Spike walked back to his crypt. He hoped Faith would still be there. She was.

"Hey, I've been waiting for you."

"I need to talk to you Faith.

"Talking's no fun." Faith tried to kiss Spike but he dodged her lips.

"I like you Faith, but there's a girl back at the Magic Shop and she may not be slayer anymore but she still has all this power over me. I don't know if I love her. A couple hours ago I would have sworn I did, but I don't know anymore."

"You're a vamp, who would you swear to? God? That's a good one."

"Can we get back to the bleeding point? This isn't easy for me; I'm not William the Bloody Bad Poet anymore. I'm not really all that 'express yourself' so I'd appreciate it if you'd let me talk"

"Alright, alright… talk."

"I'm confused right now and it wouldn't be right for me to use you like that. Listen to me I'm a sodding vampire and here I am concerned about using people, using slayers for that matter. But something inside me just won't let me do it."

"I don't mind really. Go ahead and use me. You've got the go ahead now so you don't have to be all concerned about being fair to me."

"I never said it was you that it wouldn't be fair to. But that's not the point because I know you do care. I know because you and me are the same."

"That's a good one. Us? The same? A vampire and slayer, yeah I see the similarities."

"We are. We're both conflicted between what we are and what we should be. We both struggle with good and evil. We're both too strong for our own good sometimes, and we both want to be accepted into a group that never wanted us, still doesn't."

"So maybe it's time we stopped doing what's right for them and started doing what's right for us, and that's us. We're right for us Spike."

"Are you sure? Because I'm not and I don't' think that's a mistake I can afford to make."

"What are you so afraid of Spike? Just try it. Let go of all these inhibitions that you shouldn't have anyway, and take me. Just forget everything and take me, and if that doesn't convince you that we're right for each other then go, go back to Buffy and I'll go back to jail leaving Buffy as slayer."



"Nothing. I can't believe we translated that entire prophecy and it gave us no information on how to make Buffy slayer again." Wesley announced the findings to the group.

"Well the powers did say Buffy wasn't supposed to become slayer again." Anya reminded the group.

"I thought you said theses Power people said I was supposed to become slayer again. Why are we making me slayer again of I'm not supposed to be."

"Well you weren't supposed to become slayer again, but now you are." Xander attempted to clarify for Buffy."

"Umm…yeah…huh?"

"In the beginning it was known that you would come back to life as you were before you were slayer. It was a reward for your bravery, but it wasn't known that the world would be left slayerless and so the Powers need you to be slayer again and you'll receive your reward at a later time." Giles expanded on Xander's nonsensical explanation.

"See now that's an explanation. You couldn't have said that? Well I mean, same thing in a few less words anyhow." Buffy looked at Xander.

"It's Faith." Willow said bluntly.

"Faith?" Tara asked her girlfriend.

"The psycho slayer that tried to kill everyone and stole Buffy's body and is supposed to make her slayer again. Where have you been?" Anya informed Tara.

"Anya, I think Tara knows who Faith is." Xander reminded Anya.

"Well then why'd she ask."?

"She wanted to..." Xander turned away from Anya and faced Willow. "What does Faith have to do with the prophecy?"

"Well if the prophecy doesn't tell us what to do and none of the other books tell us what to do because this wasn't expected, then Faith must know and she's just holding out on us. It's the only explanation."

"Faith wouldn't do that." Angel stood up for the slayer.

"Oh Faith would totally do that." Cordellia stood by Willow. "She thinks she won't have to go back to jail if Buffy doesn't become slayer again."

"But Faith has changed, she's good now."

"Well maybe she's rationalizing this just like she rationalized killing the deputy mayor, or terrorizing all of Sunnydale, or poisoning you to distract Buffy from the Mayor turning into a giant snake. She was good before all of that too but she's not exactly stable girl." Cordellia reminded the vampire.

"So Faith could be a danger again." Wesley always had trouble dealing with Faith's turning evil, he blamed himself, he was responsible for her, but he also knew that he couldn't let that show.

Willow couldn't resist she had to say it, "Told you so."