[10]

"Idiot, you could have just called me and I, would have altered people's memories to protect you…and the vow of secrecy." I hear Annabelle's annoyed and exasperated complaining, as she heals me completely, Annabelle's healing is very similar to my own, except my hands don't light up with white light.

Cracking open my heavy eyes I let out a soft groan, while Annabelle brings the cup over to me and bends the straw, allowing me to drink some water.

Sipping some water, the tightens in my throat lessens with every sip before disappearing all together.

"Numb-skull, you coulda just popped in and saved the day with your perky tits and sexy ass." I joke and Annabelle rolls her eyes at me.

"And there he is, I was starting to worry you had brain damage…you know cause you slit open your own throat."

"Yeah, yeah…thanks for coming for me Anna." I mutter while playfully rolling my eyes, making her sigh.

"You are my charge after all." Anna says in mock exasperation as she reaches up and cups my cheek, "Don't do stupid stuff like that again…not when you can't heal yourself." Anna murmurs and leans in, pressing a kiss to the corner of my lips, turning my head a bit. I initiate a real kiss, which Anna returns until she forces herself away and explodes into little orbs of white-ish blue light and floats up through the ceiling.

Chuckling softly I start unhooking myself from the hospital equipment, a nurse rushes in, "Oh I'm sorry, we had decided to let you rest for the night." The nurse says as she stares at me, taking off my hospital gown, and pulling on the clean jeans one of the girls must have brought for me.

"Don't worry about it, can you prepare my discharge papers, please?" I ask her and she nods eyes glued to my ass, even now with my jeans on.

Clearing my throat the thirsty nurse jumps a little and, "R-right!" A loudish stuttered shout leaves her as she scurries out of the hospital room, putting on the rest of the clothes. I open the plastic bag that contains my wallet and keys, and slide them into my jeans.

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Leaving the hospital which is about half an hour walk from Home Depot, I start walking, 'I think I took a wrong turn somewheres.' Suddenly I hear the sounds of people getting physical, and a pained shout, 'Just ignore it Jace…' I tell myself but don't listen.

Moving to where the sound is coming from, my mouth hangs open, why? Because it's none other than Buffy Summers and she's fighting half a dozen vampires and seems to be losing on purpose.

Just as a vampire takes Buffy's stake from her, "Feel what he did Slayer!" A female vampire yells like a curse, and just as the stake is about to make contact with Buffy's right breast I reach out and encase the stake wielding vampire in a coating of telekinetic power and crush her to dust.

As for the other ones I remove their heads from their bodies making them explode into dust.

Buffy falls to her knees in tears, "Why, Why did you stop them?! I just want to die!" Buffy Cries before getting up and bull charging me throwing punches and kicks that shake my telekinetic shields, and still almost send me into the surrounding buildings, Buffy is still crying while glaring at me hatefully, as she steps on a glass bottle she stumbles and nearly falls forwards into my but I catch her and hold her in my arms she fights against me but I use telekinesis to reinforce myself, eventually Buffy stops fighting and just leans against me crying her arms snake around me and interlock behind my back and I keep my left arm slung around her waist while my right makes comforting circles on her back.

"Let it all out." I murmur to Buffy but it seems to be the wrong thing to say as Buffy recoils from me.

"Wh-what are you, why did you help me?!"

"I heard a fight and my dumbass instead of doing the safe thing and pretending I didn't hear anything came to check on whatever was going on seeing you about to be killed by some vamps I intervened…I'm not fond of children being killed." I say to her adding on a little burn.

"I'm not a child, I'm seventeen!" Buffy mutters angrily but relaxes again around me.

"Okay, you're a young adult, Happy?" I ask placatingly.

Buffy glares at me and unconsciously uses the sleeves of her top to wipe away tears, really looking Buffy over and the sense of how bad of shape she is actually in settles in on me.

"Look, I know this will probably sound creepy, but if you need a place to stay my house has a spare bedroom…and there's plenty of food, there's also three women who live across the street from me and spend more time at my house, if you're worried about me doing something you don't have to." I say to Buffy and she gives me a cocky look.

"I could take you if you tried anything…why are you being so nice to me, you saved me?…and I attacked you!"

I shrug, "Let's just say I know what it's like to be hurting inside bad enough that you're willing to die but don't take your own life." I say to her and Buffy looks down at the ground, "Okay…but if you try anything I'll kick your ass…" Buffy mutters while glaring at me.

"Heh, if you try anything I'll spank you." I say right back to her drawing a small blush out of the girl.

Buffy snorts but it almost looks like a small smile is starting at the corners of her lips.

"Come on kid, we gotta go get my truck." I say to her and my sense of direction is back, 'Those Fucking Elder's, Fucked with my head to make me run into Buffy!'