A.N. Okay here's a quick update…hope you enjoy. Thanks for all the support guys, it means the world! Please read and review!!

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The next morning I woke up and the first thing I noticed was how much better I felt. The second thing I noticed was that Faith had somehow managed to fall asleep in the uncomfortable chair. She managed to get the rail on the side of the bed to go down and had rested her head on the bed next to my hip. Her hands were still wrapped around mine and I had never felt so happy in my life. A moment later, she was woken up suddenly when Dawn came crashing into the room yelling at someone in the other room. Faith blinked and rubbed her eyes as Dawn launched herself onto the bed and hugged me.

"Fuckin' dinosaurs," Faith mumbled, still half asleep.

"I could kill Willow and Kennedy for not telling me until this morning. Are you okay?" she asked as she settled on the edge of the bed. She looked at Faith quizzically suddenly. "Did you just call me a dinosaur?"

Faith shook her head. "Dream."

I raised an eyebrow. "Dawn, I'm fine. What's with all the commotion?"

She sighed. "I just heard that you lost a lot of blood and Kennedy had to carry you in because you were unconscious. That kind of thing makes a sister worry."

Faith stood up and rubbed her eyes. She jutted a thumb over her shoulder. "B, I'm gonna go."

I shook my head. "Faith, stay, please? At least until they let me out?"

She looked surprised but sat back down and waited. I turned to Dawn. "Dawn, can you go get the doctor and get him to come in here? I'm ready to go home."

She looked at me for a moment and then at Faith and then back to me and she nodded. "Are you sure you're okay?"

I nodded my head. "I just want to go home and take a shower and go to sleep."

I glanced down at Faith who had her arms folded next to me and had her head resting on her arms. She had her eyes closed and a little smile on her lips. I reached out and ran a hand over her hair gently and she smiled wider though didn't open her eyes.

"Dinosaurs?" I asked.

She smiled, eyes still closed, but remained silent. Interesting.

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An hour later Dawn got off the elevator on her floor and hugged me carefully. "Call me later?"

I nodded and ran a hand over her hair. "Of course."

She smiled and left me and Faith in the elevator for one more floor. I handed her my keys as we neared my door and she opened it to let us both in. We headed for the bedroom where I managed to get my shoes off without too much trouble. "Do you mind sticking around for a while? I don't want to be alone if I slip and fall in the shower. I'm still a little out of it."

She nodded her head. "Yeah, sure."

I moved to stand in front of her and reached a hand out and placed it on her cheek. She searched my eyes for a moment until I leaned in and kissed her lightly. "I'm just not the same without you."

She gave me this really soft smile and placed a hand over mine, turning her head just enough to place a kiss on my palm.

When I emerged from the shower a little while later, I found Faith sound asleep on my bed. Her boots and socks placed carefully next to the bed and her jacket was slung over the back of a chair. She looked so cute all curled up so I did my best to not wake her as I slid her under the blankets and slid into bed next to her. I curled up so she was behind me and a moment later her arms were around me and we both drifted off to sleep.

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When I woke a few hours later I was shivering. It was nothing new to me. Having slept with Faith for months it was something I grew accustomed to. She hated covers. Sworn enemies apparently.

I took a moment to sit up slowly and I caught sight of her. She'd somehow removed her jeans in her ploy to remove all blankets from the bed and to see her sound asleep dressed in a white wifebeater and boy shorts was almost too much for me. Her dark hair was a stark contrast against the white sheets and pillows on the bed and I smiled as I took it all in. It had been so long since we'd just slept together that I didn't know what to think when I woke up and found her still sound asleep in bed next to me.

"Like what you see?" she asked sleepily.

I smiled. "Always have."

She rolled over and slung an arm around me and pulled me close. "I missed this."

"Me too," I told her.

She slid a hand under the hem of my tank and ran her fingers over my tummy gently, careful to avoid my injury from the night before. I rolled my eyes and grabbed her hand, removing it.

She smiled, eyes still closed and ran her hand up my leg. It was all I could do to once again remove her hand from my body. Her touch was too good.

"Faith stop," I told her gently with a smile.

Her eyes opened and she shot me a confused look. "You really want me to stop touching you?"

"No," I replied honestly. "But you should."

"Why?" she asked, fully awake now.

"Just because I'm single doesn't mean we can jump right back into what we were," I told her. "We need to go slow."

"Why?"

I smiled and leaned over to kiss her cheek. "Last time we went all out right away and you freaked out when we came down. I don't want that to happen again."

"It won't," she told me seriously.

I smiled wider. "I really think it's the right thing to do."

Faith thought a moment and finally nodded her head. "Okay, B. We'll go slow."

"Will you take me on dates?" I asked with a grin.

Faith laughed and pulled me even closer. I closed my eyes and reveled in the feeling. "Of course."

"Good." I snuggled into her and breathed in her entire being. I'd never been so happy.

"Good," she repeated. "Now go back to sleep."

"Kay," I replied happily and closed my eyes, sleep finding me quickly.

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A.N. I know it's short, but wanted to get this part out so you'd know that I'm working on it! Please let me know what you thought! Thanks for reading! 3