Disclaimer: see first chapter

A/N: Hey, I'm back with another part. Thanks for your reviews. Um, I decided this is set kinda round season three (only cos I wanted cordy in it!) But it doesn't really pay much attention to any of the Season 3 storylines so don't worry bout that too much.

Out-of-Reality: My first review! Thanks! Ummm yeah I kinda got a bit of an idea of where it's going now....i think.

Tinyanywhere: Thanks for your idea.... I was actually thinking of something along the lines of that. You'll just have to wait and see!

Stephrigby: thanks for your review. And yes, as u can see, I am doing another chapter.

Spike'sRedQueen: Umm...all I can say to that is.... Maybe. Evil rn't I? Your questions will be answered sometime......

Well that's all my reviews, four in under 24 hours....i'm touched! This chapter is dedicated to my sister Claire who took time out of her assignment doing to let me type this up!

STORY STARTS HERE

The room was silent with the exception of the beeping of the monitors. Buffy hated hospitals....she always had. The smell, the bright lights, all the sick people.....but she didn't care about any of that at the moment. None of those pet hates or fears ran trough her head. There was only one fear on her mind: DEATH. And not her own, as was usually the case, but Faith's.
She had only been at the hospital for about 2 hours and already it was killing her. All the waiting and uncertainty. Patience was definitely not one of her virtues.
"Miss Summers?" a nurse asked. Buffy looked up to see a kind faced woman with short wispy brown hair smiling at her. "There's some visitors here to see you." Buffy nodded and stood up. She leant over and placed a soft kiss on Faith's bruised forehead and gave her one final encouraging squeeze of her hand before she left. Faith would wake up, she knew it. All she needed was a little encouragement.

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The lights of the corridors were brighter than Faith's room and it took a while for Buffy's eyes to adjust. When she entered the waiting area, Giles, Willow, Xander and Cordelia were immediately on their feet. "Buffy," Willow said sympathetically as she hugged her. Buffy hardly responded, she had her brave face on.
"How is she?" Xander asked.
"Um, she only came out of surgery about 15 minutes ago so we don't really know yet."
"Buffy, can I ask you, what happened?" Giles asked cautiously, not wanting to upset his slayer.
"We were attacked by what seemed like a normal vampire. They fought then suddenly he pulled out a knife from somewhere and stabbed her," Buffy winced slightly at the memory.She was trying so hard to detach herself from everything, from the memories especially. It was HER fault Faith was lying in that hospital bed but she wouldn't tell the others that. They'd only try t make her feel better and that was something she didn't deserve.
"Buffy? BUFFY?" Giles said waking Buffy from her daydream.
"huh?"
"What did the vampire look like?"
"Like a bald vamp."
"And what does that look like? Can you describe it?" as usual Giles had a million questions.
"Bald, wrinkly, yellow eyes, sharp, pointy teeth...."Buffy said somewhat annoyed. Was this all really necessary? The vamp was gone now anyway, it was just a pile of dust. All she wanted to do was be back with Faith.
"What about the sword?" Giles continued to prod.
"Umm.....i don.....i don't remember," Buffy looked back at the door to Faith's room longingly. This went unnoticed to everyone in the group except Xander.
"Hey, why don't you go back to Faith and Cordy and I will check out the cemetery, see if we can find the sword," Xander said.
"Yes, yes, I think that would be a good idea. Willow and I will head to the library," Giles agreed.
In turn, they all hugged Buffy goodbye and mumbled things about how they were sorry or thinking of Faith. She just nodded absentmindedly, except when it came to Xander. "Thankyou," she whispered as she hugged him.
"Any time."

A/N: Sorry this is so short but my sis needs the computer. Glad you guys are liking it so far, please review again if you want me to continue. xxx