Cookie Crumbs and Sippy Cups

Chapter 7

"Another spell?” Buffy asked incredulous.

“Oh bloody hell,” Spike said from the couch where he was coloring in a picture of Sponge Bob. He had even added his own touch making Sponge bob smirk and adding fangs dripping blood from his mouth.

“Oh that’s mature Spike,” Buffy said glancing at his picture.

“You love it slayer,” He retorted. His eyes looking her up and down.

Buffy blushed slightly under his heated gaze.

Giles rolled his eyes.

“Can we get on with this?” He asked a little too harshly.

“Someone’s pissy,” Spike said going back to his coloring.

“What kind of spell?” Buffy asked going and standing next to Giles.

“An anti-love spell it seems.”

“Anti-love spell?” Spike asked getting up.

The twins glanced briefly at him before going back to their coloring.
Spike and Buffy shared a look.

How did anyone even know? Spike thought.

“Hidey ho campers,” Xander said as he walked in the front door followed by Anya and Willow.

“The Xan man has brought donuts……..” he was saying when his legs were attacked.

“Uncle Xander!!” the twins yelled holding him so tight that his pants were about to fall down.

“Why are the miniature Buffy and Spike attacking my orgasm slave?” Anya asked Giles.

“Anya we talked about this,” Xander was saying as the children started to detangle themselves from his legs.

Xander kneeled down to look at the children.

“Miniature Buffy and Spike?” He said aloud as he eyed the twins.

“Don’t you remember us?” Nathan asked his little green eyes tearing up.

“Yeah Uncle Whelp. Don’t you remember us?” Megan asked with a trademark Spike smirk.

“Oh my god,” Xander said as he looked at them.

“How? What? How?” He questioned, his eyes wide.

“A phrase that you have greatly over-used,” Spike rolled his eyes.

“They look just like you two,” Xander said his eyes still wide.

“Ya think? They are our children,” Buffy said crossing her arms over her chest.

“Uncle Xander? Wanna play horsey?” Nathan asked touching Xander’s face.

Xander was surprised but one look into the little boys face and he knew he would like him.

“Never could resist those green eyes. Hop on little dude,” Xander laughed catching the pleased look on Nathan’s face.

“Want a ride Megan?” Xander asked coming to stop in front of her.

“No thanks. I want to color with daddy,” she replied walking back over to Spike.

Willow stood off in the corner trying to blend in with the drapes. 

I should never have come here without Oz, she thought to herself.

Silently she stood still as a statue and watched the children with her friends. It really was weird how the children seemed to fit right now. And how Buffy and Spike seemed to really adjust after 1 day of being parents.

This isn’t what I wanted, Willow told herself.

Buffy watched Willow try to camouflage herself in the bright colors of the curtains. Willow was watching the twins carefully and her eyes kept straying to Spike as he colored with Megan.

“Willow?” Buffy called from across the room.

The red headed witch cast startled eyes to Buffy.

“Um…yeah?”

“You ok?” Buffy asked walking over to her.

“Yeah I’m fine,” Willow said jumping slightly when Buffy placed her hand on Willow’s arm.

“Why so jumpy?”

Willow brushed Buffy’s hand away and shrugged.

“Not jumpy. Just lost in thought,” Willow lied praying Buffy wouldn’t see the truth in her eyes.

Buffy knew there was something up and chalked it up to Willow not being comfortable around the children.

She’ll get over it, Buffy thought as she turned away dismissing her friend’s distance.

“Sorry I’m late,” Oz announced as he walked through the front door.

Spike growled as the sunlight came within inches of his pale skin.

“Sorry man,” Oz apologized as he shut the door.

Spike nodded and went back to coloring with Megan.

Oz walked over to Willow and gave her a quick kiss.

“Hi,” he said as he placed a second kiss on her lips.

“Hi yourself,” she replied smiling. They leaned towards each other so that their foreheads touched.

“Ok Giles now that Oz is here can we please start this?” Buffy said impatiently.

Giles shook his head and stood up from his desk holding a book in front of him.

“Wait a minute, who’s kids are we babysitting?” Oz asked from his position next to Willow.

Spike rolled his eyes and recounted the tale AGAIN.

Oz, who never showed an ounce of surprise or any kind of emotion except to Willow, had his chin on the floor with the most shocked expression anyone had ever seen.

Even Willow was surprised at the shock written on Oz’s face.
Megan got up from the couch and walked over to Xander as he put Nathan down. Together the twins held hands and walked over to Oz who knelt to get a better look at them.

“I guess you don’t remember us either huh Uncle Oz?” Megan asked her blue eyes looking at him questioningly.

“I’m sorry I don’t. I wish I did though,” he said touching Megan’s white blond hair.

Oz smiled at Megan and then looked to Nathan.

“You are a wolf,” Nathan blurted out causing everyone’s eyes to widen.

“Yes I am. But you don’t have to be afraid of me,” Oz said softly.

“We aren’t afraid of you,” the twins said in unison as they both moved forward to hug Oz.

It was hard not to smile watching the children interact with Oz so sweetly.

Willow was flabbergasted.

What the hell have I done? she asked herself again.

Oz smiled and detangled himself from the twins. They smiled up at him and walked over to Buffy each grabbing a hand.

“Ok now that that’s settled lets get on with this,” Giles said taking off his glasses and cleaning them.

“Go ahead Grandpa Giles,” Nathan said as he looked up at him with great interest.

Everyone in the room who hadn’t heard Giles was being called grandpa laughed.

Giles blushed and cleared his throat.

“Is everyone done making fun of me?” Giles asked getting a little miffed.

“Sure geezer, I mean Giles,” Xander joked.

“Come on guys this is of great importance.”

“Ok ok don’t get your depends in a twist,” Xander said before sitting on the couch next to Spike.

Xander looked down at Spike’s coloring and then at Spike’s face.

“Nice Sponge Bob,” he said seriously shaking his head in appreciation of Spike’s art.

Spike nodded and kept his mouth shut.

Anya walked over and sat on the arm of the couch next to Xander and rubbed his arm with her hand.

“I have been up half the night researching and I have come up with a possible reason for the...situation we find ourselves in,” Giles said.

“What did you find?” Anya asked looking to the twins.

“It seems to be the after effects of an Anti-Love spell.”

Everyone looked to Buffy and Spike and didn’t notice the tint of redness on Willow’s face.

Spike was looking at Buffy when he heard Willow’s heartbeat speed up.

Slowly he swept his eyes to her. Willow’s eyes met Spike’s and she knew he knew.

“Red?”

“Spike?”

“Something you want to tell us?” Spike asked getting up and standing next to Buffy. Megan let go of her mother’s hand and grabbed Spike’s.

Spike looked down and smiled at her before returning his attention to Willow.

“Tell you?..What do you mean?” Willow stammered.

“Willow?” Buffy asked.

Willow turned redder as everyone turned to look at her.

“Red?”

“I didn’t mean for this to happen,” she started.

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