Chapter 3. Be Mine.
Giles turns off his phone and looks at Buffy. He holds her close and kisses her on the top of her head.
"It's alright," says Giles. "I guess this is how it's meant to happen."
"But I don't think it was Jenny," says Buffy. "The voice was that of a man." Giles looks at Buffy.
"A man?"
"Is that a jealous tone?" Giles smiles at her comment.
"She is still my wife."
"Who you don't love, right?"
"Right. You think she's having an affair?"
"I wouldn't think so, but I really don't know Jenny anymore. I mean, she got married with you and didn't even tell me. She never does things like that."
"Let's hope she thinks she has dialed the wrong number." Giles puts his arm around Buffy. She lays her head on his chest and passes her hand up and down it.
"Do you even care if she is?"
"I don't. I guess I kind of can understand what she might be going through right now, possibly thinking that I would be having an affair, or who knows what. Having a secret can drive a person mad for the person who wants to know it so badly."
"That's true. I'd be devastated if I knew my husband has been having an affair with a younger woman. Now I feel bad about myself. I'm a horrible person." Buffy hides her face on his chest.
"No, you're not. You're a wonderful person and don't ever think otherwise. Things like this happen. It's not all on you. It's on me, too. Unless you took advantage of an old man like me showing me your legs, butt, and breasts to pull me into your web." Buffy looks up at him surprised at what he says.
"I did none of that. Maybe the legs part." Buffy smiles and laughs. "And you were putty in my hands." She kisses him on the lips. Giles holds her head with his left hand as he sucks her bottom lip. Buffy lies on top of him and releases his lips. "You forgot my lips."
"Oh, yes." Giles pop kisses her. "How could I forget…?" He kisses her again. "Such luscious…" Kisses her again. "And tantalizing…" Kisses her again. "Lips. They are quite irresistible." Buffy looks at him with a grin.
"I'm sorry, but that won't do you any good."
"Oh dear." Giles gives her a grin. "What's my punishment?"
"You have to carry my weight." Buffy positions herself on top of Giles. "And take it like man."
"How dreadful."
About an hour or two later, Buffy has her robe on and is leading a fully dressed Giles to the door. Connor is not in the living room any longer and Buffy is happy about that. She kisses Giles goodbye and he is on his way.
The two had talked about Giles annulling his marriage with Jenny and agreed upon it that it must be done soon. Giles heads back to his house and starts making arrangements for the annulment.
The next day, Jenny finds Giles in his office asleep with a bunch of papers on his desk. She reads a couple of them and sees that they have the words annulment. Jenny pushes Giles' resting head off his desk and he falls to the floor.
"What is this?" asks Jenny showing him the paper. "I thought we were going to talk about this."
"We've talked about it all of our three months together," says Giles as he gets up. "I'm tired of talking. I'm taking action. This afternoon we are meeting with a judge."
"There is no going back to this."
"No, there isn't. It's over."
"Fine." Jenny throws the paper on his desk. She heads over to Spike's room. As she enters, she looks at him with a serious face.
"What's the matter?" asks Spike. He goes up to her and caresses her face gently.
"We're getting the annulment today," replies Jenny.
"He's fast. Don't you want that?"
"Yes, I do. I want you, but it's harsh that he had to do it behind my back."
"Let it be that way. He'll never find out about us. Besides, you two made the same amount of money. It's not like one of you were going to leave with more if you'd divorced."
"We had a nuptial agreement."
"That's good."
"I want you stay. You can stay in the pool house."
"Okay." Spike kisses Jenny.
That afternoon, Jenny and Giles head to a judge to get their marriage annulled. It is quick and they both didn't say a word to each other as they sign the papers and were out in less than an hour. The two head their separate ways after that. Giles heads over to jewelers to pick out a nice ring.
Jenny heads over to the house. Spike comes down the stairs and looks at her. She has a half smile on her face. He rushes over to her and kisses her. She drops her purse and grabs hold of him.
Later that night, Jenny is in the kitchen making dinner. Giles enters the house with a bunch of cardboard boxes. He heads over to his office and starts to gather his stuff. Spike sees Giles in the office and then he heads over to the kitchen.
"Is he here?" asks Jenny.
"Yeah," replies Spike. "He's packing his stuff." Spike goes over to the refrigerator and gets a beer out. "Kind of feel bad."
"Now you're growing a conscious." Jenny grins at him.
"He just looks sad. Sadder than I realized he'd be if he was actually having an affair."
"I'm sad."
"You are?"
"It's a difficult time. He really doesn't have to go now. I mean, I'd give him time to find an apartment and…"
"Maybe he was thinking about this for a while."
"I guess."
"It's kind of gross to say, but you weren't giving anything to the old man. What was wrong with you? Don't you know they need more attention when they get older?"
"They need more attention at every age." Spike laughs at that. He then hears the front door open and Spike heads over to it.
"Need some help?" asks Spike. Giles turns around.
"No, I've got it," replies Giles as he takes a box out to his car.
"We haven't talked about this, but…" Giles picks up the next box.
"I'm staying here." Giles stops and stares at his son. "Jenny said she'd rent out the pool house for me. Give me a decent price, until I get a job."
"Oh, I thought you hated Jenny."
"Well, I do, but I guess she's grown on me."
"I see." Giles nods and takes another box out to his car. When Giles comes back for another box, he sees Jenny coming from the kitchen.
"You don't have to go now," says Jenny.
"I prefer to," says Giles as he picks up another box.
"You could have moved into the pool house and…"
"It's alright." Giles heads out with a box to his car. He comes back to get the last box.
"Um, I kind of packed all your clothes the first time you told me about the annulment, so they're kind of already packed for you. Spike, why don't you get them?"
"Sure," says Spike as he runs up the stairs.
"William told me you were going to let him stay in the pool house," says Giles.
"Yeah, is that okay with you?"
"It's fine." Spike comes down, with two full suitcases. "Put it in the car for me, William."
"Sure thing," says Spike.
"I'm sorry that it didn't work out," says Jenny. Spike re-enters the house and goes over to Jenny's side.
"Me, too," says Giles as he turns around and heads out the door. He then stops. "Oh, good luck." Giles puts the last box in the trunk and gets into his car. He then drives off.
"What did he mean by that?" asks Spike.
"You got me," says Jenny.
A couple days later, Giles picks up a small box at the jewelers he was at before and then heads over to the supermarket and buys some chocolates and a dozen red roses.
At Buffy's apartment, she is dressed up in a pretty pink dress. Giles had called her earlier and told her to dress up. Connor was finally gone and she was happy about it. The phone rings and she gets it.
"Hello," says Buffy.
"It's me," says Giles. "Meet me in the park across the street."
"Why?"
"Please."
"Sure." Buffy hangs up and heads down to the park. She doesn't see him anywhere and then she turns around. Giles gets out of his car, with roses in his hands and a box of chocolates. He walks over to her with a smile.
"Jenny and I are no longer married." Buffy gives a very big smile and hugs him tight.
"Are these for me?"
"Of course." Buffy takes the flowers and smells them. "I have something else to tell you."
"What?" Giles opens the chocolate box and inside in the middle chocolate candy is a beautiful diamond ring. Buffy gasps.
"You're an incredible woman, Buffy and I would be the happiest man on Earth if you would be my wife." Buffy's eyes widen and filled with tears. "Marry me?" Buffy is left speechless and her tears begin to stream out of her eyes.
"Yes." Giles is happy to hear her answer and he pulls the ring out of the chocolate and puts it on Buffy's ring finger. "I love you."
"I love you, too." They hug and start to make out in the park, where kids walk and stare at the both of them. They didn't care. The two are finally together at last and nothing will ever set them apart.
"I can't wait to tell my parents." Buffy kisses him again, but she pulls back quickly with a worried expression on her face. "My parents."
The END!
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