I put my first load of clothes into the washing machine and turned it on. I looked at my watch...2:30....Dawn would be home in an hour. I decided to make use of this time to find out more about David.
"Ok, let's go sit in the living room so we can talk. Do you want something to drink?" I opened the fridge and grabbed myself a soda, then looked to him for an answer.
"No, I'm fine."
"Yes..you..are...." I said to myself as I walked into the living room. I told myself to stop being a bad Buffy and focus on my task at hand.
"So, what do you want to know?" David looked at me intently, his eyes wandering up and down my body at times.
"About you, where did you come from...how long have you hunted demons...how many have you killed..."
"Ok, ok ok. LA, about 4 years, and too many to count." He sat back in his chair and folded his arms as if to tell me to bring on more questions.
"How did you know that *I* was the slayer?"
"I can sense it, I was trained to know."
"Your trainer?"
"His name is Steward, and he is still in LA."
"And how old are you?" I was running out of questions due to the fact that he was answers back at me as quick as I fired questions.
"I am uh...25." He looked up at the ceiling as if he was counting to make sure he was right.
There was something about him. Something inside that told me I could trust him, that he was a good guy. Something about him that made me shiver inside, God he was fine...I went into a trance thinking of all the things I could do to....
"Hey Buff! We're....." Dawn's voice trailed off as she entered the door and saw David sitting in the chair.
"Yea Buffy, no demons, no vamp...Oof!" Xander walked into Dawn standing in the middle of the entrance to the living room.
"God, Xander...can you open your eyes? Just a bit?" Dawn turned and looked at Xander and then set her eyes back on David.
"Hi guys, this is David." I said pointing to David, he looked a bit uneasy at meeting new people.
k looked over to him and then at me, question marks filled his eyes. Dawn looked at me, then at him, then at me again.
"Uhm, rude much?" I said walking into the kitchen.
"Hi." Both Dawn and Xander said quietly then hurrying after me into the kitchen.
"Oh. My. God! Buffy! Who is he, what planet of sugary goodies did he come from?" I rolled my eyes at Dawn and then looked at Xander to search his face for his emotions.
"I met him at the coffee shop, he is a demon hunter, he knows I am the slayer."
"You don't waste any time giving up the info, Buff. I mean, I know you are all grown and stuff, but isn't the slayer thing still supposed to be a secret?" Xander looked almost betrayed.
"He *knew* it before *I* ever even thought about saying anything, God Xander do you think I am that stupid?"
I turned away from him and noticed that Dawn was gone. I shifted my body enough to look past Xander and see her in the living room grilling David.
"So, exactly where did you come from? Do you have any brothers...that look exactly like you?" Dawn had become a giggling little girl in front of David, and I almost felt embarrassed for her.
"I have to go upstairs and make a phone call. Are you going to be ok down here with the million question girl?" I looked sympathetically at David.
He nodded and Dawn stuck out her tongue. I turned and looked in the kitchen at Xander who was fixing himself a sandwich. I walked past David and Dawn and headed up to my room where I sat on my bed to think for a moment. I needed to call Giles, I needed his advice. I needed to talk to Willow. Then I caught myself thinking of how I wanted to see Spike. Before those thoughts went any further I dialed Giles' number.
"Hello?" The familiar British accent came through on the phone.
"Giles, it's me."
"Buffy, hello....how are you?"
"I'm fine, I need some help."
"Is everything ok?" His voice became worried.
"Oh yea Giles, I'm fine. There's just this new guy I met today..."
"Buffy, really, I am a watcher....not a relationship counselor." He cut me off with an all knowing tone in his voice.
"Yea, thanks for the update Giles...I wasn't asking for relationship advice. There's a guy I met today. He is a demon hunter, his name is David..and his trainer is uhm....Steward. Have you heard of them?"
"Well not right off hand, I don't recall their names, but I will look them up in some of my books."
"Thanks Giles. Is Willow around?" I asked him sounding hopeful.
"No, not at this moment. And you know she is not allowed to communicate with anyone outside the coven except for me."
"Fine. When will she be home?"
"I will be bringing her home in a few weeks. I will look up this David and give you a call back in a few days."
"Thank you again, I'll see you in a few weeks."
"Bye, and Buffy?"
"What?"
"Be careful."
"Ok, I will talk to you later."
I hung the phone up and laid my head on my pillows. I missed Willow, she was only one of the many people I missed, and when I thought about one, I thought about them all. Willow, Tara, my mom, Kendra, in a way I missed Faith, but most of all I missed....
"Hey." David leaned against the wall and flashed a small smile when I turned over to look at him.
"Hey. Is something wrong?" I asked sitting up on the edge of the bed.
"I just wanted to know if there was somewhere I could use the phone...privately?"
"Oh, yea..Willow's room down the hall." I walked to the doorway and leaned out in front of him to point her room out. He smelled so good, and for a moment I faintly recognized his scent but dismissed it as the ordinary CKOne.
"Thanks. I'll only be a few minutes." He looked down at me and our faces were only inches apart, I smiled back up at him and turned to go back to my bed.
"Ok. And when you're off the phone, there's someone else that I want you to meet. He'll probably be here by the time you get off."
"Ok. Thanks again." He turned and walked down the hall.
"Ok, let's go sit in the living room so we can talk. Do you want something to drink?" I opened the fridge and grabbed myself a soda, then looked to him for an answer.
"No, I'm fine."
"Yes..you..are...." I said to myself as I walked into the living room. I told myself to stop being a bad Buffy and focus on my task at hand.
"So, what do you want to know?" David looked at me intently, his eyes wandering up and down my body at times.
"About you, where did you come from...how long have you hunted demons...how many have you killed..."
"Ok, ok ok. LA, about 4 years, and too many to count." He sat back in his chair and folded his arms as if to tell me to bring on more questions.
"How did you know that *I* was the slayer?"
"I can sense it, I was trained to know."
"Your trainer?"
"His name is Steward, and he is still in LA."
"And how old are you?" I was running out of questions due to the fact that he was answers back at me as quick as I fired questions.
"I am uh...25." He looked up at the ceiling as if he was counting to make sure he was right.
There was something about him. Something inside that told me I could trust him, that he was a good guy. Something about him that made me shiver inside, God he was fine...I went into a trance thinking of all the things I could do to....
"Hey Buff! We're....." Dawn's voice trailed off as she entered the door and saw David sitting in the chair.
"Yea Buffy, no demons, no vamp...Oof!" Xander walked into Dawn standing in the middle of the entrance to the living room.
"God, Xander...can you open your eyes? Just a bit?" Dawn turned and looked at Xander and then set her eyes back on David.
"Hi guys, this is David." I said pointing to David, he looked a bit uneasy at meeting new people.
k looked over to him and then at me, question marks filled his eyes. Dawn looked at me, then at him, then at me again.
"Uhm, rude much?" I said walking into the kitchen.
"Hi." Both Dawn and Xander said quietly then hurrying after me into the kitchen.
"Oh. My. God! Buffy! Who is he, what planet of sugary goodies did he come from?" I rolled my eyes at Dawn and then looked at Xander to search his face for his emotions.
"I met him at the coffee shop, he is a demon hunter, he knows I am the slayer."
"You don't waste any time giving up the info, Buff. I mean, I know you are all grown and stuff, but isn't the slayer thing still supposed to be a secret?" Xander looked almost betrayed.
"He *knew* it before *I* ever even thought about saying anything, God Xander do you think I am that stupid?"
I turned away from him and noticed that Dawn was gone. I shifted my body enough to look past Xander and see her in the living room grilling David.
"So, exactly where did you come from? Do you have any brothers...that look exactly like you?" Dawn had become a giggling little girl in front of David, and I almost felt embarrassed for her.
"I have to go upstairs and make a phone call. Are you going to be ok down here with the million question girl?" I looked sympathetically at David.
He nodded and Dawn stuck out her tongue. I turned and looked in the kitchen at Xander who was fixing himself a sandwich. I walked past David and Dawn and headed up to my room where I sat on my bed to think for a moment. I needed to call Giles, I needed his advice. I needed to talk to Willow. Then I caught myself thinking of how I wanted to see Spike. Before those thoughts went any further I dialed Giles' number.
"Hello?" The familiar British accent came through on the phone.
"Giles, it's me."
"Buffy, hello....how are you?"
"I'm fine, I need some help."
"Is everything ok?" His voice became worried.
"Oh yea Giles, I'm fine. There's just this new guy I met today..."
"Buffy, really, I am a watcher....not a relationship counselor." He cut me off with an all knowing tone in his voice.
"Yea, thanks for the update Giles...I wasn't asking for relationship advice. There's a guy I met today. He is a demon hunter, his name is David..and his trainer is uhm....Steward. Have you heard of them?"
"Well not right off hand, I don't recall their names, but I will look them up in some of my books."
"Thanks Giles. Is Willow around?" I asked him sounding hopeful.
"No, not at this moment. And you know she is not allowed to communicate with anyone outside the coven except for me."
"Fine. When will she be home?"
"I will be bringing her home in a few weeks. I will look up this David and give you a call back in a few days."
"Thank you again, I'll see you in a few weeks."
"Bye, and Buffy?"
"What?"
"Be careful."
"Ok, I will talk to you later."
I hung the phone up and laid my head on my pillows. I missed Willow, she was only one of the many people I missed, and when I thought about one, I thought about them all. Willow, Tara, my mom, Kendra, in a way I missed Faith, but most of all I missed....
"Hey." David leaned against the wall and flashed a small smile when I turned over to look at him.
"Hey. Is something wrong?" I asked sitting up on the edge of the bed.
"I just wanted to know if there was somewhere I could use the phone...privately?"
"Oh, yea..Willow's room down the hall." I walked to the doorway and leaned out in front of him to point her room out. He smelled so good, and for a moment I faintly recognized his scent but dismissed it as the ordinary CKOne.
"Thanks. I'll only be a few minutes." He looked down at me and our faces were only inches apart, I smiled back up at him and turned to go back to my bed.
"Ok. And when you're off the phone, there's someone else that I want you to meet. He'll probably be here by the time you get off."
"Ok. Thanks again." He turned and walked down the hall.