"New Ideas" 1/2
Okay, I'm way late with this, and I'm not quite done, but this is my way of showing that yes, I'm working on it and it will be finished. *Sigh* I can't wait to be done with college.
Title: "New Ideas" 1/2
Author: lena7623
Rating: PG-13 (For some language and references to the hotness that is Giles)
Pairing: Buffy/Giles
Written for: secondalto for the Every Slayer Needs A Watcher fic-a-thon
The Request: patrolling with banter, Scooby involvement, tea.
Author's Note: Part II will have both tea and more banter while patrolling.
Disclaimer: "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and it's characters do not belong to me. This story is written for entertainment only and I did not make one penny from this.
Buffy was out patrolling with Giles. He hadn’t accompanied her since high school but, with her asking him to be her Watcher again, he insisted that he come along, to critique her technique. Ever since Dracula had stopped by for a visit, it seemed that the supernatural activity had picked back up, so had she stayed busy almost every night this week.
“Buffy, you’ve already killed three vampires tonight. Don’t you believe that it’s time to go home?” Buffy looked over at him, thinking about how tired he looked. He probably hadn’t been out this late in all of last year. It was already almost three in the morning.
“Don’t get all worn out on me,” she joked with him. “We’ve still got two more cemeteries to go, buster.”
“As your Watcher, I say that it’s time to go home.” He stood up straight and looked straight at her for a moment. Buffy had to smile at how cute he looked when he got his ‘determined’ face on. She hadn’t even had the chance to see it much since high school.
Whoa, where did this thought of Giles being ‘cute’ come from? Buffy pushed the thought aside.
“Well, if you insist. We’ll just pick it up tomorrow night.” She playfully elbowed him in the ribs. “What’s wrong, getting tired?”
“Not all of us live on the schedule of a college student, Buffy.” His voice sounded stern, but she could see the smile on his face. He wasn’t fooling her with his stern act. “Some of us enjoy getting eight hours of sleep a night.”
“And then some of us have lives outside of books,” she retorted. “You can’t stay in your apartment again all this year. You’re getting out more if I have to make you do it.”
“Is that a threat or a promise?” Buffy’s breath caught in her throat when Giles said that to her. Was he…flirting with her? Wow, that was nowhere near as disgusting as she would have thought it would have been a year or two ago. Actually, it was kind of hot.
She shook her head a little, trying to get thoughts of hot!Giles out of her mind. Riley had only left her a month before, going off to do soldier boy stuff in South America or something. Stupid Riley would rather go off and act like a hero than be with her. That had to be affecting her mind or something.
“I’d call it a promise. I’m not letting my Watcher be a hermit.” She started heading for where he had parked his new car. He had just purchased a new BMW convertible, and she couldn’t help but be glad that he had finally gotten a real ‘grown-up’ car, instead of the giant rust-bucket that he had insisted on driving all of these years. Well, he hadn’t’ gotten it because of everyone’s prodding, but because the car finally fell apart on the road one day, but it still counted that he had gotten the car.
Buffy had Giles drive her back to her dorm and, once again, couldn’t help but notice how hot he looked while driving down the road with the top down. Okay, maybe she needed to go on a date or something. She knew that she was going to be talking to Willow about it as soon as she got up in the morning.
When they reached the dorm, she turned back to Giles and said, “Alright, so I’ll see you tomorrow for training, right?”
“Yes, training at my apartment.” He smiled. “We must find a better place for training. I don’t think that my apartment is large enough for our training.”
Buffy nodded. “I’m sure that we’ll find something soon. They’ve got a gym on campus, but people use it all the time. Maybe we can reserve a room or something. I’ll look into it.” Was she babbling now? This was getting way weird.
“Yes, that would be most helpful.” Giles looked at his watch. “So, shall we say, three o’clock tomorrow, or do you have a class?”
“No, I’m done by two, so three o’clock is great. Good night, Giles.” She reached over and opened her door but, on impulse, turned back and kissed him on the cheek. Once she realized what she had done, she quickly hopped out of the car, a little embarrassed. Just what the hell was coming over her now?
This couldn’t wait anymore. Willow would just have to be woken up. Buffy made her way over to her and Tara’s room. When she got there, she knocked on the door. A very sleepy looking Willow answered the door. “Buffy? What’s going on? What time is it?”
“Um…late, very late, but I wouldn’t have woken you up if it wasn’t really, really extra important.” Buffy had a worried expression on her face, and watched as Willow’s face changed as well.
“Oh, ok, we can talk. Give me just a minute. Let me get dressed.” She shut the door for a second. Buffy could hear Tara wake up and ask who was at the door. Buffy could hear Willow telling Tara that Buffy was at the door and it sounded like an emergency. Well, it probably wasn’t quite what Willow was thinking, but Buffy definitely thought that it was an emergency. A few minutes later, Willow came out, still looking tired but at least clothed properly now. “Okay, what’s the emergency?”
“I think I have a crush on Giles.”
A small smile spread across Willow’s face. “So, you just noticed that?”
“Huh…what?” Now Buffy was even more confused. “No no, this just happened tonight. You see, I was out patrolling with him, and I think we were flirting and then, when he dropped me off just now, I kissed him. Yeah, it was only on the cheek, but I never would have even thought of doing it before. Do you think it’s because of Riley leaving me?” Now she was babbling, and she almost never babbled.
Willow giggled a little. “And I thought that something bad had happened.” She shook her head. “I don’t think this is because of Riley. Why don’t we go sit in the lobby and talk about it more?”
Buffy nodded, following Willow as she led her to the lobby. With it being so late, it was deserted right now, which Buffy was grateful for. She didn’t want to be talking about personal issues with tons of other people roaming around, pretending to not listen. Buffy and Willow sat across from each other at a little coffee table. Buffy had sat down on the worn out blue couch, and Willow had claimed a little arm chair to herself. “Okay, Buffy, you really haven’t noticed this?”
“Willow, I have no idea what you are talking about. Please explain to me.” Buffy thought that Willow must have been sleep deprived or something, because she wasn’t making any sense to her.
Willow took a deep breath. “The two of you have been together constantly ever since that Dracula guy came by, right?”
“Well…yeah,” Buffy agreed and nodded, “but we’ve been training a lot. You know, the whole Slayer/Watcher bonding thing?”
“You also just go to his place to hand out, Buffy.” Willow continued to look at her with a look that said ‘you should know where this is heading.’
Buffy didn’t, though. “Well, he lives the life of a recluse, Willow. I kind of like hanging out with him.” She looked down at her feet. “I kind of neglected all of you guys last year. I’m trying to make it up to you. Besides, you and Xander hang out there all the time, too.”
“Yeah, but neither of us go over there alone. We all go as a group, you know, with Tara and Anya.” Willow smiled. “Buffy, I’m your best friend, right?” Buffy nodded. “Well, I notice things that you can’t always see. It’s been over a month since Dracula came and did his thing and you asked Giles to be your Watcher again, but you spent the whole summer over at his place. Yeah, we were there sometimes, too, but you were over there every day with no excuse of training.”
Suddenly it felt like Buffy was hit with a ton of bricks at the realization. “Oh my god, you’re right.”
Willow smiled. “I’m always right about things like this, Buffy.” She stood up. “If you’d just learn that, then we’d be all set.” She reached her arms over her head and stretched. “I mean, you were over there even before Riley left for Columbia or whatever.”
“I think that maybe he saw it, too,” Buffy said, still in shock. “How did I not notice all of this before?”
“For being the Slayer, you’re pretty oblivious about life in general.”
“Willow!” Buffy laughed. “You’re supposed to be my friend and pump me up, not make fun of me.”
“That’s what you get for waking me up at three o’clock in the morning.” She stretched her arms over her head. “Well, since that’s settled, I’m going back to bed to cuddle with Tara.” She turned and started to head back in the direction of her room.
“Wait! What am I supposed to do about this? I mean, this is a whole new idea, thinking of Giles as hot and attractive. What do I do?”
“I suggest kiss him.”
“What if he doesn’t think the same way about me that I do about him?”
Willow turned back to her. “He does.” Buffy was about to ask how she knew, but Willow interrupted. “Just trust me on this, he does. Remember, I know these things. Now go to bed, because you have to be up at nine for class, don’t you?”
Buffy nodded, and then watched as Willow walked back to her bedroom. Buffy didn’t think that she’d get that much sleep, but, as soon as she went to her single bedroom and laid down on the bed, she passed out.
Part II coming later tonight once it's finished! It still needs a bit of tweaking.
Title: "New Ideas" 1/2
Author: lena7623
Rating: PG-13 (For some language and references to the hotness that is Giles)
Pairing: Buffy/Giles
Written for: secondalto for the Every Slayer Needs A Watcher fic-a-thon
The Request: patrolling with banter, Scooby involvement, tea.
Author's Note: Part II will have both tea and more banter while patrolling.
Disclaimer: "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and it's characters do not belong to me. This story is written for entertainment only and I did not make one penny from this.
Buffy was out patrolling with Giles. He hadn’t accompanied her since high school but, with her asking him to be her Watcher again, he insisted that he come along, to critique her technique. Ever since Dracula had stopped by for a visit, it seemed that the supernatural activity had picked back up, so had she stayed busy almost every night this week.
“Buffy, you’ve already killed three vampires tonight. Don’t you believe that it’s time to go home?” Buffy looked over at him, thinking about how tired he looked. He probably hadn’t been out this late in all of last year. It was already almost three in the morning.
“Don’t get all worn out on me,” she joked with him. “We’ve still got two more cemeteries to go, buster.”
“As your Watcher, I say that it’s time to go home.” He stood up straight and looked straight at her for a moment. Buffy had to smile at how cute he looked when he got his ‘determined’ face on. She hadn’t even had the chance to see it much since high school.
Whoa, where did this thought of Giles being ‘cute’ come from? Buffy pushed the thought aside.
“Well, if you insist. We’ll just pick it up tomorrow night.” She playfully elbowed him in the ribs. “What’s wrong, getting tired?”
“Not all of us live on the schedule of a college student, Buffy.” His voice sounded stern, but she could see the smile on his face. He wasn’t fooling her with his stern act. “Some of us enjoy getting eight hours of sleep a night.”
“And then some of us have lives outside of books,” she retorted. “You can’t stay in your apartment again all this year. You’re getting out more if I have to make you do it.”
“Is that a threat or a promise?” Buffy’s breath caught in her throat when Giles said that to her. Was he…flirting with her? Wow, that was nowhere near as disgusting as she would have thought it would have been a year or two ago. Actually, it was kind of hot.
She shook her head a little, trying to get thoughts of hot!Giles out of her mind. Riley had only left her a month before, going off to do soldier boy stuff in South America or something. Stupid Riley would rather go off and act like a hero than be with her. That had to be affecting her mind or something.
“I’d call it a promise. I’m not letting my Watcher be a hermit.” She started heading for where he had parked his new car. He had just purchased a new BMW convertible, and she couldn’t help but be glad that he had finally gotten a real ‘grown-up’ car, instead of the giant rust-bucket that he had insisted on driving all of these years. Well, he hadn’t’ gotten it because of everyone’s prodding, but because the car finally fell apart on the road one day, but it still counted that he had gotten the car.
Buffy had Giles drive her back to her dorm and, once again, couldn’t help but notice how hot he looked while driving down the road with the top down. Okay, maybe she needed to go on a date or something. She knew that she was going to be talking to Willow about it as soon as she got up in the morning.
When they reached the dorm, she turned back to Giles and said, “Alright, so I’ll see you tomorrow for training, right?”
“Yes, training at my apartment.” He smiled. “We must find a better place for training. I don’t think that my apartment is large enough for our training.”
Buffy nodded. “I’m sure that we’ll find something soon. They’ve got a gym on campus, but people use it all the time. Maybe we can reserve a room or something. I’ll look into it.” Was she babbling now? This was getting way weird.
“Yes, that would be most helpful.” Giles looked at his watch. “So, shall we say, three o’clock tomorrow, or do you have a class?”
“No, I’m done by two, so three o’clock is great. Good night, Giles.” She reached over and opened her door but, on impulse, turned back and kissed him on the cheek. Once she realized what she had done, she quickly hopped out of the car, a little embarrassed. Just what the hell was coming over her now?
This couldn’t wait anymore. Willow would just have to be woken up. Buffy made her way over to her and Tara’s room. When she got there, she knocked on the door. A very sleepy looking Willow answered the door. “Buffy? What’s going on? What time is it?”
“Um…late, very late, but I wouldn’t have woken you up if it wasn’t really, really extra important.” Buffy had a worried expression on her face, and watched as Willow’s face changed as well.
“Oh, ok, we can talk. Give me just a minute. Let me get dressed.” She shut the door for a second. Buffy could hear Tara wake up and ask who was at the door. Buffy could hear Willow telling Tara that Buffy was at the door and it sounded like an emergency. Well, it probably wasn’t quite what Willow was thinking, but Buffy definitely thought that it was an emergency. A few minutes later, Willow came out, still looking tired but at least clothed properly now. “Okay, what’s the emergency?”
“I think I have a crush on Giles.”
A small smile spread across Willow’s face. “So, you just noticed that?”
“Huh…what?” Now Buffy was even more confused. “No no, this just happened tonight. You see, I was out patrolling with him, and I think we were flirting and then, when he dropped me off just now, I kissed him. Yeah, it was only on the cheek, but I never would have even thought of doing it before. Do you think it’s because of Riley leaving me?” Now she was babbling, and she almost never babbled.
Willow giggled a little. “And I thought that something bad had happened.” She shook her head. “I don’t think this is because of Riley. Why don’t we go sit in the lobby and talk about it more?”
Buffy nodded, following Willow as she led her to the lobby. With it being so late, it was deserted right now, which Buffy was grateful for. She didn’t want to be talking about personal issues with tons of other people roaming around, pretending to not listen. Buffy and Willow sat across from each other at a little coffee table. Buffy had sat down on the worn out blue couch, and Willow had claimed a little arm chair to herself. “Okay, Buffy, you really haven’t noticed this?”
“Willow, I have no idea what you are talking about. Please explain to me.” Buffy thought that Willow must have been sleep deprived or something, because she wasn’t making any sense to her.
Willow took a deep breath. “The two of you have been together constantly ever since that Dracula guy came by, right?”
“Well…yeah,” Buffy agreed and nodded, “but we’ve been training a lot. You know, the whole Slayer/Watcher bonding thing?”
“You also just go to his place to hand out, Buffy.” Willow continued to look at her with a look that said ‘you should know where this is heading.’
Buffy didn’t, though. “Well, he lives the life of a recluse, Willow. I kind of like hanging out with him.” She looked down at her feet. “I kind of neglected all of you guys last year. I’m trying to make it up to you. Besides, you and Xander hang out there all the time, too.”
“Yeah, but neither of us go over there alone. We all go as a group, you know, with Tara and Anya.” Willow smiled. “Buffy, I’m your best friend, right?” Buffy nodded. “Well, I notice things that you can’t always see. It’s been over a month since Dracula came and did his thing and you asked Giles to be your Watcher again, but you spent the whole summer over at his place. Yeah, we were there sometimes, too, but you were over there every day with no excuse of training.”
Suddenly it felt like Buffy was hit with a ton of bricks at the realization. “Oh my god, you’re right.”
Willow smiled. “I’m always right about things like this, Buffy.” She stood up. “If you’d just learn that, then we’d be all set.” She reached her arms over her head and stretched. “I mean, you were over there even before Riley left for Columbia or whatever.”
“I think that maybe he saw it, too,” Buffy said, still in shock. “How did I not notice all of this before?”
“For being the Slayer, you’re pretty oblivious about life in general.”
“Willow!” Buffy laughed. “You’re supposed to be my friend and pump me up, not make fun of me.”
“That’s what you get for waking me up at three o’clock in the morning.” She stretched her arms over her head. “Well, since that’s settled, I’m going back to bed to cuddle with Tara.” She turned and started to head back in the direction of her room.
“Wait! What am I supposed to do about this? I mean, this is a whole new idea, thinking of Giles as hot and attractive. What do I do?”
“I suggest kiss him.”
“What if he doesn’t think the same way about me that I do about him?”
Willow turned back to her. “He does.” Buffy was about to ask how she knew, but Willow interrupted. “Just trust me on this, he does. Remember, I know these things. Now go to bed, because you have to be up at nine for class, don’t you?”
Buffy nodded, and then watched as Willow walked back to her bedroom. Buffy didn’t think that she’d get that much sleep, but, as soon as she went to her single bedroom and laid down on the bed, she passed out.
Part II coming later tonight once it's finished! It still needs a bit of tweaking.