A/N - This is a fanfiction. Buffy can have a PHD in Ancient History even
though she is only 25-ish.
The girls are triplets, yes, and more is in store.
Thanks for R&R-ing.
Samantha.
Chapter 4.
As Buffy finished speaking blue shimmers erupted over the carpet in front of them. Slowly the shimmers became a video cassette.
All of the Angel Investigations crew looked on in amazement.
"What on earth?" Wesley began.
Buffy stood up, "Lalita, come here please." she called.
The little girl entered the room quietly, "Yes mommy?"
"How did this get in here?" Buffy asked her daughter, holding up the video.
The little girl looked guiltily up at her mother, "I shimmered it here."
Buffy bent down to her daughter's level. "Just be careful okay, baby. Don't shimmer things unless you know where you want to send them." Buffy handed her the video, "Now go and put it away please."
Lalita scampered out of the room to rejoin her sisters.
Buffy smiled at everyone. "You don't have to sit there looking so stunned. That's a pretty normal thing to happen in this house."
"She has magical powers." Wesley breathed.
"They all do," Buffy replied. "That's one of the reasons I need to take them to Sunnydale. The girls need to learn how to control their powers."
"What kinds of powers do they have?" Angel asked.
"Kalika tends towards blowing things up, but she can also 'read' fingerprints, by touching them she can 'hear' what the person was thinking when they made the fingerprints.
Lalita can transport objects though time and space, when she was little she called it 'shimmering' because of the blue sparkles. She can also move things around with her mind.
Jamila's powers are pretty much all to do with sight. She gets visions, she can see auras. If she wants to, when she touches someone she can 'read' them. One touch and she can tell you a person's life story.
Their powers are getting stronger every day. They're only four and a half years old, but soon I think they'll be able to do some real damage, if not to other people, then to themselves. It worries me, and Giles is the only person I can think of who might be able to help them learn to control their powers." Buffy's smile had almost vanished. She twisted a ring on one of her fingers nervously.
Angel smiled reassuringly at her, "Do you want me to go to Sunnydale with you? So you don't have to go alone?"
"That would be nice." She answered him quietly, still twisting her ring.
Angel reached out and took her hand. "Relax. Everything's fine."
"Your ring is beautiful." Cordelia said to her, noticing that it was on her engagement finger. Another ring adorned her wedding finger. "Buffy are you married?" Cordelia asked her curiously.
Buffy's smiled and looked down at her hands. At her rings. "They're kind of a joke. When I first arrived in Seattle I kept meeting guys who asked me out. I rejected every single one of them. I didn't want to get close to any guy, every time I do it tends to end badly. So for my birthday Max and Logan thought of a plan to keep guys at arms length, and their whole plan was to buy me an engagement ring."
"Strange plan." Gunn observed.
"Strange or not, it actually worked. For Christmas they bought me a wedding ring. Then all of my men worries went out the door." Buffy chuckled.
"Just on that," Wesley began, "Where is the girl's father?"
Buffy swallowed. "I don't know."
"Who is their father?" he tried, hoping for a response, but Buffy remained silent. "You know there has to be a reason for your children being born with the powers each of them posses. Who is their father?"
Buffy was silent for a long minute. "I don't know." she paused to let it sink in.
"How does that work?" Angel asked, sounding both a little upset, and a little jealous.
"I wasn't sleeping with anyone when the girls were conceived. When I left I was two months pregnant. I'd only started seeing Riley about three weeks before I left. When they were conceived there was no one. Now I can look back and say that the girls were... are a gift. A miracle. And in more ways than one, they are. They have no father, they were born with these incredible powers, and they were born to me when I was never supposed to be able to have children of my own."
"You never told me that." Angel said softly.
"Would you have listened? You were so busy trying to do what you thought was best for me, that you ended up leaving me, leaving town. I didn't need a lover, I needed a friend." her voice was heavy, sad.
Angel said nothing, just stared at the carpet. Buffy knew that he just didn't know what to say.
Gently she laid her hand on his shoulder. "If you still want to come to Sunnydale with me, I think I'm going to go tomorrow. Before I can put it off again."
He smiled at her and nodded.
Screams broke out in the next room as the phone began to ring.
"Can someone get the phone please." Buffy called as she dashed out of the room.
Angel stared at the phone for a second before picking up the receiver. "Hello?"
"Hey Liz?" Answered the voice on the other end.
"Who is this?" Angel asked curiously.
"Logan Cale." answered the voice, "Where's Elizabeth? Elizabeth Stevenson? Buffy?"
"Oh," Angel realized that Elizabeth was Buffy. "She's, uh, busy. One of the girls hurt themselves I think."
"Which one?" Logan demanded. "Is she all right?"
"I don't know, hang on." Angel placed his hand over the receiver, "Elizabeth, Logan's on the phone."
Buffy re-entered the room, carrying a tear streaked little girl with a fresh band aid covering her knee. Casually Buffy took the phone from him. "You called?" she said into the receiver. "Everything's fine. No Kali blew up her blocks and managed to cut herself on one of them. She's fine. That? He's an old friend. Old as in before the girls were born. No we're all fine. See ya, love to Max. Bye."
She turned and faced everyone, "Crisis averted, once more. Don't worry about Logan, he and Max like to check up on us."
Angel reached out to take the little girl from her mother's arms. Kali cuddled up against his chest. He smiled. Kalika looked up at him, "Uncle Angel, are you going to take care of mommy now?"
"I don't know." he answered her. "I honestly don't know."
Within seconds she was sound asleep in his arms.
Buffy smiled at the pair of them. "Do you want me to take her?"
"No," he answered her, "Where do you want me to put her?"
"Upstairs." she answered him, motioning for him to follow her.
Once Kalika was laid down in her mother's bed Buffy and Angel returned downstairs.
*******
Soon after the Angel Investigations crew left Buffy's house, with the promise of returning the next day.
Buffy stayed up late that night packing. Clothes for each of them, snacks and drinks for in the car, food for Hexa along with toys and books to keep the girls amused.
Afterwards she lay awake and wondered what lay ahead.
Thanks for R&R-ing.
Samantha.
Chapter 4.
As Buffy finished speaking blue shimmers erupted over the carpet in front of them. Slowly the shimmers became a video cassette.
All of the Angel Investigations crew looked on in amazement.
"What on earth?" Wesley began.
Buffy stood up, "Lalita, come here please." she called.
The little girl entered the room quietly, "Yes mommy?"
"How did this get in here?" Buffy asked her daughter, holding up the video.
The little girl looked guiltily up at her mother, "I shimmered it here."
Buffy bent down to her daughter's level. "Just be careful okay, baby. Don't shimmer things unless you know where you want to send them." Buffy handed her the video, "Now go and put it away please."
Lalita scampered out of the room to rejoin her sisters.
Buffy smiled at everyone. "You don't have to sit there looking so stunned. That's a pretty normal thing to happen in this house."
"She has magical powers." Wesley breathed.
"They all do," Buffy replied. "That's one of the reasons I need to take them to Sunnydale. The girls need to learn how to control their powers."
"What kinds of powers do they have?" Angel asked.
"Kalika tends towards blowing things up, but she can also 'read' fingerprints, by touching them she can 'hear' what the person was thinking when they made the fingerprints.
Lalita can transport objects though time and space, when she was little she called it 'shimmering' because of the blue sparkles. She can also move things around with her mind.
Jamila's powers are pretty much all to do with sight. She gets visions, she can see auras. If she wants to, when she touches someone she can 'read' them. One touch and she can tell you a person's life story.
Their powers are getting stronger every day. They're only four and a half years old, but soon I think they'll be able to do some real damage, if not to other people, then to themselves. It worries me, and Giles is the only person I can think of who might be able to help them learn to control their powers." Buffy's smile had almost vanished. She twisted a ring on one of her fingers nervously.
Angel smiled reassuringly at her, "Do you want me to go to Sunnydale with you? So you don't have to go alone?"
"That would be nice." She answered him quietly, still twisting her ring.
Angel reached out and took her hand. "Relax. Everything's fine."
"Your ring is beautiful." Cordelia said to her, noticing that it was on her engagement finger. Another ring adorned her wedding finger. "Buffy are you married?" Cordelia asked her curiously.
Buffy's smiled and looked down at her hands. At her rings. "They're kind of a joke. When I first arrived in Seattle I kept meeting guys who asked me out. I rejected every single one of them. I didn't want to get close to any guy, every time I do it tends to end badly. So for my birthday Max and Logan thought of a plan to keep guys at arms length, and their whole plan was to buy me an engagement ring."
"Strange plan." Gunn observed.
"Strange or not, it actually worked. For Christmas they bought me a wedding ring. Then all of my men worries went out the door." Buffy chuckled.
"Just on that," Wesley began, "Where is the girl's father?"
Buffy swallowed. "I don't know."
"Who is their father?" he tried, hoping for a response, but Buffy remained silent. "You know there has to be a reason for your children being born with the powers each of them posses. Who is their father?"
Buffy was silent for a long minute. "I don't know." she paused to let it sink in.
"How does that work?" Angel asked, sounding both a little upset, and a little jealous.
"I wasn't sleeping with anyone when the girls were conceived. When I left I was two months pregnant. I'd only started seeing Riley about three weeks before I left. When they were conceived there was no one. Now I can look back and say that the girls were... are a gift. A miracle. And in more ways than one, they are. They have no father, they were born with these incredible powers, and they were born to me when I was never supposed to be able to have children of my own."
"You never told me that." Angel said softly.
"Would you have listened? You were so busy trying to do what you thought was best for me, that you ended up leaving me, leaving town. I didn't need a lover, I needed a friend." her voice was heavy, sad.
Angel said nothing, just stared at the carpet. Buffy knew that he just didn't know what to say.
Gently she laid her hand on his shoulder. "If you still want to come to Sunnydale with me, I think I'm going to go tomorrow. Before I can put it off again."
He smiled at her and nodded.
Screams broke out in the next room as the phone began to ring.
"Can someone get the phone please." Buffy called as she dashed out of the room.
Angel stared at the phone for a second before picking up the receiver. "Hello?"
"Hey Liz?" Answered the voice on the other end.
"Who is this?" Angel asked curiously.
"Logan Cale." answered the voice, "Where's Elizabeth? Elizabeth Stevenson? Buffy?"
"Oh," Angel realized that Elizabeth was Buffy. "She's, uh, busy. One of the girls hurt themselves I think."
"Which one?" Logan demanded. "Is she all right?"
"I don't know, hang on." Angel placed his hand over the receiver, "Elizabeth, Logan's on the phone."
Buffy re-entered the room, carrying a tear streaked little girl with a fresh band aid covering her knee. Casually Buffy took the phone from him. "You called?" she said into the receiver. "Everything's fine. No Kali blew up her blocks and managed to cut herself on one of them. She's fine. That? He's an old friend. Old as in before the girls were born. No we're all fine. See ya, love to Max. Bye."
She turned and faced everyone, "Crisis averted, once more. Don't worry about Logan, he and Max like to check up on us."
Angel reached out to take the little girl from her mother's arms. Kali cuddled up against his chest. He smiled. Kalika looked up at him, "Uncle Angel, are you going to take care of mommy now?"
"I don't know." he answered her. "I honestly don't know."
Within seconds she was sound asleep in his arms.
Buffy smiled at the pair of them. "Do you want me to take her?"
"No," he answered her, "Where do you want me to put her?"
"Upstairs." she answered him, motioning for him to follow her.
Once Kalika was laid down in her mother's bed Buffy and Angel returned downstairs.
*******
Soon after the Angel Investigations crew left Buffy's house, with the promise of returning the next day.
Buffy stayed up late that night packing. Clothes for each of them, snacks and drinks for in the car, food for Hexa along with toys and books to keep the girls amused.
Afterwards she lay awake and wondered what lay ahead.