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Dawn and Anna had just come back from the park and were now watching cartoons and eating lunch, when there was a knock at the door. When Dawn got up to answer it, Anna wanted to come to, so she picked her up and balanced her on her hip. When she opened the door she was surprised to see Willow, Tara, Anya and Xander standing there.
"Hey you guys. Come in. I can't believe you're actually here, it's so good to see you."
They followed Dawn into the living room. Xander closed the door behind him, Dawn setting Anna back down, who sat back on the couch, continuing to eat her sandwich.
"So what brings you here?" Dawn asked sitting down beside her niece.
"Well we just thought we'd come by to see you and the Buffster…" Xander started to answer.
"We moved into our new house here today," Anya interrupted.
"Really? You guys must be exhausted, I mean, moving is a lot of hard work."
"We're good, cos well, you know it wasn't all us. There was some magic involved. So who's this little cutie?" Willow asked.
"This is my neice Anna. Anna sweetie these are your mommy's friends, your Uncle Xander, Auntie Willow, Aunt Tara and Aunt Anya, say hello."
"Hi," Anna said shyly, smiling politely before turning her attention back to the tv.
"Huh?" Xander stated, completely taken aback.
"What Xander said," Anya added.
"This is Buffy's daughter Anna," Dawn said slowly so that the Scoobies would take it in.
"But how?" Xander asked, still baffled.
"When did this happen?" Willow asked.
"Look Lindsey, we are not going to have this conversation. You know as well as I do that Drusilla is out of her mind. Not everything that she says comes to pass," Darla said, starting to get pissed off at Lindsey.
"She said that the end was coming."
"Lindsey! She could've been talking about anything. She's said it a hundred times before. In fact she said it right before those gypsies cursed Angel."
"But what if the end is coming?"
"Then Buffy, Angel and friends will stop it like they always do. And why are you so worried anyway. You can fight."
"Yeah, well, last apocalypse I was in, that son of a bitch Lorne killed me. I mean Lorne, can you believe that, I was shot by that green doofus."
"Where is he anyway?"
"How the hell amI supposed to know?"
"Wel I guess I could ask Angel, but wait a minute, I don't care, I mean really, what does he even do? Drusilla honey, are you ready? We're gonna go and move in with daddy."
"Do we have to move in with Angel?" Lindsey asked.
"Yes. I already told him we would."
"So you two are getting back together?" Gunn asked Angel.
"Well, I'm not entirely sure, but she, Drusilla and Lindsey are gonna be moving in here," he replied.
"Drusilla! Lindsey! Since when are they in the mix?" Cordelia asked, she and Doyle had just joined the confusion that was Angel Investigations.
"Look, Darla's gonna have my baby, I want her to be here, things are gonna be different this time, and she wants them to come with her and...where the hell is Spike?"
"What are you? His father?" Cordelia said sarcastically.
"Angel man. Spike's a grown man, or whatever it is that you two are. Does it really matter if he doesn't show up today? Why do you care so much anyway?" Doyle asked.
"It's not like him to just not show up."
"Woah, stop. Angel. Do you have any idea how gay you just sounded?" Harmony said, "Do you love him?"
"Harmony! I do not love Spike. We're family. He's like my little brother."
"How are you family?" Gunn asked.
"I thought that was common knowledge," Angel answered.
"What?" Gunn asked, still not knowing what he was talking about.
"Simple : I turned Angel. Angel turned Drusilla. And Drusilla turned Spike. Ok. The four of us are afamily. Or at least we were until Angel got his soul back," Darla said as she Drusilla and Lindsey walked through the door.
"Gunn, would you help me take their bags upstairs?" Angel asked.
"Sure. So where do you think he is?" Gunn inquired as he took Drusilla's bags.
"If you're talking about Spike, just ask Dru," Darla told him.
"Drusilla?" Gunn asked.
"I saw him in my vision, the slayer still floats around his head. His heart stinks of her."
"What?" Angel asked.
"He's with the slayer right now, Dru says she saw them walking together when she and Lindsey were out earlier."
"You mean Buffy's here in LA?"
"Yep."
"Why wouldn't she come here?"
"The Immortal obviously, but he's gone now."
"How do you know?"
"Staked one of his lackeys on the way over here."
"I've got to find her," Angel said,dropping the bags he was carrying and running down the stairs.
"Tell me again, why you think this will work out?" Lindsey asked Darla.
"Because, Buffy has spent the whole day with Spike, and lets justsay they're not having crackers and tea," she replied.
Buffy lay on top of Spike, while he ran his fingers through her hair.
"That was incredible," Buffy said.
"You were amazing," Spike said.
"Youwere beyond amazing. I don't remember it ever being that good before."
"That's cos it hasn't. Something's different."
"Well we did use a bed this time, which we rarely do."
"There's that and..." Spike said smiling.
"...and I told you that I love you, and you said that you love me, and we both meant it."
"That too."
"You know I do feel different, like...like everything's better somehow, like everything's the way it should be."
"I feel the same way."
"You do?"
"Of course I do love."
"Spike?"
"Yes Buffy?"
"Can we go to my place. There's something you have to see."
"But Spike can't be the father...I mean...he just can't. He was a vampire and..." Xander said, still hysterical from the words that had escaped Dawn's lips.
"Xander, get a hold of yourself. Spikeis Anna's father and nothing you do or say is going to change that," Dawn said, pissed off that Xander was being such an asshole.
"But..."
"No Xander. Dawn is right. If we're gonna be part of each other's lives again, then we have to except Spike," Willow said.
"But he's dead," Xander stated.
"He looked five by five to me last time I seen him."
"Faith?" Xander said.
"Andrew!" Dawn exclaimed, walking over to give him a hug.
"Hey Dawn," he replied.
"Hey Faith."
"What's up lil' B?"
"Nothing much. So you were saying you saw Spike. Like recently."
"Yeah, I didn't say hi or anything, but yeah I seen him."
"Oh my god this is so great," Dawn said, "So do you want to stay here?" she asked Faith and Andrew.
"No, it's cool, we've got a place to crash," Faith answered,"Isn't that right Andy?"
"Right." he replied.