Disclaimer: I don't own the characters except for Emily and more I may add later that have nothing to do with Buffy, Angel, or the book series I got the idea from.

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Rating: PG-13

Authors Note: Buffy Summers is your typical sixteen year old with a happy family and the attention of her crush. What will happen when Buffy finds out that she may not be the girl she thought she was.

Authors Note: This idea comes from the 'The Face on the Milk Carton' Books by Caroline B. Cooney( a wonderful author, and I would recommend every single one of her books!!). There are times I may use ideas from the book or movie version, but most of the time I am going to try to just use the basic idea.

Authors Note 2: This idea is one of the many ideas that have been playing around in my head for a while and I finally have the time to work on it.

Distributions: What it take it, just let me know!!!!!!

Title: Where Do I Belong?

Author: TK

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Part 13

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Yawning, Buffy walked down the stair to head into the kitchen when she stopped in her tracks at the sight of the police standing in the kitchen talking to the Summers. Carefully, she made her way down the remaining stairs. Slipping in unnoticed by her biological parents, but not by Spike. It had been a week since the motorcycle race, and Buffy had yet to convince him to stop.

"Hey, Sunshine." greeted Spike as she sat down beside him. "You're up early." he noted looking at the clock that read seven-thirty.

"What's going on?" inquired Buffy curiously. She had a feeling it had something to do with her and she was determine to know what.

"Apparently, Mrs. Giles called in the morning." explained Spike looking at Buffy in her cute little pink shorts and tank.

"My Mom called, is she all right?" demanded Buffy suddenly worried about her mother. "Is my Dad and sisters okay?"

"They're fine." swore Spike calming the fears in Buffy's eyes. It was hard to hear her call the Giles' her parents, but he come to get to know her those past two weeks and had come to the conclusion, that she wouldn't forget about his family. Even if she did go live the Giles once again, it didn't mean she wouldn't come visit them.

"Elizabeth, good-morning." spoke Mrs. Summers sitting down beside her daughter. "Are you hungry?" she asked. "I was fixing scramble eggs, or at least trying too." she added looking down at the burnt mess in the pan. Cooking had never been one of her strong suits. Thank goodness for their cook, who wasn't there quit yet.

"How about I fix them?" offered Buffy seeing Mrs. Summers distress.

"You don't have too, Sweetie, I can always send someone out for fast food." stated Mrs. Summers not wanting Buffy to feel like she had to lift a finger to cook. She had been doing that every now and them over the past two weeks.

"I don't mind at all." Buffy insisted, getting up she walked over to the counter and dumped out the burnt eggs. "So," she prompt breaking open two new eggs, "what's the police doing here, if you don't mind me asking?"

Mrs. Summers looked over at her little girl, she knew that Elizabeth would find out sooner or later that Drusilla had been caught. Jenny Giles had called and told them the morning that Drusilla had showed up at their house once more around four the morning and they had turned her in. It was good to know that the woman who took her baby all those years ago was going to jail, and she was grateful for Jenny Giles and Rupert Giles corporations, however, now it seemed like she was still going to lose her baby.

"Joyce, are you okay?" wondered Buffy as Emily and Dawn walked into the room.

"What smells so good?" questioned Dawn flopping down at one of the kitchen tables. Seeing her sister cooking Dawn smiled, "Elizabeth, what's ya cooking?"

Buffy turned her attention from Joyce to Dawn, "I am cooking scramble eggs right now, but if you have a different request I'll fix that." she return smiling at the young girl.

"Can I have a dipping egg?" pondered Dawn leaning her elbows on the table, watching her sister Emily's head lay down on the table. "You know, Emily, if you're still tired you should go back to bed." she claimed.

"I don't want too," replied Emily sitting up, "what I want to know is what the police were doing here?" she repeated Buffy's statement from earlier.

"They came to tell us that Drusilla had been caught." clarified Mr. Summers walking back into the kitchen. The police had already left, and Mr. Summers wore a smile mixed with a little bit of worry.

"Really?" exclaimed Dawn, "That's great! She'll go to jail for taking Elizabeth, and then the whole nightmare is over, right?"

Mrs. Summers turned to her youngest, "It's not that simple, Dawnie. Drusilla committed kidnapping, which means there will be a trial." she explained sitting down beside her brunet little girl. "The police where telling us that Drusilla doesn't seem mentally well. And from Mrs. Giles had told us the morning when she called Drusilla had never been completely well before, so when she is convicted and I believe she will be. She might not end of in jail, but a asylum for the criminally insane." she finished as Buffy placed Dawn and her plate of eggs in front of them.

"No way!" shot out Emily, "She took Elizabeth, and now you're going to tell me there's a chance she might get off?" she said in disbelieve looking down at the golden eggs that Elizabeth had laid before her.

"Not get off, Honey." assured Mr. Summers taking the plate of crispy bacon from Elizabeth. "Being in an asylum is just as bad as being in jail."

"When's the trail?" Buffy interrupted, handing Spike the last plate of eggs before sitting down.

"It's undecided as of yet, but the prosecutor is aiming for a August trail." answered Mrs. Summers. "Elizabeth, these eggs look wonderful." she complemented her sixteen year old.

"Aren't you going to eat?" asked Spike noticing that Buffy didn't have a plate in front of her.

"I'm not hungry." Buffy said. " In fact, I would really like to call my par…Mr. and Mrs. Giles, if that's okay?" she inquired hopefully.

Against her better judgment Mrs. Summers shook her head yes, "Of course, Sweetie, you can use the phone in here or the living room." she suggested.

"Thank you." Buffy replied, getting up from her chair, and then to everyone's surprise she gave Mrs. Summers an actual hug before leaving the room stunned.

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"Hello." grumbled Faith's voice through the phone line.

Buffy laughed at her sister's response, "Hey, Sleep Head, what are you doing in bed on a beautiful day like today?" she said in way of greeting.

"Hey, Bits!" voiced Faith more awake now. She hadn't heard from her sister in the past three weeks, it was good to hear her voice. "How are you?"

"I'm doing good actually. The police said that Mom turned Drusilla in the morning." she began to reason for her call.

"Yeah, Drusilla, showed up here all looney-tunney if you get what I mean. She was talking about seeing stars, and about the little fairies whispering in her head. When the police came and took her away, she tried to do a little dance for them. Mom and Dad are at the police station now making final statements." she related sitting up in bed.

"I'm glad the police got her." admitted Buffy. "Now maybe everyone can start to heal, and after she is sent were ever they decide to send her this whole chapter can be closed in all of our lives." she hoped sitting back in the soft cushy couch. "How is everyone? I called Angel the other night when I was by myself. He said that Mom and Dad were not as they usually are." she investigated.

"They're doing about as well as can be expect. Hope and I are doing fine, we all miss you." commented Faith speaking truthfully. "Mom said that she and Mrs. Summers are suppose to speak about the living arrangements for you sometime this week." offered Faith slowly. She wasn't sure how her sister would react to having the two mothers in her life decide such an important decision.

"What?" questioned Buffy surprised. "How can they do that when they didn't even ask me?" she demanded standing up from the couch. "I mean I know I am only sixteen, but I am old enough to at least voice what I would like. It's not like if I go home, I am going to the Summers out of my life. There's no way, I may not know them all that well, but I like them for the most part. Still, I want to come home to you guys and my friends." she finished flopping back down in the chair next to the couch.

"Elizabeth?" asked Mrs. Summers making Buffy jump and turn around to come face to face with the whole family. They all wore similar expressions of concern.

'They must of heard, my statement,' thought Buffy.

"Bits, are you there?" asked Faith when her sister stopped talking.

"Yeah, I'm here, sorry." apologized Buffy turning back around. "I better go, but could you tell everyone that I love them and I miss them." she directed honestly.

"You got it, Bits, and remember if you need me, I'm here." reminded Faith in big sister voice.

"Thanks, Sis," implied Buffy before saying good-bye and handing up.

"What's the matter?" grilled Emily a little upset about Elizabeth calling someone who wasn't her sister, "Sis", when she never once called Emily sister or sis, and she was her real sister.

"Nothing." answered Buffy getting up. "I'm going for a walk." she informed her family. "I'll be back by eight-thirty." she promised grabbing her jacket and walked out the door leaving the Summers watching her.

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