Faith stared into the mirror, completely lost in thought. She had tried to hurt the people who tried to help her. And then she ran.
I've been looking in the mirror for so long
That I've come to believe my soul's on the other side
Buffy, well Buffy had known she was like this before she even knew the brunette. And Willow had trusted her and demanded Buffy try to accept Faith. Faith was Xander's first and she had used him. Wes had tried to teach her and she tortured him. Giles had had hopes for her and she had shattered them. Faith hated herself and she hated everything she had become. She smashed the mirror with her left hand. All the little pieces fall and shatter
Shards of me too sharp to put me back to together
Too small to matter
But big enough to cut me into so many pieces
If I try to touch her and I bleed
I bleed and I breathe I breathe I breathe no more
Her life had started wrong. Now she had only continued that wrong and now everyone hurt. She had tried not to get close but she did and now she hurt too. She had always hurt but now she couldn't ignore the pain. Faith couldn't ignore the need to bleed.
Take a breath and I try to draw from my spirits well
Yet again you refuse to drink like a stubborn child
Lie to me
Convince me that I've been sick forever
And all of this
Will make sense when I get better
They thought they knew Faith, all bark and no bite. They thought they knew Faith, a homicidal bitch who deserved to die. And yet no one could even imagine the real Faith.
But I know the difference
Between myself and my reflection
I just can't help but to wonder
Which of us do you love
But even if they never knew Faith they had taken her with open arms. She had never been loved and accepted before. And when Buffy put a knife in her gut she knew she could never be loved again.
So I bleed
I bleed
And I breathe
I breathe now...
Bleed
I bleed
And I breathe
I breathe
I breathe
I breathe no more
Silently, Faith walked aimlessly out of the mirror and into the streets.