Ooops. Bad me – I wrote these 2 chapters ages ago but never posted em. Ahhh well – here they are. Enjoy.
Chapter 17
Faith yawned as she woke up the next morning. "Hey." She said drowsily.
"Hey yourself." Answered Legolas smiling down at her. He had picked up many of her ways of speaking although he rarely used any of them, and only used them when speaking privately to her.
"Suppose I should get up?" She asked as she stretched her arms, trying to fully wake up.
"No one else is awake yet." He murmured as he watched her.
"Just you and me then is it?" She asked wickedly a gleam coming into her eyes.
Legolas grinned back at her. "Just you and me."
"Good." She said before pulling him down for a kiss.
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A little while later Faith decided to find somewhere to wash. She swore as she stumbled into Buffy.
"Good morning to you too." Buffy said as she took in Faith's somewhat dishevelled appearance. "And just what have you been doing to make you look like that?"
Faith glared at Buffy. "Do you know if there's someplace a girl can go for a wash?" She asked ignoring Buffy's question.
"Bathroom. Down the hall." Answered Buffy as she smirked at Faith's lack of an answer.
***
Faith felt much better after her shower. She'd also found some new clothes and blessed the watcher who had provided them for the slayers. "Probably the only time I intend to ever be grateful to a watcher." She muttered as she slipped into the clothes provided. "A little baggy." She noted taking into account the fact that they weren't her usual skin-tight variety. "Have to work on that." She mused. "Right then." She said gazing at her reflection in the mirror. "Lets find out what's going on and how to fix it."
***
Mari watched Faith through narrowed eyes as she sauntered in to where all the slayers and the fellowship were. Look at her! She thought. An evil slayer acting like she runs the place. And the way that elf just drools over her! God it's disgusting. Mari glared at Faith's back as Faith sat next to Legolas. Look at them getting all close and cuddly! She fumed. I have to say something!
"Can't you two get a room?" Mari demanded.
Faith lazily turned to face Mari as Legolas put his arm around her shoulders. She grinned as she recognised the jealousy that was plainly written on Mari's face. We already have." She drawled in response.
Mari clenched her hands into fists as she glared at Faith's smiling face. "You're disgusting you know that!" She spat at Faith. "You and that…"
"Disgusting?" Faith queried interrupting Mari with a puzzled frown on her face. "Now how would you know that? Unless of course you were watching us." She grinned seeing Mari's look of rage at what Faith was insinuating.
"Why you little…" Mari hissed as she dived across the table towards Faith and lunged for her.
Faith took a step back and readied herself for Mari's attack. It never came. Buffy and Kendra had grabbed Mari as she had lunged and were now restraining her.
Faith chuckled at the look on Mari's face. "Nice one B." She said glancing over at Buffy. "Thanks Kendra. But I can take care of myself y'know."
"Never doubted it." Came Buffy's slightly out of breath answer as she struggled with Mari. "Just wasn't sure if she knew."
Mari tried to free herself from their grip again and managed to work herself free from Buffy. Unfortunately for her she tried the same with Kendra only to manage to jar Kendra's injured arm. With a cry of pain Kendra hit out blindly and caught Mari of balance. Mari fell and caught her head on the table knocking her out.
***
"Well at least she's quiet." Faith commented as she gazed down at the still unconscious Mari.
"This is intolerable!" Declared Travers as he glared at Faith, Buffy and Kendra. "What did you think you were doing?"
"Err, hello? She went to attack me. Did you miss that? They defended me. Why are you blaming us exactly?" Faith said gazing coolly back at the watcher.
Travers didn't answer Faith's question. "Don't be so impertinent." He said coldly. "I am the current watcher and you are not to question my actions." He turned away and applied yet another cold compress to Mari's head.
Faith looked at Travers puzzled. "What is your problem?" She demanded grabbing his arm and spinning him back to face her. "We didn't start this and Kendra didn't mean to knock her out. You're acting like we tried to murder her…" Faith's words trailed off as she saw the expression on Travers' face. "That's it isn't it." She said her voice void of any softness. "You hate me for what I was, what I did." She paused and her voice sounded hard to her own ears. "Because in your mind that's what I am, what I always will be. A murderer."
Travers said nothing. He just stared stonily back at her.
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Hmm. How's that for a returning chapter? R&R please!
