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Buffy rolled over in bed and sleepily looked at the clock. Her eyes widened seeing the time.
"8:30! I'm late!" she said as she jumped out of bed. As she did Riley groaned and turned over in bed.
"What are you doing?" he mumbled, not opening his eyes.
"I have class today and I have to take Gracie over to my mom's" Buffy reminded him.
"Keep it down" he said, going back to sleep. Buffy quickly got dressed and went into her three-year old daughter's room.
"Gracie, sweetheart wake up" Buffy said, going over to her closet and getting out an outfit for her daughter to wear. "Gracie, come on baby, mommy has to take you to grammy's."
"Mommy, I want to sleep" the little girl complained, but got up as her mother told her.
"I know sweetie, but mommy has to go to school today" Buffy said, putting a pair of overalls and a pink shirt on Gracie and white tennis shoes. She brushed her hair and put it in pigtails. "There, now we're all set."
"I want say bye to daddy" Gracie said.
"Okay, go say goodbye to daddy" Buffy said and Gracie ran into Buffy and Riley's room over to his side of the bed.
"Bye daddy, I love you" the little girl said.
"Bye Gracie" Riley mumbled.
"Come on honey, we're late" Buffy said and Gracie ran into the living room.
"Don't be late tonight, Buff" Riley said, not facing her.
"I love you" Buffy said.
"Mmm-hmm" he mumbled and she sighed and left the room
Buffy took her daughter over to Joyce's house and dropped her off. From there she went to Sunnydale University and met with her friends.
"Hey Buffy" Willow said as Buffy made her way into the classroom and sat down next to her and her girlfriend Tara.
"Hey" Buffy said, out of breath. "I just made it."
"What happened?" Tara asked.
"I over slept" Buffy said.
"Is Gracie with your mom or Riley?" Willow asked.
"My mom" Buffy said. "Riley's not really into taking care of kids. I mean, he has a job to put food on the table and he puts me through school and I'm grateful for that, so I give him a break with Gracie."
"You coming to the Bronze tonight?" Tara asked. "Xander's back from Portland and he wants to introduce us to his new girlfriend."
"I don't know, I have to see what Riley has planned" Buffy said and the professor came into the room.
Buffy arrived back at her mother's house to pick up her daughter at 1:30.
"Hey, Buffy" Buffy's seventeen-year old sister Dawn said when Buffy entered the house.
"Hey Dawnie" Buffy said. "Where's Gracie?"
"She went to the gas station with mom. They should be back in a couple minutes" Dawn said. "How are you?"
"Good, you?" Buffy asked her little sister.
"Good" Dawn said.
"Are you and Jamie still going out?" Buffy asked.
"No, I'm going out with Luc now" Dawn said.
"Luc, what's his deal?" Buffy asked.
"He's eighteen, graduating this year. He has brown hair, green eyes. He's about six feet tall and he's so hot" Dawn said.
"You like him?" Buffy asked.
"Yeah, a lot" Dawn said.
"Well, you and I are alike in the sense that we definitely go from relationship to relationship, but you've gone through more. I dated Angel, then Scott, then Parker before I found Riley. You've been through—" Buffy began to name off the list, but Dawn did it for her.
"John, Julian, Brad, Marc, Rich, Pete, Alex, Ned, Frank, Jamie and now Luc" Dawn said and Buffy looked at her weirdly. "What, I haven't slept with any of them."
"Well that's good" Buffy said and Joyce walked in the house with Gracie.
"Mommy!" the little girl squealed and ran over to Buffy who picked her up.
"Hi baby, did you have fun at grammy's?" Buffy asked.
"Yeah, we went to the store and grammy bought me some candy" Gracie said and Buffy looked at Joyce.
"Sorry, I couldn't resist" Joyce smiled.
"Thanks" Buffy smiled back. "We should go, Riley's waiting."
"Okay, bye Gracie" Joyce said, kissing her. "Bye honey" she said kissing Buffy.
"Bye, bye Dawnie" Buffy said.
"Bye, bye Gracie" Dawn said and Buffy and Gracie left.
Before going home Buffy decided to go to the store to buy some things for the rest of the week. She really wanted to go to the Bronze. She missed Xander and she wanted to see him. He'd been in Portland for seven and a half weeks visiting family. His grandfather had recently died and he went to Oregon to support his family. Now he was coming back, and with a woman. Xander had never really had a girlfriend, not a real one anyway. Buffy really wanted to go see who she was and what she was like, but she didn't know if Riley would want to go or if he wanted her home.
Buffy arrived home at 3:00 and she took the groceries into the house where Riley was sitting on the couch.
"You're late" he said, keeping his eyes on the television set.
"Sorry, I had to go the store to get some things for the house" Buffy said, setting the bags into the kitchen and going back into the living room. "Honey?"
"Yeah" he asked, still looking at the TV.
"Uh, did you have anything specific planned tonight?" she asked, sitting next to him. Gracie climbed into her father's lap and snuggled into him.
"Why?" he asked, now looking at her.
"Well. . .I wanted to go to the Bronze tonight. Xander's back from Portland and the whole gang's gonna be there" Buffy said.
"Gang? Aren't you a little too old for high school gangs?" he asked her.
"Do you wanna come with?" she asked him.
"No" was all he said. "I have things to do tonight."
"Oh, okay" she said, getting up.
"Who's gonna watch Gracie when you're out gallivanting around town?" Riley asked.
"You can't?" Buffy asked.
"I just told you I had things to do" Riley said.
"Right, well, I can get my mom to do it" Buffy said.
"Your mom just watched her this morning" Riley said.
"She doesn't mind. I'll call her now and ask her" Buffy said and went upstairs.
Joyce said that she would watch Gracie and Buffy took Dawn with her to the Bronze.
It was about nine-thirty when Buffy and Dawn arrived at the Bronze. They walked over to their usual table and Willow, Tara, Xander and a girl were there.
"Xander! It's so great to see you" Buffy said, hugging her friend.
"Hey Buff" Xander said.
"I've missed you" Buffy said.
"You too" Xander said. "Hey Dawnmeister."
"Hi Xander" Dawn said and he hugged her as well.
"Isn't Giles supposed be here?" Tara asked.
"Yeah, he said he would be a little late, but he'd be here" Willow said and then turned to the blonde woman sitting next to Xander. "He's our grownup friend, but not in a creepy way."
"Well, Buff, Dawnie, this is Anya Jenkins. We met in Portland, but oddly, we're both from here in Sunnydale and were going back at the same time. Anya, this is Buffy Summers and her little sister Dawn."
"Nice to meet you" Buffy said.
"You too" Anya said and Giles came up to them.
"Hello all" he said.
"And this is Rupert Giles, are not creepy grownup friend" Xander said to Anya.
"I'll take that as a compliment" Giles said.
"Giles, this is Anya Jenkins, my girlfriend" Xander said.
"Delighted to make your acquaintance" Giles said.
"How very English of you" Buffy joked.
"Nice to meet you too" Anya said.
"So, drinks?" Xander asked as he got up. "Buff, Dawn, Giles, you want?"
"Sure, margarita" Buffy said.
"Me too" Dawn said.
"Not" Buffy said.
"Fine, 7 up" Dawn said.
"Giles?" Xander asked.
"Beer, thank you" Giles said.
"Okay" Xander said and went to the bar. The group sat there silent for a moment before Willow spoke up.
"So, Anya, were you visiting family in Portland like Xander?" she asked.
"Yeah, my aunt and uncle" Anya said.
"That's nice" Tara said. "How long have you two been dating?"
"About five weeks" Anya said.
"Well Xander's a great guy" Buffy said.
"He is" Anya said and Xander came back with the drinks.
Buffy arrived home late. She quietly closed the door and carried Gracie upstairs. After she put her to bed she went into her own bedroom and changed into her nightclothes. After doing that she crawled into bed and Riley rolled over to face her.
"Do you know what time it is?" he asked rhetorically.
"It's two, I know, it's late" Buffy said. "I'm sorry honey."
"Buffy, you really need to grow up, you know that" Riley said and turned away from her. She sighed and turned over and went to sleep.
Buffy rolled over in bed and sleepily looked at the clock. Her eyes widened seeing the time.
"8:30! I'm late!" she said as she jumped out of bed. As she did Riley groaned and turned over in bed.
"What are you doing?" he mumbled, not opening his eyes.
"I have class today and I have to take Gracie over to my mom's" Buffy reminded him.
"Keep it down" he said, going back to sleep. Buffy quickly got dressed and went into her three-year old daughter's room.
"Gracie, sweetheart wake up" Buffy said, going over to her closet and getting out an outfit for her daughter to wear. "Gracie, come on baby, mommy has to take you to grammy's."
"Mommy, I want to sleep" the little girl complained, but got up as her mother told her.
"I know sweetie, but mommy has to go to school today" Buffy said, putting a pair of overalls and a pink shirt on Gracie and white tennis shoes. She brushed her hair and put it in pigtails. "There, now we're all set."
"I want say bye to daddy" Gracie said.
"Okay, go say goodbye to daddy" Buffy said and Gracie ran into Buffy and Riley's room over to his side of the bed.
"Bye daddy, I love you" the little girl said.
"Bye Gracie" Riley mumbled.
"Come on honey, we're late" Buffy said and Gracie ran into the living room.
"Don't be late tonight, Buff" Riley said, not facing her.
"I love you" Buffy said.
"Mmm-hmm" he mumbled and she sighed and left the room
Buffy took her daughter over to Joyce's house and dropped her off. From there she went to Sunnydale University and met with her friends.
"Hey Buffy" Willow said as Buffy made her way into the classroom and sat down next to her and her girlfriend Tara.
"Hey" Buffy said, out of breath. "I just made it."
"What happened?" Tara asked.
"I over slept" Buffy said.
"Is Gracie with your mom or Riley?" Willow asked.
"My mom" Buffy said. "Riley's not really into taking care of kids. I mean, he has a job to put food on the table and he puts me through school and I'm grateful for that, so I give him a break with Gracie."
"You coming to the Bronze tonight?" Tara asked. "Xander's back from Portland and he wants to introduce us to his new girlfriend."
"I don't know, I have to see what Riley has planned" Buffy said and the professor came into the room.
Buffy arrived back at her mother's house to pick up her daughter at 1:30.
"Hey, Buffy" Buffy's seventeen-year old sister Dawn said when Buffy entered the house.
"Hey Dawnie" Buffy said. "Where's Gracie?"
"She went to the gas station with mom. They should be back in a couple minutes" Dawn said. "How are you?"
"Good, you?" Buffy asked her little sister.
"Good" Dawn said.
"Are you and Jamie still going out?" Buffy asked.
"No, I'm going out with Luc now" Dawn said.
"Luc, what's his deal?" Buffy asked.
"He's eighteen, graduating this year. He has brown hair, green eyes. He's about six feet tall and he's so hot" Dawn said.
"You like him?" Buffy asked.
"Yeah, a lot" Dawn said.
"Well, you and I are alike in the sense that we definitely go from relationship to relationship, but you've gone through more. I dated Angel, then Scott, then Parker before I found Riley. You've been through—" Buffy began to name off the list, but Dawn did it for her.
"John, Julian, Brad, Marc, Rich, Pete, Alex, Ned, Frank, Jamie and now Luc" Dawn said and Buffy looked at her weirdly. "What, I haven't slept with any of them."
"Well that's good" Buffy said and Joyce walked in the house with Gracie.
"Mommy!" the little girl squealed and ran over to Buffy who picked her up.
"Hi baby, did you have fun at grammy's?" Buffy asked.
"Yeah, we went to the store and grammy bought me some candy" Gracie said and Buffy looked at Joyce.
"Sorry, I couldn't resist" Joyce smiled.
"Thanks" Buffy smiled back. "We should go, Riley's waiting."
"Okay, bye Gracie" Joyce said, kissing her. "Bye honey" she said kissing Buffy.
"Bye, bye Dawnie" Buffy said.
"Bye, bye Gracie" Dawn said and Buffy and Gracie left.
Before going home Buffy decided to go to the store to buy some things for the rest of the week. She really wanted to go to the Bronze. She missed Xander and she wanted to see him. He'd been in Portland for seven and a half weeks visiting family. His grandfather had recently died and he went to Oregon to support his family. Now he was coming back, and with a woman. Xander had never really had a girlfriend, not a real one anyway. Buffy really wanted to go see who she was and what she was like, but she didn't know if Riley would want to go or if he wanted her home.
Buffy arrived home at 3:00 and she took the groceries into the house where Riley was sitting on the couch.
"You're late" he said, keeping his eyes on the television set.
"Sorry, I had to go the store to get some things for the house" Buffy said, setting the bags into the kitchen and going back into the living room. "Honey?"
"Yeah" he asked, still looking at the TV.
"Uh, did you have anything specific planned tonight?" she asked, sitting next to him. Gracie climbed into her father's lap and snuggled into him.
"Why?" he asked, now looking at her.
"Well. . .I wanted to go to the Bronze tonight. Xander's back from Portland and the whole gang's gonna be there" Buffy said.
"Gang? Aren't you a little too old for high school gangs?" he asked her.
"Do you wanna come with?" she asked him.
"No" was all he said. "I have things to do tonight."
"Oh, okay" she said, getting up.
"Who's gonna watch Gracie when you're out gallivanting around town?" Riley asked.
"You can't?" Buffy asked.
"I just told you I had things to do" Riley said.
"Right, well, I can get my mom to do it" Buffy said.
"Your mom just watched her this morning" Riley said.
"She doesn't mind. I'll call her now and ask her" Buffy said and went upstairs.
Joyce said that she would watch Gracie and Buffy took Dawn with her to the Bronze.
It was about nine-thirty when Buffy and Dawn arrived at the Bronze. They walked over to their usual table and Willow, Tara, Xander and a girl were there.
"Xander! It's so great to see you" Buffy said, hugging her friend.
"Hey Buff" Xander said.
"I've missed you" Buffy said.
"You too" Xander said. "Hey Dawnmeister."
"Hi Xander" Dawn said and he hugged her as well.
"Isn't Giles supposed be here?" Tara asked.
"Yeah, he said he would be a little late, but he'd be here" Willow said and then turned to the blonde woman sitting next to Xander. "He's our grownup friend, but not in a creepy way."
"Well, Buff, Dawnie, this is Anya Jenkins. We met in Portland, but oddly, we're both from here in Sunnydale and were going back at the same time. Anya, this is Buffy Summers and her little sister Dawn."
"Nice to meet you" Buffy said.
"You too" Anya said and Giles came up to them.
"Hello all" he said.
"And this is Rupert Giles, are not creepy grownup friend" Xander said to Anya.
"I'll take that as a compliment" Giles said.
"Giles, this is Anya Jenkins, my girlfriend" Xander said.
"Delighted to make your acquaintance" Giles said.
"How very English of you" Buffy joked.
"Nice to meet you too" Anya said.
"So, drinks?" Xander asked as he got up. "Buff, Dawn, Giles, you want?"
"Sure, margarita" Buffy said.
"Me too" Dawn said.
"Not" Buffy said.
"Fine, 7 up" Dawn said.
"Giles?" Xander asked.
"Beer, thank you" Giles said.
"Okay" Xander said and went to the bar. The group sat there silent for a moment before Willow spoke up.
"So, Anya, were you visiting family in Portland like Xander?" she asked.
"Yeah, my aunt and uncle" Anya said.
"That's nice" Tara said. "How long have you two been dating?"
"About five weeks" Anya said.
"Well Xander's a great guy" Buffy said.
"He is" Anya said and Xander came back with the drinks.
Buffy arrived home late. She quietly closed the door and carried Gracie upstairs. After she put her to bed she went into her own bedroom and changed into her nightclothes. After doing that she crawled into bed and Riley rolled over to face her.
"Do you know what time it is?" he asked rhetorically.
"It's two, I know, it's late" Buffy said. "I'm sorry honey."
"Buffy, you really need to grow up, you know that" Riley said and turned away from her. She sighed and turned over and went to sleep.