Disclaimer: I don't own Buffy, but I do own Sophie, baby Lily, and Echo the puppy :)

"It's not fair!" Willow cried, clinging tightly to her daughter's hand as they headed through the gates. "It's just not fair! Most parents get five years to prepare themselves for this, but we've only had two!" Three months had passed since Faith's slayerversary and Anya's resurrection, and in those three months, Willow and Tara had marked their first wedding anniversary, and Sophie had celebrated her fifth birthday. Today was the little girl's first day in Kindergarten.

"I'll be okay Mommy Willow" said Sophie. "You and Mama Tara already checked that none of the teachers here were demons."

"Sure did, five times." Tara added, smirking at her wife. "Definitely no demonic teachers."

"I know you'll be okay sweetie" said Willow, crouching down to give her daughter a hug. "I'm just going to miss you, that's all."

"Ga ga gee ga goo ba ga" Lily babbled from her pram. Now six months old, the baby could almost sit up unaided, and had taken a keen interest in her Willow Bear, which now took pride of place beside her in the pram.

"I think Lily's going to miss you too" Tara smiled.

"She is, but it's okay, she knows I'm coming back" said Sophie, smiling at her little sister.

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After they had met the teacher and made sure Sophie was settled, Tara had had to resort to forcefully dragging Willow from the classroom so they could go home. She hoped this didn't make it seem like she didn't care that her little girl was starting school, becase she did, a lot, and not having her there all day was going to take a lot of getting used to, but at the same time Tara knew that it was good for Sophie to spend some time with children her own age, away from the supernatural happenings of the Scooby gang's everyday life.

"Are you sure we packed her lunch? And a snack?" Willow panicked, a short time after they had arrived home. "Maybe I should go back and take her a spare, just in case.."

"She has her lunch" said Tara, catching her wife's arm before she could head right back out the door, without actually taking a spare lunch. "I packed it myself, remember?"

"Yeah.. but what if the other kids tease her? She is an easy target for bullies you know, having two moms and all.."

"She'll be fine Will. Anyway, when I was her age I would have thought it was cool to have two moms."

"That's because your dad was an evil abusive monster!" Willow cried. Tara sighed, Willow had her on that one.

"Look, how about you go play with Lily for a while" she said, lifting the baby out of the pram and handing her to her wife before heading into the kitchen for a cup of coffee. "Maybe that will help you take your mind off it."

"Okay.." Willow looked at her youngest child, who was currently occupied with sucking on Willow Bear's ear, and couldn't help but smile. "You are not leaving my sight at all until your first day of school, understand? And even then your Mama Tara will probably have to drag me away again. Come to think of it, your first day will probably even harder since we have the full five years before you have to go. But at least when you do start school I know you'll have your big sister there to keep an eye out for you, right?"

"Ga ba da" said Lily, giggling.

"I'm gonna take that as a yes" Willow smiled, kissing the baby's forehead. "How about we go watch Beauty & The Beast, that's your sister's favourite movie.

"Goo" said Lily.