TITLE: Over her (5/?)
PART: Faith
AUTHOR: Gabriele Schulz
EMAIL: gabi@gschulz.de
RATING: PG (might go up)
DISTRIBUTION: Everyone who has my general permission. Others please ask first.
SPOILERS: Up to Selfless
FEEDBACK: Love it. Especially if you like the story ;-)
SUMMARY: On Buffy's 25th birthday Giles visits Sunnydale, finally over her. Or so he thinks.
COUPLES: Buffy/Giles, Willow/Anya, Dawn/OC (male), mention of Wesley/Faith, Cordelia/Angel
DISCLAIMER: The characters are the property of Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy, Sandollar Productions, Kuzui Enterprises, 20th Century Fox Television, the WB Television Network, and whoever else may have a hold on them. I do not mean to infringe upon any copyrights.
DATE: 11/09-10/02
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"Party's over."
Willow frowned. Giles just looked at the now empty stairs.
"Maybe we should help Dawn and Jack."
"No. We can... you know what I told you earlier." Anya repeatedly tilted her head towards the stairs.
"Oh. Yes. Ehm. Giles, we wanted to go check something in my old room."
Anya nodded her head vigorously. "Could you take care of Harris while we have s-"
"That thing in my room. Where w-"
"Yes. I understand. Go."
"Thanks Giles."
Willow stroked Harris on her head and the two lovers got up from the couch.
"Oh, her stroller is in the kitchen. You don't have to carry her all the time."
"We'll be fine."
"Good."
They headed upstairs to... check out their thing. In a flash of self pity Rupert wondered when he would check out his thing again. Then his thoughts turned to Buffy.
He cursed himself. He hadn't planned to tell them about the Council's request. He hadn't wanted them to raise their hopes until he was sure he would return. And he had known that the news of Faith's pregnancy would hit Buffy hard.
Anya's and Willow's requests had taken him by surprise. He knew that they missed him. He missed everyone in Sunnydale, too, but he hadn't expected them to voice their wishes to see him more often. This was why he had told them about the Council's plan, not considering the consequences.
He had hoped to prepare Buffy better and of course he would have chosen a different day.
He knew how Buffy felt. He didn't understand everything she went through, but in many things he knew her as well as himself.
One of the things that he loved about Buffy was her unfaltering loyalty. Once she had deemed you worthy of her trust, she stood by you, even when others would have long given up on you. She had done so with Faith. Until even Buffy couldn't help her anymore.
It was even more than betraying her trust. Buffy had considered Faith a sister. Or even a twin. They shared the same destiny. They had the same responsibilities, the same conflict of being the Slayer and being a normal girl. When Faith had turned bad, it was as if a part of herself had turned bad. She had distanced herself from Faith and Faith had answered in kind, leaving them as enemies, when they should have fought side by side.
They *had* fought side by side again. They had had to. When Buffy had to face an ancient circle of half-gods three years ago, the Council had sabotaged evidence and witnesses to get Faith out of jail. Together and with the rest of the Scooby gang including himself they had defeated the enemy. But Buffy had made it perfectly clear that even if Faith wasn't evil anymore her place was not in Sunnydale, which was true.
He had had a long talk with Faith. She hadn't known who she was and where she wanted to go. She had returned to England with him for a while until Wesley had asked him for help with a demon that they had to fight in LA. He had sent Faith and she had never returned. Instead she had sent him a letter explaining that she wanted to help fight evil in LA and that she and Wesley had agreed to try to work as Slayer and Watcher together.
Faith had helped them again one year later, when she had rescued Anya from a hopeless situation in something that could only be considered a suicide mission. Willow in a way that was typical for her had swept aside all her resentment towards Faith and with a heartfelt hug had forgiven her for anything that she'd done and in the process put a spark back into Faith's life. She had a mission again. Helping those in need. Making up for her mistakes.
Rupert remembered how Wesley had described that moment to him. It was at that point that he had first wondered if Wesley was going to follow his steps and fall in love with his Slayer. Time had told him that he was right.
Buffy had never warmed up to Faith again. So everyone else didn't mention her, even though he and Willow and Anya were in contact with her.
They both lived their separate lives. Buffy did what she had always done. And Faith was redeeming herself.
To see Faith begin a seemingly happy relationship while her own apparently was crumbling must have been hard for Buffy.
To learn that Faith would now have a child from that relationship had to be unbearable.
And in a way it really was unfair. He didn't know anyone in the world who deserved true happiness more than Buffy. He still hoped that she would eventually find it. But he also knew that there was no way to tell if she ever would.
He knew very well, what went through Buffy's head right now. But he also knew that she would feel better if she talked about it.
He looked at the baby that was sleeping on his chest. He could put Harris into her stroller, but he felt her presence comforting. Maybe she would have the same effect on Buffy. He certainly didn't want to fight with her on this day.
He carefully put his arms around Harris and went upstairs.
A/N:
Don't hit me, guys. After thinking about the upcoming B/G talk and reading Queen Boadicea's last note, I felt I needed a bit of explanation on what exactly was Faith's current status.
So again no B/G in this one. Me sorry.
PART: Faith
AUTHOR: Gabriele Schulz
EMAIL: gabi@gschulz.de
RATING: PG (might go up)
DISTRIBUTION: Everyone who has my general permission. Others please ask first.
SPOILERS: Up to Selfless
FEEDBACK: Love it. Especially if you like the story ;-)
SUMMARY: On Buffy's 25th birthday Giles visits Sunnydale, finally over her. Or so he thinks.
COUPLES: Buffy/Giles, Willow/Anya, Dawn/OC (male), mention of Wesley/Faith, Cordelia/Angel
DISCLAIMER: The characters are the property of Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy, Sandollar Productions, Kuzui Enterprises, 20th Century Fox Television, the WB Television Network, and whoever else may have a hold on them. I do not mean to infringe upon any copyrights.
DATE: 11/09-10/02
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"Party's over."
Willow frowned. Giles just looked at the now empty stairs.
"Maybe we should help Dawn and Jack."
"No. We can... you know what I told you earlier." Anya repeatedly tilted her head towards the stairs.
"Oh. Yes. Ehm. Giles, we wanted to go check something in my old room."
Anya nodded her head vigorously. "Could you take care of Harris while we have s-"
"That thing in my room. Where w-"
"Yes. I understand. Go."
"Thanks Giles."
Willow stroked Harris on her head and the two lovers got up from the couch.
"Oh, her stroller is in the kitchen. You don't have to carry her all the time."
"We'll be fine."
"Good."
They headed upstairs to... check out their thing. In a flash of self pity Rupert wondered when he would check out his thing again. Then his thoughts turned to Buffy.
He cursed himself. He hadn't planned to tell them about the Council's request. He hadn't wanted them to raise their hopes until he was sure he would return. And he had known that the news of Faith's pregnancy would hit Buffy hard.
Anya's and Willow's requests had taken him by surprise. He knew that they missed him. He missed everyone in Sunnydale, too, but he hadn't expected them to voice their wishes to see him more often. This was why he had told them about the Council's plan, not considering the consequences.
He had hoped to prepare Buffy better and of course he would have chosen a different day.
He knew how Buffy felt. He didn't understand everything she went through, but in many things he knew her as well as himself.
One of the things that he loved about Buffy was her unfaltering loyalty. Once she had deemed you worthy of her trust, she stood by you, even when others would have long given up on you. She had done so with Faith. Until even Buffy couldn't help her anymore.
It was even more than betraying her trust. Buffy had considered Faith a sister. Or even a twin. They shared the same destiny. They had the same responsibilities, the same conflict of being the Slayer and being a normal girl. When Faith had turned bad, it was as if a part of herself had turned bad. She had distanced herself from Faith and Faith had answered in kind, leaving them as enemies, when they should have fought side by side.
They *had* fought side by side again. They had had to. When Buffy had to face an ancient circle of half-gods three years ago, the Council had sabotaged evidence and witnesses to get Faith out of jail. Together and with the rest of the Scooby gang including himself they had defeated the enemy. But Buffy had made it perfectly clear that even if Faith wasn't evil anymore her place was not in Sunnydale, which was true.
He had had a long talk with Faith. She hadn't known who she was and where she wanted to go. She had returned to England with him for a while until Wesley had asked him for help with a demon that they had to fight in LA. He had sent Faith and she had never returned. Instead she had sent him a letter explaining that she wanted to help fight evil in LA and that she and Wesley had agreed to try to work as Slayer and Watcher together.
Faith had helped them again one year later, when she had rescued Anya from a hopeless situation in something that could only be considered a suicide mission. Willow in a way that was typical for her had swept aside all her resentment towards Faith and with a heartfelt hug had forgiven her for anything that she'd done and in the process put a spark back into Faith's life. She had a mission again. Helping those in need. Making up for her mistakes.
Rupert remembered how Wesley had described that moment to him. It was at that point that he had first wondered if Wesley was going to follow his steps and fall in love with his Slayer. Time had told him that he was right.
Buffy had never warmed up to Faith again. So everyone else didn't mention her, even though he and Willow and Anya were in contact with her.
They both lived their separate lives. Buffy did what she had always done. And Faith was redeeming herself.
To see Faith begin a seemingly happy relationship while her own apparently was crumbling must have been hard for Buffy.
To learn that Faith would now have a child from that relationship had to be unbearable.
And in a way it really was unfair. He didn't know anyone in the world who deserved true happiness more than Buffy. He still hoped that she would eventually find it. But he also knew that there was no way to tell if she ever would.
He knew very well, what went through Buffy's head right now. But he also knew that she would feel better if she talked about it.
He looked at the baby that was sleeping on his chest. He could put Harris into her stroller, but he felt her presence comforting. Maybe she would have the same effect on Buffy. He certainly didn't want to fight with her on this day.
He carefully put his arms around Harris and went upstairs.
A/N:
Don't hit me, guys. After thinking about the upcoming B/G talk and reading Queen Boadicea's last note, I felt I needed a bit of explanation on what exactly was Faith's current status.
So again no B/G in this one. Me sorry.