Buffy opened her eyes and looked around. She saw Spike sitting by her bed asleep. She started to sit up when pain erupted throughout her body. She winced as Angel came in.

"I see you're awake. Don't worry, I sore too," he said with a warm smile.

Spike awoke at Angels voice and said, "Oh, hello, luv. How do you feel?"

"Fine. where's Faith?" Buffy asked, realizing that her sister slayer wasn't in the room with her and feared the worst.

"She's in the other room asleep," Angel said with a curious air.

"Well, is she okay, what happened?" Buffy asked frantically as she tried to get up again, but was pushed back down by Angel.

"Don't worry. She's gonna be okay. She did get hurt, but we patched her up," said Angel. At this Buffy jumped up ignoring any pain and ran from the room, searching for Faith. This brought surprised looks to Spike and Angel's faces who Buffy hadn't told about her and Faith.

Angel ran after her and said, "She's in the guest room, Buffy!"

Buffy looked at Angel and immediately ran to that room. She burst through the door to see that Faith, as Angel had said, was asleep. Buffy climbed on to the bed and held Faith's hand. She sat there staring at Faith thinking how sweet and peaceful she looked as she slept. She began to stroke Faith's hair and hum a song.

Angel walked into the room and watched Buffy gently stroking Faith's hair and humming to her softly. He realized that Buffy had feelings for Faith and they weren't homicidal. She cared for her, whether it was sisterly or romantically he didn't know, but he had a feeling it was the latter. He saw Spike walking toward the room and, knowing he and Buffy had recently been together romantically, told Spike that Buffy wanted to talk with Faith and did not want to be disturbed. Angel then left and closed the door.

Meanwhile, Buffy was still with Faith. Suddenly she noticed Faith stirring. "How do you feel?" Buffy asked.

"Like I got stabbed in the chest," Faith said groggily.

"What happened after I passed out?" Buffy asked becoming increasingly curious on Faith's condition.

"Well, you were being strangled so I threw a knife at Caleb; he caught it and threw it back at me and it hit me in the chest," said Faith. Buffy looked at her in horror and said, "Let me see." Buffy then gingerly looked at Faith's wound and saw that, though it looked like it was bad before, was now slightly healed.

"I'm fine, it's just a scratch. Besides, the important thing is that I wounded him. I stabbed him in the back. He had to retreat so I'm assuming they were good hits," Faith said regaining some of her normal enthusiasm.

"That doesn't look fine. I think you should stay in bed for at least a couple more days," Buffy ordered.

"Naw. I'll be fine in a few hours," said Faith nonchalantly.

"I said a couple more days," Buffy said fiercely, and then and then very quietly added, "When Angel said you were injured I got scarred."

"Well it scarred me when you passed out from lack of oxygen out there, B," Faith said accusingly.

"No, you shouldn't worry about me, I can take care of myself," Buffy said turning away slightly.

"No. I think I've proved I can take care of myself. besides, why should you care what happens to me?" asked Faith as she too turned away.

"Well, because. I think I love you."

Author's note: Thanks for the review rma! I'm glad you liked the action. But, because of the lack of reviews I made a short chapter with a cliffhanger! (Sorry rma!) So please review and I won't do that anymore. Oh, and sorry. I wrote this one quick, I know it sucks, but please be nice. I just wanted to get another chapter up. Ok then, lataz.