Author: TopazAngel
Title: When I Need You the Most
Rating: G…Nothing bad. Its just cutesy wootsey fluffy B/G goodness!
Pairing: Buffy/Giles
Classification: Romance/fluff.
Spoilers: Tabula Rasa and before
Teaser: Buffy tries to convince Giles not to leave. An alternate ending to Tabula Rasa.
Feedback: PLEASE…I am a feedback whore…I need it…Or else I think people hate me, and I vow to never right again…
Distribution: SU, anyone else, just tell me where it is going, and I will be honored to let you put it on your site!
Disclaimer: I don't own em…If I did Giles would still be in Sunnydale.
AN-This is my first B/G fic, so be gentle…I hope you like…And I hope this hasn't already been done! Its just short sweet and to the point…
Buffy was still getting used to the idea that Giles wasn't going to be around anymore. She tried to convince herself that it was all a dream, and she would wake up soon. But she knew it wasn't, and she was standing in an airport terminal, waiting for him to get there, so he could leave her…For good. Just when she needed him the most.
He had asked them not to come to the airport. He said that it had been hard enough to say goodbye once. But Buffy didn't listen. She had never said goodbye in the first place, and she wasn't going to let him leave without telling him what she felt about his decision.
She looked up to see him standing up in front of her.
"I told you not to come here," He said in his Giles way.
"When was the last time I did what you told me to do?" She asked him with a smile.
"Good point…I hope you understand why I am doing this." He said.
"I'm sorry…But I don't. I mean, you have always been here for me, and now that I need you more than ever…Now that I want you here more than ever-" He cut her off.
"Buffy…That's exactly it…I can't pretend that I am your father. I can't be there to help you raise Dawn…To help you with everything…" She couldn't tell, but she thought she noticed a tear welling up in his eye.
"Not father…Giles. You are my FRIEND…I just…I can't do this alone…I have-there's so much…And they don't understand…They don't want to. Willow just wants to make me forget that it happened! Giles, please don't leave…You can't leave…"
"But I have too…There are things…Things that you wouldn't understand. Factors that I can't even explain…But I can't stay here…I can't be here for you all the time, and not…" He trailed off.
"And not what Giles?" She asked, with shock in her voice.
"I have to go."
"And not WHAT? You can't just like this!!! Not when I need you the most!!! Not with that being the last thing you ever say to me!" She said grabbing his arm, and causing him to spin around to face her.
"You wouldn't understand."
"Try me." She said, with force.
"Buffy, I…"
"Spit it out Giles…You know that I can take you…Don't make me have to."
"I can't be your father figure because…"
"Because what Giles? Say what you want to say already. Because I really need to hear it."
"Because…I…I…Love you."
"That's all?" She asked.
"What do you mean that's all?"
"Well, I mean, Giles, I mean…" It was her turn to be at a loss for words, "I mean…" She looked up into his eyes. She had never noticed how deep they were, how beautiful, "I love you too…And NOT as a father."
"You do?"
"Yes silly…" She said smiling him, "Now, do you REALLY have to go? Or should we go back to your place?" She said, with a coy smile.
"Well, I mean, umm…I suppose…My place," He finally sputtered out.
She took his arm, and they walked out of the airport…Together.
The End…
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