Disclaimer: I don't own a single thing. Such a depressing thought. It reminds me just how lonely and sad I am.

Author's note: I bet this chapter makes no sense what so ever. Mainly because I am suffering from depression, diagnosed by me. Valentines day just makes me feel so lonely because just like every other year I know I won't get a card. My friends are all with their partners or on holiday. And since there is no school I'm stuck with my little brother and only the Fantastic Four DVD to keep me company. Thank you to all my reviewers. May you all have much more luck than me on February 14th.

Johnny followed Buffy down the empty streets, to his surprise she didn't stop off at the local nightclub. She headed straight past it and into an eerie looking graveyard. Ok then…I guess Buff is a little more odd than I thought. Johnny landed on the ground and flamed off and was glad he had worn his suit. Buffy slowed her pace down to a brisk walk and Johnny jogged behind at a safe distance. Johnny didn't have the slightest clue where Buffy was going or why he didn't just call her name and question her but he'd come too far now and lost a decent jacket.

Buffy stopped walking quite suddenly. Johnny ducked behind a mausoleum as the teenager checked to make sure she wasn't being followed. As she turned Johnny could see she had been seriously crying.

Buffy was sure she was being followed. She had felt that someone was watching her from the second she turned off her street. She mentally cursed herself for not going into the Bronze to lose her new stalker. Well it's nothing I can't handle, she reminded herself. Buffy wiped her eyes and smoothed down her hair before walking down the steps that led to Angel's mansion.

Johnny was more curious now than ever. What was Buffy doing going into abandoned mansions in graveyards and after dark? Was it some kind of weird clubhouse she shared with her friends? Johnny knew the best thing to do would be to follow but he felt… scared. Me? Scared to go into a lonely, deserted mansion? My cousin is in there! Possibly being murdered right now and I'm a superhero! There were a lot of things that Johnny didn't understand right now but he did know it was time to get back to work and do the thing he did best. Save lives. Johnny took a deep breath and took great strides towards the mansion. As he walked closer to the steps he realised he should probably sneak inside or call for back up. The latter was not an option. If Buffy wasn't in danger he didn't want to waste time or get her into trouble. Besides, he could handle anything that came his way. Right?

Johnny slid down the steps, he was sure he could hear voices. He edged into an alcove and listened carefully. He couldn't really make out what was being said but he knew it was a man and a woman talking. Not a woman. Buffy. She's a girl. Or does she count as a woman? Wait how old is she again… 17! Yeah I knew it. She's a girl. Teenager. Teenage girl. What are you doing dude? Concentrate! Johnny made an effort to understand what was being said but he couldn't. The voices stopped suddenly. Johnny wondered whether Buffy and her mystery man had gone. Slowly he poked his head round the side of the alcove. He was surprised with what greeted him.

The room looked warm and regal. Thick red velvet curtains covered the windows and a fire blazed in the large, magnificent fireplace. Worn yet majestic looking leather sofas were positioned around the fireplace but the most interesting feature was the people. Buffy stood in the centre of the room in the arms of a tall, dark man that Johnny considered serious competition. He recognised the man from a painting that he'd seen in Buffy's bedroom the last time he was in Sunnydale. It was Angel.

Johnny was prepared to walk into the room and demand an explanation when he felt a light tap on his shoulder. Johnny turned around to see a girl. She wasn't much taller than Buffy, with brown shoulder length locks and shiny dark red lipstick. Johnny noted her tight clothing and particularly revealing top. My kinda girl. Johnny's thoughts were interrupted when the girl punched him. Johnny staggered backwards with the blow.

'What the fuck?"

"You know which vamps I hate the most? The perverted ones that watch couples and get all horny before they attack," Vamps? Despite the fact that Johnny was confused he couldn't help but notice the seductive edge to her voice. Johnny dodged as she attempted to punch him. The sexy ones with strength are always psychos. The stranger didn't give in; her next attack hit Johnny in the jaw. She then launched at him with a roundhouse kick. This knocked Johnny over.

Johnny barely had time to recover before the girl tried to stab him with a wooden stick. Johnny managed to catch the weapon before it hit him.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" He asked.

"Me? I'm not the one in the weird getup."

"Do I even know you? What the hell are you doing?" As the two wrestled over the stake a thought came into Johnny's head. He smirked and briefly flamed on. The girl let go of the stake in surprise.

"Your not a vamp," she said in surprise. "Then you're a demon," she concluded and grabbed a sword that was displayed with some armour.

"Stop!" Johnny shouted, now he was scared. "Buffy!" he called.

His cries attracted the attention of his cousin who immediately rushed to the scene followed by Angel.

"Johnny?" Buffy was shocked to see her cousin, "What are you doing here?"

"Wait you know this clown?" The girl asked; she was surprised.

"Faith Johnny Johnny Faith." Buffy said quickly. "What are you doing here?"

"Following you. The guys sent me up to apologize and I find your room empty with the window wide open. I look out the window and see you running down the street so I followed. This psycho's your friend? "

" Yes. But you were spying on me!"

"Hey I was gonna go back but then you went into a graveyard."

"What gives you the right to spy on me?" Buffy demanded.

"Well I don't see the crime. So I caught you with Angel. Big deal."

"You guys know each other?" Buffy asked as she looked between Angel and Johnny.

"You had some drawings of the dude in your room last summer."

"You were snooping around in my room!"

"Look calm down. I just got curious, jeez. Anyway it's not like you don't follow me places. The difference is that I won't snitch."

"Well you better not!" Buffy threatened.

"Why? Aunt Joyce doesn't know about this guy?" Angel looked at Buffy. He knew she had been reluctantly to tell her friends he was back from hell but he didn't see why she couldn't tell her mother.

"She'd freak out. Not even a little freak out but she'd seriously freak."

"Well I'll keep quiet if you tell me what's going on," Johnny offered, he was always willing to make a deal.

"I was with Angel." Buffy said.

"No, your little friend here-" Johnny gestured to Faith.

"Little?" Faith asked angrily.

"Fine, your psychotic friend here was trying to kill me. She kept calling me vamp and then she started calling me demon." Buffy shot Faith a look that Johnny didn't miss. She walked up to Johnny and whispered in his ear.

"Faith has … she has some problems. She comes from a very religious family, they believe she was destined to fight evil." Johnny raised one eyebrow.

"You hang around with her? No wonder you're such a freak." He said bluntly.

"Well if you guys are just gonna argue and bitch about me I'm out." Faith announced and with that she turned and left.

"We better go," Buffy said. "Bye Angel, I'll come and see you tomorrow." Buffy added warmly.

"See you dude," Johnny said with a wave.

Buffy's sudden change in behaviour at the words 'vamp' and 'demon' had mystified Johnny. She was definitely hiding something, he could tell from the second he saw her in the graveyard. What was her obsession with graveyards? It was beginning to scare Johnny slightly. She had some odd friends and hung out in some weird places. This wasn't the Buffy he had once known; Buffy was bubbly and slightly dopey. She wasn't a Goth and she didn't befriend psychopaths.