Brooklyn sat through the rest of her classes safely which she was beyond grateful but she'd begun to regret the move she'd made earlier. It was almost time for her to meet Giles in the library and she couldn't shake the butterflies.

After her last class, she made her way slowly to the library dreading it more with each step. She could just go home and avoid him forever but that didn't seem like the right thing to do. Maybe he'd pretend it hadn't happened and she'd just follow his lead. Her internal dialogue stopped abruptly as she got to the library doors.

"Brooklyn, I'm glad you're here. We need to speak about what happened this morning," Giles said as he stood there leaning back on the table as if he'd been waiting.

Brooklyn's cheeks turned bright red with embarrassment as she spoke, "Wouldn't it be better to not and isn't Buffy coming?"

Giles shook his head as he stood and gestured for her to follow him, "She found the student in question and she's taking care of that. Come into my office so we can talk privately," he requested, his tone the most confident she'd ever heard it.

Brooklyn swallowed nervously as she followed him, her feet barely wanting to make each step. Once she was inside, she sat down on the small sofa against the back wall, "I know you're furious with me and it was very inappropriate. I'm so sorry but I thought I could die today and I was afraid to not let you know how I feel. If you don't want me around anymore, I completely understand," she blurted out, her words rushing out.

Giles took a seat next to her, taking her hand into his own, "The problem is that I do want you around and I feel the same thing you do. But, you're a student and we cannot have any sort of relationship. I'd like you to stay and help but we can't be alone together anymore," he explained, his eyes looked sad as he spoke.

Brooklyn nodded, swallowing again to choke back the part of her that wanted to cry, "I get it. We will cancel the sword fighting lessons and I won't come without the others. Again, I'm very sorry. I hope we can get past it and still be friends," she said pulling her hand away as she got up and almost ran out of the library, wanting to get as far away as possible before her tears broke free.

A/N: Sorry its kind of a short one but it's packed with feels :( More to come!