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Paige's POV

Once, when we were 5 years old, my friends, Lily and Esme, and I, were playing on the hills. We were at the Cleveland fair. We had ridden rides and looked at the exhibits, and done, you know, all he fun fair stuff you do at fairs.

But that had been earlier in the day, and now you could hear the laughter and screams that came from each of us as we rolled down the hill, or slid down on a piece of cardboard, which Xander had went and found for us.

Our parents, who had went down a couple times per our requests, were now sitting at the top of the hill, watching us and talking.

Anyway, at some point, after all three of us had slid down the hill again. We were lying on the ground, staring at the sky, when Lily spoke.

"Hey guys?"

"Yeah?" We asked in unison.

"Would you ever want our life's to change?"

Esme and I looked at each each other, frowning.

"What do you mean?" Esme asked.

"Well, it's like this: Mommy Willow and Mama Tara are my parents. Xander and Anya are your Mommy and Daddy, Esme, and Buffy is your Mommy, Paige."

"Your point?" Esme asked bluntly, something she definitely got Anya.

Lily then let out a huff and crossed her arms.

"My point, Esme, is that that's our life's. I'm asking if you want our families to be different, like not the ones we have."

"Of course not. I don't wanna live with some strangers!" Esme exclaimed.

Lily sighed and put her hand over her face. "That's not what I meaned -" She had always been the smarter more insightful one of us. As for her "selective" grammar mistakes, well, that was just something she grew out of.

-never mind."

"What about you, Paige?"

"No. Never."

I paused and spoke again.

"I'd never want them to change."

And for a long time, I believed that. I mean, I still do. I love the people that I know.

But sometimes, I need a little break. From them. From my family.