CHAPTER THREE
Joy looked over her shoulder to see her dad just stood in the motel parking lot, standing there looking lost. She knew that he was scared, scared that she didn't need him anymore. Once years ago he had told her about another little girl he knew who didn't need him anymore, and Joy knew that it had nearly killed him. Somehow she had to make him see that she would always need him.
"You ok honey?" Will asked noticing the far away look in her eyes.
"Yep, just a tiny bit nervous 'bout meeting your mom." Joy told him.
"You should be more worried about my Aunty Dawn, but don't worry I can handle her." Will laughed to him self, he couldn't really handle Dawn or any of them but he wanted to put Joy at ease.
The women in his family had always held their own, him and Uncle Xander had always stuck together and Grandad Giles had the best idea by staying in England.
"Well if I can handle my dad I think I can face anything." Joy said turning the car radio down so that they could talk properly.
Will smiled, Joy's dad was defiantly different. The man had been calm but Will had been unnerved by that, it was like Spike was just waiting for the right time to murder him.
"So what did you think of my dad then?"
"Unusual character babe but I do kinda like him for some reason."
"He is a nice guy most of the time, you have to understand him."
"Oh I think I understand, he loves you."
Joy smiled back at Will, he was right her dad did love her and she was so glad that Will could understand that. All he had to worry about now was his family, his mom could get pretty nasty sometimes.
When he was little his Aunty Dawn use to get him to say things to his mom to wind her up and then his mom would get really angry with the both of them.
FLASHBACK
Dawn watched her nephew playing with his cars on the lounge floor, and see saw her sister in the kitchen starring out of the window. Dawn could see that she was thinking about him again, time to shake things up a bit.
"Will come here." She said quietly.
Will toddled over to her and put his ear to her mouth.
"Why don't you go upstairs and play with that coat you like in mommy's room." Will looked up into his Auntie's eyes he knew that it was probably going to make his mommy mad but he liked dressing up in that coat. Aunty Dawn would let him dress up in it when his mommy was out.
Will went upstairs.
Dawn waited a few minutes before walking into the kitchen.
"Buffy where's Will?" Dawn asked.
Buffy looked round her face slightly panicked, she ran out of the room and bounded up the stairs.
Dawn crept up the stairs after her to watch the scene unfold. Sure enough there was Will stood in Buffy's bedroom with the long leather duster swamping his body, a smile came to her face.
"William Summer what are you doing in that?" Buffy shouted as she pulling the coat off her son. Will looked at his mom.
"I'm sorry mommy, don't be mad."
Buffy melted seeing her son pout and beg her not to be mad. She shouldn't be hard on him it wasn't his fault. It was Dawn's she turned to her sister.
"How many times are you going to do this?" She shouted as her son watched the scene in confusion.
"What?" Dawn asked.
"He's not his son and no matter how much you wish that he was he's not he's Michael's." Buffy said before picking up Will and storming off down the stairs.
END FLASHBACK
Joy watched as Will drove down the street obviously lost in thought, he looked so cute.
"What you thinking about darling?" Joy asked bringing Will out of his private memory lane.
"Just my mom and Dawn, they love each other a lot but the do tend to fight a lot." Will explained.
"My dad never had anyone to fight with." Joy said. She wished her dad had someone but he never had anyone.
"Apparently Dawn wanted someone else to be my father."
"What she hates your real dad that much?"
Will took his eyes off the road for a second to look right into Joy's eyes, "No she just loved the man she wanted to be my dad that much."
Joy couldn't claim to understand what Will was talking about but she did understand that what ever had happened upset Will a lot.
"Do you know him? Not your dad I mean the man Dawn wanted as your dad." Joy asked treading carefully.
"No, never met him I don't even know what his name is, just that Dawn loved him a lot." Will answered, a tear nearly forming in his eyes.
Joy decided that she should just leave the conversation for now.
As if on cue Will turned to her and said, "Well this is my house, Revello Drive."
The car pulled to a stop and Joy looked at the house, it seemed nice. It was a normal family house it looked like a happy place to live.
~*~
Dawn looked out of the curtains when she heard the sound of a car pulling up, it was Will and that Joyce girl. Dawn couldn't get a good look at her, but she would in time. As she went to open the door she wondered if Buffy would kick her ass if she was a bitch.
"Buffy they're here." She shouted up the stairs, but almost before she finished saying it Buffy had joined her at the door.
"Well, well." Buffy said tapping her fingers on the doorframe keenly watching her son and the girl with him. In all honesty the girl looked nice, but still she was taking her baby away.
The young couple took in a deep breath in and made there way up the path to face the family inside.
"Mom, Dawn this is Joyce." Will said.
Both Buffy and Dawn starred at the young woman in front of them, her blue eyes were so blue they reminded them of someone else.
Joy held out her hand to the women, they looked like nice people but they were looking at her in a strange way. And Will's mom looked sort of familiar in a weird way.
"It's nice to meet you both." Joy said and Buffy showed them into the house.
Dawn watched her, there was something about the girl. It gave her the felling that this girl was going to turn their whole lives around.
TBC.
Joy looked over her shoulder to see her dad just stood in the motel parking lot, standing there looking lost. She knew that he was scared, scared that she didn't need him anymore. Once years ago he had told her about another little girl he knew who didn't need him anymore, and Joy knew that it had nearly killed him. Somehow she had to make him see that she would always need him.
"You ok honey?" Will asked noticing the far away look in her eyes.
"Yep, just a tiny bit nervous 'bout meeting your mom." Joy told him.
"You should be more worried about my Aunty Dawn, but don't worry I can handle her." Will laughed to him self, he couldn't really handle Dawn or any of them but he wanted to put Joy at ease.
The women in his family had always held their own, him and Uncle Xander had always stuck together and Grandad Giles had the best idea by staying in England.
"Well if I can handle my dad I think I can face anything." Joy said turning the car radio down so that they could talk properly.
Will smiled, Joy's dad was defiantly different. The man had been calm but Will had been unnerved by that, it was like Spike was just waiting for the right time to murder him.
"So what did you think of my dad then?"
"Unusual character babe but I do kinda like him for some reason."
"He is a nice guy most of the time, you have to understand him."
"Oh I think I understand, he loves you."
Joy smiled back at Will, he was right her dad did love her and she was so glad that Will could understand that. All he had to worry about now was his family, his mom could get pretty nasty sometimes.
When he was little his Aunty Dawn use to get him to say things to his mom to wind her up and then his mom would get really angry with the both of them.
FLASHBACK
Dawn watched her nephew playing with his cars on the lounge floor, and see saw her sister in the kitchen starring out of the window. Dawn could see that she was thinking about him again, time to shake things up a bit.
"Will come here." She said quietly.
Will toddled over to her and put his ear to her mouth.
"Why don't you go upstairs and play with that coat you like in mommy's room." Will looked up into his Auntie's eyes he knew that it was probably going to make his mommy mad but he liked dressing up in that coat. Aunty Dawn would let him dress up in it when his mommy was out.
Will went upstairs.
Dawn waited a few minutes before walking into the kitchen.
"Buffy where's Will?" Dawn asked.
Buffy looked round her face slightly panicked, she ran out of the room and bounded up the stairs.
Dawn crept up the stairs after her to watch the scene unfold. Sure enough there was Will stood in Buffy's bedroom with the long leather duster swamping his body, a smile came to her face.
"William Summer what are you doing in that?" Buffy shouted as she pulling the coat off her son. Will looked at his mom.
"I'm sorry mommy, don't be mad."
Buffy melted seeing her son pout and beg her not to be mad. She shouldn't be hard on him it wasn't his fault. It was Dawn's she turned to her sister.
"How many times are you going to do this?" She shouted as her son watched the scene in confusion.
"What?" Dawn asked.
"He's not his son and no matter how much you wish that he was he's not he's Michael's." Buffy said before picking up Will and storming off down the stairs.
END FLASHBACK
Joy watched as Will drove down the street obviously lost in thought, he looked so cute.
"What you thinking about darling?" Joy asked bringing Will out of his private memory lane.
"Just my mom and Dawn, they love each other a lot but the do tend to fight a lot." Will explained.
"My dad never had anyone to fight with." Joy said. She wished her dad had someone but he never had anyone.
"Apparently Dawn wanted someone else to be my father."
"What she hates your real dad that much?"
Will took his eyes off the road for a second to look right into Joy's eyes, "No she just loved the man she wanted to be my dad that much."
Joy couldn't claim to understand what Will was talking about but she did understand that what ever had happened upset Will a lot.
"Do you know him? Not your dad I mean the man Dawn wanted as your dad." Joy asked treading carefully.
"No, never met him I don't even know what his name is, just that Dawn loved him a lot." Will answered, a tear nearly forming in his eyes.
Joy decided that she should just leave the conversation for now.
As if on cue Will turned to her and said, "Well this is my house, Revello Drive."
The car pulled to a stop and Joy looked at the house, it seemed nice. It was a normal family house it looked like a happy place to live.
~*~
Dawn looked out of the curtains when she heard the sound of a car pulling up, it was Will and that Joyce girl. Dawn couldn't get a good look at her, but she would in time. As she went to open the door she wondered if Buffy would kick her ass if she was a bitch.
"Buffy they're here." She shouted up the stairs, but almost before she finished saying it Buffy had joined her at the door.
"Well, well." Buffy said tapping her fingers on the doorframe keenly watching her son and the girl with him. In all honesty the girl looked nice, but still she was taking her baby away.
The young couple took in a deep breath in and made there way up the path to face the family inside.
"Mom, Dawn this is Joyce." Will said.
Both Buffy and Dawn starred at the young woman in front of them, her blue eyes were so blue they reminded them of someone else.
Joy held out her hand to the women, they looked like nice people but they were looking at her in a strange way. And Will's mom looked sort of familiar in a weird way.
"It's nice to meet you both." Joy said and Buffy showed them into the house.
Dawn watched her, there was something about the girl. It gave her the felling that this girl was going to turn their whole lives around.
TBC.