Daughter Of Mine: Chapter 2 A Death In The Family
by Willow Fireheart
DAUGHTER OF MINE


Spoilers- some general season 1-2 spoilers as well as early season 3- mainly up until the events of Band Candy. Big spoilers for Band Candy (hint, hint). There was no fluking between Xander and Willow, and Revelations hasn’t happened, but they all know about Angel being back from Hell. Dawn is in this fic, she’s not the Key, just Buffy’s little sister. Also there is no Oz in this fic, he disappeared or something I don’t know, use your imaginations.



Pairing- Giles/ Joyce, Xander/ Cordelia and Jamie/ ? (it’s hinted to in this chapter)



Disclaimer- All recognizable characters belong to Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy and etc. I own Jamie and one other character that will make an appearance.



Note- This chapter is dedicated to Aussiegirl, who almost made me fall out of my chair when I read her review. You should find out why in the next few chapters if you haven’t already guessed it. Also the title will make more sense as the plot develops.

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CHAPTER 2


Buffy was the first to recover. “WHAT?”



Giles looked flustered. He stood in front of Jamie. “This is my son Jamie.”



Jamie pushed his light brown hair out of his eyes and gave a slight wave to the others. “Hey.”



“Jamie what… what are you doing here? I thought you where going to stay in England with your grandparents until you finished your schooling.”



Jamie fidgeted. “Yeah you see about that…” He sighed. “There’s something I should tell you, obviously he didn’t ring you. Grandma, she went to the doctor’s a few weeks ago. She was having bad stomach pains, and the doctor said that… if she had only gone sooner they could have… She died last week.”



Shock settled onto Giles’s face and he lowered himself into a nearby chair. “What… what caused it?”



Jamie inched closer. “It was cancer.”



Giles ran a weary hand over his face. “What happened then?”



Jamie shrugged. “You know Pop… I took off for the city one day and he caught me. Told me to pack up, he was sending me here. Said that I should have been here all along, ‘learning the family business.’ Reckoned that now you’d know what it was like to deal with a rebellious teenager.”



Giles’s snorted and muttered under his breath. “Stupid wanker.”



“Yeah, he really is.” Jamie smiled slightly, knowing he could get away with bashing his grandfather. He pulled up a chair and amused himself by looking around the library.



Buffy stepped forward cautiously. She placed a hand on Giles’s shoulder and squeezed lightly. “I’m sorry.”



He looked up and bit his lip to stop the tears. “She was a beautiful woman, you would have loved her.” A single tear rolled down his face, before it was quickly by another. Buffy knelt and drew him into a hug. He buried his face into her shoulder and wept, wept for his mother, for himself and for his son who had to endure this without him.



Wiping the tears from his eyes he chuckled bitterly. “Tables have turned.” Giles looked towards to his son, who had turned his face intent on staring at something in the weapons cage his jaw working furiously.



Buffy laid a hand on his arm. “We’ll be back tomorrow morning.” She grabbed her bag and led the others out, leaving Giles to comfort his son.



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Bright and early the next morning Willow bounced into the library and was surprised to Jamie sitting at the table, munching his way through a box of doughnuts and reading one of Giles’s texts.



He looked up. “Hey, you were here last night right?”



Willow blushed and nodded. “Yep, hi I’m Willow.” She dumped her bag onto the table and made her way over to her computer.



Jamie nodded. “Right, the red-head, should have known. Dad never said you were so cute. I’m Jamie by the way.”



Willow stammered and blushed further. “You know about us.” Willow caught herself. “Its just Giles never really told us about you.”



Jamie just grinned at her. “You probably never asked, and it’s not like its something that you can just blurt out.”



Willow nodded. “But he told you about us?”



Jamie shook his head. “Nahh, not really he mainly talked about the demons and the ‘bloody Americans’. I’ve been reading his diaries all night to catch up.”



The door to Giles’s office opened and he stepped out. Nodding to Willow he moved towards the box of doughnuts. “Ahh you saved me a jelly. Jamie I’ve just been on the phone with the movers, they’ll have your furniture in by the end of the day. Willow, I would appreciate it if you would be so kind to create a file for Jamie in the school’s database. I would like him to start as soon as possible. Oh and one at the hospital would probably be a good idea too.”



Willow nodded and started the computer. “Right net girl to the rescue. Oh while I’m in the hospital’s database I probably should add that stuff about Buffy, the adrenaline and stuff.”



Giles was already distracted, his head buried in a newspaper. “Yes, yes. Whatever you think is right.”



Willow grinned. Good old dependable Giles, always on the lookout for some new demon threat. She jumped as the doors to the library crashed open, nearly taking them off their hinges. Xander shuffled in grinning sheepishly and was soon followed by Buffy and Cordelia.



Xander’s eyes lit up as he spotted the box of doughnuts. “Ohh, glazy goodness.” He grabbed a doughnut covered with an inch of glaze and crammed it into his mouth. He rubbed one hand against the side of his pants and held it out for Jamie to shake.



Silently Jamie shook his hand. That had to be Xander. Cordelia was next; shaking her head at her boyfriend she introduced herself to Jamie. “Hi Cordelia Chase, that human garbage disposal there is Xander Harris, my boyfriend. Though sometimes I gotta wonder why. So your Giles’s son right? So the tweed thing isn’t hereditary?”



Buffy smiled gently and rolled her eyes. “Hi I’m Buffy.”



Jamie nodded. “I know, you’re the slayer. You really have the council members in a twist, its fun to watch.”



Buffy laughed lightly. “Well I try my best.” She held her hand out for him to shake. “It’s nice to speak to you properly.”



Jamie smiled and took her hand. All of sudden his eyes went wide and he inhaled sharply. His gaze was blank and his body stiff. Somehow he freed his hands from Buffy’s and fell to the floor.



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