House Sitting

[_gia_]

Oz and Rhia took off to Tibet to go werewolf hunting, so I'm house-sitting for them. Except I've never really been alone in a house by myself for long periods of time, except for Potential training stuff. Shut up, I admit it, I'm freaked. And bored. Although going through all of Rhia and Oz's stuff? Priceless. I SO have blackmail. I expected

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[_gia_]

I...*mind races, no real thoughts processing*

*takes a step forward and stops, looks down* Okay...I'll...*stands behind Dylan so she doesn't have to see her watcher*

[_dylant_]

*closes the door and locks it*

You all right?

*takes a step towards her, careful not to startle her*

Hey, it's okie. Promise you, he's not getting close enough to hurt you again.

[_gia_]

*stares at the ground, shaking from crying so hard*

It's not okay. He's going to hurt you and Des and Taylor and Connor *sobs* and Gabe now, and it's all my fault. I should've just gone with him. It's never going to be okay.

[_dylant_]

*wraps his arms around her*

*voice soft*

No one is going to hurt us, Sweetheart. Come one, Des is scary, she could protect all of us.

*strokes Gia's hair*

Connor is a champion, Gabe is a Wiccan and You, me and Des? We're tough. Plus, I got the number for Buffy if we need some slayer power. Gotta trust me, Gia, he has no power here. He's not going to hurt you again.

I'm proud of you for not going with him. I know it's hard to break trained instincts, but you did it. You held your ground. You took back the power.

[_gia_]

*flinches at being touched* It's not over...It's not, it's not, it's not. *gasps for breath* It's not just him, it's, it's the whole Council. You don't know; they're so...they're so strong.

*pulls away from him at looks at him seriously* We can't stay here. *face crumbles* He'll be back and he knows I'm here. I thought I was safe, but I'm not, I made a call and he found me and he's not going to leave without me; it's not safe.

[_dylant_]

*keeps his voice calm*

Gia, we can leave. We'll go back to the house. Connor is there and everything will be okie.

Hey, they may be a council, but they're still men. Just men.

We fight demons and other things, we can fight men who are just as evil.

I'll call Buffy when we get to the house. Let's get Taylor up and get going. Just trust me that I'm not going to let anything happen to you.

[_gia_]

*calms down at the notion of leaving* Okay. I'm sorry...I just...I know. Please don't tell Taylor; he's too little to worry. Thank you. *sniffs and wipes her eyes with her hand*

Please stay with me.

[_dylant_]

*looks a little sad*

Unfortunately, I'd think he'd understand all to well, Sweetie. We don't need to tell him yet, but I gotta warn him to look out for the guy just in case.

*smiles gently at Gia*

Hey, I'm not going to leave you. None of us will. We're family. I love you, Kiddo.

[_gia_]

I don't want to add to that, though. Yeah, *sniffs again, stifling tears* we do.

Okay, I'm sorry I freaked out, it's just...I *sniffs once more* love you, too.