Fic: A Chance of A Lifetime ch3+4

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Chapter 3: The Old and The New

Sunnydale looked like any other small town. The had the impression it 
was one of those towns that rolled the streets up at night. You know 
the kind I'm talking about. Sunnydale had that feel to it. The only 
thing that was remotly odd about the town was that it seemed to have a 
lot of churces and graveyards. 

The first thing I did when I got there was check out the local 
highschool. Well the second thing really. The first thing I did was 
find out the first highschool had been blown up, on Graduation Day of 
all things. I heard about Senior Classes giving gifts to a school, 
but this is a bit much. Well at least I found out where the arson 
charges came from.

Well at the new Sunnydale Highschool I managed to get in a few 
quesions before the Principal found out I was a reporter and kindly 
asked me to leave. Basically he knew nothing except that the great 
Cordelia Chase had been born and bread in Sunnydale CA. But I already 
knew that.

Now I bet you think I left, right.....Ha you're catching on. I might 
of left his office but I didn't leave the school. I mean really, in 
this day and age he really should have had me escorted out. THere's 
no telling what trouble a girl like me can get into.

Well I ended up in the school library. Now why would I go there you 
might be asking? Well I was hoping they would have school yearbooks 
and maybe if I was really really lucky, I could find out where one of 
them lived, or worked, or did time. I was grasping at straws here.

"May I help you young lady?"

I jumped. Young lady. Oh wait the man looked to be at least a 
hundred. I mean I'm not THAT young.

"Oh i'm sorry. I was looking for a book."

"Oh yes, you must be the new student." The man walked past me and 
headed for a ladder, "I will get the books for you. Now let me see... 
Oh yes. Your history book should be in the history section. We used 
to have a bigger collection of books, but the old librarian, a Mr. 
Giles or something took many of them with him. At least those that 
survived the fire of the old school."

Mr Giles? Could he be talking about the man in the files I was 
carrying. A Rupert Giles. AKA Ripper suspected of arson, murder, and 
multiple assault charges. That Mr. Giles.

"What happened to the old librarian?" I asked.

"Well I'm not quite sure." The man turned toward me and then 
continued to look for a book I was beginning to believe didn't exist, 
"I believe he bought out that occult shop about four years ago. I 
think he still owns it."

"Occult shop?" 

"Yes." The man dissapeared behind a shelf, "I believe it's called the 
Magic Box."

That was all i needed to know. I can just imagine that old man find 
the book and being all happy only to find he lost the student he was 
supposed to give it too. I know I should feel bad about lying to the 
old guy but I had more important things to worry about. Like why was 
a man who had degrees up to ying yang working as a libraian and then 
as a shop owner.

This just did not make sense.


Chapter 4: And By Magic

The occult shop was exactly what I thought it would be. Mr. Giles 
however wasn't. I had expected... well I'm not exactly sure what I 
expected but it wasn't what I got. Here was a pretty sexy man with 
brains to boot, who owned his own business. He seemed to 
be....well.... damn he was hot.

After a few minutes of looking around he asked me if I needed any 
help. I told him who I was and I watched him get all nervouse and 
sweaty. It was actually fun. I always love when that happens.

"So what...d..do you want to ask me?" 

"I am doing a background peice on Cordelia Chase and I wanted to talk 
to the people who knew her best."

"ANd you're asking me?" The man seemed surprised.

"Yes, I asked around and I was told that you spent quite a lot of time 
around each other."

"Well yes we did." The man smiled, "Cordelia is a fine girl. I've 
seen some of her movies. They are quite good, actually."

"Yes they are." I smiled too, "Is there anything you can tell me 
about her?"

"Cordelia was always a very popular girl. She liked the spotlight, 
but..." Mr. paused for a moment, "when she had to choose between the 
spotlight and matters of the heart, she chose the heart, even though 
it cost her deeply."

I was intrigued, "What do you mean?"

Mr. Giles smiled, "I'm not sure I should tell you anymore without 
Cordelia's permission."

I was about to lie and tell him I had Cordelia's permission when a 
young woman came out of the back room.

"Hey Giles what do you want me to do with the wart of toad?"

"Oh Anya, put it with the bat wings."

"Yeah sure." ANya put what she was carrying away, "I'm going to get 
going to Willow's club and then Xander and I are going to have sex."

I watched as Mr. Giles' face turned an odd shade of red. Then I 
smiled, I had a second peice to the puzzle. I had some quesions I 
wanted to ask Willow. One of which was why she never graduated from 
College even though she had a 4.0 GPA. And another was why she was a 
suspect in a grizzly murder.



TBC.



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