Passing the Torch
After my unfortunate run in with Willow at the Summers' house, I headed back to my own apartment. As I drove back, I kept replaying in my head what I'd said to her, trying to work out where I had gone wrong, where I'd mistepped in my attempts to make her realise how reckless she had been in trying to resurrect Buffy. Eventually I gave up, and
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I suppressed a smile at the tone of Wesley's voice and his inadvertent cursing. I wondered briefly what would make him have such a violent verbal reaction while answering the phone. Still, it was none of my business really, and I put it out of my mind. I needed to concentrate on gaining Wesley's support for what I proposed.
"Mister Giles? A f-favor?""Yes, Wesley. I realise this might come as something of an imposition, but I wouldn't ask unless I felt it were exremely important, and quite frankly you were the only one I could think of who would fit the bill ( ... )
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I sighed, and took off my glasses, laying them on the arm rest beside me. I had hoped I would not encounter too much resistance from Wesley, but now I was certain that my task would prove more of a challenge than I'd bargained for.
"Wesley, yes I am aware of the fact that you are no longer 'officially' a watcher..." I began, trying not to let the weariness I was feeling creep into my tone.
Faith would not listen to a word I say and I'm the least capable of restraining her in any way. I think I'm probably the last person in the world for such a job. As has been made blatantly clear the last time I was in Sunnydale." "Listen to me. I am not speaking of you taking on a role sanctioned by the council. If you have not realised by now that being a watcher is a calling, a vocation and not a 'job' then perhaps I *am* talking to the wrong person. But I somehow doubt that. I still regard you as a watcher, in spirit, if not in name ( ... )
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I heard the coldness in his tone, and bit back a retort of my own. This was not going well, and on top of my earlier argument with Willow, I did not need Wesley to be stonewalling me.
"Considering all that I've been doing the last few years, the fact that I nearly died several times. One time by Faith's hands I feel the need to point out. I find it rather insulting that you doubt my sincerity to fight the good fight. I may not longer be a watcher, Mister Giles, I may have been an utter pratt, I may not be the worlds best fighter, but I am still upholding the oath I have sworn when I officially became a Watcher. Just because I've been fired, does not mean I've forgotten everything I've learned.""Good. You've just proved my point exactly. Whether you have the title or not, you are essentially still performing the duties of a watcher and you ARE part of a larger cause. If you are insulted by my words then perhaps I got the reaction out of you that I was seeking." I ( ... )
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That was where Wesley was wrong, would I have contacted him and asked him to undertake this monumental task if it had not in fact changed? I refrained from replying to him though, for I suspected that telling him as much would still be construed in a negative light.
"Mister Giles. I still don't think I'm your best choice, or even your only one. But you...they probably need someone to help out with the identification of the various demons, do research and such. Maybe do some magical...oh wait no, you've Willow for that. Anyway, I can do that sort of work."
I breathed an audible sigh of relief, and some of the tension in my body began to drain away to be replaced with a weariness I had been trying to ignore.
"And just so we make it clear. I still think they'll laugh at me, I still think they won't listen to me, and least of all Faith. But I'm doing this as a favor for you. It would appear most of my books are packed anyway." "Thank you, Wesley. This means a great deal to me ( ... )
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