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A/N: This started out as the beginning for a long fanfic, but it sorta got out of hands. Basically, it's the thoughts of Buffy directly after Lies My Mother Told Me. If anyone else did this already, I'm not copying.
Buffy went to her bed and sat down. She had just told her Watcher that she did not need him anymore. Last year, she was forced to realize this when he had left for England. But Buffy had never consciously stated this fact. Now he was gone, perhaps for good.
But Giles had lied to her, tried to deceive her. The only other time had been on her eighteenth birthday. Not that those times of the year were ever good. But, that time, he attempted to make it right and went against the rules, getting himself fired, for her.
Now it was different. He knew the hurt he would cause. Why couldn't he see that? Spike was different, from the other Scoobies, even from Dawn. He understood what she was feeling; he would listen to her. Just listen, and not judge or show pity or apologize.
He loved her, completely and truly. Even after what she and the other had done; said. Buffy cringed, remembering the torture she had put him through. She used him and he knew it. Yet, he stilled cared for her. He still helped her.
He had helped, much more than she could ever possible deserve. Spike had helped protect Dawn from Glory, and then he had even stayed to watch her when Buffy was dead. He helped with the fights and patrolling and training the potentials. He truly was the strongest of the group. If Spike had been killed she did not know what she would do. Robin may still not be alive. If Spike had killed him, she would have done nothing. Except, be joyful it was not the other way around.
And Giles had tried to end it all. He tried to take away all that that Spike could offer. No, she did not need the Watcher's help anymore.
A/N: Well? Review, please, and tell me how I did. This is my first Buffy fic.
A/N: This started out as the beginning for a long fanfic, but it sorta got out of hands. Basically, it's the thoughts of Buffy directly after Lies My Mother Told Me. If anyone else did this already, I'm not copying.
Buffy went to her bed and sat down. She had just told her Watcher that she did not need him anymore. Last year, she was forced to realize this when he had left for England. But Buffy had never consciously stated this fact. Now he was gone, perhaps for good.
But Giles had lied to her, tried to deceive her. The only other time had been on her eighteenth birthday. Not that those times of the year were ever good. But, that time, he attempted to make it right and went against the rules, getting himself fired, for her.
Now it was different. He knew the hurt he would cause. Why couldn't he see that? Spike was different, from the other Scoobies, even from Dawn. He understood what she was feeling; he would listen to her. Just listen, and not judge or show pity or apologize.
He loved her, completely and truly. Even after what she and the other had done; said. Buffy cringed, remembering the torture she had put him through. She used him and he knew it. Yet, he stilled cared for her. He still helped her.
He had helped, much more than she could ever possible deserve. Spike had helped protect Dawn from Glory, and then he had even stayed to watch her when Buffy was dead. He helped with the fights and patrolling and training the potentials. He truly was the strongest of the group. If Spike had been killed she did not know what she would do. Robin may still not be alive. If Spike had killed him, she would have done nothing. Except, be joyful it was not the other way around.
And Giles had tried to end it all. He tried to take away all that that Spike could offer. No, she did not need the Watcher's help anymore.
A/N: Well? Review, please, and tell me how I did. This is my first Buffy fic.