Title: Unexpected Fate
Author: Alyssa, my new pen name is Faith
Pairing: Faith/Spike, Willow/Angel
Season: After season 4 of Buffy and season 2 of Angel, although the Original Angel Investigation never blew up...I like it better than the hotel.
Summary: Willow befriends Faith even though she's in jail and even after what she did to the group. Willow sees the past as just the past and looks at what she's doing to redeem herself. Willow visits Angel, Cordelia and Wesley every other weekend, to try to be there for Faith as she's opening up to Willow.
Disclaimer: I own none of them....boo hoo. Joss and the WB own them it's just my story.
Feedback: Of course. Who wouldn't want feedback? Please!
Notes: = thoughts
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In Sunnydale:
"Red, I don't understand why you have to go to LA this weekend. It's the third time this month." Spike didn't want her to go again. He felt as if she's was running away or to something.
"Spike, I didn't ask you help me make my daily choices. I only asked you to watch over the my house while I was away." She tried to get him to just let her go without asking questions. "I mean if you don't want to watch the house then don't."
Spike just looked at the little red head. He knew no matter what he said it wouldn't make any difference. "Okay, pet, I'll watch over your house." He said not wanting to upset her before she went out on the road.
"Thanks!" She kissed him on the cheek and left the house. "Oh, Spike."
"Yes, pet." Spike said as he walked out of the house to see her off. The sun had started to set in the west and for that he was glad.
"If you want you can put the bed in the basement so you can stay here at the house and not be disturbed. Thanks again. I'll be back late Sunday night."
"Please, pet, be careful. Drive safely and come back to us." He waved at her wondering what could be so important that she would have to leave every other weekend. It was obvious that he was the only one that knew about this. He giggled at that last thought and walked into the house to hear the phone ringing.
The answering machine picked up "Hello this is the Rosenberg's residence, we are unable to answer the phone right now so please leave a message after the beep and we'll get back to you as soon as possible........beep!"
"Hey, Red. This is Faith. I really needed to talk to you and I hoped that you'd get this message...."
"Faith?!? Why are you calling Red??"
"Spike?" Faith couldn't believe that he'd heard part of her message. "Oh no, Red didn't want anyone to know that we were talking."
There was something in her voice that didn't sound the same. He'd heard about her and how she was the slayer. "Faith, why what's going on? You can trust me, Willow talks to me about everything."
"Willow has been helping me through my time in jail and I needed to talk to her. She has been my only friend except for Angel and Cordelia. That's why she keeps coming to LA." She'd hoped to talk to Willow but as long as Spike was her good friend and not one of the Scoobies she didn't really care if he knew. "Would she by chance be there?" Her voice had been full of hope and uncertainty.
"I'm sorry Faith she just left for LA." He hated to do it to her, she sounded like she was having a bad day. "Do you need to talk to someone while she's on her way to LA?"
"Oh, would you?"
"Of course, pet. What's wrong?" Spike's voice was so reassuring to her that she told him everything that's been going on for the past few months.
" 'Ey pet? Could you hold on someone's at the door."
"Uh sure, but if it's B please don't tell her that I'm on the phone."
"I wont, I don't even like Buffy." He put the phone down and walked downstairs to the door and surprised to see Xander, Anya, Buffy and Riley at the door. " 'Ello, what can I do for the Scooby gang?"
"Where's Willow?" Buffy asked.
"Oh you guys actually decided that she was worth your time, after everything she's ever done for you. You know you guys really...."
"Spike! Where is she?" Buffy was starting to lose her temper at the blond vampire.
Sensing the anger he sighed as he started to tell them. "She's gone. She had to go to a..." he tried to remember where she had said that she was going, "to a conference." He finally said the rest of the sentence.
"What kind of conference?" Xander had suddenly said.
Getting a little annoyed with the group he sighed and rolled his eyes before continuing. "I don't know, I'm only watching her house." Spike wished that they would just leave. "I'd hate to end this wonderful meeting but I've got to do some work around here. It's my part of the deal. I watch her house and I also keep it clean. Bye." With that he shut the door, and walked back to Willow's room to the phone. "Sorry 'bout that. They wouldn't leave."
"It's cool. Hey I've got to go. Red's here. Thanks for talking to me."
"Sure. Oh and Faith?"
"Yeah, Spike?"
"You can call on me anytime." He heard her smile and then they said good-bye and hung up.
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In LA:
"Angel will you please stop pacing." Cordelia had started to say. "I don't want a hole in the middle of the office."
"I'm sorry I just can't help it. She's usually here by now." It was obvious that he was talking about Willow.
"Well maybe she decided to talk to Faith longer or maybe she's running a bit late you know how things can go." Wesley said as they realized that he was standing at the doorway. Wesley came in and sat down near Angel, when he could actually calm down long enough to sit.
"Or maybe she could be in danger or in the hands of Wolfram and Hart, or maybe...."
"She could be standing in the office listening to you acting like her daddy." She started to giggle when they looked up at her and she saw the relief in Angel's eyes. The next thing she noticed was the lack of air. "Uh, Angel...air." She giggled more when he let her down and said.
"Sorry, 'bout that." He grinned, glad that she was back. "Where have you been? We've been worried about you." His face was so serious that he looked as if he was going to brood again.
"I'm sorry daddy, I didn't realize that I had a curfew. I've been talking with Faith." She was all out laughing at the look Angel was giving her for the 'daddy' thing.
"Hey Wills. Welcome back. Angel's been a wreck since you left two Sundays ago." Cordelia told her as she was on her way out. "I'm leaving now so I'll see you all tomorrow. Later Wills, Angel, Wesley."
"Bye, Cordelia." Willow said. Soon after Cordelia left Wesley also decided that it was time to leave for the night.
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In Jail:
"Red, I've got something I need to tell you." Faith wasn't sure if she would react to the news about Spike knowing or if she'd care at all.
"What is it Faith?" Hoping that something didn't happen to her.
"I called your house yesterday, Spike answered the phone. I was hoping that you were still there, but you weren't. Spike wondered why I was calling and he told me that you trusted him so I told him about what was going on. I also forgot to tell you the reason for my calling you."
"It's okay, Faith. I think he was putting the pieces together about me coming to LA every other weekend anyway. As long as it wasn't Buffy, Xander, Riley, Giles, or Anya I don't really care." Faith was so happy to hear this she hugged Willow, almost as tight as Angel did the other night but she could at least breath. "So what did you call for?"
"Well, they just announced yesterday that my jail time is up. I get to leave here tomorrow night!"
"Oh, Faith! That's wonderful! I'm so proud of you." The girls embraced in a long hug.
It seemed to lighten the mood when Faith asked a simple question about her friend that had answered the phone the other night. "What's Spike like?" Willow was taken back by the question. She almost told her that Angel would be the best to describe him, but stopped herself to hear the guard.
"Miss Rosenberg it's time for you to go. Visiting hours are over." He unlocked the cell door and let them hug once more and let Willow out. As he watcher her walk away he was relieved that this girl Willow had calmed Faith down and was sad to see her go every night.
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In Sunnydale:
"...leave a message after the beep and we'll get back to you as soon as possible...beep.."
"Spike if you're there please pick...."
"Willow?!? What's wrong?" Spike said into the phone. He had been keeping the house neat. He'd even bring in the paper and the mail every night and put them into neat stacks.
"Nothing, but I need you to come to LA to pick me up. I also have a friend that would like to meet you." She hoped that he wouldn't turn her down, and she decided to ask him. "So would you do that for me?"
"Sure, pet. I owe it to you especially for putting blood in the refrigerator for me. Where do I go to pick you up?" He asked as he grabbed a pen and a piece of paper to write down anything.
"You have to come to 'Angel's Investigation'."
"Oh no, pet. Angel and I aren't on good terms anymore."
"Oh come on Spike. You can come to pick me up while he's out patrolling or you don't even have to come inside. Please." She was practically begging.
How could I possibly turn down a plea like that. "Okay pet, I'll do it for you."
"Thank you, this means a lot to me. Oh I've got to go. Thanks again. Bye."
"Bye, luv." I get to go see the 'great' poof. You'd never think that I'm the same person that I was a few months ago. They've got you whipped...said his inter voice. He decided to shut the voice off in his head grab some blood and head out through the garage to the DeSoto. He backed out and drove off, towards the sunset.
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In LA:
"What?!? Who's coming to get you and why?" Angel was trying to make sure he heard her correctly.
"Spike is coming to take me and Faith back to Sunnydale."
"Why Spike? You know that I could drive you back. He doesn't have to drive all this way."
By this time Willow started to get annoyed. She started talking to him with a two year voice. "Angel, when I asked Spike to come I was thinking about the reaction from the gang. If you had come with us the group would have a total negative reaction."
"She's right, Fang." Faith spoke for the first time that evening. "They're going to have a hard time excepting that Red and I are friends. It would destroy everything if you came with us."
"Okay, I understand. But why Spike?"
"Why not, peaches?"
They all turned to see the blond vampire. "Hey Spike. I didn't expect you to come up to the office." Willow walked over to give him a hug. "Thanks for coming, we're ready to go. Oh yeah, you remember everyone here, but this is Faith."
"Oh yeah, hey Faith. I think that I remember you. You're a slayer aren't you."
"You could say that." Faith replied as she picked up her bag and walked out the door behind them.
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In Sunnydale:
"Wow, Sunnydale hasn't changed since the last time I was here." Faith's eyes looked at the streets in front of Willow's house. She'd realized that she's never looked out to the street, it's always been the other way. "You never told me why you became my friend."
"Oh, well when Buffy told me about how Angel tried to help you and how he almost went to jail for you. I called the LA police department and they told me that no one's been coming to see you, and that you weren't eating. So I thought I would come by just to talk to you." Willow notice the change since she last saw her in Sunnydale and the first time in LA.
"But why did you keep coming back." Faith was grateful but she didn't understand why she had helped her even after what she did to Buffy.
"Well guess you needed me as much as I needed you. I mean you didn't have anyone to be there for you and neither did I."
"I never got the chance to thank you for being there for me." Faith smiled when the blond vampire came outside.
"Red the phone's ringing. You might want to answer it." Spike grinned as he and the slayer were left outside.
"I know that it's none of my business but why are you hangin' out with Red? Are you shaggin' her?"
"Ha. No I'm not shaggin' Red." He lit a cigarette and then continued. "I can't 'urt humans, this group called the Initiative caught me and put a chip in my head." He was blowing smoke in rings. "If you don't mind my asking why were you in jail?" He took a drag.
"For awhile I was working for the mayor. I had killed a man and went insane. B put me into a coma, and I woke up caused some trouble on my way to LA. I got hired to kill Angel, after that B came and ripped Angel up and I turned myself in to start redeeming for my crimes."
"You were hired to kill, Peaches?" He couldn't help but laugh. He put the cigarette out.
"Yep, I tried to get him to kill me but he wouldn't do it." She became very sad at the memory. Spike noticed and pulled her into a tight, but not too tight, hug.
I feel more wanted after Red came, I'm so glad that she decided to help me, and be my friend. "Spike, has Willow always been this nice? I mean even to those people that are cruel to her or her friends?"
"Well she did save Angelus, and took me in when no one else would and has been a true friend. So yeah I would say that's she's always been nice."
"Hey guys why don't you guys come in it's been a long day. Plus I don't know who's going to be walking around....and I don't mean vamps." Willow looked at the two in front of her and thought She giggled to herself as she closed the door behind them.
Author: Alyssa, my new pen name is Faith
Pairing: Faith/Spike, Willow/Angel
Season: After season 4 of Buffy and season 2 of Angel, although the Original Angel Investigation never blew up...I like it better than the hotel.
Summary: Willow befriends Faith even though she's in jail and even after what she did to the group. Willow sees the past as just the past and looks at what she's doing to redeem herself. Willow visits Angel, Cordelia and Wesley every other weekend, to try to be there for Faith as she's opening up to Willow.
Disclaimer: I own none of them....boo hoo. Joss and the WB own them it's just my story.
Feedback: Of course. Who wouldn't want feedback? Please!
Notes: = thoughts
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In Sunnydale:
"Red, I don't understand why you have to go to LA this weekend. It's the third time this month." Spike didn't want her to go again. He felt as if she's was running away or to something.
"Spike, I didn't ask you help me make my daily choices. I only asked you to watch over the my house while I was away." She tried to get him to just let her go without asking questions. "I mean if you don't want to watch the house then don't."
Spike just looked at the little red head. He knew no matter what he said it wouldn't make any difference. "Okay, pet, I'll watch over your house." He said not wanting to upset her before she went out on the road.
"Thanks!" She kissed him on the cheek and left the house. "Oh, Spike."
"Yes, pet." Spike said as he walked out of the house to see her off. The sun had started to set in the west and for that he was glad.
"If you want you can put the bed in the basement so you can stay here at the house and not be disturbed. Thanks again. I'll be back late Sunday night."
"Please, pet, be careful. Drive safely and come back to us." He waved at her wondering what could be so important that she would have to leave every other weekend. It was obvious that he was the only one that knew about this. He giggled at that last thought and walked into the house to hear the phone ringing.
The answering machine picked up "Hello this is the Rosenberg's residence, we are unable to answer the phone right now so please leave a message after the beep and we'll get back to you as soon as possible........beep!"
"Hey, Red. This is Faith. I really needed to talk to you and I hoped that you'd get this message...."
"Faith?!? Why are you calling Red??"
"Spike?" Faith couldn't believe that he'd heard part of her message. "Oh no, Red didn't want anyone to know that we were talking."
There was something in her voice that didn't sound the same. He'd heard about her and how she was the slayer. "Faith, why what's going on? You can trust me, Willow talks to me about everything."
"Willow has been helping me through my time in jail and I needed to talk to her. She has been my only friend except for Angel and Cordelia. That's why she keeps coming to LA." She'd hoped to talk to Willow but as long as Spike was her good friend and not one of the Scoobies she didn't really care if he knew. "Would she by chance be there?" Her voice had been full of hope and uncertainty.
"I'm sorry Faith she just left for LA." He hated to do it to her, she sounded like she was having a bad day. "Do you need to talk to someone while she's on her way to LA?"
"Oh, would you?"
"Of course, pet. What's wrong?" Spike's voice was so reassuring to her that she told him everything that's been going on for the past few months.
" 'Ey pet? Could you hold on someone's at the door."
"Uh sure, but if it's B please don't tell her that I'm on the phone."
"I wont, I don't even like Buffy." He put the phone down and walked downstairs to the door and surprised to see Xander, Anya, Buffy and Riley at the door. " 'Ello, what can I do for the Scooby gang?"
"Where's Willow?" Buffy asked.
"Oh you guys actually decided that she was worth your time, after everything she's ever done for you. You know you guys really...."
"Spike! Where is she?" Buffy was starting to lose her temper at the blond vampire.
Sensing the anger he sighed as he started to tell them. "She's gone. She had to go to a..." he tried to remember where she had said that she was going, "to a conference." He finally said the rest of the sentence.
"What kind of conference?" Xander had suddenly said.
Getting a little annoyed with the group he sighed and rolled his eyes before continuing. "I don't know, I'm only watching her house." Spike wished that they would just leave. "I'd hate to end this wonderful meeting but I've got to do some work around here. It's my part of the deal. I watch her house and I also keep it clean. Bye." With that he shut the door, and walked back to Willow's room to the phone. "Sorry 'bout that. They wouldn't leave."
"It's cool. Hey I've got to go. Red's here. Thanks for talking to me."
"Sure. Oh and Faith?"
"Yeah, Spike?"
"You can call on me anytime." He heard her smile and then they said good-bye and hung up.
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In LA:
"Angel will you please stop pacing." Cordelia had started to say. "I don't want a hole in the middle of the office."
"I'm sorry I just can't help it. She's usually here by now." It was obvious that he was talking about Willow.
"Well maybe she decided to talk to Faith longer or maybe she's running a bit late you know how things can go." Wesley said as they realized that he was standing at the doorway. Wesley came in and sat down near Angel, when he could actually calm down long enough to sit.
"Or maybe she could be in danger or in the hands of Wolfram and Hart, or maybe...."
"She could be standing in the office listening to you acting like her daddy." She started to giggle when they looked up at her and she saw the relief in Angel's eyes. The next thing she noticed was the lack of air. "Uh, Angel...air." She giggled more when he let her down and said.
"Sorry, 'bout that." He grinned, glad that she was back. "Where have you been? We've been worried about you." His face was so serious that he looked as if he was going to brood again.
"I'm sorry daddy, I didn't realize that I had a curfew. I've been talking with Faith." She was all out laughing at the look Angel was giving her for the 'daddy' thing.
"Hey Wills. Welcome back. Angel's been a wreck since you left two Sundays ago." Cordelia told her as she was on her way out. "I'm leaving now so I'll see you all tomorrow. Later Wills, Angel, Wesley."
"Bye, Cordelia." Willow said. Soon after Cordelia left Wesley also decided that it was time to leave for the night.
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In Jail:
"Red, I've got something I need to tell you." Faith wasn't sure if she would react to the news about Spike knowing or if she'd care at all.
"What is it Faith?" Hoping that something didn't happen to her.
"I called your house yesterday, Spike answered the phone. I was hoping that you were still there, but you weren't. Spike wondered why I was calling and he told me that you trusted him so I told him about what was going on. I also forgot to tell you the reason for my calling you."
"It's okay, Faith. I think he was putting the pieces together about me coming to LA every other weekend anyway. As long as it wasn't Buffy, Xander, Riley, Giles, or Anya I don't really care." Faith was so happy to hear this she hugged Willow, almost as tight as Angel did the other night but she could at least breath. "So what did you call for?"
"Well, they just announced yesterday that my jail time is up. I get to leave here tomorrow night!"
"Oh, Faith! That's wonderful! I'm so proud of you." The girls embraced in a long hug.
It seemed to lighten the mood when Faith asked a simple question about her friend that had answered the phone the other night. "What's Spike like?" Willow was taken back by the question. She almost told her that Angel would be the best to describe him, but stopped herself to hear the guard.
"Miss Rosenberg it's time for you to go. Visiting hours are over." He unlocked the cell door and let them hug once more and let Willow out. As he watcher her walk away he was relieved that this girl Willow had calmed Faith down and was sad to see her go every night.
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In Sunnydale:
"...leave a message after the beep and we'll get back to you as soon as possible...beep.."
"Spike if you're there please pick...."
"Willow?!? What's wrong?" Spike said into the phone. He had been keeping the house neat. He'd even bring in the paper and the mail every night and put them into neat stacks.
"Nothing, but I need you to come to LA to pick me up. I also have a friend that would like to meet you." She hoped that he wouldn't turn her down, and she decided to ask him. "So would you do that for me?"
"Sure, pet. I owe it to you especially for putting blood in the refrigerator for me. Where do I go to pick you up?" He asked as he grabbed a pen and a piece of paper to write down anything.
"You have to come to 'Angel's Investigation'."
"Oh no, pet. Angel and I aren't on good terms anymore."
"Oh come on Spike. You can come to pick me up while he's out patrolling or you don't even have to come inside. Please." She was practically begging.
How could I possibly turn down a plea like that. "Okay pet, I'll do it for you."
"Thank you, this means a lot to me. Oh I've got to go. Thanks again. Bye."
"Bye, luv." I get to go see the 'great' poof. You'd never think that I'm the same person that I was a few months ago. They've got you whipped...said his inter voice. He decided to shut the voice off in his head grab some blood and head out through the garage to the DeSoto. He backed out and drove off, towards the sunset.
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In LA:
"What?!? Who's coming to get you and why?" Angel was trying to make sure he heard her correctly.
"Spike is coming to take me and Faith back to Sunnydale."
"Why Spike? You know that I could drive you back. He doesn't have to drive all this way."
By this time Willow started to get annoyed. She started talking to him with a two year voice. "Angel, when I asked Spike to come I was thinking about the reaction from the gang. If you had come with us the group would have a total negative reaction."
"She's right, Fang." Faith spoke for the first time that evening. "They're going to have a hard time excepting that Red and I are friends. It would destroy everything if you came with us."
"Okay, I understand. But why Spike?"
"Why not, peaches?"
They all turned to see the blond vampire. "Hey Spike. I didn't expect you to come up to the office." Willow walked over to give him a hug. "Thanks for coming, we're ready to go. Oh yeah, you remember everyone here, but this is Faith."
"Oh yeah, hey Faith. I think that I remember you. You're a slayer aren't you."
"You could say that." Faith replied as she picked up her bag and walked out the door behind them.
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In Sunnydale:
"Wow, Sunnydale hasn't changed since the last time I was here." Faith's eyes looked at the streets in front of Willow's house. She'd realized that she's never looked out to the street, it's always been the other way. "You never told me why you became my friend."
"Oh, well when Buffy told me about how Angel tried to help you and how he almost went to jail for you. I called the LA police department and they told me that no one's been coming to see you, and that you weren't eating. So I thought I would come by just to talk to you." Willow notice the change since she last saw her in Sunnydale and the first time in LA.
"But why did you keep coming back." Faith was grateful but she didn't understand why she had helped her even after what she did to Buffy.
"Well guess you needed me as much as I needed you. I mean you didn't have anyone to be there for you and neither did I."
"I never got the chance to thank you for being there for me." Faith smiled when the blond vampire came outside.
"Red the phone's ringing. You might want to answer it." Spike grinned as he and the slayer were left outside.
"I know that it's none of my business but why are you hangin' out with Red? Are you shaggin' her?"
"Ha. No I'm not shaggin' Red." He lit a cigarette and then continued. "I can't 'urt humans, this group called the Initiative caught me and put a chip in my head." He was blowing smoke in rings. "If you don't mind my asking why were you in jail?" He took a drag.
"For awhile I was working for the mayor. I had killed a man and went insane. B put me into a coma, and I woke up caused some trouble on my way to LA. I got hired to kill Angel, after that B came and ripped Angel up and I turned myself in to start redeeming for my crimes."
"You were hired to kill, Peaches?" He couldn't help but laugh. He put the cigarette out.
"Yep, I tried to get him to kill me but he wouldn't do it." She became very sad at the memory. Spike noticed and pulled her into a tight, but not too tight, hug.
I feel more wanted after Red came, I'm so glad that she decided to help me, and be my friend. "Spike, has Willow always been this nice? I mean even to those people that are cruel to her or her friends?"
"Well she did save Angelus, and took me in when no one else would and has been a true friend. So yeah I would say that's she's always been nice."
"Hey guys why don't you guys come in it's been a long day. Plus I don't know who's going to be walking around....and I don't mean vamps." Willow looked at the two in front of her and thought She giggled to herself as she closed the door behind them.