HMMM. . .WHAT HAPPENED TO FAITH? WELL YOU'LL HAVE TO READ TO FIND OUT CAUSE I'M CERTAINLY NOT GONNA TELL YOU (LOL) R/R! THANKS! OH AND SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG TO UPDATE, BURDEN OF SCHOOL, WELL SEE YA!

"Oh my god" Buffy whispered. "Oh my god." She said more loudly and panicy as she ran to Faith's side. "Wh-what happened? Who did this?"

"It was. . .nothing, no one" Faith said slowly, as she tried to get up, but really couldn't.

"Faith, I'm now screwing around, tell me who did this to you damn it" Buffy demanded.

"It was. . .it was Gregg" Faith said.

"What? Why?" Buffy asked.

"He uh. . .he was talking crap about you. . .and I. . .I told him to stop, and he didn't, so I hit him. . . and he hit me back, with interest" Faith said. Buffy helped her up and into the Bronze to the back.

"Bloody hell, what happened?" Spike asked.

"Long story, I'll explain later, um I have to get her home, Spike could you get our jackets?" Buffy asked.

"Of course" Spike said and got their jackets and helped Faith to car.

"Do you need any more help?" he asked.

"Um, no, thanks though, I'll talk to you tomorrow" she said and kissed him.

"Call me, tell me if she's okay" Spike said.

"I will, bye" Buffy said and drove Faith home. Dawn and Joyce were already asleep. She helped Faith upstairs and into bed. "Okay honey, I'm going to get you some aspirin." She went into the bathroom and got some medicine and brought it to Faith. "Here."

"Thanks" Faith said and took it and closed her eyes.

"Tomorrow we're going to the dr." Buffy said.

"No" Faith protested.

"Faith, I don't care what you say, we are going, we have to make sure there's no internal damage done" Buffy told her and turned off the light.

"B, you can't tell mom, promise me" Faith said.

"I don't know about that. . ." Buffy said.

"Promise me" Faith demanded.

"Okay, I promise" Buffy said. They went to sleep and when Buffy woke up again Faith was already up. Buffy went into their bathroom and she was there putting on cover-up makeup. "Hi."

"Hey" she said grimly.

"Are you okay?" Buffy asked.

"Yeah, five by five" Faith said.

"I'm sorry" Buffy told her.

"Why, did you do this to me?" Faith asked.

"Did you. . .I mean, did you tell mom?" Buffy asked.

"No, and you aren't going to either, I will kick your ass" Faith said.

"I promise" Buffy said. "Um, I'm going over to Spike's, do you want to go?" Buffy asked.

"Nah, and besides, you two would probably want to be alone" Faith said with a sly smile.

"Are you sure you okay?" Buffy asked.

"Sure, you go, have fun" Faith said. Buffy smiled and walked downstairs and Dawn was there.

"Hey Buffy" Dawn said.

"Hi, um, I'm going to go, uh, Faith's here, see ya" Buffy said.

"Wait, Buffy" Dawn said.

"What?" Buffy asked, turning around.

"Where are you going?" Dawn asked.

"Uh, to Spike's" Buffy said.

"Is he like your boyfriend now?" Dawn asked.

"Yeah" Buffy said.

"What happened to Riley?" Dawn asked.

"He's. . .history" Buffy said.

"Oh, well have fun" Dawn said, Buffy walked out of the house.

Buffy arrived at Spike's house a little later. Giles wasn't home. Buffy knocked on the door, but there was no answer. Buffy opened the door and walked in and walked down to Spike's room. He was still sleeping, Buffy walked into his room and sat on his bed.

"Spike" she said quietly and shook him.

"Hmmm?" he asked, his eyes still closed.

"It's me, your girlfriend, remember?" she asked.

"Hmm, no, I don't recall having a girlfriend, a sex partner yes, but not a girlfriend" Spike smirked, still not opening his eyes.

"You better be joking mister" Buffy said, and Spike opened his eyes.

"I'm defiantly joking" he smirked, she leaned down and kissed him. "Hi."

"Hi" Buffy smiled.

"Come here luv" he said and she climbed into bed with him and he wrapped his arms tightly around her. "Is Faith okay?"

"Yeah, she's going to be fine" Buffy said.

"Good" Spike said and kissed her on the forehead. She looked up and kissed him. First light, and then very fervently. "Ooh, you want me do you?" he smirked at her and she smirked back.

"Always" she said and he flipped her over so that he was on top of her and kissed her again.

Faith was sitting on the couch watching TV. She had covered up the bruises as best she could and her mother and Dawn hadn't noticed yet, and Faith hoped they never did. Joyce walked through the door holding three grocery bags.

"Uh, Faith, honey can you help me with these?" Joyce asked and Faith got off the couch and took two of the bags. "Hi, where's Buffy and Dawn?"

"Uh, Dawn's upstairs and B's at Spike's" Faith said and followed her mother into the kitchen.

"Oh, she's been spending a lot of time over there, what about Riley?" Joyce asked.

"Uh, Riley's historical reading now mom, where you been, B's boink- I mean dating Spike now" Faith said covering herself and her sister.

"Oh, what happened between Buffy and Riley, he was a nice boy?" Joyce asked as she and Faith started putting away the groceries.

"Yeah, nice, dull, boring, basically a cheating bastard that really needs that joyride to hell" Faith said.

"He cheated on Buffy?" Joyce asked.

"Yeah, with Hannah" Faith said.

"Hannah, Buffy's friend?" Joyce asked.

"Not anymore" Faith said.

"Hmm, and how'd she start dating Spike?" Joyce asked.

"Well, he's had this humongo crush on her since he moved to the great Sunny D and. . .well let's just say that, they connected, and she had to choose between the English hottie or Captain Cardboard and I think she made the right choice, after she found out that Riley had been sleeping with Hannah she knew she made the right choice too" Faith said.

"So, she chose Spike before she knew about Riley and Hannah" Joyce confirmed.

"Mmm-hmm" Faith said.

"Oh, well at least she didn't do it out of spite" Joyce said.

"Yep, she has the hotts for him" Faith said, and Dawn came down the stairs.

"Mommy!" she said and hugged Joyce.

"Hi honey" Joyce said. Suddenly Buffy walked through the door.

"Mom! Hey what's-what's up?" Buffy asked.

"Nothing much, have fun with Spike?" Joyce asked.

"What!" Buffy asked, shocked.

"At Spike's, did you two have fun?" Joyce asked.

"Oh they had plenty of fun" Faith mumbled with a smirk.

"Yeah, we- it was. . .fine" Buffy said. Suddenly the phone began to ring.

"Oh, I'll take that upstairs" Joyce said and went upstairs.

"I'm going to kill you" Buffy said to Faith.

"Hey, she doesn't know" Faith smiled.

"Know what?" Dawn asked.

"Nothing" both Faith and Buffy said at the same time.

"You guys never tell me anything" Dawn complained.

"That's because, one, you're too young, and two, you can't keep a secret" Buffy said.

"Yes I can" Dawn said defensively.

"Oh yeah, what about that time that I broke mom's vase and you told her ten minutes later when you promised you wouldn't" Faith reminded her.

"It just slipped out" Dawn said.

"Yeah, well, this is a secret that I can't afford to get 'slipped out'" Buffy said and she and Faith went upstairs. Dawn sighed with frustration and went to watch TV.

"So, did you two. . .?" Faith asked when she and Buffy got upstairs.

"Yes" Buffy said and Faith smiled. "What?"

"I'm so glad to two are together, I'm so glad that you dumped captain lame-o."

"Well me too" Buffy said.

"Do you love him? Spike I mean?" Faith asked.

"I don't know" Buffy said. "I know I love being with him, I guess I just have to. . .wait for a while, I've learned that falling in love fast just ends in badness."

"Well I happen to know that he's crazy about you" Faith said.

"Yeah?" Buffy asked.

"Oh please, like you don't know" Faith said and Buffy smiled.

"I know" Buffy said. "I have to go to the bathroom." She went into the bathroom and went and then washed her hands and brushed her hair. She put the brush on the counter and it fell into the trash can and she retrieved it and there lying in the can was a pregnancy test that said positive.