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Faith's POV
'Faith, your lift's due in five minutes, get your butt out here and follow me!"
I looked up at 'Butch Bill', the stupid jerk of a screw who thought he was some bigshot just because he was promoted a few weeks before. Loser. I hate him. He never stopped either acting like he owned me or coming on to me.
'Like I'd screw some fat slob like him,'
I couldn't wait to get away from him. Away from this whole stinkin' place. Angel would be there any minute to pick me up and take me out of this shithole. I couldn't wait. I grabbed my bag and followed Bill down the hall, keeping my head down to avoid looking at the discoloured pink walls. I wrapped my arms round myself, thanking whatever God was listening to me for finally being allowed to wear my own clothes. Bill opened the door to a dull grey room and I went in. The room contained two brown plastic chairs and another door, opposite to the one I entered through. One of the chairs was occupied by another prison warden, she was new and I didn't know her name. Thank God I didn't have to stay to find out. I glanced at her then sat on the other chair, still clutching the clear plastic bag that contained my few belongings, facing the door I'd be leaving by.
'Shit, hurry up Angel,'
I couldn't stand the silence, I felt like I was suffocating. A noise came from the door facing me. My head shot up and I watched in nervous anticipation as the handle turned. I breathed in deeply.
'I'm getting out of here!'
I stood up quickly as the sexy, souled vampire who was my redemption walked in.
"Hi, Ang-" I choked on my own words and my bag fell from my hands as my eyes landed on the petite blonde girl following him. He half-smiled at me whilst she looked around the room nervously.
'Buffy'
"Shit," I gasped.
*~*~*~*
Buffy's POV
"Shit,"
I looked up at Faith's quiet gasp and Angel squeezed my hand gently.
"Hi, Faith," he said quietly, "How you doing?" I looked at her and noticed that her face had turned to the colour of ashes.
'She didn't know I was back,' I thought absently as I looked at Angel. He nodded at me, a movement so small I almost didn't percieve it. I looked back at Faith and stepped back slightly as she started to hyperventilate. Angel walked over to her and placed his hands firmly - but gently - on her shoulders.
"Faith," he said, "Come on, Faith. It's okay." She looked up at him with her eyes wide and her lower lip trembled slightly. This was a vulnerability I didn't know Faith had in her, and it unnerved me. I wrapped my arms around myself, swallowing nervously as I watched her slowly turn her face towards me.
"Buffy," she whispered, her voice trembling slightly. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Angel whisper something to the police lady and she left the room.
"Oh, my god. Buffy...you-" she looked at Angel, "She - she's alive?" He nodded and mouthed 'Willow' before nodding in my direction. She looked at me again and a tear spilled from her left eye. I watched as it forged a path down her pale cheek and was joined by another.
"Buffy...I - oh, god -" she gulped, "I...I - I'm so, so sorry. I..." I watched as another tear spilt from her eye, then I reached over and gently wiped it from her cheek with my thumb.
"Hi, Faith," I whispered, "You okay?" She gulped again and a few more tears joined the few stray ones on her face. I smiled at her gently before bending my head and planting a soft kiss on her damp cheek. I wrapped my arms round her as she sobbed into my shoulder. I knew it was gonna be a while before we worked through everything that had happened, but I knew that she was sorry for everything that she did to me, and I knew she grieved when I died, and I knew that she was my sister-slayer and I loved her. I knew that I forgave her.
*~*~*~*
Angel's POV
I watched as Buffy comforted her sister-slayer and I smiled. God, how I love that woman. She's so strong. I wasn't sure at first whether bringing Buffy with me to collect Faith was a good idea, but I saw now that it was. They both needed the closure, and I could see the happy little smile playing around Buffy's lips as she bent her head to whisper in Faith's ear.
"Ready to go?" my enhanced vampiric hearing picked up Buffy's quiet words and I watched as Faith lifted her tear-stained face from Buffy's shoulder. She nodded weakly and I moved to open the door. We went through and paused at the desk. An officer asked Faith and myself to sign the release papers and handed us a pen each. I looked up to give the papers back after signing them and found the officer gazing at Buffy. I growled possesively and Buffy looked up and giggled at me
'I love you,' she mouthed at me as she blew me a kiss. I heard Faith chuckle wryly and I glared and slammed my pen down on the desk to catch the officer's attention.
"Oh, um. Sorry. Yes, okay...erm...Faith. You're free to go. Be good."
"Come on, Faith-y," Buffy smiled at her before grabbing my hand and pulling me towards the door. She stopped suddenly as she ran right into a blonde woman who was just coming into the police department.
"Oooh, I'm sorry!" she gasped nervously, "We- we were in a rush, sorry,""
"Angel. Faith? Hey," said the woman in surprise.
"Angel? Faith? You know her? Oh, my god! It's you. You're the bitch who- " I hurriedly placed my hand over Buffy's mouth and smiled at Kate.
"Sweetie, it's okay. Hey, Kate. How you doing?"
"I'm good, you?"
"Never been better. What are you doing here? Got a job yet?" Kate glared at me and ignored my question.
"Why are you here? What's she doing?" Kate sneered at Faith.
"She's getting out early. Good behavior. Now could you excuse me? There's a nasty smell round here," Buffy smiled sweetly up at Kate before stepping past her without a second glance. Faith smiled at me befoe following Buffy outside.
"We'll wait by the car, Angel-face," she called to me over her shoulder.
"What a cheeky, stuck up little -" Kate broke off mid-sentence as she heard my quiet grow. "Angel?"
"That's Buffy. My girlfriend."
"Oh. I thought you said she was nobody? Not anymore?" I narrowed my eyes at her. "Okaay. What's her deal, then? She think I'm a threat? Worried that you might like me better than her?"
"I very much doubt it. I think she's still slightly pissed off about the fact that when you met, you threatened to have me locked in a cell facing east. There is a fair chance that she'd kill you if I wasn't here to stop her. She doesn't seem to appreciate people threatening my unlife,"
"Yeah, okay. I don't really think that that stuck-up little blonde girl could really hurt me,"
"That 'stuck-up little blonde girl' just happens to be the most successful Vampire Slayer to date,"
Kate and I turned our heads at the sound of Faith's voice and saw the two vampire slayers standing there, both looking very pissed off. I smiled at Faith then walked over to Buffy and kissed her. She relaxed against me and sighed into my lips happily before wrapping her arms around the back of my neck and running her hands through my hair. I spread my hands across her small back and deepened the kiss.
"Ahem, Angel? B?" We broke apart at the sound of Faith's voice. I noticed that she looked a lot less nervous than she had before she and Buffy had gone outside. I guessed that Buffy had explained all about her ressurection. Buffy and I grinned at Faith sheepishly.
"God, you finally got back together twenty-four hours ago and it's already with the PDA's." Faith smirked, then her face dropped and she gasped. "Oh, my god. Kill me now, I sound like Cordelia," Buffy giggled by my side and I smiled at her.
"Back together?" asked Kate, "Some nobody," Buffy narrowed her eyes, first at Kate then at me. Then her eyes filled with tears and she took a step away from me.
"Buffy? Sweetheart? What's up?"
"Oh, god," she whimpered, "I- I'm so sorry. What I said to you that day...it- it was unacceptable. I never meant any of it. I never loved Riley, and I'm so, so sorry. You- you've got to-"
I cut her off mid-sentence as I pressed my lips to hers in a gentle kiss.
"I love you," I whispered into her ear. She smiled at me.
"Are you coming back to the hotel now? Or are you staying with her?" Buffy asked, glaring in Kate's direction.
"I think we'll go back to the Hyperion, ionuin," I said as I led her towards the exit, "Come on, Faith. Bye Kate,"
"Hey, guys? Can we go for some food, first? I'm desperate for some none- prison food." Buffy and Angel chuckled,
"Sure, Faith. Come on,"
*~*~*~*
"So, um, where has Buffy gone?" Cordelia rolled her eyes and sighed.
"For the fifth time, Dawn, I don't know! Now would you stop asking me?"
"Sor-ree. God, I'm so bored. I thought were were training, not looking up prophecies in musty old books,"
"Because, when Buffy and Angel left we realised that research usually comes before training, Dawnie," said Tara patiently, "So, we're researching, okay?"
The Scooby Gang and the A:I gang were all scattered around the lobby of the Hyperion with piles of books here and there. They had been looking for information on the Prophecy for three hours or more and still hadn't found anything of any use, and they were all getting fed up.
"The little bit's right, though. Where have the Slayer and the Poufter gone? They've been gone for hours," said Spike as he stubbed his latest cigarette out on Angel's coffee table.
"Fear not, oh Chipped One. We're back!" called Buffy as she entered the hotel with Faith and Angel, giggling over a joke Faith had just told them.
"What's she doing here? Asked Xander in disgust as he looked at Faith.
"She's on parole. Come on, Faith. We'll find a room for your stuff, and then we'll get with the training, kay?" Faith nodded, nervous again, as she tried to ignore all the accusing stares that were aimed at her. "Angel, could you go sort the training room out?" Buffy asked as she gave him a quick kiss on the cheek and then dashed up the stairs. She reappeared five seconds later with a grin on her face. "Forgot my stuff," she explained, "Angel, I'm moving Faith into the room next door to our room, kay?" she grinned before disappearing again.
"Our room?" Asked Cordelia "You and Buffy are sharing a room? Oh, nononono. I do not want a visit from Angelus. You are not sharing a room with her, not no way, no how!" Angel raised and eyebrow at her.
"And you'll be stopping us, how?"
"Why the hell is Faith here?!" exploded Willow before Cordelia could reply. Everyone turned to look at the normally sedate redheaded wiccan, shocked by her outburst.
"Buffy told you. She- she's on parole," Angel told her, "Buffy and I just went to collect her."
"And is there nowhere else for her to stay?"
"Well, there's plenty of space for her here, so here's where she's staying."
"Angel! Are you thinking about Buffy's feelings at all? How do you think Buffy will feel, knowing that you've invited Faith into your home? After everything Faith did to her? God, you disgust me," finished Willow, looking at Angel as if he was something nasty she's found on the bottom of her shoe.
"Uh, Will?" said Oz, "Buffy didn't seem too bothered earlier. Y'know, when she was moving Faith into the suite next door to hers and Angels."
"She put her there because she doesn't trust her. Why else?" cried Willow, glaring at Angel. Just at that moment, Buffy came bounding down the stairs, chattering happily to Faith who was following her, looking slightly nervous at the prospect of facing Buffy's friends.
"So then he said to me 'Why did you kill my brother, bitch'? And I'm stood there coverd in gloop from the demon and... Oh! Hiya, guys." Buffy broke off mid-sentence as she noticed the group of people in the lobby standing around, looking tense. "Hey, baby," she said as she made her way to his side and pressed her lips to his in a sweet kiss. "What's going on? Will, what's up?" she said, noticing the look on her best friend's face.
"How can you still want to kiss him after he's brought her into his home?" Willow spat as she turned her glare onto the brunette Slayer.
"Willow? Guys? Okay, calm down. Faith isn't a psycho crazy-killer bitch anymore, remember? Sorry 'bout that description, Faith," said Buffy, shooting an apologetic glance at the nervous brunette.
"No, that's a fair description, I was a psycho crazy-killer bitch,"
"Buffy? How can you even stand to be near her, never mind talk ot her?" asked Willow in complete disbelief.
"I'm willing to forgive her. And I think you guys should be too," Both Willow, Xander and Cordelia's mouths dropped open at this simple statement.
"You- you want us to forgive her? Buffy, how can you even consider that?"
"Willow, she's sorry for all the harm she caused and she's trying to make amends. Who are we to deny her that right?"
Faith flashed Buffy a watery half smile and mouthed 'Thanks, B' to the petite blonde. Buffy nodded at her a smiled back as Angel hugged her to his waste, proud of the way she was trating Faith.
"Well, I, personally, trust your judgement Buffy," said Giles, walking towards Faith. "Welcome back Faith," he said to her, smiling slightly and pulling her into a brief hug. "I'm afraid it my be some time before we will be able to fully forgive you, but I realise that you are sincere in both your apologies and your wish to make amends for your actions. I'm glad to have you back on our team." "Thankyou," Faith smiled at him, her big, dark eyes shining swith tears. "Well, I forgive you too, Faith," said Anya nodding at her. "Well... If Buffy and Angel can forgive you, when nearly all of the bad stuff you did was done to them, then I think I can cope with you. And anyway, we need you for the End of Days fight, according to the Prophecy thingy in my vision," said Cordelia, "So, Willow, Xander, even if you don't forgive her, it's tough."
"I agree with Cordelia. I forgive you Faith. It's nice to have you back," smiled Dawn, pulling the brunette Slayer into a warm and friendly embrace, which Faith returned gladly, giving Dawn a whisprered 'Thankyou' as they hugged.
"Well, okay. I'm not saying I forgive her. Just that I'll try not to hate her, and I'll try to treat her civilly or whatever," muttered Xander
"Yeah, same here," said Willow grudgingly, still looking at Faith with a wary expression marring her sweet features.
"Ah...yes. Now that that's sorted, could we continue with research into this Propechy? Hmmm?"
Faith's POV
'Faith, your lift's due in five minutes, get your butt out here and follow me!"
I looked up at 'Butch Bill', the stupid jerk of a screw who thought he was some bigshot just because he was promoted a few weeks before. Loser. I hate him. He never stopped either acting like he owned me or coming on to me.
'Like I'd screw some fat slob like him,'
I couldn't wait to get away from him. Away from this whole stinkin' place. Angel would be there any minute to pick me up and take me out of this shithole. I couldn't wait. I grabbed my bag and followed Bill down the hall, keeping my head down to avoid looking at the discoloured pink walls. I wrapped my arms round myself, thanking whatever God was listening to me for finally being allowed to wear my own clothes. Bill opened the door to a dull grey room and I went in. The room contained two brown plastic chairs and another door, opposite to the one I entered through. One of the chairs was occupied by another prison warden, she was new and I didn't know her name. Thank God I didn't have to stay to find out. I glanced at her then sat on the other chair, still clutching the clear plastic bag that contained my few belongings, facing the door I'd be leaving by.
'Shit, hurry up Angel,'
I couldn't stand the silence, I felt like I was suffocating. A noise came from the door facing me. My head shot up and I watched in nervous anticipation as the handle turned. I breathed in deeply.
'I'm getting out of here!'
I stood up quickly as the sexy, souled vampire who was my redemption walked in.
"Hi, Ang-" I choked on my own words and my bag fell from my hands as my eyes landed on the petite blonde girl following him. He half-smiled at me whilst she looked around the room nervously.
'Buffy'
"Shit," I gasped.
*~*~*~*
Buffy's POV
"Shit,"
I looked up at Faith's quiet gasp and Angel squeezed my hand gently.
"Hi, Faith," he said quietly, "How you doing?" I looked at her and noticed that her face had turned to the colour of ashes.
'She didn't know I was back,' I thought absently as I looked at Angel. He nodded at me, a movement so small I almost didn't percieve it. I looked back at Faith and stepped back slightly as she started to hyperventilate. Angel walked over to her and placed his hands firmly - but gently - on her shoulders.
"Faith," he said, "Come on, Faith. It's okay." She looked up at him with her eyes wide and her lower lip trembled slightly. This was a vulnerability I didn't know Faith had in her, and it unnerved me. I wrapped my arms around myself, swallowing nervously as I watched her slowly turn her face towards me.
"Buffy," she whispered, her voice trembling slightly. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Angel whisper something to the police lady and she left the room.
"Oh, my god. Buffy...you-" she looked at Angel, "She - she's alive?" He nodded and mouthed 'Willow' before nodding in my direction. She looked at me again and a tear spilled from her left eye. I watched as it forged a path down her pale cheek and was joined by another.
"Buffy...I - oh, god -" she gulped, "I...I - I'm so, so sorry. I..." I watched as another tear spilt from her eye, then I reached over and gently wiped it from her cheek with my thumb.
"Hi, Faith," I whispered, "You okay?" She gulped again and a few more tears joined the few stray ones on her face. I smiled at her gently before bending my head and planting a soft kiss on her damp cheek. I wrapped my arms round her as she sobbed into my shoulder. I knew it was gonna be a while before we worked through everything that had happened, but I knew that she was sorry for everything that she did to me, and I knew she grieved when I died, and I knew that she was my sister-slayer and I loved her. I knew that I forgave her.
*~*~*~*
Angel's POV
I watched as Buffy comforted her sister-slayer and I smiled. God, how I love that woman. She's so strong. I wasn't sure at first whether bringing Buffy with me to collect Faith was a good idea, but I saw now that it was. They both needed the closure, and I could see the happy little smile playing around Buffy's lips as she bent her head to whisper in Faith's ear.
"Ready to go?" my enhanced vampiric hearing picked up Buffy's quiet words and I watched as Faith lifted her tear-stained face from Buffy's shoulder. She nodded weakly and I moved to open the door. We went through and paused at the desk. An officer asked Faith and myself to sign the release papers and handed us a pen each. I looked up to give the papers back after signing them and found the officer gazing at Buffy. I growled possesively and Buffy looked up and giggled at me
'I love you,' she mouthed at me as she blew me a kiss. I heard Faith chuckle wryly and I glared and slammed my pen down on the desk to catch the officer's attention.
"Oh, um. Sorry. Yes, okay...erm...Faith. You're free to go. Be good."
"Come on, Faith-y," Buffy smiled at her before grabbing my hand and pulling me towards the door. She stopped suddenly as she ran right into a blonde woman who was just coming into the police department.
"Oooh, I'm sorry!" she gasped nervously, "We- we were in a rush, sorry,""
"Angel. Faith? Hey," said the woman in surprise.
"Angel? Faith? You know her? Oh, my god! It's you. You're the bitch who- " I hurriedly placed my hand over Buffy's mouth and smiled at Kate.
"Sweetie, it's okay. Hey, Kate. How you doing?"
"I'm good, you?"
"Never been better. What are you doing here? Got a job yet?" Kate glared at me and ignored my question.
"Why are you here? What's she doing?" Kate sneered at Faith.
"She's getting out early. Good behavior. Now could you excuse me? There's a nasty smell round here," Buffy smiled sweetly up at Kate before stepping past her without a second glance. Faith smiled at me befoe following Buffy outside.
"We'll wait by the car, Angel-face," she called to me over her shoulder.
"What a cheeky, stuck up little -" Kate broke off mid-sentence as she heard my quiet grow. "Angel?"
"That's Buffy. My girlfriend."
"Oh. I thought you said she was nobody? Not anymore?" I narrowed my eyes at her. "Okaay. What's her deal, then? She think I'm a threat? Worried that you might like me better than her?"
"I very much doubt it. I think she's still slightly pissed off about the fact that when you met, you threatened to have me locked in a cell facing east. There is a fair chance that she'd kill you if I wasn't here to stop her. She doesn't seem to appreciate people threatening my unlife,"
"Yeah, okay. I don't really think that that stuck-up little blonde girl could really hurt me,"
"That 'stuck-up little blonde girl' just happens to be the most successful Vampire Slayer to date,"
Kate and I turned our heads at the sound of Faith's voice and saw the two vampire slayers standing there, both looking very pissed off. I smiled at Faith then walked over to Buffy and kissed her. She relaxed against me and sighed into my lips happily before wrapping her arms around the back of my neck and running her hands through my hair. I spread my hands across her small back and deepened the kiss.
"Ahem, Angel? B?" We broke apart at the sound of Faith's voice. I noticed that she looked a lot less nervous than she had before she and Buffy had gone outside. I guessed that Buffy had explained all about her ressurection. Buffy and I grinned at Faith sheepishly.
"God, you finally got back together twenty-four hours ago and it's already with the PDA's." Faith smirked, then her face dropped and she gasped. "Oh, my god. Kill me now, I sound like Cordelia," Buffy giggled by my side and I smiled at her.
"Back together?" asked Kate, "Some nobody," Buffy narrowed her eyes, first at Kate then at me. Then her eyes filled with tears and she took a step away from me.
"Buffy? Sweetheart? What's up?"
"Oh, god," she whimpered, "I- I'm so sorry. What I said to you that day...it- it was unacceptable. I never meant any of it. I never loved Riley, and I'm so, so sorry. You- you've got to-"
I cut her off mid-sentence as I pressed my lips to hers in a gentle kiss.
"I love you," I whispered into her ear. She smiled at me.
"Are you coming back to the hotel now? Or are you staying with her?" Buffy asked, glaring in Kate's direction.
"I think we'll go back to the Hyperion, ionuin," I said as I led her towards the exit, "Come on, Faith. Bye Kate,"
"Hey, guys? Can we go for some food, first? I'm desperate for some none- prison food." Buffy and Angel chuckled,
"Sure, Faith. Come on,"
*~*~*~*
"So, um, where has Buffy gone?" Cordelia rolled her eyes and sighed.
"For the fifth time, Dawn, I don't know! Now would you stop asking me?"
"Sor-ree. God, I'm so bored. I thought were were training, not looking up prophecies in musty old books,"
"Because, when Buffy and Angel left we realised that research usually comes before training, Dawnie," said Tara patiently, "So, we're researching, okay?"
The Scooby Gang and the A:I gang were all scattered around the lobby of the Hyperion with piles of books here and there. They had been looking for information on the Prophecy for three hours or more and still hadn't found anything of any use, and they were all getting fed up.
"The little bit's right, though. Where have the Slayer and the Poufter gone? They've been gone for hours," said Spike as he stubbed his latest cigarette out on Angel's coffee table.
"Fear not, oh Chipped One. We're back!" called Buffy as she entered the hotel with Faith and Angel, giggling over a joke Faith had just told them.
"What's she doing here? Asked Xander in disgust as he looked at Faith.
"She's on parole. Come on, Faith. We'll find a room for your stuff, and then we'll get with the training, kay?" Faith nodded, nervous again, as she tried to ignore all the accusing stares that were aimed at her. "Angel, could you go sort the training room out?" Buffy asked as she gave him a quick kiss on the cheek and then dashed up the stairs. She reappeared five seconds later with a grin on her face. "Forgot my stuff," she explained, "Angel, I'm moving Faith into the room next door to our room, kay?" she grinned before disappearing again.
"Our room?" Asked Cordelia "You and Buffy are sharing a room? Oh, nononono. I do not want a visit from Angelus. You are not sharing a room with her, not no way, no how!" Angel raised and eyebrow at her.
"And you'll be stopping us, how?"
"Why the hell is Faith here?!" exploded Willow before Cordelia could reply. Everyone turned to look at the normally sedate redheaded wiccan, shocked by her outburst.
"Buffy told you. She- she's on parole," Angel told her, "Buffy and I just went to collect her."
"And is there nowhere else for her to stay?"
"Well, there's plenty of space for her here, so here's where she's staying."
"Angel! Are you thinking about Buffy's feelings at all? How do you think Buffy will feel, knowing that you've invited Faith into your home? After everything Faith did to her? God, you disgust me," finished Willow, looking at Angel as if he was something nasty she's found on the bottom of her shoe.
"Uh, Will?" said Oz, "Buffy didn't seem too bothered earlier. Y'know, when she was moving Faith into the suite next door to hers and Angels."
"She put her there because she doesn't trust her. Why else?" cried Willow, glaring at Angel. Just at that moment, Buffy came bounding down the stairs, chattering happily to Faith who was following her, looking slightly nervous at the prospect of facing Buffy's friends.
"So then he said to me 'Why did you kill my brother, bitch'? And I'm stood there coverd in gloop from the demon and... Oh! Hiya, guys." Buffy broke off mid-sentence as she noticed the group of people in the lobby standing around, looking tense. "Hey, baby," she said as she made her way to his side and pressed her lips to his in a sweet kiss. "What's going on? Will, what's up?" she said, noticing the look on her best friend's face.
"How can you still want to kiss him after he's brought her into his home?" Willow spat as she turned her glare onto the brunette Slayer.
"Willow? Guys? Okay, calm down. Faith isn't a psycho crazy-killer bitch anymore, remember? Sorry 'bout that description, Faith," said Buffy, shooting an apologetic glance at the nervous brunette.
"No, that's a fair description, I was a psycho crazy-killer bitch,"
"Buffy? How can you even stand to be near her, never mind talk ot her?" asked Willow in complete disbelief.
"I'm willing to forgive her. And I think you guys should be too," Both Willow, Xander and Cordelia's mouths dropped open at this simple statement.
"You- you want us to forgive her? Buffy, how can you even consider that?"
"Willow, she's sorry for all the harm she caused and she's trying to make amends. Who are we to deny her that right?"
Faith flashed Buffy a watery half smile and mouthed 'Thanks, B' to the petite blonde. Buffy nodded at her a smiled back as Angel hugged her to his waste, proud of the way she was trating Faith.
"Well, I, personally, trust your judgement Buffy," said Giles, walking towards Faith. "Welcome back Faith," he said to her, smiling slightly and pulling her into a brief hug. "I'm afraid it my be some time before we will be able to fully forgive you, but I realise that you are sincere in both your apologies and your wish to make amends for your actions. I'm glad to have you back on our team." "Thankyou," Faith smiled at him, her big, dark eyes shining swith tears. "Well, I forgive you too, Faith," said Anya nodding at her. "Well... If Buffy and Angel can forgive you, when nearly all of the bad stuff you did was done to them, then I think I can cope with you. And anyway, we need you for the End of Days fight, according to the Prophecy thingy in my vision," said Cordelia, "So, Willow, Xander, even if you don't forgive her, it's tough."
"I agree with Cordelia. I forgive you Faith. It's nice to have you back," smiled Dawn, pulling the brunette Slayer into a warm and friendly embrace, which Faith returned gladly, giving Dawn a whisprered 'Thankyou' as they hugged.
"Well, okay. I'm not saying I forgive her. Just that I'll try not to hate her, and I'll try to treat her civilly or whatever," muttered Xander
"Yeah, same here," said Willow grudgingly, still looking at Faith with a wary expression marring her sweet features.
"Ah...yes. Now that that's sorted, could we continue with research into this Propechy? Hmmm?"