, that'd be excellent. Thank you. Piper, baby? You need to wake up and go see uncle Xander. We're in Sunnydale now." She gently spoke while the blonde-red head woke up.
"Mommy, I don't wanna go to playgroup today!" Piper said, she was still obviously asleep and oblivious to the people in the airport.
"Honey, it's time to wake up. You're going to go play with Blake now." Tara said to her daughter as Piper shot her eyes open.
"Yay! I getta go over to uncle Xander's house and play!" she said, greenish blue eyes lightening up as she jumped out of her mommy's arms and ran to her uncle Xander.
"Hey there! How's my strawberry doin?" Xander asked the child.
"I'm good, but can we go play now? I got lots of toys! And I really wanna play with Blake, it's been a long time since I talked to him." She said, while hugging her uncle.
"OK, let's go then!" said Xander, picking up both Piper and Blake and carrying them to the car.
"Oh my god, she looks exactly like Willow, how are you going to tell her? You know, she's going to freak Tara." Anya said, looking surprisingly scared.
"I know, that's the hard part, she's going to freak, and I'm not sure if I want Piper around to see her like that. What am I supposed to do Anya? Keep Piper away from her family, her other mother for crying out loud? I can't do that, I love Will too much to do it any longer, and I definitely can't do it to Piper. She's my everything, and she needs you guys, all of you. I do too, but it's different now. When it was just me, I could handle being away from you, but she needs family. And she's not going to find it anywhere else. " Tara said while crying on Anya's shoulder.
"Hey, hey, hey now. It'll be alright, and if it's not, we'll make it alright ok? We always do, and plus, even if Willow does find out, and freak, she'll be so happy that you two created the most beautiful child ever, out of pure love for one another." Anya said, reassuring her best friend.
"Yeah, I guess you're right. We should probably go now, Piper will start to worry if I don't hurry."
With that, the two friends walked out of the airport to find Xander chasing Blake and Piper around the parking lot, trying to get them into the car.
"That is so Willow's child," the friends said at exactly the same time, while laughing hysterically.