...is a promise.

[angelbuffy]

It was amazing that I was able to get this far when it comes to Giles. I knew that he didn’t want me even a plane ride away from Angel and his crew over at Wolfram and Hart, and to be honest, a few months ago, I didn’t want to be either. Something drastically changed my mind, and even I didn’t know what exactly it was. Maybe it was this sort of

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[backintweed]

“See, Giles? Small bag. I’m not moving there, just making sure they handle everything the right way. That they don’t get off track…and that a lot of people don’t get killed.”

I didn't believe that she was doing this. She had told me of her plans yesterday, and while I wasn't blind to the fact that her slaying had taken a back seat, and that Dawn and actually living had meant more to her recently, I certainly didn't expect that she was going to follow through with her words.

I hadn't been afforted the opportunity to dispell this manic crusade yesterday when she had first informed me of her plans. Just back from Rome, her feet had apparently become tired. Yesterday, she told me that she was going to check on the two vampire with souls and didn't offer me a chance to counter her. I had hoped that she wasn't serious, but apparently, the small bag that she spoke of, in her hands, offering indisputable proof that she was serious....she indeed was

[angelbuffy]

I sat back, because I knew what was coming, and I had heard all of this before, but it had been a while since I had even brought up Angel and Spike. It was only yesterday that I told him, and I thought he had accepted the fact that I was. Apparently, though, he was in denial.

"Buffy, Angel and Spike have made their beds. Wolfram and Hart represents some of the most prolific evil that the world has seen. They have been seduced by it, sucked in by it. They have lost Cordelia and other friends, and are still there. I doubt that even you can convince them to turn their back on the place, and the only way that they will be receiving aide from the Watcher's Council is if they do, in fact, close up shop there..."

I wasn't looking at him in the eye this way, I looked to the side, waiting for him to finish.

"Buffy, I am deathly afraid of your attraction to both of them clouding your judgment. I do not want to see you pulled in by the mischieviousness, by the utter malevolence of that lair, that death factory, and furthermore, it is a

[backintweed]

I looked around. Dawn was in class, and I wa ssure that Buffy had already told her this immutably insane plan. Xander was out with a couple of the girls patrolling areas that would need patrolling. Those two girls, Selena and Natalia, were new and Xander was going to show them the ropes. Andrew was elsewhere, although he was supposed to be here, as his charges were many, focusing mainly on the orient. He was set to fly to Sydney, in fact, later in the week.

I was glad that this happened to be occurring alone. Buffy was no child. She had amassed tremendous credentials, had cheated death and had saved the world far too many times to be chastized in front of others.

Still, I hurriedly made my way to the open study door at the estate, and closed it, just in case.

"Giles, I know. I'm by no means saying that they are right in what they're doing right now. In fact, they are digging their own graves, and they have been since Angel and crew took the offer. As much as you don't believe it though, I think I can turn them around and make a

[angelbuffy]

"Buffy, I know that you care about their plight, but I must warn you before you go, that the signs have pointed to something cataclysmic happening in Los Angeles concerning that dreadful law firm. I am not telling this to you now to scare you, for I know that it would only further motivate you to go help your demon friends. I'm just not immersed with this idea. The danger could be truly high, even for the likes of you, and especially alone..."When he said that, he was right. It did motivate me more to try to get there as fast as I could. I wasn't going to deny that I was a bit angry for not telling me about this earlier. I could understand why he didn't though. If he had when he had first found out, him and I both know I'd be on the first flight out of here. I could see the depth of care in his eyes when he was telling me this, and basically pleading for me not to go. It wasn't going to change my mind about going, but it did change my mind about getting into an argument for his filtering of problems in Los Angeles from me. I