Buffy woke up to the sound of a little cry. She climbed out of bed and went to the cot to see Celia was fidgeting a little and crying for milk as she must be hungry. It was 6 in the morning. Not a bad night sleep apart from keep waking up worried about the little baby. Buffy picks her up and rocks Celia in her arms while she goes downstairs to get a bottle for the baby.
She sits on the sofa and feeds the baby and then winds her. She sits back on the sofa and watches Celia sleep again in her arms. She sat watching her daughter for a long time. She was amazed she had a child. Someone made out of herself and Xander. She thought of Celia as the most perfect person in the world. This was why Buffy had to keep the evil a bay. To make sure Celia would grow up in a safe and nice world.
Xander came downstairs at 8ish to see Buffy still looking at Celia.
"How long have you been up?" He asks.
"Only since…6ish" Buffy says smiling up at Xander. He sits next to her and watches Celia as well.
Half an hour later Dawn came downstairs and laughed at the two of them.
"Guy you can blind, she wont change that fast." Buffy and Xander both just sighed. "Can I help you wash and dress her?" Dawn was looking like she would burst if they said no.
"Of course Dawnie." Buffy says and they get into action. Buffy asks Dawn to find some clothes for Celia and Xander goes and gets warm water and cotton wool to wash Celia, while Buffy warms up another bottle to give Celia when she gets hungry. Buffy thought this would be soon.
Buffy took the baby upstairs and they all sat on Buffy's bed and put Celia on a changing mat and a towel. They washed her and then Dawn put her clothes on, helped by Buffy and Xander.
"Did you help dress me when I was born?" Dawn asks.
"No I was to young. All I was allowed to do was sit and watch and sit and hold you…with mom next to me hold my arms while you were in my arms."
Dawn smiled and then looked at her niece. "I love her."
"So do we. She has a strong, happy family that love her so much." Xander says and then leans down to kiss Buffy. "You sore at all?"
"Nope slayer healing has made me back to normal already."
"Well that's good. When I'm older I'll let you give birth to my kids." Dawn smiles.
"No thank you, one is enough for now."
At this point Celia starts to cry so Xander takes the bottle that Buffy made and started to feed her. The phone then rang so Buffy answered it while Dawn watched Celia.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Buffy it's me. I was wondering…" It was Willow. "Can we come over and see Celia?" She says quickly.
"Of course. Come over whenever you want." Buffy says and then they hang up saying they will be there in a few minutes.
Buffy walks upstairs and sees Celia asleep again in Xander's arms.
"She sleeps a lot." Dawn whispers.
"She's a baby. She needs to." Buffy replies. "Willow and the girls and Giles will be over soon."
About 30 minutes later Willow, Tara, Anya and Giles come over. Willow and Tara were holding a big pink teddy, on it's belly it read "Baby girl." And a balloon that says 'congratulations' and a bag of little things for Buffy and Xander.
Anya came with a outfit for the baby, it was a little all in one set with a matching hat. It had a little Dalmatian on the belly of it and a little tale on the bum. The hat had floppy ears and the feet had little paws.
Giles had also brought something for Celia. It was a personalised baby vest. It said, "I'm gorgeous, love me."
"Giles don't you think that is a little vain for a baby?" Buffy asks. "Or you know, little vain of you to think of actually putting that onto a top."
"Well, I think she is gorgeous and she deserves all the love in the world." Buffy hugs Giles and says thank you.
Everyone sits down and Xander puts Celia in a small cot that was in the living room.
Everyone takes turns to look at her and awww, while Buffy and Xander go upstairs and wash and dressed, as they hadn't been able to before as they were too busy looking at Celia.
In the evening Buffy was sat with Xander after Dawn had gone to bed and Celia was sleeping in her cot.
"I think something is bad is coming." Buffy says snuggling into Xander's side.
"Don't say that."
"But I can feel it. People are going to want to get Celia. She's special. Not just the 'from parents view' point. I mean there is something that's going to want her to use for evil."
"Buffy we will keep her safe. We knew there were a chance people wanted to hurt her or use her. We wouldn't admit it but we knew deep down. And we also knew deep down that we would no matter what protect her. And we will Buffy don't worry about it. I'm always here for you and our daughter."
Buffy listened and snuggled into him more. She knew nothing would hurt Celia as she wouldn't let anything. But she had a sickening feeling in the pit of her stomach. She hoped it would go away fast.
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