Hey everyone sorry this took so long but school started up again and it looks like a long semester…however I do plan to finish this it just may take some time…thanks to everyone whos review muah

Confrontation

The room was an ever changing cycle of emotions. Anger, hate, fear, betrayal, loneliness, sympathy, and suspicion were spiraling around the occupants of the household since Desiree had walked through the door with Faith by her side. While many were hesitant to hear the story of the broken girl no one argued when Faith asked them to just listen. As the sad one told her story many of the inhabitants of the room quickly went from looking disgusted at her presence to sicken with themselves. When the story had finished the dynamics of the room began to change.

Xander, once was standing near Willow, just squeezed his best friends shoulder lightly and quickly tossed a glance at the blonde slayer before he walked off, going to his own apartment and leaving this house of chaos. Giles, who previously stood in the middle of the room, had retreated to the side window where he could ponder all the new information they had received. As for the red head and the blonde neither had moved an inch since Desiree began talking, but both held different expressions. The witch had tears in her eyes, feeling the blood on her hands from her own moral ambiguities and even dirtier for the fact her girlfriend had yet to look at her. However, the blonde sat in the same position with the same look of determination on her face and beside her sat her sister, who continuously held Buffy's hand during the gruesome tale.

No one dared to speak at first. Some were lost in thought and others were just waiting. When the tension started to become almost unbearable, Faith stepped in the middle of the room.

"I invited Desiree to stay with us. Permanently."

The first reaction came from the blonde slayer, who, if not held back by her sister, would have jumped out of her seat to get face to face with her other half.

"You can't do that." Buffy spoke

"I just did," Faith replied "Desiree is as sorry for what happened as you are, if not more, and I think she deserves a chance here. We have never turned away a slayer who has asked for our help and that's what she is doing."

"So you want us to train her?" The blonde had spat, as Faith nodded her head "Is she gonna go to school here as well, heyyyy, I know, maybe we should even give her a watcher." Sarcasm was dripping from the chosen one's pores.

"Actually, yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking." The brunette said pointedly.

"Really?" Buffy reered in further , "And who did you plan to have as her watcher? You?"

"No, I had someone else in mind." Faith said getting hesitant "I was thinking that Dawn could do it."

"What!" The Summers sisters both turned in shock.

"Everyone calm down." Giles suddenly said from the window "Faith are you serious about Desiree joining us?"

"Yes."

"Then she may stay here."

"Giles!" Buffy protested.

"Let me finish. She may stay her for tonight and in the morning we shall hold a meeting and decide what to do." The ex-librarian swiftly wiped his glasses as he made his way to the door. "It has been a very emotional day and I think we all need to get some rest before we can decide a proper solution."

The air was palpable once Giles left the room. Unable to take the pained expression on her lovers face, Faith walked over to Buffy.

"I think we should go to our room and talk."

"What's there to talk about?" Buffy said turning her head away from Faith

"Buffy," The brunette sighed pleadingly, " Please?" Faith held out her hand and sure enough, in spite of everything, the blonde placed her own inside of it. Locking their fingers gently the two slowly started to make their way to the door when the ex-rogue stopped and turned back

"Desiree I forgot we need to figure out where to put you tonight." Before she had a chance to continue the younger Summer's answered.

"Don't worry about it Faith, I'll take care of it, I mean her."

As one couple exited the other was left in an awkward silence. However, following the ex-con's actions the red head went over to her girlfriend to get her attention.

"I think we need to talk." Willow said offering her hand out to Kennedy who quickly moved away, not half as receptive as Buffy.

"Yeah," Ken wavered., already starting to walk a step ahead, "I guess we do." Willow felt defeated, but the two quickly headed off in the direction of their own room, leaving Dawn and Desiree alone.

"So," Dawn mummbled, "this is awkward."

The room was filled with unspoken words the red head was dying to say. However, the hostile stance the young brunette held kept the witch quiet.

"I thought you wanted to talk?" Ken asked, rolling her eyes in destain.

"I don't know what to say."

"How about you tell me why you've been lying to me?" She growled in response, leaving Willow silent for a moment.

"Ken, sweety, I didn't lie to you." Willow whispered.

"Well you definitely haven't been Ms. Honesty with me either. Ever since you got back from that fucking mission you have been so distant and I kept asking you what was wrong, but you swore you were fine. Fucking hell Will ! I thought I did something wrong. I thought I fucked up and you were upset with me." The anger in Kennedy's voice was slowly being replaced with pain and unshed tears started to fill her eyes.

"Kenny," Willow said slowly trying to touch Kennedy's face with her hand, but the brunette quickly turned and walked to the other side of the room.

"I would have stood by you Will. I love you and I trust you, but I guess you're just not there with me yet." Kennedy said, her back still toward the red head. "I need some air." And she left hastily before watching the witch break down.

A few rooms down from the witch and her slayer, is the room of the two eldest slayers. On many occasion these two halves has fought over many things, but never have the stakes been so high. Unable to stand the silence the blonde inevitably begins the much needed conversation, but she's stopped, mid-sentence, by her lover's voice.

"Buffy before we start," Faith began "I just wanted to say I love you."

"No. Don't. That's not fair Faith" But Buffy's conviction was soon slashed with the squeeze of her hand by her counterpart, she sighed and stumbled "and I...I love you too, but Dawns my sister. You can't ask me to put her with that psycho. Hell you can't ask me to let the woman who tried to kill me be around any of these girls."

"Buffy," the brunette said, now taking her other hand and pulling her down to sit beside her, "she is not a woman, she is a messed up girl that needs our help. You heard what she's been through. She needs this place, and I think she needs Dawn. You were the one that said the new slayers were really connecting with Dawn and she was probably gonna end up as one of their watchers. Desiree needs someone like that, someone her own age that can help her lead... help her follow."

"No, I just," Buffy quickly started to tear up "she tried to kill me."

"B, baby," Faith said with a smirk, whipping the tears away before they had a chance to fall, "so have I, just about everyone of your exes, and some of your friends... you let Dawn around all of us."

"I just…"

"B, let's just sleep on it... okay?" Faith whispered, daring enough to place a soft kiss on the blonde's forehead.

"Okay."

"So this is my room and I guess this is where you'll be staying." Dawn said "You know for tonight, I don't know about the rest of the week."

"You think they are actually gonna let me stay here?" Desiree asked Dawn timidly "But I admitted to trying to kill Buffy?"

"Yeah and you said you were sorry," Dawn said glancing at the scared girl next to her, "saying sorry scores big points with this group. Just look at Faith."

Still standing at the door in Dawn's room the rebellious looking girl stared at the young Summers like she was a puzzle. She expected this girl to hate her for what she tried to do, but instead she was greeted with an almost understanding.

"Why are you being so nice to me?" Dawn looked toward the sad girl with a smile on her face.

"Buffy once told me everyone deserves a second chance, and there are even a special few that deserve 5 or 6 chances," Dawn paused smirking a lil, " though I think that was just her way of making me like Faith when they started dating" She shook her head and shrugged at the irony of it all, and continued, "but it sounds like a good thought." Slowly letting the words sink in Desiree started to move away from the door and toward Dawn until she was inches away, leaning toward her, and whispering.

"Thanks…"