Those Were the Best Days of Their Lives
by Shannon
Part 7
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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.
Notes: Okay bear with me, it's been a little while since I was in the first grade, and I did it in Australia. I don't know what 6 year olds learn, so if it's too advanced, or too easy for them, don't blame me... :P Also, I do realise it's been about a month since I last updated and I'm soooo sorry. But i think i've been bitten by the creative bug, so, voila! And this chapter has some yummy Buffy/Willow goodness!
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"Buffy, do you want me to take you girls home first so you can grab some PJ's?" Joyce was beginning to panic slightly. Buffy had never been away from home for a whole night before. "Mommy, I'll be fine. Willow, can you lend me some pyjama's?" Willow looked up from playing with Dawn's fingers, and smiled. "Yup, sure." Joyce gripped the steering wheel nervously. "Buffy, I'm not going to be home tonight; I'm going to visit Mr. Giles." Buffy nodded absently. "Uh-huh." Then she realised what her mom had just said. "You what? Why? He's a teacher!" Joyce smiled. "Yes, and a lovely man. I'm just visiting for a little while, don't worry." Buffy glanced at Willow, who just shurugged. Joyce decided it was time to change the subject.
"Willow, honey, where do you live?" Willow kicked herself mentally. How was Buffy's mom supposed to know where she lived? "Oh, sorry Mrs. Summers. It's over on Elm." Joyce smiled, and turned into the street on her left.
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"Bye Mom!" Buffy waved goodbye to her mother, as she and Willow jumped up the steps to the house. Joyce drove off, drumming her fingertip on the steering wheel of the car. She stopped at a red light, and turned around to look at her baby. "Dawnie, I'm going to leave you with a baby-sitter tonight, okay?" Dawn blinked, and smiled, letting a hint of a bottom tooth peek out, and Joyce smiled then turned back around. "Because it isn't often that men like single mommies. I mean, it's hard enough to find a good man over 30, let alone a single one, a nice one, or even a half-decent one, and I know what you're thinking, that I barely know Rupert, and that's right, but that's exactly why I'm seeing him tonight, to get to know him!" Joyce punctuated her own speech with a nod, and regarded the infant. "As long as we're clear."
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Buffy looked around her friends' room in amazement. "Wow, Willow. You have heaps of teddies. And they're all so cool!" Willow blushed, and sat on her bed. Buffy bounded over to her, and started speaking again. "So, let's get started on that science!" Willow giggled. "Uhm, Buffy?"
"Mm-hmm?" Buffy was absentmindedly picking stuff out of her bag. "You know, when you asked if you could come over, it was for spelling. Then today we said maths. Now it's science?"
Oops.
"Well, I need help with all of them!" Willow nodded and smiled. "Okay. So today Mr. Giles taught us how to spell the words 'house' and 'garden' and 'chew' today. Do you wanna start with them?" Buffy looked up at Willow, and smiled. "Sure Will. Anything you say." Willow got up from her place on the bed, and sat facing Buffy on the floor. "Okay, we'll start with the easier word, chew." Buffy nodded and tried to concentrate. "Okay, the easiest way I learn stuff... well, in spelling anyway... is to think about what the word sounds like in my head, then go from there." Buffy thought about this. It did make sense. "Okay... Ch.... C-H... O-O?" Willow shook her head. "You got the first two letters, but the last two are wrong. They make the same sound, but instead of double-o, try two different letters."
"C-H...E..." Buffy started tentatively, and glanced over at Willow who smiled encouragingly. Buffy got a bit more confident and continued. "C-H-E... chew... c-H-E-W!" Willow grinned and clapped. "That's right! Now, do you think you can remember it for class on Monday?" Buffy grinned so hard under Willow's praise, that she thought her face would break. "I think so..."
"Okay, good. Now, the next word we're gonna do is 'house'. This word is kinda tricky cause there's a letter in there that doesn't make the same sound as it does in the alphabet." Buffy nodded, confused. "Huh?" Willow giggled."Well, think about the letter 'C'. By itself in words, it makes a 'see' sound or a 'k' kinda sound. But when you put it next to a 'H', like in 'chew', you get a 'ch' sound."
Buffy nodded, and smiled... this actually made sense!
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Joyce was very nervous. It's wasn't as if she'd never spent time with a man before, she had Buffy and Dawn to show for that. but rupert made her feel nervous, and she didn't understnd why. It was 7.30, Dawn was all set with a baby-sitter for the night, and she was sleeping. Buffy was at Willow's house, for the whole night and possibly the rest of the next day, so she didn't need to worry about her kids. All that was left, was to get in the car, and drive to Rupert's.
Why was she finding that so damn difficult?
Joyce went to the fridge, and got out the bottle of wine she was going to take over. She couldn't just show up empty-handed, now could she? She grabbed her keys off of the counter, gave the baby-sitter a few simple instructions, said thankyou and went out to her car.