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Chapter 11- Telling Giles
Buffy's hand lingered over the phone. She knew she needed to call Giles, and it was the perfect time to do so, but she really felt uncomfortable about it. Sure, they talked often enough, even talked about sending Dawn to London to go to school, but slayer stuff was strictly a taboo subject. Giles wanted to remain in Buffy's life unofficially.
Finally she picked up the phone and dialed the numbers.
"This is the Giles Residence" Giles formal voice flooded the receiver bringing a smile to Buffy's face despite the nervousness. Some things never changed.
"Giles, it's Buffy." She could picture the smile on his face now, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes lifting up as he smiled. He really was like a father to her. "Well hello Buffy. Is something wrong? You don't normally call during the week."
"Well, no, I mean yes. well maybe."
"Umm.. perhaps you would like to be a little clearer?" Giles chided her; she knew how much he disliked when she wasn't straightforward. He was concerned though; the tone of her voice was different. The only time she had ever sounded this, well this timid, was when she hadn't wanted to tell him how Angel had lost his soul. "What did Angel or Spike do Buffy?"
"How did you know it had anything to do with those two?" Buffy pursed her lips. She never could quite grasp the functioning of Giles mind. He seemed to be able to leap to the next logical thought while Buffy was still meandering through the impossible possibilities. She lifted her head and saw Xander, Anya, Willow and Dawn entering the living room. Buffy waved to them, putting up one finger to tell them to hold on. Her eyes pleaded with Willow to take Dawn, and well, Anya to another room so they wouldn't hear her telling Giles.
"Well, my watcher senses are still there you know. So, what is it? You can tell me Buffy, I won't judge you." Even as he said it, he knew in his heart it wasn't true. Buffy was like his daughter, and he never could understand her decision to love men that she would be better off having nothing to do with. Why couldn't she have just fallen for someone nice and dependable like Xander?
"There is this prophecy." Giles's eyebrows shot up. A prophecy? That is what she was so worked up about? They dealt with prophecies all the time. Surely this shouldn't be that bad. "Ok, prophecies I can handle. What does it say?"
"Well, uh, that is kind of the hard part. It is a little embarrassing, and I don't really want to tell you. But most of it is the general, don't do what this says and the world will be plagued by all encompassing darkness, you know same ole' same ole'." Buffy's nervous laugh belied her generalization of the prophecy.
"But what is it that you have to do Buffy?"
Buffy gnawed at her lip some, and decided to spill it all out at once, and not hold back. "I have to have a threesome with Angel and Spike because the fates messed up and made me fall in love with two men at the same time, and I will get pregnant by one of them and the father will be the man I will be with forever." She ignored the soda Xander had just choked on and spit onto the floor. She was so worried about Giles's reaction.
"Oh."
"I am being asked to give up all of my morals and all you have to say is oh?" Buffy looked at the phone flabbergasted. She continued to ignore Xander's sputtering of "what?", "hold on", "no way" etc.
"Well, I actually knew about that prophecy. I read about it last week actually. I was sort of hoping that it wasn't you mentioned, but it didn't mention anything about the one being the slayer, just the part about her being full of strength and power. It's a fairly romantic story actually, but to think you will live forever."
"WHAT? Aphrodite didn't say anything about that part! I can't live forever! Slayers usually only live to like what, 25 if they are lucky?"
"Well, it says in the full prophecy that the girl will be given forever life to spend with either her lightness or her darkness as a gift from the fates for forcing her into this situation. It also says that their children will bring peace to the world, forming a sort of Utopia. The reason I was studying it however, is because it doesn't mention the counteraction."
"What is a counteraction? I mean, I know what the word means but how exactly does that come into play with my situation?"
"Well, for every major act of good, there is a major act of evil. It is how the world balances Buffy. Everything comes in pairs."
"Oh. Giles, there is another aspect to the story that I didn't tell you. There are these Noxious demons, and they are onto the whole prophecy thing. Giles, they want to take my baby and raise it evil. Surely that isn't the counteraction? I can't lose my baby to the dark side Giles. I just can't."
"No, it says that the baby born from the union will do good. So, it has to be another action. But the Noxious Demons being involved does give me some concern. They are not particularly evil, but they have wonderful manipulation strategies. Since they are privy to so much information they are able to play wonderful mind games," Giles worried. "Buffy, I am going to take the next plane into Sunnydale."
"Giles, you don't have to do that."
"Nonsense, Buffy. I should be there tomorrow. I will see you then." With that, Giles hung up the phone. He looked around his flat, trying to decide what research materials to take. He was actually more worried than he let onto Buffy. The counteraction was going to have to be incredibly large to offset the birth of children who would help bring peace to the Earth.
Buffy hung up and looked at Xander. He was staring at her, completely dumbfounded. "I don't want to hear any smart ass comments Xander; I am dealing with enough right now." Xander shook his head. "I won't Buff. Are you okay?" Buffy nodded, and laid her head on his shoulder. "It is all really confusing, but I am dealing with it much better then I was a couple of days ago."
"Well, you know that no matter what happens. We will all be here for you, even Anya."
"Thanks Xander, that means more to me then you can know."
Chapter 11- Telling Giles
Buffy's hand lingered over the phone. She knew she needed to call Giles, and it was the perfect time to do so, but she really felt uncomfortable about it. Sure, they talked often enough, even talked about sending Dawn to London to go to school, but slayer stuff was strictly a taboo subject. Giles wanted to remain in Buffy's life unofficially.
Finally she picked up the phone and dialed the numbers.
"This is the Giles Residence" Giles formal voice flooded the receiver bringing a smile to Buffy's face despite the nervousness. Some things never changed.
"Giles, it's Buffy." She could picture the smile on his face now, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes lifting up as he smiled. He really was like a father to her. "Well hello Buffy. Is something wrong? You don't normally call during the week."
"Well, no, I mean yes. well maybe."
"Umm.. perhaps you would like to be a little clearer?" Giles chided her; she knew how much he disliked when she wasn't straightforward. He was concerned though; the tone of her voice was different. The only time she had ever sounded this, well this timid, was when she hadn't wanted to tell him how Angel had lost his soul. "What did Angel or Spike do Buffy?"
"How did you know it had anything to do with those two?" Buffy pursed her lips. She never could quite grasp the functioning of Giles mind. He seemed to be able to leap to the next logical thought while Buffy was still meandering through the impossible possibilities. She lifted her head and saw Xander, Anya, Willow and Dawn entering the living room. Buffy waved to them, putting up one finger to tell them to hold on. Her eyes pleaded with Willow to take Dawn, and well, Anya to another room so they wouldn't hear her telling Giles.
"Well, my watcher senses are still there you know. So, what is it? You can tell me Buffy, I won't judge you." Even as he said it, he knew in his heart it wasn't true. Buffy was like his daughter, and he never could understand her decision to love men that she would be better off having nothing to do with. Why couldn't she have just fallen for someone nice and dependable like Xander?
"There is this prophecy." Giles's eyebrows shot up. A prophecy? That is what she was so worked up about? They dealt with prophecies all the time. Surely this shouldn't be that bad. "Ok, prophecies I can handle. What does it say?"
"Well, uh, that is kind of the hard part. It is a little embarrassing, and I don't really want to tell you. But most of it is the general, don't do what this says and the world will be plagued by all encompassing darkness, you know same ole' same ole'." Buffy's nervous laugh belied her generalization of the prophecy.
"But what is it that you have to do Buffy?"
Buffy gnawed at her lip some, and decided to spill it all out at once, and not hold back. "I have to have a threesome with Angel and Spike because the fates messed up and made me fall in love with two men at the same time, and I will get pregnant by one of them and the father will be the man I will be with forever." She ignored the soda Xander had just choked on and spit onto the floor. She was so worried about Giles's reaction.
"Oh."
"I am being asked to give up all of my morals and all you have to say is oh?" Buffy looked at the phone flabbergasted. She continued to ignore Xander's sputtering of "what?", "hold on", "no way" etc.
"Well, I actually knew about that prophecy. I read about it last week actually. I was sort of hoping that it wasn't you mentioned, but it didn't mention anything about the one being the slayer, just the part about her being full of strength and power. It's a fairly romantic story actually, but to think you will live forever."
"WHAT? Aphrodite didn't say anything about that part! I can't live forever! Slayers usually only live to like what, 25 if they are lucky?"
"Well, it says in the full prophecy that the girl will be given forever life to spend with either her lightness or her darkness as a gift from the fates for forcing her into this situation. It also says that their children will bring peace to the world, forming a sort of Utopia. The reason I was studying it however, is because it doesn't mention the counteraction."
"What is a counteraction? I mean, I know what the word means but how exactly does that come into play with my situation?"
"Well, for every major act of good, there is a major act of evil. It is how the world balances Buffy. Everything comes in pairs."
"Oh. Giles, there is another aspect to the story that I didn't tell you. There are these Noxious demons, and they are onto the whole prophecy thing. Giles, they want to take my baby and raise it evil. Surely that isn't the counteraction? I can't lose my baby to the dark side Giles. I just can't."
"No, it says that the baby born from the union will do good. So, it has to be another action. But the Noxious Demons being involved does give me some concern. They are not particularly evil, but they have wonderful manipulation strategies. Since they are privy to so much information they are able to play wonderful mind games," Giles worried. "Buffy, I am going to take the next plane into Sunnydale."
"Giles, you don't have to do that."
"Nonsense, Buffy. I should be there tomorrow. I will see you then." With that, Giles hung up the phone. He looked around his flat, trying to decide what research materials to take. He was actually more worried than he let onto Buffy. The counteraction was going to have to be incredibly large to offset the birth of children who would help bring peace to the Earth.
Buffy hung up and looked at Xander. He was staring at her, completely dumbfounded. "I don't want to hear any smart ass comments Xander; I am dealing with enough right now." Xander shook his head. "I won't Buff. Are you okay?" Buffy nodded, and laid her head on his shoulder. "It is all really confusing, but I am dealing with it much better then I was a couple of days ago."
"Well, you know that no matter what happens. We will all be here for you, even Anya."
"Thanks Xander, that means more to me then you can know."