Chapter six

Buffy and Angel saw a lot of each other through the week. Buffy made sure she was there when he came in, in the mornings. Angel stayed after his shift until Buffy had to be at work and he would drive her there.

Before either knew it was Saturday and the day of the baseball game. The gang showed up in blue jeans and t-shirts so not to worry about getting cloths dirty. Buffy informed everybody that they usually fake a lot with missing balls when the little ones hit or catch.

The teams were picked and the game started. Buffy's team were Emily, Faith, Xander, Doyle, and some other children by the names of Mark, Cappy, Kyla, and Natalie. Angel was on the opposite team with Willow, Oz, Spike, Jenny, and four children Steve, John, Brain, and Stacy. The other children that didn't want to play watched from the sides.

Emily was first to bat and walked up the home plate. Buffy dropped to her knees behind her and helped her with support of the bat. Willow was the pitcher and she moved in close so she would throw it to fast. When she pitched the ball Buffy helped Emily swing the bat until it connected with the ball. Buffy grabbed the bat and told the little girl to run towards Angel who was the first base man. The other members of Angel's team made it so the little girl was able to reach first base.

The next hitter was Buffy. She stood up and waited for Willow to throw the ball. She connected with the ball sending it to third base. Buffy ran towards Angel yelling for Emily to go towards Jenny who was second base. The little girl ran as fast as her little legs could take her. Angel's team wasn't too worried about Emily they were after Buffy. The out fielder throw the ball to Angel then he turned to Buffy and when she tried to reach for the base he grabbed her and picked her up and swung her around causing her to giggle.

"I guess I'm out since you have the ball and I so I never got hit the first base."

Angel smiled at her then turned her around so she faced back to her team and he swatted her on the butt. "Yes you are baby."

By the end of the game, Angel's team had won, but so not to make the children on Buffy's team sad they all had root beer floats after the game.

"This was so much fun" Willow said

"Yes it really was"

"Well I'm glade you all came."

"Just think B, this was our last yearly baseball game here."

"I know"

Angel placed a kiss on Buffy's head and wrapped his arms around her waist.

"Buffy?" A little voice called.

Buffy looked down and saw Emily standing there rubbing her eyes. "Yes Em"

"I'm tired"

"You want to take a nape?"

The little girl nodded then raised her arms to Buffy. Buffy lifted her into her arms then said, "I'll be right back you guys."

"Take your time Buffy. We should be leaving anyway."

Buffy said a quick goodbye to the gang before her and Angel took Emily to her room.

After Emily was asleep, Buffy and Angel walked to her room for some alone time. When they entered the room Angel and Buffy sat on the bed with their backs on the headboard. Angel pulled Buffy to him and held her in his arms. "Emily is such a good kid" Angel said.

"Yes she is."

"So what do you want to do tonight?"

Buffy thought about it for a while then asked, "How about ice skating? I loved to skate before I came here."

Angel smiled then nodded. "Ice skating it is"

TBC (send feedback PLEASE)