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Faith and Buffy have a slight heart to heart.

I want to thank All4Spike for going over this chapter for me, i really appreciate it Hun. Also thanks to Pixiecorn for the amazing banner i love it sweetie.
Chapter 10

Missing you.

One month later.

It had been a month since Faith’s return from the grave and aside from their brief talk on the night of her return, Buffy had not seen her since. She knew Faith would be struggling with her return and the tension with her friends and decided it would be best to keep her distance for the time being.

She knew she would have to drop in and see her soon though, even if only to discuss the patrolling arrangements. But until then Buffy had kept doing what she had for the past few months, going to uni, patrolling nightly, meeting up with Dawn every Saturday for ice cream and movies and of course her training with Giles.

She missed Spike, though she had only seen him a few times in the last month and then only for a few minutes. They usually bumped into one another at the Magic box. He had explained that Faith was having a hard time adjusting and so he was spending most of his time looking after Dawn and helping around the house. Buffy understood of course, she just wished they could spend more time together.

She was broken from her thoughts when she spotted a young woman being tossed to the ground by a vampire. Taking off, she pulled a stake from her pocket. Jumping over a headstone, she plunged the stake home watching as the vampire turned to dust.: ‘When she moved to help the woman to her feet, she noticed that it was Faith’.

“Faith!” she said, shocked. Faith was a slayer and according to the watchers’ diaries, a damn good one. She couldn’t help but wonder how a slayer with her strength and talent was overpowered so easily by one vamp.

“You must be Buffy” she replied dusting herself off “Thanks for the hand”

“Anytime” Buffy smiled. “I was going to drop around to meet you officially and maybe discuss a possible patrolling arrangement,” Buffy said, walking along side Faith.

“Great what did you have in mind?” Faith asked sounding indifferent. Buffy couldn’t help but notice just how drawn out and tired Faith both looked and sounded.

“Well the way Giles tells it you can pretty much hold your own so I figure there is no point in us both being out here every night so maybe one night on one night off?” Buffy suggested.

“Sure” Faith shrugged.

“But if you’re not up for it I can handle patrols for a while” Faith stopped, turning to face the other slayer. She knew Buffy was only trying to help but she couldn’t stop the rage that started to boil to the surface.

“I can handle my end of the responsibility just fine, got it?” Faith spat at her. Turning to walk again, Buffy quickly walked after her. “Look I’m not saying you can’t, I just want to help. I know what this feel like Faith, I understand the anger and uncertainty. I went through it too when I was brought back.” This made Faith stop in her tracks, turning to face Buffy once more.

“What?” she asked shocked.

“Willow or Giles didn’t tell you?”

“Willow and I are… we’re not really talking at the moment.” Buffy nodded in understanding. Even though Anna never knew Buffy was in heaven, it had taken her months before she could ever look the women in the eyes again and even then their relationship had forever been strained. “And Giles has been great but… I don’t know I just…. I’m finding it hard to be around any of them for a long period of time,” she confessed.

“I understand it took me a while too before I could stand to be alone with my friend Anna after what she did”

“What happened? To you I mean.”

“Long story short, my boyfriend at the time Pike was taken by a gang of pretty powerful vampires. I went in to save him and never came back out.”

“And Pike?”

“Him I was able to save at the cost of my own life. Three months later Anne my best friend who also happened to be a witch did a spell to bring me back… I had also been in heaven; things were never the same between us again”

“I’m sorry”

“Yeah me too, about you I mean” Faith smiled nodding

“Look I have been out here a while now why don’t you head home take the night off. You’re injured anyway, you should patch that up.” Buffy said pointing to her head. Faith wiped her brow looking at the blood now on her hand.

“I hadn’t noticed”

“Do you want me to walk you home?”

“Nah I’m five by five, see you around.” Faith smiled heading out of the cemetery. Buffy stood for a moment watching her leave, wondering what the hell five by five meant before shaking the slight confusion off and heading further into the cemetery.

Buffy had been patrolling for an hour since her run in with Faith when she heard growling. Taking a spot behind some shrubs she moved closer to see if it was friend, foe or victim. That’s when she saw him, the object of her thoughts. Spike stood looking around the dark cemetery. Just then a wicked idea popped into her mind and smiling, she moved closer.

“Here demons…. What do I have to do to get a little violence around here?” Spike sighed, sounding beyond bored. Just then he was tackled from behind. Flipping his attacker, he straddled her waist and was seconds from plunging his stake down when he noticed a smiling Buffy under him. He sighed as she tried to contain her giggles.

“If you wanted to be on top all you had to do was ask.” She smiled wickedly at him. He shook his head, laughing slightly before helping her to her feet.

“I could have killed you,” he sighed, trying to sound annoyed but failing miserably.

“But you didn’t.” She smiled, brushing the grass off her clothes. He knew he couldn’t stay mad at her especially when she smiled like that. It was then that it occurred to him that she had got the drop on him. True she was a slayer, it was her job to be able to get the drop on big bads, but usually he could feel her presence long before he even saw her.

It had been a month since they had really had any time alone together, he had been neglecting her. He knew Faith needed his help but so did Buffy, they had been getting so close. Before Faith’s return he had realized that he was in love with Buffy and he knew he needed to start making more time for her, for them. God knows he missed her. He missed her smile, her laugh, the way she would chew her bottom lip when she was nervous, but most of all he missed just being near her.

“You wanna come to my place tomorrow night? We can watch a flick together and just catch up”

“I’d like that.” She smiled. “Help me patrol?” He nodded, excited about being with her tonight and all of tomorrow night. He couldn’t remember the last time he had felt so giddy inside about being near someone. He knew Buffy was it for him, he just wasn’t sure how to tell her and he prayed that she felt just as strongly for him as he did for her.


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