p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"After a a restful evening, a lovely meal with her family close and lots of laughs around the table Buffy went to bed with a smile on her face a hope in her heart./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"The normal routine happened with Buffy waking up in the morning with Tia pushed against her and Angel on the other side. She laid in bed smiling at this odd family they had made in the last few weeks since her secret was revealed. Tia begins to fidget and rolls over to face Buffy and opens her eyes./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Hi Mommy." Tia says quietly./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Hey baby girl." Buffy kisses her daughters head. "Do you fancy having a fun day today?"/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Tia nods excitedly. "Lets start with pancakes for breakfast." Buffy says and sits up./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Ooooo yummy." Tia says sitting up to and seeing Buffy stand up she darts off the bed and rushes for the bathroom shutting the door behind her and in Buffy's face./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Hey cheeky!" Buffy says knocking the door, laughing to herself. She hears Tia finish in the bathroom and opens the door./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""All yours Mommy." Tia says walking to the stairs to go downstairs./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Buffy goes into the bathroom and once finished goes downstairs to join Tia in the kitchen. Tia has already managed to get the frying pan out of the bottom cupboard./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Buffy gets the other ingredients and places them on the side. She then lifts Tia onto the side and they mix the ingredients together. Tia holds the whisk and begins to stir quickly. Within second flour is in the air covering both the girls. They laugh and Buffy helps Tia to mix it a bit slower./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Next they get the pan warming up and Buffy pours in the mixture. She helps Tia to hold the pan handle and she shows Tia how to flip it. Being the slayer's daughter Tia's reaction time and reflexes are good and she learns how to flip the pancake quickly./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Without either of the girls noticing Angel came downstairs and stands in the doorway watching them./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Mommy watch this!" Tia says as she flips a pancake high in the air and prepares to flip it. Tia watches the pancake go up and the next thing she knows the pancake lands on her face. Tia lets out a laugh as does Buffy and Angel as Buffy pulls it off her face./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Good thing we are letting them cool down before flipping them in the pan you donut." Buffy says to Tia as she puts the pancake onto Tia's plate./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Hey why is that one mine?" Tia whines./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Because ha you face print on it." Angel jokes walking towards her and helping her up onto the breakfast stool. "Morning." he then adds kissing Tia on the head. He then walks to Buffy and kisses her too. "Looks like you're having fun."/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""We are. And we will have more fun later when we open up that paint." Buffy says putting the pancaking toppings onto the side for Tia. Tia helps herself and adds some syrup./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Buffy sits down to and starts on her pancakes./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Glad your having a filling breakfast." Angel says seeing Buffy eating./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Busy day ahead need some good food."/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Angel could feel the tension in Buffy's body had gone. Was she feeling better now that she knew the law was helping her against Kevin. Was there a chance he would be back in prison soon and properly away from his girls?/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Angel pushed the thoughts of Kevin away from the happy vision of his girls in front of him./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"After a filling breakfast Buffy helps Tia to get dressed into old clothes that didn't matter if they got ruined and they grab the paint they had brought the night before./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Buffy and Angel lay down an old sheet over the floor to protect the carpet and they then set up the paint and rollers. They give Tia a brush to help paint the lower walls./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""This is fun." Tia says as she paints./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""It is." Buffy says agreeing with her daughter then she looks at her daughter. Tia has covered her face in paint flecks from where the paint jumps off the brush and she had tried rubbing it off with the back of her hand leaving part marks everywhere./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Buffy laughs. "What's funny?" Tia asks./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Buffy walks to the little girl and says "You have paint everywhere." as she dabs her roller to Tia's nose./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Hey! Mommy!" Tia says and uses her brush put a blob onto Buffy's nose. Tia laughs at her mom and Buffy puts another blob of paint on Tia's belly. Tia looks at it and wipes it off her top with her hand and rubs it onto Buffy's cheek. They laugh together and that's when Angel comes over and leaves a painted hand print on both Buffy and Tia. They both stop laughing and look at Angel. They then make eye contact with each other and decide silently to cover Angel in paint. Buffy aims for his face and Tia gets his top. Before they knew it Angel was holding Tia as a shield against Buffy painting him and Tia was putting hand prints all over Buffy. They all laughed together when Joyce walked up the stairs and looked into the room for what they were doing. She couldn't help but smile at the enjoyment on Buffy's face./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Hello, you do know you're meant to be painting the walls." Joyce asks./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"They all stop and look towards the newcomer./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""We were." Tia says "Then Mommy covered me in paint." Tia looks at her hands covered in paint then at Joyce./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Don't even thinking about it." Joyce says backing out the room with a smile./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Tia runs towards Joyce her hands extended but before she was able to get Joyce, Angel picks her up and says "lets keep it to the walls now little one." And holds her up to an empty part of the wall that has not been painted yet and lets her put her handprints all over the wall./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Buffy watches the wall get covered in little hands. She smiles and picks up a towel and leaves off her hands as much as she can and follows her mom who was walking down the stairs./p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""What are you doing home so early?" Buffy asks./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""I got my work done and wanted to spend some time with my daughter and granddaughter, but I think I've changed my mind." Joyce says looking up and down Buffy and the mess she is in./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""It's been fun." Buffy adds./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""I'm glad you deserve it." Joyce smiles. Joyce watches Buffy and can tell she wants to ask something. "What's on your mind?"/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Do you think me and Angel could be a real family?" Buffy asks and waits a moment. Joyce opens her mouth to speak then closes it again. "Don't worry it's stupid to think about. His a vampire and I'm the slayer and we would never be able to afford a house and of course there is the curse everyone is worried about and her probably wouldn't want-"/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Buffy?" Joyce cuts he daughters rambling off. "You don't need to ask me if I think you and Angel can. You need to ask yourself. I can see Angel loves Tia has a daughter and there has never been any doubt about his love for you. Yes the curse is a problem but it shouldn't stop you from being together. You know the risks, you've seen the damage that can happen and you are more responsible then most grown ups. Buffy I will support whatever you want."/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Buffy smiles. "Thanks. It's been so nice having his support with Tia. I know you and Lily did a lot for Tia and me but it's different. It's like she has a dad."/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Joyce gives a small smile as Buffy walks back to the stairs to join Angel and Tia again who's laughs can still be heard. Once Buffy is on the stairs Joyce's smile turns sad knowing the pain her daughter will always feel being so close to her love but never being able to have the normal life she is so close to having with Tia./p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Upstairs Buffy joins the messy two again and they paint for another hour when the room is finished. Buffy smiles a it and Tia tells them how much she loves it./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Buffy takes Tia to the bathroom and gives her a bath to get the paint off of her. "It's been really fun today Mommy."/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""It has. We'll keep having fun like that." Buffy smiles as she washes her daughters hair. After a good wash and all the paint had come off Buffy gets Tia out and puts her in some nice clothes and sends her off to Joyce while Buffy has a shower. While trying to shrub off the paint she feels a hand run up her back. She smiles and turns her head to kiss Angel. "You are bad." Buffy says./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Just trying to help." Angel says as he takes the wash cloth from Buffy and rubs her hands and back for her. A few kisses were exchanged and paint was wash off and they went to get dressed./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Once the paint had dried Buffy and Angel add the boarder and clean up the sheets which were covered in paint. Both smiled happily as they look at there work. Tia joins them again "I can't wait to get my bed in here."/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"While Tia looks at the butterflies on the board Buffy goes to Dawns room and finds her paints and palette. She joins the other too again and pours some red paint onto her hand and leaves a hand print on the wall next to the door./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""I want to do one." Tia says./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""You will." Buffy says putting some blue paint onto Angel's hand. Angel leaves his handprint next to Buffy with a small gap in the middle and then Buffy puts some red and blue onto the palette and mixes it together to make purple. She helps Tia to cover her hand and leave a small handprint in the gap between Buffy and Angel's hand./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"They smile and wipe their hands on a towel Buffy brought with them./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Can nanny, Auntie Dawn and everyone leave their handprints?" Tia asks./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Of course. We'll get more colors and we'll add everyone when they are over." Buffy says. Tia smiles happily. "And maybe we could all go in a big group to buy your bed and draws?" Tia smiles and nods quickly./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Angel puts his arm around Buffy's shoulders and kisses her forehead. Together they will raise Tia. Together they will become a family no matter how hard it will be. Tia might not be Angel's flesh and blood but Buffy hoped one day he will be her dad./p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"AN: Sorry it has been so long and sorry if there are some errors in story line and spelling. Hopefully I will update again soon as I do want to finish all my fanfics and add new ones but working long hours and dealing with life gets in the way. Thanks for all the story favourites and story follows thought it is much appreciated./p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"The normal routine happened with Buffy waking up in the morning with Tia pushed against her and Angel on the other side. She laid in bed smiling at this odd family they had made in the last few weeks since her secret was revealed. Tia begins to fidget and rolls over to face Buffy and opens her eyes./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Hi Mommy." Tia says quietly./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Hey baby girl." Buffy kisses her daughters head. "Do you fancy having a fun day today?"/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Tia nods excitedly. "Lets start with pancakes for breakfast." Buffy says and sits up./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Ooooo yummy." Tia says sitting up to and seeing Buffy stand up she darts off the bed and rushes for the bathroom shutting the door behind her and in Buffy's face./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Hey cheeky!" Buffy says knocking the door, laughing to herself. She hears Tia finish in the bathroom and opens the door./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""All yours Mommy." Tia says walking to the stairs to go downstairs./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Buffy goes into the bathroom and once finished goes downstairs to join Tia in the kitchen. Tia has already managed to get the frying pan out of the bottom cupboard./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Buffy gets the other ingredients and places them on the side. She then lifts Tia onto the side and they mix the ingredients together. Tia holds the whisk and begins to stir quickly. Within second flour is in the air covering both the girls. They laugh and Buffy helps Tia to mix it a bit slower./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Next they get the pan warming up and Buffy pours in the mixture. She helps Tia to hold the pan handle and she shows Tia how to flip it. Being the slayer's daughter Tia's reaction time and reflexes are good and she learns how to flip the pancake quickly./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Without either of the girls noticing Angel came downstairs and stands in the doorway watching them./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Mommy watch this!" Tia says as she flips a pancake high in the air and prepares to flip it. Tia watches the pancake go up and the next thing she knows the pancake lands on her face. Tia lets out a laugh as does Buffy and Angel as Buffy pulls it off her face./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Good thing we are letting them cool down before flipping them in the pan you donut." Buffy says to Tia as she puts the pancake onto Tia's plate./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Hey why is that one mine?" Tia whines./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Because ha you face print on it." Angel jokes walking towards her and helping her up onto the breakfast stool. "Morning." he then adds kissing Tia on the head. He then walks to Buffy and kisses her too. "Looks like you're having fun."/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""We are. And we will have more fun later when we open up that paint." Buffy says putting the pancaking toppings onto the side for Tia. Tia helps herself and adds some syrup./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Buffy sits down to and starts on her pancakes./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Glad your having a filling breakfast." Angel says seeing Buffy eating./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Busy day ahead need some good food."/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Angel could feel the tension in Buffy's body had gone. Was she feeling better now that she knew the law was helping her against Kevin. Was there a chance he would be back in prison soon and properly away from his girls?/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Angel pushed the thoughts of Kevin away from the happy vision of his girls in front of him./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"After a filling breakfast Buffy helps Tia to get dressed into old clothes that didn't matter if they got ruined and they grab the paint they had brought the night before./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Buffy and Angel lay down an old sheet over the floor to protect the carpet and they then set up the paint and rollers. They give Tia a brush to help paint the lower walls./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""This is fun." Tia says as she paints./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""It is." Buffy says agreeing with her daughter then she looks at her daughter. Tia has covered her face in paint flecks from where the paint jumps off the brush and she had tried rubbing it off with the back of her hand leaving part marks everywhere./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Buffy laughs. "What's funny?" Tia asks./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Buffy walks to the little girl and says "You have paint everywhere." as she dabs her roller to Tia's nose./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Hey! Mommy!" Tia says and uses her brush put a blob onto Buffy's nose. Tia laughs at her mom and Buffy puts another blob of paint on Tia's belly. Tia looks at it and wipes it off her top with her hand and rubs it onto Buffy's cheek. They laugh together and that's when Angel comes over and leaves a painted hand print on both Buffy and Tia. They both stop laughing and look at Angel. They then make eye contact with each other and decide silently to cover Angel in paint. Buffy aims for his face and Tia gets his top. Before they knew it Angel was holding Tia as a shield against Buffy painting him and Tia was putting hand prints all over Buffy. They all laughed together when Joyce walked up the stairs and looked into the room for what they were doing. She couldn't help but smile at the enjoyment on Buffy's face./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Hello, you do know you're meant to be painting the walls." Joyce asks./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"They all stop and look towards the newcomer./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""We were." Tia says "Then Mommy covered me in paint." Tia looks at her hands covered in paint then at Joyce./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Don't even thinking about it." Joyce says backing out the room with a smile./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Tia runs towards Joyce her hands extended but before she was able to get Joyce, Angel picks her up and says "lets keep it to the walls now little one." And holds her up to an empty part of the wall that has not been painted yet and lets her put her handprints all over the wall./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Buffy watches the wall get covered in little hands. She smiles and picks up a towel and leaves off her hands as much as she can and follows her mom who was walking down the stairs./p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""What are you doing home so early?" Buffy asks./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""I got my work done and wanted to spend some time with my daughter and granddaughter, but I think I've changed my mind." Joyce says looking up and down Buffy and the mess she is in./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""It's been fun." Buffy adds./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""I'm glad you deserve it." Joyce smiles. Joyce watches Buffy and can tell she wants to ask something. "What's on your mind?"/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Do you think me and Angel could be a real family?" Buffy asks and waits a moment. Joyce opens her mouth to speak then closes it again. "Don't worry it's stupid to think about. His a vampire and I'm the slayer and we would never be able to afford a house and of course there is the curse everyone is worried about and her probably wouldn't want-"/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Buffy?" Joyce cuts he daughters rambling off. "You don't need to ask me if I think you and Angel can. You need to ask yourself. I can see Angel loves Tia has a daughter and there has never been any doubt about his love for you. Yes the curse is a problem but it shouldn't stop you from being together. You know the risks, you've seen the damage that can happen and you are more responsible then most grown ups. Buffy I will support whatever you want."/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Buffy smiles. "Thanks. It's been so nice having his support with Tia. I know you and Lily did a lot for Tia and me but it's different. It's like she has a dad."/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Joyce gives a small smile as Buffy walks back to the stairs to join Angel and Tia again who's laughs can still be heard. Once Buffy is on the stairs Joyce's smile turns sad knowing the pain her daughter will always feel being so close to her love but never being able to have the normal life she is so close to having with Tia./p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Upstairs Buffy joins the messy two again and they paint for another hour when the room is finished. Buffy smiles a it and Tia tells them how much she loves it./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Buffy takes Tia to the bathroom and gives her a bath to get the paint off of her. "It's been really fun today Mommy."/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""It has. We'll keep having fun like that." Buffy smiles as she washes her daughters hair. After a good wash and all the paint had come off Buffy gets Tia out and puts her in some nice clothes and sends her off to Joyce while Buffy has a shower. While trying to shrub off the paint she feels a hand run up her back. She smiles and turns her head to kiss Angel. "You are bad." Buffy says./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Just trying to help." Angel says as he takes the wash cloth from Buffy and rubs her hands and back for her. A few kisses were exchanged and paint was wash off and they went to get dressed./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Once the paint had dried Buffy and Angel add the boarder and clean up the sheets which were covered in paint. Both smiled happily as they look at there work. Tia joins them again "I can't wait to get my bed in here."/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"While Tia looks at the butterflies on the board Buffy goes to Dawns room and finds her paints and palette. She joins the other too again and pours some red paint onto her hand and leaves a hand print on the wall next to the door./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""I want to do one." Tia says./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""You will." Buffy says putting some blue paint onto Angel's hand. Angel leaves his handprint next to Buffy with a small gap in the middle and then Buffy puts some red and blue onto the palette and mixes it together to make purple. She helps Tia to cover her hand and leave a small handprint in the gap between Buffy and Angel's hand./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"They smile and wipe their hands on a towel Buffy brought with them./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Can nanny, Auntie Dawn and everyone leave their handprints?" Tia asks./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;""Of course. We'll get more colors and we'll add everyone when they are over." Buffy says. Tia smiles happily. "And maybe we could all go in a big group to buy your bed and draws?" Tia smiles and nods quickly./p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"Angel puts his arm around Buffy's shoulders and kisses her forehead. Together they will raise Tia. Together they will become a family no matter how hard it will be. Tia might not be Angel's flesh and blood but Buffy hoped one day he will be her dad./p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"AN: Sorry it has been so long and sorry if there are some errors in story line and spelling. Hopefully I will update again soon as I do want to finish all my fanfics and add new ones but working long hours and dealing with life gets in the way. Thanks for all the story favourites and story follows thought it is much appreciated./p
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