Obeying Nature

CHAPTER 3
His sleep was disturbed hours later by the feel of Buffy gently slipping out of his arms. Resisting the urge to pull her back, he burrowed his head into the pillow to smother his disappointment. She had apparently come to her senses, and decided that the need for comfort was over.

He was so wrapped up into his own sad thoughts that he never heard the return of naked feet on the floorboard, and started when he felt the bed dip.
His breath caught when he saw Buffy crawling back in bed, lying on her side close to his body so she was facing him.
“Hi” she whispered.
“Hi” he whispered back. “Are you alright?”
With a slight smile she nodded. “I am now.”
The moonlight shone down on her, making her look like an angel, and he was unable to prevent his hand from tucking a strand of hair behind her ear as he asked.
“Do you want to tell me what your dream was about?”
He could have kicked himself when he saw her eyes cloud over with sorrow.
With a shake of the head she closed her eyes briefly before she responded.
“Not now.” She searched his eyes before she continued.
“Can I just stay here? Is that ok?”
Once again he felt himself unable to resist, and let the back of his hand stroke her cheek lovingly.
“Of course, it’s more than ok.”

His touch made her shiver in delight, and without thinking she leaned forward and let her mouth brush his as a thank you.
She silently hoped that he would not recoil in disgust, thinking she could claim that she meant to kiss his cheek and had missed because it was dark should he respond negatively.
Nothing had prepared her for him to bring his hand to tangle in her hair so he could press her lips more firmly to his.

For Giles it felt like fireworks had gone off, and he felt his blood rush through his body when she pressed closer and opened her mouth to his questing tongue. Soon their tongues were twisting and hands roamed each others’ bodies. He moaned in pleasure as he felt one of Buffy’s hands run up his back under his t-shirt, and the next thing he knew he found himself straddling her to spare her of his weight as his mouth made love to hers.

When air became an issue, he tore his mouth away panting, and let his eyes meet her own desire ridden ones. Immediately the ramifications of what they were doing hit him like a hammer.
With a regretful shake of the head he went to move away from her.
“Buffy…”
She tightened her hold on him immediately and cut him of.
“Don’t! No thinking, please just feel.”
Before he had a chance to respond she brought a hand to his cheek and pulled his mouth back to hers.

Since he was still straddling her, she took the opportunity to run her hands back under his t-shirt again, but this time she brought the shirt with her and pulled it over his head.
As soon as the shirt was gone, he covered her mouth again and let his hands trail down her upper body. His touch felt like fire, and her hands dug into his skin when his hands covered her breasts. He reluctantly let go of her mouth to give her some air, but let his mouth continue to place kisses on her heated skin.

Taking advantage of the fact that their mouths weren’t connected, he moved his hands to the hem of her shirt and divested her off it. He gently lowered his naked torso to hers, and they both moaned out loud from the sensations of bare skin touching.

Restless to quench his body’s thirst for hers, he let his kisses trail down her neck and proceeded south till he covered one of her nipples with his mouth. She arched into him, and let her fingers tangle into his hair to hold him tight to her body. Soon his mouth was travelling further down and Buffy moaned his name when his tongue dipped into her navel.

Caught in the waves of pleasure it took her a little while until she realised that Giles had stopped. He was now resting his forehead on her stomach, while breathing heavily. She felt the tension in him, and concerned she stroked his hair.
“Giles?” she whispered.
Without raising his head he took a deep breath before speaking.
“God, Buffy, I. This is too much, we.”
Buffy could hear his voice shaking, and soothingly stroked his shoulder when he stopped speaking.
She should have known this would have been too much for him. Giles was the type of man who needed to rationalize and analyze everything he did. No wonder what had just happened would have thrown him for a loop.
Gently she tugged on him and brought him back up so she could look into his eyes.
They were mixed with desire and confusion, and Buffy felt awful that she had shook him so badly.
As he opened his mouth to speak, she covered it with a finger and shook her head.
“No it’s ok. I understand. Too much too soon.”
At his slightly uncertain nod, she continued.
“Why don’t we slow this down, and let’s just get some sleep, and then we can deal with this in the morning?”
With a poorly hidden breath of relief he only nodded and then let his forehead rest on her shoulder.
“Can I still stay thought?” she asked in a small voice.
“Oh Buffy, of course you can” he said as he tightened his hold on her and placed a kiss on her shoulder.
It took time for both of them to calm their shallow breathing and rapidly beating heart, but when sleep finally came, it was peaceful

CHAPTER 4
When Buffy woke the next morning she could feel the rise of Giles chest against her back with his deep breaths. Realizing her upper body was still naked, and that the others could come in any minute, she regretfully eased herself out of bed and put on her tank top.
With a last look at Giles, she tip toed into her bedroom and got a change of clothes before she disappeared into the bathroom to take a shower.

Fifteen minutes lashe she exited fully dressed, and found Willow standing by Giles bed, looking down at his sleeping form.
The comforter was now around his waist, and Buffy had to stifle a laugh as she saw Willow staring at his naked chest.
Apparently she was not the only one who thought her watcher was a hunk.
With a mischievous smile she silently crept towards her friend and whispered.
“Whatcha doing Willow?”
She managed to cover Willow’s mouth before a startled scream came out.
When Willow had relaxed Buffy removed her hand, and giggled as she saw Willow’s blush.
They shared a grin, and then both stood next to each other to admire the sleeping man on the bed.
“Wow” Willow whispered. “Who knew Giles was so hot.’
I knew! Buffy wanted to scream, but she managed to only respond “yeah, who knew?”
Both froze when they saw Giles stretch lazily, and Buffy’s heart melted when she saw his arms reach out for someone else in the bed.
God, how she wished she would have been lying there.
When his efforts came up with nothin wok woke fully, and jumped when he opened his eyes to see tirlsirls next to his bed staring at him.
Willow with a guilty look and Buffy with a loving smile.
He cleared his throat. “And what can I help you ladies with?”
Buffy’s smile turned into a wide smile as Willow stuttered.
“N-n-nothing! I was just, ah, ah, wondering why you weren’t up! Yeah, that’s right, so now that you are my mission has been completed. Ok, so good job Giles, keep up the good work!”
With an increasing blush she turned abruptly and headed towards the bathroom.
Giles had followed her hasty retreat with a questioning look, but when she disappeared from his view he looked up at Buffy.
His heart almost stopped when he saw the adoring look on her face.
Before he had a chance to speak, she lowered her face to his and kissed him breathless.
The intensity of the kiss floored him, and with a growl he pulled her into bed.

When things wstarstarting to get out of hand they finally decided to surface. Both knew that it was only a matter of time before they would be discovered.
Buffy gave him a big hug and she whispered into his ear.
“God morning gorgeous.”
Giles closed in eyes in bliss, amazed that Buffy still seemed to want him in the light of day.
He knew they needed to talk, but for now he took what he could get.
“Good morning to you too. Did you sleep well?” he responded as she let him go.
“Absolutely wonderful” she said with a smile. “What about you?”
With a light kiss he mumbled against her lips. “The best sleep I have had in a long time.”
They both shared a knowing look as they heard Willow shut the shower off, and Giles let go of his hold on Buffy so she could stand.
Buffy half turned to move away from him, but with a quick glance at the bathroom door she turned back and said in a hushed voice.
“Giles? Can we take some alone time today? Maybe go for a run or something? Just you and me?”
“Of course Buffy, let’s have breakfast and work on our plan for Sunday, and then we can go after lunch. Is that ok?”
She nodded happily in reply and gave him a quick kiss before she went to wake Anya and Xander.

TBC