Buffy spun around to come face to face with Giles. She was about to admit everything when he continued saying "Are you a relative?" She stumbled and said "Pardon". He smiled and said "Were you are relative of Buffy Summers?" She narrowed her eyes and said "Sort of". He nodded and said "You bear a striking resemblance to her, did you ever meet her?"
She smiled slowly and said "When I was younger yes, I'm her cousin Anna". He nodded again and said "Giles, Rupert Giles". She bit back a laugh and said "This is my daughter Eliza". He looked down at the child standing behind her mother's legs and smiled before turning back to Buffy. He said "Did you know Joyce well?" She smiled sadly and said "She was like a mother to me." He frowned and said "I don't remember her ever mentioning you". Buffy smiled and said "I doubt she ever knew I thought of her that way, did you know her well".
He nodded and said "Yes after her daughter Buffy ran away we got very close, married 3 years ago." Buffy looked up startled and tried to hold her astonishment down. She instead nodded and said "You must have been very upset about her loss?" He let a tear escape and said "I think I feel more for Dawn but yes I loved her very much." Buffy's eyes narrowed and she said "Dawn?" Giles nodded and said "Our daughter".
Buffy looked up in surprise and said "You have a daughter?" he smiled and said "yes she is 5 years old, we didn't marry until she was 2. Spitting image of her sister though except the brown hair". Buffy nodded slowly and looked down at her own daughter before saying "Do you know what happened to Buffy". Giles nodded sadly and said "We believe she died not long after she ran away." Buffy replied with "Why?" He looked down and said "Her ex- boyfriend found her body, it was mutilated beyond recognition."
Buffy tilted her head and said "ex-boyfriend? Which one?" Giles looked at her carefully and said "Angel". Buffy stood up straight and looked down at Eliza quickly before saying "What do you mean Angel, I was told he died." Giles looked at her suspiciously and said "Who told you this?" Buffy thought quickly and said "Buffy called me one night a few years ago crying about her boyfriend dying." Giles looked astounded and said "really, well he was um for lack of a better word revived by the um paramedics."
Buffy was fed up with the antics and looked down at Eliza and said "Honey can you go play in the park for a few minutes." Eliza ran to the swings while Buffy turned back to Giles and said "Ok truth! I know Buffy was the slayer so what happened with Angel."
Giles took his glasses off and started polishing them as he pondered what to say. This girl in front of him looked so much like what he thought Buffy would look like it was astounding. If it wasn't for the fact that he knew Buffy was dead he would have thought it was her. Instead he said "We don't actually know how he came back, he was just returned about 6 months after he was sent to hell. I believe it was in November." Buffy gasped and said quietly "November the 5th?" Giles looked up quickly and said "Around that time yes, how did you know that?" Buffy shook her head and said "Doesn't matter, where is he?"
Giles said quietly "LA, he owns the Hyperion I believe."
Buffy nodded and called out quickly "Eliza come on". The little brunet came running and Buffy scooped the six year old in her arms before turning to Giles and saying "I'm sorry for your loss Mr Giles and I hope that you and your daughter will make it through this. Thankyou for talking to me."
He nodded and Buffy was about to leave when she caught sight of a red head holding a brunet little girl much like Eliza. Buffy froze as Willow came closer and looked quizzically at Giles before handing him the girl. The little looked at Eliza and said in a very bossy voice "I'm Dawn Buffy Summers Giles who are you?" Eliza looked at her mother quickly before saying "I'm Eliza". Dawn then said "Your full name, daddy always says it is polite to intro tell people your full name." The girl beamed a smile at Giles before turning back to Eliza. Eliza looked a little shocked and said "Eliza Joy Summers O'Connor." Buffy tried to put her hand over Eliza's mouth but the name had come out and the two people were staring at her. She said quietly "Would you believe I named her after my aunt?"
Willow said quietly "Buffy??"
Buffy looked like a deer caught in a head light. She froze and said "I'm sorry I think you have me mistaken for my cousin, I am very different from her."
She then quickly walked away leaving an astonished Giles staring after her.
She quickly threw everything into her car along with Eliza into her seat before sitting behind the wheel trying not to burst into tears.
She took a few calming breaths before she took the phone book out of the glove box in the car.
She skimmed the classifieds until she saw an advert advertising Angel investigations. She then read the address quickly and looked it up before starting the car.
She was going to see Angel after nearly 7 years, she would see him again.
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