More days passed with Tia going to school and come home, each timeBuffy feeling relieved to have Tia in her arms again, it Kevin had been out of prison for two days now.

Buffy knew it was silly being worried about him coming after her and Tia. He was in L.A so he wouldn't find them any time soon, she hoped. There was only a small chance he would want to make Buffy pay for getting him sent to prison, for making him lose his job and of the course the obvious one. There was a chance he knew about Tia and wanted her.

It got to the weekend and the fair was in Sunnydale. Each day on the way home Tia would bug Buffy about going and Buffy still said they would have to see what they were doing.

"But mommy, I have been really good." Tia whines, following Buffy around the living room.

"I know you have."

"So please can we go?" Tia gets louder and louder.

"I said we'd see what we're doing."

"But you keep saying that. The fair leaves soon!" Tia starts to quieten down but tears grow in her eye.

"Tia, there is another 3 days of it being here. There is time for us to work out what we're doing."

Tia stops following Buffy and just looks at her. Buffy turns around to see her standing by the armchair with her little arms crossed.

"You're just going to say no!" Tia suddenly screams and runs upstairs to her bed.

"Tia." Buffy calls after her but lets her daughter go.

"What's wrong with Tia?" Joyce asks walking into the living room.

"She wants to go to the fair." Buffy says rubbing her head, trying to rid the headache that was coming.

"That will be nice, you and the Scooby gang can take her tonight." Joyce says but then adds, "You don't want her leaving the house." Seeing that Buffy was looking worried.

"I can't help it." Buffy says sitting on a chair holding her head in her hands.

Joyce moves over to her and kisses her head. If there is you and all the Scooby gang why worry? Angel could come met you when it gets dark? Don't let him make you imprison Tia in the house."

Buffy looks up at her mom and nods. She stands up and walks upstairs and goes to Tia, who was laying on her front, on her bed, her face buried in her pillow. Buffy sits next to her and strokes her hair.

"I'm sorry Tia." Buffy says softy but gets no reaction from her daughter. "Baby girl? Listen to me please." Tia still doesn't move. "I know I haven't been very nice the last few days. I'm just tired." Buffy keeps stroking Tia's hair hoping this was getting through to her. "On Sunday, we'll get the Scooby gang together and we'll go to the fair. I promise."

At this Tia looks up at her quickly with a huge smile on her face.

"Really?" Tia asks and Buffy nods. Tia throws herself into Buffy's arms knocking her off the bed and them both on the floor.

"What's all the noise?" Angel asked walking into the room from the bathroom, his hair wet and only in jeans with a towel in his hand drying his hair.

"Mommy is taking me to the fair!" Tia says jumping up and running to Angel. He bends down and picks her up, throws her in the air a little and catches her.

"Well that's going to be fun. Do you know they have big teddies at fairs? That you have to win?"

Tia nods quickly.

"Well, make sure you're mommy doesn't come home until she has won you one of the teddies. Okay?" Angel says smiling and winking at Buffy.

"Okay." Tia says with a small giggle.

"Go on, go tell your gran." Angel says putting Tia on the floor.

He then picks up the towel he had dropped and continued to dry his hair.

"Do you know how much winning one of them will cost?" Buffy says staring at Angel.

"With your slayer aim, it'll be easy." He puts the towel down and walks to Buffy. "It's good you're going." He kisses her head.

"I wish you could come with us." Buffy looks into his eyes with sorrow.

"Maybe I can come join you after the sunset. If you manage to stay out that long." He smiles and so does Buffy.

It was Saturday afternoon and Tia was pulling all her clothes out of the wardrobe.

"Mommy I have nothing to wear to the fair." She says while Buffy and Angel sit on their bed watching her.

"You have loads of clothes. Why do you have nothing to wear for the fair?" Buffy says.

"'Cos I wasn't to wear shorts but if I go on the rides my legs will rub again the metal."

"Only your child would think of the practicality of their clothes." Angel says. Buffy nudges him in the gut.

"What about some jeans?" Buffy asks, having a feeling this was just a way of Tia hinting for a shopping trip to the closes clothes store.

"No, it'll be too hot." Tia says climbing onto the bed.

"Here you go Tia." Angel says passing her a card.

"What's this?" She asks looking at it.

"It's my credit card. You and mommy will go out now and buy an outfit each for the fair."

"Yay." Tia screams. Jumping off the bed leaving the credit card on Buffy's lap. She then goes to get her shoes on and waits downstairs for Buffy.

"You have to stop spoiling her and stop letting me have your credit card. You shouldn't have to put all your money on me."

"What's the point if I can't buy my love and daughter…ermm…Tia some stuff now and then." Angel says looking away. He sees Tia as his daughter; he loves her as if she was.

"She is your daughter. You're the only dad she has had and the only dad she will have." Buffy leans over and kisses Angel deeply.

"Mommy, come on." Tia screams from downstairs.

At the store Buffy walks around holding Tia's hand tightly. She knew Angel was trying to get her use to being out the house just her and Tia. I guess it was helpful to know that Angel knew she would be safe going out. IT gave Buffy reassurance.

"Mommy this is pretty." Tia said holding a pair of purple ¾ length pants.

"We can get them if you want baby girl." Tia nods and puts them in the basket Buffy was holding. "What top?"

Tia looks around. "Ermm…THIS ONE!" She says running to a pile of tops and picks one up that has two little pandas on it holding a red heart between them.

"Okay. Put it in the basket."

"What are you going to get mommy?" Tia says.

"I don't know."

"This dress is pretty." Tia was looking at a long black dress with silver sparkles over it.

"I don't think that would good for the fair."

"No, but you could go out with Angel for a dinner. And we're it then." Tia says.

"You trying to get me out the house so you can have all your friends over for a party?"

Tia giggles, "No mommy."

Buffy looks at the dress. She would love to have it but the way things were at the moment she was unsure of how much she would leave the house without Tia with her now. Buffy settled on a pair of blue skinny jeans with gems on the pockets and a pale blue top.

They brought the clothes and went home. They had dinner but Tia kept talking about what she would want to do at the fair and how fun it will have and how she will get a big teddy.

That night after Buffy has bathed her and got her into bed and read her a story Tia asked, "What time are we going to go tomorrow?"

"I was thinking after lunch?"

"Okay mommy."

"Night baby girl. Love you."

"Love you too mommy."

Buffy walks out the room and downstairs to sit with Angel on the sofa watching T.V

"She asleep?"

"Yeah." Buffy replied and they snuggled down together while Dawn was in her room and Joyce and Lily had gone out for the night.

"Everything is going to be fine." Angel says kissing her head. "Just relax and you will see it too."

Buffy closes her eyes and falls asleep in Angel arms.

AN: I know I know long time for an update and not a great chapter but next chapter is the important one. =p I hope you continue to read.