Buffy sat cross-legged on the floor, sniffling and listening to her self-help tapes.

"You are your own person" the old english guy on the cover said to her.

"You are alone" is what she heard.

She sniffled again. Then she got up and smashed her cd player to bits. Then she sniffled over having to buy a new cd player. Finally, she took action.

A few minutes later, Buffy put down the phone. She was free. She had quit her job.

"Oh god, what have I done?"

Buffy grabbed the phone and got her job back again. Hell, she was the boss, she could do what she liked. This time she thought a bit more and just lessened her hours so she was still earning plenty of money, but would now actually have time for a life. And have a life is just what she would do. Buffy grabbed her bag and was about to step out the door and find somewhere to go when the doorbell rang.

"Hi" said the darkhaired girl who opened the door.
"He...llo," Buffy replied, confused.
"You're Buffy, right?"
"Uh... How do you know my name?"

Faith paused, and tried to think of a way to explain this insane theory to a total stranger. Then she thought about just what it was that had convinced her.

Buffy had just looked away for a second and when she looked back, the girl's fist was coming towards her face. She instinctively grabbed it and threw her to the floor. Faith looked up at Buffy, her arm still being held, and said,

"You ever trained at martial arts?"
"I have good instincts," she replied coldly.
"Is that how you explain it?"

Buffy released Faith's arm and let her stand up.

"I don't like you coming into my home and throwing punches at me." "Believe me B, I don't want to be here."
"Wait, what did you call me?"
"Buffy. I called you Buffy, it's your name. You're a slayer."
"A what? Who are you? How did you find me?"
"I'm Faith. I'm... another slayer. Look, I know it sounds crazy but we're supposed to fight vampires, and right now we're supposed to be fighting one specific vampire, Kakistos or something, but he's put us under a spell and we think we're... us."

Buffy looked at this crazy girl and wondered why she had let her in in the first place. Okay, my life can start tommorow , Buffy thought to herself.

She physically grabbed Faith and chucked her out into the street.

"Next time you wanna bug someone, make it someone else!" she yelled out to her.

Buffy walked inside and locked the door firmly behind her. She went and found another cd player, and started listening to her self-help tapes again.