Those Were the Best Days of Their Lives
by Shannon
Those Were the Best Days of Their Lives
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Author: Shannon
Rating: G - PG. I'm not going anywhere perverted with little kids!!
Disclaimer: Joss is a lucky, lucky man.
Summary: AU Buffy & Co. They're in 1st grade. I'm gonna make with the couples, but the couples *I* want. Buffy/Willow, Xander/Anya, Tara/Spike, Giles/Joyce.
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**First Day of School**
Buffy walked into the new school holding her Mom's hand. She didn't really want to let go when she got in, but she had to be a big girl. Plus, her mom had her hands full with the baby. Joyce bent down and took Buffy's shoulders in her hands. "Honey, you don't need to be brave. You can cry if you want to. It's a new school, all the kids your age will." Buffy shook her head vehmently, and Joyce sighed. "Okay, sweetie. Mommy's going now. Will you be okay?" Buffy nodded. "Can I say bye to Dawnie?" Joyce smiled warmly and transferred the 3-month-old into Buffy arms. She used to be very cautious about Buffy holding her, but Buffy protected her in a way that was indescribable. She cradled the baby in her arms, carefully supporting her head, and began whispering to her. "Dawnie, do you miss daddy? I do. I wish daddy were here with us." Dawn looked up at her with big blue eyes, and yawned. Buffy giggled. "You sleepy Dawnie? Mommy can take you home now." She kissed her little sister on her tiny cheek, and carefully handed her back to Joyce. Buffy stood on her tiptoe and hugged her mother goodbye. "Bye Mommy." She stood up as tall as her 3 foot frame allowed her, and bravely walked into her classroom. She eyed everyone suspiciously. Her mom had told her that it was still about 20 minutes until her class started, so she figured she had time to look at everyone.
The teacher was sitting behind his desk, doing some boring grown-up thing. There was a little girl with long red hair sitting next to a little boy with scruffy dark brown hair. The girl kept ducking her head and blushing as the boy laughed loudly. Behind them, there were two other little girls, both of them blonde, but one had curly hair and wide eyes. The other didn't look like she was talking alot, and tried to hide behind her long hair. Off in the corner was a little blonde boy. He was sitting by himself playing with two little dinosaur figurines.
Buffy figured that the little boy by himself might want some company so she went over and introduced herself. "Hi! I'm Buffy! What's your name?" The little boy looked startled. He wasn't used to people talking to him much. "William." He stared up at her. "What're you looking at??" Buffy didn't like people staring at her. "Nothing! I, uh... I just.." He sighed. "Never mind. I'm sorry." He couldn't believe he'd messed up a chance to have a friend. So he was really surprised when Buffy just giggled. She thought he talked funny. Buffy sat down next to him. "Do you like sitting by yourself?" William shrugged. "Not really... I just don't know anyone here." He pointed to the shy girl with the long blonde hair. "Neither does she, but that other girl just started talking to her. She knows funny stuff." Buffy nodded. "Do you know anyones names?" Willian smiled and nodded. He liked this girl, she was nice to him.
He pointed to the girl and boy sitting together. "That's Willow and Xander. They're best friends 'cause they've known each sice they were babies." He leaned over to her and whispered, "I think they've kissed!" Buffy giggled. "Really?" William nodded, and pointed over to the two blonde girls. "Anyway, they're Anya and Tara. Anya's the one with the curly hair. She talks about money all the time, and, um... other weird stuff." He blushed. "Weird stuff? Like what?" Buffy's little eyebrows came together as she wondered what could've made William's cheeks go red. "Um, nothing. Tara is really shy. She doesn't really talk to anyone. But she's really, really pretty." William blushed again when he realised that Buffy was grinning at him. "Is she your girlfriend?" William gasped. "What? No... no!" Buffy figured it out. "Ohh! You like her, don't you!!" William blushed even harder as he tried to deny it. "No!! Nuh-uh..." Buffy kept grinning. She so didn't believe him, but she felt bad that he was embarrassed. "So, what's the teacher's name?" She changed the subject, and William looked at her gratefully. "That's Mr. Giles. He's my dad."
Buffy looked shocked. "Really??" William looked down. "Yeah. Well, not my real dad. My real mom and dad gave me away when I was a baby. Dad says that they really loved me, but they couldn't look after me." Buffy eyes were feeling prickly. That was so sad! "I don't have a daddy either. Well, I do, but he left. Him and my mommy were always fighting. So now I live with my mom and my baby sister." William's eyes brightened. "You have a baby sister?" Buffy nodded. "Yep. Her name's Dawn. She's so cute." William smiled. "I love babies!" The bell rang, and everyone scrambled for their seats. In the first row, Willow, Xander and Anya sat together. In the second row, Buffy, William and Tara sat together.
Mr. Giles started talking, and Buffy tried to listen, she really did, but she kept looking at -- what was her name? Oh yeah, Willow 's hair. It was so pretty. She'd alway loved red hair, and she wished she could have it. Her head snapped up when she realised that William was poking her. "Hey, quit it!" William just pointed to Mr. Giles who was looking at her expectantly. "Umm... hi!" She blushed, and William tried to help her out. He leaned over and whispered to her, "You have to tell the class about yourself."
Buffy stood up, and began talking. "My name is Buffy Summers. I'm 5, I have a baby sister and a mommy. I love ice-skating, and I love making friends." She sat down, and Mr. Giles smiled at her. "Thankyou Buffy. William?" William stood up and cleared his throat. "My name is William Giles, and I'm nearly 6. I live with my dad. I love monsters and dinosaurs and other stuff." He blushed and sat down. Mr. Giles smiled warmly at his son and waited for Tara to stand up. "Tara?" She dipped her head, and said so softly that Buffy barely heard her, "Do I have to?" Mr. Giles nodded gently. "It would be nice."
Tara stood up. "My n-name is Tara Maclay, and I'm 6. I live w-with my mommy and daddy, my bother Donny and my cousin Beth. I like horsies." She sat down quickly and ducked her head. Mr. Giles sighed. She would be very hard to get to be talkative. Willow stood up, and began reciting about herself. "My name is Willow Rosenberg, I'm 5 and Xander is my best friend forever. I live with my mommy and daddy, and I love reading." She sat down and smiled to herself. Xander practically jumped out of his seat, and tripped over himself. The whole class erupted in giggles, and Xander jumped up and bowed. "I'm Alexander Harris, but I'll let you guys call me Xander. I'm 5, and I live with my mom and my mean dad. I love having Will over 'cause she's my best friend forever, and I love sleeping outside." He sat down then quickly stood up again. "And army stuff is cool, and I'm heaps funny!" He sat down again with a sheepish look on his face. Anya stood up, after giving Xander a strange look. "My name is Anya Emerson, and I'm 5 years old. I live with my mother and my father. Mom says money is good, and dad says sex is good!" She smiled and sat down. Mr. Giles' eyes bugged out, and cleared his throat. "Well, yes, uh... yes." He started cleaning his glasses and turned around to his desk. It was going to be a long day.