"Hello, yes Mr. Giles, yes one minute please" Joyce yelled at Faith to answer Giles on the phone
"Hey, what's up G-man, yeah sure, I'll be there in 20 min, ok, bye" Faith ran down stair to the kitchen
"Mrs. Summers, Giles called a meeting, I will go now and I think there is a big bad in town, so I may be late, do you want anything before I go?" Faith asked with a small smile
"No, thanks honey, but take care and don't do something reckless" Joyce said with a concerned smile
Faiths with a spontaneous action leaned down and give Joyce a kiss on her cheeks, when her senses came back, she looked at Joyce with embracement and ran out the door, but before she could go away Joyce held her arm and pulled her to a furious hug. Faith didn't resist her; she pulled her tighter and starts crying, Joyce didn't say anything, she just held the girl tight and comfort her. Seconds later Faith pulled away, she was shaking; she looked hesitantly to Joyce eyes but didn't say anything. She grabbed her jacket and went to the door, then she looked again to Joyce but this time she found the words.
"Thanks Mrs. Summers, I really feel stupid, I don't even know why I was crying" She was blushing
"We all needs shoulder to cry on Faith, its not stupid, you think I don't cry or Buffy, PLEASE she's whining all the time" they smiled a little "And you not knowing why you are crying for doesn't mean you don't have a reason for it, but you keep everything deep inside you that sometimes even you cant reach them when you want and you must try to let any one help you" Joyce looked at her with a genuine smile "Anyway you already late for Giles and we don't want him to be mad but we will continue this talking after you come"
Faith was the latest to arrive, Giles didn't say anything and he wasn't mad, they all sit waiting for him to speak. Faith noticed that there is a new face in the group but she could guess 'Since no one cares to introduce her' that the blonde playing with Xander's hair was his girlfriend. One month had past and some things will never change, she stills the outcaste, the murderer but after all she couldn't blame them.
"So G-man what's the what?" Faith said getting to the point
"Well, thanks for asking Faith, actually it's about the council" They all show a boring face
"What do they want this time?" Buffy asked
"Apparently there is demons migration toward Sunnydale; they are trying to analyze the circumstances that lead for this development" Giles took a deep breath
"This means that we should see more vampires but I didn't notice any increase in the numbers" Buffy said
"Me neither" Faith shrugged
"Well, maybe this is due to the fact that both of you patrol alone, anyway this is not confirmed yet, so I want both of you to patrol together tonight and search for anything different , mm, like strange demons or demons gathering, anything you can find"
"Ok, but I'm not working with those bastards, and that's a statement" Faith said with anger
"Faith lets see what we have and then decide the best for us" Buffy said with calm voice and stand from her seat walking toward the door, she stopped and looked to Faith "Ready F?" she smiled at her
"Babe, I was born ready" she smiled back "later guys"
Patrol wasn't fun, they didn't kill one damn vampire, not one, there was uncomfortable silence between them and neither tried to break it, not until Faith spoke.
"You know, I've been thinken" Faith stopped to see why Buffy was laughing that hard
"Sorry Faith, it's just that you and thinking, you know" she was still laughing
"No I don't know Buffy, so why don't you tell me" Faith said with hurt expression
"Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to upset you, I was joking around, you know" Buffy felt stupid "So, you were thinking what?" Buffy tried to seem serious
"Nothing B, forget it" Faith wasn't mad
"Look Faith, I'm really sorry, I didn't mean it that way" she pouts a little and gives her puppy eyes "Please, tell me please" She linked her arm with the younger slayer one.
"Alright, alright, JEEZ B, you and your puppy eyes" Faith said trying to act annoyed but with a smile "So, I've been thinken, how we are both slayers and we now live in the same house, you know, technically and I know I did a lot of things to you but…" Faith was cut off by Buffy
"You want us to try and be friends" it was a statement more than a question
"Well, that would be the short version of my speech" Faith now felt like running, she was mentally slapping her face "I really should learn when to put my foot on my mouth. Look B, I'm sorry, would you forget what I just said? Its cool really"
"Faith I'm"
"It's ok"
"Look i…."
"You don't have to say anything, i……"
"WILL YOU SHUTUP AND LET ME FINISH" Buffy yelled with all her strength and two vampire just jump on them, Buffy punch one on the face throwing him on a tombstone, while Faith was still struggling with the other vampire.
"Damn it Buffy, you wake the dead, why did you have to scream" Faith was breathing heavily after dusting her vampire, she stand there watching Buffy fighting the other one.
"Well, if you didn't go with the babbling I would said what I want in one second" Buffy throw several punches while sweeping her legs under his to throw him in the floor and with one move he was dust.
"Wow, you sure rock girlfriend" Faith said grinning with amusement, but she found Buffy staring at her
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't say that" Faith didn't know really what was she sorry for.
"No, no, it's just that, I didn't hear you calling me that for a long time, I guess I really missed that"
"Me too actually" Faith was mumbling
"So, we were talking about our friendship" Buffy stated and Faith looked at the ground "Ok, let's see, what's your definition for friendship?"
"Huh?" Faith looked at Buffy raising her eye brow
"I mean, what do you need in a friend? How could you tell if this is your friend?"
"Gee Buffy, I don't know, I really don't think that much" she pause for a minute trying to think "Friends hang out, do stuff and help each other, right?" She looked at Buffy with concern
"Yeah, but that's not all, friends listen, advise and trust each other, can you trust me Faith?"
"I think I do, in a level" Faith was hesitant and unsure
"What do you mean by that?" Buffy knew exactly what she meant but all she wants was for Faith to open up for her, she really wanted to understand the girl, to see the true Faith.
"Look Buffy, all my life I had no one that I can trust, for me it was always like 'I mind my businesses'; even if there was people around to help me it end when 'my things doesn't click with theirs'. So trust, love, care all those for me are just crap and bullshit" She paused and look aside for a moment, Buffy saw a lot of emotions in those brown eyes that she thought could never see, then Faith started to talk again "If you asking me if I believe you will never hurt me without a reason, then yea I trust you" Faith smiled slightly
"That's enough for me as a start" she smiled to her "what do you say we make it a girl night?" Buffy asked with enthusiasm.
"What do you mean?"
"We go home together, eat Pizza and watch a movie, maybe chat a little, you know like sleep over"
"Ok, that would be cool and I will let you play with my play station" Faith said with amusement "I have this new game, wicked cool B, it's about demons and zombies and guess what you can choose your warrior and dress him….." Faith go on and on talking about all her games, Buffy was looking at her with surprise, it was like watching a kid bragging of what he got for Christmas.