Chap. 2: Announcements- October 04

Buffy stirred the sauce gently before walking over to the drawer and pulling out a clean spoon. Scooping up just enough of the sauce, she checked to see if it was warm enough and tasted just right. Licking her lips, she decided it was just perfect, just the way Nevaeh and Faith loved it. She wasn't a huge fan of spaghetti, but her girls loved it, so she was constantly making it for dinner to please them. It was a small price to pay to watch that look on their faces as they took that first bite.

Checking to make sure the handle on the pan wasn't too hot, she lifted it up, pouring the sauce onto the noodles that sat fully cooked on another burner. Dumping the now empty pan in the sink, she filled it with water to keep it moist until she could rinse it and put it in the dishwasher, before turning back to the stove. With a wooden spoon, she stirred the sauce into the noodles, making sure it was all thoroughly mixed, before turning it down to low.

It shouldn't be too long before Willow and Tara got there, but just to be sure, she wanted to keep the food nice and warm.

One final glance told her everything was ready, so she wandered into the living room to find her wife and daughter lounging on the couch watching cartoons, Vaeh leaning against Faith's side with her mother's arm wrapped around her lightly. Buffy smiled at the picture they made, before taking a seat on Faith's other side, curling into her.

Without having to even look, Vaeh felt her Mom join them on the couch and without ever taking her eyes off the TV, she easily crawled across both their laps so that her head was resting on Buffy's chest and her little legs stretched across Faith's lap, something she always did when the three of them watched TV together.

Living inside her Mama for nine months, she was very familiar with her Mama's heart, but she needed the physical reminder that Mommy was hers too, which is why subconsciously she always laid her head over Buffy's. When they sat like this, the little girl could swear she could feel all three of them beating in time with each other, but she was too little to understand it.

Out of the corner of her eye she caught her Mama staring at her Mommy, before the latter turned and they shared a gentle kiss. Something they also did often when they sat like this. She might only be three, but she could see how much her mothers loved each other.

"Is Red and Tara gonna be here soon? I'm starving and it smells delicious," Faith finished by licking her lips.

"You're always starving." Buffy just laughed at her wife. "You'd think I never feed you."

"I'm a growing Slayer."

"Honey, you haven't been a growing Slayer in many years," she laughed again at her partner's antics, putting emphasis on the growing part.

Just when Faith was about to start whining, they heard the door open. Old Sunnydale habits die hard, which led to a few embarrassing moments when one of their friends would stop by and find Faith and Buffy in compromising positions, but that didn't stop anyone from still walking in.

"We brought dessert," Willow called out, as they headed into the living room. In her hand she held a plate of brownies that were clearly homemade. What people didn't realize was Tara was an amazing cook, especially when it came to baking. She'd been accused a few times of using magic because her food tasted too good. At least by those who didn't know she didn't believe in using magic for such things.

"So, did you have a good anniversary?" Willow asked, once they were all seated at the table. The food began to slowly make its way around as everyone scooped out what they wanted.

Faith and Buffy exchanged a look and a smirk. "Yes, it was amazing," Buffy finally answered when she was able to tear her eyes off the brunette. She went back to scooping small portions for Nevaeh who was sitting next to her, and then to a larger portion for herself.

Checking one last time that the lid was tightly closed on Vaeh's Disney princess straw cup and her bib was fastened tightly, she was happy to see it was. Before she let the little girl begin eating, she made sure the bib was on right, after all spaghetti sauce was no fun to get out of clothes of any color. When she was a baby they'd just strip her down to her diaper for any messy meal, but that didn't work so well now that she was older and potty trained.

"I can't believe it's already been a year since your wedding," Tara spoke up.

"Seems like just yesterday," Faith agreed, reaching for Buffy's hand and giving it a gentle squeeze.

"Me was da fower girl," Vaeh piped in, not wanting to be left out.

"Yes, and you were such a cute little flower girl," Buffy told her, placing a kiss in her brown curls.

"I pwitty, like Mama."

"Yes, even more so, kiddo," Faith told her daughter this time.

The little girl then turned to Willow and Tara as if looking for their opinions as well.

"You're more beautiful than both your mothers," Willow assured her. Which made Vaeh beam with pride.

When the meal was over and the dishes were cleared, the women each grabbed themselves a brownie and made their way into the living room to just relax. Buffy sat a plate down on the coffee table for Nevaeh, making it clear she was to eat that there and nowhere else in the house.

"So, not that we don't love spending time with you all, but I don't think that's why you invited us over."

Buffy looked at Faith first before answering Willow. She wanted to make sure they were both sure about this. Sure, Faith was the one to bring it up the night before, but she could have changed her mind since then. And she would be just fine with that, she honestly would. She loved the family they had now, but a part of her would always want another baby. To be able to see their child's life from the start, and for Faith to see it all as well.

Their hands were linked, so a look was all it took for Faith to know exactly what Buffy was thinking. She could feel all of it as if it was happening inside her own mind. She gave a slight nod, encouraging Buffy to go ahead.

Buffy just gave her own nod, before turning to look in Willow and Tara's direction. "We actually wanted to ask you if you could help us with something, of the magical sort."

The redhead didn't agree right away. Going to this much trouble, she knew her friends weren't asking for something small. She was still trying to be very careful about using too much magic if she didn't have to, having gotten so close to almost succumbing to letting the power overtake her a few years ago.

"It's okay if you can't, we'll figure something else out if we have to," Buffy assured her friend after seeing the fight going on within the witch's mind.

Willow shrugged, shaking herself out of her own mind. "What did you want to ask?"

"We were hoping you could help us, well me, get pregnant."

"You want another baby?" Tara asked with a little bit of awe in her voice.

Buffy smiled brightly, "We do."

"That's so awesome," the blonde witch smiled with her.

"So I'm assuming you want to see if I can create a baby that's both of yours, much like Nevaeh, but without the uh…" Willow paused, not wanting to say such an icky word in front of Nevaeh. "Sperm," she finally whispered, glancing briefly at the little girl who had moved to the corner of the living room where her toy box was.

"That would be the most ideal, yes," Buffy answered. She turned to her wife then. They hadn't really had time to discuss the possibilities of how it would all have to work out. They just knew they wanted another little person in their family that belonged to both of them.

"If we had to find a donor and have you do something similar to Vaeh's conception that would be fine too," Faith said, still looking at Buffy but talking to Willow. "I'm sure we could get like Xander to help out," she joked.

"It's not really important to us how they get here, just so long as they are both ours," Buffy finished for her wife. "I mean ideally," she added quickly. She didn't want Willow to feel like she had to do this for them. "If it can't be done, we'll just have to go a more human route."

"Well I certainly can't make you any promises, but I'll start looking into it for you. And you're going to have to be patient. I've been looking more into Nevaeh's conception since we discovered her parentage, but there are still parts I'm not entirely sure about just yet." Willow stopped to take a breath, letting that sink in. "What I'm trying to say is just that this isn't something we can do tomorrow. It's going to take some time before I even have answers for you."

"That's fine, and we really appreciate it, Will, really we do." The blonde Slayer got up and walked over to her friend to give her a hug. "And no pressure alright? If it can't be done, then we'll figure something else out."

"Okay, no pressure," she assured the wives she understood what they were telling her. "Oh, I've been meaning to tell you as well. In my digging I think our theory was a little off concerning Vaeh's existence."

"What do you mean?" Buffy almost stuttered, slightly fearful that she was gonna say Nevaeh wasn't hers like they thought. But no that couldn't be, because Willow had just talked about that in reference to their new baby.

"I believe now, that it's possible that she is even more yours than we originally thought. That the uh…sperm," she whispered again, almost if she was afraid of the word, and it took everything in both Slayers not to laugh. "fertilized the egg and that's as far as it went. Most everything after that came from you Buffy."

"That would actually explain a lot, especially that damn…I mean dern pout," Faith quickly corrected.

"Hey," Buffy half yelled, smacking Faith on the shoulder, "I don't pout," she finished, disproving her point as she did so.

"Sure you don't, baby. Just like you're not pouting now," Faith smiled, hugging Buffy close to her and kissing her on the top of her head.

"I'm not," Buffy huffed, crossing her arms over her chest, but leaning more into Faith as she did so.

"Let's just hope the new baby doesn't get it too or I'll be doomed." Buffy just rolled her eyes conceding to the fact that she wasn't winning this one. "I love you," Faith whispered in her ear before kissing her lightly on the lips. "And I love your pout."

"Alright, before you two start going at it…"

"Hey!" Buffy yelled interrupting Willow. "We wouldn't do that, and I can't believe you said that!"

"You so would. Anyway as I was saying, we're glad you called us over here because we have something to tell you too."

The Chosen Two both turned to give them their full attention. "Go on," Buffy encouraged when neither witch said anything.

"We're getting married!" Willow squealed.

"Willow proposed, and I said yes," Tara elaborated.

"I know it was probably about time. I mean we've been together for longer than you guys have, but then you have Nevaeh, so it made sense that you guys get married. And we just wanted to make sure, I mean we're sure, but we weren't in any hurry…"

"Willow, breathe," Buffy told the rambling girl to get her to stop. "This is awesome! When did it happen?"

"A few nights ago," Tara quickly answered so Willow didn't have a chance to get into another ramble.

"Why didn't you say anything last night?"

"It was your night. We didn't want to take the attention away from you two," Willow told her friend honestly.

"We still would have been happy for you. But thank you. Oh and Congratulations!" She half yelled moving again from her spot next to Faith to wrap both women in a hug. "I can't wait to help you get started on planning the wedding," she squealed.

Faith just rolled her eyes, these next few months were going to be exhausting.