"Ah ,Buffy" Giles said as she entered the Magic Box the next morning, the bell on the shop door ringing behind her. "Did anything interesting occur while you were patrolling last night?"

"It was a no-go, One vampire. Do you think something's up?" she asked.

"hmmm……. Well things have been like that before, and it meant nothing. If things are quiet every now and then, you should be grateful,"

"Yeah, you're right," she replied, "just a slow night. It's just, when you've seen so many apocalypses you start to get paranoid, I like to know what the uglies are up to," she finished. "Not wanting to change the subject from slayer age or anything, Giles, but why are we the only ones here?"

"Willow and Tara are on their way over and Xander and Anya are making the all-important stop for doughnut's" he explained.

"Oh. Do we have trouble?"

"No, Why?" he asked, wondering.

"It's just, usually when we're in doughnut mode, we're in full research mode too, and the whole gang's coming."

Giles laughed, and then looked uncomfortable. "Well, I thought that maybe it was about time you… told them about Dawn"

"No." Buffy answered immediately.

"Have you told your Mother yet?" he asked,

"No, not yet."

"How is she doing?" Giles asked, his eyes full of concern for her.

" She's…. a lot better" answered Buffy.

"Buffy… they have a right to know, if this Glory is as powerful as you say she is, a real hell-god, then their lives could be-and probably already are- in danger,"

" I know…." She said thoughtfully, she had only told Giles, he was her watcher, the person she trusted most and looked at as her father figure, even though her real father was only living in LA.

" I will tell them," she decided, "but not right now, when the time is right."

Giles understood.

Xander and Anya burst into the shop, cutting their conversation short. Xander put the pink doughnut box down on the table. Buffy noticed he had bought a lot of Jelly ones. Just as well, she realised, or there would have been fighting over them.

"Hi! What were you talking about?" asked Anya abruptly

Buffy couldn't stop herself from smiling. That was just so… Anya. The 1000 year old ex-vengeance demon might look just as young as the rest of them, (excluding Giles), and she was now human, her experiences made her knowledgeable but she still had a lot to learn about people skills.

"Ahn…" Xander reminded

" But I want to know" she hissed at him, "I'm sorry," she said to Buffy and Giles, with a smile. "Did we interrupt anything important? Was it anything we need to know?"

"That's what I meant" she shot at Xander

"Nope," said Buffy, "Just slayer stuff."

"Ah, boring!" commented Anya, "Can I count the money in the cash register?" she looked pleadingly at Giles.

"Be my guest," said Giles, rolling his eyes. Anya went off, happily.

Xander felt like looking at the others apologetically, but it was pointless, they were used to her. Her directness was one of the things he secretly found appealing about his girlfriend. He loved he, and he wanted to make sure she knew it, by giving her everything she wanted, to have a normal, fulfilling human life. His thoughts were interrupted by Willow and Tara joining them.

"Oh good, we're all here," stated Giles, "now we can start,"

"Wow. You make our little Scooby Gang sound like a secret society," commented Xander.

"Xander, shut up!" said Willow, "this could be important"

"That's okay sweetie, you can talk to me," said Anya, returning,

"That's nice, now can I please continue!" snapped Giles. No-one replied.

"Good," he carried on, "there's a new gang of vampires in Sunnydale, they were seen at the city dump last night."

"Probably a raid," remarked Xander, "Vampires can be so cheap!"

"Yes, quite" responded Giles, "The point is, you should go, err… Check it out."

"Giles, please don't talk so we can understand you, we're not used to it," teased Buffy "But we will- check it out, that is"

"Yes, you three go with her there will be a lot of them.

"Deal!" said Xander and Willow simultaneously and they both laughed.

"We'll meet here about seven tonight?" checked Buffy.

"Agreed" said Xander.

"We made $812 dollars yesterday!" said Anya, happily.

"That's… nice" said Xander.

"Yeah. I'm pleased. Can we go home now? We haven't had sex today"

"Yes, Please do go," said Giles, cleaning his glasses.

"And spare us the details," finished Buffy.

"We're gone!" said Anya, quickly.

"and so are we," said Willow, "we've got class."

"Well, I should split too," Buffy said, "Call me if you need me." she said to Giles and she stepped onto the street and headed home. She didn't like to leave her Mom and Dawn alone for too long.