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Okay I'm back. I know that it's been forever since I actually updates this story. Sorry. The site has been unwilling to let me log in for the last week so I've not actually been able to add any new chapters. I just logged on today at college to see I could get in and to my amazement I was actually able to log in. Unfortunately I didn't have my disk. So I've added the one chapter I have on hard drive. There will be a massive update within the next few days. I'm looking to add about six new chapters to the story. So bear with me. I promise I'll get them all up.
After a few looks between the two of them Xander and Spike sat down opposite each other. They were glaring but not saying anything that might offend Buffy. Buffy however was not blind and the awkwardness was starting to cut. She looked to her watcher, "So Giles what do you think?"
Giles just gave her a long-suffering smile, "It really doesn't matter what I think." Buffy was about to tell him that it mattered very much to her what he thought but he continued, "Now that we've dealt with that, I have some news, or rather I might be able to get some."
Willow looked puzzled, "Either I'm really dumb or you're not making sense."
Giles smiled indulgently at the witch, "I have not been able to turn up anything about Glory myself. I have searched all of my books, texts, I've even been to a few spirit guides, but I've turned up nothing."
Xander frowned, "But I thought you said that you might have news?"
"Well, yes. I've been in touch with the council of Watchers. I think that they'll be able to help us find out more about her. They have many more resources than we do."
Buffy flinched inwardly, "Giles you know how I feel about the Watchers."
Giles glared at her, "Buffy if you have a better idea present it now." Buffy was shocked at how harsh his voice was but she said nothing, "Right. Well then, in that case we have no other choice. I will be going to England in two days and I will see what I can find out. In the mean time, I think that we should try to avoid her."
"With you there. I've only seen her once but I don't want to see her again. She's all scary." Willow gave a little shudder, but felt Tara squeeze her and comfortingly.
Giles stood, "Well in know that this meeting ahs been short if not sweet. Buffy I'll require you tomorrow for a little training please, at around ten am. To the rest of you, good night. I have to go home and make a few phone calls. Anya could you please make sure to lock up?" Anya nodded, "Good night again."
Giles walked to the back of the store and left through the training room.
* * *
Buffy was lost in thought as she walked home holding Spike's hand tightly. Giles had been cold. She knew what this was about even if she didn't want to admit it to herself. Giles was mad with her about Spike. And yet, he had been the first person that she had told about him. He had seemed to take it all right then, why suddenly different? But Buffy knew the answer to this too. When it had been a fling, it wasn't a big deal, but now that Buffy had fallen in love with the vampire, it was a big deal again. She cast her mind back to the things that had happened to Giles when she had last fallen in love with a vampire. His girlfriend had been murdered and left mangled on his bed, Angel had almost killed him, and then he had spent about twelve hours being tortured by the vampire. As much as she didn't want to admit it, Giles did have a reason to be rattled. She felt a wave of guilt wash over her. She could have handled this better, a lot better than she had at any rate.
There was no way to make it seem normal and okay, but she had rather thrust it on them without much regard for their feelings and they were her friends. Giles was more than that. He was practically her father and she had not been fair really.
* * *
Spike had not missed the attitude of the watcher, but unlike Xander he don't expressed it. In an odd way, this seemed to hurt Buffy more. Rather than just be abusive, he had bitten his tongue, however much he disapproved and respected her wishes. Spike suspected that this had hurt Buffy even more than Xander had.
Spike took his hand from hers and wrapped his arm around her shoulder, "Hey pet. You okay?"
Buffy looked up to him, "Yeah. I went fine, great. They all accepted you."
Spike stopped and touched her face, "Pet. . ."
Buffy wrapped her arms around his waist and buried her face in his chest, "He was so cold. He didn't want to hurt me so he didn't say anything, but I know how he was feeling. He was mad at me, disappointed in me. He did this once before. When I didn't tell him that Angel had come back from hell. He supported me in front of the gang but he was so hurt and angry. I thought for a while that he might never forgive me."
Spike felt his stomach clench, he knew how highly she regarded Giles' opinion and how much it must hurt that he wasn't happy with her. He just didn't know how to make it better for her. "He'll see pet. In time he'll see, I'm no threat to him or the others."
"That's not what it is. That's not what bothers him so much."
Spike was confused, "Then what is it?"
"It's that I would put him through this again. That I would fall in love with another vampire, fly in the face of my duty and, in his opinion, betray everything that he and I have spent my whole life fighting.
"He sees it as a personal thing. He spent months supporting me when Angel turned evil and now he feels like I'm risking disaster again, this time I'm even doing in deliberately."
Spike tipped her face up to him, "Love, I'm not Angel. This is not the same. Don't you know that?"
Buffy angrily pushed her hair out of her face, and stepped away from him a little, "Of course I know that. What do you think that I'm stupid? I know that you're different."
Spike laughed, "All right no need to get so cross." But inside he was calming, he had been worried for a second that she was doing this because she thought he was Angel, but he could tell that she didn't. She got it.
"Yeah well have a little faith in me. When I say that I love you, I mean that I love you, you bleached moron." Spike just smiled at her and she calmed, "Now will you kiss me already?"
Spike took her in his arms and kissed her. She shivered into his touch and wrapped one hand around his neck. Buffy rubbed her other hand over his shoulder eventually pulling away fro a second a little breathless, "Home. Now."
Okay I'm back. I know that it's been forever since I actually updates this story. Sorry. The site has been unwilling to let me log in for the last week so I've not actually been able to add any new chapters. I just logged on today at college to see I could get in and to my amazement I was actually able to log in. Unfortunately I didn't have my disk. So I've added the one chapter I have on hard drive. There will be a massive update within the next few days. I'm looking to add about six new chapters to the story. So bear with me. I promise I'll get them all up.
After a few looks between the two of them Xander and Spike sat down opposite each other. They were glaring but not saying anything that might offend Buffy. Buffy however was not blind and the awkwardness was starting to cut. She looked to her watcher, "So Giles what do you think?"
Giles just gave her a long-suffering smile, "It really doesn't matter what I think." Buffy was about to tell him that it mattered very much to her what he thought but he continued, "Now that we've dealt with that, I have some news, or rather I might be able to get some."
Willow looked puzzled, "Either I'm really dumb or you're not making sense."
Giles smiled indulgently at the witch, "I have not been able to turn up anything about Glory myself. I have searched all of my books, texts, I've even been to a few spirit guides, but I've turned up nothing."
Xander frowned, "But I thought you said that you might have news?"
"Well, yes. I've been in touch with the council of Watchers. I think that they'll be able to help us find out more about her. They have many more resources than we do."
Buffy flinched inwardly, "Giles you know how I feel about the Watchers."
Giles glared at her, "Buffy if you have a better idea present it now." Buffy was shocked at how harsh his voice was but she said nothing, "Right. Well then, in that case we have no other choice. I will be going to England in two days and I will see what I can find out. In the mean time, I think that we should try to avoid her."
"With you there. I've only seen her once but I don't want to see her again. She's all scary." Willow gave a little shudder, but felt Tara squeeze her and comfortingly.
Giles stood, "Well in know that this meeting ahs been short if not sweet. Buffy I'll require you tomorrow for a little training please, at around ten am. To the rest of you, good night. I have to go home and make a few phone calls. Anya could you please make sure to lock up?" Anya nodded, "Good night again."
Giles walked to the back of the store and left through the training room.
* * *
Buffy was lost in thought as she walked home holding Spike's hand tightly. Giles had been cold. She knew what this was about even if she didn't want to admit it to herself. Giles was mad with her about Spike. And yet, he had been the first person that she had told about him. He had seemed to take it all right then, why suddenly different? But Buffy knew the answer to this too. When it had been a fling, it wasn't a big deal, but now that Buffy had fallen in love with the vampire, it was a big deal again. She cast her mind back to the things that had happened to Giles when she had last fallen in love with a vampire. His girlfriend had been murdered and left mangled on his bed, Angel had almost killed him, and then he had spent about twelve hours being tortured by the vampire. As much as she didn't want to admit it, Giles did have a reason to be rattled. She felt a wave of guilt wash over her. She could have handled this better, a lot better than she had at any rate.
There was no way to make it seem normal and okay, but she had rather thrust it on them without much regard for their feelings and they were her friends. Giles was more than that. He was practically her father and she had not been fair really.
* * *
Spike had not missed the attitude of the watcher, but unlike Xander he don't expressed it. In an odd way, this seemed to hurt Buffy more. Rather than just be abusive, he had bitten his tongue, however much he disapproved and respected her wishes. Spike suspected that this had hurt Buffy even more than Xander had.
Spike took his hand from hers and wrapped his arm around her shoulder, "Hey pet. You okay?"
Buffy looked up to him, "Yeah. I went fine, great. They all accepted you."
Spike stopped and touched her face, "Pet. . ."
Buffy wrapped her arms around his waist and buried her face in his chest, "He was so cold. He didn't want to hurt me so he didn't say anything, but I know how he was feeling. He was mad at me, disappointed in me. He did this once before. When I didn't tell him that Angel had come back from hell. He supported me in front of the gang but he was so hurt and angry. I thought for a while that he might never forgive me."
Spike felt his stomach clench, he knew how highly she regarded Giles' opinion and how much it must hurt that he wasn't happy with her. He just didn't know how to make it better for her. "He'll see pet. In time he'll see, I'm no threat to him or the others."
"That's not what it is. That's not what bothers him so much."
Spike was confused, "Then what is it?"
"It's that I would put him through this again. That I would fall in love with another vampire, fly in the face of my duty and, in his opinion, betray everything that he and I have spent my whole life fighting.
"He sees it as a personal thing. He spent months supporting me when Angel turned evil and now he feels like I'm risking disaster again, this time I'm even doing in deliberately."
Spike tipped her face up to him, "Love, I'm not Angel. This is not the same. Don't you know that?"
Buffy angrily pushed her hair out of her face, and stepped away from him a little, "Of course I know that. What do you think that I'm stupid? I know that you're different."
Spike laughed, "All right no need to get so cross." But inside he was calming, he had been worried for a second that she was doing this because she thought he was Angel, but he could tell that she didn't. She got it.
"Yeah well have a little faith in me. When I say that I love you, I mean that I love you, you bleached moron." Spike just smiled at her and she calmed, "Now will you kiss me already?"
Spike took her in his arms and kissed her. She shivered into his touch and wrapped one hand around his neck. Buffy rubbed her other hand over his shoulder eventually pulling away fro a second a little breathless, "Home. Now."