Days passed and everyone got into a routine. The Scooby-gang helped with patrolling so Buffy was about to spend some evenings with Tia. They would also go over and see her and on the weekends they would take her to the park just to get away from demons for a while. Recently there hadn't been much vampire or demon activity, which Buffy and Angel were both thankful for.

The shop next to the magic box Angel started to change into a communication center for his business back in L.A "Angel investigations" He made the shop connect to the magic box so Giles also had a small area for his own paper work. This make it a lot more roomy in the shop as it meant he didn't have to keep his paperwork and own books in there.

Buffy got Tia into a school close to home so they could walk there and back. The first day Tia was going Buffy woke up and got her out of bed, leaving Angel to sleep a little longer. They went down to the kitchen and Buffy got them both breakfast then they went back upstairs and got clothes to wear. Tia has chosen a little dress which was purple and white. Buffy just throw on any clothes.

"Is Angel awake?" Tia asks looking at him.

"Doesn't look like it."

Tia looks at Buffy and walks to her. "Will you say good bye to him for me?" Buffy looks behind Tia then and the little girl and nods.

"Ahhh!" Tia screams. While she was talking Angel had gotten out of bed and grabbed Tia. He tickled her while holding her. She was giggling.

"You off to school now then?" Angel asks and holds Tia on his hip. She nods and smiles. "You going to miss me?" She nods again but the smile fades. "I'll be here waiting when you get home for a big Tia hug. Okay?"

"Okay." She smiles and hugs Angel goodbye then walks out the room holding Buffy's hand after she kisses Angel on the lips.

They walk to school, Buffy cares Tia's lunch and bag while Tia runs forward then back, but she stops when she gets closer to the school. "You're going to make a lot of friends okay?" Tia nods but looks gather scared. This reflected Buffy's emotions. "Your teacher is nice. I was talking to her, she says the children your be with are very nice."

Still Tia says nothing. "Hey Tia." She looks at her mom in the eye. "Give me a hug." She does, a big tight one. She was very nervous. Buffy picks her up and hugged her tightly back. While still holding her Buffy lets her lean back again. "I'll be here waiting for you when school ends okay?" Tia nods. Buffy kisses her head and puts her on the floor. Buffy then walks her to her teacher and Tia walks into the classroom with the other children. Buffy hated letting Tia go even though it was just for a few hours.

Buffy walked home and went to her bedroom. "Was she okay?" Angel asks sitting on Buffy's bed waiting for her.

Buffy nods. Angel stands up and walks to her. "She'll be fine." He said into her hair.

"I know." Buffy snuggles into his chest. "I just miss her."

When time came for Buffy to go pick up Tia, which in Buffy's opinion took forever to come. Willow and Tara said she would walk with her.

The school bell rung and loads of kids ran out to their parents. Tia runs out with a huge smile on her face. She then jumped into Buffy's arms and gives her a big hug.

"How was your first day?"

"It was great. I made a lot of friends mommy, they are really nice."

"That's good then. Looking forward to going again tomorrow?" Buffy asks and smiles at Tia nodding happily.

"Hi Willow, hi Tara." Tia says seeing them there.

"Hey." The witches reply.

Buffy takes Tia's bag and the 4 girls start to walk home once again.

Each day Tia goes to school and comes home with something she has made or a story about what she had been doing that day. Buffy and Angel went to the magic box during the day and checked on his business and they also helped Giles in the shop. Buffy would train a lot more, saying she was making sure she kept in shape. The group believed it to be something else. Buffy also decided that when she could go back to college she would, now she knew she was able to look after Tia and make sure she was okay.

Tia had been in the school for a while and Buffy had gotten use to letting Tia go for the day. She got home and sat on her bed. Angel sat on the bed next to her and kissed her head while wrapping his arms around her. "What's wrong?" He asks. Buffy looks at him. "Come on Buffy. You keep tossing and turning in bed. You getting bad dreams?"

"No, well yes. They start bad."

"So you're worried." Buffy nods at Angel. In a few days before Kevin got out. Everyone knew this and they were all hoping Buffy was doing okay. "Everything will be fine."

Angel was tired so Buffy told him to get some sleep while Tia was at school and she would go help her mom with the dinner. She walked downstairs and Joyce was in the kitchen preparing some food with Lily. "Hey." Buffy says.

"Hey, Tia sure does love school here more then in L.A" Lily said smiling.

"Maybe because she knows when she gets home she has all her family here."

"Maybe."

Buffy sits down and looks at her mom washing some salad. Joyce then turns around and looks at Buffy, "Talk."

This caught Buffy by surprise.

"Come on, get it out." Joyce says and Buffy knew what she meant.

"What do you want me to say? I'm getting scared a little bit more every time I think of it. It's coming closer and closer each second and once his out, I can't do anything. I won't know where he is or if he is looking for us."

"Have you been getting nightmares?" Lily asks.

"You two should have been updates. Angel asked me the same thing." She looks at them both and she knows they are both looking at her for an answer. "I have been having dream, but they only start bad. Angel is always in them. Helping me."

"Well that's an improvement." Joyce smiles.

Buffy shakes her head. "Maybe. It might be because I know Angel is here to protect me and Tia, but it also may be a vision."

It gets to the time where Buffy can leave to go pick up Tia. She is happy to know she can see her daughter again as she misses her so much in the day. The normal routine. Tia runs out and hugs Buffy and on the way home Tia would tell Buffy everything she had done. This time they were walking past a shop and in the window it showed that a fair was coming to Sunnydale. Tia sees this then turns to Buffy. "Can we go mommy? Can we? Can we? Can we? Please?" Tia jumps up and down holding onto Buffy's hand. Buffy looks at the poster and sees that it is here for a week. But this was after Kevin was out of prison. Buffy felt like saying yes, she would enjoy taking Tia there and having a nice evening out with her daughter, her friends and family. She hopes to go with Angel too but as it was summer she doubted Angel would be able to go. But she also had a feeling deep within her that when Kevin was out she would be reluctant to let Tia out of the house without her and Angel both there.

"We'll have to see if we have anything planned first then we can decide." Buffy said, she didn't want to promise Tia they could go but she didn't want to say no right away.

"Okay mommy." Tia said happily knowing that if she were a good girl there would be a higher chance of her mom taking her to the fair.

They get home and Tia goes off to Joyce and Lily and tells them of her day while Buffy goes to her room, climbs on the bed next to the sleeping Angel and snuggles into his arms.

It only took a few minutes for him to wake up. "I love you." He said kissing her.

"Tia wants to go to a fair." Buffy says quickly.

"That'll be fun."

"No, it's after his out of prison."

Angel then realizes why Buffy's heart is beating a lot faster. He tightens his hold on her.

"I'm protecting you both Buffy. Don't let him ruin your life."

Buffy looks at him dead in the eye without blinking. "Feels like he already has."

Angel looks at her confused. She can't mean Tia surely. Angel thinks.

"I mean his scared me more then anything, more then the master did after he killed me. I can fight demons and vampires, I'll deal with the unknown but when it comes to that one human…there is something that scares me more ten anything else. His a normal human being so why was he able to hurt me so much, there is nothing to stop him from doing to again."

Angel leans over and kisses Buffy deeply on the lips. "Shh, stop thinking so much. I'm here, your mine, I'm yours, we have Tia. It's perfect. Relax Buffy."

Buffy smiles. She then snuggles into his arms trying to forget everything. She had very little time to relax before she really had to worry so she decided to just enjoy the time as it is at the moment.

AN: not the best I know I'm sorry it will get better, its about to become interesting. Hope you enjoyed. Review? =D