Chapter Six ~The Truth About 'Umad'~
Disclaimer: *sigh* I own nothing. But if I did, I would be the happiest woman in the world! I could own James...that would be lovely. And he could talk for me in his accent all the time (I know it's not real but I can always pretend). Aren't English guys the best? Anyways...
Spoilers: Everything up until Into the Woods
Rating: PG-13 for now...but you never know *wink*
**A/N: Sorry I took so long getting this up. I have been too enveloped in everyone else's stories. Hopefully I haven't lost any of you. Thanks to all those who did review. Thanks even to those of you who read and didn't review. You suck! Just kidding! =) Well, on with the story now. Enjoy! ~AJ~
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Giles sat in the Summers' living room. He was still trying to absorb everything that was pressed into his brain over the last hour.
"Well," he finally said. "Buffy? You and Spike? Are you sure? Willow, are you sure you didn't cast some sort of spell?"
"Giles!" Willow exclaimed. "Can't you trust that I am getting better? I haven't screwed up a spell in a while now. I didn't do anything. I swear. Buffy loves Spike of her own free will. No spells involved."
Giles just sighed again and removed his glasses from his face. Everyone waited for the wiping to commence but it never did.
"Buffy if you are sure this is what you want, then there is no way I can make you think otherwise." Buffy's faced beamed with a smile. "Spike, I do understand that you have the chip in your head and it prevents you from physically harming Buffy, but if you harm her in any way emotionally or mentally," Giles got into his Ripper mode, but it wasn't full Ripper, it was more like Ripper crossed with over-protective father figure. "I will make you fit into an ashtray. Are we clear mate?"
Spike looked directly into Giles eyes not moving from his position. "Watcher, if I ever hurt Buffy you have my word that I will stake myself. I couldn't handle her being hurt least of all by me."
Satisfied with Spike's words Giles put his glasses back on his face, stood up and headed to the kitchen.
"Joyce, you don't happen to have any scotch lying around do you? I think I may need some right now."
Joyce followed Giles into the kitchen to get the drink. "I think I will join you in that."
"Well, that went...well I think. He was all 'Giles' about it. Who'd have thought?" Buffy finally was able to breathe. Spike stood behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist and gave her a chaste kiss on her neck. Buffy leaned back into his embrace. She fit his body perfectly.
Willow looked at the time and realized how late it was. "Gosh, we have been here a while now. I think we should get going Tara. We have class early tomorrow." Tara and Willow headed to the door. "Bye Buffy." Willow waved before opening the door.
Buffy caught her before they got out the door. "Will, thanks. I totally appreciate it. I love you, you know that right?"
"Yeah I know. I love you too. I'll call you later okay? Or you call me, whichever."
"Ok, hey Wills can we meet tomorrow after your classes at the Magic Box? I ran into a demon last night that we need to tell the gang about. I was going to do it tonight but everyone is so beat now and it's getting so late."
"Sure Buffy, I'll be by around 3. Is that okay?"
"Yeah. Thanks again Will." She hugged her friend goodbye and waved goodbye to Tara.
Xander and Anya were the next to leave. Giles soon followed later. But spoke with Buffy before he left.
"You know, the Watcher's Council is probably glad to be rid of me. The stories I have here out number any tales of any watcher in the past. And you," Buffy waited for the shoe to drop. "You are wonderful. You keep surprising me. You keep me on my toes all the time. I am glad to have you as my Slayer." Giles said with loving-fatherly eyes.
Buffy looked at him with tears forming in her eyes. "Thank you Giles...for everything. For accepting Spike, for putting up with my unorthodox ways and for being such a great father to me. You are Giles, you are my father in every sense of the word. Well, not DNA but you get what I am saying, you do right?"
"Yes Buffy, I understand you perfectly. I love you too." Giles hugged his Slayer and exited the house.
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The next day everyone met at the Magic Box. Willow and Tara had arrived early ready to start researching whatever evil was going to pop up at the Hellmouth next.
Buffy and Spike walked in the back door of the shop hand in hand. They both took the sewers so Spike wouldn't feel left out of the Scooby meeting. After all he was a member of the group now.
When everyone was settled around the table, Buffy and Spike began to recount their encounter with the demon the other night.
"So the demon just disappeared?" Xander asked. Still trying to absorb the fact that Spike was there with Buffy at the meeting.
"And the gold star goes to the whelp who is just catching up to the rest of the runners! Poof usually means disappeared." Spike quipped.
Buffy stepped in between the two testosterone driven vessels and spoke up. "Okay, so we've established the fact that it disappeared." She said giving Spike a glare. "Giles do you have any idea what kind of demon it is from our description?"
"Well, I'm not sure really. I mean we would have to research it." The group groaned as Giles finished his sentence.
"I think I know what it is!" Anya spoke up.
"Really Hun? How would you know if Giles doesn't?" Xander questioned.
"Xander, do you really block out the fact that I used to be a thousand year old vengeance demon? Cause sometimes I wonder. I know because I used to deal with these guys all the time." Anya stated shifting away from Xander.
"Ahn I didn't mean anything by that really."
"Forget it Xander. Look it's a Ganfryl demon. The only way to kill them is to set them on fire. Congrats! You killed the demon. Can I get back to my customers now?" Anya walked back to the counter.
"I'll be right back guys." Xander excused himself from the meeting.
"Looks like the brick layer is in trouble now." Spike smirked. But it quickly turned to a frown when Buffy elbowed his ribs. He looked up to see Buffy's face scowling at him for his remarks.
"Careful mister, you might be in the dog house too if you keep up the Xander-bashing."
Spike turns his frown into a pout with his lower lip protruding far out. Buffy could never resist his pouty-face. Buffy quickly leaned in and grabbed his lower lip between her teeth then quickly kissed it.
"Ew! Guys get a room!" A groan was heard from Dawn as she walked into the Magic Box seeing her sister and her new boyfriend exchange oral fluids.
"Dawn! What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be at school?" Buffy got off Spike's lap quickly and walked over to her sister.
"Um, Buffy it's almost 4 o'clock. I'm meeting you here like you said so you could take me home. Like you usually do everyday." Dawn explained rolling her eyes at her sister.
"Oh. Oh right then. Well, we'll be here for a bit. Do you wanna go to the other table and do some of your homework while we research?"
"Fine. But I don't wanna stay too long. I'm supposed to go to Janice's house for supper tonight. Mom already said I could."
Dawn walked over to the table and put her books down. She glared over at her sister and sat down to do her homework.
Spike looked curiously at Buffy. "Pet? Everything okay?"
"What?" Buffy was shaken out of her thoughts. "Huh? Yeah, everything is fine." Buffy moved back over to her boyfriend and pulled him into a hug. "Wanna come to the training room for a little 'rough 'n' tumble'?" She said with a wink.
Spike raised his eyebrow with his lips forming a half grin.
"Training. That's what I meant. Whatever would make you think anything else?" She said with another wink as she strutted into the training room.
Spike followed Buffy into the training room. He watched her prepare for battle with her practice dummy.
"Buffy, luv? Is something bothering you? You were a little short with the Nibblet out there."
"I'm fine. I just can't have her being out after school. I can't protect her when she's not here or if I don't know where she is."
"Pet, I don't think you need to worry about the Bit. She can take care of herself. 'Sides, I don't know it you realized but it's daylight out. Not too many nasties out there." Buffy raised her eyebrow at him with that last remark. "Present company excluded of course."
"It's just I worry about her. She doesn't have the slayer strength or the knowledge or what is really out there aside from vampires. And we still have Glory out there who can, by the way, walk around in broad daylight. I don't want her anywhere near Dawn." Buffy's eyes began to tear up.
"Luv, it's alright. Glory won't hurt the bit. You told me she's looking for some key right? Well, unless Dawn has the magic key, then she is pretty safe from her right?" Buffy looked away from Spike with guilty eyes. Spike picked up on this. "Right Buffy?"
"Spike? There's something you need to know. About Dawn."
Buffy prepared to bare the truth to Spike. Making him the only other person besides Giles who knew about Dawn's real existence. She pulled him to the bench on the side of the room and began to explain everything to him. 'This was going to be a long day,' was the last thing she thought before telling Spike everything there was to Dawn and the Glory situation.
Disclaimer: *sigh* I own nothing. But if I did, I would be the happiest woman in the world! I could own James...that would be lovely. And he could talk for me in his accent all the time (I know it's not real but I can always pretend). Aren't English guys the best? Anyways...
Spoilers: Everything up until Into the Woods
Rating: PG-13 for now...but you never know *wink*
**A/N: Sorry I took so long getting this up. I have been too enveloped in everyone else's stories. Hopefully I haven't lost any of you. Thanks to all those who did review. Thanks even to those of you who read and didn't review. You suck! Just kidding! =) Well, on with the story now. Enjoy! ~AJ~
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Giles sat in the Summers' living room. He was still trying to absorb everything that was pressed into his brain over the last hour.
"Well," he finally said. "Buffy? You and Spike? Are you sure? Willow, are you sure you didn't cast some sort of spell?"
"Giles!" Willow exclaimed. "Can't you trust that I am getting better? I haven't screwed up a spell in a while now. I didn't do anything. I swear. Buffy loves Spike of her own free will. No spells involved."
Giles just sighed again and removed his glasses from his face. Everyone waited for the wiping to commence but it never did.
"Buffy if you are sure this is what you want, then there is no way I can make you think otherwise." Buffy's faced beamed with a smile. "Spike, I do understand that you have the chip in your head and it prevents you from physically harming Buffy, but if you harm her in any way emotionally or mentally," Giles got into his Ripper mode, but it wasn't full Ripper, it was more like Ripper crossed with over-protective father figure. "I will make you fit into an ashtray. Are we clear mate?"
Spike looked directly into Giles eyes not moving from his position. "Watcher, if I ever hurt Buffy you have my word that I will stake myself. I couldn't handle her being hurt least of all by me."
Satisfied with Spike's words Giles put his glasses back on his face, stood up and headed to the kitchen.
"Joyce, you don't happen to have any scotch lying around do you? I think I may need some right now."
Joyce followed Giles into the kitchen to get the drink. "I think I will join you in that."
"Well, that went...well I think. He was all 'Giles' about it. Who'd have thought?" Buffy finally was able to breathe. Spike stood behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist and gave her a chaste kiss on her neck. Buffy leaned back into his embrace. She fit his body perfectly.
Willow looked at the time and realized how late it was. "Gosh, we have been here a while now. I think we should get going Tara. We have class early tomorrow." Tara and Willow headed to the door. "Bye Buffy." Willow waved before opening the door.
Buffy caught her before they got out the door. "Will, thanks. I totally appreciate it. I love you, you know that right?"
"Yeah I know. I love you too. I'll call you later okay? Or you call me, whichever."
"Ok, hey Wills can we meet tomorrow after your classes at the Magic Box? I ran into a demon last night that we need to tell the gang about. I was going to do it tonight but everyone is so beat now and it's getting so late."
"Sure Buffy, I'll be by around 3. Is that okay?"
"Yeah. Thanks again Will." She hugged her friend goodbye and waved goodbye to Tara.
Xander and Anya were the next to leave. Giles soon followed later. But spoke with Buffy before he left.
"You know, the Watcher's Council is probably glad to be rid of me. The stories I have here out number any tales of any watcher in the past. And you," Buffy waited for the shoe to drop. "You are wonderful. You keep surprising me. You keep me on my toes all the time. I am glad to have you as my Slayer." Giles said with loving-fatherly eyes.
Buffy looked at him with tears forming in her eyes. "Thank you Giles...for everything. For accepting Spike, for putting up with my unorthodox ways and for being such a great father to me. You are Giles, you are my father in every sense of the word. Well, not DNA but you get what I am saying, you do right?"
"Yes Buffy, I understand you perfectly. I love you too." Giles hugged his Slayer and exited the house.
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The next day everyone met at the Magic Box. Willow and Tara had arrived early ready to start researching whatever evil was going to pop up at the Hellmouth next.
Buffy and Spike walked in the back door of the shop hand in hand. They both took the sewers so Spike wouldn't feel left out of the Scooby meeting. After all he was a member of the group now.
When everyone was settled around the table, Buffy and Spike began to recount their encounter with the demon the other night.
"So the demon just disappeared?" Xander asked. Still trying to absorb the fact that Spike was there with Buffy at the meeting.
"And the gold star goes to the whelp who is just catching up to the rest of the runners! Poof usually means disappeared." Spike quipped.
Buffy stepped in between the two testosterone driven vessels and spoke up. "Okay, so we've established the fact that it disappeared." She said giving Spike a glare. "Giles do you have any idea what kind of demon it is from our description?"
"Well, I'm not sure really. I mean we would have to research it." The group groaned as Giles finished his sentence.
"I think I know what it is!" Anya spoke up.
"Really Hun? How would you know if Giles doesn't?" Xander questioned.
"Xander, do you really block out the fact that I used to be a thousand year old vengeance demon? Cause sometimes I wonder. I know because I used to deal with these guys all the time." Anya stated shifting away from Xander.
"Ahn I didn't mean anything by that really."
"Forget it Xander. Look it's a Ganfryl demon. The only way to kill them is to set them on fire. Congrats! You killed the demon. Can I get back to my customers now?" Anya walked back to the counter.
"I'll be right back guys." Xander excused himself from the meeting.
"Looks like the brick layer is in trouble now." Spike smirked. But it quickly turned to a frown when Buffy elbowed his ribs. He looked up to see Buffy's face scowling at him for his remarks.
"Careful mister, you might be in the dog house too if you keep up the Xander-bashing."
Spike turns his frown into a pout with his lower lip protruding far out. Buffy could never resist his pouty-face. Buffy quickly leaned in and grabbed his lower lip between her teeth then quickly kissed it.
"Ew! Guys get a room!" A groan was heard from Dawn as she walked into the Magic Box seeing her sister and her new boyfriend exchange oral fluids.
"Dawn! What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be at school?" Buffy got off Spike's lap quickly and walked over to her sister.
"Um, Buffy it's almost 4 o'clock. I'm meeting you here like you said so you could take me home. Like you usually do everyday." Dawn explained rolling her eyes at her sister.
"Oh. Oh right then. Well, we'll be here for a bit. Do you wanna go to the other table and do some of your homework while we research?"
"Fine. But I don't wanna stay too long. I'm supposed to go to Janice's house for supper tonight. Mom already said I could."
Dawn walked over to the table and put her books down. She glared over at her sister and sat down to do her homework.
Spike looked curiously at Buffy. "Pet? Everything okay?"
"What?" Buffy was shaken out of her thoughts. "Huh? Yeah, everything is fine." Buffy moved back over to her boyfriend and pulled him into a hug. "Wanna come to the training room for a little 'rough 'n' tumble'?" She said with a wink.
Spike raised his eyebrow with his lips forming a half grin.
"Training. That's what I meant. Whatever would make you think anything else?" She said with another wink as she strutted into the training room.
Spike followed Buffy into the training room. He watched her prepare for battle with her practice dummy.
"Buffy, luv? Is something bothering you? You were a little short with the Nibblet out there."
"I'm fine. I just can't have her being out after school. I can't protect her when she's not here or if I don't know where she is."
"Pet, I don't think you need to worry about the Bit. She can take care of herself. 'Sides, I don't know it you realized but it's daylight out. Not too many nasties out there." Buffy raised her eyebrow at him with that last remark. "Present company excluded of course."
"It's just I worry about her. She doesn't have the slayer strength or the knowledge or what is really out there aside from vampires. And we still have Glory out there who can, by the way, walk around in broad daylight. I don't want her anywhere near Dawn." Buffy's eyes began to tear up.
"Luv, it's alright. Glory won't hurt the bit. You told me she's looking for some key right? Well, unless Dawn has the magic key, then she is pretty safe from her right?" Buffy looked away from Spike with guilty eyes. Spike picked up on this. "Right Buffy?"
"Spike? There's something you need to know. About Dawn."
Buffy prepared to bare the truth to Spike. Making him the only other person besides Giles who knew about Dawn's real existence. She pulled him to the bench on the side of the room and began to explain everything to him. 'This was going to be a long day,' was the last thing she thought before telling Spike everything there was to Dawn and the Glory situation.