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Amends Again
The morning came with many questions for Xander and Faith. He knows right now he needs to talk to Buffy and tell Anya it is over. He wakes up Faith and tells her he is going to take a shower and then they are going over to Buffy's house. She is not as thrilled at the idea of Buffy but she knows he will protect her. Like she needs his protection but maybe Buffy will give her a chance if Xander will stand by her side.
The drive there was quiet. Xander walked up to the front door and knocked. We he does not get an answer he goes around back with Faith slightly behind him. He sees Buffy poking around under the bushes with a stick. She turns to him about to talk and sees Faith. And that was all it took for her to loose her temper and dead run at her. Just before she got there, Xander was in the way and was tackled to the ground. He was trying to hold her so she could not get up but when a slayer wants to move, she moves.
"Stop she is not here to hurt anyone. She wants to make amends." He screams at her.
Buffy stops and looks at him and says "You will trust her after what she did to you and to us. Why would you waste your time on trying to help her?"
"She saved me last night and helped me to forgive you and Anya. She is the only reason I want to make things better between us and offer my help if you still want it. You also betrayed your friends and you have protected Spike after everything he has done to us. I wont kill Spike because you asked me not to and you will not hurt Faith because I asked you not to. That is what my friends do for each other."
Buffy looks at Xander and sees him with a very good Willow resolve face. He will not back down and will not allow her to get to Faith. "If you are asking me then okay I will not hurt Faith but she steps out of line its over."
"Spike gets to close to me and it is over. Same rules apply for both." Was all he said and turned to Faith. He looked at her a pleaded with his eyes to say something to help.
"Sorry B. I do not want to hurt or cause problems. I just wanted to make amends for what I have done and try to get back to helping fight the fight. I can go with most ground rules but I will also expect certain things from you like you expect from me."
"Okay let's try and work this out slayer to slayer." Buffy offered Faith her Hand and Faith offered hers.
"You think you can go that and get away from me. You are so dead."
Buffy wipes around and sees Warren pull his gun and bears it then fires. Buffy and almost see the bullet head towards her as time slows down. The next she is be pushed out of the way and sees dark short hair standing in the path of the bullet. She can see Faith start to run around them and dive in to Warren. Time returns to normal and Buffy gets up off the ground. Xander is still standing so the bullet must have missed him. Faith is Straddling Warren with a very pissed off look on her face. Buffy heads over to Faith and looks down at Warren.
"What do you say B? We can kill him in self defense?" Faith asked in the same way she said everything when she first got to SunnyDale.
As Buffy looks in to Faith's eyes she see the joke of it and was about to go along when she heard a voice so weak and scared it turned her cold to hear him talk.
"Buffy" Was all he got out. He was looking at he down at his chest and saw the blood. He was grateful it was more in the shoulder the chest. After he said it, all went black.
"NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" was all the two slayers could say. Faith got off Warren and ran to Xander. Buffy was there 3/10 of a second before her.
Willow and Tara had just run out the house to see what the shooting and yelling was all about. Warren was running for his life and was barely noticed by anyone.
"Call 911" Buffy yelled back to the two. They both saw Xander lying there on the ground with bloody shirt. Buffy had her hands pushing down on the wound so blood would stop flowing out.
"NOW!!" Faith yelled at the two since they have not moved since they saw Xander. Willow and Tara did not even process that it was Faith yelling at them just ran inside to call the medics.
An ambulance pulls up to the house and Willow standing out front tells them to go around back. They run back and see victim lying on the ground with a blonde-haired woman pushing on his chest trying to close the wound. They ask her to step back so they can get to work. Time seems to slow as Buffy, Faith, Willow, and Tara watch Xander receive help and gets lifted on to a gurney and taken back in to the ambulance and rushed back to the hospital.
Willow rides with Xander to the hospital since she can answer all medical questions. The rest hopped into Xander's car and since Faith took the keys from Xander, she drove. Buffy directed her and Tara sat in the back when it hit her who was driving.
"F-F-Faith what are you doing here?" was all Tara managed to get out.
Buffy looked back and said that Faith is okay and came by with Xander and that Faith will be staying in the area for awhile. Faith just looks over at Buffy and was going to say thanks you when Buffy said" Turn right and then it is on the right."
"Thanks B. Don't worry Xander is going to be five by five in no time." Faith offered.
"I know just I don't want to lose him. There is still so much I need to tell him, I don't want to lose any of my friends."
"What happened out there?" Tara asked.
"Warren," was all Buffy Said.
"When Xander is safe me and B are going to do some Warren hunting and make sure he knows it is better to turn himself over to the police then piss off two slayers. Right B." Faith adds.
"So right Faith," Buffy says and then quieter "so right."
Tara looked between the two and thinks to herself well Xander you better get through this. The five women you would leave behind would not let Warren live another day.
Faith Spots the hospital and parks the car in an empty space. The three get out of the car and head to the emergency entrance. They spot Willow filling out some forms and answering questions. The jog over to her and Willow spots Faith for the first time today.
"You, what are you doing here you slut?" Willow was about to swing when Tara stood in front of Faith and shook her head.
"She is w-w-with us. There is enough violence for today."
Willow stopped looked at Tara then Buffy who just agreed with Tara so Willow stop her assault and filled them in about Xander's condition.
They sat out in the lobby just waiting for word on what was going on. Willow gave Anya a call after the got there and settled down. So now, all five women sat in the lobby with one person on their mind. Xander.
Anya thinks about her future and does she want to be with him. Could she give up being a demon to be with him?
Buffy thinks about a good friend that she does not want to loose. She thinks about the years spent together and the love he had for her and the love she had for him. She could not live if he did not pull through.
Willow thinks of her best friend. The one that she could tell anyone to and the one the she still loved even if he could not love her back the same. She would not give up her friendship with him.
Tara thinks of Willow and what this could do to her. She knows that Xander means something to everyone. He is probably her very first and true guy friend that would protect her and keep her safe to the end. She knows that for Willow it is a much stronger and deeper feeling. Willow would not recover well if he did not make it.
Faith sits thinking why. He was the greatest of them. He held no special powers and still had fought. He saved her a couple of times and everyone in this room owes their life to him some way. Somewhere deep inside her she knew that she could love him. He could make her feel special and maybe complete her life. She needed him to help her be alive and to feel like she had some self worth.
The doctor walks up to them and sees the look of worry and pain on their faces and in their eyes. "He is going to be okay. The bullet went in to his lunge and stay there. Any deeper and might have clipped a nerve which would have paralyzed or killed him. We have him in recovery on a breather. He should be awake tomorrow. You can see him but only one at a time and if anything happened press the nurse button to get help.
Now five women stared at each other as if telepathy was how they were deciding what order to go in. First went Anya, followed by Willow, Buffy, Tara, and lastly Faith. After which they meet back in the lobby to plan the rest of the night.
"I can stay here tonight and watch him. I don't have a place to go back to." Faith stated for the group.
Anya took first watch. Buffy would be back in five hours probably with Dawn to watch after. Faith would go back to the Summers's house to stay and then come in for the night shift. Buffy would take Dawn home and patrol. Tara and Willow would do the morning shift and everyone would be back there 2 pm and see what is going to happen next.
One day went by then two, three, four days and he still was not awake. The doctor did all he could. The wound was healing and his body was recovering just he has not awoken yet. Could not understand it but all things in the hospital seem to go with out explanation. Therefore, he just waited as the women kept coming by and keeping watch.
Faith was practically living at the Summers's home. It took time for everyone to get comfortable but they were able to adjust and actually got to welcome her in. Still most talk if any was about Xander. She told them how she saved his life after he walked away from Anya, Buffy, and Spike. She never mentioned the suicide part. Just a vamp came out of an alley and was about to eat when Faith stopped it. She also said that they kind of talk about what she had done and that he let her stay in his room. She slept on the bed and he was on the floor. Again, she omitted the fact of nightmare and sleeping in each other's arms. Anya was not happy about the two of them in the same room. Neither were Buffy and Willow. Dawn knew that Xander would never do anything that was not noble. Tara just sat back and let the others talk about what they should do next.
The phone rang and Buffy answered it. After a minute, all that was heard was her yelling that he was awake. There was a big gust of wind as six women piled out of a house and got in to 2 cars and broke every driving rule getting to the hospital.
Amends Again
The morning came with many questions for Xander and Faith. He knows right now he needs to talk to Buffy and tell Anya it is over. He wakes up Faith and tells her he is going to take a shower and then they are going over to Buffy's house. She is not as thrilled at the idea of Buffy but she knows he will protect her. Like she needs his protection but maybe Buffy will give her a chance if Xander will stand by her side.
The drive there was quiet. Xander walked up to the front door and knocked. We he does not get an answer he goes around back with Faith slightly behind him. He sees Buffy poking around under the bushes with a stick. She turns to him about to talk and sees Faith. And that was all it took for her to loose her temper and dead run at her. Just before she got there, Xander was in the way and was tackled to the ground. He was trying to hold her so she could not get up but when a slayer wants to move, she moves.
"Stop she is not here to hurt anyone. She wants to make amends." He screams at her.
Buffy stops and looks at him and says "You will trust her after what she did to you and to us. Why would you waste your time on trying to help her?"
"She saved me last night and helped me to forgive you and Anya. She is the only reason I want to make things better between us and offer my help if you still want it. You also betrayed your friends and you have protected Spike after everything he has done to us. I wont kill Spike because you asked me not to and you will not hurt Faith because I asked you not to. That is what my friends do for each other."
Buffy looks at Xander and sees him with a very good Willow resolve face. He will not back down and will not allow her to get to Faith. "If you are asking me then okay I will not hurt Faith but she steps out of line its over."
"Spike gets to close to me and it is over. Same rules apply for both." Was all he said and turned to Faith. He looked at her a pleaded with his eyes to say something to help.
"Sorry B. I do not want to hurt or cause problems. I just wanted to make amends for what I have done and try to get back to helping fight the fight. I can go with most ground rules but I will also expect certain things from you like you expect from me."
"Okay let's try and work this out slayer to slayer." Buffy offered Faith her Hand and Faith offered hers.
"You think you can go that and get away from me. You are so dead."
Buffy wipes around and sees Warren pull his gun and bears it then fires. Buffy and almost see the bullet head towards her as time slows down. The next she is be pushed out of the way and sees dark short hair standing in the path of the bullet. She can see Faith start to run around them and dive in to Warren. Time returns to normal and Buffy gets up off the ground. Xander is still standing so the bullet must have missed him. Faith is Straddling Warren with a very pissed off look on her face. Buffy heads over to Faith and looks down at Warren.
"What do you say B? We can kill him in self defense?" Faith asked in the same way she said everything when she first got to SunnyDale.
As Buffy looks in to Faith's eyes she see the joke of it and was about to go along when she heard a voice so weak and scared it turned her cold to hear him talk.
"Buffy" Was all he got out. He was looking at he down at his chest and saw the blood. He was grateful it was more in the shoulder the chest. After he said it, all went black.
"NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" was all the two slayers could say. Faith got off Warren and ran to Xander. Buffy was there 3/10 of a second before her.
Willow and Tara had just run out the house to see what the shooting and yelling was all about. Warren was running for his life and was barely noticed by anyone.
"Call 911" Buffy yelled back to the two. They both saw Xander lying there on the ground with bloody shirt. Buffy had her hands pushing down on the wound so blood would stop flowing out.
"NOW!!" Faith yelled at the two since they have not moved since they saw Xander. Willow and Tara did not even process that it was Faith yelling at them just ran inside to call the medics.
An ambulance pulls up to the house and Willow standing out front tells them to go around back. They run back and see victim lying on the ground with a blonde-haired woman pushing on his chest trying to close the wound. They ask her to step back so they can get to work. Time seems to slow as Buffy, Faith, Willow, and Tara watch Xander receive help and gets lifted on to a gurney and taken back in to the ambulance and rushed back to the hospital.
Willow rides with Xander to the hospital since she can answer all medical questions. The rest hopped into Xander's car and since Faith took the keys from Xander, she drove. Buffy directed her and Tara sat in the back when it hit her who was driving.
"F-F-Faith what are you doing here?" was all Tara managed to get out.
Buffy looked back and said that Faith is okay and came by with Xander and that Faith will be staying in the area for awhile. Faith just looks over at Buffy and was going to say thanks you when Buffy said" Turn right and then it is on the right."
"Thanks B. Don't worry Xander is going to be five by five in no time." Faith offered.
"I know just I don't want to lose him. There is still so much I need to tell him, I don't want to lose any of my friends."
"What happened out there?" Tara asked.
"Warren," was all Buffy Said.
"When Xander is safe me and B are going to do some Warren hunting and make sure he knows it is better to turn himself over to the police then piss off two slayers. Right B." Faith adds.
"So right Faith," Buffy says and then quieter "so right."
Tara looked between the two and thinks to herself well Xander you better get through this. The five women you would leave behind would not let Warren live another day.
Faith Spots the hospital and parks the car in an empty space. The three get out of the car and head to the emergency entrance. They spot Willow filling out some forms and answering questions. The jog over to her and Willow spots Faith for the first time today.
"You, what are you doing here you slut?" Willow was about to swing when Tara stood in front of Faith and shook her head.
"She is w-w-with us. There is enough violence for today."
Willow stopped looked at Tara then Buffy who just agreed with Tara so Willow stop her assault and filled them in about Xander's condition.
They sat out in the lobby just waiting for word on what was going on. Willow gave Anya a call after the got there and settled down. So now, all five women sat in the lobby with one person on their mind. Xander.
Anya thinks about her future and does she want to be with him. Could she give up being a demon to be with him?
Buffy thinks about a good friend that she does not want to loose. She thinks about the years spent together and the love he had for her and the love she had for him. She could not live if he did not pull through.
Willow thinks of her best friend. The one that she could tell anyone to and the one the she still loved even if he could not love her back the same. She would not give up her friendship with him.
Tara thinks of Willow and what this could do to her. She knows that Xander means something to everyone. He is probably her very first and true guy friend that would protect her and keep her safe to the end. She knows that for Willow it is a much stronger and deeper feeling. Willow would not recover well if he did not make it.
Faith sits thinking why. He was the greatest of them. He held no special powers and still had fought. He saved her a couple of times and everyone in this room owes their life to him some way. Somewhere deep inside her she knew that she could love him. He could make her feel special and maybe complete her life. She needed him to help her be alive and to feel like she had some self worth.
The doctor walks up to them and sees the look of worry and pain on their faces and in their eyes. "He is going to be okay. The bullet went in to his lunge and stay there. Any deeper and might have clipped a nerve which would have paralyzed or killed him. We have him in recovery on a breather. He should be awake tomorrow. You can see him but only one at a time and if anything happened press the nurse button to get help.
Now five women stared at each other as if telepathy was how they were deciding what order to go in. First went Anya, followed by Willow, Buffy, Tara, and lastly Faith. After which they meet back in the lobby to plan the rest of the night.
"I can stay here tonight and watch him. I don't have a place to go back to." Faith stated for the group.
Anya took first watch. Buffy would be back in five hours probably with Dawn to watch after. Faith would go back to the Summers's house to stay and then come in for the night shift. Buffy would take Dawn home and patrol. Tara and Willow would do the morning shift and everyone would be back there 2 pm and see what is going to happen next.
One day went by then two, three, four days and he still was not awake. The doctor did all he could. The wound was healing and his body was recovering just he has not awoken yet. Could not understand it but all things in the hospital seem to go with out explanation. Therefore, he just waited as the women kept coming by and keeping watch.
Faith was practically living at the Summers's home. It took time for everyone to get comfortable but they were able to adjust and actually got to welcome her in. Still most talk if any was about Xander. She told them how she saved his life after he walked away from Anya, Buffy, and Spike. She never mentioned the suicide part. Just a vamp came out of an alley and was about to eat when Faith stopped it. She also said that they kind of talk about what she had done and that he let her stay in his room. She slept on the bed and he was on the floor. Again, she omitted the fact of nightmare and sleeping in each other's arms. Anya was not happy about the two of them in the same room. Neither were Buffy and Willow. Dawn knew that Xander would never do anything that was not noble. Tara just sat back and let the others talk about what they should do next.
The phone rang and Buffy answered it. After a minute, all that was heard was her yelling that he was awake. There was a big gust of wind as six women piled out of a house and got in to 2 cars and broke every driving rule getting to the hospital.