Buffy awoke to a painful thud of being dropped to the ground. She heard sounds around her but was only dimly aware of the sounds being that of a fight. She did however hear the sounds of footsteps approaching her and then the light and a person gasping at the site of her.
The next thing she knew she was awaking in a hospital and started panicking as she noticed a person asleep on the chair next to the bed holding her hand. She pulled her hand back and noticed that her arm was in a plaster and then she managed to sit herself up and take notice of her surrounding. She had a drip in her arm and one of her legs was also in a cast and she felt a bandage covering her ripped up back.
The person she noticed had woken up and was staring at her. She gave him half a smile and sighed and relaxed her body as much as she could. The man said " Hi, I'm Rod Grant. I found you in a box, don't suppose you could tell me what you were doing in said box?"
Buffy tried to give her best confused look and said "I actually don't really remember much. It is all a big blur." He looked at her carefully and said "You don't remember how you got all the scars and broken bones, because by the looks of you it has been happening for quite a few months." She shrugged and said " Last thing I remember is going to sleep in my bed and then waking up here." He nodded looking like he believed her and then he said "So where is home?" She thought quick and said "LA. Although if it has been a few months, I suppose I don't have a home now." He tilted his head and said "No family?" She shook her head and said "Nope just me." He nodded and looked thoughtful and said "Well it is settled then, your coming to stay with me." Her eyes widened and she said "But you don't even know my name! Why would you give me a place to stay." He smiled and said "Look.(leaving an opening for a name which Buffy supplied him with) Buffy, Your in pretty bad shape and I have no one that I have to look after and you look like you could use some help. If it helps I used to be a cop, it is in my nature to want to look after people. Think of me as the dad you never had and we can help each other find a family."
Buffy's mind was going haywire, on one hand she was feeling extremely guilty for lying and on the other hand this offer was a gift and she really wanted to take it. She wasn't ready to go back to Sunnydale especially not in her condition, so maybe after they got to know each other she might be able to tell him the truth about home.
Really short sorry, but i will double update to make up for it.