Secrets & Lies

I heard the sound of my alarm which woke me out of my peaceful sleep. It had been two months since school had started and fall had arrived.

When I arrived at school, I immediately went to the library to talk to Giles.

"Demonic activity has begun to increase again," Giles stated.

"Hello to you too, Giles," I replied.

"Hello Buffy," Giles greeted me.

"What do you think is going on?" I wondered.

"I don't know," Giles responded. "Do you mind speaking with Angelus about it?"

"I will talk to him," I agreed before the bell rang. "I have to get to class."

When I arrived at the mansion, I expected Angelus to be there, but he was not. After waiting for him for an hour, Angelus finally showed up.

"Hi," I greeted him.

"Hey," Angelus replied.

"Where have you been?" I wondered.

"I had to get some blood from the blood bank," Angelus answered.

I looked at his hands to see that he was not carrying any blood bags.

"You do not have any blood bags," I pointed out.

"I just needed blood tonight," Angelus replied.

I knew that he was lying, but I decided not to say anything about it.

"Do you know who is behind the increase in demonic activity?" I asked.

Angelus shook his head, "No. I will look into it though."

"Thanks," I responded getting up from the sofa and headed towards the door.

"Where are you going?" Angelus questioned.

"I am going to go home. It has been a long day. I'm tired," I lied.

"Ok. I will see you tomorrow," Angelus said with hope.

I nodded, "Yea, you will."

I had a hard time going to sleep. I knew that Angelus was hiding something from me because he was lying about the blood bank. I just hoped that he had not reverted back to his old ways. I need to find out before it was too late.

After school ended, I went to the mansion to find out if Angelus was planning anything. I knew that he slept like the dead, so he would not hear me.

I went into the study and looked through his desk, but I did not find anything of importance. Then, I walked into the hidden room behind the bookcase. Angelus still did not know that I knew about the room. Apparently, I took a seat at the desk that had papers and books stacked on it. Everything was written in a foreign language, so I could not read it.

Giles could translate it, but I did not want him to know that Angelus was planning something. However, I needed to know the truth

I grabbed the papers and books to take them to the school library.

"I found these in Angelus' hidden room. I can't read them, so I need you to translate them for me," I informed Giles putting the papers and books in front of him.

"What's going on?" Giles asked with concern.

"Angelus lied to me last night, so I decided to find out why. I need to know what he is planning before it's too late," I explained.

"I will make copies of the material and translate it," Giles said.

"Thank you," I said gratefully.

"You're welcome," Giles replied.

After Giles made copies of the materials, I returned the papers and books to the hidden room and went home. I was not in the mood to deal with Angelus because I knew that he was hiding something from me.