The Giles' Men
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BtVS AU/AR › Het - Male/Female › Buffy/Spike(William)
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Adult +
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35
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58
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Chapter 14
Chapter 14
*****
The Giles’ Residents
“I’m going to go check on the chicken.” Giles said as he patted Buffy on the knee as he rose from the couch in the living room.
“Okay.” Buffy said as she turned the page of the magazine she was scanning through.
Knock-Knock
“Will you get that?” Giles asked from the kitchen.
“Sure.” Buffy called back before standing from the couch and heading to the front door. “Spike.”
“Sorry if I’m late.” Spike said handing Buffy a bottle of wine.
“You’re not. Come in.” Buffy said as she stepped away from the door and took the wine from his hand.
“Thanks. You look nice.” Spike said as he took in Buffy’s outfit.
She was wearing a knengthngth black lacy skirt with a white silk tank top. Her make-up was darker around the eyes and her hair was pulled back away from her face.
“Thank you, so do you.” Buffy said as she looked over how he was dress.
Spike had on black dress pants instead of his usual black jeans that were paired with a white button down dress shirt instead of his usual black fitted t-shirt.
“Got a hot date after this?” Buffy asked in a joking tone.
“Actually. . .I do.” Spike stated.
“Oh.” Buffy whispered and looked down at the floor.
“What about you?” Spike asked.
Buffy looked back up towards Spike. “Rupert just told me to dress nice, something about a surprise after dinner.”
“I take it you don’t like surprises that much.” Spike stated noticing the change of tone in Buffy’s voice when she said the word surprise.
“Surprises and Buffy are two totally unmixy things, they always end badly.”
“I’m sure this time will be different.” Spike said.
“There’s a first time for everything.” Buffy replied with a nod of her head as Giles walked into the room.
“William, good you’re here.” Giles said as he placed a hand on Spike’s shoulder.
“I was running a little late, sorry.”
“No need to apologize, dinner’s just now ready.” Giles said as he led them into the dinning room.
“Great, I’ve got something very important to tell you.” Spike said looking at Buffy then back to his father.
“Is it your mother? Is something wrong?” Giles asked in a worried tone.
“No, everything’s fine with mum. Her and Dru will be here in a couple of days.”
“Are you sure Anne’s alright?”
“Yeah, I just talked to her today actually. That’s why I was running late.” Spike explained.
“Thank god.les les sighed in relief.
Buffy watched the conversation go on between the two of them trying to remember the last time she had seen her husband so worried about something, then out of no where a thought popped in her head. ‘He still loves her’ Buffy’s eyes widened as she looked at Spike then at Giles. “Excuse me.” She said and turned to run up the stairs.
“Buffy?” Giles called after her.
Spike placed a hand on his father’s arm. “Give her a minute or two, I think is talkin’ about mum got her thinkin’ ‘bout her own.” Spike said even thought he saw the look that Buffy had in her eyes when she ran out of the room.
Giles nodded his head. “You’re probably right. Why don’t we take a seat and you can tell me about this very important something you have.”
Spike looked at his father in shock. ‘That’s it? His wife goes running out of the room, and he want to go eat dinner.’ “Maybe we should wait for Buffy.”
“I’m sure she’ll come back down when’s she’s ready.” Giles said as he uncovered the food that was placed out on the table.
“If you say so.”
*****
Master Bedroom
‘Why do I care if Rupert still loves her so much?’ Buffy asked herself as she paced the room. “She’s the mother of his only child, of course he still cares about her.”
‘So why does that bug me so much?’
“Rupert loves me, he’s married to me.”
‘If he loves you why hasn’t he come up to see if you’re alright?’
“Because his son is here, and he doeswantwant to just leave him alone.”
‘Don’t you think it’s weird that Rupert, your own husband would rather spend time with his son, then to check on you, his own wife?’ Buffy’s mind asked.
“Not really. He’s trying to make up for lost time.”
‘And what about you? What about all the lost time with you?’
“That’s not the same. Rupert lost years with Spike, he’s only lost days with me.”
‘Days?’
“Okay, so it’s more like weeks at a time than days, but it’s still not the same.”
‘Are you sure?’
“Yes I’m sure.”
‘Really? Cause weeks turn into months, which turn into years.’
“So? Why am I even listening to you?”
‘Cause you know I’m right.’
“You’re me. You’re just my inner voice.”
‘Which makes you right.’
Buffy threw her arms up into the air. “I can’t take this anymore. I’m going back downstairs.”
‘I’ll be there too you know.’
“Then you can have a conversation with Rupert’s and Spike’s inner voices while I have a conversation with them in real life.” Buffy said as she walked towards the bedroom door.
‘If inner voices could have conversations with other’s there would be a lot less drama in the world.’
*****
Dinning Room
“William that’s wonderful, I can’t believe you didn’t tell me sooner.” Giles said as he poured more wine into the glasses.
“Told you what sooner?” Buffy asked as she walked into the room and took a seat at the table across from Spike and next to Giles.
“Buffy, so glad you decided to join us again.” Giles said as he filled her wine glass.
“Are you alright?” Spike asked as he placed a hand over Buffy’s.
Buffy nodded her head before removing her hand from underneath his. “Yeah, sorry about earlier. Thanks for asking.” Buffy turned her head to face Giles. “So, is anyone going to answer my question?”
“‘Bout my restaurant.” Spike replied.
“Oh.” Buffy said before taking a bit of her chicken.
“You knew about this already?” Giles asked in anger.
“Yeah, kinda ties in with what I was going to tell you tonight.”
“Which is?” Giles questioned.
“That I got the building my mother use to own so I can re-open her old art gallery like I’ve always wanted to do since she died.”
“How does that relate to William’s restaurant?” Giles asked totally over seeing Buffy’s happy news.
Looking a little hurt Buffy continued. “William’s the one who sold me the building.”
Giles turned to face his son with ok ook of shock on his face. “You had a building of that quality and you sold it? Why?”
“Maybe because he’s a nice guy.” Buffy yelled as she stood from the table. She couldn’t believe how her husband was acting.
“Buffy. . .” Spike said in a calm voice.
Buffy just ignored Spike. “Or maybe because he knew how much it meant to me. Or maybe it’s because he actually cares. . .”
“Enough!” Giles yelled as he stood from the table. “What is wrong with you?”
“Wrong with me? Wrong with me?” Buffy screamed.
“Maybe I should go.” Spike said as he rose from the dinning room table.
“No Spike, you’re staying.” Buffy stated angrily as sookeooked over towards him.
“Don’t take that tone with my son.” Giles yelled.
“You haven’t been in his life for fourteen years and now all of the sudden he’s your ‘son’?”
“What are you so upset about?” Giles asked.
“I’m upset about the fact that I didn’t know you even had a son until I talked with him on the phone. I’m upset about the fact that you were always away on business trips, but the moment Spike shows up you decide to stop the trips and become a silent partner with Anya. I’m I’m upset about the fact that I just told you that the thing I’ve been dreaming about since my mother died is finally happening and all you can ask about is why Spike would sell a great building like that.”
“Buffy. . .” Giles started finally understanding that he had made a mistake.
Buffy held up a shaky hand. “Don’y any anything, because anything you say right now will be out of guilt and I don’t want to hear it.” Buffy then turned to face Spike. “See, I didn’t even get to the surprise this time and it ended badly.”
With that said Buffy turned and left the Giles’ men alone in the dinning room.
“Buffy.” Giles called after her.
“Don’t.” Spike said repeating what he had done when Buffy ran up the stairs earlier. “There’s no point, no matter what you would say right now it’d only make matters worse.”
“I can just let her leave like that.”
“Yes you can. Give her some time to cool off, and when she comes back be here and ready to talk to her about anything. Even the small things count.” Spike said before looking down at his watch. “I’ve got to go, I’m meeting someone in twenty minutes.”
Giles nodded his head and walked with Spike over to the front door. “Keep an eye out for her.”
“I will.” Spike said as he pulled his car keys from his pants pocket.
“Thank you.”
“I’ll talk to you later.”
“Alright.” Giles said opening the door.
“Bye.”
“Goodbye.”
*****
Chapter 15 Next. . .
*****
The Giles’ Residents
“I’m going to go check on the chicken.” Giles said as he patted Buffy on the knee as he rose from the couch in the living room.
“Okay.” Buffy said as she turned the page of the magazine she was scanning through.
Knock-Knock
“Will you get that?” Giles asked from the kitchen.
“Sure.” Buffy called back before standing from the couch and heading to the front door. “Spike.”
“Sorry if I’m late.” Spike said handing Buffy a bottle of wine.
“You’re not. Come in.” Buffy said as she stepped away from the door and took the wine from his hand.
“Thanks. You look nice.” Spike said as he took in Buffy’s outfit.
She was wearing a knengthngth black lacy skirt with a white silk tank top. Her make-up was darker around the eyes and her hair was pulled back away from her face.
“Thank you, so do you.” Buffy said as she looked over how he was dress.
Spike had on black dress pants instead of his usual black jeans that were paired with a white button down dress shirt instead of his usual black fitted t-shirt.
“Got a hot date after this?” Buffy asked in a joking tone.
“Actually. . .I do.” Spike stated.
“Oh.” Buffy whispered and looked down at the floor.
“What about you?” Spike asked.
Buffy looked back up towards Spike. “Rupert just told me to dress nice, something about a surprise after dinner.”
“I take it you don’t like surprises that much.” Spike stated noticing the change of tone in Buffy’s voice when she said the word surprise.
“Surprises and Buffy are two totally unmixy things, they always end badly.”
“I’m sure this time will be different.” Spike said.
“There’s a first time for everything.” Buffy replied with a nod of her head as Giles walked into the room.
“William, good you’re here.” Giles said as he placed a hand on Spike’s shoulder.
“I was running a little late, sorry.”
“No need to apologize, dinner’s just now ready.” Giles said as he led them into the dinning room.
“Great, I’ve got something very important to tell you.” Spike said looking at Buffy then back to his father.
“Is it your mother? Is something wrong?” Giles asked in a worried tone.
“No, everything’s fine with mum. Her and Dru will be here in a couple of days.”
“Are you sure Anne’s alright?”
“Yeah, I just talked to her today actually. That’s why I was running late.” Spike explained.
“Thank god.les les sighed in relief.
Buffy watched the conversation go on between the two of them trying to remember the last time she had seen her husband so worried about something, then out of no where a thought popped in her head. ‘He still loves her’ Buffy’s eyes widened as she looked at Spike then at Giles. “Excuse me.” She said and turned to run up the stairs.
“Buffy?” Giles called after her.
Spike placed a hand on his father’s arm. “Give her a minute or two, I think is talkin’ about mum got her thinkin’ ‘bout her own.” Spike said even thought he saw the look that Buffy had in her eyes when she ran out of the room.
Giles nodded his head. “You’re probably right. Why don’t we take a seat and you can tell me about this very important something you have.”
Spike looked at his father in shock. ‘That’s it? His wife goes running out of the room, and he want to go eat dinner.’ “Maybe we should wait for Buffy.”
“I’m sure she’ll come back down when’s she’s ready.” Giles said as he uncovered the food that was placed out on the table.
“If you say so.”
*****
Master Bedroom
‘Why do I care if Rupert still loves her so much?’ Buffy asked herself as she paced the room. “She’s the mother of his only child, of course he still cares about her.”
‘So why does that bug me so much?’
“Rupert loves me, he’s married to me.”
‘If he loves you why hasn’t he come up to see if you’re alright?’
“Because his son is here, and he doeswantwant to just leave him alone.”
‘Don’t you think it’s weird that Rupert, your own husband would rather spend time with his son, then to check on you, his own wife?’ Buffy’s mind asked.
“Not really. He’s trying to make up for lost time.”
‘And what about you? What about all the lost time with you?’
“That’s not the same. Rupert lost years with Spike, he’s only lost days with me.”
‘Days?’
“Okay, so it’s more like weeks at a time than days, but it’s still not the same.”
‘Are you sure?’
“Yes I’m sure.”
‘Really? Cause weeks turn into months, which turn into years.’
“So? Why am I even listening to you?”
‘Cause you know I’m right.’
“You’re me. You’re just my inner voice.”
‘Which makes you right.’
Buffy threw her arms up into the air. “I can’t take this anymore. I’m going back downstairs.”
‘I’ll be there too you know.’
“Then you can have a conversation with Rupert’s and Spike’s inner voices while I have a conversation with them in real life.” Buffy said as she walked towards the bedroom door.
‘If inner voices could have conversations with other’s there would be a lot less drama in the world.’
*****
Dinning Room
“William that’s wonderful, I can’t believe you didn’t tell me sooner.” Giles said as he poured more wine into the glasses.
“Told you what sooner?” Buffy asked as she walked into the room and took a seat at the table across from Spike and next to Giles.
“Buffy, so glad you decided to join us again.” Giles said as he filled her wine glass.
“Are you alright?” Spike asked as he placed a hand over Buffy’s.
Buffy nodded her head before removing her hand from underneath his. “Yeah, sorry about earlier. Thanks for asking.” Buffy turned her head to face Giles. “So, is anyone going to answer my question?”
“‘Bout my restaurant.” Spike replied.
“Oh.” Buffy said before taking a bit of her chicken.
“You knew about this already?” Giles asked in anger.
“Yeah, kinda ties in with what I was going to tell you tonight.”
“Which is?” Giles questioned.
“That I got the building my mother use to own so I can re-open her old art gallery like I’ve always wanted to do since she died.”
“How does that relate to William’s restaurant?” Giles asked totally over seeing Buffy’s happy news.
Looking a little hurt Buffy continued. “William’s the one who sold me the building.”
Giles turned to face his son with ok ook of shock on his face. “You had a building of that quality and you sold it? Why?”
“Maybe because he’s a nice guy.” Buffy yelled as she stood from the table. She couldn’t believe how her husband was acting.
“Buffy. . .” Spike said in a calm voice.
Buffy just ignored Spike. “Or maybe because he knew how much it meant to me. Or maybe it’s because he actually cares. . .”
“Enough!” Giles yelled as he stood from the table. “What is wrong with you?”
“Wrong with me? Wrong with me?” Buffy screamed.
“Maybe I should go.” Spike said as he rose from the dinning room table.
“No Spike, you’re staying.” Buffy stated angrily as sookeooked over towards him.
“Don’t take that tone with my son.” Giles yelled.
“You haven’t been in his life for fourteen years and now all of the sudden he’s your ‘son’?”
“What are you so upset about?” Giles asked.
“I’m upset about the fact that I didn’t know you even had a son until I talked with him on the phone. I’m upset about the fact that you were always away on business trips, but the moment Spike shows up you decide to stop the trips and become a silent partner with Anya. I’m I’m upset about the fact that I just told you that the thing I’ve been dreaming about since my mother died is finally happening and all you can ask about is why Spike would sell a great building like that.”
“Buffy. . .” Giles started finally understanding that he had made a mistake.
Buffy held up a shaky hand. “Don’y any anything, because anything you say right now will be out of guilt and I don’t want to hear it.” Buffy then turned to face Spike. “See, I didn’t even get to the surprise this time and it ended badly.”
With that said Buffy turned and left the Giles’ men alone in the dinning room.
“Buffy.” Giles called after her.
“Don’t.” Spike said repeating what he had done when Buffy ran up the stairs earlier. “There’s no point, no matter what you would say right now it’d only make matters worse.”
“I can just let her leave like that.”
“Yes you can. Give her some time to cool off, and when she comes back be here and ready to talk to her about anything. Even the small things count.” Spike said before looking down at his watch. “I’ve got to go, I’m meeting someone in twenty minutes.”
Giles nodded his head and walked with Spike over to the front door. “Keep an eye out for her.”
“I will.” Spike said as he pulled his car keys from his pants pocket.
“Thank you.”
“I’ll talk to you later.”
“Alright.” Giles said opening the door.
“Bye.”
“Goodbye.”
*****
Chapter 15 Next. . .