Chapter 5-You call yourself normal?
Buffy trudged around the house only to find Dawn shoving her head in the washer. She sighed and laughed a bit. "Dawn, you silly goose, what are you doing?"
She looked up with those bright green eyes and simply said, "Dawnie dirrrty, need washy!" She stamped her foot when Buffy scooped her now 2 yr. old sister. "Fine have it your way you can have a bath with bubbles and lamb chops and Mr.soap!" Her sister's eyes lit up. Buffy had to use those names to get her interested in having a bath otherwise she would kick and scream. Carrying Dawn up the stairs she stopped slightly looking over he shoulder to see that there was some one at the door. Buffy put Dawn down on the couch and walked to the door. She opened it and to her surprise it was her neighbour, Rupert.
" Hello Buffy, I am Rupert Giles, but you can just call me Giles. I need to talk to you about some things." HE was nervous and stuttered a lot. Whenever he talked he looked down sometimes to fiddle with his glasses in hand.
"Yes, certainly come on in!" Buffy didn't know if she should be letting a man into her house but it was just her neighbor so she ushered him in.
" Don't worry Buffy I told your mother I would be checking up on you two to see how things are going." He said.
" Well things are peachy over here! But if you would like to talk I think I should but Dawnie to bed." She looked down at a sleepy Dawn.
"What about bathy?" Dawn was sleepy but wanted to play with mr.bubbles. " Maybe tomorrow Dawnie! I will be right back Mr.Giles." He nodded and she rushed up the stairs and into Dawns room tucking her and rushing downstairs once again.
"Ok what did you want to talk about?" She really had no clue why he had stopped by except to check on her and Dawn.
"Buffy I am hear to discuss your future." What was this guy talking about? Maybe he has been reading too much.
" Um sorry but did I hear you right because I don't know what my mother has been telling you but I don't want to go in to Library stuff!"
" Buffy I know this seems very confusing but you have to hear me out. I am not a librarian. "
" Well then what the hell are you!" She was getting worried what he was there to hurt Dawn and her this wasn't good.
"Buffy I am a watcher for the watcher's council, your watcher."
"My what???" What the hell has this guy been smoking?
"Into each generation a Slayer is born, one girl in all the world, a Chosen One, one born with the strength and skill to hunt the vampires... with the strength and skill to hunt the vampires, to stop the spread of their evil and to right wrong. Buffy you are the slayer and I am here to guide you." He looked at her expecting her to believe him.
"Ok are you sure you don't belong in a loonie bin?" Buffy was totally getting the wiggins,
"This is serious young lady I know it's a lot to take in but you must. Have you notice any kinda super strength agility or martial arts skills?"
"Well I am the best cheerleader, but I thought that it was just skill not a birth right? Wait did you say vampires?" Whoa this guy was totally off his rocker maybe she should call 9-1-1. After a long explanation Buffy understood her fate as a slayer. It was still totally absurd but it made sense. She felt and could realize that her life had just changed forever.
"One week to my birthday and I am already a freak. It figures thought I always did have impeccable timing!" She rolled her eyes sarcastically. By Thursday she had already staked 22 vampires and was coping with the new information. It was sorta convenient that Giles lived next door incase of an emergency. Her mother was too busy to realize something was different about Buffy because she was busy birthday shopping and Buffy was busy trying to look her best for angel. Come Saturday, they would be reunited and she wanted to make a killer entrance.
Buffy paced around in the graveyard applying a facemask while on the lookout for demons. Suddenly she passed by one of her fellow student's graves and to her dismay the vamp like figure appeared to be..no it couldn't be.I didn't love him but I cared for him.those bastards.Riley stepped out of his grave.She had been too busy to notice he was even gone. That's what slaying did to her it distracted her, she hadn't been to the bronze in ages.
" Oh come on baby aren't we going to tango?" Buffy smiled that wide smile he did.
" You aren't Riley you are just a monster." She got into a fighting stance.
" I suppose you aren't dressing up for me so who have you been cheating on me with huh slut?" Buffy wiped away tears.
" Never call me that again." She kicked the demon square in the jaw.
"Slut" he whispered. She swung around and staked his chest. As it happened his face turned human and the human remains of Riley showed through. It shocked and disgusted her. She killed him and watched it. She ran to her room and locked herself in. It was the most devastating thing she had every laid eyes on. Her friends tried to ask her what was wrong besides the obvious human death of Riley and she shrugged saying that his death was a lot to take not conveying her slayer story because she had to carry this secret as some burden.
Friday came and went. It rained, I slept, I ate, and Riley will never do those things again. She cried that night forgetting that the next morning would be her sixteenth birthday. When Angel would come she would have to tell him her secret, She had too he was her best friend and lover, and it was becoming to hard to just carry it on by herself. How would he react that his once normal girlfriend is a slayer. Maybe we could be normal like before. She went into a dream like state and heard the echoing words of angel's voice," You call yourself normal?" His words were harsh and mean tearing into her soul like a knife. What am I kidding, I'll never be the one thing I didn't want to be "just normal"
Buffy trudged around the house only to find Dawn shoving her head in the washer. She sighed and laughed a bit. "Dawn, you silly goose, what are you doing?"
She looked up with those bright green eyes and simply said, "Dawnie dirrrty, need washy!" She stamped her foot when Buffy scooped her now 2 yr. old sister. "Fine have it your way you can have a bath with bubbles and lamb chops and Mr.soap!" Her sister's eyes lit up. Buffy had to use those names to get her interested in having a bath otherwise she would kick and scream. Carrying Dawn up the stairs she stopped slightly looking over he shoulder to see that there was some one at the door. Buffy put Dawn down on the couch and walked to the door. She opened it and to her surprise it was her neighbour, Rupert.
" Hello Buffy, I am Rupert Giles, but you can just call me Giles. I need to talk to you about some things." HE was nervous and stuttered a lot. Whenever he talked he looked down sometimes to fiddle with his glasses in hand.
"Yes, certainly come on in!" Buffy didn't know if she should be letting a man into her house but it was just her neighbor so she ushered him in.
" Don't worry Buffy I told your mother I would be checking up on you two to see how things are going." He said.
" Well things are peachy over here! But if you would like to talk I think I should but Dawnie to bed." She looked down at a sleepy Dawn.
"What about bathy?" Dawn was sleepy but wanted to play with mr.bubbles. " Maybe tomorrow Dawnie! I will be right back Mr.Giles." He nodded and she rushed up the stairs and into Dawns room tucking her and rushing downstairs once again.
"Ok what did you want to talk about?" She really had no clue why he had stopped by except to check on her and Dawn.
"Buffy I am hear to discuss your future." What was this guy talking about? Maybe he has been reading too much.
" Um sorry but did I hear you right because I don't know what my mother has been telling you but I don't want to go in to Library stuff!"
" Buffy I know this seems very confusing but you have to hear me out. I am not a librarian. "
" Well then what the hell are you!" She was getting worried what he was there to hurt Dawn and her this wasn't good.
"Buffy I am a watcher for the watcher's council, your watcher."
"My what???" What the hell has this guy been smoking?
"Into each generation a Slayer is born, one girl in all the world, a Chosen One, one born with the strength and skill to hunt the vampires... with the strength and skill to hunt the vampires, to stop the spread of their evil and to right wrong. Buffy you are the slayer and I am here to guide you." He looked at her expecting her to believe him.
"Ok are you sure you don't belong in a loonie bin?" Buffy was totally getting the wiggins,
"This is serious young lady I know it's a lot to take in but you must. Have you notice any kinda super strength agility or martial arts skills?"
"Well I am the best cheerleader, but I thought that it was just skill not a birth right? Wait did you say vampires?" Whoa this guy was totally off his rocker maybe she should call 9-1-1. After a long explanation Buffy understood her fate as a slayer. It was still totally absurd but it made sense. She felt and could realize that her life had just changed forever.
"One week to my birthday and I am already a freak. It figures thought I always did have impeccable timing!" She rolled her eyes sarcastically. By Thursday she had already staked 22 vampires and was coping with the new information. It was sorta convenient that Giles lived next door incase of an emergency. Her mother was too busy to realize something was different about Buffy because she was busy birthday shopping and Buffy was busy trying to look her best for angel. Come Saturday, they would be reunited and she wanted to make a killer entrance.
Buffy paced around in the graveyard applying a facemask while on the lookout for demons. Suddenly she passed by one of her fellow student's graves and to her dismay the vamp like figure appeared to be..no it couldn't be.I didn't love him but I cared for him.those bastards.Riley stepped out of his grave.She had been too busy to notice he was even gone. That's what slaying did to her it distracted her, she hadn't been to the bronze in ages.
" Oh come on baby aren't we going to tango?" Buffy smiled that wide smile he did.
" You aren't Riley you are just a monster." She got into a fighting stance.
" I suppose you aren't dressing up for me so who have you been cheating on me with huh slut?" Buffy wiped away tears.
" Never call me that again." She kicked the demon square in the jaw.
"Slut" he whispered. She swung around and staked his chest. As it happened his face turned human and the human remains of Riley showed through. It shocked and disgusted her. She killed him and watched it. She ran to her room and locked herself in. It was the most devastating thing she had every laid eyes on. Her friends tried to ask her what was wrong besides the obvious human death of Riley and she shrugged saying that his death was a lot to take not conveying her slayer story because she had to carry this secret as some burden.
Friday came and went. It rained, I slept, I ate, and Riley will never do those things again. She cried that night forgetting that the next morning would be her sixteenth birthday. When Angel would come she would have to tell him her secret, She had too he was her best friend and lover, and it was becoming to hard to just carry it on by herself. How would he react that his once normal girlfriend is a slayer. Maybe we could be normal like before. She went into a dream like state and heard the echoing words of angel's voice," You call yourself normal?" His words were harsh and mean tearing into her soul like a knife. What am I kidding, I'll never be the one thing I didn't want to be "just normal"