Disclaimer: I don't own Buffy, but I do own Sophie, baby Lily, and Echo the puppy :)
As it turned out, Anya had had her first ultrasound that morning, and she and Xander had come over to show everybody the picture.
"It kind of looks more like a little alien than a human at the moment, but the doctor assured me that that's what it's supposed to look like" said Anya, as the other Scoobies, excluding Dawn and Connor who had gone to stay with Angel for a few days, gathered around to look at the picture. "That's its head there, and there's one of it's arms, and personally I think that is a penis, but Xander wouldn't let me find out for sure because he wants to be surprised." While Xander shook his head in embarrassment, now knowing it was useless to rein in Anya's words, Willow and Tara smiled at each other, then looked over at Lily, who was happily babbling away to Willow Bear. It didn't seem so long ago that she was just a picture on a little screen.
"Hey T" said Faith, frowning after she had caught a glimpse of the clock. "Don't you two have to pick up Little Red soon?" Tara glanced at the clock and gasped, then scooped Lily into her arms, before grabbing Willow and steering her towards the door.
"I thought you weren't worried" the redhead smirked.
"I'm not" Tara replied. "But that doesn't mean I want to be late picking her up on her first day." They ran outside, strapped Lily into the car and jumped in themselves, when Faith ran out after them.
"Wait up, T!" she called. "You forgot Lily's bear!" Then, claiming that it would somehow save time (When really she just wanted to go to), Faith hopped in the back seat beside Lily.
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"It was fun, I gots to draw lots of pictures!" said Sophie, as they all headed back to the car after picking her up. "I drawed you Mommy Willow, and you Mama Tara, and you Auntie Faith, and Lily." The baby giggled at the sound of her name. "I drawed a picture of Illyria too, but when I telled the teacher she was my friend she thought that she was just an imaginary friend."
"Probably best it stays that way too" said Willow.
"Either that or say Illyria's a chick with a skin condition" said Faith.
"Then I started learning how to write my name" Sophie proudly continued. "I knows the first three letters are S, O, P!"
"That's very clever sweetie" Tara smiled. "Your Mommy Willow and I are so proud of you."
"Yeah" Willow agreed.
"Ga ga goo!" said Lily.
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Later that night, Faith sat playing tea party with Sophie and her toys.
"You know, I'm proud of ya too Little Red" said Faith, pouring a cup of imaginary tea for herself. "Which is kinda stupid really, 'cause how great you're turnin' out has nothin' to do with me.."
"That's not true Auntie Faith!" Sophie protested. "You teach me lots of great stuff, like, um.. you teached me how to understand some of the stuff Illyria says, and that when Uncle Spike says 'bloody' it doesn't actually mean something's bloody."
"I guess that is somethin', at least" Faith smiled. At that moment, the doorbell rang, and Faith got up to answer it. "Sit tight Little Red, I'll be right back." The Dark slayer walked to the door and opened it to find herself face to face with Agent Riley Finn, and couldn't help thinking that this had to be one of the most awkward moments in history.