Chapter 14 -- Maybe You Don't Want To Give Love Advice When They're Hold Something Sharp....
The Doctor had noticed the boy, Connor, tended to keep his distance from both himself and Kyra. And Buffy, as well, but just about everybody kept their distance from Buffy. Willow was the brave one.
While Dawn was demanding more stories of Kyra, and the Slayer was protesting that she was not a story jukebox, he slipped out teh door to explore the complex. The Archive Building was surprisingly vast, and stuffed to the absolute brim with books and texts and documents and computers.
And weapons. There were lots and lots of weapons.
He saw Connor in one of the armories, putting away weapons that had been left out after the Slayers' Christmas Eve training session.
"Not big on Christmas, I take it," he said.
Connor glanced up, then shrugged. "It's a big deal for my family, but they're in the States right now. I called 'em earlier."
"There's something on your mind."
"Nothing important."
"If it wasn't important, you wouldn't look like someone'd just kicked your puppy."
"Well, I don't have a puppy, so..."
"Does she know you're in love with her?"
The boy froze. "What?"
"Kyra."
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"Oh, come on. I'm older than the Earth. I've seen that look on many, many men. Not all of them human."
"No. And she's not gonna know."
"Why not?"
"Because she's having the time of her life," Connor said. "It would just give her something to...I don't know, tie her down, hold her back. I'm not gonna do that to her."
"You know, eventually she's going to have to come back. To stay."
"Then I'll talk to her then. Not now."
"I'm gonna hold you to that. When that day does come, I'm not leaving til you do."
Connor snorted. "And even if you did, you'd come back. You always do, at least for Kyra."
"Can't help it. Fond of her."
"Yeah, she's fond of you, too."
"Well, it's not every day your godfather is a time traveler."
"Nah, I'd say that's pretty rare."
The Doctor smiled. "Well, I'm sure we'll be off soon. Good luck. Oh, and say hello to your father for me."
"I'm almost positive you don't know my father."
The Doctor paused in the doorway. "I meant Angel."
Connor's head jerked up. "What?" But he was already gone.
"Typical."
TBC...