After spending two days in the hospital, Buffy and Spike were finally allowed to take their babies home. As Buffy got the girls ready to leave, Spike went to get their car seats—which he had accidentally left at home in a hurry when Buffy went into labor—and Joyce, Faith and Dawn kept Buffy company until Spike returned.

"They're just the cutest babies I've ever seen" Dawn gushed as she rocked Arianna in the rocking chair.

"Yeah, you and Spike made some adorable kids, B" Faith smiled at her twin as she watched her change Averianna's diaper and put her in her go-home outfit.

"They're definitely keepers" Buffy smiled as well. After putting Averi in the sleeper Willow had bought for the girls—Ari already dressed in the other one—she picked up the infant and kissed her on her little lips before handing her to Joyce. "Here, will you hold her while I get everything else together so I don't forget anything?"

"Of course" Joyce smiled, taking Averi from her daughter. "Hello, my sweet grandbaby."

"Dawnie, let me have Ari" Faith said. Dawn pouted, but handed over the baby anyway, not wanting to start an argument. "Where's Spike? He's been gone a while."

"He just texted and said he was on his way" Buffy told her, looking at her phone. She put the phone in her back pocket and went around the room gathering all her stuff and packing it back in her bag. As she stood there, looking around for anything she might have missed, Spike came into the room with two car seats in his hands. Buffy didn't want them to have the same car seats; she hated the whole thing about dressing twins the same and giving them the same things like car seats or bedding. Averi's car seat was zebra print, lined in hot pink and Ari's car seat was dark gray and had pink, purple, orange and green peace signs on it.

"Hey, luv" Spike said, putting the car seats on the hospital bed that already had Buffy's bag and the twins' diaper bags on it—Averi's diaper bag being hello kitty and Ari's was black with pink, purple and orange chevron stripes.

"Hey, baby, you're here, good" Buffy said, taking Ari from Faith. "Let's get the girls in their seats and get the hell outta here." As Buffy secured Arianna in her seat, Spike took Averianna and put her in her seat as well.

"Okay, guys. We'll meet you at your house, yes?" Joyce asked.

"Yeah, see you gals there" Spike said. Joyce kissed her daughter on the cheek before her and her other two daughters left.

A nurse brought a wheelchair over for Buffy. Even though Buffy insisted she could walk, it was hospital policy so she just gave up and let them wheel her outside, Ari's seat on her lap while Spike carried Averianna's along with the diaper bags and Buffy's bag. Once everyone was in the car and the bags were in the trunk, Spike started the car and headed for their apartment.

A few minutes later, Spike pulled into their apartment parking lot and he and Buffy got out and then got their babies out. They each took a diaper bag as well and Spike insisted on carrying Buffy's bag for her, not wanting her to over-exert herself. They got in the elevator and took it to the third floor and finally got to their apartment door. After Spike unlocked the door, he let Buffy in before him and then entered himself, shutting the door behind him. He followed Buffy into the living room and they both set the babies' seats on the coffee table, both of them sitting on the couch in front of their daughters.

"How are you, baby?" Spike asked Buffy who sighed and sat back on the couch.

"I'm great" she smiled. "Just a little tired."

"I reckon we'll both be exhausted after a couple days of these two keeping mommy and daddy up all night" Spike smiled, looking at the two sleeping babies. Buffy smiled as well, sitting back up to lean against her boyfriend who put his arm around her, kissing her forehead.

"That's fine with me. They can wake mommy up whenever they please" Buffy said in baby talk.

"Let's get you two nibblets out of those seats, huh?" Spike said and he and Buffy unbuckled them and carefully took them out, leaning back and cuddling them in their arms. "So, how does it feel to be a mommy, luv?"

"It's…incredible" Buffy said. "I can't even explain it. It just feels like we've had them all along."

"I know what you mean, pet" Spike said, kissing Averi on the forehead.

"How do you feel about being a daddy?" Buffy asked and he gave her a beaming smile, his whole face lighting up.

"Bloody wonderful!" he exclaimed, standing up and placing Averi in their pack-and-play near the couch. He then took Ari from Buffy and placed her next to her sister and joined his girl back on the sofa. She hooked her arm with his, taking his hand and laying her head on his shoulder, yawning a bit.

"Have I told you how much I love you lately?" he asked her and she smiled, looking up at him.

"Yes" she said. "But I never get tired of hearing it."

"I love you, baby" he said.

"I love you too" she told him, leaning up and capturing his lips in a passionate kiss. She let go of his hand so she could turn her body to get better access at his mouth as his tongue slid into her mouth, rubbing against hers. Just as the kiss got a little more heated, the door opened and Joyce, Faith and Dawn walked in.

"Eh-hem!" Faith cleared her throat to make their presence known and Spike reluctantly broke the kiss. "You guys know that's what led to these two little angels, right?" she joked. "And besides, don't you have to wait like a month before getting back to bouncy-fun time?"

"Oh, Faith, that's disgusting" Joyce scolded her daughter.

"And it's 6 weeks unfortunately" Buffy corrected her twin.

"Okay, TMI, girls" Joyce said, desperate for them to stop. Buffy and Faith smirked at each other while Spike just shook his head.

"Where are my nieces?" Dawn asked, changing the subject.

"They're in the pack-and-play sleeping" Buffy told her. Dawn went over to the pack-and-play and looked down lovingly at the twin sleeping babies.

"Can I hold one of them?" Dawn asked.

"Sure" Spike told her. Dawn smiled and picked up Arianna and Joyce went over and picked up Averi.

"Oh, Grammy just loves you both so much" Joyce gushed as she went over and sat in the recliner. Spike looked over and saw Buffy yawn.

"You wanna go take a nap, baby?" he asked her, but she shook her head.

"No, I'm not gonna do that. There's two babies here who need to be taken care of."

"Sweetheart, it's okay. Dawnie, Faith and I can stay and help Spike" Joyce told her daughter.

"Besides, if they leave before you wake up, I can certainly take care of both of my babies by myself" Spike said in a tone that said Buffy didn't trust him to be alone with both girls.

"Baby, I have no doubt you can care for both of them by yourself" Buffy assured him. "I just didn't want you to have to when I'm right here."

"But you're exhausted" Spike reminded her.

"Yeah, Buffy" Dawn agreed. "You just pushed two babies out your hoo-ha."

"Dawnie!" Joyce scolded with a chuckle.

"What? It's true" Dawn said innocently and Joyce just shook her head at her youngest.

"Well…" Buffy thought for a moment after yawning again. "Maybe just a little catnap." She really was exhausted and could barely keep her eyes open. She thought, why not take them up on their offer while she still can.

"Come on, luv" Spike said, standing up and pulling her up with him. "Let me tuck you into bed." Buffy let him lead her into the bedroom and put her in bed. After covering her with their bedspread, he leaned down and kissed her on her lips softly.

"I love you" she told him with another yawn as she rolled on her side. He smiled at her.

"I love you too, Goldilocks" he told her before leaving their bedroom and shutting the door. He went back over to the other Summers women and sat back down on the couch where Faith and Dawn were already seated.

"I'm glad she's getting some rest" Joyce said. "She needs it."

"Yeah, she really does" Spike agreed, looking toward the bedroom. "She's my incredible girl."

"So, Spike, how does it feel to be a daddy to twins?" Faith asked, looking from Arianna to Averianna and then to Spike.

"I reckon the same it would feel being a daddy to one" Spike shrugged. "But the daddy part is incredible, astonishing, mind-shatteringly amazing" he said with a grin. Joyce smiled at him. She hadn't been very happy that her sixteen-year-old daughter had gotten pregnant, but—since it did happen—she was glad it was with a man who she knew for a fact loved her with all his heart and soul; and Spike did, immensely.

"They really are some gorgeous baby girls" Joyce said.

"Well of course" Spike agreed. "They look like their mother."

"Buffy said they were fraternal, but they look exactly alike to me" Dawn said as she rocked Arianna lightly back and forth.

"Their looks might change a bit as they grow" Spike said.

"Well" Dawn said. "Mary-Kate and Ashley are fraternal twins but they're identical."

"Are you gonna dress them alike?" Joyce asked, but Spike shook his head.

"No, definitely not. Buffy was very clear about not wanting to do that. She hates it when people give their twins rhyming names and dress them alike. She says that they both have their own identities and should be treated as such; I have to say I agree" Spike told her and Joyce nodded.

"Yeah, I do too" the new grandmother said, kissing Averianna on the forehead.

"Okay, Dawn, hand Ari over" Faith said and Dawn kissed the infant on the head before handing her to her big sister. Faith stood up with Arianna, walking around the apartment with her. "I can't believe my twin sister—my best friend—is a mommy. We always talked about how cool it would be if we got pregnant at the same time and had our babies together, but…"

"Well, I, for one, am glad you both weren't pregnant. I don't need two pregnant teenagers" Joyce joked. "I wasn't very happy that Buffy got pregnant at such a young age, but, I wouldn't change it for anything in the world. Now that my grandbabies are here, I wouldn't have it any other way."

"Me either" Spike smiled. "Trust me, we certainly didn't plan this, but I couldn't imagine not having them now that they're here."

"Well, with as much as you two were banging, didn't you ever think about the possibility that B might get knocked up?"

"Oh, Faith!" Joyce scolded. Faith smirked when Spike's face turned red.

"Uh…no, I honestly never thought that could happen. I mean, obviously I know how babies are made, but… Yeah, let's not talk about this, please" he said, feeling embarrassed to be discussing his and Buffy's sex life in front of her mother.

"Yes, let's please change the subject" Joyce pleaded, not wanting to discuss it either. Just then, Averianna stirred and began to cry. When she did, Arianna woke and began to whimper as well.

"Oh, sounds like they're hungry" Spike said. "I'll go heat up some bottles." He went into the kitchen and made two bottles, heating them in the two bottle warmers they had gotten at Buffy's baby shower. Once they were warm, but not too hot, he came back into the living room and gently took Arianna from Faith so he could feed her and gave Joyce Averi's bottle. The babies took to the bottles right away, fervently sucking away at the milk inside. Spike smiled down at the baby in his arms, loving every minute of being a daddy so far.

Joyce, Dawn and Faith left a while later and Spike was left alone with the twins. He sat on the couch, holding them both in his arms, looking back and forth between them lovingly. As he kissed them on the forehead, he heard the door to his and Buffy's bedroom open and saw her emerge a couple seconds later.

"Hey, beautiful" he whispered to her, smiling at the sight of her.

"Hi" she whispered back, coming over and taking Averianna before sitting next to Spike on the couch.

"How was your nap, baby?" he asked.

"Great" Buffy smiled. "Exactly what I needed."

"Told you" Spike said and she playfully rolled her eyes at him.

"When did my mom and sisters leave?"

"About fifteen minutes ago" Spike said as Buffy kissed Averi on the forehead. "Faith said she'd call you later."

"Okay" Buffy said. "I just still can't believe I'm a mommy. I mean, I guess it just hasn't sunk it yet. I look at them and… it just amazes me that we created these two perfect little people." Spike smiled at her, looking at his twins as well.

"I know what you mean, luv" he said. "I still haven't wrapped my mind around it yet either. They're… just so amazing."

"We can do this, right?" Buffy asked, looking at him. He looked at her with confusion.

"What do you mean?"

"I just mean… I want them to have a perfect life. I don't want them to want for anything and I don't want them to ever question if we love them or not" Buffy told him.

"They'll never question that, baby" Spike assured her. "And we're gonna give them the best life possible, but, we can't protect them from everything. They're gonna get broken hearts, gonna skin their knees, but they'll be happy; we all will."

"I believe you" Buffy told him with a smile. "I love you so much."

"And I love you, my perfect girl" he told her, leaning down and kissing her lips softly.