A/N: This story is getting updated way more than Academy is at present,
mainly cuz I have my own cheering section, in the form of Jen. However.Jen
alone is not gonna keep me writing, so please, you want me to continue,
then review.
"Hey," Lin greeted, letting the screen door slam behind him. Willow winced, and dusted the flour off her hands.
"Heya Lin-boy," she answered. "Looking for Izzy?" The teenage boy yanked open the fridge, and peered inside, rifling through the contents. Emerging with a carton of orange juice in one hand, and a yogurt in the other, he nodded, kicking the door shut.
"Yup. Also, I'm hungry. Your house was closer," he explained, with all the logic of a teenager living two doors down. Willow rolled her eyes, and took the carton of OJ from him before he took a slurp of it, and poured it into a glass.
"Thanks Willow," he grinned. She sighed.
"Yeah yeah. How was Lib's ballet recital?" she asked, rinsing off her hands before returning to her baking. Lin rolled his eyes, and dug into his yogurt.
"Got any chips?" he said by way of answering. Willow tossed him a packet. He ripped them open.
"So, you were in search of my daughter," she prompted. Lin's eyes lit up.
"Oh. Yeah! I was. Where is she?" Willow shook her head, a wry smile on her face.
"You are so much like your father," she muttered. "She's across the road, at Dawn's. Babysitting."
Lin's eyes widened. "She's alone? With the trio?"
Willow shook her head.
"The way you two go on about those three, you'd think that they were uncontrollable."
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"Help? Please?" Izzy tried, struggling futilely with the ropes Ryan had tied pretty efficiently around her wrists. Spike's way of babysitting seemed to have rubbed off on him. But in reversed terms.
The demon himself appeared, armed with one of Lexi's 'outside only' crossbows, smiling gleefully.
"Ryan Summers, you are in soooo much trouble!" she hissed through the gag, her eyes wide with shock. "I'm gonna kill you when I get out of here."
"Izzy?" Lin called from the hallway. Izzy tried to hop across to the hall, but her feet were tightly bound together, and she fell forward, onto her face.
"Ow," she said miserably.
"Heya, little guy," she heard Lin say, then two year old William's happy babble. "Lexi, isn't that a weapon?"
"Yup yup," Lexi replied happily. "Ryan captured a demon, and we're gonna chop its head off."
"Oh no," Lin replied, sounding horrified. "IZZY? Where are you?" His footsteps got closer and closer, and then he was there, untying the ropes. As she scrambled to her feet, she saw him try to stifle his smiles, William patting his face with starfish baby hands.
"Ryan Summers, get over here now!" she shrieked. A statue on an end table flew violently off it, and smashed into a wall.
"Uh, Iz?" Lin tried. "Calm down." She turned on him, her look accusatory.
"I told you never, ever to leave me alone with them. I'm a witch, not a miracle worker," she moaned.
"I'll get Ryan, you hang onto William," he said sympathetically, handing her the baby. William clung to her sweater, then said quite distinctly,
"Wills go potty."
"No," Izzy howled. She held the baby at arm's length, as she hurried up the stairs to Will's room. The walls and curtains were in soft pastel colours, a large cot filled with stuffed animals sat near the window, and a changing table opposite.
She lay the child down on top of the table, and unsnapped his pants, and carefully prised off the diaper. Her face scrunched up.
"Ewwww," she moaned. "Never having kids, never having kids."
Talking happily in incoherent baby talk, Wills patted her head lightly as she walked down the stairs. She smiled, watching the scene below.
Lin, his blond hair falling into his eyes, was tusselling with Ryan, he'd got the kid in a headlock, and was teasing him, and laughing. He looked up, and grinned at Izzy, before yelping as Lexi launched herself on top of him, mercifully without a weapon. All three collapsed in a heap, the two kids giggling helplessly as Lin struggled to his feet.
"Izzy, will you make some magic happen?" Lexi begged, as Ryan stuck his tongue out at his little sister. Izzy dropped onto the couch, Wills screaming with delight at the drop, and tiredly concentrated. The Tv remote levitated off the floor, and into her hand.
"Cartoons," she said firmly. "Cartoons are fun, and educational." She avoided Lin's eyes.
"Educational?" he queried, raising his eyebrows. "You think a cat chasing a mouse with a sledgehammer is educational?"
"Well, Lin, it's either educational cartoons, or you can play with Lexi and Ryan in the garden, while Wills and I watch cartoons," Izzy answered.
"Cartoons are educational!" he replied quickly.
When Dawn returned home, she found Izzy and Lin crashed out on the couch, watching cartoons with Lexi and Ryan, while Wills slept contentedly on top of the boy.
"Aww," she sighed. "They were good for you."
Izzy sat up indignantly. Dawn scooped up her son, and slung him across a hip.
"Thanks so much, Iz," she said gratefully. "The meeting went great. C'mon guys, bed," she ordered, as Ryan and Lexi dragged themselves upwards, complaining under their breath.
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I have decided. Never, ever having kids. When Anya came back from the dead, pretty much, Xander and her had sex like you-know-whats (we've got out of practise using any derivative of 'bunnies' because of her phobia) and so Lin was born, and then Libby. Anya wants more kids, she got weird ideas from somewhere that the more kids you had, the better life was, and you'd 'win in the end'.
Ah, Lin's just told me her favourite board game is the Game of Life. Bet Xander's regretting that one.
Dawn kinda had kids without anyone knowing about it. She just disappeared, and then poof, returned eight years later with Ryan, Lexi, and she was pregnant. Buffy had been roaming around, being all Slayer-ish. When they discovered Lexi wasn't just uber-strong for like, two, she moved in, and she and Dawn have lived together for a while now. Occasionally, Buffy ups and goes to L.A to visit Angel, and Spike, another souled vampire. Spike visits, too, and he's kinda the reason Ryan's hell spawn. Mind you, don't blame him. He, Lin and Xander are pretty out numbered girl to guy wise, and Spike's idea of treating him like a puppy seems to work.
I think having a younger sister has taught Lin how to handle them, though. It's funny seeing Lin fall over himself at school, when I know at home, he can be uber-kind and cool to Ryan and Lexi, even when they want a victim to decapitate, and they use his teddy that he's had since he was born.
Journal duty done, we've got homework to do. And maybe magic practise.
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A/N: Yup, a quick update. And seeing as I update quickly, I deserve reviews, right??
Oh, I'm Beta-ing a story called 'Going Back', from about the fifth chapter. You want little kid fluff, check it out. It'll be on my favourites list, so get the link there.
REVIEW!
"Hey," Lin greeted, letting the screen door slam behind him. Willow winced, and dusted the flour off her hands.
"Heya Lin-boy," she answered. "Looking for Izzy?" The teenage boy yanked open the fridge, and peered inside, rifling through the contents. Emerging with a carton of orange juice in one hand, and a yogurt in the other, he nodded, kicking the door shut.
"Yup. Also, I'm hungry. Your house was closer," he explained, with all the logic of a teenager living two doors down. Willow rolled her eyes, and took the carton of OJ from him before he took a slurp of it, and poured it into a glass.
"Thanks Willow," he grinned. She sighed.
"Yeah yeah. How was Lib's ballet recital?" she asked, rinsing off her hands before returning to her baking. Lin rolled his eyes, and dug into his yogurt.
"Got any chips?" he said by way of answering. Willow tossed him a packet. He ripped them open.
"So, you were in search of my daughter," she prompted. Lin's eyes lit up.
"Oh. Yeah! I was. Where is she?" Willow shook her head, a wry smile on her face.
"You are so much like your father," she muttered. "She's across the road, at Dawn's. Babysitting."
Lin's eyes widened. "She's alone? With the trio?"
Willow shook her head.
"The way you two go on about those three, you'd think that they were uncontrollable."
* ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~
"Help? Please?" Izzy tried, struggling futilely with the ropes Ryan had tied pretty efficiently around her wrists. Spike's way of babysitting seemed to have rubbed off on him. But in reversed terms.
The demon himself appeared, armed with one of Lexi's 'outside only' crossbows, smiling gleefully.
"Ryan Summers, you are in soooo much trouble!" she hissed through the gag, her eyes wide with shock. "I'm gonna kill you when I get out of here."
"Izzy?" Lin called from the hallway. Izzy tried to hop across to the hall, but her feet were tightly bound together, and she fell forward, onto her face.
"Ow," she said miserably.
"Heya, little guy," she heard Lin say, then two year old William's happy babble. "Lexi, isn't that a weapon?"
"Yup yup," Lexi replied happily. "Ryan captured a demon, and we're gonna chop its head off."
"Oh no," Lin replied, sounding horrified. "IZZY? Where are you?" His footsteps got closer and closer, and then he was there, untying the ropes. As she scrambled to her feet, she saw him try to stifle his smiles, William patting his face with starfish baby hands.
"Ryan Summers, get over here now!" she shrieked. A statue on an end table flew violently off it, and smashed into a wall.
"Uh, Iz?" Lin tried. "Calm down." She turned on him, her look accusatory.
"I told you never, ever to leave me alone with them. I'm a witch, not a miracle worker," she moaned.
"I'll get Ryan, you hang onto William," he said sympathetically, handing her the baby. William clung to her sweater, then said quite distinctly,
"Wills go potty."
"No," Izzy howled. She held the baby at arm's length, as she hurried up the stairs to Will's room. The walls and curtains were in soft pastel colours, a large cot filled with stuffed animals sat near the window, and a changing table opposite.
She lay the child down on top of the table, and unsnapped his pants, and carefully prised off the diaper. Her face scrunched up.
"Ewwww," she moaned. "Never having kids, never having kids."
Talking happily in incoherent baby talk, Wills patted her head lightly as she walked down the stairs. She smiled, watching the scene below.
Lin, his blond hair falling into his eyes, was tusselling with Ryan, he'd got the kid in a headlock, and was teasing him, and laughing. He looked up, and grinned at Izzy, before yelping as Lexi launched herself on top of him, mercifully without a weapon. All three collapsed in a heap, the two kids giggling helplessly as Lin struggled to his feet.
"Izzy, will you make some magic happen?" Lexi begged, as Ryan stuck his tongue out at his little sister. Izzy dropped onto the couch, Wills screaming with delight at the drop, and tiredly concentrated. The Tv remote levitated off the floor, and into her hand.
"Cartoons," she said firmly. "Cartoons are fun, and educational." She avoided Lin's eyes.
"Educational?" he queried, raising his eyebrows. "You think a cat chasing a mouse with a sledgehammer is educational?"
"Well, Lin, it's either educational cartoons, or you can play with Lexi and Ryan in the garden, while Wills and I watch cartoons," Izzy answered.
"Cartoons are educational!" he replied quickly.
When Dawn returned home, she found Izzy and Lin crashed out on the couch, watching cartoons with Lexi and Ryan, while Wills slept contentedly on top of the boy.
"Aww," she sighed. "They were good for you."
Izzy sat up indignantly. Dawn scooped up her son, and slung him across a hip.
"Thanks so much, Iz," she said gratefully. "The meeting went great. C'mon guys, bed," she ordered, as Ryan and Lexi dragged themselves upwards, complaining under their breath.
* ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~
I have decided. Never, ever having kids. When Anya came back from the dead, pretty much, Xander and her had sex like you-know-whats (we've got out of practise using any derivative of 'bunnies' because of her phobia) and so Lin was born, and then Libby. Anya wants more kids, she got weird ideas from somewhere that the more kids you had, the better life was, and you'd 'win in the end'.
Ah, Lin's just told me her favourite board game is the Game of Life. Bet Xander's regretting that one.
Dawn kinda had kids without anyone knowing about it. She just disappeared, and then poof, returned eight years later with Ryan, Lexi, and she was pregnant. Buffy had been roaming around, being all Slayer-ish. When they discovered Lexi wasn't just uber-strong for like, two, she moved in, and she and Dawn have lived together for a while now. Occasionally, Buffy ups and goes to L.A to visit Angel, and Spike, another souled vampire. Spike visits, too, and he's kinda the reason Ryan's hell spawn. Mind you, don't blame him. He, Lin and Xander are pretty out numbered girl to guy wise, and Spike's idea of treating him like a puppy seems to work.
I think having a younger sister has taught Lin how to handle them, though. It's funny seeing Lin fall over himself at school, when I know at home, he can be uber-kind and cool to Ryan and Lexi, even when they want a victim to decapitate, and they use his teddy that he's had since he was born.
Journal duty done, we've got homework to do. And maybe magic practise.
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A/N: Yup, a quick update. And seeing as I update quickly, I deserve reviews, right??
Oh, I'm Beta-ing a story called 'Going Back', from about the fifth chapter. You want little kid fluff, check it out. It'll be on my favourites list, so get the link there.
REVIEW!