Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters, they all regretfully belong to Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemies productions not me.

    Authors note: I REALLY played with the Buffy timeline in this story so bear with me and please tell me what you think. The story takes place in season two.

                   "Jenny" she turned at the sound of her name and looked up, he was standing in her classroom doorway. " Rupert come in" she said " What's up can I help you with some thing" " I figured we should talk" he said coming in and shutting the door, "Don't you think it's about time " "I guess " Jenny said " Where do we start" " You lied to me " he said  " Apparently there" she quipped then saw the look on his face " I did Rupert, I really did and I don't expect you to get over it right away but you have to realize what's done is done, I can't change that no matter how much I want to " " You lied to me from the beginning " he went on as if she hadn't spoken  " You betrayed me, said you loved me then stabbed me in the back" " No" she said her eyes filling up with tears " All I was doing was "-" Was what" he spat his face going red with anger " Obeying your clan, following orders, being loyal" " Yes " she said tears flowing freely now " It's all I was ever taught, I really did love you " " What would you know of loyalty and love? " he said stepping towards her" Miserable, lying, gypsy, WHORE! I could never love somebody like you" he backed her up against the desk, raised a hand and

                -Jenny sat straight up in bed, trying to catch her breath, she was shaking so hard that her teeth rattled and she couldn't stop them no matter how hard she tried. The clock beside the bed read 2:45 am as the dream began to come back to her in fragments and she felt real tears well up. She lay back down and let them flow, hoping maybe that they could was away all that she had done. As she cried herself back to sleep, she prayed that tomorrow would dawn a better day and everything would look better in the morning.

             It didn't. As she ran to her car ten minutes late in the pouring rain, only to discover the damn thing wouldn't start, she deemed that today was going to be just like yesterday.  She called the school to let them know she was going to be late then grabbed a cab and got their twenty minutes after first period had started. Deciding her shoes could go to hell. She sprinted across the lawn and inside shaking the water off her umbrella as she did so. Then she decided that that her students would be fine with a sub for the rest of the period and changing directions she headed towards the faculty lounge in a quest for coffee. She rounded a corner and instantly regretted it; Rupert was their talking to Buffy about something. She felt a pain almost physical in her chest, she hated what she had done to them but she had no choice in the matter, clan loyalty was the most important thing she had ever been taught. Rupert was just going to have to accept that, but oh she did miss him. As she grew closer she could here their conversation," Come on Giles it'll be fun" Buffy said " Yah" her friend Willow put in  " It's just the gang patrolling then going to Buffy's for pizza and movies" " Mom's out of town" Buffy filed in " Till Thursday, please". Giles looked at the girl who had gotten a pouty little girl, lost puppy dog look on her face," No I don't think so, as much as I would enjoy being bored out of my skull with vapid teen movies, I don't think it would be appropriate." The forehead furrowed and the lower lip came out," That look has no effect on me what so ever " he said looking at her " I'm still not coming" .If it was even possible Buffy made herself look even more depressed. Giles glanced at her; his features set " No". The chin began to tremble," All, right, all right I'll go just stop doing that!" he cried." Doing what " she said with a smile " every one's going to meet at the cemetery gates at eight o clock then –" her voice cut off as Jenny neared them and her features went like ice. At Buffy's expression, Rupert looked then his features went as cold as the young slayer's. " Ms. Calendar" he said stiffly. " Rupert" she said with a sad smile, then she hurried to the faculty lounge as fast as she could shutting the door behind her, so she could be alone in her misery. Someone had made fresh coffee and she sat with a cup, hiding she knew, from the outside world but wanting to be alone just the same. Suddenly the bell rang for second period, so much for that idea, she grabbed her bag and hurried off to her class. " Your late" Snyder snapped " I covered for you" she winced, that was just what her student's needed first thing in the morning, a good healthy dose of rat, little troll she really hated that man. " Okay class " she said, " we're doing spread sheets again so if you'll open up the software, we'll get started"

                        Much later after classes had ended for the day Jenny sat at her computer, her lessons were done and she was working on a spell for a friend who was having a time of, it with a spirit in her infant daughter's room. She needed a powerful banishing spell, trouble was she couldn't find one, not on the net nor in any of the few books she had, and she had one too, she just didn't know where it was.  She knew the third volume of kasha, had powerful banishing spells in it  " But where the hell is it?" she muttered shutting off her computer and sitting back in her chair.  It wasn't at home, she had practically torn her apartment apart and she couldn't find it. The problem was it didn't appear to be here ether   She rubbed her temples this day just couldn't get any worse. Wrong again, suddenly a very unappealing thought occurred to her, when she had worked with Rupert, books had been exchanged, very few times because she had very few books, but exchanges had taken place. So there was a good chance it was in the library, Jenny cringed at the thought of going in there, it was totally Rupert's territory and with the way things were between them… " Arrgh" she muttered  " Get a hold of yourself Jenny, Kieran is counting on you". Biting the bullet she stood and headed for the library.

                  Jenny didn't know why but it felt odd to be going in to the library, it was partially dark and kind of creepy at night. What was she saying; it was partially dark and creepy during the day, that's why the students hardly ever came in here. This of course put Rupert in tweed filled seventh heaven. " Hello" she called " Is anyone here", no answer " Hello" she called again. Rupert's sudden appearance out of his office nearly made her jump out of her skin " Ms. Calendar " he said, she whirled around " You startled me" she said " Sorry " he replied coolly " Can I help you with something?" " I need to talk to you about something" she said. He looked at her and she saw the hurt in his eyes as he said, " I don't believe we have anything to say". She smiled " Relax Rupert it's not really personal, I just need my Kasha" " Your what?" he said looking adorably confused " The third volume of Kasha " she elaborated " The one with the banishing spells in it, I need it and I think I gave it to you." Oh" he said " Quite right, it's in my office " she followed him in and saw him take the book off of his shelf; " here it is" he said " Banishing something". She nodded " A friend needs me to get a angry sprit out of her infant daughter's room, fast before something happens". He looked at her " A specific spirit " he asked, she shook her head " Just a mean spirited poltergeist" He held out the book with a nod of his own " Right, be sure to tell me how it turns out " he paused for a moment " And do be careful Jenny" she smiled " I will be".

 She reached to take the book and…  later she wouldn't exactly be sure what had caused it to all happen, all she knew was that one moment she had been reaching for the book, their hands brushed and the next she was in Rupert's   arms. They kissed passionately, broke for air and kissed again and again.  Rupert pulled back " We should stop" he rasped " Before this goes to far" " Your right" Jenny said " This can't happen right now, it would be wrong with the way things are between us ". They knew however what they said it was to late, emotions had been building for weeks and neither of them wanted to stop. They kissed again and began to back pedal towards Rupert's couch, she kicked the office door closed as they went. Then they were in each other's arms and every thing was forgotten as blind passion took them over.

                After they lay there wrapped together in the wool blanket Rupert normally kept draped on the end of the couch, s not knowing what to say to each other.  They didn't speak for a long time until Jenny said with a small laugh " Well this definitely wasn't what I came here for ". She felt regret well up inside of her like a fountain and she struggled to keep her emotion's in check, she knew Rupert was feeling it too.  Silence reigned until Rupert shocked her by saying " I missed you Jenny". She smiled " I missed you to" then reality set in for both of them. " This can't change anything," he said. She nodded " I know, worse it complicates things even more " she wrapped the blanket around herself and standing began to look for her cloths. "Buffy's your first priority Rupert" she said    "And believe me I understand that, I betrayed you and it will take time for things to heal" .He nodded " Especially since Angel is currently maiming the SunnyDale populous, but maybe she'd understand ". Jenny shook her head " She hates me right now and after all I've done, I don't blame her ". He smiled and they kissed one last time as she picked up her book. " Someday" he said, Jenny nodded " Just not right now" she said then she turned and walked out. " Jenny" he called after her, she turned " Do you regret what we did". She smiled " No, Rupert, not for an instant". She hurried out of the library in to the night, smiling as she went. There was hope for them now she knew, it would just take time for things to settle and like she said heal. She resolved that she would give Rupert as much time as he needed and for that matter Buffy too. Everything would come right with time.

Her plan worked great

Until exactly a month later she discovered she was having Rupert's baby.

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