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Title: Time, It's All We Have

Pairings: Buffy/Faith

Summary: Faith never went to prison, she did kill the guy, but she let Buffy help her, and because of that help, they have become what they did in my story…re-write of season 8.

Chapter Two: Lessons Part Two

The halls of the new high school are scary similar to the halls of the old high school. Walking through them Buffy can't help but remember all the times she walked the halls of Sunnydale high, all the times she spent running through the halls of Sunnydale high chasing demons saving people. Her time at Sunnydale high was ten times different than what she us hoping Dawn's is like. Which is part of the reason she is still here instead of back at home relaxing before her shift at the Doublemeat Palace, she wants to make sure that there is nothing wrong with this place. After all the smart people of Sunnydale built the new school in the same spot as the old school, right on top of the Hellmouth. So far everything looked fine, which wasn't exactly a comfort.

"Ms. Summers?" Turning at the sound of her name being called she notice Robin Wood standing behind her with his arms folded across his chest. He's the principle of the new high school; they had met earlier when Buffy was dropping off Dawn. "You're still here?" he says questioning her.

"Yeah I'm just checking things out," she says honestly, not once do her eyes move away from his. "I hope you don't mind," she says testing him. If he has something to hide than she is going to find out what it is. There has to be a reason he took this job, I mean everyone knows what happened to the old school so either he is getting paid a butt load of money or he's evil. Buffy is hoping for the later.

"No I don't mind at all," he says backing away from her slightly. "Try to stay out of trouble," he comments, which doesn't go unnoticed by Buffy. She looks at him confused, "Uh, it's just that…"

"Excuse me," she says as her phone starts to ring. She walks into the girl bathroom for some privacy. "Hey, what's up, I'm kinda busy," she says as she checks herself out in the mirror.

"You were just supposed to drop her off B, what are you doing? We had plans today," Faith says on the other end of the line.

"I'm just making sure it's safe," she says putting some of her hair back into place. "I know we had plans and I'm sorry but something doesn't feel right about this place. And the principle, well he seems a little off," she comments leaning against the wall. Just as she is about to say something else she notices something on the sink, walking over she picks it up, and once she does she feels someone else in the room, and when she looks up in the mirror she sees a girl standing behind her. "Faith I have to go, uh, there is a dead girl standing behind me," she says as she goes to hang up the phone. She can hear Faith on the phone not telling her to hang up, but she cut her off when she closed her phone.

"You can't protect her, you couldn't protect me," she says and when Buffy goes to turn around no one is standing there and she is alone in the bathroom. When she turns back towards the mirror someone is running towards her screaming 'get out' and she backs up against the wall.

"Xander, need to see Xander," she says as she leaves the bathroom.

The sun is shining, yet Willow is sitting in the grass with a jacket and jeans on. This past year has been a tough one for her, which is why she wasn't upset with Giles when he suggested that she come to England with him to learn how to control her magic. She knows that she got out of control, that she let the magic within her define who she was and because of that she almost killed her friends, she almost killed everyone. That is so far from whom she is, that she didn't hesitate to go with Giles.

Sure she is missing her friends and her family, but she knows that she isn't ready to go home yet, she isn't sure that she can be thrown back into the world of the slayer and be tempted by magic, she's doesn't think she'd be able resist temptation. In front of her a flower grows out of the ground and she stares at it. "That doesn't belong there," turning at the voice Willow watches as Giles approaches her from the side.

"I know," Willow says and when she looks back at the flower it is gone. "I can feel it all Giles," she says looking back at him as he kneels down next to her. "The earth, the sky, everything around me, something is coming," she says. "Something big." She says looking back at the ground. "Am I right?" She asks.

"Are you ready to go home?" He asks avoiding her question which lets Willow know that she was indeed right.

"No," she says honestly.

Xander and Buffy are standing in the dining room leaning over the table looking at plans, more specifically the high school plans. Buffy asked him to bring the plans for the old school and the new school to her house on his lunch break. She needed to know the ins and outs of that school in as little time as possible. Something was happening there and she wanted to find out what it is before it starts to affect Dawn. Faith comes walking into the dining room where they are studying the plans and grabs Buffy's arm.

Buffy makes a huff as Faith pulls her away from where Xander is standing. He looks at her for a second but then looks back towards the plans. "Buffy, what are you doing?" She asks her honestly. Buffy just looks at her confused so Faith continues. "Not every situation is an evil one," she says honestly.

"When I see a dead girl it constitutes evilness," she says matter-of-factly.

"Maybe you're seeing what you want to see," Faith says honestly crossing her arms across her chest.

"I know you're not serious," Buffy says placing her hands on her hips and looking at Faith. Her look is a mixture between anger and hurt. "Faith, listen," Buffy says stepping closer, placing her hands on Faith's arms and running her hands up and down her arms in a soothing manor. "I know we were supposed to spend the day together, and I'm sorry that we didn't, but I'm not imaging this," she says leaning up and kissing Faith on the cheek. "Please believe me," she says looking Faith in the eye.

"Buffy," she says stepping away from her slightly and Buffy looks at her hurt, and quickly Faith steps back to where she was and she cups Buffy's face before kissing her. "Don't think that," she says quietly so that Xander doesn't hear her, "it's just that…" she trails off.

"What is it?" Buffy asks reaching and grabbing her hand, interlacing their fingers.

"I had something important I wanted to ask you today," she says honestly looking away from Buffy. "Something important," she says again.

"Ask me now," Buffy says stepping closer, now she is as close and she could possibly get.

"Buffy," Buffy turns to look at Xander. "I'm ready," he comments. Buffy looks at Xander and then at Faith, then back at Xander. Buffy reaching up and cups her face apologizing with her eyes before walking back over to Xander. "As we know the Hellmouth in the old school was under the library, now," he trails off pointing.

"It's over the principal's office," Buffy comments.

"So the principal's evil?" Faith asks coming to said beside the table, looking down at the plans lying before them. Faith looks up at them, "what? What's going on?" She asks looking at Buffy who has suddenly started looking at everyone but Faith. "Buffy, what's going on," she says pointedly. "Xander?" She says when Buffy looks at him.

"Uh," he says looking scared. "Just for the record, I don't want to be in the middle of a slayer relationship," he comments pointing at both of them. Faith crosses her arms and keeps her eyes on him. "Principle Wood kinda sorta hit on Buffy," he said. Faith's eyes moved to Buffy and stayed there while Xander continued talking. "And he offered her a job as a guidance counselor," he continue rolling up the plans and walking out of the house leaving the two of them alone.

"Uh, Buffy," Faith says grabbing a hold of her arm and forcing her to look at her.

"He was so not hitting on me," she says looking into Faith's eyes.

"You're a horrible liar B," Faith says.

"I gotta go baby," she says leaning up and kissing Faith before rushing out the door and jumping in the car with Xander.

"This can't be happening," Faith says throwing her hands up into the air. "No!" She says shouting. "This isn't you Faith; you're not the person to sit in a house all day waiting for someone, no matter who it is!" She says to herself as she grabs her keys and walks out the front door.

There is nothing more boring than sitting in class, especially for a teenage girl. Dawn hated class, when she heard that the high school was no more here in Sunnydale she was more than happy to move her. Yet when she discovered that they were rebuilding the high school, she was a little upset, which may in fact be the understatement of the century. But then again she couldn't really express it because she was too busy trying to save the world from her sister's best friend. It was defiantly a long summer.

That's what she doesn't understand, she could be out saving the world right now with her sister, but no, instead she's in class learning about stuff that doesn't have anything to do with her life. She saves the world! Okay well she helps save the world, sometimes, but only when it is necessary.

She feels someone tap on her shoulder, "may I borrow a pencil," the person besides her asks. How irresponsible, you come to school on your first day back and you forget your pencil, what a loser.

Upon giving the guy next to a pencil she watches in horror as he brings the pencil up and jams it in his eye. Screaming she falls out of the chair trying to get away. Once she hits the floor all of reality comes flooding back to her and Dawn realizes that she was just daydreaming. Looking around the room everyone is staring at her, some with amused looks on their faces. Great now my high school life is going to be just like Buffy's. Dawn gets up, "may I be excused?" she asks and the teacher nods.

She rushes out of the classroom. Thankfully the girl's bathroom is right across the hall from her classroom so she doesn't have to go very far. "What the hell is wrong with you," she says to herself as she looks in the mirror and fixes her hair. Not that it's going to help or anything; she has ruined her chances at being popular. "Hello?" she says looking behind her as she hears sniffles. "Is someone there?" she asks standing outside a stale. Pushing it open slowly. "Are you okay?" She asks when she notices a girl sitting there crying.

"Is she gone?" She asks looking up at dawn with makeup streaking down her face.

"Who?" Dawn asks looking around the room.

"There was a girl in here," she says. "A dead girl," she adds on which causes Dawn to snap look back at the girl on the toilet. "Is she gone?" she asks again.

"I think so," Dawn says trying to store this story in her mind so that she can tell Buffy later. She takes the girls hand and leads her out of the stale, yet once they are both outside the stale, the whole room starts to shake, and then before they know it the floor opens up and they are dropped down into the basement. "What the…" Dawn says looking up into the bathroom. She looks back at the girl, "what'da say we try and find a way out?" she asks and the girl nods. "Buffy's gonna be pissed," Dawn mumbles in her breath.

Buffy is walking through the hallways with a purpose, but she is silently hoping that the principle doesn't notice she's here; she doesn't want to have to come up with an explanation about why she is back here. Walking through the door to the bathroom with Xander at her side, they walk in to find a hole in the floor. "Uh, that wasn't there earlier today," Buffy comments.

"I know I built a floor here," Xander says confused.

"So what happen to it?" Buffy asks.

"I'm guessing it fell," Xander commented.

"Okay," Buffy says turning to Xander. "Uh, there was a little thingy mabob, and it was in here earlier when I say the dead ghost or zombie thing," Buffy says looking at me.

"Ghost, zombie, huh?" Xander asked confused.

"Right I forgot to tell you that part," Buffy said. "Just never mind, find that thing, and then call Faith, and explain everything and figure out how the hell to get rid of these things," Buffy says jumping into the hole in the floor. "I'm going to find Dawn."

Faith is storming down the sidewalk. This was stupid. Buffy had changed her so much in the past few years since they first got together. It was awesome how it happened. The way Buffy had chosen her over Angel. Buffy was so scared that Faith didn't think they were going to make it. Not that Faith wasn't scared because she was, she was terrified, and she knew that Buffy was the only one that could domesticate her, kinda. Buffy was the only one that Faith would give herself to, faithfully.

The first night they made love, it was magical. Buffy was nervous and Faith was scared. Yet it was all perfect. Faith had set up candles and rose petals and somehow convinced Buffy's mom to go stay at a hotel. She never did explain to Buffy how she was able to do it. But it didn't come easy, or cheap.

"Hello," Faith answers her cell phone as she takes a seat outside the espresso pump. This is where Buffy kissed her, in public; it was how she told her friends about them, and their relationship. "Slow down Xander, I honestly don't understand what you're saying," she says pinching the bridge of her nose as she listens to Xander rant. "Wait!" Faith shouts, everyone around her is suddenly staring. "What is Buffy doing?" She asks slightly quieter. "Okay, I'm on my way," she says getting up and running.

Author's Note: Here is part 2…the last part will be up soon. I love reviews they make me happy.