Prologue
Disclaimer: If I were lucky enough to actually own Joss's characters and whatnot, then I would not be spending my time doing this
Wrinkles of disappointment covered Rupert Giles's forehead as he stared blankly at the computer screen in front of him. "Although the events of our first outing together did not exactly go as I had planned them to," he mumbled softly, "I was wondering if perhaps, only if you are willing to, mind you, but perhaps I could persuade you into going on a secondÉthing," he tried before he groaned once more. "Bugger!" he added a moment later to himself.
Unknown to him, Buffy, Xander, and Willow were in the library and had heard a good portion of his asking the computer to go out and date. The computer which was the best sign of Jenny Calendar he had in the library.
"Giles, the chair is going to be so disappointed that you lost interest in it," Xander joked casually as he walked up to the Watcher with a smile. "After all that work you did to get it to go out with you and you leave it for something. We all thought the two of you would be destined to get married and have little tiny chair children."
"Xander?" Giles asked, sounding a bit startled as he looked up, groaning as he saw his core Scooby group gathered in front of him. "Don't you--don't you have class? All of you?"
Buffy shook her head as she pulled a lollipop from her backpack. "Giles, remember lunch? The period where there is no classes, only eating and talking amongst friends?"
"Then why aren't you three off eating and talking amongst friends?" Giles asked.
"I saw something weird on patrol last night," Buffy began. "Some sort of charm or something, but it was broken."
"You sure it's not just children's jewelry?" Giles asked innocently.
Buffy nodded. "Positive," she declared. "Children's jewelry doesn't usually give off a faint blue little light from a far. Glow in the dark is more of a green-ish tint, and is definitely not as bright."
Giles nodded, considering the point. Nothing that he knew of was jumping to mid at the mention of this, but if he had the charm perhaps he could look into it. "Do you have it?" he asked innocently.
Buffy nodded again as she reached into her back pack. She had contained it in a small plastic baggie, claiming it was Willow's when her mother had caught her packing it along. "All yours," she said as she handed the bag over.
Giles took the small bag from her hands and walked back towards his office, placing it carefully on his desk. Once he emerged from his tiny office, he turned back to still find that his three Scoobies were still around. "Go eat!" he commanded. "You gave me the weird information."
Buffy smiled, taking the hint. "Alright, we'll go," she said as she rolled her hazel eyes. "We'll leave you alone with your computer."
"Much appreciated," Giles mumbled as he walked behind the counter, facing the computer again as he once again tried to think of a way to convince Jenny to go out with him again without her thinking that he was out of his mind or that he was a babbling fool.
Jenny Calendar smiled as she tucked a lock of her dark hair behind her ear. She casually looked herself up and down quickly, making sure that she at least looked presentable. Her red shirt was not wrinkled and neither was her black skirt. There was no run going up her tights and no scuff marks on her shoes. All of her jewelry was in place.
One of the older passing male students gave a short whistle of approval as he passed her, boosting Jenny's confidence to the level she would need before walking in to the library. "Rupert?" she called as she cautiously entered.
The librarian jumped up from examining the evidence Buffy had presented him with. "Oh, Jenny," he said, smiling slightly as he knew that his cheeks were reddening. "What a pleasant surprise," he began weakly.
"Pleasure's all mine," she said with a smile as she walked over behind the counter and into Giles's arms. "Now can we greet each other in a more proper way?"
"More proper?" Giles asked in confusion.
Jenny nodded as she leaned forward and planted a small and innocent kiss on Giles's cheek then a more intense one on his lips.
"Well said," Giles told her with a smile before returning the greeting, as Jenny had called it.
Jenny smiled as Giles had stopped, curiously looking down at what the Watcher had been doing. "Whatcha got here?" she asked curiously.
Giles smiled back at her as he finished cleaning his glasses. "That's what I'm trying to figure out," he began as he properly fixed his glasses onto his face. "Buffy found it while she was on patrol."
"Interesting," Jenny noted as she picked one of the haves up and handing the other to Giles. "Looks like a the charm from a child's necklace, or two actually," she said as she joined the two halves together. See, a perfect match," she said with a smile before she suddenly began feeling a little bit dizzy and woozy. "Um, Rupert," she began nervously. "I don't think--"
Those were the only words she managed to get out before she fell to the ground, Giles directly mimicking her every action with the same feeling.