�Time for a movie?� Dawn was slumped on the couch flicking through channels.
�Sure. You pick one I�ll go get Tara.�
Dawn went and retrieved Tara�s favourite movie from the video cabinet as Willow made her way upstairs.
�Tara, honey? Dawn�s putting a vid on, you gonna join us?�
�Yeah, just a second.�
�Whatcha doing?�
Willow regarded her girlfriend curiously. She was sat on their bed, the photo album from Dawn on her lap, staring off into space.
�Just thinking.� A small smile graced her face as she turned to her lover.
Willow made her way into the room and sat next to Tara on the bed. She stole a quick peek at the page her lover had stopped at. Seeing a photo of Tara and herself holding an hour old Joshua in the maternity ward of Sunnydale hospital, the redhead smiled too.
�Who�d have thought he�d grow up into such a monster?� Willow joked.
�I thought you said he was a sweetie? I wasn�t thinking that anyway.�
�He is a sweetie, a sweet monster, if such a thing actually exists.�
�I�m sure it does.� A short silence as both women regard the picture in front of them.
�So? You wanna tell me what you were thinking?� Willow fished, it didn�t matter if Tara didn�t want to share, but the least she could do was convey her interest.
�Stuff.�
�Such as?�
�We kinda take it all for granted don't we?�
�What?�
�Everything we have, we never question it. We live on the Hellmouth, in a town full of evil, yet our lives are so full of happiness and love. How can you have that much good in a place that's so full of bad?�
�I guess it all just needs balancing out. 'Cos of the extra strong evil of the Hellmouth, there has to be extra strong goodness, otherwise the scales get all wobbly and everything falls to pieces.�
Failing to remove the deep pensive look on her girlfriend's face, Willow hastened to add
�Baby, I never take you, or us, for granted. I know how blessed and lucky I am to have you in my life. Tara, what we have, there are no words� I can't even begin to comprehend how precious, how� You're my everything baby, my whole world, you know that right?�
�Yes Will, I know. I love you so much. What did I ever do to deserve such a sweet, caring, amazing girlfriend?�
�You were born, and you exist. That's enough, more than enough.�
A moment's silence as the two lovers just sat holding each other, both overwhelmed by how much love and happiness existed between, and around them.
�You ready for a movie? I think Dawn's putting your favourite on.�
�Oh, the aristocats? Today just keeps getting better and better.�
