Unexpected Suprises

The next morning, Buffy woke with a feeling of security flowing through her. She felt that Giles was sending this to her. She went through her usual morning bathroom rituals, and then walked down, fully dressed to have breakfast. She met her mom in the kitchen and walked up to her and gave her a hug.

“Wow, what is that for?”

“For being my mom and understanding everything that is me.”

“It’s what mothers are for darling. Now eat up, I bet that Giles is itching to see you today.”

Buffy ate the pancakes, eggs, and bacon laid out in front her and drank the juice that she got from the fridge. After she ate all this, she kissed her mom on the cheek and left. When she walked out the front door and got down the steps, she looked up and found Giles waiting there on his bike, and she realized she was overdressed for a ride. Giles knew that she would feel this way, since she never had any clothes save for the ones he bought her for bike rides, so he went to a store that a friend owned and he opened it up late last night, and Giles, now knowing what she was size wise, bought her a whole new wardrobe, discount price, even though the things were designer brand and such. He had another one ready for her to put on when he arrived. Buffy also noticed the change in his appearance as well. He was wearing his usual jeans, tighter this time, and a pair of black shiny cowboy boots. He also wore a regular white t-shirt, and had his black leather jacket on. She also noticed the cross earring in his ear, and his slicked back hair. She thought he was even more handsome than ever in this gear.

“Thanks for the compliment love. Now come here and give me some loving then I can give you another set of clothes to wear today.”

She rushed to him and gave him the kiss of her life. Once satisfied with this, he gave her a bag with the clothes in it for today, and she rushed back into the house to change. This time, he got her a pair of skin tight jeans, a pair of lace up cowboy style boots, a tube top and a light western style jacket. She also noted that there was a rather intricately done belt with a buckle on it which likely cost Giles a fortune. But she didn’t care, she donned her new clothes, and rushed back out to meet him. Once Giles saw her in this, he immediately knew that he picked right in choosing what she would wear today.

“So are we going to a hoe down?”

“No, we are going to do a few things that Ripper would do today.”

“Really? What might those things be?”

“First, we are going to take a ride somewhere, anywhere, find a pleasant spot to each lunch, then we are going to go to a carnival, wreck some havoc, then when the sun goes down, we are going to a bar.”

“Wow, never knew that Ripper would do things like that.”

“Well, you will know all that Ripper does in due time love, now hop on and we will be gone.”

Their ride took them to LA. They went to a nice restaurant that didn’t criticize for their attire, and ordered for lunch. Through lunch, Buffy realized that her dad might be in town, and wanted to see him. Giles felt this, and after they ate, and paid for it, they went to the bike.

“Where does your father work at? Maybe we could see if he is in.”

“He works at Wolfram and Hart. It’s a law office that deals in the supernatural. He doesn’t know that I know this of course. Why don’t we go there and see if we can rustle up some trouble?”

“Lead the way.”

She told him where to and what turns to make, and they made it there. They walked through the doorways and were instantly aware of all the demons walking around the building. Her slayer senses were on alert. She didn’t know what to think of this at all. They walked to the reception desk, and asked the lady what office Hank Summers had.

“Name please?”

“Buffy Summers, I am his daughter.”

“Third floor, I will ring the receptionist and let her know you are on your way and to guide you to his office.”

“Thank you.”

They went to the elevator and hit the third floor button. Once in, they were at each others throats until the bell dinged that they were there. They got off the elevator and went to the desk.

“You must be Buffy, let me lead you to your father’s office. I am Mindy by the way.”

“Thank you, this is my boyfriend Giles.”

“Pleasure to meet you. Now follow me.”

They followed her to Hanks door and she left to go back to her desk. Buffy took a deep breath and knocked on the door. They heard Hank say enter, and walked into the office. Hank was working on some papers and just finished them up when he looked up to see who entered his office.

“Buffy? I never thought I would see you here. What brings you to LA and here? And who is this guy?”

“Dad, I am here to have fun today, and relax, what with graduation being in five days. You said you work here, and thought I would stop in to say hi, although I was a bit surprised to find some demons walking the halls of this place. I don’t care about them, considering I fight them on a nightly basis. You may know about a vampire slayer? Well, if you do, I am her. The guy who is with me is Rupert Giles, my watcher. I know what you are going to say to this, so back off with it, even though he is about your age, he is also my life mate, I love him with all my heart. We don’t need your blessing at all, considering we got it from mom already, who is doing great by the way, thanks for not asking. Oh, sorry, Giles, this is my father, Hank Summers.”

“It is a pleasure to finally meet you Mr. Summers. I can see already why Buffy never address’ you around me or her friends. I am just letting you know now, that if you ever try to persuade my daughter through this firm or otherwise to get rid of me, so help me god I will make sure that you pay for it.”

“Wow, you really have found an interesting guy to be with Buffy. I am glad that you stopped in, and if you are still in town later on, would you two like to have dinner with me?”

“We will see, if we are still here, we may be back around 6. Oh, since you are thinking this, just as well bring your latest conquest, Mindy, with you.”

“Huh? Where did you learn to do that?”

“Didn’t learn to do it, a demon gave me an aspect of him, mind reading.”

“Oh. Well, hope to see you guys later on, thanks for stopping in Buffy, and it is nice to meet you Mr. Giles.”

They left the office and out of the building back to the bike.

“Now I see why you never talk about him at all. He is one pompous jerk if ever I have seen one. Thank god you never got any of those qualities at all. Now why don’t we find somewhere to hang out during the day before we come back?”

“Sounds like a plan to me.”

They rode around for hours trying to find some place to go, and never did find anything, no carnivals, no fairs, nothing going on. They didn’t even find any rodeos to go to at all either. After their hours of riding around, they went back to the law office, and waited for Hank to come out. Buffy was sitting on the bike with Giles leaning against it when Hank walked over to them.

“Wow, a 78 Harley, in immaculate condition. Never see them around anymore.”

“I don’t normally take it out, but when I do, she is still in pristine condition as to day I bought her. Got any place in mind for dinner?”

“Yes I do, why don’t you guys come to my place and I will whip something up for you guys?”

“You cook dad?”

“On occasion I do. Why don’t you guys follow me, my apartment isn’t too far away from here.”

Once they made it there, Giles was thankful for the highly secure gated parking garage so his bike wouldn’t get stolen. They went up the elevator with Hank and Mindy. Inside, Hank led them to the living room and got them each something to drink. Hank was going to reach the glass of wine that he got for himself when Buffy grabbed it. He didn’t say a word so poured himself another glass. He went into the kitchen and was helping Mindy prepare up the dinner and talking to them while doing so.

“So, you are also Buffy’s watcher? What else do you do other than that?”

“I am the schools’ librarian as well. Even though I get a good stipend from the council, I get paid from the school as well.”

“Good, so at least I know that my daughter will be well cared for. When is it that you knew that you are the slayer, Buffy?”

“It was right before I blew up the school and mom and I had to leave. Merrick, my first watcher, tried to help out as much as he could, but ended up getting killed in battle. I was then called to be in Sunnydale and met Giles. He was charged with being my watcher, and it was the night of prom, two nights ago that we told each other how we felt about the other. He has been great to me since.”

“That’s good. How bad is the demon element there? I know that the hellmouth is located in that town.”

“It’s as to be expected actually. We fight the vampires and other demons on a daily and nightly basis. We try the best we can to keep all the things bad from coming down yet we can’t keep them all tamped down.”

“Understandable. As you know now I work at a demon law firm. I will see what I can do to help out with keeping as much down as possible there.”

“Well, you might be of better help if you can help us stop our mayor from going through with this ascension that he is planning. We know how to get rid of him when he starts, but we would actually not like it to go through at all.”

“I will see what I can do to help out.”

After that, they talked about other things, weather, sports, stock markets, and any and all other things that come up with conversations. Dinner was a success. Once it got done and everything taken care of afterwards, Buffy yawned. Giles saw this.

“Maybe we should get going now, it’s getting late and it will be late once we get back home. Thank you for a pleasant evening Mr. Summers.”

“Call me Hank.”

“Alright, Hank, thank you, and we hope to hear from you soon.”

“Would you guys like to stay here overnight instead of red eying it back home?”

“I don’t know, what do you think Giles?”

“It would be better, let me go down to the bike and get spare clothes for us and will be back.”

“Ok.”

Giles left and Buffy was alone with her father and his “friend”.

“I am thankful that you found happiness with this guy Buffy, just remember that I still love you and will everything I can to make sure that you are happy.”

“Thank you dad, I appreciate it. I am thankful as well for finding him. I had a bad streak guy wise for a while. Angel wasn’t what I thought he was. He still loves me, but not in the forever kind of way. I knew he wasn’t going to stay with me, since being a vampire with a soul and all that. But I thought he would get passed all that, and realize what he could be.”

“I have heard of this Angel guy. Might have to look him up one of these days and give him a piece of my mind.”

“You won’t have to wait long, after graduation and the ascension, which you shouldn’t attend, I would rather have you alive, he will be coming here to live for awhile. Not this building, but he will be moving here to LA. I won’t tell him about you at all, if he were to have dealings with the law firm. I will let you have the fun in doing so.”

“Alright sounds like a plan.”

It was with this that Giles came back in with an overnight style case. Buffy went to him and hugged him. Hank showed them where they could sleep and where the bathroom is. He then left them to their own devices. Buffy grabbed the case and went to the bathroom to shower and get ready for bed. Once she was done, wearing a brand new Gucci style nightgown, she went into the bedroom and let Giles know that it was his turn. He looked her over approvingly and went about his business. He brought the case in when he was done, wearing a shirt and pj pants. They each crawled into the bed, and fell asleep in each others arms.

When morning came, Giles was the first to awaken this time, and stared down at the love of his life. She looked even more beautiful in slumber, and he caressed her hair and arms while she slept. She gave a small purring sound at this, and he got bolder. He traced his finger up her arm to her neck and up to her ear. She moaned a little, and realizing this was an erogenous spot for her, took advantage of it. He lowered his head and nuzzled the area there before he started to kiss it. She moaned a little louder, even though she was still asleep. He then moved from her neck to her ear and blew in it. She was instantly awake then and somehow moved them so she was straddling him, and proceeded to kiss him senseless. It was when his evident erection pushed against her groin that she came back to reality and slid off of him. He had a look of pain on his face.

“Not now, not here, we have 5 days to wait for this, I want to make it special, not some quick fuck, then be gone. I want to love you all night long.”

“Oh, alright, have it your way.”

He got out of bed and grabbed the case before he went into the bathroom to get himself ready for the day. He wore the same jeans he had one the day before, and had a button down silk shirt on other than that, with his usual earring. He came back into the room to let Buffy know that the room was hers, and she went in to take her shower. As she was doing this, Giles went into the kitchen and noticed that Hank left a note saying he had to leave early, and to lock up when they left. He also left a pot of coffee on for them. He was pouring a cup for Buffy when she came in wearing a blouse and her jeans from yesterday. They had a quick drink of coffee and a bagel each, and grabbed the case and their jackets, locked up and left. The guards were alerted to them and let them through, giving Buffy and Giles a card each and a key to Hanks apartment, to let them know they were welcome there anytime they wanted. They thanked the guard who gave them this, and left to go home.

When they arrived, and Giles got Buffy dropped off at home, he went home himself and was in quiet reflection on the last few days. He would broach the subject of her possibly moving in with him on Saturday. He already had a brand new wardrobe here for her to use, along with female necessities. He realized it would be better that way for them. After realizing this, he then shielded his thoughts, and went to another friend’s store to get a few other things for his lady love.

Buffy was deep in thought the next three days as the ascension came closer. Her dad didn’t know of anything that could be done to keep it from happening. Every once in a while she would feel a wave of reassurance and love flow through her, and she knew it was Giles. She just wished this would be done and over with, so they can all get on with their lives.

Friday rolled around with lots of tension coming from everyone. Joyce was concerned for her daughter and herself. All the other parents were concerned as well. Patrolling went without a hitch those last few days. Buffy stayed at Giles’ place Thursday night and woke up to him watching her with love and fear in his eyes.

“Everything is going to be fine Giles, I just know it.”

“I do too, but am so worried that something may go wrong and you will be ripped from me.”

“I won’t let that happen. Now lets think of better things.”

“Speaking of better things....”Giles got out of the bed and went over to his dresser and brought out a few items. He laid them each in a row in front of Buffy. She was in shock, they were all in either small or long felt boxes. She went for the long box first and opened it up to find an exquisitely made cross on a beautiful gold chain. Giles helped put this on her neck and admired it on her. She then went for one of the smaller boxes and her breath caught when she found matching earrings and a bracelet in it. She delicately took the earrings out and put them in her ears. Giles then took the bracelet out and put it on her left wrist. When it came time to open the last box, she wasn’t prepared to see the emerald cut sapphire with three diamonds on each side, two princess cut and one teardrop on both sides, in a black hills gold setting ring.

“Oh my god Giles, it’s gorgeous. I am not going to ask how you knew that sapphires were my favorite.”

As she was saying this, Giles took the ring out of the box and kneeled before her on the floor.

“I have loved you since the first moment I laid eyes on you. Even though I thought in a million years you wouldn’t share those feelings for me, I somehow knew you would. So, Elizabeth Anne Summers, will you make me the happiest man alive and accept my proposal in marriage? Will you marry me?”

Buffy flew out of the bed and embraced Giles. After hugging him, she said in her most teary eyed look.

“Yes I will marry you Giles. I love you will all my heart and will be honored to become your wife.”

Giles then put the ring on her finger and lifted her up and hugged her for all he was worth. He then claimed her mouth passionately. After a few minutes of this, they broke apart, and went about the business of making breakfast and getting ready for the day. Buffy put on a pair of jeans and a light blouse. She wasn’t going to be wearing finery on a night like this. Giles was in his usual jeans and a shirt. The Scooby Gang arrived at noon to have lunch and go over battle plans for the night to come. Willow and Cordelia noticed the new jewelry Buffy was sporting and it was Anya who noticed the ring on her finger.

“Oh my, that is a beautiful ring Buffy. Giles sure does have good taste.”

“Yes he does, he must have found out through our bond, that is stronger than ever now that I wanted this for a wedding ring. He must have had someone custom make it for me. We have an announcement to make. Giles and I are getting married.”

Congratulations were wished all around, and they made it a special afternoon for the couple, until Eli, Veronica, Wallace, Mac, Logan a bunch of the PCH Bike Gang and a slew of others showed up on bikes and in lavish cars. Eli got off the bike with Veronica following him arms linked together, and Buffy knew that they straightened things out and would be together. She smiled at this, and was glad. Giles and Buffy knew the bike gang and Veronica and laid introductions around. It wasn’t until The Scooby Gang noticed the others in the cars that showed up. Veronica went about introducing them.

“These guys are of the 09'er area, and wanted to lend a hand in this. This is Dick Casablancas, his brother Cassidy, Leo DaMato, Duncan and his sister Lilly Kane, who you know Buffy. Casey Gant, and Megan Manning, Duncan’s girlfriend.”

“Ok, guys, this is my fiance Rupert Giles, Xander Harris, Anya Hankens, Willow Rosenberg, Oz, Cordelia Chase, and Wesley Wydam-Price. You will meet Angel later of course, the students and our parents who will also be helping out here. Since you guys are here early, we can go about our battle plans and then head to the school.

They went through the plans for three hours before they all settled on something viable. They then headed in the direction of the school. Buffy and Giles were on his bike leading The PCH Bike Club, along with the 09'ers, and The Scooby Gang to the school. Everybody was there already, sporting their weapons, and welcoming the newcomers to the fray. The students all got themselves garbed up in their caps and gowns, and walked determinedly to the front lawn where the ceremony was going to take place. Buffy noticed that Eli and his gang weren’t around and likely figured they had something up their sleeve for tonight and left them to it. Principal Snider made introductions and went through all the speeches they were to have that night. Giles and Buffy then felt the backs of their necks tingle, and knew that Angel was there, and a horde of other vampires as well to take them down. After the last student went through to grab their diplomas, Principal Snider then introduced the mayor, saying that he had some important things to impart to the students.

Once this was said, all students, parents, significant others, extra muscle and Angel grabbed their stakes and other weapons. As the mayor was going through his speech, Spike and his gang of vampires were ready to strike when the word came. He noticed that the mayor wound down with his talk and raised his hands up in the air and started to transform into a huge snake. Spike gave the word and everybody went into action. Buffy gave the word and everybody brought their weapons out and fought. Spike wasn’t prepared for this, but fought hard nonetheless. He downed a couple of the students on his way to Buffy when Angel stopped him.

“Well, well, well, if it isn’t my grandchilde come to fight? Well, this won’t last and you know it.”

“Yes it will you ponce, it will end with you watching the love of your life die by my hands.”

They fought for a few minutes until Spike knocked Angel out and ran towards Buffy, either pushing or killing what was in his way in the process. He reached her in good time, and grabbed her by the throat with one hand, and used his other to pin her arms behind her. Angel came to at that time and noticed that Spike had Buffy. His heart was making somersaults trying to get to her in time so Spike wouldn’t kill her. It was true that she is the love of his life, and that he would do anything for her. This just wasn’t his night to shine, it was someone else’s. He then noticed out of the corner of his eye, Giles, running full speed into the fray to get to his lady love. Angel was content in this and started to fight Spike’s lackey’s. He got many of them down, and noticed that one was making a feast out of a blonde student and was too late when he got to them, she had already drank from him, and was turning into a vampire herself.

Angel then had a plan, grabbed her, knocked her out, and then ran to the school, and yelled at the mayor that he had Buffy for him, ready to eat. He then ran into the school and placed her in the library, and yelled that she was in there and sped off. His part was done, the mayor had a newly risen vampire to eat, and he knew that, that bike gang set explosives around the school in the general vicinity of the library and was waiting, he heard the roar of the mayor, knowing that he was deceived despite eating that vampire. He ran into Eli and told him to have at it. They hit their cell phones and explosions rocked the area and the school went down in a shower of flames and dust. The lackeys took off with that, and so did the rest of the students, faculty, and parents. That left the gangs and Angel to battle out who all stayed. Meanwhile, Buffy was trying desperately to get out of Spikes grasp when a newly risen strength ran through her. She was then able to free herself, and face off with this vampire.

“Well, didn’t realize the bit had it in her to get out of my arms. Interesting. Going to be all the better to kill you with.”

“You won’t get the chance.”

“Really? Seems that you are still outnumbered here. Wonder how you are going to manage that.”

“With this.” she sped at him with a speed she never even knew she had and spread her leg out, capturing both of his. He landed on the ground with a thud, and she bent over him, then straddled him.

“This is as close as you are going to get to me. Have any last words before I stake you?”

“Yes. The names Spike. Ask that ponce Angel who I am after you dust me. I also have this to give you.”

With that, Spike grabbed her neck with lightning speed and hauled her to him for a heated kiss. Buffy was shocked at this, and a small part of her was turned on by it. As she started to kiss him back, Giles showed up and helped her up, giving Spike the chance to escape.

“Are you hurt? I saw how that vampire handled you. I also saw that you apparently have a stronger power now. I wonder if it goes with that bond we have?”

“It is, I had a dream last night that we became invincible. I don’t know how that came about, but we did. I think it’s those powers people that have something to do with it. Now can we get out of here, since we have your place to meet when everything is all done with to recap?”

“Thought you’d never ask.”