..:: The Edge Of Revolution ::..
Disclaimer: Definitely not mine. If they were I would be writing a script right now.
Summary: Buffy´s prematurely death leads to Faith being called again. Can Willow, Xander, Wesley and Spike trust her?
A/N: Okay, forget the part about Wesley being a fraud. It never happened, okay?
Spoilers: None, really
Pairing: Xander/Faith
Rating: PG - 13 (Just in case)
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Xander was panting while he stared out at the ocean. The dream had been so vivid. That made it so scary. He was disturbed when he heard someone walk up behind him. He didn´t want to turn around, he didn´t want anyone to see his mental condition.
"I thought I would find you here" The voice was familiar. He recognized it, but couldn´t believe it
But, automatically he whirled around. When he saw her dirty face and her torn clothes he wondered if he was still dreaming
"Buffy" Xander said, backing away a bit
Buffy noticed as she stepped forward, making the boy back again
"Xander" She asked, her voice was breaking "Wha- What´s wrong?"
"You´re not here, you´re not real" Xander tried to convince himself. His eyes were getting teary. The dream usually started at the beach then ended in the cemetery and he couldn´t bear to see it again. It was breaking him mentally to see her die over and over again
"But, Xander I am" Buffy said as she noticed him stop she stepped forward to see no reaction from her friend "Can´t you feel me?"
Xander fought his breakdown. He stared at the ground for a minute then faced her again
"Ye - ss, I can" He stuttered
"I was brought back" Buffy said as she stepped forward and brushed his cheek slightly, Xander rested his head against her hand, feeling her.
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"Put these on" Xander was still shaking as he handed her a pair of shorts and a T-Shirt
"You mind if I take a shower first?" Buffy asked, "I feel kinda disgusted"
"That shouldn´t be a problem" Xander shrugged, "I believe you know where it is"
He noticed Buffy grin. He tried to smile himself or at least show a little expression but couldn´t. He was still shaking incredible. Maybe it was because he was still wearing the wet clothes but he was pretty sure it was because of the sudden surprise
"If I get lost you´ll send a search party" Buffy joked
"Count on it" Xander nodded
Xander hesitated
"I should call Willow" Xander said, "Let her know"
"You do that. I´m gonna go fresh up" Buffy said
Xander shaky hands reached for the phone
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The phone echoed in Xander´s apartment, Xander lashed out for it. Picking it up.
"Hello?" Xander greeted
"Xander.." Faith greeted, it sounded like a heavy burden had been lifted off her shoulders "I - I was just checking on you. You just disappeared"
"Yeah, sorry about that" Xander whispered into the phone
"Is something wrong?" Faith asked
Xander darted his eyes at Buffy who was walking out of the bathroom, drying her hair with a towel
"No. Not at all" Xander said
"Then, what is it? You had a second thought. Or was it just to get even?" Faith asked, a hint of pain in her voice
"No, gosh. Faith not at all" He whispered, he didn´t want the girls to know about each other. Not yet, at least.
"Something came up a - and you looked so peaceful. I didn´t want to wake you up" Xander said
"You sure it´s the truth?" Faith asked
"Stop being so unsure, I´m telling you the truth. Listen why don´t we go out tonight. Just you and me?" Xander asked
"And vampires?" Faith asked
"Well. We could. But I was thinking of lunch" Xander said
"Lunch, tonight?" Faith laughed
"Sorry. I´m not really good at this" Xander said
"What about now?" Faith asked
Xander grimaced "Actually, I can´t"
"Why not?" Faith asked
"Eh, Scooby meeting" Xander said
"Great I´ll come with you" Faith said
"No, don´t sweat. You just rest and I´ll give you the basic when I come over tonight" Xander said
Buffy sat down beside him. With a smile she leaned on his left shoulder.
"Listen I gotta go" Xander said
"Xander. You´re lying to me" Faith said
"I´ll talk to you tonight" Xander said as he hung up
"Who was that?" Buffy asked
"Eh, no one" Xander said as he stood up "You hungry?"
"Please, I´m starved" Buffy said as she followed him. She shot a glance in his refrigerator to see blood, nothing but blood.
"You on some kind of new diet?" Buffy asked
"I´m sorry, I must have run out of. everything" Xander shrugged, "It´s no problem"
He made his way toward to a closed bedroom. He quietly opened the door up. On the floor was pair of black jeans. Xander picked them up, digging into the pockets. A hand grabbed him by the wrist, making him drop the pants.
"Ah, Spike!" Xander whined "God damn it!"
"What are you doing?" Spike asked as he opened up his eyes to be greeted by Xander embarrassed expression
"Well. You see it all started this morning when I had a dream about Buffy and when I woke up at the beach she came to me. So I brought her back to my apartment and when I was gonna offer her some food I found out I didn´t have any" Xander said "So I was kinda hoping you could borrow me some money"
Spike slowly raised himself up, looking at the boy with so clear concern
"Xander, are you okay?" Spike asked as he kept staring at the kid, the concern written over his face
"She´s back, Spike" Xander said, gravely
"Did you get into a fight, last night?" Spike asked, "Did you suffer any concussion?"
"Don´t you believe, take a look yourself" Xander grabbed the vampire by his wrist, dragging him into the living room. Only wearing his boxers he saw her. She was sitting on the couch, staring back
"Buffy" Spike asked
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Xander entered his apartment, with full bag of groceries. The girls were there, Buffy, Willow, Dawn, Cordelia and Spike
He put the bag on the kitchen table, feeling very sorry for himself. Though he didn´t know what he could feel sorry about. Somehow he didn´t want to get sucked in their reunion. He just wanted to be left alone. Noticed when he wanted to be noticed.
"I'm gonna lie down for a while" Xander pointed at his bedroom. But no one noticed. They were too wrapped up in the happy hour
Xander choked back the sob that was desperately trying to escape his throat as he walked into his bedroom. Turning the lights off, blocking the window. He got under the covers and cried
When Buffy died it had brought him nothing but darkness, depression. And now it would be so difficult to climb out of that hole. Especially when no one saw him.
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Xander´s eyes fluttered open. He rolled over to check his alarm clock. It was nearly eleven pm. He cursed himself under his breath as he jumped up. Still fully clothed. He rushed out of his bedroom. The gang was still there. Sitting in the living room savouring on the groceries he had bought earlier.
"Umm" Dawn muttered with a full mouth of potato chips "Where are you going?"
"Just out. Don´t worry about me" Xander said as he grabbed his jacket and shoes and rushed out
"What the hell was that all about?" Buffy asked
Spike had his suspicious. But didn´t want to say anything, if Xander wanted them to know about Faith. He would tell them.
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Wesley opened the door after Xander´s desperate knocking.
"Hi, is Faith around?" Xander asked as he scanned the apartment
"As a matter of fact she´s not" Wesley stated
"Tell me where she is" Xander commanded
"She didn´t want you to know" Wesley crossed his arms "You left her devastated. Do you know that"
"Yeah, I´m aware of that" Xander said
Wesley took his time to study the boy. The boy was devastated himself, dried trail of tears were still visible on his face.
"On the other hand, are you okay?" Wesley asked
Xander was bit taken back by that question "Wesley. I want to trust you. But if I do you promise you won´t take it to Faith?"
Wesley nodded slightly
"Buffy was brought back. That´s why I couldn´t see her. I dreamt her and she found me in the same place where the dream happened. It kinda left me confused. I don´t want them to know about each other until everything is settled"
"Of course" Wesley said as he put on his glasses
"Then Faith was trying so hard to meet up, earlier. And I couldn´t I was taking care of Buffy which left Faith a bit hurt. I made plans tonight with her and then I slept over. Ahh-!" Xander groaned
"She´s slaying" Wesley met Xander´s eyes "Somewhere by the local morgue"
Xander started to run
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The final chapter is around the corner and for a change I´m gonna finish what I started. No matter if I don´t get any review.
Just to make my victory the happiest. I have one request. Please, review me. Everyone who´s reading this part right now can you spend a minute to save a poor girl´s self - esteem,
Krista (-=
Disclaimer: Definitely not mine. If they were I would be writing a script right now.
Summary: Buffy´s prematurely death leads to Faith being called again. Can Willow, Xander, Wesley and Spike trust her?
A/N: Okay, forget the part about Wesley being a fraud. It never happened, okay?
Spoilers: None, really
Pairing: Xander/Faith
Rating: PG - 13 (Just in case)
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Xander was panting while he stared out at the ocean. The dream had been so vivid. That made it so scary. He was disturbed when he heard someone walk up behind him. He didn´t want to turn around, he didn´t want anyone to see his mental condition.
"I thought I would find you here" The voice was familiar. He recognized it, but couldn´t believe it
But, automatically he whirled around. When he saw her dirty face and her torn clothes he wondered if he was still dreaming
"Buffy" Xander said, backing away a bit
Buffy noticed as she stepped forward, making the boy back again
"Xander" She asked, her voice was breaking "Wha- What´s wrong?"
"You´re not here, you´re not real" Xander tried to convince himself. His eyes were getting teary. The dream usually started at the beach then ended in the cemetery and he couldn´t bear to see it again. It was breaking him mentally to see her die over and over again
"But, Xander I am" Buffy said as she noticed him stop she stepped forward to see no reaction from her friend "Can´t you feel me?"
Xander fought his breakdown. He stared at the ground for a minute then faced her again
"Ye - ss, I can" He stuttered
"I was brought back" Buffy said as she stepped forward and brushed his cheek slightly, Xander rested his head against her hand, feeling her.
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"Put these on" Xander was still shaking as he handed her a pair of shorts and a T-Shirt
"You mind if I take a shower first?" Buffy asked, "I feel kinda disgusted"
"That shouldn´t be a problem" Xander shrugged, "I believe you know where it is"
He noticed Buffy grin. He tried to smile himself or at least show a little expression but couldn´t. He was still shaking incredible. Maybe it was because he was still wearing the wet clothes but he was pretty sure it was because of the sudden surprise
"If I get lost you´ll send a search party" Buffy joked
"Count on it" Xander nodded
Xander hesitated
"I should call Willow" Xander said, "Let her know"
"You do that. I´m gonna go fresh up" Buffy said
Xander shaky hands reached for the phone
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The phone echoed in Xander´s apartment, Xander lashed out for it. Picking it up.
"Hello?" Xander greeted
"Xander.." Faith greeted, it sounded like a heavy burden had been lifted off her shoulders "I - I was just checking on you. You just disappeared"
"Yeah, sorry about that" Xander whispered into the phone
"Is something wrong?" Faith asked
Xander darted his eyes at Buffy who was walking out of the bathroom, drying her hair with a towel
"No. Not at all" Xander said
"Then, what is it? You had a second thought. Or was it just to get even?" Faith asked, a hint of pain in her voice
"No, gosh. Faith not at all" He whispered, he didn´t want the girls to know about each other. Not yet, at least.
"Something came up a - and you looked so peaceful. I didn´t want to wake you up" Xander said
"You sure it´s the truth?" Faith asked
"Stop being so unsure, I´m telling you the truth. Listen why don´t we go out tonight. Just you and me?" Xander asked
"And vampires?" Faith asked
"Well. We could. But I was thinking of lunch" Xander said
"Lunch, tonight?" Faith laughed
"Sorry. I´m not really good at this" Xander said
"What about now?" Faith asked
Xander grimaced "Actually, I can´t"
"Why not?" Faith asked
"Eh, Scooby meeting" Xander said
"Great I´ll come with you" Faith said
"No, don´t sweat. You just rest and I´ll give you the basic when I come over tonight" Xander said
Buffy sat down beside him. With a smile she leaned on his left shoulder.
"Listen I gotta go" Xander said
"Xander. You´re lying to me" Faith said
"I´ll talk to you tonight" Xander said as he hung up
"Who was that?" Buffy asked
"Eh, no one" Xander said as he stood up "You hungry?"
"Please, I´m starved" Buffy said as she followed him. She shot a glance in his refrigerator to see blood, nothing but blood.
"You on some kind of new diet?" Buffy asked
"I´m sorry, I must have run out of. everything" Xander shrugged, "It´s no problem"
He made his way toward to a closed bedroom. He quietly opened the door up. On the floor was pair of black jeans. Xander picked them up, digging into the pockets. A hand grabbed him by the wrist, making him drop the pants.
"Ah, Spike!" Xander whined "God damn it!"
"What are you doing?" Spike asked as he opened up his eyes to be greeted by Xander embarrassed expression
"Well. You see it all started this morning when I had a dream about Buffy and when I woke up at the beach she came to me. So I brought her back to my apartment and when I was gonna offer her some food I found out I didn´t have any" Xander said "So I was kinda hoping you could borrow me some money"
Spike slowly raised himself up, looking at the boy with so clear concern
"Xander, are you okay?" Spike asked as he kept staring at the kid, the concern written over his face
"She´s back, Spike" Xander said, gravely
"Did you get into a fight, last night?" Spike asked, "Did you suffer any concussion?"
"Don´t you believe, take a look yourself" Xander grabbed the vampire by his wrist, dragging him into the living room. Only wearing his boxers he saw her. She was sitting on the couch, staring back
"Buffy" Spike asked
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Xander entered his apartment, with full bag of groceries. The girls were there, Buffy, Willow, Dawn, Cordelia and Spike
He put the bag on the kitchen table, feeling very sorry for himself. Though he didn´t know what he could feel sorry about. Somehow he didn´t want to get sucked in their reunion. He just wanted to be left alone. Noticed when he wanted to be noticed.
"I'm gonna lie down for a while" Xander pointed at his bedroom. But no one noticed. They were too wrapped up in the happy hour
Xander choked back the sob that was desperately trying to escape his throat as he walked into his bedroom. Turning the lights off, blocking the window. He got under the covers and cried
When Buffy died it had brought him nothing but darkness, depression. And now it would be so difficult to climb out of that hole. Especially when no one saw him.
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Xander´s eyes fluttered open. He rolled over to check his alarm clock. It was nearly eleven pm. He cursed himself under his breath as he jumped up. Still fully clothed. He rushed out of his bedroom. The gang was still there. Sitting in the living room savouring on the groceries he had bought earlier.
"Umm" Dawn muttered with a full mouth of potato chips "Where are you going?"
"Just out. Don´t worry about me" Xander said as he grabbed his jacket and shoes and rushed out
"What the hell was that all about?" Buffy asked
Spike had his suspicious. But didn´t want to say anything, if Xander wanted them to know about Faith. He would tell them.
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Wesley opened the door after Xander´s desperate knocking.
"Hi, is Faith around?" Xander asked as he scanned the apartment
"As a matter of fact she´s not" Wesley stated
"Tell me where she is" Xander commanded
"She didn´t want you to know" Wesley crossed his arms "You left her devastated. Do you know that"
"Yeah, I´m aware of that" Xander said
Wesley took his time to study the boy. The boy was devastated himself, dried trail of tears were still visible on his face.
"On the other hand, are you okay?" Wesley asked
Xander was bit taken back by that question "Wesley. I want to trust you. But if I do you promise you won´t take it to Faith?"
Wesley nodded slightly
"Buffy was brought back. That´s why I couldn´t see her. I dreamt her and she found me in the same place where the dream happened. It kinda left me confused. I don´t want them to know about each other until everything is settled"
"Of course" Wesley said as he put on his glasses
"Then Faith was trying so hard to meet up, earlier. And I couldn´t I was taking care of Buffy which left Faith a bit hurt. I made plans tonight with her and then I slept over. Ahh-!" Xander groaned
"She´s slaying" Wesley met Xander´s eyes "Somewhere by the local morgue"
Xander started to run
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The final chapter is around the corner and for a change I´m gonna finish what I started. No matter if I don´t get any review.
Just to make my victory the happiest. I have one request. Please, review me. Everyone who´s reading this part right now can you spend a minute to save a poor girl´s self - esteem,
Krista (-=