Title: Chocolate Chip
Chapter: 2
Author: Andra Marie
Distribution: If you want it, just ask.
Rating -for this chapter:G Entire story: PG
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except Manning. I created him, yadda yadda yadda. He's all mine!
Summary: AU. Some ice cream is had. Nothing much else.
Setting: This is the sequel to my story "Unforgivable Mistake." It picks up where it left off. You have to read it to understand this. Chapter one of this story is also the epilogue to UM.
A/N: Feedback is a must. This sequel is dedicated to all B/A shipper fans, but even if you're not, you'll still like this (hopefully).
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Buffy sat outside the ice cream shop at a small table with Manning, soaking in the sun's rays. Her hair was in a long, high ponytail; she didn't have a lot of time to worry about her looks. She watched her son attempt to eat his chocolate ice cream, but most of it was all over his face. She had to try to save his shirt from a sugary death, so she picked up a few napkins and gently wiped off his face.
"Hey Buffy!" A familiar voice came from down the street. It was Cordy, who had a rather angry look on her face.
"Hey Cordy. I though that you had somewhere to be." Buffy replied, looking at her quizzically.
"Yeah, well, I thought I was meeting Jackson- that guy I was telling you about, the one I met at the club. Well, as soon as I got there, he called my cell and said he couldn't make it. Something about work. Can you believe he didn't show? On ME?" She was very annoyed. Although she had made major improvements on her personality, she still had some room to grow. She didn't quite understand why any man would want to do anything other than date her.
"Well, I'm sure he had something very important to do." She said, trying to cheer Cordelia up.
"Yeah, hopefully life or death." She sighed and ran her fingers through her hair.
"You know you're welcome to eat some ice cream with us, right Manning?"
"Wight." Manning stated, still very wrapped up in his ice cream.
Buffy smiled and pulled over a seat. Cordelia put her purse down on the table and sat down, relaxing.
Manning smiled in triumph as he looked down at his now empty ice cream cup.
"Mommy, can I have more ice cream?" he said, employing his puppy-dog eyes to the best of his ability.
Buffy looked at her son's eyes and knew she just couldn't say know.
"Well, OK. But only because it was your first day of preschool." She said reluctantly. She got up to take him inside, but he shook his head no at her.
"What's the matter?" She raised an eyebrow at her little boy
"I wanna go by myself!" He said sticking out his hand.
"You want to order by yourself?" She said, worried. She new her little boy was growing up, but she was still worried about him doing things by himself.
"Yup." He said as he nodded his head up and down.
'Well, I suppose so. Now here's the money." She reached into her bag and pulled out a few dollar bills, "And ask for one scoop of chocolate chip," she finished, placing the money in his tiny hand. She knew that he would only be inside, and she could see him through the glass windows, but she still worried. She always worried. She knew of all of the bad things and people inhabiting this dimension, and she wanted to do everything she could to protect him. But she needed to let him grow and learn on his own. Someday he would grow up and move out, but for now she was just trying to let him buy ice cream on his own.
"So how is your non-existent love life?" Cordelia joked, while Buffy still looked at Manning through the windows.
"It's going great. At the rate I'm going now, I'm going to be an old spinster who stays in their house all day." She replied, trying to joke her way off the subject. There was no way the Buffy though she was ready to date again. She had tried too early after Angel had left for the very first time. She had learned (unfortunately from experience) that it would take her wounds a long time to heal, and she wasn't in any really hurry to date anyway. There aren't a whole lot of guys interested in single mothers.
"C'mon, Buffy, it's been three years since you've had a real date." She said, giving her a glare and turning her tone slightly serious.
"But there aren't that many guys who want to jump right in and be dads. And I don't want some to come in Manning's life and then leave." Buffy looked down at her ice cream, which was almost all gone, but now melting.
"OK, I realize that, so I won't push. But you should at least consider it." Cordy ended the conversation there. She knew how much it hurt Buffy to try to move on. The last thing she needed was to be hurt again, and that usually happened in Buffy's relationships.
Manning returned with a cup of ice cream in one hand and some wadded up money in the other.
"Here mommy." He handed Buffy the wad of bills, which she discovered was also sticky.
She lay the money down on the table. Manning climbed back into his chair and started in on the second cup. He was completely wrapped up in picking out the chocolate chips.
"Well, I have to get going." Cordy voiced, looking at her watch. "I have an audition in a few hours, and I have to find the perfect outfit."
She stood up and collected her purse.
"Oh, Cordy, I almost forgot. I can pick up Manning next week. I don't have to work." Buffy almost yelled as Cordy was turning to leave.
"OK, I'll have to find some other way to get my quality Manning time" Cordy replied with a big and almost wicked smile on her face.
"Fine."
Cordelia turned and walked off down the sidewalk. Manning was almost done with his ice cream. Buffy decided he could eat the rest on the way home.
"You ready to go? You can eat the rest in the car on the way home." She tilted her head to the side and glanced at her son.
"Alwight." He jumped down off her chair. His mother picked her bag and took his hand as she led them to the car. Buffy safely buckled him into the back seat, then got into the driver's seat and looked around for her keys. After they were found in the bottom of her bag, she started the engine and drove home.
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**A/N: OK, so a lot didn't happen in this chapter. I felt like I needed to set everything up, though. But just hold your horses, cause this is going to take a while to develop. Probably longer than the Prequel. DON'T FORGET TO LEAVE A REVIEW!
Chapter: 2
Author: Andra Marie
Distribution: If you want it, just ask.
Rating -for this chapter:G Entire story: PG
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except Manning. I created him, yadda yadda yadda. He's all mine!
Summary: AU. Some ice cream is had. Nothing much else.
Setting: This is the sequel to my story "Unforgivable Mistake." It picks up where it left off. You have to read it to understand this. Chapter one of this story is also the epilogue to UM.
A/N: Feedback is a must. This sequel is dedicated to all B/A shipper fans, but even if you're not, you'll still like this (hopefully).
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Buffy sat outside the ice cream shop at a small table with Manning, soaking in the sun's rays. Her hair was in a long, high ponytail; she didn't have a lot of time to worry about her looks. She watched her son attempt to eat his chocolate ice cream, but most of it was all over his face. She had to try to save his shirt from a sugary death, so she picked up a few napkins and gently wiped off his face.
"Hey Buffy!" A familiar voice came from down the street. It was Cordy, who had a rather angry look on her face.
"Hey Cordy. I though that you had somewhere to be." Buffy replied, looking at her quizzically.
"Yeah, well, I thought I was meeting Jackson- that guy I was telling you about, the one I met at the club. Well, as soon as I got there, he called my cell and said he couldn't make it. Something about work. Can you believe he didn't show? On ME?" She was very annoyed. Although she had made major improvements on her personality, she still had some room to grow. She didn't quite understand why any man would want to do anything other than date her.
"Well, I'm sure he had something very important to do." She said, trying to cheer Cordelia up.
"Yeah, hopefully life or death." She sighed and ran her fingers through her hair.
"You know you're welcome to eat some ice cream with us, right Manning?"
"Wight." Manning stated, still very wrapped up in his ice cream.
Buffy smiled and pulled over a seat. Cordelia put her purse down on the table and sat down, relaxing.
Manning smiled in triumph as he looked down at his now empty ice cream cup.
"Mommy, can I have more ice cream?" he said, employing his puppy-dog eyes to the best of his ability.
Buffy looked at her son's eyes and knew she just couldn't say know.
"Well, OK. But only because it was your first day of preschool." She said reluctantly. She got up to take him inside, but he shook his head no at her.
"What's the matter?" She raised an eyebrow at her little boy
"I wanna go by myself!" He said sticking out his hand.
"You want to order by yourself?" She said, worried. She new her little boy was growing up, but she was still worried about him doing things by himself.
"Yup." He said as he nodded his head up and down.
'Well, I suppose so. Now here's the money." She reached into her bag and pulled out a few dollar bills, "And ask for one scoop of chocolate chip," she finished, placing the money in his tiny hand. She knew that he would only be inside, and she could see him through the glass windows, but she still worried. She always worried. She knew of all of the bad things and people inhabiting this dimension, and she wanted to do everything she could to protect him. But she needed to let him grow and learn on his own. Someday he would grow up and move out, but for now she was just trying to let him buy ice cream on his own.
"So how is your non-existent love life?" Cordelia joked, while Buffy still looked at Manning through the windows.
"It's going great. At the rate I'm going now, I'm going to be an old spinster who stays in their house all day." She replied, trying to joke her way off the subject. There was no way the Buffy though she was ready to date again. She had tried too early after Angel had left for the very first time. She had learned (unfortunately from experience) that it would take her wounds a long time to heal, and she wasn't in any really hurry to date anyway. There aren't a whole lot of guys interested in single mothers.
"C'mon, Buffy, it's been three years since you've had a real date." She said, giving her a glare and turning her tone slightly serious.
"But there aren't that many guys who want to jump right in and be dads. And I don't want some to come in Manning's life and then leave." Buffy looked down at her ice cream, which was almost all gone, but now melting.
"OK, I realize that, so I won't push. But you should at least consider it." Cordy ended the conversation there. She knew how much it hurt Buffy to try to move on. The last thing she needed was to be hurt again, and that usually happened in Buffy's relationships.
Manning returned with a cup of ice cream in one hand and some wadded up money in the other.
"Here mommy." He handed Buffy the wad of bills, which she discovered was also sticky.
She lay the money down on the table. Manning climbed back into his chair and started in on the second cup. He was completely wrapped up in picking out the chocolate chips.
"Well, I have to get going." Cordy voiced, looking at her watch. "I have an audition in a few hours, and I have to find the perfect outfit."
She stood up and collected her purse.
"Oh, Cordy, I almost forgot. I can pick up Manning next week. I don't have to work." Buffy almost yelled as Cordy was turning to leave.
"OK, I'll have to find some other way to get my quality Manning time" Cordy replied with a big and almost wicked smile on her face.
"Fine."
Cordelia turned and walked off down the sidewalk. Manning was almost done with his ice cream. Buffy decided he could eat the rest on the way home.
"You ready to go? You can eat the rest in the car on the way home." She tilted her head to the side and glanced at her son.
"Alwight." He jumped down off her chair. His mother picked her bag and took his hand as she led them to the car. Buffy safely buckled him into the back seat, then got into the driver's seat and looked around for her keys. After they were found in the bottom of her bag, she started the engine and drove home.
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**A/N: OK, so a lot didn't happen in this chapter. I felt like I needed to set everything up, though. But just hold your horses, cause this is going to take a while to develop. Probably longer than the Prequel. DON'T FORGET TO LEAVE A REVIEW!
