Erin looked happy the next morning, dressed in an expensive looking suit.

"Good morning," Hope said, pouring herself some more cerial.

"Yo," Faith said, slurping up her own cerial.

Erin cleared her throat. "Faith, I'm guessing Buffy is still asleep."

"Yeah," She said, swallowing. "B's a hard sleeper."

"Well, I have to go into work for a couple of hours. Will Hope be okay here?"

"Yup." Faith said. "It'll give me and Punk a little time to catch up, you know, read the comics, watch T.V." She playfully

punched Hope's shoulder.

"Yeah!" Hope grinned between bites of breakfast.

"Yes," Erin corrected. She looked down at her watch. "I'll be home in a few hours."

She walked over to hope and kissed her head, power-walking over to the kitchen counter.

"Hey!" Faith chuckled. "What about me?" Erin came by and patted Faith's head.

When Erin had left, Faith leaned over and said to Hope, "I always get jipped."

Hope laughed out loud and finished up her cerial, her eyes catching Faith's tattoo.

"Ooo!" She squealed. "Pretty thing-y!"

Yeah," Faith said smiling. "A pretty thing-y that you'll never get."

Buffy sleepily walked down the stairs, yawning as she came into the kitchen.

"Yo," Faith said, chewing a mouthful of CoCo Puffs.

"Yo!" Hope immitated.

"Hi..." Buffy said. She wanted to smack Faith, but she had missed that old habit from the Slayer she hadn't seen since the end

of Sunnydale.

"I'm CooCoo for CoCo Puffs!" Hope giggled. She was obviously suger-high.

"Alright! Who wants to watch some MTV?" The brunette said.

"I want to watch Blue's Clues!" Hope said, ploppign down onto the couch and turning on the televizzle.

"MTV!"

"Blue's Clues!" Hope screamed.

Buffy listened to their pow-wow, searching the cabinets for a bowl.

"Ah ha!" she said in success.

"Godsh B, why not add a little 'Toyota Jump' to that?"

"Chill out F."

"Yeah! Chill out F!" Hope mocked.

"See Hope, never end up like me. I'm always getting jipped."