The sisters walked down the stairs together, Buffy was expecting to be met with the glaring eyes of her mother but instead Joyce and Lily were sitting talking. Joyce turns to see Buffy and Dawn "Come on, sit down." Buffy sits where she sat earlier while Dawn sits by Lily on the floor, "What did you tell them?"

"Some rubbish about him being my teacher." Buffy doesn't make eye contact, just looks at her hands that are playing with the hem on her top.

"Buffy why didn't you tell them the truth? Do you still blame yourself?"

Buffy doesn't move, "I have to call someone" she gets up; goes to the phone in the kitchen, she picks it up and dials. Joyce wished that Buffy saw it wasn't her fault, but if hours upon hours with a therapist didn't help she didn't know what would.

"Hello, Angel investigations, we help the helpless…"

"Cordelia it's me where's Angel?"

"Oh hi Buffy I'll get him" through the phone Buffy can hear Cordelia calling Angel.

"Hello?"

"Hey Angel it's me. Um I need you to come to Sunnydale, is that ok?"

"Yeah sure, is something wrong?"

"No nothing's wrong I just need to tell you something and I can't tell you over the phone."

"Ok I'm getting worried, you sure you're ok?"

"Yes I'm fine, when do you think you will get here?"

"I'll be there tomorrow night."

"Ok well I'll see you tomorrow. Bye"

"Yeah Bye" they hang up and both say 'I love you', God they wished they could be together, like they way they use to be, their hearts needed each other and when they see each other or even talk to each other the pain comes flooding back.

Buffy walks back into the living door "I'm tied I'm gonna go to bed."

"Who did you call?" Dawn asked.

"No one" Buffy walks into her room. Tia is still asleep with Mr. Gordo in her arms, Buffy smiles, she remembers a picture of when she was around Tia age, she was asleep in her bed hugging Mr. Gordo just like Tia was now. She grabs some shorts and a top gets change into them, and then climbs in the bed rapping her arms around Tia, she fell asleep knowing her baby is safe.

When Buffy woke up Tia wasn't in her arms, but Buffy saw two little feet, she sat up and moved the duvet. She saw Tia had turned around and that she was almost falling off the bed but amazingly she still had Mr. Gordo in her tiny hands. Buffy pulls her back on to the bed, then gets up to get dressed, when she comes back into her bedroom after having a shower she sees Tia is awake, searching though the bag that Dawn took to the room yesterday, "What you looking for baby?"

"My white and pink striped top, it's my favourite one." She says with a wine in her voice.

"I'm sure it'll turn up I think we have another 50 bags of yours we have to get from Lily's car."

"It wasn't that many bags"

"Come on lets have breakfast then we will find the top ok?" Tia nods and grabs Buffy's hand they walk to the kitchen on the way they see that Lily had slept on the sofa. In the kitchen Buffy just had a drink while Tia had a bowl of cereal. Lily walks in to the kitchen stretching her back, "Morning, good sleep?" Buffy slightly laughs at the sight of her aunt trying to work the pain out her back. "Um where are your car keys? Tia wants one of her tops and it's not in the bag upstairs."

"In my handbag," she gets them and passes them to Buffy, "Let me guess her pink and white striped top," Buffy nods "Yeah that's her favourite." Buffy goes to walk out the door when Lily adds, "Don't damage my car like you did to your mom's." Buffy shakes her head; rolling her eyes and goes to get the other bags. She walks in a few minutes later carrying about 10 bags, dumping them on the floor "How many clothes does she have?"

"I take her shopping a lot."

"She hates shopping, well she did the last time I saw her." She looks at the floor, feeling ashamed that she knew very little about her own daughter, while the adults are talking Tia's head follows the conversation. After Buffy and Lily had taken all of Tia's stuff to Buffy's room Lily decided to go to the shops, seeing how they were out of milk, she also wanted to look around Sunnydale. When Buffy walked into the kitchen Tia had finished her breakfast, she was waiting quietly for her mother to come back. Buffy couldn't help but smile, Tia was so good and well behaved Buffy often wonder if Tia would be like this if Buffy had brought her up. Buffy just smiles; picks up the little girl, who wraps her arms around Buffy's neck. On the way to Buffy's room she sees Dawn watching TV and notices that her Joyce's coat had gone from the rack. "Mom gone to work?" Dawn nods "Ok." Then she continues on her way but to the room.

In the room Tia was dressed and Buffy was doing her hair in bunchy French plates, "There all done."

"When are the other people coming over?"

"Whenever you want, but I thought we could spend the day together then go to the park with my friends, and then I want you to meet another person. How does that sound? Good?"

Tia nodded, Buffy knew she was shy when there was too many people around her that she didn't know and didn't trust but Buffy was hoping when they go to the park she would trust the gang a lot more. "The person you'll be meeting is very nice," she pulls Tia onto her lap; looking into her eye "he looks after me and I'm sure he will love you. Come on lets go watch T.V with Dawn." They walk down the stairs and Dawn hears them coming, she flicks the cannel over quickly which Buffy sees, they sit down Tia on Buffy's lap again,

"So what you watching?" Buffy asks her sister that's growing up to fast,

"Huh? Oh, um nothing"

"Yeah, ok" she raises her eyebrows and Dawn knows that Buffy knew what she was watching, blushed and then turns back to the T.V.

Buffy wasn't socked at her sister, she was a teenager its what they did, if Joyce knew what Buffy and Angel got up to she would of properly locked Buffy in her room forever, Buffy smiles at the memories that came back to her.

They spend hours in front of the T.V, just relaxing; Lily had come back home and was now watching with them. Buffy looks at the clock it 2 o'clock, "Tia, you want to go to the park with me and everyone?" she nods "Tia you listening to me?" no answer, Buffy smiles then tickles her, she bursts into laughter and falls sideways so she is laying over dawn, with her legs are kicking. Always so ticklish, at least I know one thing about her. She stops and waits for Tia to calm down; when she has "You want to go to the park?"

"Yeah"

"Ok. You go get your shoes on and I'll tell the guys to meet us there." Tia gets up running upstairs to get her shoes while Buffy walks to the phone punching in the magic box number she knew everyone would be there, the phone rings a few times and then Giles picks up "Hello magic box."

"Hey it's me. Are the guys there?"

"Buffy of course they are here. Would you like to talk to anyone?"

"Not really, you can ask em if they wanna met me and Tia at the park in about 10 minute?"

"Ok." Through the phone she can hear Giles asking them, "Yes Buffy we will meet you there."

"Ok bye"

"Bye"

They hung up, the gang get ready to go while Buffy walks back into the living room, "you two wanna come with us?" they both shake her head, "ok" she starts to go upstairs as Tia walks down stairs, "You ready princess?" She nods walking down the rest of the stairs and they walk out the house, it was a warm day so they didn't bother taking their coats and the other reason that Tia would takes hers off as soon as her got to the park.