Chapter 4: Busy Night

Sunnydale

"So you're saying that I have been this...Slayer for a few months?" Buffy asked Giles while they were walking on the sidewalks of Sunnydale late at night.

"Well yes...someone was suppose to go and tell you your calling back in March actually..." Giles said, "However...we had some trouble finding you."

"Trouble? How come? I was all settled in New York City...I wasn't running anywhere. All you had to do was look under 'Summers' in the phone book." Buffy said and started to study the wood stake that was in her hand.

"Well it doesn't matter now...what matters is that we found you and you must start your training right away...I must say you will be quit surprised about how much time and effort it takes into slaying." Giles said to Buffy.

Buffy stopped in her tracks and Giles turned to see why she stopped. Buffy had the 'whoa, slow down' face on and was starting to get upset and panicky.

"Wait...whoa! I-I...what? I told you I would come with you and you can 'show me' the power I have...but I wasn't planning on staying...I have a life too you know." Buffy said, "I have college."

"You also have a calling...Buffy...you have a sacred birth right to protect the world..." Giles explained.

Buffy paused and burst out, "Oh come on! You think one girl can protect the WHOLE world?!" Buffy questioned.

"Slayers have been doing it for centuries...I don't think you are any different." Giles replied.

"Well guess what? In the past the world didn't have the updated version of technology...why doesn't the government do it?" Buffy asked.

Giles sighed out of frustration, "BECAUSE....you are The Chosen One...the government can't fight vampires and demons...you do." He said quietly.

Buffy sighed and looked down at the ground. "I didn't want this...is there anyway I can...you know...pick a different curtain and take home the goat like on 'Let's Make a Deal'?" Buffy pouted, "Can't I have a different destiny?" She asked in a small voice.

"I'm sorry..." Giles said, "I know this is not the life you chose...but...I'm willing to help...I'll be your Watcher and never leave your side...it's my duty."

Buffy looked up at Giles and gave a small smile. She felt a little bit better that she was not going to be alone in this whole being a Slayer stuff.

"So..." Buffy sighed, "how about a little..." Buffy holds up her stake and looks at it and then looks at Giles, "going after Dracula?" She joked.

Giles gave a small laugh, "Let's head off the cemetery and we'll begin your training..." Then they both started walking down the sidewalk. "By the way, is Dracula real?" Buffy asked. "Actually...yes." Giles said. "Really?!" Buffy exclaimed and looked at Giles with wide eyes.

"Yes that sodding bastard made me eat bugs." Giles mumbled.

"What?!" Buffy exclaimed with shock but still was smiling.

New York City

The dance club was packed with people on the Friday night. The music was blaring off the speakers and everyone was having a good time dancing and drinking except for Spike.

Angel brought Spike out for a night of roommate bonding and picking up "chicks", as Angel said.

Spike and Angel were sitting together at one of the tables near the dance floor watching everyone else have a good time.

"I'm telling ya...just walk up to her and ask her to dance." Angel said to Spike eyeing at the sweet faced brown haired girl talking with another girl.

"She looks busy. She's talking to her friend there." Spike blurted out his lame excuse.

"I'm sure it's not important conversation...just go." Angel said and nudged Spike's shoulder. Spike looked over back at the brown haired girl and then looked away, acting shy and glum.

"She's not my type." Spike mumbled loud enough so Angel could hear him over the blaring music.

Angel sighed and rolled his eyes, "What IS your type then?" Angel asked but then answered his own question, "Wait...let me guess...blonde haired girl...in California as we speak...and rhyme's with the word...scruffy."

Spike looked up casually, "How'd you guess?"

"Come on man!! Move on! She probably is!" Angel blurted out.

"Look...its hard okay..." Spike said and didn't explain any further. Spike didn't even want to think Buffy was moving on as he was sitting there in New York miserable. The thought of Buffy with another guy besides him just made his stomach ache.

"Well let that cute little burnet haired girl over there help make it easier for ya!" Angel said. "You think she's so great...you take her." Spike said without looking up at Angel.

"Man you are pathetic...stop brooding, and get over that Buffy girl and go dance with that girl!" Angel said with a little bit of anger in his voice.

"Easier said than done." Spike replied.

Angel just shook his head and got up from his seat and let the table. Spike instantly looked up when Angel left his seat and watched Angel walk through the crowds of people until he reached the brown haired girl they were just talking about. Spike's eyes widened when he saw Angel starting to talk to the two girls. While Angel was talking he was flirting with both of them and then all of a sudden Angel pointed out Spike to the brown haired girl. Spike's mouth opened just a little bit from the shock at what his roommate just did to him.

"That sodding git." Spike mumbled under his breath as he watched the brown haired girl turn her head over and look at Spike. Angel kept talking to the brown haired girl, and as every second Angel talked to girl her smile kept getting bigger and bigger. Then all of a sudden the girl started walking towards Spike.

"Oh no." Spike mumbled as the girl made her way over to Spike's lonely table.

Sunnydale

Buffy and Giles entered the gates that read 'Sunnydale Cemetery'. The moon was shining down on some of the tomb stones and crypts. Buffy looked around at the area. "I hate cemeteries..." Buffy mumbled, "They're creepy."

"Well after tonight expect your creepy scale to hit the all time high." Giles said. "So...what now?" Buffy turned to Giles and crossed her arms against her stomach. The stake she was holding earlier was still in hand.

Giles looks from Buffy to behind her.

"Now you fight." Giles said to something behind Buffy.

Buffy quickly turned around and looked and saw at a fresh grave, just a few yards away, a hand burst through the ground. Buffy's eyes went wild. She quickly turns to Giles. "What-What do I do?!" She said in a panic. "Kill it." Giles simply said. Buffy shook her head, "How? Tell me."

Giles walked up to Buffy and grabbed her arm and raised her hand. "Use this." Giles said, referring to the stake in her hand.

"Oh...real helpful." She said sarcastically and turned to the vampire that just came out of the ground, growling at her.

Buffy was hesitant for a moment and then all of a sudden she gave a battle cry and went towards the vampire and knock it down. Giles raised an eyebrow at her sudden moves.

After knocking the vampire down she started stepping forward with her stake. She was ready to fight. She had a fighters face on. The vampire looked up from the ground and saw Buffy coming forward. The vampire leaps from its back onto its feet. Buffy looks surprised at the vampire having all the quick skills of a gymnast.

"Umm...that was impressive...mind showing me that little—"Buffy was cut off by the vampire growling and lunging forward and pushing her to the ground. The vamp was on top pinning her down with his hands around her neck. "Giles..." Buffy barely got out, "Little....help." She said with the vamp still having his hands around her throat.

"You're doing fine." Giles said from the same spot he stood the whole time.

Buffy finally broke free of the vampires grasp by using her fist to hit right on top of its head. The vampire groaned in pain and backed away, holding its head. Buffy took the opportunity to take a jab with her new stake. She gripped the wood tight and came down on the vampire's chest. Buffy smiled as she thought she did good until she realized the vampire wasn't dusted.

"Umm....why isn't he dead?" Buffy asked still looking at the vampire who was looking at her with more anger in its eyes. "You missed the heart." Giles called out. "OH..." Buffy said and put on her embarrassed face. She gave a little smile to the vampire and grabbed the stake sticking out of the vampire. "Sorry." She mumbled to the vampire and then pulled out the stake and then tried again. This time she dusted the vampire with no problem.

Buffy just stood there with her stake in hand and eyes staring into nothing. All she was thinking about was what just happened in the last minute or so. 'I killed something.' She thought to herself. That thought kept bouncing around in her head until Giles interrupted her thought. "You see your power now?" Giles came walking up to her from behind.

Buffy faced Giles with an emotionless face. She looked down at the ground and up at Giles. She didn't know what to say, so she didn't say anything. She walked around Giles and out of the cemetery alone. Giles watched Buffy walk away and then he started to walke behind her, but he kept his distance from her as they went back to his home.

New York City

Angel and Spike walked into there dorm room. Angel had his evil smile on his face while Spike was scolding him.

"I can't bloody believe you!" Spike said in a low voice.

Angel dropped his keys down on a desk and went over and lied down on his bed.

"Oh come on...you like her...she was cute. You finally danced with her after twenty minutes of you talking to her nervously." Angel said with a smile. Spike sighed and collapsed on his bed, "You are such a ponce." Spike mumbled.

"A ponce that helped you out tonight...finally got you to move on..." Angel said turning his head to look at Spike.

Spike rolled his eyes, "One dance doesn't equal that...it's...it's...a start I guess." Spike said softly.

"Yeah...a start...next time I'll make you lip lock with her." Angel said and got up off the bed and turned on the TV and started flipping around.

Spike just rolled his eyes once more and closed his tired eyes. The phone started to ring in the dorm room. "Get that Hair Gel Boy." Spike said with his eyes still closed.

Angel didn't reply to Spike's 'Hair Gel Boy' comment and answered the phone. "Hello?" After a few seconds Angel talked, "Spike...phone..."

Spike opened his eyes and looked at Angel with questionable eyes. "Some girl named Willow." Angel said with a shrugged and handed the phone to Spike.

TBC...