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.4 Surprises

The next morning when Buffy opened her eyes the room was still in the dark except for the first Sun rays that entered from the window. She looked at the clock that was on the little table near her bed and saw that it was 7:15 in the morning. It was still early and looking at herself she immediatelynoticed that she must have fallen asleep while waiting for Faith to arrive, because she was wearing the same clothes as the previous day. Thinking about Faith the blonde approached the right edge of her bed and glanced, seeing the sleeping form of the brunette. The other slayer was wearing a really short T-shirt that must have been some size smaller than what the brunette really used, because it was very narrow, in Buffy's opinion it fitted the brunette's body perfectly. The rest of Faith's body was covered by the sheet, so the blonde couldn't see it. Seeing Faith sleeping, calm and without any makeup on Buffy couldn't help but to think just how beautiful her companion really was and how sexy she had looked when the blonde had opened the door the previous day. Confused by these thoughts the slayer decided not to give them any importance, but she didn't have much time to think anyways, because seconds later the same brunette who was sleeping calmly began to stir in her bed and to murmur in her dreams, clearly having a nightmare. Buffy didn't know what to do, finally she decided to extend her hand and take one of Faith's, who almost immediately calmed down and moved in her bed until she was as close as she could get to the blonde's bed. Almost half an hour later Buffy was still wide-awake and with her hand in one of Faith's, suddenly the brunette woke up and the first thing she noticed was something warm in her hand. Raising her eyes she saw that it was the blonde's hand, then she looked into Buffy's eyes, and the blonde didn't avoid her glance. Any of them made any move to free their hand from the others one.

"You were having a nightmare, I didn't know what to do, so..."-tried to explain Buffy.

"Its ok, thanks."-Faith said not wanting Buffy to feel uncomfortable.

"So what was the nightmare about?"-asked Buffy.

"I can't remember it, normally unless it's scary enough to wake me up, I don't remember them. It's better that way."-Faith answered.

"Normally? You mean you have them often?"-asked Buffy again.

"Yes, my cellmate in prison used to tell me that I woke her up in the middle of the night until she got used to them, but like I told you I was never conscious until they woke me up."-the brunette explained once again.

"The ones that wake you up, you also have them often?"-inquired the blonde slayer.

Faith was not very sure about why the blonde was showing any interest in her, it had already been strange enough that Buffy had hold the brunette's hand, but to give her conversation, that was weird... On the other hand the light slayer was surprised of Faith answering her questions, normally the brunette was a lot more reserved and 3 years before if they had had the same conversation Faith would have answered with something that didn't have anything to do with the question or with some innuendo about sex to quickly change the topic.

"Not quite often, but yes once in a while, maybe once a week."-Faith said deciding to answer to anything the other slayer wanted to know.

"I see."-Buffy said.

"After having them for as many years as me, you end up getting used to them."-Faith explained further.

A comfortable silence fell upon them, and both continued to look into the other's eyes.

"If I ask you something will you answer?"-asked now Faith.

"I guess it depends on what you are going to ask, but yes."-Buffy agreed.

"What do you really think about me begin here? I mean, I already know what you said at the meeting about agreeing more or less with Willow, but now we are alone and you can tell me whatever you want with freedom, without the pressure of your friends begin here."-Faith waited for Buffy´s response, she was feeling nervous and wasn't sure if she really wanted to hear what the other slayer had to say.

"You hurt me, me and my friends and family. Not to mention Angel and that professor killed."-Buffy finally said.

Sadness could be seen reflected in the brunette's face, even if she already knew Buffy was going to say something like that, to actually listen it from her lips hurt, mostly because the blonde was right.

"That's five by five...I..I...I understand."-Faith said trying to sound strong but falling miserably.

"I'm not finished."-was Buffy´s response to Faith´s interruption.

"O.k., sorry, I shut up now.."-Faith said totally nervous and vulnerable to the other slayer´s eyes.

"(with a little smile on her face ) But you went to jail and I don't think you would have come here to face all of us if you weren't really changed. Also I was there too when the Alan incident happened and I know I didn't do all I could to help you. And then I stabbed you and you were in coma for 8 months. So since I liked the Faith I first met outside the Bronze...I guess I can give you another chance to fix things and who knows, perhaps to be friends again."-Buffy said sensing just how important those words where to the brunette girl.

After Buffy's the words, Faith's eyes filled with tears of joy. The blonde could see all the emotions in her companion's eyes which were focused on her own. Without knowing very well what was happening they approached to the other, they never knew who started the movement, but the thing was that the other followed it. Slowly their mouths got closer and closer until they where just inches away. Faith could feel Buffy's warm breath on her face, while Buffy was concentrated on the fact that she was feeling a really fast beating heart and wasn't sure if it was hers of Faith's. When their lips where going to meet for the first time...

"Buffy, the kitchen is a mess, and Vi doesn't let me enter the bathroom and she's already been there for like two hours."-Dawn entered the room interrupting the slayers moment.

The two girls separated just in time before Dawn entered the room. Both tried to look like nothing out of normal had happened between them.

"Emmmm...yes, yes, let's go to the kitchen and...to see Vi."-Buffy bubbled.

Just before leaving blond slayer looked back at the brunette who also looked at her, and then Faith was left alone in the room, alone with her thoughts.

When Faith went downstairs Buffy wasn't there anymore. She went to the kitchen and found a bunch of potential and Willow there, the redhead introduced her to them and to Andrew too.

Faith liked Willow's girlfriend, Kennedy.

The two brunettes spent the day training and talking, since Kennedy didn't seem to mind too much Faith's dark past like an assassin, unlike some of the other potentials that preferred to stay away from Faith, and the brown haired slayer didn't mind that either.

Night arrived and since Buffy had killed the super vampire nights before and everything was calm, the blonde decided that she and Faith would go hunting. When they had already been awhile patrolling they still hadn't speak to each other, not a word had been said between them since they left the house. Both were deep in thought, thinking about the same thing, about what had almost happened that morning.

When suddenly Caleb appeared from nowhere and stood in front of them.

"Well, well, what do we have here? Another vampire slayer. Or should I say the dark slayer."-he said with an evil smile in his face.

"I guess you could call me that."-Faith said.

"Lets see if you can fight as well as you speak."-was all that Caleb said.

Immediately afterwards Caleb rushed to Faith, who defended herself as best as she could while Buffy attacked the back of the priest. Faith continued trying to avoid the blows and to offer some in response and Buffy's efforts weren't going too well, except that she was irritating Caleb. When the evil man decided that she was tired of Buffy begin on her back he kicked Faith sending her some meters in the air to fall on a tomb.

The blow had left the brunette stunned enough; her head was spinning slightly and looking at the ground she realized that her sight was blurred. But when she looked up from the ground once again, nothing could prepare her for what she saw, not even the daze and her bad vision made her doubt about who was in front of her, it was...

The Mayor Richard Wilkins III.

To be continued...

Thanks for all the feedback, will be waiting for more, that is, if you want the story to continue. ; )