Disclaimer: I do not own Buffy. I do own Sophie, Lily, Jesse, and Echo.


A few weeks passed by, with no attempts made by anyone to harm or kidnap Sophie and Lily. After nearly a month with no sign of trouble, Faith finally began to relax. She would still keep an eye out sure, but since the danger obviously wasn't as immediate as Sophie had originally suspected, the Dark Slayer figured she could allow herself a little breathing space, to deal with the other biggest worry in her life at the moment. They had got the spell that would help them conceive a baby off of Willow and Tara. Now, they just had to decide when they were going to do it..


"But I always gets ta play with Lily when I go to Auntie Buffy and Faith and Willow and Tara's house!" Jesse pouted. "Why can't I play with her this time?"

"Because, Tiny human, Lily goes to School now" Anya explained.

"Then I wanna go to school to!"

"You can't go until next year."

"Why not?" Jesse whined. "Me and Lily have always done stuffs together, always!"

"You can still do a lot of things together" said Anya, "But, Lily is a year older than you, so there are some things where she'll always be a little bit ahead, like starting school, and learning to drive.."

"Okay" said Jesse, still not seeming entirely happy. "But if I'm not gonna play with Lily, why do I have to go to my Auntie's house? Why can't I stay here with you?"

"Mommy has a Doctor's appointment, so we can check that your baby brother or sister is growing properly" Anya replied as she searched for her misplaced car keys, finding them under the newspaper Xander had been reading that Morning. "Daddy's going to meet me there, and afterwards, we'll come home and show you a picture."

"Okay.." said Jesse, trailing off in thought. "It could be worser. Auntie Faith's fun to play with, and Echo, and Miss Kitty the second.. Mommy, what happened to Miss Kitty the First?"

"If you asked, your Daddy said to tell you she went to a farm."

"Okay."


"Nice kick, Baby J" said Faith, as she and Jesse kicked a Soccerball back and forth in the front yard. Echo chased it as it rolled between them, while Miss Kitty The 2nd watched them through the front window.

"I'm not a baby anymore, Auntie Faith!" the little boy frowned, kicking the ball back.

"You're still Baby J as long as you're the youngest" Faith smirked. She moved to kick the ball again, but stopped, as Jesse was now completely distracted by the car that had pulled up in the driveway, or more accurately, the blonde-haired five year old that hopped out of it.

"Lily!" he cried happily, running towards her.

"Jesse!" Lily echoed.

"I missed you!" said Jesse as they hugged.

"I missed you too!" said Lily. "A boy I was sitting with pooped his pants today. You don't poop your pants anymore, and you're way more fun to play with.." the children linked hands, chatting happily as they headed inside.

"Aww, that's cute" said Faith, as Tara and Sophie climbed out of the car and made their way towards her. "Who wants to bet that they'll hook up one day?"

"I'm not betting on my daughter, Faith" Tara chuckled.


"Twins!" Anya announced, waving the Ultrasound picture above her head as she entered the house a while later. Xander walked behind her, looking a little pale. "Two tiny humans! Do you realise what this means? I'll be huge and unattractive.."

"You're beautiful, Honey" Xander weakly argued as he flopped into a chair, and a slightly worried Willow rushed off to get him a glass of water.

"How could you say that?" Anya cried. "I was big last time, and this time will be worse.."

"Maybe even more dependin' on what sex they are" said Faith, looking up from the magazine she was reading to glance at Anya's stomach. "You carryin' high or low?"

Anya gave her a strange look, and Faith cleared her throat, stuffing the magazine behind Sophie who sat next to her, but not before everyone caught a glimpse of the very pregnant woman on the cover.

"Is that.. Have you and Buffy.." Willow babbled excitedly.

"No. Forget about it."

"Yup, forget it" said Sophie.

"Yes!" cried Anya. "We have more important things to worry about, like what his children are going to do to my body!" She pointed accusingly at Xander. Xander winced, raising his hands to shield himself from his wife's potential wrath.

"Anya" said Tara, ever the calming influence. "I think you might be losing track of what's really important here. Sure, pregnancy reeks havoc on your body for nine months, but you're going to have two beautiful babies at the end of it."

"Two?" asked Jesse, wide-eyed, as he and Lily appeared in the doorway.

"Yes, Jesse" Tara smiled. "Twins means two."

"Yay!" the little boy cheered, breaking into a little dance. "I'm gonna have two brothers or sisters, I'm gonna have two brothers or sisters.."

"Auntie Buffy!" Lily cried excitedly, rushing upstairs to fetch her favourite Aunt who was upstairs, secretly going over the things she and Faith needed for their baby-making spell. "Auntie Buffy, Auntie Anya's having two babies!"

Seeing her son and niece so excited about the new arrivals, Anya did calm down, and looked at the ultrasound picture in her hand, thinking about Tara's words.

"Well of course they'll be beautiful. I am their Mother.."