"No!" I say demandingly, "Giles you can't! We don't need her. There has to be someone else," I plead. God just don't bring Faith. I can't handle it. And I doubt she can either. "Buffy there is no one else. It is imperative that we have the best for this. And well she is one of the best... despite her past," Giles says and I roll my eyes, yeah she's the best alright, but there are many more slayers, why her? "Giles you don't understand," she says like she was back in high school.

"No Buffy I understand perfectly. You two have history, we all do with her. We are all ready to see her again, I think you've decided enough about Faith to last a life time. Now I know good and well that she has broke away from us, but I also know that she would die if anything happened to you or Kennedy. I don't know about the rest of us but she cares for you as Angel does, and she cares for Kennedy like a sister. Now it's time for you to suck up your pride, and play nice. If and when she comes I expect her to feel welcome, or at least feel like she can trust us," Giles says and I hang my head knowing everything he says is true, except the part about her carrying about me. After our last show down the most I should expect is a look over. It's my fault to, I was way out of line when I said what I said. "Fine," I say and walk out really not liking the fact that I was wrong. I never have and never will and that's half the reason Faith isn't here with us right now.

Giles' POV:

I'm standing out in front of the train station waiting for Faith to get off. After many hours of begging on my part I finally got her to come. It was harder than I thought, and she sounded harder than I remember her. You could hear the roughness and many years of being alone. I'm surprised she is as sane as she is now, after what she's been through I can't believe she stopped killing people. That's bad I'm aware but the more I think about it the more I realize that that was probably the only thing she knew for certain she had control over.

So when I see her get off the bus I know it's her immediately because she is still wearing her trademark black leather pants, white tank top. I notice she is not alone. As she walks out I notice her pulling a motorcycle, I believe Kennedy called it a crotch rocket. "Ah Faith!" I exclaim walking up to her and going for a hug but she side steps me and I look at her confused. "Look G. I agreed to help stop this crazy as Brady Bunch from hell alright, but I got rules. One no hugging, I don't do that shit no more, I haven't done it in five years and just because I came back for a while does not mean I'm gonna start. If I think of anything else, I'll let you know," she tells me and I silently weep for her. This girl... no this woman has been through so much, I'm ashamed for half of her coldness be my fault. "That's fine, but do know that we are all glad your back," I say to her and she rolls her eyes as she smirks, "Oh yeah I bet they are all just sitting there waiting for me to walk back into their lives. And uh for the record I'm not back. After I stop this shit I'm gone," she says and keeps walking her bike out of the station.

Faith's POV:

Man did I really want him to wrap his arms around me and treat me like I was one of them again, but I'm not. Even if I wanted to Buffy would never allow it and the only one that doesn't worship Buffy is Kennedy, and I know she would never risk loosing Willow. Actually Kennedy is the only one of these people I've actually talking too in the last 5 years.

Anyway we get out f the station and I see Giles head to his viper and I have to smile, "Nice wheels G," I say knowing that deep down, under all his British...ness a bad boy was just waiting to burst out. "Yours aren't that bad either," he tells me giving my bike the once over. I look at it and it makes me happy. I spent a lot of money on this bike. I spent more money on this bike then I spend on food for a year. And you know me, I eat... a lot. "Thanks it's a GSXR 750," I tell him and he looks at me like I'm crazy, "Wicked fast crotch rocket," I say to him and he nods, "Why didn't you just say that?" he asked me and I chuckled. It felt good, in a very awkward way to be around again. He got in and cranked up his car. Revving the engine, I think he's testing me, and hell I jump on my bike and start it up too. "Look I would race you G, but I got no fucking clue where we're going," I say looking around, "So we'll have to put that off for later," I say and he nods, "but we will race, and my bike is gonna leave you and your snake in the dust," I say and he smiles and drives off and I follow.

I walk through the arch way that led to the 5 acres of land, most of it taken up by buildings. I felt like I was at a college but Giles explained that they had taken in all the slayers and they were staying here to go to school and learn how to use their gift for good. I didn't really care, none of it concerned me. I am here for one reason and one reason only. The world is in trouble, innocents were in trouble, and I was gonna protect them, point blank no exceptions.

I notice Kennedy running to me and I brace myself for her tackle. When I said I wasn't gonna do hugs... I meant nobody could hug me besides Kennedy. When she didn't stop and ran full speed into me it knocked me down and I felt her hands wrap around me, "Hey Ken. I missed you too," I say smiling as she jumps up and pulls me to my feet, "Sorry it's just I haven't seen you in forever. I'm glad your back," she tells me and I sigh, "I'm not back. I'm gonna take care of the Demon Brady Bunch and I'm heading back. I meant it K. I don't work for, or with the Council of Watchers or the Slayers Order. I'm just staying here because I used all my money on my bike. I can't even afford a sleazy motel room without selling myself and well as much as a good fuck sounds most of the people that are willing to pay for it really suck in bed," I say smiling and she nods.

"Faith come on. You know Buffy gets full of herself. Whatever she said she didn't mean it," she tells me and I sigh, "Yeah she did Ken, and I'm sorry we haven't talked but she made it clear I wasn't welcome anywhere near anybody," I say and she sighs and hangs her head low. "Don't sweat Ken. It's getting dark let me put this up and we'll go patrolling," I say and walk past them. Now that I'm here I'm starting to feel like my resolve about being the third party is crumbling away. I miss all this but as I walk down the hall I'm pulled from my thoughts when someone bumps into me. I look up ready to chew whoever it was out when I see Buffy. I stare at her trying to get my composure back but when she says my name I look at her, "Yeah that would be my name. Glad you grew out of the name calling stage Buffy," I say using her whole name because I had done away with the nickname a long time ago.