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Keep up the good work, and I'll try to as well.
Samantha.
Chapter 3.
After everyone had been fed, and Kalika, Lalita and Jamila had gone to watch a video in the playroom, all of the adults settled down in the lounge room again.
Buffy was silent for a long moment. "When I found out that I was pregnant I was already two months along. That was enough of a shock for me. Then the doctor told me that there were three. Once he said that I knew that I would have to leave Sunnydale. It would've been too dangerous for me to stay, and I wanted to have my kids. Even at two months pregnant I loved them, and I wanted them so badly. I was never supposed to be able to have kids, so when I found out I was so shocked, and so happy. It was like the world changed. Things that had been important to me suddenly weren't.
When I left, I arranged it so that according to everyone I was going to be staying with someone else. I knew that they wouldn't miss me for at least a day and a half, two days. Once I left Sunnydale I went to San Francisco and had my aura disguised, by some cousins, they are really powerful witches.
After that was done, I went to Seattle. An old friend of mine, Max lives there. She helped me get an apartment and get set up in school and everything. She even arranged for me to change my name and get new ID. It's thanks to her that I got my feet on the ground.
She helped me out while I was pregnant with the girls, even stayed with me while I was in labor and when the girls were born she was always there. I couldn't have managed without her.
Of course thanks to her I always had house guests, but now they're all just another part of my extended family. Max's brothers and sisters are the girls favourite aunts and uncles.
Once the girls were born, and I was comfortable leaving them, I went back to college, and got my Ph.D. in ancient history. Now I'm a lecturer at UCLA."
"How long have you been back in LA?" Cordy asked.
"A little over a month now. I wanted to move during the summer so Mila didn't have to miss any school."
"School?" Angel asked, sounding confused, "She's what, four years old..."
"Because of her deafness Mila has been in school since she was two. She can't communicate the way most people do, so it's important that she learn other ways of communicating, like reading and writing." Buffy answered.
"Sounds like a pretty big job to me." Cordelia said.
"Not really, the girls talk in their own special language, they play their own special games. Mila taught the others to read and write. No matter what happens, they'll always have each other. It's not -" Buffy sat still, listening. "I'm just going to check on the girls, I'll be back in a sec."
She departed the room swiftly, then returned just a swiftly. "TV conflict. Not a huge threat in the scheme of things, but it's right up there with the end of the world."
Angel smiled, he wasn't used to hearing Buffy talk like this, sound like this, and it was with that thought he realized that for the first time in a long time she actually sounded happy.
"Where was I?" Buffy asked everyone.
"Something about the girls." Cordelia replied vaguely.
"They're great, I freaked out so much when I was in labor with them. Eight hours of bone crunching, mind numbing agony. Then I insisted on having three normal births. Kali was the biggest, 5lb 6ounces." she began again.
"That's all?" Wesley asked, sounding shocked, "That's... less than some of my books weigh." "They're babies, not books, Wes. And believe me, they were plenty big enough when I was having them." she gazed at a portrait photograph of the girls, "They were worth every second of pain and misery, and swollen ankles and morning sickness."
"You sound like you're very proud of them." Wesley observed. "And from what I've seen of your girls, you have every right to be."
"When are you going to see everyone in Sunnydale?" Angel asked softly.
Buffy had known that the question was coming. "I don't really know. I want to go and see everyone, tell them that I'm okay and that I still love them all. I want to take the girls and introduce them to their grandmother. I guess I'm just a bit scared of going back. I've wanted to go home ever since we moved back to LA." she finished softly.
Angel smiled sympathetically, "It's always harder to go home than it is to leave it."
Buffy nodded, "The first time was hard enough. Now here I am, twenty-five years old, and going home again. but I have to do it, I guess."
Keep up the good work, and I'll try to as well.
Samantha.
Chapter 3.
After everyone had been fed, and Kalika, Lalita and Jamila had gone to watch a video in the playroom, all of the adults settled down in the lounge room again.
Buffy was silent for a long moment. "When I found out that I was pregnant I was already two months along. That was enough of a shock for me. Then the doctor told me that there were three. Once he said that I knew that I would have to leave Sunnydale. It would've been too dangerous for me to stay, and I wanted to have my kids. Even at two months pregnant I loved them, and I wanted them so badly. I was never supposed to be able to have kids, so when I found out I was so shocked, and so happy. It was like the world changed. Things that had been important to me suddenly weren't.
When I left, I arranged it so that according to everyone I was going to be staying with someone else. I knew that they wouldn't miss me for at least a day and a half, two days. Once I left Sunnydale I went to San Francisco and had my aura disguised, by some cousins, they are really powerful witches.
After that was done, I went to Seattle. An old friend of mine, Max lives there. She helped me get an apartment and get set up in school and everything. She even arranged for me to change my name and get new ID. It's thanks to her that I got my feet on the ground.
She helped me out while I was pregnant with the girls, even stayed with me while I was in labor and when the girls were born she was always there. I couldn't have managed without her.
Of course thanks to her I always had house guests, but now they're all just another part of my extended family. Max's brothers and sisters are the girls favourite aunts and uncles.
Once the girls were born, and I was comfortable leaving them, I went back to college, and got my Ph.D. in ancient history. Now I'm a lecturer at UCLA."
"How long have you been back in LA?" Cordy asked.
"A little over a month now. I wanted to move during the summer so Mila didn't have to miss any school."
"School?" Angel asked, sounding confused, "She's what, four years old..."
"Because of her deafness Mila has been in school since she was two. She can't communicate the way most people do, so it's important that she learn other ways of communicating, like reading and writing." Buffy answered.
"Sounds like a pretty big job to me." Cordelia said.
"Not really, the girls talk in their own special language, they play their own special games. Mila taught the others to read and write. No matter what happens, they'll always have each other. It's not -" Buffy sat still, listening. "I'm just going to check on the girls, I'll be back in a sec."
She departed the room swiftly, then returned just a swiftly. "TV conflict. Not a huge threat in the scheme of things, but it's right up there with the end of the world."
Angel smiled, he wasn't used to hearing Buffy talk like this, sound like this, and it was with that thought he realized that for the first time in a long time she actually sounded happy.
"Where was I?" Buffy asked everyone.
"Something about the girls." Cordelia replied vaguely.
"They're great, I freaked out so much when I was in labor with them. Eight hours of bone crunching, mind numbing agony. Then I insisted on having three normal births. Kali was the biggest, 5lb 6ounces." she began again.
"That's all?" Wesley asked, sounding shocked, "That's... less than some of my books weigh." "They're babies, not books, Wes. And believe me, they were plenty big enough when I was having them." she gazed at a portrait photograph of the girls, "They were worth every second of pain and misery, and swollen ankles and morning sickness."
"You sound like you're very proud of them." Wesley observed. "And from what I've seen of your girls, you have every right to be."
"When are you going to see everyone in Sunnydale?" Angel asked softly.
Buffy had known that the question was coming. "I don't really know. I want to go and see everyone, tell them that I'm okay and that I still love them all. I want to take the girls and introduce them to their grandmother. I guess I'm just a bit scared of going back. I've wanted to go home ever since we moved back to LA." she finished softly.
Angel smiled sympathetically, "It's always harder to go home than it is to leave it."
Buffy nodded, "The first time was hard enough. Now here I am, twenty-five years old, and going home again. but I have to do it, I guess."