Buffy and Giles made their way through the graveyard as Giles had asked to be present when Buffy patrolled. He was worried about his slayer she seemed to be distracted by something.

"This place is mighty depressing," Buffy said bitterly as she and Giles walked amongst the tombstones.

"Well it is a graveyard," Giles replied sarcastically.

Buffy just rolled her eyes as she took a seat on the steps of a mausoleum.

"Is everything alright?" Giles asks as he leans against a tombstone and folds him arms.

"My mom is sick," Buffy said as she finally looked Giles in the eye.

"Oh dear Buffy I'm so sorry," Giles said as he went to sit next to her.

"I don't know what I'm going to do," Buffy said as tears fell from her eyes.

"Whatever you need I'm here," Giles said as he put his arms around her and pulled her into a hug which Buffy returned.

"Thank you," she said as she wiped her eyes.

"There's something else on your mind," Giles said concerned as he took off his glasses and wiped them before putting them back on.

"I'm dating someone," Buffy blurted out then covered her mouth in embarrassment.

"Who's the lucky chap?" Giles asked as he smirked at Buffy's red face.

"Promise you won't freak out?" Buffy asked as she stood up and began pacing in front of her now worried watcher.

"It's not another vampire is it?" Giles asked as he quickly glanced around the graveyard before turning his eyes back towards Buffy.

Buffy glared art him before answering, "No it's a fellow student."

"Is it that Riley guy, Willow was mentioning?" Giles asked with a small smile.

Buffy looked away as she got suddenly quiet.

"Buffy you can tell me," Giles assures her as he places his hand on her shoulder.

"Her name is Tara," Buffy whispers.

It took Giles a minute to process the news so he doesn't say anything for quite a while causing Buffy to panic.

"I shouldn't have told you," she says as she throws her hands in the air in frustration.

"I'm glad you did," Giles finally said as he stood in front of the freaked out slayer.

"You're not going to lecture me on how being gay is a sin?" Buffy asked sarcastically.

"What it do me any good," Giles shit back with a hint of a smirk.

"No," Buffy said with a grin.

"I'm happy for you," Giles said honestly.

"You are?" Buffy asked shocked.

"Of course I am," Giles responded.

"I thought you would be weirded out," Buffy told him.

"If she makes you happy then that is all that matters," Giles told her.

"Everyone else is going to freak out," Buffy mumbled sadly as she sat back down.

"That is their problem not yours," Giles said sternly as he sat beside her.

"I put them through hell with Angel," Buffy said as she turned to Giles sadly. "You included."

"Is she some kind of demon?" Giles asked getting a bit worried.

Buffy smiled, "no she just practices magic."

"Oh like Willow then?" Giles asked wanting to know more of the girl his slayer seemed so smitten with.

"Yes only way shyer," Buffy said with a smile.

Giles smiled at that, "how did you meet?"

"I saved her from a vampire in campus," Buffy answered.

"So she knows?" Giles asked sternly.

"I had to tell her sorry," Buffy began to ramble but Giles held his hand up cutting her off.

"Its okay shouldn't surprise me anymore," he said with a smirk.

"Ha-ha," Buffy said dryly as she stood up and stretched. "Can we call it a night?" She was eager to get home and talk to Tara.

Gilles frowned as he glanced around the graveyard before standing up, "might as well."

"Night," Buffy called over her shoulder as she made a beeline for the exit.

"Night," Giles mumbled. How odd we sat here and not one vampire attacked he thought to himself as he followed Buffy.

Buffy was quiet as she crawled in through her bedroom window late that night. She knew she didn't have to her mom and sister knew she was the slayer it had just become a habit she couldn't quite break.

She quickly took off her jacket and threw it on her bed, before putting her stake in her drawer and rushing on her mom's room to make sure she was okay. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw both Dawn and her mother sleeping peacefully.

She turned and headed back towards her room where she grabbed her phone and dialed the all too familiar number.

"Hello," a sleepy Tara said from the other end.

"Hey I know it's late sorry I had to patrol," Buffy said into the phone.

"Know its okay I'm glad you called," Tara said excitedly.

"So how was your day?" Buffy asked as she leaned back against the pillows on her bed.

"It was nothing exciting," Tara said as she did the same." How was patrolling?"

"Surprisingly dead," Buffy stated then laughed to herself when she realized what she said.

"How's your mom doing?" Tara asked worried.

"She's doing better," Buffy said as she turned towards a picture of her and her mom that was sitting on her dresser.

Tara was quiet for a minute as she just listened to Buffy's breathing.

"So I told my watcher about us," Buffy said after a beat.

"You did?" Tara asked surprised.

"Yeah he was happy for us," Buffy said with a smile.

Tara smiled back, "I'm glad."

"I don't know how I could handle all of this without you," Buffy said bluntly as she wiped away tears.

"You're so much stronger than you give yourself credit for but I'm glad I'm the one you chose to share all of this with," Tara said.

"I love you," Buffy whispered into the phone as she wiped away the tears.

"I love you too," Tara said as she wished she could be there to hold her girlfriend.

"I should let you get some sleep," Buffy said as she looked over at the clock and saw it read two am.

"Are you going to be okay?" Tara asked concerned.

"I'm strong remember?" Buffy said with a smile.

Tara smiled back, "yeah you are goodnight Buffy."

"Goodnight Tara," Buffy said as she hung up the phone and fell into her pillows hoping sleep would soon claim her.

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