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[sciencegrl_fred]

Fred found herself blushing furiously at Xander's comment. The last person to call her a hottie had been Gunn, and she still wasn't used to anyone ever calling her that. "Well, I think I lucked out with who I'm marrying myself," she said softly

[g_watcher]

Giles felt like crawling underneath a rock but when Fred paid him the compliment, he smiled. He was glad that Andrew had enough sense to get them moving and out of there. “Yes, well, next time leave your partners in crime at home Willow,” he said as he followed them outside. There was two Council cars waiting since Giles’ hadn’t driven his own vehicle to the airport

[sciencegrl_fred]

Fred looked over at Giles with a big grin at Andrew's question. He played Dungeons and Dragons? Her friends in high school had been really into that, and she had played with them a few times. She was trying to imagine Giles playing it, though. Given the memories she had of her friends playing it, it was an interesting image

[g_watcher]

Giles was relieved to see the traffic wasn’t that heavy. He was exhausted and wanted nothing more than to go home and sleep. When they pulled up to his flat, he helped the driver get the luggage out of the boot and carried them inside. “All right,” he said when Fred told him she was going to take a shower. “I’m going to wash up and I’ll meet you in bed

[sciencegrl_fred]

After getting her pajamas out of her main suitcase, Fred went to the bathroom to take her shower. She still was getting used to the electric showers that the British used - having to turn on the power, then turning on the shower unit and setting the temperature on it. The one in the hotel was different from the one Giles had, so it took her a few minutes to figure it out, but finally she got it running

[g_watcher]

Giles nuzzled against Fred’s clean hair and smiled. She smelt like home and felt comfortable in his arms, something he hadn’t felt in years. Perhaps he was finally getting reward by The Powers for all that he’d done. Or maybe he’d finally gotten lucky. Giles didn’t care at that moment though.

“By eight, love,” he murmured against her hair. “Tomorrow is weekly meeting day. You’ll have meetings most of the day with various people. From 8:30 to 10 you have a department meeting. Then you’ll have some free time until 1. That’s when all the department heads meet with me. It only lasts for an hour and then Xander, Willow and Andrew usually stick around and bother me.”

He softly kissed her cheek and sighed. “I’m going to miss you tomorrow, even though we’re in the same building. It’s a bit silly, I know,” Giles said before softly kissing her neck. “Is there anything you’re going to need to make your first day better? I could hang around in the lab all day if you think you might get lonely.”

[sciencegrl_fred]

Fred rested her head against his chest, listening as he explained tomorrow's schedule to her. She was definitely getting thrown into things feet first, and while a part of her was nervous, of course, she was also looking forward to it, to getting back into doing something worthwhile. She had spent part of the flight reviewing the dossiers of the people who would be working in her lab as well as those of the other department heads so she would know who they were. She just hoped they accepted her for who she was and what she could offer and not solely because of her relationship with Rupert

[g_watcher]

Giles was a bit disappointed that Fred didn’t need him to be in her lab all day. Yet, he knew she was right and he did have a lot of things to do. Andrew had already told him about all the paperwork that had piled up while he was gone. He was going to be busy, trying to catch up, plus deal with all the new work that was bound to cross his desk

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