Disc: I. Own. Nobody.
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Yeah, they'd had some history. Something rocky let me tell you.
"You're nothing! Disgusting, murderous, bitch!"
But then she went away for awhile. She left Buffy alone for the first time since her awakening, and walked herself right into the California Penal System.
It twisted her mind around, let her see things as to how they really were. That was when she realised it. The Rogue finally found herself as the root of the problem. That's how it had always been. Her mother told her so, her watcher told her so, and Buffy told her so. And she most defiantly believed it now.
"There's a word for people like you, Faith. Loser."
So when Angel nearly forced her back to Sunnydale, there was no doubt in Faith's mind that Buffy wouldn't give her a new leaf to start on. She didn't deserve it anyway. She knew she didn't even deserve a second glance from Buffy, but nothing could be for sure until it happened.
She arrived at the Summer's doorstep, with nobody beside her. The vampire had his own fears about Buffy, which took Faith to dreading this meeting even more. She knocked, stepped onto the porch, and silently waited.
When the door opened, not either of the slayers could bring themselves to speak. So the blonde settled on punching. She must have hit and smacked Faith for 15 minutes until the witch, begrudgingly, pulled her away. She kept them separated with magic, afraid a full slayer battle would form.
It was strange though, Faith didn't fight back. She lay on the ground, eyes wide open as Buffy pummelled her, and neither had spoken a word.
She deserved it, both slayers decided.
When Willow finally let them near each other, she stood stationary beside the window, watching from the inside.
"I'm sorry." It was Faith apologizing. She was sorry because she had come back, because she had shown herself in Buffy's now authority presence. And Buffy resisted hitting her again.
"You can't do this. You can NOT come back in my life, expecting to float right in. My life was just something for you to play with. I was the victim. Nobody has EVER made me the victim. Go. You're not welcome."
When Faith didn't budge from her stance, Buffy pushed her, hard enough so that she fell onto her back across the porch. Wounded in her dignity, she lay there long enough for Buffy to kneel and drag her back up.
"Angel sent me."
Buffy stared at her counterpart for some minute or so before pulling her fully to her feet.
"Inside. Now."
Maybe this was her new leaf.
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Chapter One. Done. Review, and then throw rotten fruit.