Be Mine.
Giles and Buffy are continuing their relationship once again in this third installment of Holiday Cheers and New Year's Resolution. The two get together on a holiday, Valentine's Day.
Summary from New Year's:
Buffy's dad was coming over to visit her and was at the door. She didn't think it would be the best time to tell her father that she is dating a man as old as he is and who is married with her best friend and boss. Giles quickly had gotten dressed and escaped through the fire escape. That was the last Buffy saw of him, until he called one night.
"Hello," says Buffy when she picks up her phone. She had just gotten home from work. Work has been awkward since she knows about Giles being Jenny's husband and she has been trying to avoid her at all costs. Jenny has not picked up on that.
"It's me," says Giles on the other line. Buffy is overjoyed to hear his voice again.
"How did you get my number?"
"Jenny's address/phone book."
"I miss you."
"Me, too."
"It's been weird at work."
"It's been weird here, too. I barely talk to Jenny."
"What are we going to do? Do you think we should come out?"
"I don't know. I was thinking of annulling the marriage. We've only been married two and a half months."
"Do you think she'd accept it?"
"Our marriage isn't going anywhere and I want to be with you." Buffy blushes even though Giles does not see it.
"I want to be with you, too, but it's all complicated. If Jenny finds out, she'll never speak to me again and she'll fire me."
"I was worried about that."
"When will I see you again?"
"I don't know. Maybe next week. I'll call you."
"Okay." The two hang up and Buffy lets out a long sigh. She wishes things could be better, but she doesn't wish that she hadn't met Giles. He is the best thing that has happened to her in a long time. It's something that they must give time and struggle through to get it to work out.
Meanwhile, as Giles hangs up his cell phone, Jenny enters the bedroom. She is surprised seeing Giles there. She avoids his gaze and walks into the bathroom. The two haven't been speaking to each other since the incident at New Year's when he walked out and did not say where he was going.
It was strange for Jenny to fight about that, after all he is her husband and she had the right to do so. The part about not truly caring about it because she was comforted by another man was kept a secret. She could never tell him that she has been having an affair with his son.
The two of them, Spike and Jenny, have always had an attraction and on many occasions, like Thanksgiving at her parents house. They did it on her parents bed and no one noticed them missing. It was a strange relationship since Spike does have other girls he plays around with. None are too serious. He likes older women and Jenny is one woman he could not live without.
Jenny is doing the laundry and Spike surprises her from behind. She rolls her eyes as she throws the clothes into the dryer and then she begins to feel Spike press against her.
"You shouldn't be doing this here," says Jenny enjoying and denying it.
"My dad never comes here," says Spike. "Don't worry." He grabs her waist and slowly maneuvers his hands down her thigh. Spike pulls her skirt up.
"I have to worry. If he finds out. Who knows what he'd do to you."
"Relax." Spike pushes into her over and over. Jenny moans a little and then reaches for the dryer button to turn it on. The loud sound of the machine can camouflage her moans, so that Giles would not go down there.
Back at Buffy's, she decides to take a nice, hot bath in her Jacuzzi. As she opens the faucet she closes her eyes and remembers New Year's Eve with Giles. It was so wonderful to be in his arms and warm water. She begins to take her clothes off and sits down in the Jacuzzi to relax. She continues to remember her night with Giles.
Suddenly someone opens her front door, but she doesn't hear it because she is completely dozed off, with her sweet memories of Giles and their wonderful night together. The person that entered the house tosses the keys on the counter and gets a water bottle from the frig. Then the person, who is a he, hears the water in the Jacuzzi. He heads over to the bedroom and sees Buffy's clothes on the floor. Then he goes into the bathroom.
Buffy hears the door open and sees a familiar man in her bathroom. She quickly tries to cover herself with her hands. The young man smiles at her and sits on the toilet seat.
"What are you doing here?" asks Buffy annoyed with his presence. "I'm naked here."
"I can see that," says the young man.
"Could you close your eyes, so I can put my robe on?"
"Ah, come on. I've seen all that stuff. No need to hide it."
"Yes, I do. Turn around." The young man turns. "Close your eyes." Buffy comes out of the Jacuzzi and puts on her pink robe. "What do you want?"
"Just a place to crash for a few days."
"What? What is wrong with your apartment?" She walks out of the bathroom and he follows her.
"Bugs."
"You know we can't live together. We drive each other insane."
"I know, but it's only a week, maximum."
"Why did I give you a spare key?"
"Because you know you love your little brother." Buffy rolls her eyes at him.
"No, I don't, but I'm a nice person."
"So, do I get the bed?"
"What do you think?"
"Sofa it is. Thought we could bond, sis, have some fun like old times. Come on, we used to take baths together and sleep together. What happened to those days?"
"I grew breasts and you started to squirt me with your penis."
"When did you grow breasts? Where are they?" Her brother starts to inspect Buffy's chest.
"You're hilarious, Connor, really."
"So, what's for dinner?" Buffy glares at him.
"I don't cook, so I suggest you get dinner yourself."
"What are you going to eat?"
"Nothing. I'm on a no food diet."
"Oh, that's a bad diet. Well, catch you later, sis." Connor goes over and kisses her on the cheek and then slaps her hard on her butt. She turns around and glares at him. "When I get back, I'd like to use that Jacuzzi, okay?" He leaves the apartment and Buffy just slumps down on her sofa.
"Why me?" She shoves a pillow on her face.
Back at Giles' home, Giles attempts to leave the house, but Jenny sees him from the top of the steps.
"Where are you going?" asks Jenny. She walks down the stairs. Giles turns around and closes the door. Spike walks in on them from the kitchen. He stops so that Jenny doesn't see him.
"Can't I go out for walk?" asks Giles.
"Are we going to start this over again?" Jenny continues to come down the stairs.
"We aren't starting anything over. You are." She finally arrives at the end of the stairs.
"We trusted each other. What's going on with us?"
"We're not on the same page anymore, Jenny."
"Don't use your metaphorical talk with me." Giles rolls his eyes and passes his hand through his hair. "Now, I ask again. Where are you going?"
"A friend's." Jenny glares at him, with cold eyes.
"Giles, what are you trying to prove with this? Just because I have a life out of this house, doesn't mean I have to be 24 hours on top of you satisfying you all the time."
"That's not what I want from you, Jenny."
"Then what is it?"
"I want an annulment." Jenny's eyes widen and Spike's eyebrows rise up.
