Thank you to all of you who reviewed. I really appreciate it. Sorry to
leave you guys hanging so long, but there have been tests, homework, and
right now a big fight with a few of my friends. But, it's my problem not
yours, so, on with the story.
Disclaimer: Same as last time I don't own any characters in this story. Although I wish I owned Spike.
Warning: A spoiler for an episode in season two. Joyce dates a robot. Also for another character. Mr. Trick. Not a huge spoiler, just a little hint really but just in case.
Chapter 4
Buffy is still crying in her room. Joyce and Giles are outside dozing. Buffy's sobs stop suddenly.
"Giles, wake up. I think she's stopped." Joyce says, shaking Giles.
"Ah, good. She'll be much more reasonable now." Giles reassures her, "Buffy. We'd like to talk to you."
Giles steps into the room. Buffy turns to look at him. She picks up a vase and hurls it at Giles. "Get out of my house!" she screams at him.
"Buffy, be reasonable." Giles says.
"Stay away from my mother!" she yells, throwing a book at him.
"Buffy. You were given supernatural strength to help you in your duties as a slayer, not to throw things at your watcher. Now, we're all going to sit downstairs and talk about how we're feeling." He says, ducking to avoid the book.
"Feeling!" Buffy screeches while reloading, "I thought I made it perfectly clear how I'm feeling!" She hurls yet another book at Giles' head.
"Buffy?" Joyce says, entering the room, "I know this is a little awkward and you're upset."
"Gee, y'think?" Buffy snaps.
"I believe I started to notice when you began throwing things at me." Giles snapped back at her, "And don't speak to your mother like that."
Buffy's eyes glaze over with uncontrollable fury and in less than a second she has Giles pinned up against the wall. "Don't you dare tell me what to do! You know very well that I could snap you like a twig so don't tempt me because I will." Buffy threatens.
"Buffy." Joyce says warningly, "Put Rupert down and we'll all go downstairs to the kitchen and have a nice little talk.
Buffy slowly lowers Giles to the floor. She shoots him a dirty look and storms off downstairs.
"Well," Giles said, "that went…well."
Chapter 5
"Now Buffy, I know this is awkward, and I don't want to make you unhappy. But, try to remember that this isn't like Ted or something. For a start, Giles is not a robot and you've known him since we moved here to Sunnydale so there wouldn't be any fake buddy buddy stuff. Oh, and he hates miniature golf." Joyce explains, "But if this makes you feel unhappy I won't date Rupert. But, do you think you could ever come to accept this?"
Buffy pauses to think about it for a while. "I think I might have overreacted. I think I could learn to deal with it. But, I think, scratch that I know, that seeing Giles in pink fluffy bunny slippers was not the way to start our new relationship." Buffy says.
Joyce breaks into a relieved smile, "I'm glad we talked about this and I know this will work out better than it did with Ted. I mean, how could it not. You're much less likely to kill Rupert since he's your watcher. And a non-robot."
Chapter 6
"You're kidding!" Xander says, eyes wide with disbelief, "Someone, please tell me that she's kidding. There is no way Giles would even own bunny slippers, let alone wear them!"
"Xander!" Willow says, glaring at him, "Missing the big picture here!"
"What?" Xander says, looking confused, "Oh! Right. Giles and your mom? Tell me you're kidding!"
"No." Buffy answers, "Really freaky news here. I think I'm actually okay with it. However, Giles in bunny slippers? I'm never going to be able to look at him the same."
"Bunny slippers!?" Anya shrieks as she enters the room, "Who what where and why would anyone wear bunny slippers?"
"Some people find them cute." Willow suggested.
"Cute!?" Anya screamed, "What kind of sick minded wacko would find them cute? Everyone at the table slowly raises their hands.
Giles enters and the room becomes eerily silent. "Ah," Giles says with a kind of understanding, "I suppose Buffy has informed you all of the incident this morning."
"Omigod!" Anya gasps, staring open mouthed at Giles, "You? You're the one who wears bunny slippers?"
Giles gives Anya a wondering, confused look, "Um, yes Anya. But I was actually referring to the other incident."
"You mean it's true?" Xander cried, "I was kinda hoping that Buffy was just a horrible, dirty, rotten, liar.
"No such luck Xan." Buffy answers.
"Ah, yes, well." Giles begins to stammer, "Let's get to work shall we? Um, Buffy, are there any supernatural goings on we should know about?"
"Goings on!" Buffy jumps up, obviously startled, "There's no goings on. Why would there be goings on. Why? What have you heard?
"Um, Buffy. I think Giles meant are there any demons, vampires, or other evil things out there that need slaying or research." Tara cuts in before anyone can ask about Buffy's strange behavior.
"Oh." Buffy says, relieved, "No, nothing."
"Master?" a vampire speaks timidly, "We will be arriving soon."
"Excellent." A voice from the shadows in the back of the enormous limo says, "With my former master, Kakistos, slain, I will pick up where he left off. I shall kill the slayer. And all the glory and respect that comes with such a deed shall be mine!" The vampire lets out a long maniacal laugh. He glances out the window to see the Welcome to Sunnydale sign. He leans forward with his elongated fangs poking over his mouth in a hideous smile, "Party." I
Disclaimer: Same as last time I don't own any characters in this story. Although I wish I owned Spike.
Warning: A spoiler for an episode in season two. Joyce dates a robot. Also for another character. Mr. Trick. Not a huge spoiler, just a little hint really but just in case.
Chapter 4
Buffy is still crying in her room. Joyce and Giles are outside dozing. Buffy's sobs stop suddenly.
"Giles, wake up. I think she's stopped." Joyce says, shaking Giles.
"Ah, good. She'll be much more reasonable now." Giles reassures her, "Buffy. We'd like to talk to you."
Giles steps into the room. Buffy turns to look at him. She picks up a vase and hurls it at Giles. "Get out of my house!" she screams at him.
"Buffy, be reasonable." Giles says.
"Stay away from my mother!" she yells, throwing a book at him.
"Buffy. You were given supernatural strength to help you in your duties as a slayer, not to throw things at your watcher. Now, we're all going to sit downstairs and talk about how we're feeling." He says, ducking to avoid the book.
"Feeling!" Buffy screeches while reloading, "I thought I made it perfectly clear how I'm feeling!" She hurls yet another book at Giles' head.
"Buffy?" Joyce says, entering the room, "I know this is a little awkward and you're upset."
"Gee, y'think?" Buffy snaps.
"I believe I started to notice when you began throwing things at me." Giles snapped back at her, "And don't speak to your mother like that."
Buffy's eyes glaze over with uncontrollable fury and in less than a second she has Giles pinned up against the wall. "Don't you dare tell me what to do! You know very well that I could snap you like a twig so don't tempt me because I will." Buffy threatens.
"Buffy." Joyce says warningly, "Put Rupert down and we'll all go downstairs to the kitchen and have a nice little talk.
Buffy slowly lowers Giles to the floor. She shoots him a dirty look and storms off downstairs.
"Well," Giles said, "that went…well."
Chapter 5
"Now Buffy, I know this is awkward, and I don't want to make you unhappy. But, try to remember that this isn't like Ted or something. For a start, Giles is not a robot and you've known him since we moved here to Sunnydale so there wouldn't be any fake buddy buddy stuff. Oh, and he hates miniature golf." Joyce explains, "But if this makes you feel unhappy I won't date Rupert. But, do you think you could ever come to accept this?"
Buffy pauses to think about it for a while. "I think I might have overreacted. I think I could learn to deal with it. But, I think, scratch that I know, that seeing Giles in pink fluffy bunny slippers was not the way to start our new relationship." Buffy says.
Joyce breaks into a relieved smile, "I'm glad we talked about this and I know this will work out better than it did with Ted. I mean, how could it not. You're much less likely to kill Rupert since he's your watcher. And a non-robot."
Chapter 6
"You're kidding!" Xander says, eyes wide with disbelief, "Someone, please tell me that she's kidding. There is no way Giles would even own bunny slippers, let alone wear them!"
"Xander!" Willow says, glaring at him, "Missing the big picture here!"
"What?" Xander says, looking confused, "Oh! Right. Giles and your mom? Tell me you're kidding!"
"No." Buffy answers, "Really freaky news here. I think I'm actually okay with it. However, Giles in bunny slippers? I'm never going to be able to look at him the same."
"Bunny slippers!?" Anya shrieks as she enters the room, "Who what where and why would anyone wear bunny slippers?"
"Some people find them cute." Willow suggested.
"Cute!?" Anya screamed, "What kind of sick minded wacko would find them cute? Everyone at the table slowly raises their hands.
Giles enters and the room becomes eerily silent. "Ah," Giles says with a kind of understanding, "I suppose Buffy has informed you all of the incident this morning."
"Omigod!" Anya gasps, staring open mouthed at Giles, "You? You're the one who wears bunny slippers?"
Giles gives Anya a wondering, confused look, "Um, yes Anya. But I was actually referring to the other incident."
"You mean it's true?" Xander cried, "I was kinda hoping that Buffy was just a horrible, dirty, rotten, liar.
"No such luck Xan." Buffy answers.
"Ah, yes, well." Giles begins to stammer, "Let's get to work shall we? Um, Buffy, are there any supernatural goings on we should know about?"
"Goings on!" Buffy jumps up, obviously startled, "There's no goings on. Why would there be goings on. Why? What have you heard?
"Um, Buffy. I think Giles meant are there any demons, vampires, or other evil things out there that need slaying or research." Tara cuts in before anyone can ask about Buffy's strange behavior.
"Oh." Buffy says, relieved, "No, nothing."
"Master?" a vampire speaks timidly, "We will be arriving soon."
"Excellent." A voice from the shadows in the back of the enormous limo says, "With my former master, Kakistos, slain, I will pick up where he left off. I shall kill the slayer. And all the glory and respect that comes with such a deed shall be mine!" The vampire lets out a long maniacal laugh. He glances out the window to see the Welcome to Sunnydale sign. He leans forward with his elongated fangs poking over his mouth in a hideous smile, "Party." I