Epilogue

Buffy laughed as she watched Angel play with Lara and Liam. It was nearly a month since they had been born and Buffy could honestly say that she had never felt happier in her life.

She had begun training with Alex again who had won his case against the council and had been reinstated as her full time watcher. Giles had gone home to England long enough to speak to the council and to gather a few personal possessions before returning to America with Olivia. He had come back with a rather smug expression on his face yet no one could work out what he knew that they didn't.

Everyone had gone back to their daily routine and Buffy and Angel had established a Sunnydale branch of Angel Investigations with both Ora and Connor working there full time.

She and Angel were busy preparing for their wedding and although they had insisted that it was only a small gathering, there was still much to organise.

Buffy laughed again as Angel shook a small rattle at Lara who didn't seem to like it. She picked it up from where Angel had put it and she threw it over the other side of the blanket. Neither Buffy nor Angel had noticed that rattle had been thrown nearly three feet. Nor did they notice the second rattle that lay next to Liam…it was snapped in half.

 Angel looked up and saw Buffy watching them. He beckoned for her to join them. Buffy obliged and sat down next to Angel.

"I don't think she likes that rattle."

"Well it's better than that plush stake you made for them." Angel told her. Buffy grinned sheepishly

"Well, I personally believe that it is never too early for them to learn how to defend themselves. They will after all be living in Sunnydale."

"They are a month old."

"Your point being?"

Angel stared at her but eventually gave up.

"I can never win against you."

"Depends what you are trying to win." She whispered back to him. Angel looked at her in surprise as she gave him a passionate kiss. Angel deepened it and was about to suggest they get Willow to baby-sit when something hit him on the leg. He looked up and saw Lara's dummy lying in his lap. He looked over to his daughter who stared back at him. Angel grinned and rolled over, grabbing Lara in the process. She squealed in delight and reached out for Buffy. Buffy laughed, picked up Liam and joined her husband and daughter as they continued to play on the front lawn of their home.

***

Jenny watched her friends playing with their child and couldn't help but wonder if life would continue to be good for them.

"The Watcher knows." Whistler told her as he walked up.

"Of course Rupert knows." Jenny told him, "How could he not?"

"The Slayer and her boy don't seem to realise.'

"They will soon enough." Jenny said cryptically

"The DeWinter family was said to be the strongest family of all time. There was a slayer in every generation. Anne was killed and Buffy took her place in the family. Buffy is not a pure blood DeWinter. How do you know that the prophecy will be fulfilled?" Whistler asked jenny.

"Look at them. Buffy is the strongest slayer to have ever lived. She will become the stuff of legend. Buffy may have married into the DeWinter family but her daughter didn't...And neither did her son. It was said the DeWinter family would always have a slayer in the family. Buffy is the greatest and Lara and Liam were no accident."

"But will Buffy accept that?"

"I believe she will. And both of them will have the greatest mentor a slayer could ever have, a mother. Into Every generation a slayer is born."

"Well I guess that this generation is taken care of…twice over" Whistler told her.

"And the next. And the next. And the next. Until the end of time. The slayer linage has changed forever." Jenny finished.

"Yes well considering the fact Liam was born. Trust Buffy to change tradition."

They both looked down at the family before them.

***

Buffy took Lara to her room and put her down to sleep. Angel came up behind her with Liam. Once he was settled, Angel placed his arms around her waist.

"What do you think her future holds?" Buffy asked.

"I think it holds lots of love and happiness."

"I hope so. I just can't help thinking that there will be stuff that I won't be able to protect them from."

"And yet…?"

"And yet, I know that they will be okay. I don't know what it is but I can tell that they will be okay."

"Maybe they are both slayers." Angel joked.

"Well that would be interesting wouldn't it?"

"Yeah, my own children will be able to beat me up." Angel laughed. Buffy laughed along with him as they went and got ready for bed.

Buffy curled up against Angel and sighed. She knew that he had only been joking but what if Lara was a slayer, not to mention Liam. Angel placed an arm around her and she settled further back into his embrace. Thinking back on what had happened over the past year, Buffy couldn't help but smile. So much had happened that she had hardly had time to think straight. She sighed in contentment and closed here eyes. She didn't think it was possible for Liam to be a slayer but who knew. And if Lara was to become a slayer, Buffy knew one thing. She would be a good one. With that thought in mind, Buffy fell into a peaceful sleep.

The End.

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