A/N: Well there's good news and there's bad news. The bad news is, this is the last chapter. The good news is, apparently I'm not walking away from this verse so easily. I have at least 3 one shots planned to follow. But as of now, no full fledged story.

And nobody seemed to really catch the South of Nowhere reference in the last chapter, I'm sad. LOL

Chap. 25: Twins- Nov. 05

"Mama, Mommy, baby here?" A little voice asked as Vaeh made her way into the room, followed by Dawn and then everyone else in their family.

They were seated in a way that it wasn't obvious to anyone yet that they each held a baby, and they'd instructed the nurse that went out to get them, not to spoil the surprise.

"Actually, we have a surprise for you," Buffy told Vaeh, signaling for her to come close to the bed. "Climb on up here and meet your sisters."

Vaeh was too young to catch the plural in that sentence, but shocked sounds made their way around the rest of the group. At the same time, Faith and Buffy both moved the bundles in their arms to show Vaeh the two little faces. "Everyone, meet Spencer Joyce Summers," Buffy said, holding her lookalike up.

"And Skye Marie Summers," Faith finished, holding up her lookalike.

"Wow, twins," Tara finally stuttered, breaking the silence.

"You guys didn't know?" Dawn asked, feeling as if they had, but kept it from them all.

"No it came as a surprise to us too, believe me," Buffy exclaimed.

"But you had ultrasounds, how is that possible?" Willow asked this time.

"We only had one, back when Anita first started. Dr. Colton thinks it's possible one was hiding behind the other for it. And their heartbeats might just have been in sync during the moments she'd listen. We'll never really know how. But doesn't matter, we get two for the price of one," Faith finished with a giant grin.

"Speak for yourself. No wonder your pregnancy was so much easier," Buffy said with a pout.

Faith knew she was caught. Should have known she couldn't hide that from her wife. They knew each other too well. "Sorry, babe. But just look at them, they are too cute."

"Faith just said cute," Kennedy teased.

"Shut up, brat. They're my babies I can say they are cute if I want too."

"They are rather cute," Dawn agreed, scooting closer so that she could see them better. "Can I hold one?"

"Sure, come get Spencer," Buffy told her, signaling to the baby in her arms. "Spencer, meet your Aunt Dawn," she told the sleeping infant that didn't even bother to bat an eyelash as she was transferred into different arms.

Dawn stared down at the baby in her arms. She remembered Nevaeh being this small, but back then she didn't have much interest in the baby. "She looks just like you."

"I know, it's pretty awesome," Buffy said excitedly. "But Skye definitely looks like Faith and Nevaeh."

"I wanna hold a baby," Vaeh pouted, after watching Dawn play with one of her sisters.

"Come here, squirt," Faith tells her, handing Skye to Buffy, she pulled Vaeh into her lap. Once she was settled, Buffy turned and handed Skye to Faith, who placed the baby in Nevaeh's lap, making sure to keep her own hand supporting the baby's head. "Say hi to your sister Skye."

"Hi, Skye, I your big sister," Vaeh proudly stated.

"You're going to be an awesome big sister," Faith told her, placing a kiss into her big girl's hair.

For the next hour both babies switched hands in a continuous motion. They knew it would be this way, but it seemed even worse, with two babies to go around it seemed to make everyone even more antsy for a turn.

Buffy was almost relieved when Skye let out a wail. She'd barely gotten to hold her middle daughter for more than a few minutes since she was born. She'd finally get a chance to hold on to her for more than a couple minutes and nobody would try to take her. Tara handed the baby over to her easily, and everyone found something more interesting to look at to give her privacy to situate the baby to nurse.

Everyone that is except Nevaeh. "What you doing, Mommy?"

Buffy and Faith both gave each other a deer in headlights kind of look. Buffy had stated from early on that she was going to breastfeed. Neither woman had taken it into consideration that their always inquisitive daughter would question it.

"I'm feeding the baby," Buffy started gently. "When babies are really little they don't have teeth like you do so they can't eat all the yummy food you like. Instead they drink milk that comes from a mommy."

Nevaeh tilted her head like she was thinking about it. "Me did too when I was a baby?"

The room had fallen silent with Nevaeh's first question, but this one had everyone suck in a deep breath waiting for a pin to drop.

"You drank milk too, but not from Mommy, you drank it from a bottle," Buffy tried, hoping if she gave her a partial answer it would satisfy her.

"How come?"

Faith flipped Nevaeh around so that she could talk to her face to face. "You know how your sisters were in Mommy's tummy?" Nevaeh just nodded her head. "Well that's why she has the milk for them. But you didn't come from her tummy, you came from mine."

"So you feed me?"

"Sometimes after babies get older they will drink from a bottle, just like your sisters probably will later. But with you, you drank from a bottle right from the start. You don't remember this, but when you were just a baby, Mama couldn't be with you all the time. She was in big trouble and had to stay in her room," Faith tried to explain prison in a way that an almost five year old could understand. "But when I was good, Mommy would bring you up to play for a bit. But since I couldn't be there all the time, Mommy bought milk that's for babies at the store. It was good stuff though, promise you loved that stuff," Faith tried to end on a light note.

Nobody in the room had anything to add. They didn't like to think about that time in their lives. Faith especially hated all the shit she pulled back then. But having what she had now, more than made up for it.

"You did good, baby," Buffy whispered in her ear. "Couldn't have said it better myself."

Nevaeh seemed to be pacified with Faith's answer as well so the subject was dropped. Almost as if the two planned it, Spencer let off a wail as soon as Skye was done. Buffy handed Skye over to Faith to burp so she could take Spencer to feed.

~BF~

"You sure you're okay to take Nevaeh again tonight?" Buffy asked her sister, who was holding a passed out little girl. The day's event had been too much for her and she'd fallen asleep about twenty minutes ago.

"We'll be fine, we'll just stay at your house tonight."

"No sex in our bed," Faith stated without missing a beat.

"Please, like we'd ever do that," Dawn spat, but the look on Kennedy's face clearly said she'd originally had other ideas.

"Don't worry, we'll stay over too, keep them company," Willow told them.

"Good idea," Buffy agreed. Not that she worried about Nevaeh, but she did worry about having a couple still clearly in the honeymoon phase of their relationship in their house alone all night.

The troops all filed out together, leaving the room in almost silence for the first time all day. Buffy took in a deep breath, letting the moment fully hit her. She was a mom… again, to two babies. At least she had experience, if this would have happened pre-Nevaeh she'd probably be freaking right now.

But this time she had experience, and this time she had Faith. She wasn't alone to take care of these babies.

Faith scooted out of the bed, careful not to jostle the sleeping Spencer currently in her arms. Placing her in the little hospital baby bed, she grabbed Skye from Buffy and did the same with her. Kicking off her shoes, she climbed back onto the bed, this time under the covers.

"Not sure they're gonna let you sleep there," Buffy told her, but made no move to change the situation.

"Like to see them make me move. 'Sides not like we'll be getting a lot of sleep anyway. Double S will wake us up in an hour or two."

"Double S? That's what you're going with?"

"Until I can think of something better, you betcha."

"You're a goof," was all Buffy responded with, curling into Faith's body. She was glad her wife was going to stay there with her, she never slept well without her beside her. "We have twins."

"Amazing isn't it." There was no question in Faith's voice, it was a simple statement of fact. They'd been an awesome family before, but now it just seemed more complete. Like everything was as it should be.

~BF~

Buffy and the twins were finally released the next evening. Since they hadn't been expecting twins, Dr. Colton just wanted to keep an eye on both girls, but once she saw everything was fine she quickly signed off on their release. They'd already talked to Anita about giving them an exam in a day or two, just to make sure they were good on the more mystical side of their birth.

Since there was too many of them to all ride in one car, they told them all to just stay home. There really was no sense for any of them to come to the hospital just so they could all caravan back home with them. And they didn't want to leave anyone out by letting some come and not others.

Faith was regretting that decision though when she realized she'd be the one that had to drive. At least Giles had gone out and got them another car seat. But to put it in they had to take out Vaeh's booster seat to fit them both in there. They were going to need a bigger car, that much was obvious. No way were they buying a minivan though, a nice big SUV should do nicely, Faith thought to herself.

They got both girls strapped into their seats, neither waking up for this great event. One of them might look like Buffy, but they both obviously had Faith's sleeping habits, as in they liked to sleep, a lot. After helping Buffy into the car, who was still a little sore, she made her way around the hood and hopped in the driver's seat.

"We ready?"

"We're ready," Buffy replied excitedly. Every couple blocks she'd turn to check on the babies, only to find them both still sleeping. Buffy was a little disappointed they weren't aware this was such a momentous occasion. Not that she expected more, she was just so excited and they were sleeping through it.

Pulling onto the gravel pad that passed as their driveway, both women went to the doors and unlatched the carrier closest to them. Neither was surprised when they found everyone in their living room under a giant banner that read "Welcome Home."

"How was the drive?" Giles asked them as they each sat their carrier on the coffee table and unlatched a baby.

"Good, obviously they slept through it all," Buffy answered.

"It's going to be an adjustment I imagine," he reasoned.

"We'll manage," Faith replied easily. She was totally up for this. She'd finally get her chance to be a real mom to her infants. Maybe that was why Vaeh was more than just her daughter. She got to come in and be a mom later. It made it easier to relate to her on a friend level as well. She'd just have to try and do that with the twins, she didn't want any of her daughters to feel like she favored them.

"We have a surprise for you," Xander said excitedly. A little too excitedly if you asked Faith, it almost looked like he had ants in his pants. "Follow me," he told them. Heading up the stairs he stopped just outside the nursery room door. "I present to you the new and improved nursery," he stated throwing the door open.

Both women walked in with a baby in their arms as they took everything in. There were now two cribs, rocking chairs, and dressers. The closet was fuller than it had been when they'd left for the hospital. They'd had a few things like unisex onesies in it before, but now it held girl clothes, and there were doubles of everything.

"There's also a second bassinet in your room and a double stroller in the downstairs closet," Dawn told them.

"You guys, you didn't have to do this," Buffy said, trying not to let the tears fall.

"We couldn't let the babies come home and only one have a bed now could we," Willow told them.

"This is amazing," Faith said, the emotion in her own voice belying her feelings.

"Thank you." Buffy went around giving everyone awkward hugs, truly grateful for having such a wonderful family.

"Yes, it's lovely, but I had no part in it," Giles told them, leaving both women a little confused. "I have another surprise for you." Reaching into his pocket, he produced a set a keys and handed them to Faith.

"What are these for, G?"

"For your brand new Toyoto Land Cruiser, currently parked over by the gym."

"Serious?" Faith exclaimed. "Hell ya!"

"Mama say bad word," Vaeh told the room.

"That's 'cause Grandpa Giles just gave us a sweet new ride that isn't a minivan." Nevaeh just shrugged her shoulders, not understanding a word of what her Mama just said. But apparently it was something good.

Long after they'd set the baby seats up in the new SUV and everyone had taken a ride in the new car, the group took their leave, letting the Summers women get settled into their new life.

It became quickly apparent it would be awhile before they could get into some form of routine, but they'd managed to get Nevaeh ready for bed between meeting the twins' needs. With one last feeding for both babies, they finally had a few hours to themselves and crashed into bed.

They spent a few moments just staring into each other's eyes with gentle kisses. This day had been long and it had been hard, but every moment had been worth it. They were home with all their daughters.

"I don't know what I did to deserve you, but I will forever be grateful for you and everything you brought into my life," Faith whispered full of emotion.

"You loved me, nothing but that matters. And I feel exactly the same way. Saying 'I love you' will always be an understatement for how I feel. You are my soul-mate and I will forever be grateful that Nevaeh came into our life and showed us what should have been."

"I love you so much," Faith told her, placing a deep kiss on her lips. They both fell asleep wrapped in each other's arms, so close together you couldn't tell where one ended and the other began. But that's the way it should be. They were one. They'd lived through one of life's great storms and came out on top and together. Proving that love is greater than anything else when it's with the one your heart truly belongs too. And Buffy and Faith's hearts were forever tied together through love and their daughters.

The daughters that would one day change the world, together.