"So how was your class?" Dawn asked when they got home.

"It was good, but there was this one girl she looked like 16 and she said that her boyfriend had left her when she told him that she was pregnant" Buffy said.

"Oh my god that is so sad" Dawn felt really sorry for the young girl.

"Well I'm glade that you're in a good mood" Dawn said smiling innocently.

"What did you do wrong?" Buffy asked right away.

"Nothing, thanks for all the faith though" Dawn replied "But I was wondering I could go out tonight?" she asked hopefully.

"With who?" Spike asked protectively.

"Pete" Dawn replied quietly.

"Nibblet you know that I don't like him" Spike said.

"I know, but it will be with a bunch of other kids too" she replied.

"Where would you be going?" Buffy questioned.

"The Bronze" Dawn answered.

"I think that she'll be okay," Buffy said to Spike.

"Fine, but you have to be really careful and I want you home by 11:30" Spike gave in to Dawn's puppy face.

"Thank you so much" Dawn squealed and gave him a huge hug.

"Have fun Nibblet" Spike said in defeat. It took Dawn 2 hours to get ready. She was wearing a short red dress that made her look way older than she really was.

"Bye" Dawn called as she ran the out door to a car that had just pulled up front.

"Whose car is that?" Spike asked Buffy standing at the window watching.

"Janice has an older boyfriend that can drive" Buffy replied.

"You should go help the guys research," Buffy said. Every night since Buffy had become pregnant the Scoobies had all researched and then gone out to patrol. Some nights Buffy went to patrol with them, but most nights she stayed home.

"You're right luv" Spike replied "Lets go" It didn't take them long to get to the Magic Box.

"Buffy thank god you're here there is something really important it seems that these demons that have been coming are smarter than we thought" Giles said as soon as Buffy and Spike came in the door.

"Oh great smart demons just what I need" Buffy replied.

"What do you mean Rupert?" Spike questioned.

"They have been sending groups to figure out how many of us there are, where we live and other things like that," Giles answered.

"Every time we fight a group another group is watching from a distance" Giles continued.

"I've never heard of demons that do that," Spike stated.

"Does that mean that we need to step up the patrolling?" Xander asked.

"Yes, yes I suppose we should be more careful and patrol more often" Giles replied.

"Why don't we go out and patrol now?" Cordy suggested.

"That's a good idea" Giles replied.

"Buffy maybe you should stay here" Spike suggested.

"No please, I really want to come tonight" Buffy wined "I won't fight unless I have to, I just want to get some fresh air," she said.

"Only if you promise to be really careful," Spike replied.

"I promise" Buffy answered. Spike, Buffy, Cordy, Angel, Anya and Xander all left to patrol. People that just saw them passing probably just thought that they were all going to make out somewhere, because they were each holding their girlfriend/boyfriend's hand. They heard a scream in the distance and they all took off running. When they got to where the scream had come from they found a young girl struggling with a vampire. The vampire was easily killed by Spike. They walked around a while longer and then decided that they should be heading back to the Magic Box. On their way back they ran into three groups of the demons sent to kill the triplets. Buffy hated not being aloud to fight; she just watched really to step in if she was needed. Spike and Angel took the front of the group. Cordy, Anya and Xander were their back up if any of the demons got passed Spike and Angel the other three killed them. All of a sudden one of the demon charged at Buffy, but was quickly cut off by Spike who wasn't going to let anyone touch his girl. Once all the demon were killed there were only small injuries, nothing a bandage couldn't help. But most importantly Buffy and the triplets hadn't been touched.