The next day when willow arrived in school she went straight to the staff
room where dawn was sat having her morning coffee and chatting to a tall
looking man with a tweed jacket thrown over his shoulder, the man reminded
her of Giles on that first day when he had arrived as the sunnydale
librarian.
He looked nervous and out of place, willow approached dawn and greeted her with a smile.
"Hey will, Id like you to meet Gregory Porter, he's the new librarian. Doesn't he remind you of Wesley?" Dawn asked smiling.
"Yeah kind of a cross between Wes and Giles." Willow replied
Gregory was about six feet tall, he had sandy hair like Wesley's but deep green eyes like Giles, he was clean shaven and wore small round glasses pushed high up on his nose.
"Am I to take that as a good thing then?" Gregory asked in a very upper class British accent.
"Yeah, that's a good thing." Dawn reassured him with a dazzling smile.
"Right well I have a library to return to and I get so many visitors!" he said sarcastically, and walked off glancing back once at the two of them.
"He seems nice." Willow said "Why does this school always opt for the British librarian though?"
"Don't know maybe they're more meticulous about there filing!" The two of them began to giggle remembering how Giles used to be with his books in both the library and the magic box.
Willow began to make her morning coffee and they began to discuss the wedding, about the guest list and the engagement party that was in two days time. Dawn told her that Buffy Giles and Xander were flying in that night.
"I only have one problem, I don't know how to drive and Andrew is working late and I kind of promised id pick them up from the airport."
"I can go and fetch them what time does their flight get in?"
"Around 6.30 can you make it, it would be a huge help Will." "Yeah sure where are they staying when they get here?" "Well Buff and Giles are staying with me and Andrew but I think Xander's checking into a motel."
"Ok cool ill pick em up and drop them off round at your place at around 7.00"
"Thanks a lot will, see ya then." dawn said picking up her coffee and leaving the small staff room just as the first bell rang out.
Willow had a free period first thing and decided she was going to use her time to check out the new library.
Willow walked through the big oak doors to the new library, the place didn't have the same musky smell as the old Scooby HQ, but the décor was very similar, stacks of old volumes lined the walls, the patterned hard floor under her feet was almost exactly the same as that of the previous and there were very few computers around, Giles would have loved it.
As she wondered around the darkened room she didn't notice Gregory walk out of his office and watch her marvel in the new place.
"You like the place?" he said, it startled willow and made her spin around to face him.
"Whoa, I didn't see ya there. Y-yes it reminds me of Giles' library." Willow answered looking a little shaken.
"Ok. I've spoken to you twice Miss Rosenberg and on both occasions you have mentioned this Giles fellow, I feel I know more about him than I do about you."
"O-oh. Sorry, Giles is the old librarian here when I was in high school I used to spend a lot of time in the library. A-and please call me Willow, I don't like Miss Rosenberg it makes me feel old." She gave him a winning smile which he returned.
"Alright, Willow, so you used to live here before the whole collapsing in on itself mystery then?" He asked as they both sat at the round mahogany table in the middle of the room.
"Yeah, it's weird to be back. I never thought id be teaching at sunnydale high. What brings you here from England then?"
"Well I love the California sun, it agrees with me." He gave her another dazzling roguish smile
"It agrees with a lot of people, well I'd better be going I have a class to prepare for, it was very nice meeting you Mr Porter."
"Please call me Greg and I were wondering whether or not, what with you being the head of Computer sciences, that you could maybe, possibly help me with the cataloguing of my new inventory this evening?"
"I can't this evening I have friends coming over but tomorrow for sure,"
Willow walked away with a smile he was kind of cute for a stuffy British guy she thought mind you I always had that thing for Giles, maybe it's the bookworm thing
The rest of willows day was fairly uneventful, she went to class and taught various things all day but her mind wasn't on her work; it was on seeing the Scooby gang that evening the original gang. The four of them that had started out at the beginning when Buffy had arrived in Sunnydale. They had fought on the hell mouth together side by side for seven years, they had been through so much together and after the destruction of sunnydale had one by one lost touch.
The last person that willow had seen had been Xander, her life long best friend whom for many years she had loved and pined for. But she hadn't seen him for a good 2 and a half years now she wondered whether he had changed whether he was married. Whether he had any kids. A new job?
After school she worked at home for a couple of hours before the half an hour drive to the airport to collect her friends. She pulled up to the airport and anxiety struck.
What if everything's totally different?
What if they weren't her friends anymore?
What if Xander is married with kids and isn't the jokey guy she once knew and loved?
She thought about turning back going home and letting Buffy Giles and Xander find their own way to dawns they wouldn't mind.
Willow pull your self together, these people stood by you through thick and thin, you tried to destroy the world and they still loved you, they're gonna be happy to see you even if things are very different, they're still the Scooby gang
She walked into the terminal and stood at the gate, waiting for the three of then to arrive. About 30 or 40 passengers left the gate before willow spotted the familiar face of Giles the watcher hadn't changed much he was still tall and slightly grey with his small rimmed glasses pushed up on his nose, by him stood Buffy no longer blonde but her natural colour she had shoulder length brown hair. And behind them pulling along a large suitcase was Xander Harris, he had a patch over his eye where he had lost it trying to save a slayer, he hadn't changed much other than the long scar covering his left cheek. None of them noticed willow for a moment.
It was Xander who saw the red haired woman first. He said nothing just tapped Buffy on the shoulder and pointed towards willow. "Oh my God, Giles look!"
He looked nervous and out of place, willow approached dawn and greeted her with a smile.
"Hey will, Id like you to meet Gregory Porter, he's the new librarian. Doesn't he remind you of Wesley?" Dawn asked smiling.
"Yeah kind of a cross between Wes and Giles." Willow replied
Gregory was about six feet tall, he had sandy hair like Wesley's but deep green eyes like Giles, he was clean shaven and wore small round glasses pushed high up on his nose.
"Am I to take that as a good thing then?" Gregory asked in a very upper class British accent.
"Yeah, that's a good thing." Dawn reassured him with a dazzling smile.
"Right well I have a library to return to and I get so many visitors!" he said sarcastically, and walked off glancing back once at the two of them.
"He seems nice." Willow said "Why does this school always opt for the British librarian though?"
"Don't know maybe they're more meticulous about there filing!" The two of them began to giggle remembering how Giles used to be with his books in both the library and the magic box.
Willow began to make her morning coffee and they began to discuss the wedding, about the guest list and the engagement party that was in two days time. Dawn told her that Buffy Giles and Xander were flying in that night.
"I only have one problem, I don't know how to drive and Andrew is working late and I kind of promised id pick them up from the airport."
"I can go and fetch them what time does their flight get in?"
"Around 6.30 can you make it, it would be a huge help Will." "Yeah sure where are they staying when they get here?" "Well Buff and Giles are staying with me and Andrew but I think Xander's checking into a motel."
"Ok cool ill pick em up and drop them off round at your place at around 7.00"
"Thanks a lot will, see ya then." dawn said picking up her coffee and leaving the small staff room just as the first bell rang out.
Willow had a free period first thing and decided she was going to use her time to check out the new library.
Willow walked through the big oak doors to the new library, the place didn't have the same musky smell as the old Scooby HQ, but the décor was very similar, stacks of old volumes lined the walls, the patterned hard floor under her feet was almost exactly the same as that of the previous and there were very few computers around, Giles would have loved it.
As she wondered around the darkened room she didn't notice Gregory walk out of his office and watch her marvel in the new place.
"You like the place?" he said, it startled willow and made her spin around to face him.
"Whoa, I didn't see ya there. Y-yes it reminds me of Giles' library." Willow answered looking a little shaken.
"Ok. I've spoken to you twice Miss Rosenberg and on both occasions you have mentioned this Giles fellow, I feel I know more about him than I do about you."
"O-oh. Sorry, Giles is the old librarian here when I was in high school I used to spend a lot of time in the library. A-and please call me Willow, I don't like Miss Rosenberg it makes me feel old." She gave him a winning smile which he returned.
"Alright, Willow, so you used to live here before the whole collapsing in on itself mystery then?" He asked as they both sat at the round mahogany table in the middle of the room.
"Yeah, it's weird to be back. I never thought id be teaching at sunnydale high. What brings you here from England then?"
"Well I love the California sun, it agrees with me." He gave her another dazzling roguish smile
"It agrees with a lot of people, well I'd better be going I have a class to prepare for, it was very nice meeting you Mr Porter."
"Please call me Greg and I were wondering whether or not, what with you being the head of Computer sciences, that you could maybe, possibly help me with the cataloguing of my new inventory this evening?"
"I can't this evening I have friends coming over but tomorrow for sure,"
Willow walked away with a smile he was kind of cute for a stuffy British guy she thought mind you I always had that thing for Giles, maybe it's the bookworm thing
The rest of willows day was fairly uneventful, she went to class and taught various things all day but her mind wasn't on her work; it was on seeing the Scooby gang that evening the original gang. The four of them that had started out at the beginning when Buffy had arrived in Sunnydale. They had fought on the hell mouth together side by side for seven years, they had been through so much together and after the destruction of sunnydale had one by one lost touch.
The last person that willow had seen had been Xander, her life long best friend whom for many years she had loved and pined for. But she hadn't seen him for a good 2 and a half years now she wondered whether he had changed whether he was married. Whether he had any kids. A new job?
After school she worked at home for a couple of hours before the half an hour drive to the airport to collect her friends. She pulled up to the airport and anxiety struck.
What if everything's totally different?
What if they weren't her friends anymore?
What if Xander is married with kids and isn't the jokey guy she once knew and loved?
She thought about turning back going home and letting Buffy Giles and Xander find their own way to dawns they wouldn't mind.
Willow pull your self together, these people stood by you through thick and thin, you tried to destroy the world and they still loved you, they're gonna be happy to see you even if things are very different, they're still the Scooby gang
She walked into the terminal and stood at the gate, waiting for the three of then to arrive. About 30 or 40 passengers left the gate before willow spotted the familiar face of Giles the watcher hadn't changed much he was still tall and slightly grey with his small rimmed glasses pushed up on his nose, by him stood Buffy no longer blonde but her natural colour she had shoulder length brown hair. And behind them pulling along a large suitcase was Xander Harris, he had a patch over his eye where he had lost it trying to save a slayer, he hadn't changed much other than the long scar covering his left cheek. None of them noticed willow for a moment.
It was Xander who saw the red haired woman first. He said nothing just tapped Buffy on the shoulder and pointed towards willow. "Oh my God, Giles look!"