CHAPTER SIX

Willow, Xander and Buffy were sitting in the library when Kennedy showed up, "Hey you three, have any of you seen G?"

"He's on a bathroom run." Buffy answered.

"When you see him will you tell him I have a question for him?"

Xander looked up from his book. "Are you two a item?" He blurted out.

"What?" She tilted her head at the question.

"You two do spend a lot of time together." Willow said.

"If G wanted to say what we are to you three he would of told you. After we decided what we are to each other." Kennedy waved a bye as she left.

Kennedy didn't have to wait long to talk with Giles. She caught him just outside of the library.

"Is there something wrong?" He quickly asked when he saw her.

Shaking her head, "Nope. I came by because I have two things to ask of you. First question, tomorrow is opening night of the show, would you like to go with me?"

"I….I would be honored to go with you."

Smiling in joy, "Great and my second thing is if you are not busy tonight maybe we could go on our second date."

"Well….uhhh…about that, I was going to have Buffy go through some training exercises tonight."

"Another night then." Kennedy said.

Giles called after her, "If you like you can come and watch." Than he kicked himself. That sounded so stupid he said to himself.

"Really? You wouldn't mind?"

Grinning a little, "Not at all. I was thinking how great it might be if you could help with the training."

"Sounds like fun. I'll swing by the library after school then."

Giles watched her disappearing down the hall. When he turned around to go into the library Buffy, Willow and Xander were behind him.

Placing his hands in his pockets, "What?" He asked.

"Nothing." Buffy smirked.

Willow giggled, "Yeah nothing." Her and Buffy laughed some more before going back into the library.

"At least she is an ex-watcher. You don't have to worry about keeping the whole slayer thing from her." Xander said.

Giles rolled his eyes while going to join Buffy and Willow. This had to be the first time Giles was happy for training.

Giles heard the last bell of the day for school ring. He decided to wait for Kennedy in the library instead of his office. When he stepped out he saw her sitting on the table waiting for him.

"What training did you have in mind for Buffy?" Kennedy happily asked swing her feet back and forth.

Moving next to her, "I was thinking you can tell me what you and your sister did and we can find some way to combine what you did and what I have for Buffy."

"Sounds like fun." Kennedy happily said.

The last training part of the night was to have two against one; to help Buffy with her surroundings. Giles was quickly out, leaving it down to Kennedy. Kennedy was good; she was blocking a good portion of Buffy's moves.

Panting a little, "You're not bad." Buffy said.

"Thanks. Hey vampire!" Pointing past Buffy.

Turning around, "Where?" She called.

Kennedy took that moment to knock Buffy on the floor. Moving over her, "I use to pull that trick on my sister all the time. Except it was 'hey look a cute boy' and she would of course fall for it." Holding out a hand.

"That wasn't nice." Grabbing at her hand.

Helping Buffy up, "Well neither are vampires, hence the trickery."

"So I learned a lesson. Don't fall for silly tricks." Buffy said.

Nodding sharply, "Good. And the fun thing is I have a lot of little tricks like that."

"Which will be taught another time?" Buffy turned to Giles.

"I believe we are good for tonight." He answered.

Grabbing her things, "Later." Buffy called as she rushed from the library.

"Well that was fun." Kennedy spun to Giles.

Putting some of the gear back, "Kennedy may I ask you something kind of personal?" Giles nervously asked.

"You know you can ask me whatever. It's ok." She said.

Giles turned keeping his gaze to the floor, "How old are you?"

"That's the personal question that has you all nervous?" She giggled. "I'm 29; I'll be 30 soon. Too soon for my taste."

Relieved that she was not mad at him for asking the question, "You are not mad?" He asked just to double check.

"Why would I be? I love the fact I have gone this long in great condition. Not to mention I'm a firm believer that it's a myth you should never ask a women her age. I like being asked that question and people are blown away by it when I tell them." Kennedy smiled proudly.

Locking the cage with all the weapons and gear, "Well it's late." He said.

"Then lets book it. If we hurry we can get some pizza and get back home just in time for MacGyver." Making her way to the doors.

Trailing slowly, "Is that all you think about?"

"We can do something else if you like." Stopping at the door.

Catching up with her, "Maybe MacGyver will be good."

"It will be fun." Pulling Giles out of the library.

The two sat on the couch eating pizza and watching MacGyver. Even after it was over they still sat there. They ended up finding a movie to watch they both agreed on. Kennedy had gotten cold and reached for a blanket. Wrapping the blanket around her she got comfy again.

The sun hit Giles in the face slowly waking him up. Stirring some he found himself still on the couch. Looking down he saw Kennedy using his lap as a pillow. She gave a little stir as well taking a tighter grip on her stuffed animal. Then the alarm clock went off. Kennedy groaned throwing Twink at it. The alarm clock toppled over with a crash before turning off.

Kennedy groaned again as she sat up. "Remind me never to use your lap as a pillow again." Rubbing at her neck.

Giles gave a nod as he got up and headed towards the bedroom to change. Kennedy was waiting outside her bedroom when he came out.

"I made you uncomfortable didn't I?" She stated.

Shaking his head, "Oh no. It's just….I haven't…"

"G, breath it's ok. I like giving you a hard time. You're so cute when you're flustered." Kennedy giggled walking away from him.

The school day went by fast for Kennedy and before she knew it, it was opening night of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Kennedy stood outside the theatre doors constantly checking her watch, Giles was late. Getting impatient Kennedy went to check the library.

When Kennedy walked in the place, it was empty. Sighing she went to leave but heard a noise in the back. So she went to go check it out.

Going through the doors to the other part of the library, "G! Hey G are you here?" She called.

There was a loud crash as someone came bolting around the corner. As the body pushed past her, it stabbed her before disappearing. Kennedy fell against the book shelf clutching her recent wound. Tears fell from the pain as blood poured from her injury.

Giles walked quickly into the library he was running late. Tonight was not going as he liked. Buffy needed his help and by the time he finished Kennedy's production had been started for an half an hour. Rummaging through his desk he found what he was looking for. The two Crunch bars he had in his desk. Exiting his office he paused for a second, something seemed off. Looking around he noticed that some books were all over the floor. Giles took the moment to hurry and pick the mess up. Making his way to the back he saw a hand peeping out from the other side of the doors. Rushing to help whomever it was, he fell to his knees when he saw that the hand belong to Kennedy.

"Kennedy! Kennedy!" He called holding her head.

Setting her head back down gently, Giles ran to the phone to dial for an ambulance. After dealing with them he ran back to Kennedy's aid. He had an over abundance of panic going on. It didn't help that she didn't have her eyes open. She looked like she was dead.

Giles felt like a eternity had passed before the ambulance had arrived. He stuck to them like a kid to candy. He didn't want to leave till he knew that Kennedy was ok. As he paced the waiting room, Buffy, Xander and Willow showed up during his pacing.

"What happened?" Buffy asked.

Giles seemed like he was in a fog, "I….I don't know. Running late, Kennedy, blood." He wasn't making any sense.

"Maybe you should sit Giles." Willow suggested.

Buffy brought Giles over to a chair and guided him to a sitting position. "Is there anything we can do?" She asked. When he didn't say anything Buffy turned to Xander and Willow "Why don't you two get some coffee or water for Giles."

"A water and coffee coming up." Willow pulled Xander down the hall with her.

As soon as the two left the doctor took there place. Giles quickly stood when he saw who it was.

Clearing his throat, "Good news is she's in stable condition. It was a clean stab, but she did lose a lot of blood. So we'll be keeping her a day maybe more depending on how she heals. She still not awake, it will be awhile before she actually does come to."

"Thank you doctor. Is there anything else you need?" Buffy asked.

"We do need some information." Handing Buffy some papers.

Looking them over, "Is this dire?"

"Just the standard information needed." He answered.

"What if we can't fill this all out?" Buffy asked.

Smiling, "Just fill out what you can and we'll get the rest from your friend when she's awake."

"It's all right if we go see her?" Buffy threw out another question.

Nodding, "Yes, but just a reminder she's still not awake. It could be awhile."

"Thanks." Buffy took Giles to Kennedy's room.

The two stood at the door just staring at it. Buffy opened it after looking at it for a few minutes, but didn't push Giles through it.

He turned to her, "Twink. She needs Twink. Kennedy doesn't like to sleep without him."

"Who?" Buffy asked in confusion.

Giles didn't bother answering Buffy as he left her alone in the hospital hallway "Great leave me to answer the paper work. I barely know the women."

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Buffy just my character.