Hey! So I know I haven't updated in forever, but I have a really good reason! Well, ok so I have a kinda good reason. I was going to write out this chapter months ago, but I didn't have time to , so I was like ok, I'll try to fit it in sometime, but softball and school gave me no time at all till last week. I picked up my jump drive to see where I had left off and discovered everything I had on there had been wiped out! I had this story, all of my other stories, and a companion to this story on there, I was crushed! But, I've written it out now, and since you've put up with reading this I will now let you read the story...

Chapter 5: Child Stuff and A Little Fluff...

Once the girls were ready for bed, which took longer than expected, they went downstairs to have a snack with Aunt Dawn while Buffy and Angel stayed to talk about room arrangements.

"Well, you can stay with me in here, and we could let the girls have the guest room?" Buffy suggested.

"That's fine with me," Angel said. He was exhausted and didn't care were he slept really. He hadn't slept real well in several days, searching for those demons had been his main priority after the girls were taken care of. However, they had made this extremely difficult because they had put up a big fuss about being left alone with anyone at the hotel. So most nights he had to wait till they fell asleep around four and try to use that hour to get the most out of his above ground informants, then when day came he would search his below ground ones.

"Well come on sleepy head," Buffy told him grinning. "Let's get the girls to bed so you can get some sleep." Buffy took him by the hand and they walked quietly by Joyce's room.She had gone to bed a little while ago and Angel was fairly cetain it was because she knew how hard it was to get little girls ready for bed. Once downstairs Angel and Buffy went to the kitchen to try to get the girls back up stairs, only the sight that met their eyes made Angel and Buffy both burst out laughing.

Prue was holding a large, dripping spoon cookiedough fudge mint chip ice cream that was running down her mouth and was all over her hands. Kendra and Dawn were eating chips and dip, but they weren't eating just the dip with the chips they had been mixing the ice cream with the chips and what looked like root beer floats. Kendra was in the same state as Prue, while Dawn had managed to escape with only ice cream covered hands. Dawn looked up guiltily upon their entrance, but quickly regained her composer and told them with a smile,

"Good, your just in time to clean them up!" and quickly wiped her hands on a nearby towel and left the room. Prue sadly dropped the spoon into the bowl with a clang, and Kendra shoved her last chip into her mouth, then both girls looked up at them expectantly. Buffy just smiled and threw a wet cloth to Angel as she began to wipe Kendra off.

Later, after the girls had been cleaned off, and Buffy had lectured Dawn about giving four year olds sugar before bed, they took the girls upstairs and tucked them in the queen sized bed.

"Night," Angel said kissing Kendra on the top of her head and hugging her.

"Night Daddy," she replied hugging him back. Buffy was standing off to the side awkwardly, not sure of what to do. "Night Mommy," the little girl said holding her arms up for a hug from Buffy. Buffy kissed her and then they did the same with Prue before the left. Day was breaking before Buffy and Angel finally crawled into bed themselves.

"It's been a long night," Buffy said laying her head on Angel's bare chest and wrapping her arm around his waist. He wrapped his arm around her.

"It's been a long week," he replied playing with her hair. Buffy smiled and turned to face him.

"I love you," she whispered softly. Angel smiled that cute little half smile of his that made her stomach flip-flop.

"I love you too," he whispered back dropping to give her a kiss on the lips. Buffy broke the kiss and laid back down on him, and Angel leaned back and ressumed playing with her soft golden locks, listening to her rythmic breathing. It wasn't long before both had drifted peacefully off to sleep.Neither one noticed the two girls silently watching them through the cracked door...

Ok, be honest what do you think? I know the begining was awful but it got better at the end right? I know this is the shortest chapter so far, but the next one will be longer! I promise to try to at least have it up by Friday or Saturday! So that's all for now, look for the next chapter "Why I call you Daddy" to be up soon!

Five-by-Five

-Little Prue (or as I will now called cause it's such a cool name, Phoenix)