Buffy is walking down the school hallway after school. She's on her way to the library to see Giles, her watcher, she's trying to figure out in her head a way she can convince him to let her go to the Bronze. He's gone all over protective since the whole Spike, Drusilla and now Angel thing. She takes a deep breath as she opens the big brown doors leading into the library, but it's obvious Giles hasn't heard her come in. He is standing with his back to her, clutching a pencil in one hand.

"Prepare to be dust" (putting on a cockney accent) "you're just a boring, old librarian mate, what can you do"

Giles runs forward and sticks his pencil into thin air

"I can do that mate!"

Giles then spins round, noticing Buffy who's standing with her arms crossed and smiling.

"Oh Buffy hello, I was just emm" Giles quickly says, while trying to hide the pencil behind his back.

"practising your moves, well since you seem to be that good, it seems like only fair to let you patrol tonight"

"me patrol?"

"great thanx" Buffy quickly replies, then turns to try and hurry out of the library.

"Buffy"

Buffy turns back to see Giles take of his glasses and clean and she knew this wasn't a good sign; "okay look, Oz is playing tonight and everyone else is going and I deserve a night of I mean c'mon its not every day your boyfriend loses his soul and wants to kill you. I've not been to the Bronze in ages please let me go please" Buffy walked towards Giles putting on her most innocent smile hoping it would do the trick.

"you were there last week and this could not be a more inconvenient time" replies Giles clearly not budging.

"Okay, okay I won't go." Buffy smiles to herself an idea quickly coming into her head. "Hey nice slayer moves earlier why don't you come patrolling with me we can take the whole gang am sure they would love to know how you killed thin air with a pencil."

"well I suppose you do need to rest for a night. Okay ill patrol"

"thanks Giles, I swear ill be back on slayer duties tomorrow and if you encounter anything that's not your average vamp then come and get me okay" Buffy with a huge grin on her face heads for the door.

"Buffy before you go I don't think anyone needs to know about my killing best just to keep that between us yes?"

"Whatever you say Giles"