Do I Deserve this?: Runaway
She hated hospitals, ever since her coma she had hated them.
"Faith..." She looked up, "I'm gonna go and get a coffee. Do you want anything?"
"No...thanks"
"Okay, I'll see you in a minute"
Fred left. 'I've got to get out of here' she thought. She detached herself from the oxygen and heart monitor and got out of the bed, all the while checking for anyone coming. She flinched as she pulled out the needle from her drip and went to the end of the bed where her clothes, from earlier, were lying, okay they were a bit tattered but she didn't have anything else. She pulled herself into them and poked her head round the curtain. 'Coast clear' she thought, then she made a dash for it. She ducked in and out between people and reached the door; she looked back at the hospital and breathed a sigh of relief but then bumped into someone, coming into the hospital.
"Faith?" It was Angel. "What are you doing here? You should be back inside."
"No...I can't Angel. I have to get out of here."
"Why?" Faith just looked away, "Come on..." he said placing his hands firmly on her shoulders and turning her around back towards the hospital. "...let's go back inside..." Before he could say anything more she bent forward and flipped Angel over her and on to his back and ran off. "NO Faith! Come back!" he shouted after her, trying to stand up again. There was no point in giving chase he thought as he watched her run into the park near the hospital, she needed some time alone and that's what he would give her for now at least if she wasn't back within a couple of hours, he would track her down, but until then he would leave her.
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Fred pulled the curtain back expecting to see Faith and all she saw was an empty bed with Faith's clothes from earlier gone.
"Oh no...Cordy"
"What?"
"Faith's gone"
"What?! I thought you were sitting with her."
"I just went to get a coffee. I was only gone for 5 minutes"
"We've gotta find her" Fred nodded and came out and spotted Angel.
"Angel!" she ran up to him, "we've got a problem..."
"Faith, I know."
"But...how?"
"I saw her outside but before I could convince her to come back into the hospital, she flipped me on to my back and ran off."
"Well, let's go track her down then, Cordy and I can take the car and you can take the streets..."
"No."
Cordy approached them, "Why not?"
"She needs time. Time to sort out everything in her head at the moment. She'll come back when's she's ready."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, she can take care of herself."
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She kept running, she couldn't go back now could she? She ran till she finally stopped and took account of her surroundings. She was on the other side of town, next to a pub of some kind; she walked into the pub and up to the bar.
"Vodka"
"You got it."
The barman passed her the drink and she drank it one.
"Another"
"You gotta pay for that one first."
She felt her pockets, she didn't have any. "I'll pay for it and the next to" there was a guy standing next to her. "Thanks" he smiled and handed over the money and the guy brought the drink over. She drank it again in one gulp.
"Right either you've had a seriously rough time of it or you're one heavy drinker."
"Both actually"
She looked at the man; he was well built and had dark hair
"Another"
"Yeah, I'll be back in a minute."
She turned and walked to the toilets on the other side of the bar. The man got the drinks and looked cautiously around and then dropped a generous helping of some kind of drug into Faith's drink, it fizzed for a moment and then disappeared. She walked back out and approached the guy. "Here you go" he said and pushed the drink towards her. "Cheers" she picked up the drink and drank it.
"Barman! Another drink for the lady."
"No thanks, I betta be going anyway."
"Oh right. See you round"
"Yeah"
