The Nearness Of You

Christmas decorating may kill me… I am so tired of untangling lights and stringing up lights and stupid broken lights! I'm broke from Christmas shopping. Collage is finally over for Christmas break!

December 22, Phantom of the Opera came to movie theaters! Yes like the big dork I am; I was lined up eagerly waiting to see my love, the Phantom… Oh! And I was not disappointed. Everyone should see that movie!

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-----Baby, It's Cold Outside-----

"Jenny," Giles gasped out looking wildly about the Magic Box for his dead lover and sadly not finding her.

"It's been awhile," Jenny Calendar's voice replied, before a misty version of her former self appeared. She was beautiful and seeing her again was a sweet agony.

"Too long," Giles sighed wanting to touch his dead girlfriend once more.

"Rupert, I have missed you," Jenny's soothing voice said.

"I have also missed you, more then you can imagine. But I doubt that is the reason you have contacted me," Giles said reluctantly. Giles wished that he gone home to shower and shave, instead of looking like the mess he was.

"Sadly you are right," Jenny said wistfully.

"Before we get to business I must ask: are you happy?" Rupert inquired.

"I regret not doing many things with my life and now it is too late. But overall now I am at peace," the glowing brunette replied. The ghost perused the little shop and gave a little approving nod when she was done.

"Why are you here? Why not someone else?" the former librarian asked, unconsciously running his fingers through his hair.

"The Powers knew you would listen to me. But I have to warn you; the girls are in danger," Jenny answered moving closer to Giles.

"Which girls?" Giles asked, taking off his glasses.

"Buffy's daughters are going to do great things, this has already been prophesized. Trinity and Huntress are unstoppable in the future and that is why a demon has conjured up powerful magics to come back in time and kill the girls. Unfortunately, I can not tell you more," Jenny said taking an unneeded breath.

"Trinity and Huntress? Those are not Buffy's daughters," Giles informed the ghost.

"No, but that is what they are called. Trinity is a name given to the eldest daughter for the triangle on her back. And Huntress, well I doubt I really need to explain how the younger daughter earned that title," Jenny grinned.

"So you have seen the girls grown up," Giles stated, "Then how do we protect them from an unknown enemy?" he demanded of the specter.

"The Powers will send someone to protect the girls and you will know her when she arrives," Jenny replied cryptically before fading away.

"Bloody hell, I need a drink," Giles stated in a defeated tone as he wandered out of the shop and to the nearest pub.

o8o8o8o

"I love you vampire," Buffy said sweetly cuddling up to Spike's side as the couple sat on the couch watching Die Hard with Emma. Their choices in family movies were not exactly Disney, but this wasn't a normal family.

"I love you too slayer," Spike replied giving Buffy a brief kiss.

"An' I love you sister," Emma announced rubbing her mom's belly. Buffy and Spike broke out into a fit of laughter. "When will my sister be here?" Emma demanded.

"Well babies take time, honey. But I promise as soon as she is here you will be one of the first to see her," Buffy assured her impatient young daughter.

"She sure is taking her time," Emma huffed. She kept her hand over where the baby was growing.

"Enjoy being an only child while it lasts, in seven months you will have to share everything," Spike warned, kissing the top of Emma's head.

"What's her name?" inquired the little girl.

"What name would you like?" Buffy asked humoring her little girl.

"Norman," Emma exclaimed with a laugh.

"Definitely not," Buffy cried out in shock, "pick a girl's name."

"But Norman is a funny name," Emma pleaded with big doe-eyes, a look she had perfected after watching her mother do the same thing.

"Bit, your sis' will never forgive you or us if we name her Norman," Spike tried to reason with his little girl.

"Fine. How about Jennifer?" Emma asked dejectedly.

"Jennifer. Jennifer Summers. Jenny Summers, I really like it," Buffy replied after a moment of careful consideration.

"Emma found the name for her new sister. And it was only your second try. How did you come up with such a pretty name?" Spike asked his little girl.

"The baby said she liked the name Jennifer," Emma replied transfixed with the movie.

"Your unborn sister told you what name she wanted?" Buffy asked, sitting up and looking at Spike. The couple both stared at Emma in astonishment.

"Yeah, I can hear her talking sometimes in my sleep," Emma informed them nonchalantly.

"What does she say, bit?" Spike asked cradling Emma in his arms, while Buffy grabbed the telephone.

"Nothing really, but she has lots of questions," Emma explained still very much enthralled with the Bruce Willis movie.

o8o8o8o

---Phone Conversation---

"Giles," Buffy greeted briefly, "Emma says she can talk with Jenny."

"Wh-what?" Giles sputtered, a little disoriented from drinking. "Ms. Calendar has contacted you as well?"

"No. What? No. What are you talking about?" Buffy asked completely confused.

"Jenny came to me and delivered a message from The Powers," Giles explained he was obviously drunk and still shaken from the visit.

"Oh. Emma says she can talk with her unborn sister. Emma also said that the baby wanted the name Jennifer," Buffy said pacing back and forth.

"Communicating, really? I've heard of incidents like this, but never first hand. Weirdly enough, it seems to only happen with siblings," Giles said excitedly. It seemed that knowing Buffy provided endless excitement in his life.

"I'll bring Emma over later, so you two can talk," Buffy sighed rubbing her temples.

"Indeed. Was that everything?" Giles asked.

"This time. Now I'm gonna go back to my weird little family time," Buffy laughed. She wasn't a normal girl how the hell did she expect to have a normal family…

"Goodnight Buffy," Giles said ending the phone conversation.

o8o8o8o

"What's the verdict?" Spike asked clearly concerned.

"Our family is weird," Buffy giggled, before giving Spike a tender kiss.

"But we are cute," Spike defended.

"Without question," the slayer agreed whole-heartedly.