Buffy woke up to a crick in the neck and a loud knocking at the door. It took her a while to wake up, and then she realized she must have fallen asleep in Angel's apartment.

"Ouch."

She grimaced when she sat up. Sleeping while sitting in a chair with your head resting on a bed wasn't exactly the best way to get some shut-eye.

The knocking came again, this time louder and more insistent, and she got up to answer it. "Who is it?"

"Giles," a muffled voice replied from the other side.

Buffy opened the door to find her watcher standing outside the doorway, his arms piled high with various items. "Giles, what is all this stuff?"

"I wasn't able to find anything in my books, but I did bring over the necessities, things all humans need when they're sick. I thought maybe you might be able to use some of it." He put the pile down on a small wooden table, a replacement for the one Kendra destroyed, and Buffy bent over to search through it.

"Blankets, thermometer, antibiotics, McDonald's food?"

"That, uh, is for us."

"'Us'? Giles, you have to go to work. I'll stay here and keep an eye on Angel, and if anything happens I'll call you, okay?"

"But, Buffy-"

"Giles..."

The man knew there was no reason to argue with the girl and reluctantly backed down. "I'll tell the office your mother called to say you were sick."

"Thank you. I called my mom last night and told her I was going to stay at Willow's for a while so that shouldn't be a problem."

Giles nodded and moved back to the doorway. "Buffy, I'm proud that you're able to do this for Angel considering..."

Buffy shook her head. "I haven't forgotten. I'm just trying to learn how to forgive."

Nodding again, Giles headed out the door.

Willow shook her head. He stopped her just to ask her that?

"Not yet. I'm supposed to meet Oz, but I'll go with you to the library to check on her first if you want."

"Thanks."

The pair walked down the corridor and through the swinging double doors into the school library. It seemed quiet, even for a library, and they were instantly suspicious.

"Hello? Is anyone here?" Xander asked curiously, walking in a large circle around the room.

"Let's go check Giles' office," Willow suggested and he followed her to the door. "Hello?" she asked politely, knocking on the glass window that read 'LIBRARIAN.'

"Is he in there?" Xander asked anxiously, craning his neck to look. They only had a little less than half an hour to eat, and he didn't want to spend all of it in the library when it was a beautiful day outside.

Willow peered through the distorted glass and saw a dark image of someone at Giles' desk. "There's someone in there at his desk. It looks like he's asleep."

"Well, wake him up!" Xander told her, banging on the glass with his fist. "Giles!"

Giles sat up with a jolt and readjusted his glasses, standing up and stepping out of his office. He closed the door behind him and turned around to face the teens.

"Napping on the job, G?" Xander observed, shaking his head in disdain. "Tsk, tsk. Anything interesting happen last night that we should know about?"

"We're looking for Buffy," Willow explained, rolling her eyes at her friend. He could be so annoying at times.

"She's, uh, at Angel's apartment. Apparently, he's feeling a little bit under the weather so she offered to look after him."

"Angel? The guy who tried to use her as a human juice box?" Xander asked in disbelief.

"I thought vampires were immune to illness," Willow said, ignoring his last comment.

"Yes, well Angel seems to have proven that theory incorrect. He's had a very bad fever for the last couple of days, and she wanted to keep an eye on him."

"We've gotta go find her," Xander told them, starting toward the door.

"Xander, wait. Angel's been in bed for the past thirty-six hours, and his condition doesn't seem to be getting any better. I don't think Buffy's in any immediate danger being around him. I will be going over there later this afternoon. If you want to come back after last period, I'd be glad to take you. Until then, go to class."

"We will," Willow answered for him. "Thank you."

Xander gave her a surprised look and she said, "Come on," taking his arm and dragging him down to the cafeteria...