Title : The Marked One
Author: Aset
E-mail: Eponine_Aset@hotmail.com
Distribution: sure, but please mail me first
Feedback: yes please!
Status: not finished
Sequel/Season info: the story takes place in season 3 of Buffy, somewhere before Lover's Walk
Rating: PG-13
Content warnings: none
Summary: Giles' got a daughter!
Disclaimer: Not mine, I guess not even when I win the lottery
Author's note : Sorry if there are mistakes in the text, English isn't my native language, and I haven't got a bèta (care to bèta ? Please mail me ! !)
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1.
'And then he snapped her neck, drinking her blood.'
'But then this yucky thing appears'
'Really, you should've been there !'
Buffy smiled at her friends, 'While you guys were at the movies, I enjoyed a nice evening slaying the dead guys'
'Still, you should've come along !' Xander said, still impressed by the movie
'It was yuck !' Cordelia stated as she noticed the delighted smile on Xander's face.
They were seated in the library. Giles was there too, engrossed in some bulky book, the others sharping stakes.
'I thought it was fun' Willow said, trying to lighten the mood, 'we should do it more often'
Cordelia gave her an icy look
'But maybe a more.you know.romantic movie ?' Willow quickly added.
'Well, I'm sure even Giles here would've like it' Xander said,
'Huh ? What ?' Giles said a bit confused as he looked up.
'Nothing, we were talking about the movie we saw the other night' Willow said.
'Oh.'Giles said before returning to his books.
'So Buffy, did you see Angel yesterday ?' Oz asked.
'Yes.' She took a breath, 'I went to the mansion.we trained'
'by training you mean.' Cordelia looked at her, just like the others, worried.
'training.working out.getting ready for battle' She said
'Oh.'
'Yes, Cordy, working out ! What did you had in mind' Xander smiled as he teased his girl. As reaction, she poked him in the ribs 'oemph !'
Then the schoolbell rang. Moaning they all got up, leaving the library, heading for their history class, leaving Giles and his books behind, mingling with the other students in the hall, happily welcoming the noice of a living school.
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Giles sighed as silence returned. He stood up, and got himself a cop of coffee before returning to his books. He was studying on some demons they'd seen the past weeks, and he was looking for a match for the description he's got. Some kids had seen a slimy, brown blubby demon around. It hadn't harmed anyone yet, but research was safer, just to be sure. The description was vague, and it would take a while, but it was worth it, and it would keep him busy. He was just seated again, and had turned a page when someone entered the library. It was a young, pretty girl with a large rucksack. She was wearing a simple jeans and sweater, and she wore her brown hair in a ponytail.
'Hi' she said as she put her bag down
Giles looked up from his books and frowned. 'Hello, can I help you ?'
The girl smiled at him, 'Maybe..I'm looking for mister Rupert Giles, they said I could find him here'
'I'm him' Giles said as he stood up, walking up to the girl.
The girl's smile grew bigger as they shaked hands, ' I'm Victoria, Victoria Andrews'
'Andrews ?.My God, you're Carol's little girl' Giles said when he recognised the name as his thoughts fled to a time long ago. He saw himself as a young man, back in London, walking arm in arm with a beautiful young woman, both smiling brightly. That woman had been Carol Andrews.
'Yes' she said with a clouded face.
'What are you doing here ?'
'I.I have a letter for you'
'A letter ?'
'Yes.But, can we talk ?'
Giles looked at the girl while he took the letter. There was something about her, about the letter. 'Sure' He gestured to go sit at the tables.
'Do you want something to drink ?'
'No thanks' Victoria said as she went to sit down. She had so many things to tell this man, and so many things to ask him, but she didn't know how.
'So.How's your mother doing ?' Giles asked when he went to sit down opposite to her. He felt the girl was unconfortable, and he still hadn't a clue what she was doing here. He was still holding the letter she'd given to him in his hands, unopened, his name written on it.
'She.She died' Victoria said as tears appeared in her beautiful blue eyes.
Giles didn't know what to do. On one hand he wanted to comfort the girl, but he didn't know her at all, altought she seemed so familiar.
'She was murdered two weeks ago' The girl continued in a monotone voice, then looked at him.
'I'm sorry' he said as he took her hand. He couldn't help but notice how much the girl looked like her mother. The same blue eyes, those lips,.
Victoria took a deep breath as she wiped of her tears, ' You're probably wondering what I'm doing here, right ?'
Giles just looked at her.
'Mom told me about you before she died. She.' Victoria felt a lump in her troat,' she told me you are my father' The girl looked up, looking into Giles' eyes. She didn't really know what she read in them.surprise ? fear ? joy too a bit.
'I ..uhm..' Giles didn't know what to say.
'She never told you, did she ?'
'No.'
A silence fell between them. Victoria looked down to the ground. She din't know what to say anymore. She had imagined this moment so often, but she didn't expect this. to be lost for words. She'd been scared he'd reject her. That he left her an her mother behind and that he wouldn't talk to her. or that he felt remorse, but she never expected to find her father lost for words too.she had kept it a secret from him too.
'I'd better go' the girl said after a moment, while she got up.
'No' Giles said, grabbing her arm,' Please stay'
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'Shouldn't we.you know.be in the library ?' Cordy asked Xander.
He just gave her a smile, 'Don't tell me you want to be in that muffy library while you can be out here, with me'
'Cordelia's right.Giles could use our help' Willow added
'Well, maybe being out here isn't that bad.'Cordelia changed her mind by the thought of a pile of books with gross demons in them in front of her.
They walked up to Buffy and Oz, sitting outside on a bench.
'So, how was History Class ?' Buffy asked, a smile on her face.
'Boring as usual' Xander declared as he sat down in the grass.
'I still don't get it. Why did she hate her mother-in-law ? The woman was just trying to help her out !' Cordelia said, while she went to sit down next to Xander on the sweater he had spread out for her.
'Well, She kept her from seeing her children.'
'But Sophie just wanted what's best for the country'
Willow and Xander sighed. This was hopeless.
'Let's go to the library, see what Giles's up to' Buffy suggested as she got up. They others nodded and followed her.
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Giles and Victoria went to sit down again. A moment of silence passed before Giles spoke.
'I. I visited you and your mother at the clinic in the time.She never told me'
'She told me when she was dying' Victoria looked up, tears in her eyes, 'she told me, and wanted me to go and live with you.'
'Victoria.'
'It's all in the letter. I understand if you don't want to...'
Giles sighed and opened the letter. Slowly the truth sank down.The girl in front of him was really his daughter. In a way he'd knew it all along. The way he and Carol broke up, the way she acted in the clinic,. He'd asked her that question back then, but Carol had gone all crazy, and had swore him the girl was Dave's.
'I.I. This is all new for me too' Giles said as he started reading the letter.
'I understand if you need time.'
'Victoria' Giles sighed. The letter was from Social Services, basically saying that if he didn't officially recognised Victoria as his daughter,and took her in, the girl would have to live in an orphanage. He didn't wanted to push the girl away, on the contrary, but then there was his job as watcher, and all these other secrets he has to keep.
'Please, call me Vicky. Victoria is so stiff.'
'Ok, Vicky.' Giles took a breath, 'I indeed may need some time, but. I do want to get to know you. Maybe we just need to spend some time together, and then see.'
The girl smiled, and got up, walking up to him, giving him a hug 'Thanks for giving me a chance'
Giles started smiling while a tear welled up in his eye. He patted her uncomfortably, not really daring to hug her back
'You're welcome'
Vicky went to sit down again, 'You're just like my mother said you'd be'
'She told you about me ?' Giles asked as he took off his glasses and started to clean them.
'Only because I found this picture. and then' she swallowed, 'when she was dying, she told me.'
'You were with her ?'
Victoria nodded as tears started to make their way down her cheeks. She knew he'd ask her about her mother's death, just like everybody else, but even after having told it over and over again, it still made her cry. She missed her mom.
'She was sitting on the terras, and I was inside, looking for some things 'cause we were going to camp in the garden that night, and I heard her scream. When I ran outside, she was down on the ground, a man squatted down over her. When he heard me, he attacked me.'
Giles had walked up to the girl, trying to comfort her.
'He was really strong.. But when he turned my head, he gasped and ran off.'
'He didn't hurt you ?'
'I got some bruises.'
'And Carol ?'
'Mom was still on the ground, blood all around her, but she was alive. She was dead before the ambulance arrived.'
Vicky stopped and blow her nose.
'Do you think he followed me here ?'she asked as she tried to dry her tears
'Who ?'
'The killer'
Giles put his arm around her, 'You're safe here, I'm sure about it'
She smiled weakly at him.
'Where are you staying ?'
'At the motel'
'Then we'll pick up your stuff after school. and school ?'
'I still got a holiday now.'
'You can go to school here if you want to.'
Vicky smiled and hugged him again.
'It feels good having a father' she said looking into his eyes as she broke free from the embrace. Giles could see tears welling up in her eyes also, making them even more blue.
'Well, it's good to have a daughter too.'
Then the Scooby gang entered 'We're back !' 'Time to get out of those dusty books.hello !' Xander came in, greeting the stranger in the chair.
Victoria got a bit uncomfortable with everybody staring at her. It had been hard enough to tell this man he was her father.
'Hi' Cordelia said, a radiant smile covering her face. Victoria just smiled shyly.
Giles coughed uncomfortably, 'Uhm. Xander, everybody.this is Victoria.my daughter.'
Shock, big shock ! Everybody just frose there for a moment. You could almost hear them think. Cordelia was the first of them to speak
'Hi, it's very nice to meet you ! I'm Cordelia' She said, holding out her hand to the girl.
'I'm Vicky'
'Well, congrats Giles, ol' chap !' Xander patted Giles on the shoulder. Willow and Oz joined Cordelia in greeting the girl, even though the situation was akward.
Buffy just stood aside, then moved up to Giles and said 'Why haven't you told me ?'
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Author: Aset
E-mail: Eponine_Aset@hotmail.com
Distribution: sure, but please mail me first
Feedback: yes please!
Status: not finished
Sequel/Season info: the story takes place in season 3 of Buffy, somewhere before Lover's Walk
Rating: PG-13
Content warnings: none
Summary: Giles' got a daughter!
Disclaimer: Not mine, I guess not even when I win the lottery
Author's note : Sorry if there are mistakes in the text, English isn't my native language, and I haven't got a bèta (care to bèta ? Please mail me ! !)
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1.
'And then he snapped her neck, drinking her blood.'
'But then this yucky thing appears'
'Really, you should've been there !'
Buffy smiled at her friends, 'While you guys were at the movies, I enjoyed a nice evening slaying the dead guys'
'Still, you should've come along !' Xander said, still impressed by the movie
'It was yuck !' Cordelia stated as she noticed the delighted smile on Xander's face.
They were seated in the library. Giles was there too, engrossed in some bulky book, the others sharping stakes.
'I thought it was fun' Willow said, trying to lighten the mood, 'we should do it more often'
Cordelia gave her an icy look
'But maybe a more.you know.romantic movie ?' Willow quickly added.
'Well, I'm sure even Giles here would've like it' Xander said,
'Huh ? What ?' Giles said a bit confused as he looked up.
'Nothing, we were talking about the movie we saw the other night' Willow said.
'Oh.'Giles said before returning to his books.
'So Buffy, did you see Angel yesterday ?' Oz asked.
'Yes.' She took a breath, 'I went to the mansion.we trained'
'by training you mean.' Cordelia looked at her, just like the others, worried.
'training.working out.getting ready for battle' She said
'Oh.'
'Yes, Cordy, working out ! What did you had in mind' Xander smiled as he teased his girl. As reaction, she poked him in the ribs 'oemph !'
Then the schoolbell rang. Moaning they all got up, leaving the library, heading for their history class, leaving Giles and his books behind, mingling with the other students in the hall, happily welcoming the noice of a living school.
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Giles sighed as silence returned. He stood up, and got himself a cop of coffee before returning to his books. He was studying on some demons they'd seen the past weeks, and he was looking for a match for the description he's got. Some kids had seen a slimy, brown blubby demon around. It hadn't harmed anyone yet, but research was safer, just to be sure. The description was vague, and it would take a while, but it was worth it, and it would keep him busy. He was just seated again, and had turned a page when someone entered the library. It was a young, pretty girl with a large rucksack. She was wearing a simple jeans and sweater, and she wore her brown hair in a ponytail.
'Hi' she said as she put her bag down
Giles looked up from his books and frowned. 'Hello, can I help you ?'
The girl smiled at him, 'Maybe..I'm looking for mister Rupert Giles, they said I could find him here'
'I'm him' Giles said as he stood up, walking up to the girl.
The girl's smile grew bigger as they shaked hands, ' I'm Victoria, Victoria Andrews'
'Andrews ?.My God, you're Carol's little girl' Giles said when he recognised the name as his thoughts fled to a time long ago. He saw himself as a young man, back in London, walking arm in arm with a beautiful young woman, both smiling brightly. That woman had been Carol Andrews.
'Yes' she said with a clouded face.
'What are you doing here ?'
'I.I have a letter for you'
'A letter ?'
'Yes.But, can we talk ?'
Giles looked at the girl while he took the letter. There was something about her, about the letter. 'Sure' He gestured to go sit at the tables.
'Do you want something to drink ?'
'No thanks' Victoria said as she went to sit down. She had so many things to tell this man, and so many things to ask him, but she didn't know how.
'So.How's your mother doing ?' Giles asked when he went to sit down opposite to her. He felt the girl was unconfortable, and he still hadn't a clue what she was doing here. He was still holding the letter she'd given to him in his hands, unopened, his name written on it.
'She.She died' Victoria said as tears appeared in her beautiful blue eyes.
Giles didn't know what to do. On one hand he wanted to comfort the girl, but he didn't know her at all, altought she seemed so familiar.
'She was murdered two weeks ago' The girl continued in a monotone voice, then looked at him.
'I'm sorry' he said as he took her hand. He couldn't help but notice how much the girl looked like her mother. The same blue eyes, those lips,.
Victoria took a deep breath as she wiped of her tears, ' You're probably wondering what I'm doing here, right ?'
Giles just looked at her.
'Mom told me about you before she died. She.' Victoria felt a lump in her troat,' she told me you are my father' The girl looked up, looking into Giles' eyes. She didn't really know what she read in them.surprise ? fear ? joy too a bit.
'I ..uhm..' Giles didn't know what to say.
'She never told you, did she ?'
'No.'
A silence fell between them. Victoria looked down to the ground. She din't know what to say anymore. She had imagined this moment so often, but she didn't expect this. to be lost for words. She'd been scared he'd reject her. That he left her an her mother behind and that he wouldn't talk to her. or that he felt remorse, but she never expected to find her father lost for words too.she had kept it a secret from him too.
'I'd better go' the girl said after a moment, while she got up.
'No' Giles said, grabbing her arm,' Please stay'
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'Shouldn't we.you know.be in the library ?' Cordy asked Xander.
He just gave her a smile, 'Don't tell me you want to be in that muffy library while you can be out here, with me'
'Cordelia's right.Giles could use our help' Willow added
'Well, maybe being out here isn't that bad.'Cordelia changed her mind by the thought of a pile of books with gross demons in them in front of her.
They walked up to Buffy and Oz, sitting outside on a bench.
'So, how was History Class ?' Buffy asked, a smile on her face.
'Boring as usual' Xander declared as he sat down in the grass.
'I still don't get it. Why did she hate her mother-in-law ? The woman was just trying to help her out !' Cordelia said, while she went to sit down next to Xander on the sweater he had spread out for her.
'Well, She kept her from seeing her children.'
'But Sophie just wanted what's best for the country'
Willow and Xander sighed. This was hopeless.
'Let's go to the library, see what Giles's up to' Buffy suggested as she got up. They others nodded and followed her.
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Giles and Victoria went to sit down again. A moment of silence passed before Giles spoke.
'I. I visited you and your mother at the clinic in the time.She never told me'
'She told me when she was dying' Victoria looked up, tears in her eyes, 'she told me, and wanted me to go and live with you.'
'Victoria.'
'It's all in the letter. I understand if you don't want to...'
Giles sighed and opened the letter. Slowly the truth sank down.The girl in front of him was really his daughter. In a way he'd knew it all along. The way he and Carol broke up, the way she acted in the clinic,. He'd asked her that question back then, but Carol had gone all crazy, and had swore him the girl was Dave's.
'I.I. This is all new for me too' Giles said as he started reading the letter.
'I understand if you need time.'
'Victoria' Giles sighed. The letter was from Social Services, basically saying that if he didn't officially recognised Victoria as his daughter,and took her in, the girl would have to live in an orphanage. He didn't wanted to push the girl away, on the contrary, but then there was his job as watcher, and all these other secrets he has to keep.
'Please, call me Vicky. Victoria is so stiff.'
'Ok, Vicky.' Giles took a breath, 'I indeed may need some time, but. I do want to get to know you. Maybe we just need to spend some time together, and then see.'
The girl smiled, and got up, walking up to him, giving him a hug 'Thanks for giving me a chance'
Giles started smiling while a tear welled up in his eye. He patted her uncomfortably, not really daring to hug her back
'You're welcome'
Vicky went to sit down again, 'You're just like my mother said you'd be'
'She told you about me ?' Giles asked as he took off his glasses and started to clean them.
'Only because I found this picture. and then' she swallowed, 'when she was dying, she told me.'
'You were with her ?'
Victoria nodded as tears started to make their way down her cheeks. She knew he'd ask her about her mother's death, just like everybody else, but even after having told it over and over again, it still made her cry. She missed her mom.
'She was sitting on the terras, and I was inside, looking for some things 'cause we were going to camp in the garden that night, and I heard her scream. When I ran outside, she was down on the ground, a man squatted down over her. When he heard me, he attacked me.'
Giles had walked up to the girl, trying to comfort her.
'He was really strong.. But when he turned my head, he gasped and ran off.'
'He didn't hurt you ?'
'I got some bruises.'
'And Carol ?'
'Mom was still on the ground, blood all around her, but she was alive. She was dead before the ambulance arrived.'
Vicky stopped and blow her nose.
'Do you think he followed me here ?'she asked as she tried to dry her tears
'Who ?'
'The killer'
Giles put his arm around her, 'You're safe here, I'm sure about it'
She smiled weakly at him.
'Where are you staying ?'
'At the motel'
'Then we'll pick up your stuff after school. and school ?'
'I still got a holiday now.'
'You can go to school here if you want to.'
Vicky smiled and hugged him again.
'It feels good having a father' she said looking into his eyes as she broke free from the embrace. Giles could see tears welling up in her eyes also, making them even more blue.
'Well, it's good to have a daughter too.'
Then the Scooby gang entered 'We're back !' 'Time to get out of those dusty books.hello !' Xander came in, greeting the stranger in the chair.
Victoria got a bit uncomfortable with everybody staring at her. It had been hard enough to tell this man he was her father.
'Hi' Cordelia said, a radiant smile covering her face. Victoria just smiled shyly.
Giles coughed uncomfortably, 'Uhm. Xander, everybody.this is Victoria.my daughter.'
Shock, big shock ! Everybody just frose there for a moment. You could almost hear them think. Cordelia was the first of them to speak
'Hi, it's very nice to meet you ! I'm Cordelia' She said, holding out her hand to the girl.
'I'm Vicky'
'Well, congrats Giles, ol' chap !' Xander patted Giles on the shoulder. Willow and Oz joined Cordelia in greeting the girl, even though the situation was akward.
Buffy just stood aside, then moved up to Giles and said 'Why haven't you told me ?'
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