Giles had taken Buffy to Toronto to pick up a book on rare demons, and to give her a break from the phone. There were on their way home to Cleveland, listening quietly to Giles' selection of music on the radio. Giles was totally surprised that Buffy didn't complain. Unfortunately it also told him how this was affecting his Slayer.

"I'm going to call her." Dawn decided. She got the cell phone out of her small purse and dialed Buffy's number.

"Hello?" Buffy answered.

"Buffy! He's not cheating! It was a jealous ex-girlfriend making trouble for Jay. Do you wanna hear the message?" Dawn blurted it out all at once.

"Yes! Yes, play it!" Buffy demanded, sitting up straight in her seat, fumbling with the seatbelt that was about to choke her.

Giles looked over at his Slayer and saw her eyes light up as she listened to the phone.

Dawn came back on, "Did you hear?"

Buffy nodded even though Dawn couldn't see her, "Thanks Dawnie, you've made my day." She sat back with a sigh and closed her eyes.

"It was an ex-girlfriend and he didn't know that she answered the phone. He still loves me."

Giles curved into the turn headed for Detroit, "Call him Buffy."

Her fingers trembled as she pushed the buttons.

"Coburn."

"I love you." Buffy said quietly.

"Oh god! Buffy, I am so sorry, I didn't know, if I have known I would have…"

"Shush." Buffy interrupted gently. "I should have talked to you, asked for an explanation. I've been hurt and decided that you were guilty. Can you forgive me?"

Jay smiled, "There is nothing to forgive. You are my everything."

Buffy's eyes filled with tears, "I love you."

They talked about his ex, Buffy laughing at his description of her and she felt her heart ease a little more.

"Um Babe, I'll be out of town for a few days but I promise I'll call you when I get back. And Buffy? We'll go away together somewhere, ok?"

"You bet. I love you Jay."

"Me too."

Buffy closed her phone, letting it slide to the seat between Giles and herself, her face transformed.

"I'm so tired." She whispered.

"You sleep now Buffy." Giles murmured quietly, happy that it was settled and that Buffy's faith was justified.

When Jay came into work the next morning there was a bounce in his step and a sparkle in his eye. Jack stopped by and was astounded at the turnaround.

"Everything ok?"

"That bitch Margo answered the phone while I was in the shower and made Buffy think she was going to get into the shower with me."

Jack whistled, "Bitch is right. Is Buffy ok? Do I need to castrate you for her?" a helpful tone in his voice.

Jay laughed, "Thanks but we're ok now. She has trust issues and this didn't help but we'll work on it."

"Excellent, I think I'll call her while you're gone and put my 2 cents in." Jack's face was mischievous.

"Jack, don't screw this up for me."

"Moi?"

"Yes you Miss Piggy."

The Next day in the gateroom at the SGC-

SG2 milled around in the gateroom waiting for the malp transmission to clear. Jay was ecstatic he and Buffy were back on track, he was back in the game joking with his team while he waited for General Hammond to give them a go. His face softened as he patted the pocket where his picture of Buffy was. He didn't notice that Simon was more quiet than usual.

Jack watched from the glassed in control room, a frown on his face. His instincts were screaming and he had learned long ago to trust them. Ireland was acting squirrelly, and Jay was so high that he didn't see it. About to go down he was stopped by General Hammond saying, "SG2, you have a go."

"Damn." Jack said softly as he watched them march through the Stargate.

"Colonel?" General Hammond asked.

"I have a bad feeling." Jack replied watching the gate shut down. "George, we need to talk."

Cleveland

Buffy was sleeping deeply when suddenly she was in a tropical paradise. 'Florida?' Buffy wondered when she turned and saw a huge metallic ring start to light up. 'Ok, weirdness.' There was a big 'whoosh' of what looked like water that shot out, then settled to look as flat as a pond. As she watched she saw Jay and his team step through, all wearing green camouflage weapons at the ready as the walked down the ramp into the deep grass. Jay had a green baseball cap, worn backwards on his head and he pulled out a pair of sunglasses and put them on.

"Ok Boys, Hayden, you're point. Let's see what there is to see."

Buffy found that she could move so she decided to follow them. It was enlightening to see what Jay did for a living. It was also very sexy to see him in alpha male mode. His head swiveled constantly and he kept an eye on his team as they hiked through the tall grasses. Buffy noticed Simon falling back and saw Jay notice too.

"C'mon Simon, don't get lost."

As they continued there was a sound and Jay held up his right forearm, hand fisted which was a signal to stop. Listening they could hear the sound of booted feet marching but it had a metallic undertone.

"Sounds like Jaffa, Boss." Hayden said quietly.

"Shit." Jay cursed and signaled for everyone to fall back to hide.

Soon a squad of men, stylized tattoos of a lion head on their foreheads, came quick marching out of the trees. They wore glistening armor and carried metal staff's of some kind. She watched in horror as several stopped and opened fire on Jay's and Hayden's positions, knocking out Jay and wounding Hayden.

Simon saw this and jumped up, but instead of checking on them he turned and sprinted the other way. Walters heard the weapons fire but didn't see who was hit so when he didn't see his team members and the Jaffa marched away he headed back towards the gate. As he stopped and looked around carefully he didn't see Simon, who rose out of the tall grass and shot Walters in the back, killing him instantly. Simon checked to see if his teammate was alive, rifled the man's backpack for something, then dragged the body into the tall grass. He did something, the ring opened and he stepped back through without a second glance.

Buffy jerked awake, sweat pouring down her body. Rubbing her face she got up to wash her sweaty face, her haunted eyes looking back at her from the mirror. Sighing she went back to sleep and didn't dream again.

SGC

When Ireland came back through the gate alone alarm bells sounded strongly through Jack and General Hammond. His explanation of what happened sounded plausible, but not possible. Jack was heartsick that he hadn't said anything and now Jay and Hayden were missing and presumed dead, and young Walter's missing in action.

Jack argued unsuccessfully to lead a rescue mission until he was blue in the face. The General wanted to wait until they could use a flying recon drone to check out the area the next day.