Buffy unlocked a big steel door and walked into the loft followed by Willow, Xander, Oz, and Faith.
"Uhg." Willow dropped a box on Buffy's new couch, and flopped down beside it. "You know just because you traveled all around the world, doesn't bring you can bring it all home."
"Sorry, but you know some of these boxes do contain your presents."
"Presents? As in plural?" Willow sat up and perked up. Buffy grinned.
"Box next to Oz." Willow grinned at her best friend and opened the box beside her boyfriend.
"Hey Buffy."
"Yah Xand?"
"Where's the food?" Buffy looked over to find Xander looking through her cupboards and fridge.
"On the shelves at the grocery store."
"But why is it not in the kitchen, within my grasp?"
"Hey if you want to go shopping, be my guest." Xander looked over to Oz.
"Oz man, what do you say?"
"Sure." Buffy handed Xander her credit card, and the two left.
"Hey Buffy."
"Yes Faith." Buffy moved over to her entertainment area and started to put DVDs away.
"Nice bedroom." Faith grinned as she walked down the huge staircase that led down from the up stairs level that was arranged like a balcony, with a hole in the middle. "The stairs are a nice touch, you know separating the master bedroom from the upstairs."
"Thanks. I could not believe I got this apartment."
"With your savings, anything is possible." Faith grinned and helped Buffy carry her clothes up stairs to the large walk in closet in the master bedroom, across from the master bathroom.
"Yeah it helps some." The two girls lapsed into a silence as they put away Buffy's stuff. They could hear Willow's cries of happiness as she discovered more presents. Finally, Faith spoke up.
"Hey B?"
"Yeah?"
"Not to pry, but why did you really leave the CIA. I mean the way you described it, it sounded like your dream job."
"It was. But having to keep moving all over the place, lying to people, never seeing you guys, it hurt. I missed the simple life of being a small town girl slaying vampires for a living."
"Yeah, cause that life is so simple." Faith rolled her eyes.
"Compared to the world outside, it really is." The girls went back into silence. Then Buffy smiled. "Now, tell me about Mark. Cause he is chalk full of hunky goodness, and I want to know how he tamed you."
Faith laughed. "That is a really long story."
"I've got time, hey, I've got an eternity, as far as I am concerned."