Chapter 3

"My what?"
"Your Watcher and you are the Slayer. For in all the world there is one. A chosen one, born with the skill and strength to fight..."
"Yeah, I got that speech from...a...Xander." She said, interrupting.
"Well, uh, why don't we wake everyone up, go downstairs, and explain this." Wesley said, leading the way. Angel let go of Jake and she followed Wesley down. Angel woke Gunn up and followed Oz and Spike down.
After ten minutes, the whole gang was assembled in the living room. Giles started a fire in the fireplace. "Before we start can I ask a something?" Jake asked.
"Sure." Wesley replied.
"What is he?" She pointed to Oz. "I saw an animal change into him."
"I'm a werewolf, but only during the full moon."
"Okay." She said that as though that was a weird answer.
"Jacquelyn, how much do you know?" Wesley asked.
"Well, first of all it's Jake, and second I only know from what I read and saw." She stared at Spike and Angel.
"When did you realize who you are?" Wesley then asked.
"When I woke up one night and ran to the cemetary, I don't know why. Then a vampire attacked me and by simple instinct I knew how to kill it. It's friend whispered the word "Slayer." So the next day, I went to the library and looked it up and found that book." She pointed to a book on the bookself. "Plus the fact that I could jump out a 3rd floor window and land on my feet without hurting myself, kind of convinced me."
"Alright, well then you know what your destiny is, so we can start your training."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Back up like five feet. Destiny? As in fate? No, oh no, I don't do that stuff. I don't even believe in it."
"Slaying is a full time job, pet. They got you for life." Spike said.
She stared at him and then turned to Wesley. "No, I don't think so. I have a life, (under her breath she muttered) well two actually. And I've already done the whole secret identity stuff, I'm not doing it again!"
"Again?" Buffy asked.
"I'm leaving." Jake walked out, as she left she called. "Don't call me, I won't call you."
Everyone let her go, but Spike. She was at the back door when Spike caught her. "Jake, wait up."
She stopped. "What?" She turned and stared at him. "I know you don't want to hear what they say, but if you don't embrace it now, you're destiny will attack you."
"Why? Why me? I have my own problems , I don't want the world's, too."
"Look Wesley's last slayer was a failure, so he'll expect too much from you. If you want to, I'll help train you , you won't have to deal as much."
"I'll think about it." Spike backed away as she ran out the door. After a few seconds the sound of a motorcycle started up and then faded away.

Jake walked into Finn's class just as it started. "Mr. Pratt, you're late."
"Sorry, Finn, it won't happen again." Jake took a seat in front of Scout and next to Ham.
"Mr. Pratt, read the poem on page 180." Jake opened the book and started reading.

"Well, that went well." Spike said walking back into the room.
"She'll be back." Wesley said.
"Are you sure? Cause if we follow her again, she will only be back to kill us all." Spike stormed out of the room.
"What happened to him?" Cordelia asked.
"Got me." Buffy said.

After class, Jake and Ham were walking toward the lake.
"Jake, we need to talk." Ham said.
They sat down on the dock.
"What's up?" He asked.
"Nothing, why?"
"Jake, something is obviously up. You're out all hours of the night, you say you're being stalked, and today you walk into Finn's class late. What's going on?"
"Look what was happening, I can't tell you about, but it's all over. No more late nights or stalkers. It's over, I'm now back to semi-normal me."
"Horrah."
"Hey, um, do you believe in fate or destiny?"
"Not particularlly, why?"
"No reason. (she paused) Do you know if your fate can be changed?"
"Yeah, cause nothing is written in stone. So what is this all about?"
"Nothing, so you want to go get lunch."
"Sounds good."

Meanwhile at the house Angel and Spike are arguing.
"What were you doing out there?"
"Eating."
"Figures."
"Hey, you may like drinking pig's blood night in and night out, but not me."
"So you found some poor dead motorist."
"No, it was road kill."
Angel laughed. "You're a real piece of work, Spike, you know that."
"Hey, you have a soul. I just have this stupid chip in my head."
"Fine, why don't we even the score. Willow!"
She ran in. "What?"
"Why don't we give Spike a soul."
"Oh, no you don't." Spike jumped on Angel and knocked over a lamp. Suddenly Buffy grabbed both of them, dragged them downstairs, and locked them in Oz's cage. "And stay there until you're done."
"What's going on?" Wesley asked as Buffy came up the stairs.
"They're just having a little problem adjusting." She walked away to find a broom to sweep up the broken lamp.

Later Jake had joined the others for dinner at the diner.
"Hey, Jake, it's nice to see you agian." Bella said.
"Uh, yeah, sorry about the past couple of days. I've been kinda busy tring to avoid these people."
"Who?" Scout asked.
"I don't know, these creepy people."
At that moment, Will walked over with another guy dressed in a Friendly's uniform. "Hey, guys. I'd like to introduce you to Xander. He's from California."
Everyone said hi. Will introduced everyone, but when he got to Jake, Xander said, "Jake? Oh, we already met."
"You have?" Will asked.
"Yeah, in the library."
"Oh," Will said.
"So what are you doing in Rawely?" Sean asked, as they sat down.
"Actually, I ran out of jobs in California, so here I am."
"You're not in school?" Bella asked.
"Oh, I graduated from high school, but not enough money or good enough grades for college. But trust me go to college. I can tell you how many jobs I've had in one year, but I won't." He smiled. "So do you all go to Rawley?"
"Sean and I don't we go to the local high school." Bella said.
"Oh."
"So Xander, where in California are you from?" Ham asked.
"A small town called Sunnydale an hour and a half from LA."
"Sounds cool." Scout said.
"Not really the town is kinda over run by a huge gang."
"So what is the worst job you ever had?" Sean asked.
"No comment. But I have driven an ice cream truck, until I was fired."
"How did you get fired from that?" Ham asked.
"Well, I took my girlfriend along, (big mistake) we got into a conversation about sex, which turned into a fight. And the next thing you know."
"You didn't?" Bella asked.
"No, I started to take my shirt off in front of a bunch of kids."
Everyone started laughing.

At around ten, Will and Xander started to close up. Jake pulled Xander to the side and handed him an envelope. "Can you give this to the blonde for me?"
"Who Buffy?"
"No, the vampire."
"Spike?"
"Yeah."
"Uh, sure."
"Please don't read it."
"Yeah, sure."
"Thanks." Jake grabbed Ham and they left.

Later at the house, Spike is watching TV as Gunn walks in. Gunn started at Spike, until he noticed. "What?"
"Nothing."
Then Xander walked in. Spike laughed at his outfit. Xander just sat down next to him on the couch. "Felicity, nice choice."
Xander said. "Here." He handed Spike the envelope.
"What's this?"
"It's from Jake."
Spike stood up as he opened it, he read it, and then stuck it in his pocket.
"What is it?" Gunn asked.
"Nothing." Spike left the room.

The letter read:
Dear (well I don't know your name, so I'll just leave it at that),
I've decided to let you train me. Two reasons:
1)I like the idea of working at night.
2)I don't like Wesley.
So meet me tomorrow night at midnight at the North entrance of the cemetary.
We'll talk.

Jake