IMPORTANT AN: the AN at the bottom is very important please read as it depends on what story i continue to write.

Also sorry if this isn't as good as other chapters and about the mistakes, enjoy.

After Tia was told about Angel she stopped asking why Angel wasn't going out with them or why all the certain were closed but she did begin to ask Angel to show his vampire face. At the beginning Buffy and Angel both said no until they gave in.

It was a weekend and everyone was over the Summer's house and watching films. Buffy and Angel were on the sofa with Dawn next to them. Giles was on a chair while Joyce and Lily sat on a arm chair together then the rest of the group were on cushions on the floor. Tia would start off sitting on Xander's lap moved to sit between Willow and Tara, then to her grandmother and Aunt. She even went and sat on Giles lap. As she sat with him he was thinking of how it would have felt to have his own child but then realized that he would never have had a better child then Buffy was to him. After a few more minutes Tia moved to Dawn and sat with her but shortly after sitting down on her lap she crawled across Angel to curl up with Buffy. After this she didn't move. They all watched the film and when it started to get late Buffy picked Tia up and put her to bed.

"But mommy everyone is still watching films." Tia complained.

"Yes, but its late and you need to get to sleep." Buffy explained.

"But-" Tia began but was cut off.

"Tia you're going to your new school in a few days and if you stay up late you won't get up in the morning." Angel said, he had followed Buffy without her knowing. Buffy looked at him questioningly.

"I like kissing Tia goodnight." Angel said. This gave Buffy butterflies.

"But I have a few more days until I go to school. Why do I need to go to bed now?" Tia wined more as Buffy put her on the bed and went to get her PJs. This time it was a small panda night dress.

"If you don't start to get to sleep earlier then you won't be able to wake up in the morning. You be all sleepy and moody like you normally are in the morning when I wake you up before 10." Buffy said pulling the duvet down so Tia could climb in.

"I don't get moody."

"Oh you do pumpkin face." Angel said smiling helping Buffy tuck her in.

"Are you coming to bed?" Tia asked?

"We will after everyone had left." Buffy said quietly kissing the girl on the head and handing her the stuffed pig. Angel then leaned down and kissed her head too and said goodnight.

They then left the room and pulled the door closed a little so that there is a small light going into the room.

Buffy and Angel walked a little down the hall when Angel stopped her. "What's wrong?" he asked taking hold of her hands.

"It's getting closer so fast. Each day seems to be going and I know soon it will be 'tomorrow' that he gets out."

"And when he is out, he isn't going to get anywhere near you or Tia, I promise you that Buffy."

"I know but I'm still scared."

"Don't be." Angel said as he pulled her into a hug.

"Is everything okay?" Joyce asked walking up the stairs.

"Yeah, Tia doesn't want to sleep but what kid does." Buffy said adding a fake smile.

"Okay, well we're going to put on another film. Are you going to watch with us?" Joyce smiled.

"It would be good to let Tia sleep on her own for a while as I'm thinking we could get a bed and put it where my wardrobe is so we don't have to squeeze into one bed." Buffy said thinking that Tia was getting to dependent on Angel and herself being there at bed times.

They went downstairs and watched another film. Everyone seemed strangely awake even though it was 11:47pm and everyone had been doing something that day.

Angel was watching the film when he sense tat Tia was out of bed. He could hear her tiny feet on the floor then slowly moving down the stairs so she wasn't hear, but for this to happen there would need to be no vampire there.

Angel looked across and saw Tia looking at the T.V from the stairs. Angel smiled and then moved his arm from around Buffy's shoulders and got up. She wanted Angel move to the stairs then saw Tia look up at him as he walked to her.

Angel stood at the bottom of the stairs and looked at her. "Why are you out of bed?"

"Because…" Tia couldn't answer.

Angel leaned down and put his hands under Tia's arms and lifted her up. He walked up the stairs and Buffy watched, happy that Angel was able to treat Tia like his.

"Come on Tia you need to sleep." He said tucking the little girl in again.

"I'm not tired." She said back quickly.

"If you lay down and close your eyes for a while you will be soon." Angel said giving her the pig again.

"No I won't." She said stubbornly.

"Try it." Angel dared her.

She looked at him then closed her eyes. After 10 seconds she opened one eye and saw Angel was still watching her. She then quickly closed it again.

After a minute she rolled over and loudly said, "I'm not tired!"

"How about we read a book then." Angel grabbed one of her books and sat next to her on the bed with her leaning against him.

He began to read and soon he heard her breathing soften and her eyes were closed. Angel closed the book and slide out from next to her. He laid her down on the bed so she was comfy and then kissed her head. "Good night Tia, I love you." He said softly and then walked out back down the stairs.

"Tia okay?" Buffy asked as Angel sat down.

"Yeah she just didn't want to sleep, she is now though."

"Thank you."

"Don't mention it."

Angel then kissed Buffy's head and they went back to watching the film as their child, or the closest they would get to their child, was asleep upstairs.

AN: thanks for reading and I'm very sorry for the long time between updating but I have been having trouble with writing. I also can't leave a story unfinished that is why I keep adding more and more but slowly. But I have come to decide that I can only write one story at a time. So I have updated all my fics at the same time. In the reviews please tell me what fic you would want me to finish first. The one that gets the most people wanted it to be finished I will finish that first then I will finish the fic that came in 2nd place and so on til they are all done. If I feel like updating another fic though I will. But I think this is the best way of updating now as I am making rubbish chapters now. The voting stops and I will count them on September 10th 2010.

Again thanks for reading and please review telling me what fic you want me to finish first!