Fred couldn't help but smile in the dark at Rupert's story. "Well, I have to say that I'm very glad that you were wrong about who her crush was on, purely for selfish reasons, of course," she told him as she hugged him. "But you definitely should encourage Charlotte. I'm pretty certain Willow would like that, given how she was acting at the meeting today. And maybe if things go well with them, the four of us can have a double date sometime."
***** When the morning came, Fred didn't want to leave Rupert but knew that she had to go to work. After finally managing to extract herself from his arms - though very, very reluctantly - she called Willow and asked if one of them could come pick her up since the doctor wanted Giles to have a day to recover. Willow said that she and Buffy would be over within in forty-five minutes, and suddenly, Fred wondered if maybe she should just crawl back into bed and hide with Rupert.
After taking a shower, she went back into the bedroom to change, looking over at Rupert as she laid her clothes out on the bed. "I think I'm being set up again since things got cut short last night. Both Willow and Buffy are coming to pick me up."
While Fred was taking her shower, Giles spent his time sulking in bed. He didn’t like knowing he was going to miss a full day of work but that didn’t compare to the feelings he had about being away from Fred for a full eight hours. When she came back into the bedroom and made her announcement, Giles smiled a little.
“Buffy’s just being curious is all. She’ll end up loving you. The person she didn’t like was Olivia, and I could see her reasons. I ended up not like her much either,” he said as he watched her dress. He let out a sigh and slouched down in the bed. “You know, as your boss, I could close the lab for the day and you could stay here.”
Giles knew closing the lab wasn’t possible. He let out another sigh and rolled over onto his side. “I hope I’m able to take care of myself, with my bad hand and all. I would be terribly disappointed if you came home and I was dead because I couldn’t properly feed myself,” he said in an over dramatic fashion.
"I hope she does. I know how important to you she is, and I'd hate to come between the two of you in any way. The funny thing is that she doesn't look anything how I pictured her when I used to hear stories about her before for some reason, I expected this...superwoman, and she seems so...normal. I like her."
Pulling her top over her head, she then chuckled when Rupert threatened to close the lab so she wouldn't have to go in. "Or even better, I could mix Enverenti blood with mercury. That would force a lab shutdown in no time."
Once she was dressed, she climbed onto the bed and crawled over to him, resting on her side and facing him, her hand cupping his cheek. "I promise that if I come home and find you dead from malnutrition, that I'll properly grieve and curse the heavens for making food so hard to eat one-handed." She leaned forward and kissed him gently. "I was thinking, since we can't have the debriefing at the office today like you wanted, maybe I should ask everyone to come over here at the end of the day? That way you won't be totally out of the work loop for today."
“And if I die, you’ll never fall in love with another, yes?” Giles asked as he smirked. When Fred kissed him, he had to resist the urge to pin her down in the bed and make her stay. But he knew she had to go to work so he pulled back. “And that sounds like a brilliant plan, love. I’ll make sure to be out of bed and dressed by the time you lot get here.”
He was about to snuggle closer when he heard a car horn outside. Sighing, he moved back and looked at Fred. “I do suppose that’s Willow and Buffy. Good luck with the questioning,” he said with a smile. Giles then leaned forward and softly kissed her as they beeped the horn again. “You should go. I love you.”
When Fred left the room, Giles rolled over and picked up the cordless phone. He dialed Charlotte’s mobile and spoke to her for a few minutes before she agreed to bring the project over later in the morning. After ringing off, Giles sighed and stood from the bed, wondering if he was too early to call Fred.
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When the morning came, Fred didn't want to leave Rupert but knew that she had to go to work. After finally managing to extract herself from his arms - though very, very reluctantly - she called Willow and asked if one of them could come pick her up since the doctor wanted Giles to have a day to recover. Willow said that she and Buffy would be over within in forty-five minutes, and suddenly, Fred wondered if maybe she should just crawl back into bed and hide with Rupert.
After taking a shower, she went back into the bedroom to change, looking over at Rupert as she laid her clothes out on the bed. "I think I'm being set up again since things got cut short last night. Both Willow and Buffy are coming to pick me up."
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“Buffy’s just being curious is all. She’ll end up loving you. The person she didn’t like was Olivia, and I could see her reasons. I ended up not like her much either,” he said as he watched her dress. He let out a sigh and slouched down in the bed. “You know, as your boss, I could close the lab for the day and you could stay here.”
Giles knew closing the lab wasn’t possible. He let out another sigh and rolled over onto his side. “I hope I’m able to take care of myself, with my bad hand and all. I would be terribly disappointed if you came home and I was dead because I couldn’t properly feed myself,” he said in an over dramatic fashion.
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Pulling her top over her head, she then chuckled when Rupert threatened to close the lab so she wouldn't have to go in. "Or even better, I could mix Enverenti blood with mercury. That would force a lab shutdown in no time."
Once she was dressed, she climbed onto the bed and crawled over to him, resting on her side and facing him, her hand cupping his cheek. "I promise that if I come home and find you dead from malnutrition, that I'll properly grieve and curse the heavens for making food so hard to eat one-handed." She leaned forward and kissed him gently. "I was thinking, since we can't have the debriefing at the office today like you wanted, maybe I should ask everyone to come over here at the end of the day? That way you won't be totally out of the work loop for today."
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He was about to snuggle closer when he heard a car horn outside. Sighing, he moved back and looked at Fred. “I do suppose that’s Willow and Buffy. Good luck with the questioning,” he said with a smile. Giles then leaned forward and softly kissed her as they beeped the horn again. “You should go. I love you.”
When Fred left the room, Giles rolled over and picked up the cordless phone. He dialed Charlotte’s mobile and spoke to her for a few minutes before she agreed to bring the project over later in the morning. After ringing off, Giles sighed and stood from the bed, wondering if he was too early to call Fred.
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