Chapter 6
Secrets and tears
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"So what do we do about the girls?" Paige asked
"I don't know. Something has to be done. I mean, if it's their destiny to be brought together then, we're gonna have to deal with it." Buffy said
"They're too young to fight demons. They're only 13." Giles said
"Yeah. But sometimes, there's nothing we can do about it." Piper said
It was later at night and the adults were in the kitchen, talking about what to do about Jasmine and Lydia's destiny. They had sent the girls and Wyatt and Chris to bed a long time ago, but what they didn't know was that Jasmine was hiding upstairs, listening to their conversation.
"There must be some other way of defeating Zankou than having our girls going into it." Kyle said
"Knowing Lydia, she'll be too stubborn to take no for an answer." Paige said
"Same thing with Jasmine." Giles said
"We need to talk to them." Leo said
"Yeah. And I need to talk to the elders first thing in the morning." Paige said
"Uhm, Giles, can I have a word with you?" Buffy asked
"Sure."
Giles and Buffy walked into the living room. Jasmine couldn't really hear what they were saying so she moved a bit further down the stairs, but not so that the others noticed her. Lydia had fallen asleep a while ago, but she couldn't sleep. The thing about Jasmine was that she was a night person, not a morning person and Giles often said that she had to change that because messing with hours could be a disadvantage when it came to facing enemies. Jasmine thought that Giles always treated her as if she wasn't her age and that annoyed her a lot because she considered that since she was thirteen she was old enough to make her own decisions and she also didn't like being told what to do. She was a free spirit and often ran her own raise. Because of that, she didn't really have many friends at school. In fact she didn't have a single one. Although she tried to hide that from Giles so that he didn't have to worry about her.
"Buffy I don't think it's such a good idea." Giles said
"Sooner or later she will have to find out the truth and both you and I know that it's best that the truth comes from you. Not from a demon or someone else." Buffy said
"She's not ready to hear the truth."
"You've said that for thirteen years. You've hidden it from her all her life. What are you gonna do Giles? Wait until she's 25? Believe me, that won't work. Even if you don't want her to get hurt she needs to know."
"You don't understand Buffy."
"Oh I understand perfectly. You're afraid that when she finds out, she'll blame you for it and that she'll never talk to you again. Come on Giles, Jasmine's smarter than that."
"How do I tell someone I've raised up on my own that she's not my child?"
Jasmine blinked when she heard the last word. She couldn't have heard right. No. It must have been something else. Why wouldn't Giles be her father? After all, there were so many things that were similar between them. Sure they argued every once in a while but that was normal.
"You'll figure out a way." Buffy said
No. It can't be. I must've heard wrong, Jasmine thought
"I hope she'll take it the right way." Giles said
"She will."
Jasmine felt tears running down her face. Her entire life had been a lie. If Giles wasn't her father, then who was? Why had he hidden it from her for so long? Why hadn't he just told her from the start?
"Jasmine? What are you doing up?"
Jasmine looked at Wyatt who was walking down the stairs. She didn't say anything. She didn't know what to say because she was in too much shock.
"Are you okay?" Wyatt asked
"Jasmine? You're…not suppose to be here." Buffy said when she and Giles came out of the living room
"Apparently not." Jasmine said
The thirteen year old girl hurried down the stairs and ran out of the manor. She ignored Giles and Buffy's attempts to call her back. She just wanted to get out of there. She ran and ran….
TBC…