You're my What?
Part 10
Buffy and Dawn chatted as they headed to the college. Giles had given them several names to make contact with while they were in Washington. It was important that the Council maintain ties and perhaps make new ones. That being the case they were going to talk to a Doctor Reginald Philips an old classmates of Giles.
They hoped he could be convinced to rejoin the council on at least a part time basis. They knew from research that the former watcher was active in the local Wicca community and helped to control the local were population. He had himself been infected and as a result kicked out of the council as being a "dangerous creature". Giles had not agreed with this and had remained in loose contact with him over the years. Buffy liked the idea of meeting members of the local pack before the full moon. It might well prevent confirmations. Plus he was likely to have some information on the supernatural community. It was all well and good to get some info from the bars but, a reliable honest source was always better. Besides, if the man had been a wolf for over 25 years he had to have some really good ideas on control. That was something Buffy wanted to learn. She never wanted to hurt anyone. If a wolf could help her find a way to protect their people she was all for it. Plus she wanted to warn him that Cain had been seen heading toward the states.
Dawn held on as Buffy drove. She was regretting not going with Xander. She sighed as Buffy whipped into a parking space. Her sister cut it close. Oh, not close as in being near their location. No they were close as in right next to the nearest car in the last open space within a walking distance to their meeting. However, one thing Dawn knew was that Buffy would never risk scratching her baby. She loved the car. Dawn grinned as they got out. It was going to be a bit of a hike but, plus side there were a group of young men playing football on the quad. Most had their shirts off. Ok I can walk because the view is just yummy.
Buffy knew that they had to walk, the thing was she was feeling restless. A half mile walk was the best she could do for the moment. Plus this far out she was certain her car would be safe enough. After all it was a paid spot and it was for long term parking so no one was going to just rush in and out. She hoped. She locked the car door and noted Dawn was smiling. Ok why? She followed her sisters gaze and sighed. Well, boy watching was harmless. However they did not really have a lot of time for this. "Dawn we have to hurry."
"Yeah, ok but, damn they are hot. You should be glad it's me and not Faith with ya."
Buffy rolled her eyes and thought. If Faith was here I might be tempted to go hunting for a cute guy with her. Oh well, later. "Let's go. I am hoping Dr. Philips can direct us to the Criminal Justice Wing. I know Sara has classes today. We might be able to catch her when we are done with him."
"Cool a two for one trip. We could maybe take Sara to lunch. It would save having to try to catch her later. Too bad there was not a current phone number."
"Yeah, well hopefully we can catch her. I think it might be easier with her then Tim." Buffy said with a sad smile.
"Why?" Dawn asked. "Oh, yeah Damn Stiles. I thought your records were supposed to be sealed?"
"They were but, you know it never works out like that. Besides, Tim is a super computer geek. I don't think the seals would keep him out."
"Oh, to bad Willow's taken." Dawn said with a smile. "I mean it be cool if she was able to hook up with Tim. She's be a real sister then."
Buffy nodded. "Yeah, well her, Xander and Faith are family no matter what. They have all more than earned it."
Dawn noted that Buffy did not claim Giles as family. She smiled at that. Clearly her sister thought Giles was more.
Buffy did not notice the look of consideration on her sister's face. She just headed toward the building. "Come on we have to hurry. I would like to get there between class changes."
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Tony Dinozzo wanted to jump for joy. His contacts had hit pay dirt. It seemed a dark blue Corvette had recently been brought in for repair to its front end. He grinned as he saw Gibbs walk in. It was nice to be the go to man for a change. He looked over and noted McGee was still running his program. Sometimes old fashioned police work rocked.
Gibbs headed down to the bull pen. His team had better have news because this case was getting hot. He just got off MTAC and the team in L.A. was also scrambling. Hettie was enraged and Gibbs was not looking forward to having to deal with her. She was a damned fine agent but she was scary. Not that he would ever admit that to his team of course. He sipped his coffee and noted the smug look on Tony's face. That could only mean success which was good. Gibbs resisted smiling at his protégée agent. It would not due for him to see how proud he was of his hard work. It was not that Gibbs did not value all his agents he did. However he drove Tony hard but, only because he knew the young man needed it. He was a good investigator driven and intelligent. He used his gut and was a natural leader. Of course he hid those traits behind a playboy persona and a carefree attitude. That was fine in some situations. However, Gibbs knew the young man could be so much more. He prayed he would eventually grow past that image and into the fine agent he knew he could be. The last year had shown the potential Tony had and Gibbs was going to nurture it until Tony became the agent Gibbs knew he could be. The best NCIS agent he had ever personally recruited and trained.
TBC