A/N: Hey people! Chapters will be out sooner. Don't worry! Anywho, here's chapter 17! It's about 2 years later, which makes Emma two.

Buffy looked around the Mall. It was so busy. People were rushing everywhere in hurry to get gifts. Christmas Eve was tommorow and last minute shopping was being done. Buffy had lost Spike somewhere in Nordstrom's. Buffy held tightly onto Emma's little hand as she looked around for Spike. How hard could it be to spot a bleached blond in black? "Sweeetie, hold mommy's hand tightly,"said Buffy , looking down at her little girl. "Mommy, no daddy!' said Emma shrugging her little shoulders making her look more adorable . "I know ,baby. Don't worry, we'll find daddy." They kept searching and searching still not finding Spike. Their cell phones weren't any use since they had no service. Buffy gave up and headed to Brass Plum, the area where they had teenage clothes. Afterall, she was only 19. Sure she was a mom , but still very young. Buffy went in the fitting room to try on some clothes. She pulled down her black mini skirt, pulling on the blue jeans. She took off her black tube top , putting on a white top. She decided she liked it and quickly changed into her earlier clothes , slipping on her sandals, and headed for the cash register. She stood in line, still keeping an eye out for Spike. She adjusted her black sunglasses on her head. Her hair was straight and smelled of very strong vanilla. Emma was standing there holding her hand and looking at a little girl screaming at her mother. Emma was wearing a pink summer dress, since it was hot out, which was weird for a winter day, but hey it was southern california.Her hair was in two pigtails too. Just then, at the counter, Spike came up to her. "Hey,luv. I lost yo-"said Spike , but got cut off by the screaming fans running over to him asking for his autograph. It was a year after Emma was born when Spike had become famous. His agent had talked with some record producers and they had immediately fell in love with Spike's voice just as his agent had. He had concerts often. He also toured around the world very much. Spike loved his life. The only regret he had was not being able to spend as much time with his family as he used to. He could tell Buffy was very upset when he left for tours. She had told him though that this was his dream and career and no matter how much she didn't like it, she would support him fully. As Spike finished his last autograph, he turned towards Buffy. She was saying thank you to the employee and took her bag off the counter and looked at Spike.She started walking . Emma raised her arms in the air, trying to say that she wanted to be picked up by her father. Spike picked her up and kissed her head. As he was walking he said," Hey , mite. Did you have fun today?" Emma nodded her head, pigtails bouncing. She smiled at him. "Spike, where were you. I looked forever for you,"asked Buffy. "You know...around." "Uhh-huh. Well, I sure hope this around place you were at was any use, because frankly I really am praying that I wasn't searching for half an hour while you were watching football on one of the t.v.'s in the t.v. store. Spike stopped, startled at how well she knew him. He quickly recovered though and walked side by side her. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "Okay, so Mary, did you set the table up?"asked Buffy. "Yes, ma'am."said Mary. "Good.Um.....Layla, did you make sure the food is ready?" "Yes, miss."said Layla. The doorbell rang and Buffy looked in the mirror double checking herself. They were having a huge Christmas Eve party and about 80 people were coming. Buffy was wearing a gown. The top had two thin straps and hugged her body until it reached the bottom of her waist. The rest just puffed out and flowed freely. It was a sort of magenta, purplish color. It sparkeled and had little diamond jewels embroidered on it. Her hair was up with a few curly strands left down. Her up-do was done professionaly in a twist and was held up by a jewel hair pin that matched her dress. She walked over to the door and a large amount of people walked in. Including both of Spike's family and Buffy's family. Each had scowls on their face. They instantly started fighting. Buffy just ignored them and stood by the door greeting everybody as they walked in. Every minute a new group of guests would walk in. Buffy went upstairs quickly to check on Spike. She walked int their bedroom and he seemed like he was having a hard time tying his bow. She took his hands and put them down and tyed it herself. She looked up at him and was startled at the blue in his eyes. It still mesmerized her after two , three years. "You look amazing, baby."said Buffy as she kissed his lips chastely. "I feel like a bloody penguin. You......you ,pet are just breath taking." Buffy smiled."Thank you, Prince Charming, but we have alot of guests waiting downstairs for us." "Alright ,luv. Emma is in her room. I'll be down in just a sec." "Okay, don't take too long." "Just a sec." Buffy left the room and walked into Emma's room. It was decorated with flowers . Her bedroom colors were lavender and pink. It was a huge room. It had furniture and other things filling in every gap in the room. Emma sat on the floor, holding her doll. She was babbling, god knows what, baby language? "Hey there, pumpkin."said Buffy as she walked over to Emma and gently picked her up. Emma said, " Mommy, dolly beatful!" "Well, that she is , but not as beautiful as you." Emma stared at her in silence. Buffy walked downstairs carrying Emma. The house was just marvelous.It was filled with Christmas decorations head to toe. Their tree was fresh and looked about the size of the ones in the mall. It had crystal balls all the way to little cute bear figures hanging off it. There were wreaths and pointsetias around the whole house. The banister had shiny ruffly green and red strips the size of a cat's tail , swirling down the railing. Outside was decorated in millions of lights and the backyard was decorated just as marvelous as the inside. The tables, both inside and out, were decorated with Christmas candles and tablecloths. They had lots of pastries and appetizers set on them. There was also Christmas music playing softly in the background. Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves, well except for the Windsington and Summers family. Buffy decided that something needed to be done. Other guests were starting to look at them. She walked down and motioned for all of them to follow her. She led them in the office and closed the door once everyone had come in. "What is wrong with you people. Can't you just be decent for once?!"said Buffy looking at all of them with a questioning look. They all just looked away mumbling something about who started it first. "If you guys want to fight or argue, do it somewhere else because you guys are starting a show. And Spike and I certainly do not want to hear your yelling and cursing. And I definitely hope that Emma will not grow up in such a bitter family. I'm not asking you guys to love eachother , but just have some respect for Spike and I. If you can't do that then don't come here till you can.We're getting married in a week and you guys will be seeing more of eachother." It was true. They were getting married in a week.It taken two years to get married. It was going to be the biggest wedding of the century. The list contained of 783 guests. Yup, definitely big party. They even had to cut some down. Spike had been so busy with his singing career and Buffy with modeling that they hadn't had time to have it earlier. It was going to be held in Austrailia since both Buffy and Spike wanted it to be sunny and warm. Even if it was winter, Austrailia always was warm. They had planned and planned. There were going to be a large variety of flowers placed. Different kinds of food. A large cake and lots of music and dancing. After Buffy's speech, everyone headed back to the party in seperate ways. Spike came down and kissed Buffy on the cheek and began to mingle around. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%% "Oh god.... it feels so good to be just laying here."said Buffy. The night was so long. Everyone had left and the mess was almost cleaned up with help of the maids. They would have decorations taken down later. "That it does , pet."said Spike laying down right next to her on the big king sized bed with the fluffy, cotton sheets. You know?...I have a feeling that I kind of scared our parents down there." "What are you talking about, luv?" "Oh yeah, you weren't downstairs. I dragged them in the office and I told the all this stuff about how they can't come to this house if they don't start showing some respect for us then they actually got some fear in them."