Title: Best of Intentions
Author: Luisa
Email: leyjd@hotmail.com
Pairing: B/G and a teeny bit of B/S, X/A
Rating: PG-13 (language)
Distribution: Dword, Kattie. Dee, Gabi and TL, if you want it. Any one
else - just let me know where.
Summary: Too much was left unsaid between Buffy and Giles at the end of
Tablula Rasa. There is a large blank between Willow's spell breaking and
Giles leaving. This fills that blank, and explains why Buffy and Giles
went their separate ways and why Buffy turned to Spike.
WARNING: Although this starts off with humour, it ends not the happiest of
fics.
Spoilers: Through the end of Tabula Rasa (S6)
Disclaimer: Everything in the Buffyverse belongs to Joss, ME, etc, etc.
"Goodbye to you" is by Michelle Branch.
Feedback: please, pleased, please... did I mention, yes please?
Notes: as usual: [thoughts] *emphasis*... as a 'by the way', there's not
gonna be a sequel... nope... no happy ending here.... putting my foot
down... I'm determined not to give them smoochies... argh... maybe... you
decide.
Thanks: Ness - for giving this the shove it needed after about a year on
the shelf... your suggestions were perfect, sweetie. And to Dword... for
the Diana Krall... and for the superb beta. *big hugs* to you both.
Dedication: To Kerrie. If you had never called me 'evil', Ness and I would never compared notes on you and I would never have been brave enough to ask for her help on this. So in a bizarre way, you did me a favor. :P
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Buffy sat alone at the bar, staring into space. She couldn't believe it.
Giles had gone.
The man who was once her everything: her friend, her guide and mentor, her rock and her foundation. The man she had loved more than life itself had flown to the other side of the world because he didn't love her enough to stay.
[No...] She corrected herself, [He said he loved me too much to stay.]
The thought confused her and she shook her head slightly to clear it. As a result, her thoughts returned to the memory of watching him board the plane to England. It was enough to make her want to cry; in fact her soul was aching for some sort of release for her pent up emotions. Instead she simply let out a long breath and wondered where on she had gone wrong.
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Dedication: To Kerrie. If you had never called me 'evil', Ness and I would never compared notes on you and I would never have been brave enough to ask for her help on this. So in a bizarre way, you did me a favor. :P
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Prologue ~
Buffy sat alone at the bar, staring into space. She couldn't believe it.
Giles had gone.
The man who was once her everything: her friend, her guide and mentor, her rock and her foundation. The man she had loved more than life itself had flown to the other side of the world because he didn't love her enough to stay.
[No...] She corrected herself, [He said he loved me too much to stay.]
The thought confused her and she shook her head slightly to clear it. As a result, her thoughts returned to the memory of watching him board the plane to England. It was enough to make her want to cry; in fact her soul was aching for some sort of release for her pent up emotions. Instead she simply let out a long breath and wondered where on she had gone wrong.
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