Title: Telling The Truth
Author: horrorfangirl
Summary: Giles tells Buffy about Ethan's visit, Buffy discovers there's more to her Watcher then she first thought.
Disclaimer: Not mine! The characters belong to Joss Whedon, M.E. and Fox.
Sequel to: An Unexpected Visitor.
Rated: PG
Rupert Giles was still sitting on the floor, wondering what he should do about Ethan and Buffy when he heard a knock on the door.
With a groan he slowly got up and took a glance into the peep-hole. When he saw a blonde head he breathed a sigh of relief.
Quickly he opened the door and said, "Hello, Buffy."
"Hi, Giles. Sorry to bother you, but you didn't answer your phone and I was starting to get worried." Buffy said.
Giles turned to glanced at the side table and noticed the blinking light of his answering machine. He was surprised. "I'm sorry, Buffy. It seems that I was a bit distracted."
"Oh? What is it?"
Giles sighed. "Why don't we sit down?"
Buffy nodded. Together they went to the couch and sat down. "Okay, Giles what's going on?" Buffy demanded.
Giles took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes tiredly. "Ethan paid me a visit, earlier today."
It was a good thing that Buffy wasn't drinking anything at that moment, fore if she had she would have choked on it. "What! I thought he was in Nevada being guarded by all those military guys."
"I thought the same," Giles agreed. But it seems that we were both wrong."
"What did he want?" Buffy asked.
"To have me convince you to leave Riley." Giles replied.
"What? How?"
Giles took a deep breath and said, "He wanted me to use magic to woo you away from Riley."
Buffy took a deep breath and counted to ten before she said. "What did you say when he suggested that?"
"I refused to do what he asked. I told him that you had issues with magic and that I didn't want to add another one." Giles got up from the couch and asked; "Are you sure you don't want something to drink?"
Buffy thought for a moment. "Do you have any apple juice left?"
"I believe so. Let me check." With that Giles went to the kitchen and got two bottles of apple juice from the fridge.
He came back with the apple juice and handed one to Buffy. "Thanks Giles."
He smiled and started to sit down when Buffy asked; "So what else did Ethan say after he suggested that you try to woo me?"
"He said that it would be best for everyone if you ended things with Riley." Giles replied. Seeing the frown on his slayer's face, he asked; "Are you all right Buffy?"
"Yeah, although a part of me is loathing the idea of owning Ethan anything, but he may be right."
"Oh? What do you mean?"
Buffy sighed. "While I was talking to Willy, trying to get some info on the Polgrara Riley came in the bar and accused me of socializing with them."
Giles was gobsmacked. "What brought this on?"
"I think it's because of the drugs that Maggie was feeding not only Riley, but the rest of his unit as well."
Giles sighed. "Buffy, I know you want to help Riley, but do you think you should continue to have an relationship with him?"
Buffy knew that Giles was right. With Riley going through withdraw from the drugs that Maggie had given him there was no way for the solider and the Slayer to be together. Besides, there was one man Buffy knew she should be with and he was sitting across from her.
"Giles, how would you feel if we started training again?" Buffy asked.
"I would like that very much," Giles replied honestly. "But how will Riley take it?"
"Not too well. It probably be best if I waited until he got out of the hospital before I made it official. Besides, I think it would be better for him to find a normal girl."
"Perhaps," Giles agreed. "But, Buffy you should know that I won't tolerate being a rebound guy."
Buffy smiled. "Don't worry, Giles. I'm done with guys, from now on you're the only man in my life." She held out her hand. "Deal?"
"Deal." Giles agreed, taking her hand and kissed it. Buffy and Giles knew that the future was uncertain, but they now had each other.
The End.