Perceptions!verse - Spander Files

little git! I should put you over my knee for pulling a stunt
like that!”
“Umm, Spike, not exactly helping our case with winning
over Giles, with the whole, ‘I’m safe with you’ deal. So,
yes, I knew. Why do you think I meandered so much from
place to place? Or repeated very loudly to the motel desk
clerk where exactly I was headed at the start of each trip.
Or why I did so much night driving. I was tempted to take
out an ad in some of the local papers, but decided that
was probably a bit much. So yeah, I knew, so deal with it
and move on.”
I grab my fags, despite his earlier request, and light up
and he’s sitting watching me calmly as I pull in the smoke
and then exhale sharply. “Okay then, glad we’ve got that
sorted. So Giles, are we cool, or is there anything else
you need? You can ask anything you like – whether I’ll
answer it or not, is another matter, but I don’t want to
keep any more secrets.”
Rupert looks at both of us and then laughs and shakes his
head. “You know, I came here ready to read the riot act
and save the poor deluded teenager from the clutches of
the big, bad vampire. But now, I really am wondering
who’s more in need of rescuing.” That gets a protest