WHAT!!!!!!!
By jezebel
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Chapter Eight: Violent Tendancies
En Route to Los Angeles
Giles drove as slow as possible on the way to LA. Buffy and Dawn sat in the backseat crying silently, hugging, talking, and more crying. He understood their pain. They drove for 2 hrs, (They were going slow. I've no idea how fast it takes to go from LA to Sunnydale or vice versa.) when the big city of Los Angeles came into view. Dawn let out a loud cry.
Giles followed the directions to find Mr. Summers' new house. He had only met the man once when Buffy had first come to Sunnydale. Today he was eager to get the man alone and let Ripper out to play. But he knew that if he did that, it would only make things worse. For now, Buffy could see Dawn on holidays, during the summer, and every other weekend. He knew Hank would revoke Buffy's visitations if he did something he wouldn't like. So he fought to control himself.
The house, or rather apartment building, came into view. This time both girls let out strangled cries. They got out to see Hank waiting with open arms.
"Princess, Buffy, I'm so glad to see you both, really. Buffy, please don't take this the wrong way, it's in Dawn's best interest." He went to hug Dawn but she slapped him, hard. He staggered at the blow and glared at her. "Dawn, how dare you. I'm only doing this for you." She gave him a look that meant instant death if looks could kill. Her eyes were full of disgust.
"How dare I? How dare you take me away from my sister, my real family, my friends, my school, and memories of mom! You're the one who should be sorry, not me. And I promise, if your ever home to actually see me, if you aren't out of the country with your sluts, I will make your life a living hell. You will regret the day you ever thought of taking me away." With that she ran into Buffy's open arms. Hank stared bewildered at everything she had just said. Giles had never been so proud of Dawn at that moment. Hank turned to him.
"Hello, you must me Mr. Giles. We met once long ago. Pleased to meet your acquaintance once again." He held his hand out to Giles, who took it reluctantly. The father looked over to his daughters crying in each other's arms. He turned back to Giles. "You're a man of good morals. I believe you can see I'm only doing this for the best. I think Dawn would only pick up her sister's violent tendencies and delinquencies. In time she'll know I'm right." Giles lost it.
"How many times have you even talked to either one of them? You didn't even called when their mother died. If you had kept in touch you would see that Buffy has grown up to be an extraordinary woman. She has raised Dawn with the help of her friends and kept her away from bad influences. I happen to agree with Dawn on this matter and the only reason I haven't stopped you myself is it would make me seem to be the bad guy. Now unless you've gained one ounce of decency, you'll start moving your daughter's belongings in the apartment you seem fit for a home." With that said he walked to the girls and put his arms around Buffy and Dawn. They were both like daughters to him and he hated to see them like this. Hank had followed Giles' orders and about ten minutes later he interrupted the group hug.
"Dawn, all of your things are in your room. I'd be grateful if we could go inside now. There are some really strange people out here at night. Buffy, Mr. Giles, your welcome to come in also." They all went inside and got in the elevator. When they reached the second floor, they got out. He pointed to apartment 210.
"This is where we live, nothing much. As far as I know, our neighbors are a really weird girl next door that usually has some men over, and a few people that are generally quite." He gestured to a room on his right. "This is your new room. I gave you the master bedroom of course because I won't be around all the time. You'll usually have to fend for yourself." Dawn nodded, she had figured that, and checked out her room. It was nothing special right now, but when she was finished with it, it would be her dream room.
Buffy went over to her father. "Hi dad." She tried not to imagine him being tortured by vampires.
"Hello Buffy. I'm really sorry if this is hard on you, but it's for the best, really. I know it doesn't seem like it now, but it will get better, and look on the bright side, you can get on with your life." Buffy fought the urge to strangle him.
"Dawn is my life, now I'm just lost." He looked at her with mock sympathy.
"Well, then it's time you grew up. Don't worry about Dawn. You can call her anytime. I'm not trying to separate you from her. You know I wouldn't cut contact between you completely." Not for now anyway. She imagined what would happen when Spike found out. She smiled. "See, here's the happy Buffy I remember." What! She remembered smiling and just let it be. Then he looked at her harshly. "I think it would be best if you said goodbye now. You can call in the morning to check up on her." Buffy just nodded and slowly walked to Dawn's new room. She was currently hugging Giles and Buffy watched as he placed an envelope in her pocked. She gave a wistful smile.
"Dawnie, we need to go now. As much as I hate to admit it, dad's right. You need to settle in." Dawn looked at Buffy with surprise. Her sister gave an evil grin and in a lower voice continued. "All the while making his life a living hell." Dawn mirrored her sister's grin and crossed over to her sister.
"I love you." A few tears fell from Buffy's face.
"I love you too Dawnie. If anything happens, call me immediately. I'll jump in the car right away. Then call Angel. I'm stopping at his place and letting him know what happened." the two sisters embraced again. Then the eldest was led away by Giles.
Dawn sat on the bed and discovered the envelope. Inside was 10,000 dollars in cash and a note.
"Here's your allowance. Spend it wisely. I will know if you blow it all at once. Love Giles."
Dawn smiled through tears. Then she noticed a business card for Angel Investigations. A note was attached to that too.
"Dawn, please keep in touch with him, even if it's not an emergency. I'll check in with him once a week to see how you're faring."
Grimly, Dawn started to unpack.
In the car, Giles drove Buffy to the Hyperion Hotel, home of Angel Investigations. Surprisingly she had stopped crying and was now silent. They pulled up to the entrance and parked. Then they dragged themselves inside.
