Tears Of Remorse
By Riley
Rating: - PG.
Genre: - Angst. Romance. Episode Related.
Pairings: - Jenny/Giles.
Disclaimer: - I do not own anything relating to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and I do not mean to infringe on any copyrights. I am not making any money from this. Any original ideas however are mine.
Note: - This fic is set in season 2 BBB. Some of the dialogue is taken from BBB and other btvs episodes and is not mine. First posted to my Ms. Calendar's Group.
Jenny sighed as she pushed the staff-room door open. Another teachers meeting. How she hated them. All she wanted to do was go home for the evening and curl up on the couch. She scanned the already full room, there was no sign of Rupert. Jenny wasn't sure whether that was a good thing or a bad thing! She hadn't seen him since that horrible moment when he had told her to leave, backing up his Slayer's "Get out." She'd been unable to leave it at that, worrying if they had all made it home safely after fighting The Judge, and so she had phoned Rupert's and left a message on his answer-machine, asking him to please call her when he got back and let her know how it had gone with The Judge. She needed to know that no-one was hurt. She hadn't been convinced he would return the call, but to his credit, he had. The call and his attitude were terse and to the point, but at least he had understood that she needed to know they were all okay and had called. When she had tried to apologise to him, he had cut her off, saying he was tired and 'now wasn't the time'. They hadn't spoken to each other since. She wanted to see him and talk to him, to have the opportunity to make things right, but at the same time she was nervous as heck about it.
"Calendar, you're late," Snyder rapped. "And where's the librarian?" Jenny shrugged and took one of the last two remaining chairs. "Well, if he thinks the world and this school revolve around him and we'll all wait for him, then he can think again," Snyder huffed.
The door opened, and in walked Rupert. "Ah! You're finally here! About time. We didn't interrupt your card cataloguing did we?" Snyder didn't wait for a response to his attempt at snide wit. "Now that all of you are eventually here, we can start the meeting."
Jenny looked over at Rupert, knowing he would have no choice but to sit in the only vacant chair which was beside her. As it turned out, his gaze swept past her and he elected to lean against the wall on the other side of the room. Once again, Jenny's insides did their sinking feeling at being snubbed by him.
Jenny barely listened to what Snyder had to say during the meeting, until he came to the dance. Her attention had been focused inside herself, equally on her self-pity and guilt. "Now to the last item on the agenda - - - the Valentine's Day Dance. It's being held at the Bronze this year and it needs chaperoning," Snyder glanced menacingly around the room and all of the staff shifted uneasily, praying he wouldn't pick them. "I believe Ms. Calendar and Mr. Giles kindly volunteered for this duty, seeing as they were both late!"
While both Jenny and Rupert froze in horror, the other staff sighed in relief. Desperate to get out of the assignment, Jenny quickly thought on her feet, "Erm, I urm, gee I wish I'd have known sooner because I've already made plans for that evening. Sorry."
Snyder smiled nastily. "Oh, no need to be sorry Ms. Calendar. Change them."
"I also have a prior engagement that evening," Rupert added.
"That doesn't matter, engagements can be cancelled," Snyder spoke as if he should know, leaving the staff to speculate. "Right, I think we're done here." His tone held no arguing with.
Jenny stood and gathered up her belongings. By the time she made her way through the staff, Rupert was no where to be seen.
By Riley
Rating: - PG.
Genre: - Angst. Romance. Episode Related.
Pairings: - Jenny/Giles.
Disclaimer: - I do not own anything relating to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and I do not mean to infringe on any copyrights. I am not making any money from this. Any original ideas however are mine.
Note: - This fic is set in season 2 BBB. Some of the dialogue is taken from BBB and other btvs episodes and is not mine. First posted to my Ms. Calendar's Group.
Jenny sighed as she pushed the staff-room door open. Another teachers meeting. How she hated them. All she wanted to do was go home for the evening and curl up on the couch. She scanned the already full room, there was no sign of Rupert. Jenny wasn't sure whether that was a good thing or a bad thing! She hadn't seen him since that horrible moment when he had told her to leave, backing up his Slayer's "Get out." She'd been unable to leave it at that, worrying if they had all made it home safely after fighting The Judge, and so she had phoned Rupert's and left a message on his answer-machine, asking him to please call her when he got back and let her know how it had gone with The Judge. She needed to know that no-one was hurt. She hadn't been convinced he would return the call, but to his credit, he had. The call and his attitude were terse and to the point, but at least he had understood that she needed to know they were all okay and had called. When she had tried to apologise to him, he had cut her off, saying he was tired and 'now wasn't the time'. They hadn't spoken to each other since. She wanted to see him and talk to him, to have the opportunity to make things right, but at the same time she was nervous as heck about it.
"Calendar, you're late," Snyder rapped. "And where's the librarian?" Jenny shrugged and took one of the last two remaining chairs. "Well, if he thinks the world and this school revolve around him and we'll all wait for him, then he can think again," Snyder huffed.
The door opened, and in walked Rupert. "Ah! You're finally here! About time. We didn't interrupt your card cataloguing did we?" Snyder didn't wait for a response to his attempt at snide wit. "Now that all of you are eventually here, we can start the meeting."
Jenny looked over at Rupert, knowing he would have no choice but to sit in the only vacant chair which was beside her. As it turned out, his gaze swept past her and he elected to lean against the wall on the other side of the room. Once again, Jenny's insides did their sinking feeling at being snubbed by him.
Jenny barely listened to what Snyder had to say during the meeting, until he came to the dance. Her attention had been focused inside herself, equally on her self-pity and guilt. "Now to the last item on the agenda - - - the Valentine's Day Dance. It's being held at the Bronze this year and it needs chaperoning," Snyder glanced menacingly around the room and all of the staff shifted uneasily, praying he wouldn't pick them. "I believe Ms. Calendar and Mr. Giles kindly volunteered for this duty, seeing as they were both late!"
While both Jenny and Rupert froze in horror, the other staff sighed in relief. Desperate to get out of the assignment, Jenny quickly thought on her feet, "Erm, I urm, gee I wish I'd have known sooner because I've already made plans for that evening. Sorry."
Snyder smiled nastily. "Oh, no need to be sorry Ms. Calendar. Change them."
"I also have a prior engagement that evening," Rupert added.
"That doesn't matter, engagements can be cancelled," Snyder spoke as if he should know, leaving the staff to speculate. "Right, I think we're done here." His tone held no arguing with.
Jenny stood and gathered up her belongings. By the time she made her way through the staff, Rupert was no where to be seen.