It was a typically sunny, no breeze heatfest on Monday morning at Sunnydale
High. To Buffy Summers this morning was just like every other. Being the
Slayer, she had to check in with her watcher: the school librarian-Rupert
Giles (or just Giles to her and the Scooby gang) after patrolling the night
before.
Buffy casually strolled through the swinging doors to the library and out of the morning locker rush.
"Hey Giles" Buffy shouted as she approached the counter. "Here to tell ya I'm still alive and kickin." There was no answer. "Giles?"
"Oh sorry Buffy. Ah, fascinating book." Giles replied holding up the book to show Buffy as he emerged from his office.
"Right, gotta love... books!" Buffy said sarcastically.
"How did last nights patrol go?" Giles inquired.
On that note Xander and Willow swung open the library doors; probably chattering about their yawn worthy weekends Buffy thought and they both sat down at their usual table giggling. "Hi to you guys too" Buffy said quietly feeling a little overlooked.
"Buffy? Last nights patrol?" Giles asked again.
"Oh, patrol, right-ya know, the usual. Me, Mr.pointy and a couple of dead guys or not so dead guys and maxi-slayage.
"How many were there?" Giles asked.
"How many what?" Buffys eyes still fixed on her giggling friends. "Oh, vamps, yeah. Um... two. Staked em both. So yey me!" Buffy said smiling and feeling proud of herself.
"Yes, well, very good then." Giles grinned and turned to head back into his office to read his book.
"Ooh found this too," Buffy said before Giles could escape. She pulled out of her jeans pocket a small round amulet with a black stone in the centre. The diamond shaped stone had green mist swirling around inside it and the amulet was hung on a chain to be worn around the neck. Buffy handed it over to Giles "Oh how peculiar" he muttered to himself taking the amulet from Buffy and examining it. "I've never come across one of these before."
"What is it?" Buffy asked.
"An amulet of some kind. I shall have to consult my books." Giles replied.
"Oh, an amulet" Buffy replied not really caring and started towards the table where Willow and Xander were sitting. Oz and Cordelia had now joined them. Giles returned to his office.
"Hey guys" Buffy said again sitting down.
"Oh hey" replied her best friend Willow Rosenberg.
"Have a fun weekend?" Buffy asked.
"Nope. Dull. Boring." Willow said in an it-was-great-but-I-don't-want-to- tell-you-about-it-coz-yours-wasn't voice.
"Will what happened?" Buffy asked.
"Nothing, really Buffy" Willow nervously replied.
"Its ok. You can tell me how great it was even if mine sucked beyond belief due to an extra spurt of vampires this weekend, which equalled no fun for Buffy-again! And I'm babbling so I'm gonna stop now!" Buffy finished.
"Good, no babbling. But you could have spent your weekend with Angel. If he's still talking to you after you sent him to hell for a few months of torture!" Cordelia said in her usual tactless way.
"Ooh did I forget to mention. Cordy has this thing where sometimes her brain gets disconnected from her mouth!" Xander said trying not to make Buffy feel so bad with no real success.
Buffy knew Angel wasn't in hell anymore and she knew he was back-same as ever. She didn't know why he was back but she was happy he was.
"C'mon Will. Tell me about your not so yawn-worthy weekend." Buffy said.
"Oz's band played at the bronze on Saturday night and they were really good- not that usually not good coz they are always good and Oz sung a song he wrote for me and it was really cute." Willow blurted out.
"Well I did the backing vocals and smiled a lot!" Oz said in his typically Oz way! "Wow! Big. I'm sorry I couldn't be there to see it-chosen one and all that!" Buffy said. Willow smiled a really big smile, which covered up the guilt she felt for having such a good time when her best friend had to fight vampires just to survive.
Then the bell rang for homeroom.
Buffy casually strolled through the swinging doors to the library and out of the morning locker rush.
"Hey Giles" Buffy shouted as she approached the counter. "Here to tell ya I'm still alive and kickin." There was no answer. "Giles?"
"Oh sorry Buffy. Ah, fascinating book." Giles replied holding up the book to show Buffy as he emerged from his office.
"Right, gotta love... books!" Buffy said sarcastically.
"How did last nights patrol go?" Giles inquired.
On that note Xander and Willow swung open the library doors; probably chattering about their yawn worthy weekends Buffy thought and they both sat down at their usual table giggling. "Hi to you guys too" Buffy said quietly feeling a little overlooked.
"Buffy? Last nights patrol?" Giles asked again.
"Oh, patrol, right-ya know, the usual. Me, Mr.pointy and a couple of dead guys or not so dead guys and maxi-slayage.
"How many were there?" Giles asked.
"How many what?" Buffys eyes still fixed on her giggling friends. "Oh, vamps, yeah. Um... two. Staked em both. So yey me!" Buffy said smiling and feeling proud of herself.
"Yes, well, very good then." Giles grinned and turned to head back into his office to read his book.
"Ooh found this too," Buffy said before Giles could escape. She pulled out of her jeans pocket a small round amulet with a black stone in the centre. The diamond shaped stone had green mist swirling around inside it and the amulet was hung on a chain to be worn around the neck. Buffy handed it over to Giles "Oh how peculiar" he muttered to himself taking the amulet from Buffy and examining it. "I've never come across one of these before."
"What is it?" Buffy asked.
"An amulet of some kind. I shall have to consult my books." Giles replied.
"Oh, an amulet" Buffy replied not really caring and started towards the table where Willow and Xander were sitting. Oz and Cordelia had now joined them. Giles returned to his office.
"Hey guys" Buffy said again sitting down.
"Oh hey" replied her best friend Willow Rosenberg.
"Have a fun weekend?" Buffy asked.
"Nope. Dull. Boring." Willow said in an it-was-great-but-I-don't-want-to- tell-you-about-it-coz-yours-wasn't voice.
"Will what happened?" Buffy asked.
"Nothing, really Buffy" Willow nervously replied.
"Its ok. You can tell me how great it was even if mine sucked beyond belief due to an extra spurt of vampires this weekend, which equalled no fun for Buffy-again! And I'm babbling so I'm gonna stop now!" Buffy finished.
"Good, no babbling. But you could have spent your weekend with Angel. If he's still talking to you after you sent him to hell for a few months of torture!" Cordelia said in her usual tactless way.
"Ooh did I forget to mention. Cordy has this thing where sometimes her brain gets disconnected from her mouth!" Xander said trying not to make Buffy feel so bad with no real success.
Buffy knew Angel wasn't in hell anymore and she knew he was back-same as ever. She didn't know why he was back but she was happy he was.
"C'mon Will. Tell me about your not so yawn-worthy weekend." Buffy said.
"Oz's band played at the bronze on Saturday night and they were really good- not that usually not good coz they are always good and Oz sung a song he wrote for me and it was really cute." Willow blurted out.
"Well I did the backing vocals and smiled a lot!" Oz said in his typically Oz way! "Wow! Big. I'm sorry I couldn't be there to see it-chosen one and all that!" Buffy said. Willow smiled a really big smile, which covered up the guilt she felt for having such a good time when her best friend had to fight vampires just to survive.
Then the bell rang for homeroom.