Disclaimer: I do not own cowboy bebop, nor will I ever…oh god why does my life suck…

Prologue

Jet woke from his nap on the couch when a door slammed and Faye walked past slowly. Her eyes were focused on the wall in front of her. She walked as if her feet were weighing her down. Jet ignored her depressed display and sat up.

" Bell peppers are gone. Ein devoured them. There's some Ramon if you - hey I'm talking to you!" Jet shouted seeing that Faye wasn't listening and it seemed she didn't even notice him

Faye walked down the hall aimlessly. Her footsteps quickened as she neared Spike's room.

' None of this ever happened. He never left...the stupid lunkhead is going to be right there in his room...and he will probably be mad that I even went near his room.' Faye thought pushing the door open and letting her hopes fall at the sight of an empty room

There were a few boxes. Some opened, some closed. Jet had packed up everything two days after Spike left. The twin bed had become layered with dust and the boxes had become homes to spiders. Faye only looked at the floor and took a deep breath. Jet stood behind her and sighed as he leaned against the wall.

" Did you find him?" Jet asked breaking the eerie silence

Faye kept her eyes on the ground. She pondered on whether or not to tell him. There was a sudden anger towards Jet that filled her.

" Yeah, h-he was dead. Always has been." She said walking away from the empty room

" I'm not going to say I told you so bu-"

" YOU JUST DID!" Faye exploded keeping her back to Jet

" You knew he was dead Faye! You did this to yourself! DON'T BLAME THIS ON ME!" Jet shouted pushing Faye against the wall and poking at her shoulder with every word

" I don't have to. You know what you did." She said quietly maneuvering around Jet and making her way to her room.

Jet was left to stare at the wall. There was no way to tell who's fault it was or if any one was to blame. Faye lay down and fell right to sleep. For the first time in three weeks, maybe she will get a full night's.

Faye sat on the department store floor. The store was freezing. Looking down, Faye felt no surprise or happiness to see Spike's head resting in her lap.

" Yo." he sad yawning and scratching his head, " How long was I out?"

" All your life... but your awake now." Faye looked out the window only to see blue skies, everything was blue but it didn't faze her a bit, " Did you mean it? What you said?"

Spike stood, there was no blood on his shirt. There was no blood anywhere. Faye waited for Spike to answer. He only stretched and dusted off his clothes.

" What? The 'I love you' thing? Fuck no." He said coldly, dusting off his arms and shoulders

" W-what?" Faye stood slowly and tried to make eye contact with Spike but there as no way.

" Why the hell would I?" Faye started to shake and Spike took a step closer

" You said-"

" I said I loved Julia. You're smarter than that Faye. I went to her, not you. Now, I need you to wake up." Faye frowned and looked away.

Spike cupped Faye's cheek and forced her to look at him. A smug smirk played on his lips.

" You need to wake up. Cause I love you." he mocked pushing Faye against the wall and shaking her from the dream

Faye shot up and looked around her dark room. Ed's red hair and big eyes stood out boldly. For a few minutes Faye only stared at Ed. She looked wide-awake.

" What do you want E-"

" HAPPY BIRTHDAY ED!!!" Ed shouted pulling two cupcakes out from behind her, "Ed is fourteen now Faye Faye."

Faye gladly took the cupcake and couldn't help but smirk a little. The thought of Ed even having a birthday had never crossed her mind. Ed smiled and blew out the candle on her cupcake.

" I wished for Spike-person to come back." Ed leaned forward as if her wish was a secret

' I didn't ask you!' Faye thought, her eye twitched a little with annoyance

" Did you find Spike-person? " Ed asked staying in her leaned forward position

" Yeah, He was dead. Like Jet said. Dead." Faye shook remembering the dream

" Ed doesn't believe you." Ed said cheerfully standing she half tip toed half danced her way to the door, " Ed thinks Faye person doesn't believe Faye-Faye either."

It took Faye a minute of thinking to understand what Ed meant. Shaking her head, Faye lay back down and curled up into a ball.

" I know he is dead. I watched him die. Come on Faye. This is Ed that is getting you all freaked out...and now you are talking to yourself." Faye held onto her pillow and sighed, "Where do we go from here?"