Giles dabbed his forehead with a towel and waved goodbye to the rest of the fencing team as he finished packing up his belongings.

"Leave those swords out..." You called out to him as he stuffed some books into his satchel and tied a jacket around his waist. He looked around to try and figure out what was going on.

"Why?"

"I want to... fight against you or whatever you call it."

"You... want to duel me? The person who has never touched a sabre in their life wants to duel? With swords? Real swords?" Giles raised an eyebrow from across the mat in the sports hall. "Why exactly do you want to?"

"I just want to make a little wager..." Giles rolled his eyes, but you knew that he could never turn down a bet he picked up two sabres that lay on the floor next to the mat and tossed one over to you. "and If I win, then you have to take me out on a date." His face dropped as he bent down to pull two helmets and two vests out of a duffel bag that lay on the floor.

"And what happens when I win?"

"Well you get to take me out on a date, it's a win-win really Rupert. What's the matter, little Rupert isn't afraid of a little fencing, is he?" He chuckled to himself in the cocky manner that he always did and pushed a helmet and vest into your chest which you quickly put on.

"So, let me just go over a few of the basic rules of fencing." He cleared his throat

"You take the pointy part and stick it into the other persons chest." You suggested to him, he raised his finger in dispute.

"Well... yes... but it isn't quite as simple as that, see, there are lunges and ripostes and feints and..."

"What do all of those things achieve Rupert?"

"Well... they achieve you putting the pointy end into the other persons chest but that isn't the point."

"Well can we speed things up a bit? There's a film on tonight that I want you to take me too on our inevitable date and it starts in two hours. At this rate by the time we reach the history of fencing the film is going to be finished."

"Well you can't just pick up a sword and start thrusting like a complete madman."

"Oh for gods sake Rupert, just stab me so we can go on a date."

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Written by Aaron.