Chapter 2 -
Faith aimlessly stirred the cereal in the bowl in front of her.
"You ok Faith?" Josh asked as he sat down
"Five by Five" Faith replied half-heartedly
"What's bugging you Faith, is it Buffy?"
Faith's head jerked up and she looked at him with anger
"Wouldn't you like that?"
"What do you mean?" Josh asked
"You can't wait till something goes wrong between us"
"I am not"
Faith stood up and stared down at him "You are, you think you know what's going on
and you think she's no good for me"
"I'm just looking out for you Faith"
"I deserved that knife in my gut, Josh, I had it coming if anything she doesn't deserve
me" Faith turned and stormed out the room.
"Hey baby" Buffy said giving Faith a kiss
"How was school"
"Same old same old, sit, listen, be bored, think about my girlfriend"
Faith smiled "Cool"
"You ok, you seem kinda, I dunno, depressed"
"Yea, Josh and I had a fight today"
"Sibling rivalry at it best, you didn't hurt him did you?"
"No"
"Good, I'm sure it'll blow over"
"He thinks your no good for me B" Buffy turned round and smiled at Faith
"He doesn't know what he's talking about Faith"
"That's what I said"
"He's just looking out for you"
"your taking his side"
"No I'm-"
"You are" Faith shook her head and walked out the room leaving a confused Buffy
standing alone.
"Hey watch were you going" Josh said as Faith rammed past him
"Bite me" Faith replied
Josh opened the door to Faiths room "What did you say to her?" He asked Buffy
"Funny, I was going to as you the same thing"
"I'm just looking out for her"
"Something's up with her Josh, I'm worried, and quite frankly us fighting isn't going to
help, you'll just have to accept that I'm here, for good"
"I know that, doesn't mean I have to like it. Faiths been a little edgy the last couple of
days, it was around this time of year her mother died.."
{{"Holy shit" Faith looked around the dingy apartment, it was a mess, well worse than
usual, she dumped the shopping on the counter and looked around wondering what the
hell had happened, 'maybe some drug dealer came to collect' she thought. She felt her
foot slip out from under her, she looked down and saw blood, too much of it, crimson
and shining she heard a noise and turned to see her Father walk into the room grinning.
"Mommy won't be home for awhile sweetie, she needed to take a nap" Faith felt a
lump rise in her throat and she bolted out the door as fast as her eight year old legs
could take her.}}
Faith aimlessly stirred the cereal in the bowl in front of her.
"You ok Faith?" Josh asked as he sat down
"Five by Five" Faith replied half-heartedly
"What's bugging you Faith, is it Buffy?"
Faith's head jerked up and she looked at him with anger
"Wouldn't you like that?"
"What do you mean?" Josh asked
"You can't wait till something goes wrong between us"
"I am not"
Faith stood up and stared down at him "You are, you think you know what's going on
and you think she's no good for me"
"I'm just looking out for you Faith"
"I deserved that knife in my gut, Josh, I had it coming if anything she doesn't deserve
me" Faith turned and stormed out the room.
"Hey baby" Buffy said giving Faith a kiss
"How was school"
"Same old same old, sit, listen, be bored, think about my girlfriend"
Faith smiled "Cool"
"You ok, you seem kinda, I dunno, depressed"
"Yea, Josh and I had a fight today"
"Sibling rivalry at it best, you didn't hurt him did you?"
"No"
"Good, I'm sure it'll blow over"
"He thinks your no good for me B" Buffy turned round and smiled at Faith
"He doesn't know what he's talking about Faith"
"That's what I said"
"He's just looking out for you"
"your taking his side"
"No I'm-"
"You are" Faith shook her head and walked out the room leaving a confused Buffy
standing alone.
"Hey watch were you going" Josh said as Faith rammed past him
"Bite me" Faith replied
Josh opened the door to Faiths room "What did you say to her?" He asked Buffy
"Funny, I was going to as you the same thing"
"I'm just looking out for her"
"Something's up with her Josh, I'm worried, and quite frankly us fighting isn't going to
help, you'll just have to accept that I'm here, for good"
"I know that, doesn't mean I have to like it. Faiths been a little edgy the last couple of
days, it was around this time of year her mother died.."
{{"Holy shit" Faith looked around the dingy apartment, it was a mess, well worse than
usual, she dumped the shopping on the counter and looked around wondering what the
hell had happened, 'maybe some drug dealer came to collect' she thought. She felt her
foot slip out from under her, she looked down and saw blood, too much of it, crimson
and shining she heard a noise and turned to see her Father walk into the room grinning.
"Mommy won't be home for awhile sweetie, she needed to take a nap" Faith felt a
lump rise in her throat and she bolted out the door as fast as her eight year old legs
could take her.}}