Baby's Coming Back
by willow
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Chapter 5: Play
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Willow's eyebrows shot to her hair line in suprise as Dawn hugged her tight, but hugged her back anyway.
"Hey, Dawnie, it's good to see you, too!" Willow said genuinly, but annoyed slightly. Don't get me wrong, she was really happy to see Dawn again... it was just that the teenager had interrupted her and Buffy's... moment.
"Wiiiill, I can't believe you're back!! How long have you been here?" Dawn said pulling out of the hug and sitting between the two girls on the sofa, pretty much oblivious to Buffy.
"What, Sunnydale here? Or here here?"
"Sunnydale here! *And* here here! God, I don't care, just tell me things! Willowy things!" Said a clearly over-excited Dawn.
Willow giggled at the girl, who'd obviously forgiven her from that night with the car. "Well, I've been in Sunnydale for a couple of days and I've been here for..." she looked over to the clock, "about a half hour."
"Oh, cool. So, driving stick again, hey? I've already met your daughter, who's the lucky guy then?" Dawn said raising her eyebrows and nudging Willow suggestively. Willow's face dropped a little.
"Dawn," Buffy warned her off, both for Willow's sake and for using that term. She hung around with Faith waaaay too much.
"What?"
"Uhh, well there's no guy... not now anyway. There was a guy, alot of guys... and girls," Willow said frowning at the fact that she couldn't actually remember how many guys and girls there were. "But, no, it's just me, now," Willow smiled best she could, though both girls could tell it was a sad one. "Well, and Paige."
Dawn smiled back sympathetically, "Sorry. God, I see you for all of two minutes and I've already managed to put my foot in it."
"It's ok, Dawnie don't worry about it," she smiled back.
For the first time, Dawn noticed her sisters glares. "Am I interrupting something?" Buffy continued to glare. 'Just a bit, Dawn,' she thought to herself. "Ok, I'm gonna go," she said, pointing both hands towards the door. She gave Willow a last hug and a "See you later," before exiting the room.
The two girls sat in awkward silence for a moment, before Willow broke it. "Well... that was..."
"Awkward?" Buffy finished for her.
"Yeah," Willow nodded as she let out a breath.
"You okay?" The blonde asked, concern sketching her beautiful features. She placed a hand on Willow's knee and squeezed.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Willow replied, turning to Buffy, putting her hand on top of hers.
The slayer smiled and kissed Willow's forehead when the brunette rested her head against her shoulder. Niether girl felt like bringing up the near kiss, it was way too soon for complicated discussions like that. "I have missed you, you know," she brought a protective arm around Willow and promised herself never to let go again.
Willow laughed against her shoulder, "I know, Buff, you've told me like a million times since I've been here."
"Well, that's not nearly enough then," she half-joked.
The witch lifted her head up to smile at her best friend. "C'mon, I want you to meet Paige, properly," she said standing up, pulling Buffy up by the hand she already had a hold of.
Buffy lead them up the stairs, Willow too shy to go up first. She didn't feel it was her place to lead the way around the Summers' household.
The slayer opened her mother's bedroom door to find Joyce and Dawn playing with Paige still. Joyce looked up and smiled at the pair. "Everything ok, girls?"
"Yeah, fine, I've just come to meet Paige," Buffy said as Paige ran into her mummy's arms. Willow lifted her look-a-like up in her arms and into a cuddle.
"Have you been having fun, Paigey?" she asked rhetorically as she rubbed their noses together. Paige nodded enthusiastically, then pointed to the former key.
"That's Dawn!" She told her mommy, like she already didn't know. Willow just smiled at her daugher.
"That's right sweetie, that's Dawn," Paige smiled at the praise. "And this over here," she said pointing to Buffy, "is mommy's very best friend, Buffy. She's Dawn's sister and Joyce is her mommy."
Paige rested her head on Willow's shoulder and looked at Buffy from a funny angle. Nevertheless, she smiled at her and even gave a little wave.
"Hey, Paige," Buffy said with a smile, walking up to her, noticing the rabbit that was obviously a favourite toy. "And, who's this, then?" she asked.
Paige, obviously pleased that Buffy had noticed her best teddy said, "Miss-ess Fluff-ee-tay-ul." Each syllable said in a matter-of-fact tone.
Buffy giggled at Willow, "Was that name mommy's idea?"
"No, t'was mine!" Paige said with proudness in her voice, as her eyes sparkled.
Buffy put on her suprised face for the little girl, "Really?" Paige nodded with a smile, "wow. You must be clever to have come up with a name like that."
The two-year old giggled at the compliment. She liked Buffy, she was a nice lady!
"Mommy, want to play!" The girl said wriggling in her arms.
"Go on, then, missus!" She said, popping her daughter down.
"You, tooooo!" she said taking Willow's hand and making her sit on the bed. "And you!" Paige turned and ran to Buffy taking her hand and sitting her next to her mommy. Buffy laughed at the little girl's commands whilst Willow blushed.
"I'm sorry, she's usually so... shy!"
Buffy laughed a little more, "This one? Shy?"
"I know, it's like she's a whole different person around you guys. I mean it's good, 'cause you're the one's she can trust. It's almost like she knows."
Paige smiled at her mommy and Buffy whilst she bounced Mrs. Fluffytail from one lap to the other, then all around the bed, across Joyce and Dawn's knees and back again. Each woman laughed at the little girl's antics.
"Could she know stuff like that?" Buffy asked looking over to the little girl who was now being tickled by Joyce and Dawn. "I mean, does she have any... powers, like you?"
"No... no, she's completely human, thank God." The girls smiled at each other. Neither of them wanted Paige to go through what they went through when they were younger.
As mini-Willow made her way back round to Buffy. She held out Mrs. Fluffytail for her to take. "You have a go?" Paige asked, head cocked to one side.
"Woah, Buff," Willow grabbed onto her arm.
"Willow, are you ok?" she asked, in immediate panic mode.
"Only *really* special people get to play with Mrs. Fluffytail!"
The girls giggled and Buffy gently took the toy rabbit.
"Aww thankyou, Paige," Paige smiled, before she started hopping around the room like a rabbit herself.
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Lol. Mrs. Fluffytail! I am imaginative!
Could I pleeeeeeease have some more review? =D