The next afternoon Buffy entered the Magic Box. "Hey Giles." She called as she sat at the large round table.

"Good afternoon Buffy." He said sitting down besides her.

After Buffy blew up Sunnydale High School, Giles stayed in Sunnydale. Even though he technically wasn't Buffy's watcher anymore he stayed to help her. Her sophomore year at UC Sunnydale he bought the Magic Box.

After she graduated in 2003, he gave her a 'job' at the Magic Box. She spent most of her time in the back training room. He really wasn't paying her to do much work, move boxes, ring up sales, when needed. He gave her a $200 paycheck every week for her help.

After Willow and Oz' wedding in 2007 she and Angel had gotten back together. Buffy mostly kept vamp hours after that so she and Angel could spend time together and it proved to be helpful because she'd patrol until just before dawn. She'd come to the Magic Box mid-afternoon and train till dusk. Then patrol with Spike.

He hadn't seen Willow and Oz since their wedding three years ago. He'd seen Wesley just two weeks ago, Cordelia a week ago, Xander a month ago and Angel just the other day.

"So Buffy, I trust patrol was fruitful." He asked taking a sip of his tea.

"Yup, five vamps and two demons. Nothing big."
"Are you hurt?"

"Nope just a few cuts and bruises Spike on the other hand…"

"Hey, I'm just fine." Said a familiar British voice behind them.

Buffy and Giles turned to see Spike at the basement door.

Spike came back to Sunnydale back in fall of 1999. He was captured by an underground government instillation that hunted demons. They put a behavior modification chip in his head that shot electrical currents every time he intended to/or hit a human. After finding out he could harm demons, he joined Buffy.

Before he left, Xander made a tunnel leading from the main city tunnel system under the magic box into the Magic Box, with a lock so only Scoobies could use it.

"So slayer, watcher, how ya doin'?" He asked moving to sit on the latter behind them.

"Peachy." Buffy answered. "How 'bout you? Is lil Spikey all patched up after he got beat up?" She asked with a sweet smile.

"Ha ha, Slayer, I told you last night dat I was fine, so sod off. Watcher is there any blood around here?" Spike asked turning toward the other British man in the room.

"Yes, I went to the butchers this morning."

"Thanks." Spike got up and went to the back room where there was a fridge full of blood, water and yogurt. Spike pulled out a bag and poured the blood into a mug and then returned to the front room popping it into the microwave. "So slayer, how's Peaches?" He asked removing the mug from the microwave.

"He's okay, not that you care." She said.

"Of course I care, that's my grandsire." He said in mock offense.

"Oh, please, none of that mattered to you before."

"Well, I had every reason to hate him. The bloody poof left us."

"He had a soul, that did you expect? For him to just continue on killing?"

"Fine, but that didn't mean he had to go join the good guys."

"Just like you didn't HAVE to, but you did." She replied with a smirk. "Also, you don't HAVE a soul, Angel does."

"Oh shut up."

"How is Angel doing in LA?" Giles asked. He needed to stop those two before it went further. They could act like such children sometimes.

Buffy turned to her watcher. "Good, he killed three demons last night. He says Cordy hasn't had a vision in a few days and Wesley hasn't uncovered any prophecies of doom, so all in all things are of the good." She told him.

"That's good." Giles looked at his ex charge as a thought occurred to him. "Buffy did you receive a letter from the High School?"

Buffy looked down at her hands and mumbled a "yes".

"Are you going to go?" He asked.

Buffy looked up, "I don't know. Really not in the mood to spend the night on the very ground that tried to swallow me for three years."

Giles looked at his slayer and decided to change the subject. "Why don't you two work out? There are some things I must do first." He said standing up.

Buffy and Spike nodded and set off for a day of sweat (Buffy anyways).

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