FIC: Those Were the Best Days of Their Lives - G - (67/?)

["Shannon <lusty_wrong_feelings@xxxxxxxxxxxx>" <lusty_wrong_feelings@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, that's right! A new chapter... yes, I hear you all grumbling, 
I'm sorry about the break! But I just couldn't get motivated. it's 
short, as are all my chapters, but there's more on the way...

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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.