Faith turned off the water of the shower. She heard the door close, Angel probably left. She stepped out of the shower and dried off. She put on a robe that had been left in the bathroom and opened the door slowly. He wasn't there. He must have left. Which is exactly what she wanted to do and fast before he could come back. It was best if she just avoided him for the rest of the day. If he didn't remember he would think anything of it, if he did he was probably avoiding her anyway.

She got dressed quickly then took off and went down the stairs instead of taking the elevator. Where now? Not the lobby.

'Duh Faith. Your in Los Vegas, there are millions of places to go. She headed it out the door and didn't look back. Angel wouldn't be out anyway, it was daylight. She walked down the street not really sure where she was heading. This place looked so much different in the day, she could hardly believe it was the same city.

As she walked people passed her by. People with problems and dreads of there own. She saw couples holding hands and kissing near her. She tried not to think of her and Angel. He wouldn't love her anyway. That hurt her but it could never come as a shock. Not many, if any people had ever loved her in her life. The ones she thought loved her ended up to be a lie. She was used to this kind of rejection, even if it was unknowing rejection.

She would be okay. She could get over it, hide it, ignore it, something.....she didn't know. She would be okay.

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Angel walked back to the hotel room holding a still freezing bucket of ice. He didn't know why he went to get it. Yes he did. He wanted to get out of the room, clear his mind.

He got out his card and tried five times before he could get the door open. He hated these things, how the hell did they ever replace keys? Well, cards can't have copies made of them, he guessed. He saw the bathroom door open and the robe on the nearby floor. Faith wasn't anywhere in sight. She left, he wasn't surprised. He did feel disappointed, he wanted her to be here when he got back. He could have stayed he told himself.

He lay down on the bed and wondered when she would be back. Where did she go even? He could go look for her but he wasn't sure if she wanted him to find her. Plus it was day, the sun was out, if she left the building there was no way for him to follow her.

He loved her. He knew it. He was sure his friends new it. The only one that didn't he guessed was Faith. But then maybe she did know. Maybe that was why she was avoiding him. He couldn't believe he loved again. After he left Buffy he thought she was the only one for him, that he could never think of a woman like that again. Then here came Faith. Beautiful Faith. Rebellious, defiant, distant, and slightly cold.

Faith. An odd chose of a name for her. He knew her life growing up had been much, much, less then perfect. Like his he guessed, but by the way she acted, much worse.

Angel and Faith. There names sounded good together. He thought they looked good together. He thought they were perfect together. Of course that's just what he thought, probably not what he thought.

He wasn't really anything like Ryan. Of course she hated Ryan now but at one point she loved him. There was something about him that attracted her to begin with. Something that she liked, something that she loved.

What kind of men did she like? He had no idea. He probably wasn't her type anyway so he might as well forget about it.

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Wolfram and Hart

"What do you mean there not at the hotel?!!?"

"I mean their NOT at the hotel!"

"Then where are they?!? Are you telling me they moved out of the city!?!?!"

"We don't know. They could have moved, could gone to help someone, gone......on vacation for all we know!!!"

"Look.....we HAVE to find them! Are current clients aren't going to take this to lightly if they find out we lost them. Find them....use any source we have available."

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Faith walked into a small near by restaurant and sat down at the counter and ordered some eggs and orange juice. She ate quickly and walked out she turned back toward the hotel but was stopped suddenly by someone grabbing her arm.

She turned to see the last person she wanted to see now or ever.

"Ryan what in the HELL do you think your doing here?" She said glaring at him angrily.

"I had to see you." He said in a matter-o-fact kind of tone.

"How did you know I was here?!?!?! Are you following me or something?!!?!" She trying to keep herself from screaming, there were to many people around right not to get into a fight. Why couldn't he just leave her alone!?! Why did he have to show up now of all times?!? If he had come to her right after he left then she would have gone right to him.

For a split second she almost wished that had happened, but then she would never have meet Wesley, Gunn, or Cordelia....or Angel. But then she wouldn't have the problem of Angel but she would miss that. There was no doubt about it in her mind.

"Of course I followed you! You won't talk to me! I need you to talk to me! You can't go back to that guy he's all wrong for you!"

"What guy? Angel?" She mentally kicked herself for saying that aloud.

"Yeah, the guy you told me was 'just your friend', the two of you are sharing a single bed hotel room!!!!!!"

"How did you know that!" she said with a dreadful felling taking over her. "How did you find me." She said voice turning cold as ice.

"The hotel your staying in, my family owns it."

"Oh, my God." She said in a tone of half disbelief.

"Faith come with me."

"Are you out of your mind!?!?!?!?! Get away from me!" She quickly turned then walked away.

"You can't go." He said darkly, grabbing her and pulling her back.

"Get away from me!" she pulled away so quickly she nearly dragged him to the ground. She turned once again and this time ran off very quickly. She was a slayer after all. There was no way for him to keep up with her.

After she was a safe distance away she tried to figure out where she was going. The hotel? Yeah that would be great. Least see Angel would be there, and that would be awkward and of course he would know there was something wrong immediately, and ask her about it, and if that did open up it's own can of worms, Ryan owned the hotel. He knew she was there, probably even knew what room her friends were staying in. Hell he knew she and Angel were sharing a hotel room.

She had no where else to go. She could go to another casino......but she wasn't in the mood for gambling. She wanted to go drinking. At least then she wouldn't need to think about her problems. But somehow the thought of her being drunk in a strange city she had never been in before didn't seem that appealing.

She just started walking. Where she ended up, she would just end up.

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There was a loud almost frantic knocking at the door. Angel's eyes snapped open and blinked a few times. He remembered being board and tried. He had come back to his room after eating with Wesley and Gunn. He had thrown off his shirt and just fallen asleep on the bed.

He went to the door as fast as he could. Maybe it was Faith.

Then why would she be knocking?

Maybe she forgot her key.

There are no cards laying around here.

Maybe she lost it.

He quickly opened the door.

"Faith! I've been waiting fo-..."

He stopped when he saw who was at the door. It was Ryan. He'd only seen him twice but he knew it was him.

The too of them glared at each other. Both of them obviously thought it was Faith on the other side of the door, what they both go was the last person they wanted to see.

"What are doing here?" Angel asked as calmly as he could. He wanted to bust his face in with a lead pipe.

"I'm looking for Faith. I already know she's staying here.......with you." He said that last part with an obvious tone of hatred.

"She's not here right now. It doesn't matter anyway. I want you to stay away from her and so does she. So stop calling, stop sending her gifts and leave us alone."

"That's not really your choice now is it?"

Angel grabbed him and looked like he was about to hit him when a voice came from next to them.

"What are you doing?!"

It was Faith.

Angel let him go. He didn't really want Faith to think he could hurt a human being.

"Ryan leave."

"Faith..."

"Go!"

"Faith!"

Faith ignored his last comment and walked passed Angel and went into there room. Angel followed and shut the door behind them.

"How did he find us?!?!?"

"His father owns the hotel, plus has he been following me." Faith said. She was actually happy that Ryan had showed up it gave them something to yell about while not talking about the other night.

"How do you know?!?!" He asked surprised and still angry that Ryan had showed up. Faith didn't want him around and neither did he. If Faith hadn't showed up he would have beaten the crap out of him.

"I was out earlier he grabbed me and started talking to me, he wouldn't leave me alone so I ran away."

"Maybe we should go stay some where else."

"What?"

"If he owns this hotel.....he knows where we are all the time, he can throw us out for any stupid reason he wants, and he's here. He can be in this building, he can be near you all the time. I don't want him near you, he could.......do.....something to you."

"Like what?"

"How the hell should I know?!?!? But the thing is he could!" Angel said getting more upset by the second.

"Angel...."

"Look maybe we should talk to everyone else about this."

"Angel I don't want them to...." She was cut off though.

"Come on just help me pack."

Faith just stood in the corner with a slightly sad expression on her face.

"Angel."

"Yeah." He said not looking up from the bag he was starting to pack.

"Why did you kiss me the other night?"

Okay here's the new chapter. Sorry it took me so long with this one, I hope you like though.