Back to short episode tags. Not really that important but shows a hint of the relationship I am building up between Giles and Wesley. Enjoy!
10. Buffy Episode Tag 5x20 "Spiral"
"All right." said Buffy thinking that their silence was their way of saying yes. "Nobody goes home, nobody tells anybody we're leaving. Just pack up whatever supplies we need and that's it, we're gone."
"Cool. Don't have to study for that geometry test." whispered Dawn.
"What about wheels?" asked Xander. "I don't think everybody's gonna fit in the Xandermobile."
"Just get your stuff together." ordered Buffy. "I'll handle the rest." She looked out the window for another watch but Giles was at her elbow.
"When you say we don't tell anyone," began Giles.
"I mean anyone," said Buffy, eyeing him. "We tell someone, we risk putting them in danger." Buffy knew that there was one person that Giles wanted to inform of their departure, frankly she wanted to tell another person in Los Angeles as well…but they couldn't risk it. "We don't want to risk their lives as well as ours, Giles. I'm sorry. We tell no one."
"What if he—they can help?" offered Giles.
"Wesley maybe all magical and powerful," began Buffy, keeping a watch out again. "But he's no match for a god and you know it."
Giles sighed and took off his glasses and pretended to clean them. "I believe you're right…"
"I am," said Buffy. "Just keep together, I'll be heading out to get what we need."
Buffy tried to fight the tears threatening to spill from her eyes as she held Giles' hand.
"Buffy," he began. "I need you to promise me something."
"Giles…" began Buffy. This was a dead man's last request and Buffy would not listen to it. "You're not going to die, ok? You're going to be alright…"
"Just," began Giles through the pain he felt. "Hear me out." He took another pained breath. "Wesley…he'll tell you everything…just…go to him….after all this."
Buffy was surprised to hear Wesley's name mentioned again but she was too focused on Giles to even argue or make a remark. "You'll need him and he'll need you…"
"Hey," began Buffy with a smile. "You're my Watcher not him, ok Giles? That's why there's no way I am letting you go that easy."
"Don't feel guilty," said Giles to Buffy's shock. "Both of you will…and I want you both not to…"
Buffy could only look at him, the tears her eyes about to spill. "Promise me?"
Buffy couldn't help but nod as the tears finally slid down her face. Giles' face showed the pain he was in and his eyes drifted close. Buffy looked at their hands together then at Giles' wounds. She let go of his hand and goes to Willow.
There's no way Giles was dying today.
