Disclaimer: I do not own BtVS. All I own are my own ideas. Also I have about 10 dollars to my name so go ahead and sue me if you want. You won't get much, if anything.
A/N: Ok so this is set around… hell I don't know. Buffy is out of high school definitely. Oh and Merrick isn't dead. Plus Spike is at Giles's. He has a semi-okay relationship with the Scoobies. Other than that, well you will just have to wait and see.
11:00 pm
Giles was sitting down with a cup of tea and a good book just relaxing, as much as he could anyway with Spike watching television. Ever since Willow had convinced him not to keep Spike chained up in his bathtub (which as much as he disagreed with her, it was easier not to have to unlock him every so often) and since Xander had discovered his television, Spike had been sitting in front of it most nights instead of leaving his flat. It wasn't too much of a bother, but with no impending doom lurking around the corner he wanted to just enjoy the peace and quiet for once.
"Spike would you please turn that infernal contraption off?"
"Come on Watcher, this is a good episode!"
Giles just glared at him, with a look of Ripper coming to the surface. Spike luckily got the message and flicked the TV off.
"What's got into you Rupes?"
"I would like just one night of relaxation." Just a cup of tea and a good book. No apocalypses lurking around the corner.
"Fine, all you had to do was ask." Spike picked up a book of condensed poetry and leaned back into the sofa. It was seldom he let William come to the surface, but hell if the Watcher was relaxing then damn; he had a right to relax as well.
KNOCK! KNOCK!
'Figures' Giles thought, 'I can't have one night to relax' But this was the cost of being a Watcher.
"Just a moment," he said as he headed to the door. As he opened the door he gasped. In the entryway stood a man cradling a girl in his arms.
"Rupert I need your help."
"Merrick?"
A/N: I know, I am evil. Leaving the first chapter on a cliffie, but I gotta do something to keep you readers coming back for more.
A/N: I decided to have Merrick not be dead, you can thank me later…or now. Either way I'm not picky. As for Giles not keeping Spike locked up, don't you think it would be inconvenient for him to have to unlock Spike every time he wanted to bathe? I think so, and as for the TV show Spike was watching, just say it was South Park. Spike's a pig, and from what I have heard South Park is a pretty dirty minded show so it fits. Well anyway keep reading and as I have said in the past Read It, Love It, Review It!