If the Phone Does Ring, You'll Know It's Bad News, Giles/Xander, Chapter 6 of 6

[anyjay]

This is late, but it's still July 31 somewhere.

Written for Summer_Of_Giles
Giles/Xander
1800 words
This chapter is rated FRM.
I'm just borrowing them. Joss owns them.

Comments

[vala3]

Don't think I'll ever think of a Twinkie in the same way again. Very cute story. Nicely done.

[anyjay]

Glad you liked it. Thanks!

[antennapedia]

"We have so got to do this again when I have a body, and you're awake."

HA. Very Xander. The whole thing is, in fact. The whole ridiculous mess. I also like how he feels about Giles living to be 104 even if Xander can't make it.

[anyjay]

Thanks. Sometimes I have to struggle to make Xander sound like Xander and sometimes he just talks to me. That line pretty much typed itself, but I'm very pleased with it nonetheless.

I also like how he feels about Giles living to be 104 even if Xander can't make it.
Yeah, I saw a quote somewhere -- "It isn't that life's so short, it's that you're dead for so long" -- that I was thinking of while I wrote that. Xander's okay waiting for Giles because they have an eternity to be dead together.

[munin]

Oh my. My boyfriend is going to be very very happy you wrote this! Why? Because that dream was so HOT I am now going to go jump him because DAMN!

I'll be in my bunk.

[anyjay]

It's great to be an inspiration to others. :-)

I'm glad you liked it and that you have a happy boyfriend.

Thanks.

[drsquidlove]

Hey, anyjay.

This was fun!

She opened a drawer of the bureau where Xander was standing,

Heh, heh.

“Xander Harris, you bloody bastard,” she said.
“Hey!” Xander asked. “Standing right here.”
Heh, heh.

Giles walked to one of the bookshelves and began to put books from the shelf in the manner of someone loading an arsenal.

Oh, that's a great line.

"We’re prepared for a siege, Giles. A really, really fashionable siege.”

Hee!

"And we have a winner!” Dawn exclaimed. She drew a large heart at the top of the page, and wrote ‘RG + XH’ inside it.

~laughter~

“They beheaded the slayers,” Giles said impatiently. “Do imagine any watcher would let his slayer be killed while he still had breath in his body.”
“They killed the watchers, too?” Buffy asked.
“Most of them,” Giles said. “Some they only had to trick. Those are the ones who killed themselves.”

That's really sweet. Morbid, but sweet.

Love the twinkie-channelling.

Thank you!

S.

[anyjay]

Hey, Dr. S!

“Xander Harris, you bloody bastard,” she said.
“Hey!” Xander asked. “Standing right here.”
Heh, heh.

I'm glad you liked it. I'm also glad you quoted it, since I obviously needed to change 'asked' to 'said.' It doesn't matter how much you re-read something, these mistakes still creep in.

You quoted some of my other favorite lines, as well. Yay!

Love the twinkie-channelling.
Actually I think I was actually channelling Xander myself, because I pretty much agree with Giles about twinkies. Still, that section was really, really fun to write.

[drsquidlove]

Hey, anyjay.

This was fun.

She opened a drawer of the bureau where Xander was standing,

Heh, heh.

“Xander Harris, you bloody bastard,” she said.
“Hey!” Xander asked. “Standing right here.”
Heh, heh.

Giles walked to one of the bookshelves and began to put books from the shelf in the manner of someone loading an arsenal.

Oh, that's a great line.

"We’re prepared for a siege, Giles. A really, really fashionable siege.”

Hee!

"And we have a winner!” Dawn exclaimed. She drew a large heart at the top of the page, and wrote ‘RG + XH’ inside it.

~laughter~

“They beheaded the slayers,” Giles said impatiently. “Do imagine any watcher would let his slayer be killed while he still had breath in his body.”
“They killed the watchers, too?” Buffy asked.
“Most of them,” Giles said. “Some they only had to trick. Those are the ones who killed themselves.”

That's really sweet. Morbid, but sweet.

Love the twinkie-channelling.

Thank you!

S.

[anyjay]

Wow! So nice, you commented twice. ;-)