Chapter Six

"You're up early. I just assumed that since school was cancelled that you would just sleep in since school was cancelled." Joyce told Buffy at breakfast. It was six thirty seven in the morning and Buffy was already showered and dressed and ready to begin her day. Joyce, on the other hand, had been awake for fifteen minutes and waited for her coffee to brew.

"Well, I have things to do and people to see. You know, fun stuff."

"Alright and what does this fun stuff you have planned today include?"

"Well, I want to visit Wil and Giles. Oh and I have research to do on Angel. Don't worry though, I will be home in time for dinner.

"Research? Where were you going to do this research?"

"At the library, it's where the books live. Giles has this huge coll-"

"As in the school library?"

"The one and only."

Joyce shook her head. "Buffy, you can't go to the school library, it's a crime scene."

"I have to go there. I have to look at some of those books. Giles has these really old one of a kind books that may have some information in them. I promise I will be careful. That's why I am leaving so early. I'll see you later." Buffy said as she walked out the door. She didn't give her mother time to respond.

Buffy was a little surprised that there was no one at Sunnydale High School. No police or people investigating the crime scene and there was no Snyder there. The entire school was abandoned.

Pulling her blonde hair behind her ears, Buffy walked into the library. She tore down the yellow "Police crime scene" tape on the entryway.

She walked around past the spot where she held her dead friend's body. Kendra's body was being shipped back to here home. She would have a long awaited reunion with her family but it wasn't for a happy reunion. Her parents would bury their child.

Next Buffy stared towards the upper level of the library where she saw Xander unconscious. Tears fell from her eye and hit her checks before falling to the ground. Her tears came harder as she though about how close Giles came to dying. He literally looked like death the previous morning. She realized that she was lucky to only have lost one of her friends to Drucilla and Angelus.

After wiping her tears away and getting a grip on the present, Buffy pulled herself together and walked into Giles' office. She knew where he kept his watcher-related files and books. Some of the articles were in files filed as 'lost books' or 'book order forms'. That pile was located on the top right hand of his desk under the real library information files. She also went into a box outside in the caged area of the library and pulled more files out. She walked back and made herself comfortable in Giles' office.

It had been almost two hours and Buffy had read all of the files and there was nothing related to the curse. She packed up some of the files and returned them to the upper right hand of the desk and she placed everything back as she found them.

Buffy had just finished packing up the files that belonged in the caged area when she knocked over another piles of files and papers. "For someone who is anal and uptight, Giles sure isn't organized or neat" she thought to herself as she picked up the piles of papers off the floor. Most of these papers were related to school and the library. Sometimes everyone got so caught up with fighting and researching the evil that filled Sunnydale that it was often forgotten that Giles had a real job to do at the school.

As she put back the papers, one of them caught her attention. It was an email from Jenny to Giles. "Wow, not only does Giles know that computers exist, but he also knows about email and how to use it?" Buffy thought to herself. The email was dated on January 20th, 1998, the day that Angelus killed Jenny. The email said:

Rupert,

I am truly sorry for the pain that I caused everyone. I am sorry that I hurt the kids. I know that you look at Willow, Xander and especially Buffy as your own children. I have seen first hand that when one of them is distressed or delighted you also share that emotion with them. You are a great father to them. I am genuinely sorry for the pain I have caused all of them, especially the pain that I have caused you.

I want you to know that I am working on something that will bring Angel back. I found the original curse that my people used on him years ago. I think it'll take a little time but it will work. I am also looking at spells that would destroy Angelus forever, meaning Angel could in fact live as he did, with the curs. He would still feel all the pain and remorse he did for all of the killings Angelus did but he could also experience happiness. I have included some of the site I looked at on the web for a spell to do this for Angel as well as some of the books I have used. I will fill you in later tonight when I meet you at your place.

With all of this being said, I have to finish up a few things before seeing you tonight. The addresses and books will follow.

Jenny

Buffy franticly searched for the next page that would include the websites but there were no other pagers around. Where is it? Did Giles print it out? After looking though all of the papers on his desk, Buffy found nothing that was connected with Jenny's email.

While searching for the page Buffy thought for a moment about Jenny. She was angry with her for not saying anything about the curse, but from reading the email she could see that Jenny tried. She tried to make amends with Buffy. She tried to get read of Angelus forever and lets Angel have as normal of a life as a vampire with a soul could have.

Buffy finished cleaning up the mess she created, although she did copy the email. As the warm copy came out of the machine, she folded the copy and slipped it into her bag she had with her. She placed the original back in the pile it was in on Giles' desk and then she exited.

Next stop, Sunnydale Memorial Hospital.

Okay, I know this is kind of slow moving and it is the first update in a month, but I do have ideas flowing, I just have to write them down. Any feedback is appreciated and I promise the next few chapters should be more interesting and be faster past. Thanks for reading! J