Giles for Sinnersandliars @ IJ S2
Giles hadn't expected anyone in the library today. Well, at least not until after school. Yes, the children did stop by from time to time during the day, as did Jenny, but usually only for a few minutes between classes or during a lunch break. So, he had planned on doing some research. While they didn't have anything in particular to research about right now, it was during down times like this that he needed to brush up on other things: different types of demon breeds, rights of different religious cults that were still active. Things like that.
He had actually went to a local proprietor to pick up a few new texts. He was always adding to his ever expanding occult library. When you lived on a Hellmouth and were a Watcher to a Slayer, this was explicitly a must, not just something of a hobby like when he wasn't on active duty like he was now.
That was why he had went out to go ahead and pick up the books. He hadn't figured that anyone would stop by and see him right now. Besides, it's not like other students in this school read all that much, or, if they did, they certainly didn't do it in his library. This was why he was surprised when, as he awkwardly pushed the door to the library open with his foot, he caught the smell of tea. Who would be in here right now brewing tea?
He lowered the books in his hands a little bit so that he could look over at Willow and Jenny. Just as he had done that, the weight of all eight of them was too much for his hands, and they slipped from them. One landed squarely on his toe, causing a good bit of pain, while the others just simply went sprawling out onto the floor.
He had actually went to a local proprietor to pick up a few new texts. He was always adding to his ever expanding occult library. When you lived on a Hellmouth and were a Watcher to a Slayer, this was explicitly a must, not just something of a hobby like when he wasn't on active duty like he was now.
That was why he had went out to go ahead and pick up the books. He hadn't figured that anyone would stop by and see him right now. Besides, it's not like other students in this school read all that much, or, if they did, they certainly didn't do it in his library. This was why he was surprised when, as he awkwardly pushed the door to the library open with his foot, he caught the smell of tea. Who would be in here right now brewing tea?
He lowered the books in his hands a little bit so that he could look over at Willow and Jenny. Just as he had done that, the weight of all eight of them was too much for his hands, and they slipped from them. One landed squarely on his toe, causing a good bit of pain, while the others just simply went sprawling out onto the floor.