Chapter 2
RIIIING!!!
The shrill of the telephone interrupted Giles sleep. He immediately grabbed the phone and said "Hello?"
"Giles?" said the quiet voice.
"Buffy!" Giles was fully awake now. "Is that you?"
"Giles, I...I..." Buffy began to sob quietly.
"Buffy, I'm on my way." Giles said.
"Please, hurry." Buffy whispered. Then she hung up.
Giles was dressed and out the door in less that five minutes. He jumped in his car and was at Buffy's house in less than 10 minutes. He jumped out of the car and walked quickly to the door. The nurse immediately opened the door for Giles before he even knocked.
"Mr. Giles, thank heavens you are here," the nurse said. "Buffy has been calling for you for the last fifteen minutes or so."
"Thank you, Miss Farrell." Giles said as he brushed past her and quickly ran up the stairs to Buffy's room.
As Giles approached the door to Buffy's room he stopped walking and took a deep breathe. Just as he reached to open the door, Buffy called out his name. The sound broke his heart. She was completely terrified. He quickly opened the door.
Buffy looked up at him from the corner where she was sitting, her knees drawn to her and her hands clasped firmly around them. Tears where just falling from her eyes. She looked like a scared animal, ready to bolt for cover at any second.
"Giles?" she said sounding as if she wasn't believing what she was seeing.
"I'm here Buffy," Giles said as he walked over to her in the corner.
"Oh Giles," Buffy cried. "Is it really you?"
"Yes, Buffy, it's really me." Giles kneeled down in front of her.
"Oh my God!!" she started crying uncontrollably. "Mom, Dad!!! Angel!! They are gone! Giles I have no one left. It's all been taken away from me!"
"Shhh. Sweetheart. Try to relax." Giles gathered her into his arms. She felt like a rag doll against him. She continued to sob as he picked her up. She put her arms around his neck tightly as if she was never going to let go.
"Giles, don't leave me!!! I couldn't take it if you left me too," she said as he put her down on the bed.
"Never Buffy. I'll stay here as long as you'll have me." Giles said, his voice full of emotion.
Buffy threw herself back into Giles arms, nearly sending both of them to the floor. Giles was just barely able to keep his balance. "I need you, Giles. I know that I'm not doing well. I don't know what to do though. I'm so scared. I don't want to end up in the mental ward at Sunnydale General."
Giles just hugged her, never wanting to let go.
*****
After several hours, Buffy finally fell asleep. He went down to talk with the nurse.
"Miss Farrell, how long has Buffy been speaking?" Giles asked the nurse.
"She just started about 15 minutes before you called. Took me by surprise actually. The poor girl hasn't said one word since I've been here. She hardly acknowledges my presence. She has been eating the meals I bring her and she takes care of her personal hygiene. Not once has she said anything. But for the 15 minutes before you arrived, all she said was Giles, over and over again. I tried to go in to calm her down but she fought me off." the nurse said.
"Fine. That will be all Miss Farrell. I think that your work here is finished. I'll be staying with Buffy from now on. I will contact the Council in the morning and make arrangements for your departure." Giles told her.
"Very well, if that's what you think is best," the nurse said. "Since you are here, do you mind if I go ahead and get a bit of rest?"
"Not at all. Please relax and I'll see you when you wake up." Giles said.
As the nurse began to walk up the stairs, Giles said "And Miss Farrell, I want to thank you for your service here. Thank you for taking care of Buffy."
"The pleasure was mine, Mr. Giles. I just hope she'll be okay. Her reputation is well known among the Council. You should be very proud of her." The nurse said, sincerely.
"I am." Giles said.
Giles sat down on the couch and began to think about what he should do. "I need to do what is best for Buffy."
RIIIING!!!
The shrill of the telephone interrupted Giles sleep. He immediately grabbed the phone and said "Hello?"
"Giles?" said the quiet voice.
"Buffy!" Giles was fully awake now. "Is that you?"
"Giles, I...I..." Buffy began to sob quietly.
"Buffy, I'm on my way." Giles said.
"Please, hurry." Buffy whispered. Then she hung up.
Giles was dressed and out the door in less that five minutes. He jumped in his car and was at Buffy's house in less than 10 minutes. He jumped out of the car and walked quickly to the door. The nurse immediately opened the door for Giles before he even knocked.
"Mr. Giles, thank heavens you are here," the nurse said. "Buffy has been calling for you for the last fifteen minutes or so."
"Thank you, Miss Farrell." Giles said as he brushed past her and quickly ran up the stairs to Buffy's room.
As Giles approached the door to Buffy's room he stopped walking and took a deep breathe. Just as he reached to open the door, Buffy called out his name. The sound broke his heart. She was completely terrified. He quickly opened the door.
Buffy looked up at him from the corner where she was sitting, her knees drawn to her and her hands clasped firmly around them. Tears where just falling from her eyes. She looked like a scared animal, ready to bolt for cover at any second.
"Giles?" she said sounding as if she wasn't believing what she was seeing.
"I'm here Buffy," Giles said as he walked over to her in the corner.
"Oh Giles," Buffy cried. "Is it really you?"
"Yes, Buffy, it's really me." Giles kneeled down in front of her.
"Oh my God!!" she started crying uncontrollably. "Mom, Dad!!! Angel!! They are gone! Giles I have no one left. It's all been taken away from me!"
"Shhh. Sweetheart. Try to relax." Giles gathered her into his arms. She felt like a rag doll against him. She continued to sob as he picked her up. She put her arms around his neck tightly as if she was never going to let go.
"Giles, don't leave me!!! I couldn't take it if you left me too," she said as he put her down on the bed.
"Never Buffy. I'll stay here as long as you'll have me." Giles said, his voice full of emotion.
Buffy threw herself back into Giles arms, nearly sending both of them to the floor. Giles was just barely able to keep his balance. "I need you, Giles. I know that I'm not doing well. I don't know what to do though. I'm so scared. I don't want to end up in the mental ward at Sunnydale General."
Giles just hugged her, never wanting to let go.
*****
After several hours, Buffy finally fell asleep. He went down to talk with the nurse.
"Miss Farrell, how long has Buffy been speaking?" Giles asked the nurse.
"She just started about 15 minutes before you called. Took me by surprise actually. The poor girl hasn't said one word since I've been here. She hardly acknowledges my presence. She has been eating the meals I bring her and she takes care of her personal hygiene. Not once has she said anything. But for the 15 minutes before you arrived, all she said was Giles, over and over again. I tried to go in to calm her down but she fought me off." the nurse said.
"Fine. That will be all Miss Farrell. I think that your work here is finished. I'll be staying with Buffy from now on. I will contact the Council in the morning and make arrangements for your departure." Giles told her.
"Very well, if that's what you think is best," the nurse said. "Since you are here, do you mind if I go ahead and get a bit of rest?"
"Not at all. Please relax and I'll see you when you wake up." Giles said.
As the nurse began to walk up the stairs, Giles said "And Miss Farrell, I want to thank you for your service here. Thank you for taking care of Buffy."
"The pleasure was mine, Mr. Giles. I just hope she'll be okay. Her reputation is well known among the Council. You should be very proud of her." The nurse said, sincerely.
"I am." Giles said.
Giles sat down on the couch and began to think about what he should do. "I need to do what is best for Buffy."