The Love of An Angel
Chapter One
By DisguisedDiva
Emma Summers sat at the plastic table in her bedroom coloring with her Aunt Willow while her mommy was away. Aunt Willow was pretty, and she did magic to protect her mommy. She and Uncle Oz lived in the basement of her mommy's house. Uncle Xander and Aunt Anya lived in another house, and Gamma Joyce and Gampa Giles lived in another one.
Slowly, Emma put away the red crayon and pulled out a blue one. Her mommy was the only one alone. She didn't used to be alone, she used to have Riley. He wasn't an uncle, or a gampa, or a daddy, even though he was her mommy's husband. He was just Riley. And then one day mommy had found something in their bedroom in the old house and started yelling. Riley yelled louder, and her mommy cried and whispered something, and picked up Emma. Then they went to Gamma Joyce's house, before she lived with Gampa Giles.
She didn't know where Riley was now, or why her mommy was all alone, but her mommy didn't miss him. "Auntie Willow?" the timid 5 year old asked. "You know how you and Uncle Oz live together? And Uncle Xander and Aunt Anya do? And Gamma and Gampa do?" Aunt Willow gulped and nodded. "How come Mommy and Riley don't anymore? Why doesn't she miss him?"
"Your mommy and Riley had a lot of problems," Aunt Willow told her. "Remember how they used to fight?"
Emma nodded. "About Angels," she recalled.
"About your mommy's Angel," Willow corrected. "You see a long time ago, when your mommy was younger, she loved a beautiful angel, and he loved her, but they couldn't be together, so he left her."
"Is the angel my daddy?" Emma asked. She'd never been curious about her father before, but the more she knew about her mommy's angel, the more Emma wanted him to come back and be her angel too.
"Sometimes I think so," the Wicca told her. "Because you were born magically, specially, and whenever they were together magical and special things happened."
"Does she miss him?"
"Very, very much," Willow answered. "And he misses her."
"You're a hopeless romantic Will," Emma's mom said from where she was standing in the doorway.
"Mommy, Mommy!" Emma bounced up and down in her seat. "Did you really love an angel?"
"Yes, sweetie, I did," Buffy scooped up her daughter. "But now it's bedtime."
"Okay, but where'd he go?" Emma was very curious about the mysterious angel. She wanted to make sure he was okay.
"Well, you know how Mommy helps people?" she asked. The girl nodded. "Well one night there was a very big monster and he helped me to fight it, and then he went to go help other people."
"Was that the last time you saw him?"
"No, I saw him once after that, in his new home in Los Angeles," Buffy answered. "Now sleep."
Buffy and Willow tucked her in and shut the light out. "I can't believe you told her that Will," Buffy scolded as they left. Then she went to her own room, to wonder where her Angel was at that moment.
Emma Summers sat at the plastic table in her bedroom coloring with her Aunt Willow while her mommy was away. Aunt Willow was pretty, and she did magic to protect her mommy. She and Uncle Oz lived in the basement of her mommy's house. Uncle Xander and Aunt Anya lived in another house, and Gamma Joyce and Gampa Giles lived in another one.
Slowly, Emma put away the red crayon and pulled out a blue one. Her mommy was the only one alone. She didn't used to be alone, she used to have Riley. He wasn't an uncle, or a gampa, or a daddy, even though he was her mommy's husband. He was just Riley. And then one day mommy had found something in their bedroom in the old house and started yelling. Riley yelled louder, and her mommy cried and whispered something, and picked up Emma. Then they went to Gamma Joyce's house, before she lived with Gampa Giles.
She didn't know where Riley was now, or why her mommy was all alone, but her mommy didn't miss him. "Auntie Willow?" the timid 5 year old asked. "You know how you and Uncle Oz live together? And Uncle Xander and Aunt Anya do? And Gamma and Gampa do?" Aunt Willow gulped and nodded. "How come Mommy and Riley don't anymore? Why doesn't she miss him?"
"Your mommy and Riley had a lot of problems," Aunt Willow told her. "Remember how they used to fight?"
Emma nodded. "About Angels," she recalled.
"About your mommy's Angel," Willow corrected. "You see a long time ago, when your mommy was younger, she loved a beautiful angel, and he loved her, but they couldn't be together, so he left her."
"Is the angel my daddy?" Emma asked. She'd never been curious about her father before, but the more she knew about her mommy's angel, the more Emma wanted him to come back and be her angel too.
"Sometimes I think so," the Wicca told her. "Because you were born magically, specially, and whenever they were together magical and special things happened."
"Does she miss him?"
"Very, very much," Willow answered. "And he misses her."
"You're a hopeless romantic Will," Emma's mom said from where she was standing in the doorway.
"Mommy, Mommy!" Emma bounced up and down in her seat. "Did you really love an angel?"
"Yes, sweetie, I did," Buffy scooped up her daughter. "But now it's bedtime."
"Okay, but where'd he go?" Emma was very curious about the mysterious angel. She wanted to make sure he was okay.
"Well, you know how Mommy helps people?" she asked. The girl nodded. "Well one night there was a very big monster and he helped me to fight it, and then he went to go help other people."
"Was that the last time you saw him?"
"No, I saw him once after that, in his new home in Los Angeles," Buffy answered. "Now sleep."
Buffy and Willow tucked her in and shut the light out. "I can't believe you told her that Will," Buffy scolded as they left. Then she went to her own room, to wonder where her Angel was at that moment.