Passion Revisited
By Riley
Rating: - PG-15.
Genre: - Episode Related. Romance. Fixit. Angst/Comfort.
Pairings: - Jenny/Giles. Buffy/Angel.
Disclaimer: - I do not own any of these characters and I do not mean to infringe on any copyrights. I am not making any money from this fic. Some of the dialogue and story line is taken from the episode "Passion" season 2 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and so isn't mine.
Distribution: - Please ask first.
Feedback: - Constructive feedback is always nice.
Summary: - Passion gets a new ending.
Author's Note: - This is an alternative ending to the season 2 episode "Passion". I was unhappy with Jenny being killed off and so decided to rewrite the episode how I would have liked it to turn out. Hence, some of the dialogue and scenes are from the actual episode and some aren't. This starts in the computer science class, just after Jenny asks Rupert "How's Buffy doing?" and his stinging reply.
Jenny looked up at Rupert solemnly. "Rupert, I know you feel betrayed."
"Yes, well, that's one of the unpleasant side effects of betrayal," Rupert stingingly quipped back.
Jenny was slightly surprised by the forceful delivery of his reply. She knew she deserved it, but it hurt nonetheless. He very rarely used that tone on anyone and for him to be using it on her stung more than a slap ever could. "I never meant to hurt you." She looked into his eyes, trying to will him to understand. "I've been betrayed too, by my own family. The people who raised me."
His voice was quieter when he spoke, but the obvious pain showed through even stronger. "You lied to me. I trusted you and you lied to me. Was any of what you said true? Did you even like me at all, or was it all just a ruse?"
Jenny nearly burst into tears at Rupert's words. "No Rupert, don't think that. Please. Oh God, what have I done!" She reached out and touched his cheek. He flinched and moved her hand from him. Sagging a little, Jenny stood her ground and reached for him with both hands this time, saying, "Of course I care about you. Please don't think even for one second that I don't. I didn't lie Rupert. Everything I ever said to you was the truth. I just didn't tell you everything."
Rupert pulled away. "Oh, well, that makes everything all right then!"
Jenny sighed, but wasn't about to give up. "They didn't tell me that Angel could loose his soul. They didn't tell me until it was already too late that with one moment of true happiness, Angelus would return. They didn't give me all of the information I needed to prevent this from happening. If they had, I would have told you. But as it stood, I didn't think that their was any reason to betray my people and break my word to tell you that I was sent here to watch Angel because my people didn't want him to be happy. Besides, I didn't know how strongly I felt about you until Angelus turned and you told me to go away. I didn't know I was going to fall in love with you. Oh God! Is it too late to take that back?"
Rupert's eyes and voice softened, and he stepped towards her. "Do you want to?"
"I just want things to be right between us. I just so badly want to make all of this up to you."
"I understand."
Jenny looked at Rupert expectantly. They were stood so close now, and from the softness in his eyes and voice she thought he might kiss her. Her face fell as he didn't and instead said to her, "But I'm not the one that you need to make it up to. Thank you for the book."
Jenny was reeling. Her hurt and anger mixed into an explosive concoction that showed her fiery Gypsy heritage. "What? So are you never going to forgive me? Are you going to make me pay for the rest of our lives? I made a mistake Rupert. One I wish I could undo, but I can't. All as I can do is to try and make it up to you, but you won't give me the chance. You know everything about me now; there are no more secrets." Rupert was stopped in his tracks by her outburst.
Taking a deep breath, she continued in a much softer voice, the pain still seeping through. "Please Rupert, give me another chance. I swear I won't keep anything from you again. I've learnt my lesson the hard way. I really don't want to loose you. I care far too much about you to just let this ruin what we could have. I love you." As one desperate attempt to not loose him, she asked despairingly, "Don't you feel anything for me?"
"Yes. Oh, yes Jenny, of course I do. I…" his head fell down to look at his hands containing the book. Slowly he brought his head up and looked her directly in the eyes. "I love you. That's why this all hurts so much."
"You love me?" Jenny voice was barely above a whisper, but contained so much hope that shone in her eyes as well as her voice.
He nodded. "Yes."
She moved tentatively towards him. "Rupert, we've been through so much together, can't we get through this?" He seemed to consider this for a moment. Jenny continued, "Won't you at least give it a try? Give us a chance!"
He gave a weak smile. "You're right. We can get through this. But no more secrets."
"No more secrets," Jenny agreed. They both moved towards each other and hugged tightly. Slightly pulling away, they both noticed tiny tears in each other eyes and they tenderly wiped each other's tears with caring hands. "There's one final thing you should know," Jenny said. "My full name is Janna Jennifer Calendar. My family always insists on calling me Janna, but I prefer Jenny, that's why I told you to call me Jenny. I don't mind what you call me though, Janna or Jenny. It's up to you."
"Well, as you prefer Jenny and I know you as Jenny, I think I'll stick to that." He smiled warmly at her and she returned it. "Well, I'd better go and have a look through this book. I'll see you anon." Before leaving the classroom, Rupert kissed her on the cheek.
Next Day
"Hello!" Rupert called softly from the doorway of the computer science room that Jenny was working in.
She spun around from her computer, dark hair flying out behind her. "Oh, Rupert! Hi!" She beamed at him, and he entered the room.
Approaching her desk he noted, "You're working late."
"Special project."
He sat down on the edge of her desk and looked at her with concern. "It's not very safe to work late at the school, vampires can enter the building. Do you have any protection on you, a cross or a stake?"
Jenny gave him an impish grin and teasingly quipped, "So you do care!"
Rupert looked at her gravely, not being diverted from his important question concerning her safety. "Stake or cross?"
"Neither. I know. I know. It was stupid of me, but I haven't been exactly been thinking clearly recently."
Rupert shook his head at her in disapproval at her lack of protection of herself. "Well then I'll stay with you until you've done."
"That's okay, I can save it to disk and work on it at home. I guess, I should have done that in the first place!"
Jenny went about saving her work to disk. Retrieving the disk from the drive, she said, "You know I spoke to Buffy today."
"Yes?" Rupert looked eagerly at her.
"She said you missed me." Jenny smiled her 'cat got the milk smile'.
"Yes, well, she's a meddlesome girl. But very astute."
"Okay I'm ready to go." Jenny rose and picked up the orb.
"Isn't that an orb of Thessula?" Rupert nodded his head at the clear orb in her hand.
"Yes. How'd you know?"
"I've got one myself." He put his hands in his pockets. "I've been using it as a paperweight."
Jenny raised her eyebrows at him. "You've been using an orb of Thessula as a paperweight!"
"Aren't you?"
"No." He looked at her inquiringly. "Look Rupert, I didn't wanna say anything incase it didn't work, but I've been working on a computer programme to translate the curse to English. I needed the orb incase it worked."
Pulling his hands out of his pockets, he pushed his glasses further up the bridge of his nose. "And…and do you think it will work?"
Jenny shrugged. "I dunno. It's possible. I'm getting close."
"In that case, you definitely shouldn't be working on it late at night here. If Angel were to find out…" He let the horrible thought trial off, and quickly ushered Jenny out of the classroom. "I need to get the book you lent me from Buffy, and then if it's all right with you I'll come straight by your house?"
"Okay."
"Right, go straight there and don't open the door to anyone except me."
Rupert saw Jenny to her car and then followed her off the car park and as far as he could.
By Riley
Rating: - PG-15.
Genre: - Episode Related. Romance. Fixit. Angst/Comfort.
Pairings: - Jenny/Giles. Buffy/Angel.
Disclaimer: - I do not own any of these characters and I do not mean to infringe on any copyrights. I am not making any money from this fic. Some of the dialogue and story line is taken from the episode "Passion" season 2 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and so isn't mine.
Distribution: - Please ask first.
Feedback: - Constructive feedback is always nice.
Summary: - Passion gets a new ending.
Author's Note: - This is an alternative ending to the season 2 episode "Passion". I was unhappy with Jenny being killed off and so decided to rewrite the episode how I would have liked it to turn out. Hence, some of the dialogue and scenes are from the actual episode and some aren't. This starts in the computer science class, just after Jenny asks Rupert "How's Buffy doing?" and his stinging reply.
Jenny looked up at Rupert solemnly. "Rupert, I know you feel betrayed."
"Yes, well, that's one of the unpleasant side effects of betrayal," Rupert stingingly quipped back.
Jenny was slightly surprised by the forceful delivery of his reply. She knew she deserved it, but it hurt nonetheless. He very rarely used that tone on anyone and for him to be using it on her stung more than a slap ever could. "I never meant to hurt you." She looked into his eyes, trying to will him to understand. "I've been betrayed too, by my own family. The people who raised me."
His voice was quieter when he spoke, but the obvious pain showed through even stronger. "You lied to me. I trusted you and you lied to me. Was any of what you said true? Did you even like me at all, or was it all just a ruse?"
Jenny nearly burst into tears at Rupert's words. "No Rupert, don't think that. Please. Oh God, what have I done!" She reached out and touched his cheek. He flinched and moved her hand from him. Sagging a little, Jenny stood her ground and reached for him with both hands this time, saying, "Of course I care about you. Please don't think even for one second that I don't. I didn't lie Rupert. Everything I ever said to you was the truth. I just didn't tell you everything."
Rupert pulled away. "Oh, well, that makes everything all right then!"
Jenny sighed, but wasn't about to give up. "They didn't tell me that Angel could loose his soul. They didn't tell me until it was already too late that with one moment of true happiness, Angelus would return. They didn't give me all of the information I needed to prevent this from happening. If they had, I would have told you. But as it stood, I didn't think that their was any reason to betray my people and break my word to tell you that I was sent here to watch Angel because my people didn't want him to be happy. Besides, I didn't know how strongly I felt about you until Angelus turned and you told me to go away. I didn't know I was going to fall in love with you. Oh God! Is it too late to take that back?"
Rupert's eyes and voice softened, and he stepped towards her. "Do you want to?"
"I just want things to be right between us. I just so badly want to make all of this up to you."
"I understand."
Jenny looked at Rupert expectantly. They were stood so close now, and from the softness in his eyes and voice she thought he might kiss her. Her face fell as he didn't and instead said to her, "But I'm not the one that you need to make it up to. Thank you for the book."
Jenny was reeling. Her hurt and anger mixed into an explosive concoction that showed her fiery Gypsy heritage. "What? So are you never going to forgive me? Are you going to make me pay for the rest of our lives? I made a mistake Rupert. One I wish I could undo, but I can't. All as I can do is to try and make it up to you, but you won't give me the chance. You know everything about me now; there are no more secrets." Rupert was stopped in his tracks by her outburst.
Taking a deep breath, she continued in a much softer voice, the pain still seeping through. "Please Rupert, give me another chance. I swear I won't keep anything from you again. I've learnt my lesson the hard way. I really don't want to loose you. I care far too much about you to just let this ruin what we could have. I love you." As one desperate attempt to not loose him, she asked despairingly, "Don't you feel anything for me?"
"Yes. Oh, yes Jenny, of course I do. I…" his head fell down to look at his hands containing the book. Slowly he brought his head up and looked her directly in the eyes. "I love you. That's why this all hurts so much."
"You love me?" Jenny voice was barely above a whisper, but contained so much hope that shone in her eyes as well as her voice.
He nodded. "Yes."
She moved tentatively towards him. "Rupert, we've been through so much together, can't we get through this?" He seemed to consider this for a moment. Jenny continued, "Won't you at least give it a try? Give us a chance!"
He gave a weak smile. "You're right. We can get through this. But no more secrets."
"No more secrets," Jenny agreed. They both moved towards each other and hugged tightly. Slightly pulling away, they both noticed tiny tears in each other eyes and they tenderly wiped each other's tears with caring hands. "There's one final thing you should know," Jenny said. "My full name is Janna Jennifer Calendar. My family always insists on calling me Janna, but I prefer Jenny, that's why I told you to call me Jenny. I don't mind what you call me though, Janna or Jenny. It's up to you."
"Well, as you prefer Jenny and I know you as Jenny, I think I'll stick to that." He smiled warmly at her and she returned it. "Well, I'd better go and have a look through this book. I'll see you anon." Before leaving the classroom, Rupert kissed her on the cheek.
Next Day
"Hello!" Rupert called softly from the doorway of the computer science room that Jenny was working in.
She spun around from her computer, dark hair flying out behind her. "Oh, Rupert! Hi!" She beamed at him, and he entered the room.
Approaching her desk he noted, "You're working late."
"Special project."
He sat down on the edge of her desk and looked at her with concern. "It's not very safe to work late at the school, vampires can enter the building. Do you have any protection on you, a cross or a stake?"
Jenny gave him an impish grin and teasingly quipped, "So you do care!"
Rupert looked at her gravely, not being diverted from his important question concerning her safety. "Stake or cross?"
"Neither. I know. I know. It was stupid of me, but I haven't been exactly been thinking clearly recently."
Rupert shook his head at her in disapproval at her lack of protection of herself. "Well then I'll stay with you until you've done."
"That's okay, I can save it to disk and work on it at home. I guess, I should have done that in the first place!"
Jenny went about saving her work to disk. Retrieving the disk from the drive, she said, "You know I spoke to Buffy today."
"Yes?" Rupert looked eagerly at her.
"She said you missed me." Jenny smiled her 'cat got the milk smile'.
"Yes, well, she's a meddlesome girl. But very astute."
"Okay I'm ready to go." Jenny rose and picked up the orb.
"Isn't that an orb of Thessula?" Rupert nodded his head at the clear orb in her hand.
"Yes. How'd you know?"
"I've got one myself." He put his hands in his pockets. "I've been using it as a paperweight."
Jenny raised her eyebrows at him. "You've been using an orb of Thessula as a paperweight!"
"Aren't you?"
"No." He looked at her inquiringly. "Look Rupert, I didn't wanna say anything incase it didn't work, but I've been working on a computer programme to translate the curse to English. I needed the orb incase it worked."
Pulling his hands out of his pockets, he pushed his glasses further up the bridge of his nose. "And…and do you think it will work?"
Jenny shrugged. "I dunno. It's possible. I'm getting close."
"In that case, you definitely shouldn't be working on it late at night here. If Angel were to find out…" He let the horrible thought trial off, and quickly ushered Jenny out of the classroom. "I need to get the book you lent me from Buffy, and then if it's all right with you I'll come straight by your house?"
"Okay."
"Right, go straight there and don't open the door to anyone except me."
Rupert saw Jenny to her car and then followed her off the car park and as far as he could.