Title: Chances
Summary: Faith goes back to Sunnydale to help Buffy and the Scoobies. Follows the finale episodes, but with a little twist. I suck at summaries, just read it and find out.
Pairing: Buffy/Faith
Note: It´s my first attempt to write fanfiction so feedback is welcomed, and I´m Spanish so if there are lots of mistakes I´m sorry, I´ve done it as best as I can.
C.3 Meeting
"B..."-was all she was able to say
Their eyes met and aftersome seconds of silence between them Buffy punched Faith in the face. The dark slayer backed away a few steps touching her face at the spot where Buffy had hit her.
"Faith..."-Buffy said.
The brunette looked at her calmly and without any sign of annoyance or wrath in her factions.
"This one I'm not going to return, because you have the right to hit me, after all I deserve it. But although you can be sure I won't hit you, you can also be sure I'm not letting you punch me every time you feel like doing so. I'm not here to be your punching bag"- explained Faith.
Once again their glances crossed, finally the blonde spoke.
"Come in."-Buffy offerded .
The brunette entered the house and thought that everything was practically as she remembered it. Buffy entered the dining room and Faith followed the blonde, but when she looked inside she decided that the best thing to do was to stop before entering. Inside, with all their attention focused directly on her, were: Giles, Xander, Anya, Willow and a young girl who Faith had never seen and was seated next to the witch while tenderly caressing her hand.
Giles, who was the one nearer to her, was watching her with certain hardness on her eyes, but not with hatred, which surprised Faith, but not too much, since the watcher had always been quite warm, at least with the Scoobies. At the other end of the room was Xander, and he was watching her with hatred and annoyance and wrath, but that didn't surprised her either, since she was expecting it. But what really got Faith's attention was the way Willow was looking at her, her eyes didn't contain any sign of annoyance nor hatred, but something else that the brunette couldn't figure out completely. Was it compassion? The rest of the people in the room didn't seem to mind her presence, Anya had a face of boredom and was clearly wishing the end of the meeting, whereas the girl, whom Faith guessed was Willow's new girl, centered all her attention on the redhead. All the room sank into silence until Xander could not hold it any more and exploded.
"What are you doing here? You have come to do our lives a little more miserable?"-asked Xander almost shouting.
Faith gave a sigh to try and calm herself a little, but didn't succeed. Then she decided that the best thing was not to answer him, but to begin her explanation from the beginning and to all of them.
"I went to see Angel after I left prison and Cordelia had a vision about what was happening here. So after speaking with Angel we decided that you would need all the help you could get."-tried to explain Faith as calm as she could.
The brunette made a pause, not very sure about continuing. Finally she decided that since she had begun she had to finish.
"Also I needed to...I mean for long time I've wanted to tell you something... I'm sorry, I'm very sorry for everything that happened, everything that I did to you. I'm not trying to justify anything, I'm not asking for forgiveness nether, just wanted you to know that I am sincere and to make amends."-the brunette ended her speech and waited for reactions.
"Sincere you? Since when? And we don't need help from an assassin without feelings like you."-shouted again Xander
"Xander please."-Giles said.
"No please Giles, she is a killer."-the brunette boy was totally angry.
"Perhaps we could give her another opportunity. She has gone to jail and if Angel, who is been with her during all this time, considers that she is changed... mayb...I mean I think he wouldn't have let her come here if he wasn't positive about the change in her. If he thought that the Faith we are looking at now is the same we knew 3 years ago, right?"- Willow said, trying to help Faith a little.
"Killers don't change. Once a killer, always a killer."- as soon as these words left his mouth Xander regretted saying them.
"¡ You finally recognize what you think¡ You finally tell me what you think about this!"-this time it was Willow who couldn´t help but explode.
At that moment Faith had the feeling that she wasn't getting something very important, that the conversation had changed from begin about her to something totally different and that she wasn't able to understand.
"I didn't mean you Will."-Xander said.
"No? What's the difference between Faith and I?"-asked Willow with a hurt expression in her face.
"You had a reason for what you did, but she didn't."-tried to explain Xander.
"And you how do you know how she felt at the moment or what was she going through, Xander?"-again asked Willow.
Immediately afterwards Willow rose from the chair where she was seating with her girlfriend and left the room. Faith, who had remained out of the argument between the two friends, was confused. What was it all about? Willow had killed somebody? Why? What had happened? Willow wasn't the kind of person who just decided to kill somebody.
Buffy, who also had been absent, even if she did understand everything, spoke.
"This is enough for today, we all should go to sleep and tomorrow we will see what happens. At the moment I more or less agree with Willow, Faith stays here, we need all the possible help we can get."-Buffy stated.
"But Buffy..."-Xander said.
"No buts Xander, don't worry, the fact that she stays doesn't mean that I trust her. I will watch her. You got somewhere to stay?"-asked Buffy looking at Faith.
"A motel."-answered the brunette.
"Well, you go and gather your things, you will remain here and sleep in my room, it will be easier to have you controlled that way."-Buffy ordered.
"Ok. I don't like the part where you control me but understand it, I guess."-Faith agreed.
And the meeting finished like that. Buffy left the room followed by the rest, leaving Faith alone with Giles, who except for his attempt to calm Xander, hadn't said anything to her.
"Don't worry, you aren't guilty of what happened here. It had nothing to do with you."-the watcher explained.
"I've already realized that, although I haven't understood one thing."-Faith said.
"It's...complicated."-Giles said.
And the watcher didn't offer any further explanation, he just moved to leave the room, but just before doing so he stopped and without turning to face her, said.
"Faith, if you're truly changed... then I'm glad you are here and proud to see you with us again."- Giles said truthfully.
The brunette couldn't help the small smile that came to her face.
"Thanks Giles, you don't know how important is for me that at least someone is glad I'm here."-Faith said.
After the small chat with Giles, Faith decided to go to the motel she had rented and get back her things. When she arrived at the Summers house again, seated at the porch was Willow, the redhead seemed deep in thought and after doubting for a little while the brunette slayer decided to approach her and seat next to her.
"Thanks, I mean, for before, the second chance thingy."-Faith said to Willow.
"You are welcome, I just said what I think, we gave seconds opportunities to Angel, to Spike and they gave it to me. Why not to you? What makes you different?"-asked the redhead.
"I think I'm not following you, at least not the part where they give you a second opportunity."-Faith said, feeling very confused.
"I killed a man. With magic."-started to explain Willow.
Faith remained in silence during the whole explanation. Willow told her about everything that had happened, her addiction to magic and about Tara. And how just after their reconciliation Warren had killed her. But mainly Willow told her about how she felt at those moments and how almost without realizing it darkness had surrounded her and she no longer was able to see or feel nothing except pain, wrath and desires of revenge towards Warren, Andrew and Jonathan.
Then she explained how she had killed Warren and had tried to destroy the world.
"You see, it seems that after all you and I aren't so different."-she finished.
"You lost your girlfriend, I'm not justifying your actions, far from it, but you had a reason, I however..."-Faith said trying to make the witch feel better.
"You killed Alan by accident."- Willow said.
"Yes, I guess it affected me more than everybody thought. But it´s irrelevant, what happened happened and I can´t do anything now, just try to make up for it. So I think it's time for me to enter the house."-Faith agreed.
"Sure thanks for listening."-Willow said.
"No problem, Red."-Faith smiled at the redhead.
The brunette rose and started walking towards the door, but before arriving Willow spoke to her.
"Ohh and... about the second chance... I don't think any of us gave you the first one, at least I know I didn't."-The witch said.
They smiled to each other and Faith returned to the house, went up the stairs and entered Buffy's room. The room was dark, but she still could see the blonde's sleeping form in the bed, she must have fallen sleep without wanting to, because she was dressed with street clothes and upon the bedspread. Faith couldn't help admiring the other slayer's beauty. Buffy had the hair gathered up, but some rebellious tufts fell on her face, the brunette extended her hand and put them back.
It was at that moment touching Buffy and contemplating her, when Faith couldn't deny her feelings for the blonde woman anymore, her heart was beating very fast she didn't know if it was because of the acceptance of those feelings or because of the proximity of the other slayer. She loved her, she loved Buffy, always had and always will, more than she had loved anything in her whole live. But it was an impossible love, maybe that was the reason why she had decided to ignore it. Buffy wasn't going to pay any attention to her, because of the past, because of all the times Faith had hurt her and those who she had loved. Plus the brunette was sure Buffy liked men, Angel, Riley, Parker, even Spike...
Faith undressed and got in the folding bed that Buffy had prepared to her next to her bed and she fell asleep thinking about her blonde angel.
To be continued...
Well I hope you liked , feedback welcomed and necessaries if you want me to continue, bye.