Gunn was walking toward the front door to leave when he walked by Faith's
room and saw the door was open. Faith was sitting on the bed listening to
music pounding from a pair of headphones and flipping threw pages of a
magazine in front of her. He smiled and walked over to her and tapped her
shoulder to get her attention. Faith immediately looked up and took off the
headphones.
"Hey baby girl, what's up?" he asked with a smile. Faith my have been one of the best looking women he had ever seen but he could never think of her that way. She was so much like a sister, his sister, the one he had loved so dearly and lost. Faith had never had family and saw him as her brother. There was something in the two of them that made them click like that perfectly.
"Nothing. Bored out of my mind. Every time I try to leave the building Angel starts to hover like a bee." Said Angel with a slight look of annoyance on her face.
Gunn smiled. Angel's near obsession of the pretty dark young slayer was between a thin line of hilarious and disturbing. Angel was just protective and some where along his life of 250 years he forgot how to deal with people. He was always too distant or to close. Which made it even harder for Faith considering in her 18 years she didn't know how to handle people and their emotions. They were so much a like and didn't even realize it.
"He's like that." Simple words for the complex understanding of what was behind them.
"So what are you doing tonight? Going out with friends?"
"No just walking around."
"Want to stay here and talk?" Faith said.
"Sure."
Angel was 'listening' to Cordelia. {If you could really call it listening} he had seen Gunn go into Faith's room and he had been in there for at least an hour and a half. What the HELL were they doing in there? They talked a lot but Faith NEVER talked for more then ten minutes to ANYone.
"Angel? Angel! Are you even listening to me?!?" Cordelia said in an angry voice.
"What? Oh, sorry. I was just...."
"I swear I don't know why I bother. You don't actually listen to anyone anyway. You just sit there in your own little world." She said walking away.
"What was that about?"
Angel turned around right away to see Gunn standing at the bottom of the stairs staring after Cordelia.
"Oh nothing. You know."
"Well I'm going out. See ya later!" he said walking out.
"Bye."
TELL ME WHAT YOU WERE DOING!!!! He screamed in his own mind. I should go check on Faith. He thought heading toward the stairs.
Faith was once again alone in her room. Having someone around that was like a brother was nice. She always wanted siblings when she was younger. Her mother would have sooner killed herself then had another child.
Suddenly with out warning the door quickly opened and Angel walked in. He just stared at her for a second.
"What is it?" Faith said to break the silence.
"Nothing. Just making sure your okay."
"You know Angel my head isn't going to be blown off the second your away from me." The moment she had said that a loud bang burst a window next to her. Angel grabbed her and pulled her into him immediately. They could hear yelling outside and more shots but from the noise it was obvious that they weren't directed at the building. Cars screeched and drove away. For a minute it almost sounded like a gang fight, but in this neighborhood?
"Angel? You can let go of me now."
He looked down to see himself still holding Faith close to his body. He let her go. But kept staring at her.
"I thought you said this was a safe neighborhood." Faith stated looking at the window. "It is." He said standing next to her. He looked out the window. There was nothing out there. Except for the glass on the floor there was no indication of anything happening at all.
Faith felt how close Angel was to her and moved away a little.
"Are you okay?" he asked her when he felt her move away from him.
"Yeah, five by five."
She had a bad feeling about this even thought she had no idea why. Nothing had happened and they were both okay. But still...
"Faith? Come on let's get out of this room." He said looking at the glass on the floor.
Wolfram and Hart
"So we got what we needed?" asked Lindsey looking at Lilah.
"No I just said we did to screw with you." She said with a glare.
"Wouldn't put it past you. Where is he?"
"In the medical department." She said.
"Then everything is in place."
"I'll clean up the glass in the mourning. You'll have to stay in another room for tonight."
"I'll be fine down here. Don't worry about me." Faith said looking around.
"You sure your okay? You look a little shaken."
"I told you I'm FINE, stop asking."
He would usually back of a while before asking again but the fact that she had almost gotten her brains blown out in front of him put him completely on the edge. He just looked at her for a moment.
"Aren't you going to bed." Faith said more as a statement then a question.
"No I'm going to stay up for a while. You?"
"I can't sleep. I'll just find something to do."
Like it? I'm not really sure I like this chapter much, I wrote it kinda quick
"Hey baby girl, what's up?" he asked with a smile. Faith my have been one of the best looking women he had ever seen but he could never think of her that way. She was so much like a sister, his sister, the one he had loved so dearly and lost. Faith had never had family and saw him as her brother. There was something in the two of them that made them click like that perfectly.
"Nothing. Bored out of my mind. Every time I try to leave the building Angel starts to hover like a bee." Said Angel with a slight look of annoyance on her face.
Gunn smiled. Angel's near obsession of the pretty dark young slayer was between a thin line of hilarious and disturbing. Angel was just protective and some where along his life of 250 years he forgot how to deal with people. He was always too distant or to close. Which made it even harder for Faith considering in her 18 years she didn't know how to handle people and their emotions. They were so much a like and didn't even realize it.
"He's like that." Simple words for the complex understanding of what was behind them.
"So what are you doing tonight? Going out with friends?"
"No just walking around."
"Want to stay here and talk?" Faith said.
"Sure."
Angel was 'listening' to Cordelia. {If you could really call it listening} he had seen Gunn go into Faith's room and he had been in there for at least an hour and a half. What the HELL were they doing in there? They talked a lot but Faith NEVER talked for more then ten minutes to ANYone.
"Angel? Angel! Are you even listening to me?!?" Cordelia said in an angry voice.
"What? Oh, sorry. I was just...."
"I swear I don't know why I bother. You don't actually listen to anyone anyway. You just sit there in your own little world." She said walking away.
"What was that about?"
Angel turned around right away to see Gunn standing at the bottom of the stairs staring after Cordelia.
"Oh nothing. You know."
"Well I'm going out. See ya later!" he said walking out.
"Bye."
TELL ME WHAT YOU WERE DOING!!!! He screamed in his own mind. I should go check on Faith. He thought heading toward the stairs.
Faith was once again alone in her room. Having someone around that was like a brother was nice. She always wanted siblings when she was younger. Her mother would have sooner killed herself then had another child.
Suddenly with out warning the door quickly opened and Angel walked in. He just stared at her for a second.
"What is it?" Faith said to break the silence.
"Nothing. Just making sure your okay."
"You know Angel my head isn't going to be blown off the second your away from me." The moment she had said that a loud bang burst a window next to her. Angel grabbed her and pulled her into him immediately. They could hear yelling outside and more shots but from the noise it was obvious that they weren't directed at the building. Cars screeched and drove away. For a minute it almost sounded like a gang fight, but in this neighborhood?
"Angel? You can let go of me now."
He looked down to see himself still holding Faith close to his body. He let her go. But kept staring at her.
"I thought you said this was a safe neighborhood." Faith stated looking at the window. "It is." He said standing next to her. He looked out the window. There was nothing out there. Except for the glass on the floor there was no indication of anything happening at all.
Faith felt how close Angel was to her and moved away a little.
"Are you okay?" he asked her when he felt her move away from him.
"Yeah, five by five."
She had a bad feeling about this even thought she had no idea why. Nothing had happened and they were both okay. But still...
"Faith? Come on let's get out of this room." He said looking at the glass on the floor.
Wolfram and Hart
"So we got what we needed?" asked Lindsey looking at Lilah.
"No I just said we did to screw with you." She said with a glare.
"Wouldn't put it past you. Where is he?"
"In the medical department." She said.
"Then everything is in place."
"I'll clean up the glass in the mourning. You'll have to stay in another room for tonight."
"I'll be fine down here. Don't worry about me." Faith said looking around.
"You sure your okay? You look a little shaken."
"I told you I'm FINE, stop asking."
He would usually back of a while before asking again but the fact that she had almost gotten her brains blown out in front of him put him completely on the edge. He just looked at her for a moment.
"Aren't you going to bed." Faith said more as a statement then a question.
"No I'm going to stay up for a while. You?"
"I can't sleep. I'll just find something to do."
Like it? I'm not really sure I like this chapter much, I wrote it kinda quick