Dawn pushed Faith back down onto the bed. "You are not going anywhere" she told Faith.

"But, Dawn, I have to go. Slaying is my job. And, remember, we talked about the information thing?" Faith tried to convince Dawn. Being at home with Dawn wasn't bad. Not bad at all. But she needed to kill something.

"I don't care, You're hurt and you're staying home. With me" Dawn said. She had one of those 'I've-made-up-my-mind-and-nothing-can-change-that' faces.

Faith rested her head onto the pillow with a sigh. "Fine!You win" she said. "But I'm not hurt that bad" she added.

Dawn smiled. She lay down next to Faith. "I know" she said. "I just don't like that you go out every night. It gets lonely when I'm alone. You're out so long" she said.

Dawn wrapped her one arm around Dawn. She smiled at the younger brunette a little and kissed the tip of her nose.

"So, Brat, wanna go to the Bronze?" Faith asked.
"Sure, F" Dawn said with a smirk. She didn't like the fact that Faith called her Brat. And she knew how it pissed Faith off if you called her F. "Just have to tell Buffy where I'm going" she added, quickly.

"Be bad for once!You don't have to report every move you make to Big Sis" Faith said.

"I need to change clothes, anyway" Dawn said.

"You look hot. Don't worry" Faith said.

"Fine" Dawn said with a small sigh. "Let's go" she added.

Faith smirked a little.

They headed to the Bronze from the graveyard.

About a week later

The phone rang. Dawn sighed and walked to it. She picked the phone up. "Yeah?" she said.

"It's Willow" the voice on the other end said. She sounded like she was crying, or had been crying.

"What's wrong?" Dawn asked with, frowning. She just hoped that it wasn't something with Buffy. Yes, she kicked Dawn out, and almost beat Faith up. But she was still Dawn's sister. No mather what.

"No, it's Xander" Willow answered. "He's at the hospital. With the new illness. We're all here" she added.

"I'll be there soon" Dawn said. She felt something in her stomach, like bats. And she got suddenly sick.

"Are you going to bring Faith?" Willow asked.

"Of course" Dawn said. She heard Buffy's voice in the background before Willow hung up. She sighed a little. Xander was like a big brother to her. She couldn't belive that he was going to die.

Suddenly, tears started to roll down her cheeks. And soon she was sobbing.Xander, one of nicest and one of the bravest person she knew, was going to die in a few days.

Faith quietly walked into the room. She didn't say anything, just walked to Dawn and wrapped her arms around her.

"It's Xander. Willow called and told me that Xander...He's going to die" Dawn whispered.

"He's in the hospital?" Faith asked.

Dawn nodded.

"Let's go there?" Faith asked. Her voice was soft.

"Yeah" Dawn said and stood up. "I'm just gonna go wash my face." She walked to the bathroom. She washed her face with cold water. She then looked into the mirror. She closed her eyes for a second. She opened them and walked back to the bedroom.

Faith got up and took Dawn's hand. They walked out of the apartment.

At the hospital

Dawn and Faith walked in from a few doors, and got to the hall where all the Scoobies were.

Buffy looked up and saw them. She started to stand up, but Willow stopped her.

"No, Buff. Think of Xander. Don't start fighting again" Willow said, with a pleading look.

Buffy shot a glare at Faith, but didn't do anything. Willow was right.

Faith sighed.

"Don't worry," Dawn said. "Let's just sit down."

Faith nodded. They sat down onto plastic chairs. Faith put her one arm around Dawn and Dawn rested her head onto Faith's shoulder.

"They're just showing off" Buffy told Willow.

"Dawn's happy. Maybe you should think of that?" Willow said.

"No, I can't. Not when she's with Faith," Buffy said.

"Give her a chance. I'm sure she's not that bad of a person. Dawn did fall in love with her" Willow said.

Buffy didn't say anything.

"Red's not too bad" Faith whispered into Dawn's ear,

"Huh?" Dawn said,

"Willow. She told Buffy to give me a chance" Faith said.

"What did Buffy say?" Dawn asked.

"Nothing" Faith answered.

"Oh" Dawn said.

A doctor walked out from Xander's room. He looked a little sad. "Miss Rosenberg?" he said.

Willow's eyes widened. "No" she whispered, tears in her eyes.

"I'm sorry" the doctor said. "Mr. Harris passed away about five minutes ago. He was asleep. It wasn't very painful" he added.