"Doing some renovating Giles?" Buffy smirked as they trooped into the Watcher's apartment. His living room had been cleared of all of its usual books and statues and the bookshelves that lined the walls looked bare and lonely.
"Wha-oh uh, no, I just wasn't sure if the uh baby, with the books," Giles said beckoning them all into the living room.
"Aww Giles were you worried that the itty bitty baby would ruin your books," Willow teased.
"Well some of them are priceless artefacts," Giles spluttered.
"Faithy you wouldn't ruin any of Giles' previous books would you?" Buffy said holding the baby out in front of her.
"No," Faith giggled.
"See and how could you not trust that face?" Buffy asked pushing Faith close to Giles' face.
"Although to be fair to Giles she did also say no to Faith do you have drool all over your face and Faith is that you I can smell both of which were true, so I don't know how credible her answers can be," Xander piped up.
"Regardless I thought it would be wise for me to remove them all so she couldn't pull them off," Giles said.
"So Giles we're all going crazy with suspense here, what did you find?" Willow asked as they all moved over to his couch Buffy putting Faith on the floor and handing her her keys to play with.
"Well I've been consulting my books and I've come to the conclusion that if we could perhaps hypothesise what is was that Faith 'lost' that caused her to revert back to this state and then go from there. I would even hazard a guess that if we fulfilled whatever it was that she lost that it might even end whatever spell it is that she is under," Giles said shooting a glance at the baby who was shaking the keys making them jangle loudly and then looking up to Buffy to make sure the blonde was watching her.
"Not like we know all that much about Faith's past and she's been in jail for the last couple of years how on earth are we supposed to figure this out," Xander said flopping back down onto the couch.
"Could it be that Faith feels like she 'lost' a couple of years while she was in jail and in her coma and then maybe the demon kind of got confused and turned back too much time," Dawn suggested handing the keys back to Faith who had thrown them across the floor.
"Possibly," Giles mused looking round.
"You kind of wish you hadn't put all your books away don't you," Buffy smirked. Giles shot her a look before getting up and leaving the room, Faith crawling quickly after him.
"Giles look out for the baby shadow," Buffy called followed by a yelling from Giles and a crash.
"Oh my god I have horrible images of a squished baby right now," Willow said as Buffy got up and hurried off towards the commotion.
She found Giles on the floor half buried under a pile of books that had obviously been stacked neatly against the wall with the others that were still in their piles. Faith was watching on amused as she chewed on the corner of one of the books that had fallen from the pile as the Watcher tried to extricate himself from beneath the wreckage.
"Giles did your books band together and decide to revolt against you?" Buffy smirked as she reached a hand down to help him up.
"No, I heard you yell from the other room so I turned around and she was right underneath my feet so I of course tried to move out of the way to avoid stepping on her and then tripped over these insipid piles," Giles grumbled retrieving the book he had been looking for.
"Such a big bully," Buffy sing-songed picking Faith up and kissing her on the cheek whilst subtly using her foot to hide the book the infant had had in her mouth.
"Anyway Buffy as I was saying earlier we really should get to the root of what it is that Faith has 'lost'," Giles said.
"I don't know Giles; like Xander said we really don't know all that much about her."
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"Aww that was a nice kiss," Buffy smiled at the baby standing in her lap. Faith had just leaned forward and given her a sloppy kiss which consisted of the baby virtually putting Buffy's entire nose in her mouth. As she held onto Buffy's hands, Faith bounced up and down happily, giggling and babbling away.
"Someone's a happy baby this afternoon," Willow said coming into the living room with a bottle of baby formula.
"And why shouldn't we be. We have a clean diaper, clean clothes and about to have a nice bottle given to me by a pretty lady," Buffy smiled sitting Faith down on her lap.
"No," Faith said taking the bottle from Willow and sucking on it contentedly.
"Very happy that you are speaking now but once again not very reliable with said words," Willow said brushing a hand over the baby's hair, "Have you given any more thought to what Giles was talking about?" she asked the blonde Slayer.
Buffy sighed. In truth she had been thinking a lot about it ever since they had left Giles' place. She was pretty sure she had the answer but it wasn't a pleasant thought so she didn't like to think that it could be true.
"You know what it is don't you. You've got that I know something but I don't want to share look," Willow said pointing accusingly at her friend.
"I have an idea, maybe more of an inkling, but I don't even know if I'm correct, I'm assuming an awful lot in thinking what I am thinking," Buffy replied putting an arm around Faith as the infant leaned back into her so that she was still facing Willow but resting back against Buffy's chest.
"Well you have to tell me after that you can't be all tight lipped about it," Willow prodded Buffy in the shoulder.
"Her innocence," Buffy murmured leaning her chin down on top of the baby's head as she continued to drink from the bottle.
"Oh," Willow said leaning back against the couch taking in what the blonde had just said.
"Yeah," Buffy said breathing in Faith's scent. There was something about the distinctive baby smell, a mixture of baby powder, baby shampoo and natural pheromones that were calming and just made you want to hold that little human that little bit tighter to your body.
"How do we give her that back?" Willow asked.
"I don't know," Buffy mused stroking her hands softly over Faith's hair. Faith was done with her bottle and handed it back to Willow.
"You all finished Faithy?" Willow asked tweaking the baby's nose.
"No," Faith replied giving the redhead a gummy smile.
"No! No! I'll show you no," Buffy said lifting Faith above her head and blowing a raspberry on the infant's stomach causing Faith to let out a squeal of laughter.
"No no no," Faith squealed clapping her hands as Buffy held her up so she was standing in her lap again.
"Seriously, one of the cutest things I've ever seen," Willow said.
"Way too cute for her own good," Buffy agreed.
With her hands still held in Buffy's Faith leaned forward so her face was presed up against Buffy's delivering another sloppy kiss to the blonde's face.
"Mama."
A/N: Okay so I need your opinions. I need you to vote on whether or not you want to see Faith turned back into adult Faith. I will make my decision based solely on what you guys say.
Also I looked for ages for a picture of a baby that resembled baby Faith as how I pictured her and this is as close as I could get. I've put a link to it in my profile.
