Chapter 3
She got back to the room opened the door and look for Xander. He was there sitting in a chair facing the bed with tears in his eyes. "God Xander what happen? I am sorry; I didn't mean to hurt you." Vicky just started babbling on about being sorry.
Xander just started laughing. It was a bitter laugh but a laugh none the less. "I haven't been called Xan in a while. She called me it every now and then. Mostly like on days like this to get away relax. She dragged me to the beach one time but I didn't really want to go. She looked at me and pouted. God could she pout. Then she says in a very sexy deep voice 'Xan if you come to the beach with me we can swim later.' I am looking at her of course we can swim it is a beach. She leans in to my ear and whispers 'Not if we want to do it naked.' I slipped out of the chair I was sitting in looked at her and got ready for the beach. We went all day just relaxing and swimming. Then we went all night not relaxing and partly swimming. I am sorry Vicky. For almost an hour today I didn't think about her or our loses, I just lived for a bit. When you said that I was flooded with memories of her and it hit me all again, she is dead and nothing is bringing her back. Alpha was going to take over for a moment to get me out of there but I stopped him. I took control of this and ran like a coward. I am sorry for that. Please forgive me."
"Suga I am not going to hold it against you. We have just the rest of the day here. I will tell you about some of me to balance all the info of you and her I have. She was very special Xander. I am glad I can help you along. I am very proud that you kept control and dealt with the situation. Running away like a coward may not have been the best choice but it gave you the time to sit and think about it with out doing anything rash or foolish."
"Thanks Vicky. We can watch TV and do a pay per view night. Thanks again Vicky." Xander gets up and goes to Vicky and gives her a hug. She can feel herself molding to his form. She had a wide happy smile on her face. This was their first moment like this. No thinking about the past but just right now this moment about comfort and togetherness. And as movies and TV shows (and fanfics) go it was the knocking at the door that parted them. "I will get it then we can do the movie thing okay."
"Sure Suga I am going to take a quick shower and join you in the room." She left him with a smile and a wave.
Xander walks over to the door and looks out the peep hole. You can't be to sure when you aren't expecting visitors. It was the face of Giles behind the door that shook him. He opens the door and looks hard at Giles. "I believe he said not to track us down. You are lucky you found me now. Finding him earlier would have cost you. What do you want Giles?"
"Oh yes well I have come to get you and request of 5 women. And you know when a Slayer asks you for something in a certain way it means do and won't suffer bodily harm. I would like to get you to come back to SunnyDale. You are needed in a very desperate way."
"Why does Willow's mom want me back in SunnyDale? I get the rest but why even bring her up?"
"What, oh yeah the 5th women. No it isn't Mrs. Rosenberg. It is another woman from you past."
"Cordy. You brought Cord to SunnyDale to bring me back. You should have sent Cordy just so I would leave this area. I am not ready to go back. I am heading to Boston and I need to go there." Xander was about to speak again when Giles stops him.
"Not Cordy you stupid git. It is Faith. She has been brought back and really needs you with her." Giles watches as Xander for the first time since he has known him can't find a word to say. It is when Vicky walks in with a towel and nothing else that moment passes.
"Suga you going join me in the shower anytime soon?" She laughs a little but looks at the two now looking at her and watches the older man turn to Xander and hits him across the jaw.
"You prat, you waste of human garbage, this is how you get over her, by bedding down with some trollop and wasting your time away." He keeps yelling at him and strikes him again. Giles picks him up and goes for a third strike. Xander's eyes open to reveal the feral amber again and grabs Giles fist in mid strike.
"Nice timing Red. Next time you think it might be fun to do this make bloody well sure that Ripper isn't on the other side of the door. Now Giles the red head is Vicky Johnson the current Slayer. She is either going to finish her shower or get dressed right now and join us for talking at the dinner table. I hope you can control yourself a little longer because right now you're alive because Xander thinks you can be forgiven for the miss understanding hear. And if what you say about Faith is true then we will be leaving tomorrow after we pack." Alpha squeezes his hand and can see the pain on Giles face. "Move it Red this guy has pissed me off and I want to take a break from fighting Xander. It feels good to be doing it though. I do have to thank you for that Giles. He still has loyalties." Alpha then lets go of his fist and as Giles takes a step back to rub his hand as the fist across his jaw knocks him to the ground. "Honor also has a price remember that." Alpha's eye shift back to brown as Xander offers his hand to help Giles up.
"Thanks and sorry for hitting you Lex it was wrong of me. For my defense she did come out of nowhere with a very suggestive theme going on about her. Is Vicky going to be moving anytime soon?"
The both of them are now looking at her as she blushes a red that seems to be matching her hair. She turns around and bolts out of the room to get dressed.
"Nice girl but she has been doing things like that lately. I have told her a lot about Faith and myself. She knows that I am not ready to move on but she likes to have fun at my expense. And we both know what a Slayer will do at our expense. Let's sit. I will make some tea for us. You can tell me what the fuck is going on in SunnyDale that Faith is back. She shouldn't even be there now. I left instructions to have her body shipped to Boston to have it buried there. I was on my way there to say good bye to her and head back." Xander says as he walks in to the kitchen and gets some tea for tea bags. He puts the water on to boil and sits down at the table with Giles. Vicky comes out of the bathroom and sits across from Giles.
"Hi Mr. Giles. I am the new Slayer Vicky Johnson. Xander has told me a lot about you and I would like you to be my watcher also."
"Well Ms. Johnson I would be happy to. I will file with the Council when we get back to SunnyDale. And please cal me Giles.
"Thanks you Giles. Did I hear correctly that Faith was alive and still in SunnyDale?"
"Yes we are asking Lex to come back to her. She is in a bad place right now and she really is waiting for you to comeback. She won't be able to last much longer. She isn't doing all that well. She seems distant and non responsive to a lot of things. She hasn't patrolled in the two months she has been back. She just sits in the Magic Box and we believe she is waiting for you to return and make her happy again. So it is Xander again and not Lex. What brought this on?"
"Glory did. I drew on so much of the Hyena in me with out becoming something else, that he was created." Xander's eyes shift amber, "Hello Giles I am Alpha. I am all the strengths of the Hyena. Xander still has some gifts but he is closer to what he was before the zoo that day then after it. He mostly has the heighten senses and reflexes but not the strength. And I can out do Vicky any day of the week. Probably Buffy and our mate once we get her back up and running." His eyes shifty back to brown. "Pretty cool sometimes Giles."
"My word Xander that definitely can be usefully from time to time. So can we head back to SunnyDale then?"
"Sure I want to talk to Vicky then we will check out and head back with you." Giles stands to leave and says his goodbyes to Xander and Vicky. Then walks down the hallway to the elevator then out then out the door. "I am sorry Vicky for doing this to you. I was starting to think going out with you would be great but with Faith.."
"..Don't say it Xander. I already understand it but it won't make it easier. I am going to take a shower alone and get ready to go." With that she turned and walk in the bathroom. She disrobed and turned on the shower when it was hot enough she got in and just stood under the water. It was able to hide the tears coming down her face and muffle out some of the sobs. She was unsure what was hurting the worse, losing him to the only woman that could take him, or just losing him with out ever having him. She wouldn't debate it she would just live with it.
She got back to the room opened the door and look for Xander. He was there sitting in a chair facing the bed with tears in his eyes. "God Xander what happen? I am sorry; I didn't mean to hurt you." Vicky just started babbling on about being sorry.
Xander just started laughing. It was a bitter laugh but a laugh none the less. "I haven't been called Xan in a while. She called me it every now and then. Mostly like on days like this to get away relax. She dragged me to the beach one time but I didn't really want to go. She looked at me and pouted. God could she pout. Then she says in a very sexy deep voice 'Xan if you come to the beach with me we can swim later.' I am looking at her of course we can swim it is a beach. She leans in to my ear and whispers 'Not if we want to do it naked.' I slipped out of the chair I was sitting in looked at her and got ready for the beach. We went all day just relaxing and swimming. Then we went all night not relaxing and partly swimming. I am sorry Vicky. For almost an hour today I didn't think about her or our loses, I just lived for a bit. When you said that I was flooded with memories of her and it hit me all again, she is dead and nothing is bringing her back. Alpha was going to take over for a moment to get me out of there but I stopped him. I took control of this and ran like a coward. I am sorry for that. Please forgive me."
"Suga I am not going to hold it against you. We have just the rest of the day here. I will tell you about some of me to balance all the info of you and her I have. She was very special Xander. I am glad I can help you along. I am very proud that you kept control and dealt with the situation. Running away like a coward may not have been the best choice but it gave you the time to sit and think about it with out doing anything rash or foolish."
"Thanks Vicky. We can watch TV and do a pay per view night. Thanks again Vicky." Xander gets up and goes to Vicky and gives her a hug. She can feel herself molding to his form. She had a wide happy smile on her face. This was their first moment like this. No thinking about the past but just right now this moment about comfort and togetherness. And as movies and TV shows (and fanfics) go it was the knocking at the door that parted them. "I will get it then we can do the movie thing okay."
"Sure Suga I am going to take a quick shower and join you in the room." She left him with a smile and a wave.
Xander walks over to the door and looks out the peep hole. You can't be to sure when you aren't expecting visitors. It was the face of Giles behind the door that shook him. He opens the door and looks hard at Giles. "I believe he said not to track us down. You are lucky you found me now. Finding him earlier would have cost you. What do you want Giles?"
"Oh yes well I have come to get you and request of 5 women. And you know when a Slayer asks you for something in a certain way it means do and won't suffer bodily harm. I would like to get you to come back to SunnyDale. You are needed in a very desperate way."
"Why does Willow's mom want me back in SunnyDale? I get the rest but why even bring her up?"
"What, oh yeah the 5th women. No it isn't Mrs. Rosenberg. It is another woman from you past."
"Cordy. You brought Cord to SunnyDale to bring me back. You should have sent Cordy just so I would leave this area. I am not ready to go back. I am heading to Boston and I need to go there." Xander was about to speak again when Giles stops him.
"Not Cordy you stupid git. It is Faith. She has been brought back and really needs you with her." Giles watches as Xander for the first time since he has known him can't find a word to say. It is when Vicky walks in with a towel and nothing else that moment passes.
"Suga you going join me in the shower anytime soon?" She laughs a little but looks at the two now looking at her and watches the older man turn to Xander and hits him across the jaw.
"You prat, you waste of human garbage, this is how you get over her, by bedding down with some trollop and wasting your time away." He keeps yelling at him and strikes him again. Giles picks him up and goes for a third strike. Xander's eyes open to reveal the feral amber again and grabs Giles fist in mid strike.
"Nice timing Red. Next time you think it might be fun to do this make bloody well sure that Ripper isn't on the other side of the door. Now Giles the red head is Vicky Johnson the current Slayer. She is either going to finish her shower or get dressed right now and join us for talking at the dinner table. I hope you can control yourself a little longer because right now you're alive because Xander thinks you can be forgiven for the miss understanding hear. And if what you say about Faith is true then we will be leaving tomorrow after we pack." Alpha squeezes his hand and can see the pain on Giles face. "Move it Red this guy has pissed me off and I want to take a break from fighting Xander. It feels good to be doing it though. I do have to thank you for that Giles. He still has loyalties." Alpha then lets go of his fist and as Giles takes a step back to rub his hand as the fist across his jaw knocks him to the ground. "Honor also has a price remember that." Alpha's eye shift back to brown as Xander offers his hand to help Giles up.
"Thanks and sorry for hitting you Lex it was wrong of me. For my defense she did come out of nowhere with a very suggestive theme going on about her. Is Vicky going to be moving anytime soon?"
The both of them are now looking at her as she blushes a red that seems to be matching her hair. She turns around and bolts out of the room to get dressed.
"Nice girl but she has been doing things like that lately. I have told her a lot about Faith and myself. She knows that I am not ready to move on but she likes to have fun at my expense. And we both know what a Slayer will do at our expense. Let's sit. I will make some tea for us. You can tell me what the fuck is going on in SunnyDale that Faith is back. She shouldn't even be there now. I left instructions to have her body shipped to Boston to have it buried there. I was on my way there to say good bye to her and head back." Xander says as he walks in to the kitchen and gets some tea for tea bags. He puts the water on to boil and sits down at the table with Giles. Vicky comes out of the bathroom and sits across from Giles.
"Hi Mr. Giles. I am the new Slayer Vicky Johnson. Xander has told me a lot about you and I would like you to be my watcher also."
"Well Ms. Johnson I would be happy to. I will file with the Council when we get back to SunnyDale. And please cal me Giles.
"Thanks you Giles. Did I hear correctly that Faith was alive and still in SunnyDale?"
"Yes we are asking Lex to come back to her. She is in a bad place right now and she really is waiting for you to comeback. She won't be able to last much longer. She isn't doing all that well. She seems distant and non responsive to a lot of things. She hasn't patrolled in the two months she has been back. She just sits in the Magic Box and we believe she is waiting for you to return and make her happy again. So it is Xander again and not Lex. What brought this on?"
"Glory did. I drew on so much of the Hyena in me with out becoming something else, that he was created." Xander's eyes shift amber, "Hello Giles I am Alpha. I am all the strengths of the Hyena. Xander still has some gifts but he is closer to what he was before the zoo that day then after it. He mostly has the heighten senses and reflexes but not the strength. And I can out do Vicky any day of the week. Probably Buffy and our mate once we get her back up and running." His eyes shifty back to brown. "Pretty cool sometimes Giles."
"My word Xander that definitely can be usefully from time to time. So can we head back to SunnyDale then?"
"Sure I want to talk to Vicky then we will check out and head back with you." Giles stands to leave and says his goodbyes to Xander and Vicky. Then walks down the hallway to the elevator then out then out the door. "I am sorry Vicky for doing this to you. I was starting to think going out with you would be great but with Faith.."
"..Don't say it Xander. I already understand it but it won't make it easier. I am going to take a shower alone and get ready to go." With that she turned and walk in the bathroom. She disrobed and turned on the shower when it was hot enough she got in and just stood under the water. It was able to hide the tears coming down her face and muffle out some of the sobs. She was unsure what was hurting the worse, losing him to the only woman that could take him, or just losing him with out ever having him. She wouldn't debate it she would just live with it.