Once again thank you for the reviews. This was a tough chapter to write cause I kept finding myself rushing things. I know I said I'd try to post one a day but I had to almost completely rewrite this chapter 3 times so I hope everyone likes it and sorry for the delay.
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Preview: Wesley talks to Buffy as well as Giles.
Wesley carried the exhausted Buffy into his apartment followed by Giles carrying a small overnight bag and a few notebooks.Wesley motioned to Giles to set everything down on the table as he carried Buffy through the apartment to his bedroom. She was awake but just barely as Wesley sat her in a chair while he pulled back the blankets and found a shirt of his that she could sleep in. He handed her the clothing and turned his back while she removed her shoes, shirt and jeans and slipped the nightshirt over her head. When Buffy murmured that she was done he quietly tucked her into the bed as if she was a small child. With the covers pulled up to her chin Wesley thought she looked almost like a scared, slightly bewildered, child.
Buffy smiled at him sleepily and with a little of the spunk he remembered her having she said "Thanks for the loan of the shirt. Mine are all pretty much buried in a Hellmouth right now."
"Not a problem at all." Wesley chuckled," Perhaps if your up to it we can do some shopping tomorrow for you and the other girls?"
"I'm sure the girls will want to pick out their own things but I'd love to go. If I have to look at that shirt ever again it will be to soon." Buffy said ruefully.
"Then it's settled" Wesley said."Unless you'd rather go with Willow or heavens forbid,Cordelia."
"Are you kidding?" Buffy joked, "And hear how I probably planned the destruction of Sunnydale just so I could get a shopping trip in LA?"
"Well did you?" Wesley asked with a serious face but his twinkling eyes giving him away.
"Of course" said Buffy back with a matching serious face,"after working with Cordelia you still don't know how far a girl will go to get shopping out of a situation?"
"You know,now that you pointed it out that DOES happen with Cordelia a lot. Even when she wasn't near a demon when it was killed she always said it permeated her clothing so we owed her new things."Wesley said thoughtfully.
Buffy's smiled and then her expression turned thoughtful,"You've changed." She stated softly.
"You mean from the arrogant pris I was when I was your Watcher?" Wesley said bluntly."I hope I've changed for the better."
Buffy nodded slowly "You are more human now.I feel like we are on the same planet, where before I had no idea who you were. I'm sorry I never tried to find out."
"It was a long time ago Buffy. I doubt even I knew who I was then." Said Wesley honestly.
"Well, I look forward to getting to know you again," said Buffy.
Seeing her eyes starting to drift shut again Wesley quickly ended the conversation."Me too Buffy.Now get some We'll talk more tomorrow."
Buffy's eyes opened again for a minute as she said looked for certain words then gave up and simply asked,"stay? Just until I fall asleep?"
"O course." he answered as he pulled the chair closer to the bed.With one last smile at him Buffy closed her eyes. Wesley watched her for about 20 minutes until her breathing was deep and even before he quietly slipped out of the room and moved towards the kitchen where Giles sat writing in one of his notebooks.
"Care for a brandy Mr. Giles?" Wesley asked. At Giles concerned look towards the back room Wesley said,"she's asleep now."
"Then I would love a brandy." Giles said with a sigh."I think I'm getting to old for apocalypses anymore"
Mr Giles, your never to old for one of those." Wesley said as he poured a generous amount of brandy in a glass and handed it to Giles before he poured himself one. He joined Giles at the table and glanced at the notebooks Giles had been writing in and now laid all over the table.His eyes went back down as he realized what Giles had written on one of the pages.
"Mr Giles," he asked."Is this what I think it is?"
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Sorry to end it there folks but my computer went wacko.I'm going to retype the rest of the conversation as the next chapter and load it tonight.Sorry again.
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Preview: Wesley talks to Buffy as well as Giles.
Wesley carried the exhausted Buffy into his apartment followed by Giles carrying a small overnight bag and a few notebooks.Wesley motioned to Giles to set everything down on the table as he carried Buffy through the apartment to his bedroom. She was awake but just barely as Wesley sat her in a chair while he pulled back the blankets and found a shirt of his that she could sleep in. He handed her the clothing and turned his back while she removed her shoes, shirt and jeans and slipped the nightshirt over her head. When Buffy murmured that she was done he quietly tucked her into the bed as if she was a small child. With the covers pulled up to her chin Wesley thought she looked almost like a scared, slightly bewildered, child.
Buffy smiled at him sleepily and with a little of the spunk he remembered her having she said "Thanks for the loan of the shirt. Mine are all pretty much buried in a Hellmouth right now."
"Not a problem at all." Wesley chuckled," Perhaps if your up to it we can do some shopping tomorrow for you and the other girls?"
"I'm sure the girls will want to pick out their own things but I'd love to go. If I have to look at that shirt ever again it will be to soon." Buffy said ruefully.
"Then it's settled" Wesley said."Unless you'd rather go with Willow or heavens forbid,Cordelia."
"Are you kidding?" Buffy joked, "And hear how I probably planned the destruction of Sunnydale just so I could get a shopping trip in LA?"
"Well did you?" Wesley asked with a serious face but his twinkling eyes giving him away.
"Of course" said Buffy back with a matching serious face,"after working with Cordelia you still don't know how far a girl will go to get shopping out of a situation?"
"You know,now that you pointed it out that DOES happen with Cordelia a lot. Even when she wasn't near a demon when it was killed she always said it permeated her clothing so we owed her new things."Wesley said thoughtfully.
Buffy's smiled and then her expression turned thoughtful,"You've changed." She stated softly.
"You mean from the arrogant pris I was when I was your Watcher?" Wesley said bluntly."I hope I've changed for the better."
Buffy nodded slowly "You are more human now.I feel like we are on the same planet, where before I had no idea who you were. I'm sorry I never tried to find out."
"It was a long time ago Buffy. I doubt even I knew who I was then." Said Wesley honestly.
"Well, I look forward to getting to know you again," said Buffy.
Seeing her eyes starting to drift shut again Wesley quickly ended the conversation."Me too Buffy.Now get some We'll talk more tomorrow."
Buffy's eyes opened again for a minute as she said looked for certain words then gave up and simply asked,"stay? Just until I fall asleep?"
"O course." he answered as he pulled the chair closer to the bed.With one last smile at him Buffy closed her eyes. Wesley watched her for about 20 minutes until her breathing was deep and even before he quietly slipped out of the room and moved towards the kitchen where Giles sat writing in one of his notebooks.
"Care for a brandy Mr. Giles?" Wesley asked. At Giles concerned look towards the back room Wesley said,"she's asleep now."
"Then I would love a brandy." Giles said with a sigh."I think I'm getting to old for apocalypses anymore"
Mr Giles, your never to old for one of those." Wesley said as he poured a generous amount of brandy in a glass and handed it to Giles before he poured himself one. He joined Giles at the table and glanced at the notebooks Giles had been writing in and now laid all over the table.His eyes went back down as he realized what Giles had written on one of the pages.
"Mr Giles," he asked."Is this what I think it is?"
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Sorry to end it there folks but my computer went wacko.I'm going to retype the rest of the conversation as the next chapter and load it tonight.Sorry again.
