Had some trouble writing the second half of this, thanks to Wordpad conking out on me a few times and losing everything.

Ah well, still managed to finish it up pretty fast right?



It wasn't long before Faith came out from the cage, in all her fuzzy glory. She was twice as beautiful as I remembered, not to mention a lot more wolf-like. How hadn't I made the connection before? I feel so silly.

"Good lord..." Giles muttered, taking a few steps forward. Faith growled in warning, inching a little closer to me. I had to hold back a snicker.

"I forgot to mention that she isn't very fond of other people..."

"Why doesn't she mind you then?" Willow frowned.

"I'm not sure... I'll have to ask her in the morning."

"Hm." She nodded, crossing her arms. "Just don't let her in your bed again, because she'll be all naked when she wakes remember? Unless you want that."

What the hell??

Faith growled at her in a way that kind of sounded like a warning, and took another few steps closer to me. Giles crossed his arms and gave me a weird look.

"You're sure she isn't violent?" He asked, sort of looking back and forth between me and the tranquilizer gun on the desk. Faith let out a weird barking sound, her fur bristling up on her back. Giles jumped back and held his hands up all defensively, I guess in case she attacked.

"I'm positive. She didn't try to hurt anybody the last time I saw her like this... Well, she kind of snapped at my mom, but that was only because there was food involved and she was starving." I shrugged, bending down to scratch behind her ears because I remember she loved it before.

Suddenly she growled, running to the doors to keep an eye on them. Xander came running in a few seconds later, his clothes all shredded but thankfully blood free - from what I can tell at least.

"Xander!" Willow screamed, running up to him.

"No... Oz... Chasing me..." He panted, grabbing her and tugging her away from the doors as a very wolfy Oz came bursting through them. Faith charged him, making sure he didn't get too close to any of us. I'd be all proud of how brave she is if I wasn't currently terrified for her safety.

"Giles, gun!!" I shouted, tugging on Oz's tail to distract him before he hurts my possibly-soon-to-be-girlfriend. He already got a few good scrapes and bite marks in, damn it...

"Um... Oh, yes, of course!" Giles stuttered, grabbing the gun and tossing it to me. He could have used it himself, but whatever.

"Hey! Wolf boy!" I shouted, still trying to get his attention. Faith is being stubborn, refusing to get far enough away for me to get a good shot in. It's like they're playing some weird cat and mouse game, going in circles and stuff. Maybe she'd listen to me if I tried talking to her? Well it's my only shot I guess. "Faith! Faith get out of the way, I need a clean shot!"

I guess she can understand, because she finally caved and ran over to me. Once she was far enough away I fired, hitting Oz right in the left shoulder. He stumbled but kept on running, so I had to get him again, this time right in the back since he changed course. That seemed to do the trick, as he finally collapsed.

"Xander, what happened??" Willow asked, running over to her fallen furry boyfriend.

"I dunno... I was just on my way here... And suddenly got jumped once I reached the doors... Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to just sit over here and have a heart attack." But just as he turned to take a seat he noticed Faith. "Hey, who's this little guy?"

Oh this so isn't going to end well for him...

"You might not want to do that." I warned, as he bent down to pet her.

"Why not?" Faith then snapped at his hand, just barely missing it as he noticed and managed to pull away in time. "Woah! Hey, bad dog! No bitey the hand that pets you..."

"That's Faith." Willow grumbled, helping me to drag Oz into the cage. Why does she seem so bitter all of a sudden? "So be careful, Buffy is the only one allowed to touch her."

"You okay, Wills?" I ask. She just shrugs it off as we lay Oz down and walk out of the cage, closing and locking it behind us.

"Sure, why wouldn't I be?"

Somehow that hasn't managed to convince me. What's up with her? She seemed fine earlier... Maybe she has something against Faith? But that wouldn't make sense, she seemed okay with the two of us being together, even tried to push me into asking her out. What could be the problem then?

"Uh... I don't know. Must just be paranoid." I laughed. I guess it came out sounding really strange or something because now Faith is giving me a weird look. You wouldn't think a wolf would be capable of understanding the situation, let alone find it amusing, but I've seen crazier things in my day.

"So... Wait a second. You're telling me that this dog here is going to turn into a very attractive brunette by morning?" Xander asked, receiving a surprisingly fierce glare from Willow. "Never mind."

"Maybe me and Faith should just go back home..."

"But we didn't finish our study session." Willow frowned, continuing to confuse the hell out of me. What's her deal?

"We can pick it up some other time. I mean, don't you want to stay here to keep an eye on Oz?" That got her. "I'll be back tomorrow at sunset. If he isn't here, I'm scouring the town back to back so I can find him and drag his ass in."

"I'm sure it was just an accident tonight, Buff." Xander shrugged. I noticed he's putting a lot of distance between the two of us, no doubt worried about Faith since he's totally keeping his eyes on her. Oh well, people will figure out soon enough that she won't hurt them.

"Yeah. Let's just make sure there isn't another 'accident' tomorrow."

I don't know why I'm being so bitchy, I guess Willow is just being so weird it's starting to get to me. I need to get out of here before I make things any worse.


Anyways, later that night I brought Faith down to the basement so she could go to sleep. She tried jumping up into bed with me, but there's no way I want a repeat of last time, so off she went. But then at around three in the morning...

"Oh good lord!!"

Mom?? Thank god I wasn't asleep or else I wouldn't have heard anything....

I ran into her room to see what was wrong, only to find wolf Faith standing on her bed staring her in the face. I thought I put her to bed!! Why does she have to be so damn stubborn...

"Faith!" I shouted. She just turned to look at me, then turned back to look at mom, not bothering to move.

"Buffy.... Why is she on my bed..."

"I don't know, she must want something." I walked over to the side of the bed, about to move her from it, when she looked up at me and whined. I stopped and looked at her, watching as she jumped down and walked over to the door. "Maybe she's hungry?"

She let out a bark, and I must be going crazy here because it sounded a lot like a 'yes'.

"I might as well put something together for her, otherwise I get the feeling she'll be back." Mom sighed, getting up to follow Faith down to the kitchen.

"Make sure you leave the basement door open for her so she can get down there when she's done!" I called out after them, before going back to my room and making sure the door was closed, heading to bed to hopefully get some sleep this time.


I woke up the next morning feeling oddly comforted. And warm. And is that an arm around me?

FAITH!!!! How the hell did she even get in here?! My door was closed! Hey... It's still closed, that's weird.

I slowly turned around so I was facing her, and noticed she was fast asleep. And snoring. I'm trying not to look at her body, since of course she's all naked and over the covers and everything, by just staring at her face. She really is beautiful... I found myself tracing my fingers across her cheeks, where her dimples appear when she smiles at me. That's when she opened her eyes.

".... B?" She mumbled, gazing over at me in confusion. I blushed and moved my hand away.

"'Morning, naked girl."

"Damn... I'm sorry, I don't even... I don't know why I came in here, I don't have a whole lot of restraint when I'm wolfed out..." Aww now she looks all bashful, tugging the blanket up around herself and not meeting my eyes.

"Faith, it's okay." I smiled. "I mean... I'm not exactly complaining..."

"So what is that supposed to mean?"

"I'm not sure." Yeah, that blush isn't going away any time soon. "All I know is that... I kind of like the thought of you being naked in my bed."

I can't believe I just said that!! Oh she's so going to laugh at me, and things will get awkward, and she's going to move away and i'll never see her again! I'm such an idiot!

"Are you sure about this, B? 'Cause I know you, you want a relationship, and I do too but I'm not really experienced in relationships so I'm gonna fuck shit up, and I don't wanna hurt you or nothin'..."

"You want a relationship?" I couldn't help the stupid smile that broke out on my face. She didn't laugh in my face, she actually wants the same thing, and she's being all shy about it, it's so cute!

"Well yeah, don't you?"

"Of course I do."

"So then what are we supposed to do?"

"Well, maybe you can start by kissing me..."

She nodded and started to slowly lean in to me. Maybe it wasn't all that slow but it sure felt like it, so I gave up and closed the distance between us myself, pressing my lips to her soft pouty ones. She seemed surprised at first, but it only lasted a second before she started kissing me back. It felt way more incredible than in the dream, though that was pretty incredible too.

It's like I'm about to explode it feels so amazing! Faith must think so too because she just moaned against my mouth and climbed up on top of me. I wrapped my arms around her, trying to tug her closer. That's when the realization hit me - she's still naked, and oh god do I want to be naked too...

I took one of her hands and eased it up under my pajama top to cup one of my breasts, the nipple immediately getting hard against her palm. She groaned and bucked her hips up into me. I could feel her warmth through the blanket and the thin material of my panties, which just turned me on even more. She was just about to take my top off when suddenly...

"Oh my god! BUFFY?!"

Mom...?!