Happily Ever After (sequel to The Outing)

[xita]

Wow, they are so traditional is so amusing. And poor Anya and Xander, they are just struggling aren't they?

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Childie -"Not all girls are raving bloody lesbians, you know!"

George - "That's a misfortune of which I am perfectly well aware."

The Killing of Sister George

[Grimaldi]

love the last updates.



its cool that they are going to have twins

Dude, we're surrounded by perverts!

Fucking Windows 98, get Bill Gates in here!

2nd place??? That's just a fancy term for loser!

[Ittybittykitty]

Wonderful Update, keep 'em comin'!

Shameless plug- Read my fic 7th Hellvan. It isn't half bad:)! "Innerbed".

[The Rose24]

Twins!

Tara: My heart doesn't stutter.

Tara: Willow, I got so lost.
Willow: I found you. I will always find you.

Willow: Hi, um Tara. I was wondering maybe you want to go out some time for coffee? food? Kisses and gay love?

[Lonewolf22]

Mainer: Great update, I LOVE that Tara is having Twins, that is just so cool and adorable, I can just imagine Willow's face when Tara told her they were having twins, very cool. Also very cool having Willow as a teacher, and one of her students coming to her for advice about being gay. I can't wait to read more.



Lonewolf

[snuggle79]

Geez, the house is going to get veeery full.

Great Update!

Tara:"Maybe we dreamed it."

Willow:"Right. Right. Wrong! (points at her head ) Different Brains." Tara:"Oh yeah."


Bitch! Witch! Ho!..mo!"

[spazz07]

lovely little twist at the end there. I feel for Anya and Xander with their busy work schedule and i hope everything works out for them. Its juist so Willow to see her helping her students Great studd once again Spencer



Cheers

Nath

Isn't it funny how you feel your most tired five minutes before you have to get up.

[Mainer]

Title: Happily Ever After

Rating: PG-13

Disclaimer: All characters belong to Joss Whedon.



Part Ten





"Xander, I'm pretty sure that's enough lighter fluid," Willow said standing next to Xander in the backyard.



"You need a lot if you want a good fire, and if you want it to light on the first try," Xander said.



"We only want to light the grill, not set the backyard on fire," Willow said.



"Ha, ha," Xander said. "Stand back, I'm throwing in the match." Xander threw the match in and flames burst out of the grill, shooting into the air like a volcano erupting before settling down. "See told ya, perfect amount."



"Yeah, next time remind me to light the grill," Willow said checking to make sure she still had both eyebrows.



"I can't believe Tara's having twins," Xander said. "I mean you'll have three kids and you're barely twenty four, you just graduated college a couple years ago."



"I know, isn't it great. My life is so good right now. Look at them," Willow said pointing to Jesse and Alex, who were playing on the swing set. "They're so happy. We get to be the parents we didn't have, and I for one am going to take full advantage of that."



"I don't think I'm doing such a good job," Xander said.



"Why? Alex loves you," Willow said.



"I know, but I hardly see him. I'm working all the time. It kills me to drop him off at your house in the morning. He looks so sad. I get him ready in the morning and by the time I come home at night he's already asleep. I wish I had more time to be a Dad."



"Do you know how long your hours are going to be this way?" Willow asked.



"I think it'll be another few weeks before they go back to normal," Xander said.



"I can't imagine that. I hate those few days a week when I have to come home from school and work on programs for the software company, but I know I have to because teaching doesn't pay enough and we need the money. Just like you have to work these hours, and someday Alex will understand that," Willow said.



"I hope you're right."





"I can't believe you baked Alex a cake," Anya said. "I was just going to buy him one."



"He seemed so excited when he was talking about the kind he wanted. I didn't want him to be disappointed," Tara said putting the finishing touches on the cakes.



"He talks about you and Willow all the time. He loves coming here and playing with Jesse. I don't know what we'd do without you. You and Willow are practically second parents for him," Anya said.



"He's a great kid, and he loves you and Xander very much," Tara said.



"He's been acting kind of sad at home. Has he been acting that way here?" Anya asked.



"A little. I think he just misses his mom and dad," Tara said.



"Things should get better. I go back to working seven to three next week. They found a night manager," Anya said.



"That's great," Tara said hugging her friend knowing what the long hours had been doing to her family.



"Should we bring out the cakes and get to the presents?" Anya asked.



"Definitely."





"Jesse, don't play with your food," Tara said watching as her daughter nibbled her potato chips into a whole zoo of animals and began acting out scenes. Normally, since they were at home, it would be okay, but they had company.



"Do you like my camel?" Jesse asked Dawn.



"It's lovely, but where is his head?" Dawn asked.



"It fell off so I ate it," Jesse said popping the rest of the camel into her mouth.



"Dawn, can you baby-sit this Saturday night?" Willow asked.



"No, I'm not coming home next weekend. There's gonna be a huge party and I don't want to miss it," Dawn said. She had wanted to go to UC Sunnydale, but Buffy and her mom wouldn't hear of it, so she accepted the scholarship UCLA offered her. Next weekend was the first one she wouldn't be home for.



"You're not going to watch me," Jesse said.



"I can, if you guys can't find someone else," Dawn said not wanting to let them down.



"No, I work in a high school. I'm sure I can find someone else. In fact I think I know who I can ask," Willow said.



"Where are you guys going?" Buffy asked.



"Motel six," Anya said.



"Just dinner and a movie," Tara said shooting Anya a warning glance.



"Maybe you can double with me and Brett?" Buffy asked. She had been dating him for almost a year. She wished he could have been there, but he wasn't feeling well.



"No," Willow and Tara said in unison.



"I mean it's not that we don't love spending time with you and Brett, it's just we wanted some time alone," Willow said.



"Will, it's okay. I get it," Buffy said.



"So Jesse, how do you feel about being a big sister?" Xander asked breaking the silence and trying to regain the party mood.



"I get a new room and we're painting it purple," Jesse said.



"Can I help?" Alex asked.



"Sure you can," Tara said. "When you drop him off Monday, pack some extra clothes."



"Do you think it's a good idea to let two four year olds paint a room?" Anya asked.



"Why not?" Tara said. "I'll be right there with them."



"They'll probably have more on the floor and themselves, than on the wall," Joyce said.



"That's okay, we need a new carpet for that room anyway," Willow said.



"Daddy, I'm tired," Alex said crawling up on Xander's lap.



"Me too," Jesse said.



"I guess it's time to go," Anya said.



"You can put him upstairs and stay longer if you want," Willow said.



"Nah, we'd better head home," Xander said picking up Alex and heading toward the house.



"Us too," Joyce said as she and Giles stood up.



"I guess that means Dawnie and I are leaving too," Buffy said.



"You don't have to," Willow said.



"I know, but we have a family picnic tomorrow, and I have p-a-t-r-o-l in a little bit," Buffy said spelling out the word so Jesse wouldn't know what she was talking about.



"Family picnic?" Willow asked as Buffy helped her carry leftover food inside. Tara had taken Jesse upstairs and was putting her to bed.



"Ever since Mom and Giles got married last year, we keep having these family outings. Dawnie's lucky she gets to go away to school. I have to sit down and eat dinner with them every night. Plus I have Giles telling me to clean my room."



"You know you love having a Dad around," Willow said.



"Yeah, and it's Giles. He's pretty much been my Dad since high school."



"So, you and Brett seem pretty serious. Do I hear wedding bells?" Willow asked.



"I don't know if you can hear them, but I can," Buffy said smiling. "I think he might propose soon."



"I want to be the first one you call," Willow said hugging her friend.



"Of course you will be."



"Buffy, Mom says let's go," Dawn said.



"I'm in the middle of a conversation," Buffy huffed.



"I'm not your messenger, tell her yourself," Dawn said. "Bye, Will."



"Bye Dawnine," Willow said smiling. "You better go, you don't want to get grounded."



"Ha, ha, ha. Go ahead, mock the girl who still lives with her parents," Buffy said. "I'll see you Monday at school. I'm subbing for the English teacher all week."



"Hey, you'll only be a couple doors down."



"I hope you're ready," Buffy said.



"No, Buffy. No practical jokes," Willow said.



"We'll see," Buffy said wiggling her eyebrows and leaving the kitchen.



"Arghhh," Willow said flopping her head down onto the island. "Ow."



"Are you okay, Sweetie?" Tara asked coming into the kichen after putting Jesse to bed.



"I'm fine. Buffy's working at the school all next week," Willow said.



"I hope she behaves herself," Tara said.



"I just don't want another feather incident."



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~Spencer~

"Oh, Buffy. You really need to have every square inch of your ass kicked."
-DMW- Two To Go

[mollyig]

We get to be the parents we didn't have That's so true, and so lovely.

Adding up the total of a love that's true, multiply life by the power of two
Indigo Girls

[nika]

Another fine update. I love all crunchy goodness going around, twins, picnics and an up- coming motel six weekend.

[snuggle79]

Great as always

Tara:"Maybe we dreamed it."

Willow:"Right. Right. Wrong! (points at her head ) Different Brains." Tara:"Oh yeah."


Bitch! Witch! Ho!..mo!"

[MissQuirky]

Lovely update! W/T r getting some alnoe time, well good they def. need it! I can't wait 4 more!

Willow: We can come by between classes. Usually I use that time to copy over my class notes with a system of different colored pens. But it's been pointed out to me that that's, you know... insane.
Tara: I said quirky.

[spazz07]

I love how all grown up they are, Buffy in a serious relationship, Giles and Joyce married, Dawn im college. Its all amazing Spencer and i'm looking forward to Will and Tara getting some alone time



Cheers

Nath

Isn't it funny how you feel your most tired five minutes before you have to get up.

[Lonewolf22]

Mainer: Great update, I really loved the whole familyness of the Scoobies, just great. Joyce and Giles married, very cool. I can't wait to read more.



Lonewolf

[The Rose24]

Love the interaction between the families. Good job Mainer.

Tara: My heart doesn't stutter.

Tara: Willow, I got so lost.
Willow: I found you. I will always find you.

Willow: Hi, um Tara. I was wondering maybe you want to go out some time for coffee? food? Kisses and gay love?

[Thanatopsis]

Loved all the interactions, great stuff.

Because he's with Willow. And if something ... happened, I'd know...
Insist upon yourself and never imitate. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

[xita]

Oh they are so cute and I love Willow's sense of responsibility and I still feel sorry for anya and xander. And will we get a bit of that weekend away? Thanks spencer.

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Childie -"Not all girls are raving bloody lesbians, you know!"

George - "That's a misfortune of which I am perfectly well aware."

The Killing of Sister George

[Puff]

Oh I missed a couple Anyway this fic is so cute, I love the whole sense of family that you get here and I totally see why Willow and Tara need a break away from it sometimes. Poor Anya and Xander though, I hope thye get a break with Alex soon.

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You know, it's a real deal relationship and that's why people can relate to it
Amber Benson

[singgirl]

Sorry I haven't been around much, had lots o' catching up to do. Love how the fic is going! But umm....feather incedent??

[Mainer]

Title: Happily Ever After

Rating: R

Disclaimer: All characters belong to Joss Whedon.



Part Eleven



Willow sat at her desk preparing all the things she would need for her classes. So far the week had been great. Things at home were almost ready for the arrival of the twins. The new carpet for Jesse's room was being installed today, and tomorrow they would be moving her things in. Xander built her a huge bookcase in celebration of becoming a big sister. He was going to come over on Sunday and help assemble the baby furniture, as she still hadn't figured out how to do it. Things at school had been good too. Just one more day and she would be able to relax without worrying about a practical joke from Buffy. Last time she ended up covered in feathers and spent the rest of the day picking them off herself. Buffy had insisted she had matured and there would be no jokes, but something about the way she said it made Willow skeptical.



"Morning, Will," Buffy said popping into the classroom.



"Morning," Willow said looking up from her lesson plans.



"Been a good week, huh?"



"Yes," Willow said suspiciously.



"What?" Buffy asked.



"You're up to something," Willow said.



"I am not. I told you Monday, no jokes," Buffy said.



"Yeah, right," Willow said.



"Aren't you glad next year I'll be full time at the middle school," Buffy said.



"You have no idea how glad," Willow said.



"Are you still going out tomorrow night?" Buffy asked.



"Yep."



"Who'd you get to watch Jesse?"



"One of my students," Willow said.



"Is that going to be a problem? I mean the principal told you not to flaunt your sexuality in front of the students," Buffy said.



"Well, this student already knows, and I really dislike that rule," Willow said. "I'm not going to hide Tara."



"I'm not fond of it myself," Buffy said.



"Shouldn't you be getting to your room?" Willow asked noting it was five of eight.



"You don't trust me," Buffy said as the warning bell rang.



"Exactly," Willow said as students started to file into the room.





"Mrs. Rosenburg?" Georgia asked coming into the classroom at the end of the lunch period.



"I'm back here," Willow said. She was sitting in the back of the classroom trying to repair a broken computer. One of the students had placed it in a loop so that it was flashing obscenities. She was trying to crack the passwords and barriers so she could rewrite the code.



"I kinda forgot your address. I was wondering if you could write it down for me," Georgia said.



"Sure," Willow said covering the screen and moving to her desk at the front of the room. Willow sat down at her desk and opened the top drawer to get a pen and a piece of paper to write on. When she opened the drawer she saw a rather large, bright pink dildo on top of her writing utensils. She quickly closed the drawer before Georgia saw anything. She opened the other drawers of her desk a crack to check them and sure enough they all contained various dildos. Buffy must have snuck in when she went to the cafeteria to purchase her lunch.



"Is everything okay?" Georgia asked.



"I'm gonna kill Buffy," Willow said. "Oh, I'm sorry. Miss. Summers pulled a joke on me again. Do you have paper and pen?" Georgia handed Willow the pen and paper.



"1616 Revello drive," Georgia said. "I don't know how I forgot that."



"Hey, it took me two weeks to remember my phone number when it changed," Willow said.



"You want me there at 5:30 right?"



"Yeah, we should be home by ten," Willow said.



"Okay, I'll see you then."





Willow walked through the kitchen door and dropped her bag on the floor. "Remind me to kill Buffy," she said hopping onto a stool at the island.



"What did she do?" Tara asked.



"She filled my desk with," Willow looked back over her shoulder and saw Jesse coloring at the kitchen table, "d-i-l-d-o-s."



"Did anyone see?" Tara asked laughing.



"No, and it's not funny," Willow said.



"Yes it is," Tara said.



"I could have gotten fired if the principal saw them," Willow said trying not to giggle.



"What did you do with them?"



"I mailed them to her at Brett's address, and I used the Gap as the return address so she would assume it was a gift from him, and hopefully open it in front of him," Willow said smiling.



"You do realize the next time you work together it will be twice as bad," Tara said.





Willow was in the bathroom wrapped in a towel, with another towel wrapped around her hair trying to apply her make-up. Jesse was sitting on the counter beside her asking her what everything was and what it did, when she heard the door bell ring.



"Tara can you get that? I am so not ready," Willow said leaning out of the bathroom and into the bedroom where Tara was completely dressed, brushing her hair.



"Sure, Sweetie. You need to hurry, we're going to be late," Tara said. She headed down the stairs and opened the front door to see a nervous Georgia standing there fidgeting with her shirt. "Come on in," Tara said moving aside.



"I'm glad I got the right house," Georgia said.



"I was just about to heat up some left over lasagna for Jesse, did you eat yet?" Tara asked walking toward the kitchen.



"No, I was late getting home," Georgia said her nerves fading. She was worried that their house wouldn't be like the others she'd been in, but it was homey and nice, and it was hard to do anything, but relax in it.



"Would you like some?" Tara asked.



"Sure, thanks."



"The emergency numbers are on the fridge, as well as Willow's cell phone number, if you have any problems," Tara said placing the food in the microwave. "This is going to be Jesse's first night in her new room, if she forgets, her room is upstairs at the end of the hall to the left. She should be in bed by eight, if she doesn't get tired before that."



"Okay," Georgia said.



"I'm just gonna run upstairs and get Jesse," Tara said placing two plates of lasagna on the island.



"Tara," Willow yelled. "Is that Jesse's dinner?"



"Yes," Tara said rounding the corner into the bathroom. "You're not dressed yet?"



"No, but my hair is fixed."



"Come on, Jesse, let's go eat dinner," Tara said.



"Hi," Jesse said sitting next to Georgia at the island.



"Hi," Georgia said.



"You're Georgia," Jesse said.



"Yep."



"Did you know I got a new room today?" Jesse asked.



"That's really exciting," Georgia said between bites.



"It's purple and messy because we just put all my stuff in it," Jesse said. She had yet to eat any of her dinner.



"Jesse, eat. You can talk to Georgia when you're finished," Tara said pouring Jesse a glass of apple juice. "What would you like to drink? We have juice, soda, water, milk, I think that's all we have."



"Juice is good," Georgia said.



"Momma, I don't like this," Jesse said poking at her food. "It has gross things in it."



"Remember the ice cream we bought?" Tara asked and Jesse nodded yes. "No ice cream unless your lasagna is all gone."



"All of it?" Jesse asked.



"All of it," Tara said.



"Do you leave your dishes in the sink or rinse them and put them in the dishwasher?" Georgia asked.



"You can just leave it in the sink," Tara said.



"I'm ready," Willow said coming into the kitchen in a pair of jeans and a tight fitting long sleeve tee shirt. "Hi, Georgia."



"Hi," she said turning to look at her teacher. "You look really different than you do at school."



"I hope so," Willow said. "You ready?" she asked Tara.



"Yes," Tara said. "Bye, Jesse. We'll come in and kiss you goodnight when we get home," Tara said kissing her daughter.



"We'll bring you back some movie candy," Willow said giving Jesse a kiss. "We'll be back by ten."



"Bye," Georgia said.





Tara sat next to Willow in the movie theater fairly bored. She knew she shouldn't have let Willow choose the movie. Tara looked over at her wife who was completely engrossed in the sci-fi flick, she looked so cute. Her forehead was crinkled in concentration and every now and again she would cock her head to the side as if she could understand it better that way, adorable. Tara reached over and placed her hand on Willow's knee, drawing little circles with her forefinger. She inched her way up Willow's thigh until her hand was almost touching Willow's center. Tara glanced around the theater and every one's eyes were on the screen, including Willow's. She pushed her hand into Willow's center causing her to jump out of her seat a bit. When she landed she turned and looked at Tara, who had an innocent look on her face.



"Enjoying the movie?" Tara whispered.



"I was until I got distracted," Willow whispered back.



"Do you want me to be good?" Tara asked.



"No," Willow said pulling Tara up from her seat and dragging her out into the bathroom.





"I hope Georgia doesn't ask about the movie," Willow said as she and Tara drove home.



"You saw the whole first half," Tara said with a smirk.



"I forgot how horny you get during the last few months of pregnancy," Willow said. "Not that I'm complaining. Quite the opposite actually."



"If we didn't have to get home, I'd suggest you pull the car over right now," Tara said rubbing Willow's thigh.



"But we do, and I'm driving," Willow said putting Tara's hand back in her own lap.



"Play later?" Tara asked.



"Most definitely."



"Assuming of course that Jesse doesn't want to sleep with us," Tara said.



"I think we should start to put our foot down about that, and not just because I need to make love to you tonight," Willow said.



"I agree. Once the twins are born she won't be able to, so I think we should start now," Tara said.



"I hope I can. I always cave when she gives me those sad puppy dog eyes," Willow said pulling into the driveway.



"You can be strong," Tara said. "One of us has too."



"How did everything go?" Willow asked Georgia who was sitting in the family room watching television.



"Good. We put everything away in her room. She said she likes to be organized. I've never seen a four year old with a calendar, and she went to bed around 7:30," Georgia said.



"Do you need a ride home?" Willow asked.



"Yeah, that would be great," Georgia said.



"I'm gonna go up and check on Jesse," Tara said.



"I'll be right back," Willow said giving Tara a quick kiss. "Don't forget about playing," Willow whispered.



"I would never," Tara said.



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~Spencer~

"Well, gee, then he must have meant it because guys never say anything they don't really mean, do they? They say I love you, and you think it's true. They say, oh Anya, I want to be with you for the rest of my life, and you believe them. You believe they feel the same way about you because that's the way love's supposed to be, right? And then you get all excited with the tingly anticipation, but wait, not so fast. There's the apocolypse, and the back from the grave, and the blah, blah, blah, blah, and by the time you're finally standing there in that beautifully expensive white dress, you dreamed about ever since you became human, he gets all heeby jeeby and decides you know I'd rather just go steady."
Anya -Seeing Red-

[mollyig]

I love Willow and Buffy playing practical jokes on each other. So funny. I bet Willow will think of a good way to get her back!



As lovely as it is to see our girls all domesticy (yeah I know that's not a real word) its also nice to see them going out enjoying themselves. Nice of Georgia to babysit.

Adding up the total of a love that's true, multiply life by the power of two
Indigo Girls

[Puff]

That was a nice update, it was good of one of Willow's students to look after Jessie and go Tara for pulling Willow out of the movie

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You know, it's a real deal relationship and that's why people can relate to it
Amber Benson

[Thanatopsis]

Hilarious with Buffy and Willow and the practical jokes. And excellent to Tara pulling Willow out of the movie.

Because he's with Willow. And if something ... happened, I'd know...
Insist upon yourself and never imitate. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

[snuggle79]

Cool Update! I liked Buffy's joke!

And little Jessie seems to be just like Willow, with the whole "she likes to be organized" thing.

Tara:"Maybe we dreamed it."

Willow:"Right. Right. Wrong! (points at her head ) Different Brains." Tara:"Oh yeah."


Bitch! Witch! Ho!..mo!"

[MissQuirky]

Great update!! Oh their gonna have some playtime! Well they need it! My God Buffy's joke too funny!! Then Wills comeback very good, wonder how Buffy will react to that! Can't wait 4 more!

Willow: We can come by between classes. Usually I use that time to copy over my class notes with a system of different colored pens. But it's been pointed out to me that that's, you know... insane.
Tara: I said quirky.

[iceprincess2076]

WOOO HOOO!!!!! If I havent posted here before please forgive me. I love this fic!!!



Jesse is just like Willow. and Buffy's practical jokes But wait Buffy is gonna be a teacher? OH, and playtime yay!!!!!



more soon please



ICE

[Lonewolf22]

Mainer: Great update, the practical joke that Buffy played on Willow was hilarious, LOL. I loved how normal and homey Willow and Tara's house is. I also loved the naughtyness of our girls in the movie theater, just great. I can't wait to read more.



Lonewolf

[spazz07]

loved the practical jokes between Buffy and Willow. The date was very sexy and its good to see our girls getting some alone time.



Cheers

Nath

Isn't it funny how you feel your most tired five minutes before you have to get up.

[Grimaldi]

great updates love Buffy's practical joke and the way Willow got her back

Dude, we're surrounded by perverts!

Fucking Windows 98, get Bill Gates in here!

2nd place??? That's just a fancy term for loser!

[The Rose24]

Love naughty Tara. Good job.

Tara: My heart doesn't stutter.

Tara: Willow, I got so lost.
Willow: I found you. I will always find you.

Willow: Hi, um Tara. I was wondering maybe you want to go out some time for coffee? food? Kisses and gay love?