Author's Note: I really like my story, but I need to know if you guys do. So, if anyone wants me to continue, I need at least three reviews. Thanks. Julie ;)
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"Well this is a bundle of fun." Buffy rolled her eyes at Xander's statement.
For the past ten minutes, she and Aidan had stood in front of the scoobies. No one had said anything. They were just staring. Finally Aidan came to the rescue.
"Look, I know you guys are confused…"
"I wouldn't say confused." Willow stood up. "Just more, perplexed."
"Yeah, you kill slayers for a living." Xander looked angry. "And yet here you are, sleeping with ours. Now that really doesn't make sense."
"If you'd let us explain…" Buffy was silently pleading for Giles to step in. Finally, he did.
"Alright, explaining would be good."
Buffy looked over at Aidan, who sighed. This was a story they had both told a couple of times over now.
"My Family, the Quinn's are as you know, a warrior family. You also know that the objective is to kill slayers. What you don't know is why."
"Does there have to be a reason?" Asked Faith. She was clearly mad.
"There does, and there is." Aidan felt Buffy slip her hand inside his before he continued. "The legends don't tell exactly what happened. The first slayer…"
"Ohhh, we met her." Anya smiled happily. "She was dirty and tried to kill us in our dreams."
"Ok. Well, she and the son of the first Quinn family fell in love."
"Did love even exist back then?" Mark had his arm protectively around Faith.
"It did. But, the Quinn family opposed to the slayer, as did the first watchers to the son."
"Like Romeo and Juliet." Oz smiled.
"Close enough. Eventually the angry between the two families went to far, killing the slayer and the son."
"The first slayer wasn't killed by demons?" Asked Michaela. Buffy now spoke up.
"No. But it was written that a demon did, to hide the shame of the two lovers. At least that's the way the watchers and Quinn's decided it should be."
"They made up?" Asked Xander.
"No." Aidan sighed again. "The war between the two groups has gone on for millions of years. It was never written in a diary when a slayer killed a Quinn, or a Quinn killed a slayer. Excuses were always made."
"So, what?" Faith looked between the two. "How'd you two get passed the whole 'family feud' thing?" At this, Xander stifled a giggle. A 'family feud' could be heard under his breath, but the others ignored him.
"Like I said before." Buffy smiled. "We met in Buenos Aeries. I was on a mission, so was he. After I finished, I was set for ETA in a small clearing in a forest. I had to take a detour, because I thought someone was following me. My first thought that it was Jack. He was supposed to meet me at the extraction point. But then I got a call, on my cell.
"Turned out to be Jack, I had a trail. They couldn't get a visual. He and Iggy were tracking me on GPS. They told me that there was a cliff 20 meters ahead. He said that I could do a 180, and trick the guy to go over the cliff. Didn't exactly work."
"I had already scouted the location." Aidan grinned. " Right after she hid in the bushes, I tackled her. We ended up rolling right over the cliff into the water below. We were unconscious and alone, together for a week. Her tracker had gotten knocked of, as did my cell phone
"We fought the first 4 hours, then resulted in arguing. By the fifth day, we I relented and told her who I was." He grinned again, and pulled up his sleeve. The group gasped as they saw a 6-inch, jagged, scar. It ran from his wrist up to his elbow, on the inside of his arm. "That's what Buffy gave me when I told her what I did for a living. It was good timing, cause twenty minutes later, her team found us."
"We left him there." Buffy grinned as well. "But he found us two weeks later. Iggy had done some research during that time, and son he filled us in on the true story."
"And then you two made happy?" Asked Willow.
"Nope." Aidan ruffled Buffy's hair. Took me three more months before I actually got her to like me. Then after we finally got close, she bailed."
"That's our Buffy." Now it was Faith's turn to grin.
"Why did you leave?" Asked Oz.
"That's really not a story for the whole group." Buffy groaned as Aidan kissed the top of her head.
"Fine. But I want the full version later."
"Ok." Buffy smiled. She was just about to speak, when the phone rang. "Ohh, I can practice for my job." Buffy leapt out of Aidan's grasp and over to the phone. "Magic Box. Buffy Speaking, how may I help you." She waited a moment, and when no one answered, she frowned. "Hello?" The next word that came over made Buffy give her self a mental slap?
"Buffy?" Angel sounded so surprised, Buffy sighed.
"Yeah it's me, hey Angel."
"Okay, I know I helped you fake your death, so you could leave the country and permanently break ties with your life. So, why are you answering Giles's phone?"
"It's a long story. And I don't think Giles wants to spend that much on phone bills."
"I'll come to Sunnydale."
"No, no. I'll come back to LA. There are some people I want to see."
"Ok."
"Angel."
"Yeah?"
"It's gonna be ok."
TBC
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