Spoilers: Where the Wild Things Are
Thanks: To Jeff, who wanted a fic about this line from the episode.
Blame him for this story!!!!
Note: This story deals with the line uttered by Buffy 'It's so creepy'..since no one wrote a fic about it, and according to Jeff, beta reader,'glossed over it', ..hey, I wrote one.
It's so creepy.
She actually said that.
Creepy.
I'm sitting here, listening and I can't believe my ears. It was bad enough having to listen to Xander whine and moan about last night, but now Buffy's at it too.
Last night, while looking for Giles at the Espresso Pump, we found him doing something none of us thought he could do. Sing. He was sitting there, singing 'Behind Blue Eyes', strumming his guitar, and looking good.
No, I take that back. He was sexy good.
I just stood there, my mouth hanging open, wide enough for flies to drop in, staring transfixed at him. He looked so professional, so at ease and I found myself falling for him all over again. Like in High School.
And the neat thing was that I wasn't the only on who was impressed.
Tara and ex-demonness Anya, also enjoyed it, if there comments were any indication. Hey, even Anya agreed with me when I blurted out that I had thought he was sexy, her own voice making little sounds of enjoyment.
Unfortunately, however, there was one of us who had a problem with this. Xander. He acted all wigged out about the whole thing. Like he'd just caught Giles sunbathing nude or something. Not that that would be a bad thing.
anyway, he kept making these snide comments, saying things like how creeped out he was and how he'd rather be at the orgasm infested haunted house, than listening to Giles' sexy voice.
And now there is another one.
Creepy.
Sometimes I wonder about her. I mean, she's my best friend and all, but sometimes, I wonder where her head is.
This morning, we had all decided to get together in the cafeteria to check up on one another, to make sure everyone was all right. After recapping the night's demonic events, Xander casually mentioned the Espresso Pump and more importantly, Giles' singing.
Well, that certainly shocked her. When Xander told her and Riley, she just sat there, a sort of disbelieving look on her face. Like when she found out her mom and Giles has sex the night of the band candy.
Deer in headlights look.
Anyway, after sitting there silently, she finally said something. "It's so creepy." Buffy said, looking at each one of us. "He was really singing?"
We all nodded in agreement but Xander kept on. "More like crooning. Remind me.."
At that point, I was so perturbed at their comments, that I spoke up. "You have to admit, it was kinda sexy."
When I said that, both Xander and Buffy looked at me like I had two heads or something. Xander even offered me money to stop saying that about Giles. Which I won't. Stop saying he's sexy.
Anyway, that was about a couple of minutes ago, and I'm sitting here thinking. I look at Buffy, then at Xander. Sometimes, I can't believe their attitude towards Giles. They act like he has one foot in the grave, that any minute he'd going to keel over.
And this wasn't the first time that they've done that.
When Buffy found out Giles had a girlfriend or when he came to hang with us at the Bronze, she and Xander both freaked. Even I have to admit it was a surprise to see him there, but soon I was happy to have him. But they had managed to make him feel uncomfortable, saying that he was loner and teasing him about 8 track tapes.
I remember Oz defending him and me calling him brace but the damage had been done. He had a peeved look on his face and I could tell that he was trying to hide his hurt at their remarks. I sat there, unable to believe that Buffy and Xander could be so unwelcoming to him, like he was an intruder and not Giles.
I know that I've done my share of wrongs with Giles. Arguing with him at Thanksgiving over a cause that at the time, I believed was just. But, looking back on it, it wasn't one of my more finest moments. Then, arguing with him once again in my dorm room, accusing him of not caring and not understanding, when he'd come for those same reasons. And yes, the blinding spell, something that I will regret to my dying day. But, once again, he forgave me. I don't know why but he did.
Even though, I've made those mistakes, never once did I disrespect Giles or make him feel unwanted. Never once did I act like he was an outsider, someone who didn't fit into our lives anymore.
'Cause that's just not true.
I still need him, his strength, his caring. And more importantly, his friendship. I didn't realize until last night, how much I missed being with him, miss the close friendship that we had in high school.
The easy interplay. the frequent conversations about history and especially magic. All the times, he'd patiently listened to me, taking time out of his day to teach me the basics of magic, repeatedly going over the difficult herbs and amulets that I would need to know in order to become a better caster.
I miss him.
I know I haven't been the model magic student lately. In fact, more like the class clown of magic. I intended to keep up my studies with him, but since college started, I've been spellcasting by myself. Until Tara came into the picture. And, well, any magical help from Giles went out the window with that one. And even though, I wasn't as obviously disrespectful as Buffy and Xander, I still haven't been as good a friend as I knew I could be.
Standing up, I grabbed my tray, the movement causing Buffy to notice. "Hey, Will. Where are you going?"
"Aah...to see Giles. To ask about magic and stuff." I replied, not quite telling the truth. Yes, I'm going over to talk about magic but really I just wanted to see Giles. Needed to see him and I couldn't explain why.
"Okay. Well, have fun. Or as much fun as you could have at Giles." Xander kidded, stuffing grapes into his mouth.
"Xander.." I said sharply, giving him a pointed look.
"C'mon, Will. I mean voluntarily spending time with Giles?" Buffy asked. "I mean, when there's a thousand other things you could be doing."
"Buffy." I said, not believing I'm actually listening to them talk about Giles like that. Part of me knows they aren't doing this to be hurtful but I bet if Giles was here, he'd be hurt.
Not knowing what to say. No that wasn't true. I knew what I wanted to say but I didn't think the cafeteria was the place to go off on your friends, and most definitely not a place for profanity.
Instead, I turned and just walked away. I knew that if I didn't get out of here soon, I might have said something I'd regret and I just wasn't in the mood.
I could hear their voices behind me, Buffy and Xander wondering why I just left like that, not even realizing that it was because of what they said about Giles. Truly sad, that they could be that dense.
Dumping my tray on the conveyor belt, I adjusted the strap of my cloth bag, and walked out of the dorm, on my way to see Giles, a happy thought popping into my head.
'I wonder if he'll sing for me.'
And with that thought in mind, I hurried my steps, the promise of Giles and his sexy voice propelling me forward.
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The End.