Title: A "comfortable" night
Fandom: Buffy - The Vampire Slayer
Author: Kathy
Genre: no
rights: as always and without question Joss Whedon
Category: BtVS / interviews
characters: Giles + Dawn, a little Buffy and Joyce
Spoiler: 5th Season the middle of the episode 'Love programmed "
Content: Giles can take care of Dawn, can beat the belly full of crackers and teen crushes endure.
Comment: I have painted me a bit, as it might look like a babysitting evening between Giles and Dawn, I was just too funny.
scene from "Programmed for Love"
Giles.. "Dear God, Buffy, some things for me too hard, we should probably even change the system a bit of a fourteen-year-old is too old for a babysitter, and It's not fair to her. "
Buffy nods and grins. "What did she make her leave?"
Giles: "Um, well, we have heard exaggerated cheerful music sung by people who can dance for their Skills has selected ... Then we ate cookie dough and talked about boys ... "
a" pleasant evening
***
Giles left with mixed feelings the Magic Box. The turnover of the day was good and the evening passed without settlement Anya far more stressful than normal. After all, he was spared the feeling that he is counting money anyone ever looked at the finger and gave precocious comments from him. That fact alone, he had immediately agreed to when he was asked Anya, for a spring party, where did they all go there, may be used. Now he actually had at last well-deserved leisure time and would normally look forward to a quiet, relaxing evening at home, but he had promised to do a Buffy. He was not quite clear why a fourteen year old girl like Dawn still desperately need a babysitter, but given the ever looming danger of Glory, Dawn's shaky mental state, it was probably really better not to let the girl alone. In addition, Buffy and Joyce had really even deserve a break and he would be the last to lay them would ensure stones in the road, even if he honestly could not imagine anything worse than "babysitting" this evening.
babysitting ... alone is the word gave him the creeps. Until recently, it was nevertheless still had all been in the faith really Buffy's sister Dawn and the associated memories real, but now, since the realization that the girl had confided to Buffy as a key, of course, turned everything upside down. It was just weird, because even though they now knew the truth that remained were memories of past years. Oh, and as they clung to his head. Giles remembered all too well at the thronging, small year-old girl was constantly sniffing curiously behind her big sister here and them not once stood in the way during training. It had him as a guard at the beginning of Buffy not already fallen slightly, to come clear with the wishes and needs of a sixteen year old teenager, but he was inevitably always be stiff, British education in the way, but he was able to say of himself into it, it one way or another, what it now at Dawn was less easy, however. She was not just Buffy, she was not the hunter, and a completely different stubborn character, to boot properly until recently was not even real. But what it did? Finally he was finished with far worse situations and that it would not kill such a night with a sassy, pubescent teenager Giles was talking to an at least constructive.
After he indulged a few minutes of rest at home, and moved as a precaution for the evening entertainment a few traditional games that he packed up at least still dominated, he went on his way to the house of Summers. It was just before seven clock, as he easily excited Joyce opened the door and with a sigh of relief equivalent to re-let. "Oh, it's Rupert. I even thought my date and I'm not even tweaked right."
"Mam ... you look good," Giles could hear Dawn's voice penetrate between loud disco music from the living room. While he closed the door behind him and concluded he meant to say the same Joyce, Buffy popped up behind him. Smiling, she greeted him, and cried at the same time commanding the living room. "Damn Dawn, you should turn the TV quieter! Is understood not his own word, yes."
, How true, "agreed Giles Buffy nodding in silence, hoping that the girl did it. If not? Well, then could not and would certainly be the evening rain. As Giles himself remarked somewhat undecided to stand at the door, pushed him further Buffy already. "Do not worry Dawn does not bite. I have taken it earlier in prayer this evening also yes to behave decently. "
" I ... uhm ... no ... i am not yet ....", Giles tried to hide his obvious hesitation, holding the bag brought high. ... so I am even prepared. It is definitely a nice evening. "
" With Halma and ludo "asked Dawn the rolling eyes. Ugh, boring could not attend the evening with certainty. Your Mam went on a date and Buffy to a spring party. And she? you had as a baby with Giles as watchdogs remain obediently sit at home. The world was unfair, especially to her! What she had just earned? The fact some stupid key to be brought one but absolutely not a single advantage, but disadvantages and are not too tight. In the background, just a boy band and Dawn played was on the verge of reaching for the remote control, as they again saw Buffy's reproving glance. "Oh man .. okay, I am satisfied with this volume. As if you never would have heard loud music?" Then she settled down on the couch pouting, ignoring all around him.
Giles raised his eyebrows suggestively in Buffy's direction and smiled as if with a 'yes-yes-I know-view' waved. She remembered all too well in their little disputes, if they used the tape recorder in the library for training and appeared Giles endured the whole thing with ear plugs. to Dawn with a brief look back to Giles and Buffy looked at him apologetically. "I know it's a tall order, after a stressful day at work with Anya now allow even go to Dawn and Buffy ...", twisted slightly shift the angle of the mouth" ... I also just today go to this party ... "
Grinning Giles shook his head and stroked her gently on the arm. "No, all right, do 'not think about you. I am glad to come, really. ... And, um, well did you and your Mam deserves a little change. And well, who knows ...", Giles 'smile turned into an impish grin. "... What brings you the evening, perhaps for nice friends."
Giles' Buffy resigned last comment only a 'we-are-see shrug' shoulders as she glanced up the stairs, where her Mam would seem sure to be ready dressed. "Yes, she has really earned it. And, oh Giles, you have to see today. She was turned up all day as a teenager. So I have not experienced long ... "
, Well, why should not adults have the same rights to exuberant Feelings such as young people? ', Were Giles' thoughts as he Buffy with a "Yes I'm looking forward to it too," Joyce answered, appear on the stair saw.
"Well, how do I look?" She asked, already on the top step and hurried down when suddenly there was a knock at the door.
"Stunning!" Came almost simultaneously from Giles and Buffy's mouth while Giles and Buffy disappeared quickly in the living room of her mother let go first to open the door.
very cavalier with a bouquet of flowers, stood a man with a mustache, middle-aged before. Clearly something was excited Joyce received the flowers and just wanted to ask him in, but he made it clear they prefer to wait outside. Buffy smiled appreciatively at her mother and took off her flowers. "Now go and already makes you a good evening."
with a "Yes, and do not forget, you look classy!" Dawn fell from the living room, and adopted her mother. As Buffy then went their adoption were less warm, because she was still mad because she could not.
Now, Dawn could be alone together with her arms crossed in an armchair opposite Giles down. Somehow she did not really know what they should do with the old man throughout the evening. When Anya and Xander take care of them, it was always funny and never boring, but with Giles? About what they should talk with him already? Even Buffy moaned about his sometimes old-fashioned views. "Have you eaten dinner? We could order pizza?" She asked cautiously and with the idea, cheap to come to their favorite pizza.
"Well ...", began Giles and had noticed Dawn's challenging attitude. "... I've already eaten, but if you would like to?"
really hungry, they had not even exist. Therefore, they thought it was unceremoniously pulled out of the closet, and otherwise a large bag of crackers. Then again, she devoted herself short of the TV and tried another music channel, before they joined to Giles on the couch. "I suppose you would now surely have also provided what better than to take care of me?" She teased a bit and pulled at the same time curious Giles' bag brought over to him.
"No," Giles said, eyeing just skeptical that for his ideas only to wild music bouncing young people on television, as a checkerboard Dawn him under the nose held. "This is not a compensation for a missed spring party, but you still owe me a rematch from last time"
"Ah yes, I do that?" Asked Giles amazed something grabbed at the same time to the board and spread it out on the table. Dawn actually made it out and amaze him again. Although he brought the games, he would much rather, with another sniff, but not with a voluntary part.
sat mouth full of chips Dawn the first stone. "Hmm, you say Giles, think also that I am still too young to go to parties, how shall I ever meet a nice boy, if only I hang around here? I end not feel like eventually like Buffy. "
Oh! Giles looked up from the stones and peered over his glasses at the girl. What contact should he respond? In this regard, he was nevertheless far from expert and he knew where it would lead when he took in on the conversation. Only with the problem he has stuck in the middle of this conversation. "I ... uhm ... Well believe me, you've definitely been missed anything yet, "Giles tried it on the diplomatic way, and he knew that such words with security at the girl with little understanding met. Like, where he had previously not at their age this statement also taken seriously, quite the opposite. But the feeling and curiosity had been missing out on something too overpowering. Only he could tell the young girls bad and only not quite explain.
Dawn twisted his mouth. Typical adults. Drain Wise sayings they could understand, but they did not one, as if they themselves have never been young. "Oh yes, how do you know?" Dawn drove him disappointed and secured simultaneously with a clever train the first lady.
'Because I was young once, "Giles had almost replied, but bit her lip, and discovered that Dawn was raging under a lot of her pieces. Oh, because he had to leave quickly but think what if he did not want to be stuck by it in the bag. With a refined train he tricked the girl and also secured a lady.
"It was common," pouted Dawn threw her hair back and neck, as on TV suddenly went a trendy term video and she fell into raptures. Suddenly the topic was boys back on the table. "Is it really the friend of the Willows High School was also a musician. Werewolf and guitarist or something like that? I once saw a picture of him. That was indeed really cute, "she remarked.
Oz and cute? Well, this he could say nothing. Giles remembered much more concerned that the taciturn boy frequently as a chameleon changed his hair color, from the metamorphosis into a werewolf at each full moon, to say nothing. "Uhm ... yes, as far as I remember, Oz was in a band." He was a nice boy, "Giles added the sentence in thought for himself, and tried at the same time, thus terminate the topic. But that did not work entirely, because the Dawn theme for a lot of interesting place.
"Wow ... such a friend could be trusted not Willow. Hm, funny that they did not keep him. That's really cool to have a friend who plays in a band and famous."
, Famous', ah yes. Giles moved blankly frowning. With the best will be a time to understand the needs and desires of a teenager. Now he was doing at the moment so damn hard, at least, even if he himself once used to stand with a guitar on stage and really should know what she meant. A disappointed sigh of Dawn Giles was looking up in surprise.
"Pfff ... but I'll probably never meet anyone interesting. How, when you hold me here and I may never where. Are on the Spring Party determines a lot of nice boys. Xander is definitely there. Spike certainly, and perhaps even Ben. And I ... I am sitting here with you and play an old lady like woman. "
coughing Giles raised his eyebrows. Thanks, when Dawn felt in his presence, like an old woman, he would rather not know what she saw in him.
probably an annoying old man, you dirty the evening. And how could he understand the term, great guys? The young Lady said, but probably not about Xander and Spike or whoever was Ben?
"Dawn," Giles tried again diplomatically, building. "Girl, you'll definitely have a lot to get to know nice young men. Ways of this one party where you can not be there, will not immediately go under the world."
The mouth distorted, twisted, Dawn's eyes and grabbed a few chips. "I can tell you now that you know it yourself, at how fast here at the Abyss the world. But before that happens, I will at least have to do something. Is that so bad?"
"No, definitely not," Giles said with a gentle smile and dared to experiment sake once in these funny-looking chips. It was tempting, if something was on the table and you prefer the mouth was full, than to say may be the wrong one.
"You see, because you give me so quite," said Dawn laid siege to a safe smile and looked at Giles attention. As bad as he really was not, even if he was a bit dusty. was basically he was a nice man you love. Therefore, they asked, then suddenly, quite casually, in passing another lady innocent looking and reap: "And why do you really have no wife or girlfriend?" I mean, even my mom has a date today, but you ...? As ugly but they are not at all. Even Spike continues to find a playmate ... Well, well where he is currently just full of my sister leaving. "
Total perplexed about Dawn's sudden question and statement Giles could not prevent it from choking out of sheer fright on one of the chips and had to cough loudly. Mr. depending on what kind of thoughts and questions came for the child? He was spared because today nothing?
soon he calmed down, he struck Dawn already firmly on the back. "Everything ok Mr. Giles?" She asked anxiously, to which he brought only a silent nod of existence.
With the best will, he did not know what to do with her answer. The question he avoided himself for quite some time And to make this and now that she simultaneously with Spike mentioned in a sentence, to ever so, that was a little too much of a good thing. "Uhm ... well you know ... i Dawn-I. .. 'm happy the way I live u and I've even you, "he tried to explain with a smile, even if he could not deny that the girl unknowingly hit a sore spot. Who does not long for a partner? After someone who was waiting for you when you Came home in the evening? According to someone who was simply there when you needed him and sells the loneliness? For this reason he could understand Buffy the time even better than they guessed, and he secretly envied even a little of their mother because she had that night what he knew not even been half an eternity. Fortunately, Dawn was satisfied with his answer, even if it was not about to see that the girl did not understand. How should she? But it was still too young.
Dawn shrugged his shoulders. No, she did not really Giles. How could the only way lead a boring life and be satisfied, a Magic shop and lead to ever to hit with any nasty monsters around? So no, such a life it would not please the best intentions. Where was there for the fun? Furthermore, they did not want to think further and before Giles was aware, she moved with her ladies earned across the board and won hands down. "Victory!" She exulted with joy, raising his arms in the air.
***
took revenge by Giles has been called for it then but at somewhat reluctantly, but when she also won this, the evening was in their eyes but not too bad deal. Swarming Giles told them during the game, nor by the totally sweet boy who was in her drawing course and they would get to know you terribly. On Giles' suggestion, but to address it simply, they responded and caught easily embarrassed, but had to laugh when Giles told her that he knew the feeling all too well and it was completely human. But if you took all his courage and no further thought about it, then it works. - So it worked, at least at that time with him and Jenny, he remembered the inevitably. Even Spike had found the courage to admit what he felt Buffy. Of course that was not exactly the most fitting example of what Giles led at the moment, but Dawn found it good as he could find on her contented smile. The rest of the evening was in a similar pattern, with Giles fancier necessarily have a quarter of the chip bag, Dawn asked several times to put the music down, and listen to other youthful enthusiasm of spikes cool outfit, his great figure as well as Xander's sweet smile, had to up to his relief, the door snapped and Buffy appeared. Thank God, 'was his first and only thought that drove him formally to quickly flee back home to the lonely silence of his apartment. Even if it was a nice evening, he could not deny, not that kind of stress grown to be more completely. Since monsters in some way were somehow easier to maintain, at least the one featured no unpleasant questions.
> END \u0026lt;
0 comments:
Post a Comment