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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 7.

Author's Note: I'm changing the way I write this. Hope everyone likes it. *hides in corner nervously biting nails*

Chapter Five: Beneath You Part Two

~Faith's POV

This is not supposed to be happening. When Spike left at the beginning of summer it felt like everything was going to return to normal. Buffy and I were going to go back to the way we were, when we were happy. The whole time Spike was around Buffy and I fought every day, always arguing, which was weird since Spike and I were sort of friends. And I use that term loosely. When he got the chip he started coming around more and the "Scooby Gang" didn't like that but I convinced them all the Spike could be someone good. Him and I started hanging out, we had a common bond, Buffy's bestest buds didn't practically like us.

"What's wrong?" Buffy asks me as she enters the kitchen with a first aid kit in hand. Xander came across a girl who appeared frightened so he brought her here like where the police station or something. But upon hearing her story Buffy believes there may be supernatural forces at work, and who am I to argue with her. "Faith?" She gently places her hand on my arm and I turn to look at her. The concern on her face evident.

I didn't tell her about Spike, and that I saw him. How would I tell her something like that? She was finally forgetting about him and now I'm just supposed to thrust him back into her life, no, I am not going to do that. "Nothing, I'm fine," I say looking at her as I get off the stool I was sitting on. "Really B, I'm fine," I say leaning in and kissing her forehead. "Now let's help this girl out." Buffy smiles as she leads the way into the living room.

"You all must think I'm crazy," Nancy, the girl Xander came upon, says as we enter the living room. Her, Dawn and Xander are all sitting on the couch. I laugh a little when I notice how into this girl Xander is. He may seem into her but he is completely faithful. Him and Anya got married last year, and still we almost thought that wasn't going to happen, but he came through and I think he was better off for it. And yet surprisingly to all of us, Anya and Xander ended up moving in with Buffy and I, to help her pay the bills. This all happened after Willow went to England with Giles, which s a whole other story.

"No, we don't," Buffy says as she takes a seat on the coffee table in front of the girl. Opening the first aid kit.

"You hear stories about this place, but you think they're just stories for the tourists or something," she says. "It's all true isn't it?" She asks looking at all of us.

"We've seen things too," Buffy says and I snort. She sends me a warning glare before she turns back to her. "You're in good hands here," she says as she wraps up Nancy's hand. When she's done she places all the items into the kit and hands it to me. "Put this back for me please," she says looking at Xander and then Dawn. "Can I ask you one thing though?" I hear Buffy ask as I walk back into the living from, leaning against the chair behind where Buffy is sitting. "Did you hear anything, you know, before," she asks.

"Well there was this one thing," she says. "Like a rumbling sound, right before and earthquake," she explains.

"From beneath you it devours," Buffy says under her breath, soft enough so that no one will hear her, except me.

"What?" Nancy asks looking at her.

"Nothing," she says quickly looking at me, and I look away knowing that whatever is coming is not longer coming, it's already here and we aren't ready. "Okay," she says standing running her hands across her jeans looking at me, I nod, going over to the chest and opening it. I hand her a axe and take a dagger and place it in my jeans belt loop.

"Need some help, love," turning at the sound of his voice I see Spike standing in the doorway. Xander steps between him and Buffy, and I look at Buffy who has a shocked look on her face. Her mouth is slightly ajar and she can't seem to look away. I should have told her that I knew he was back and that he was alive, I shouldn't have waited, it is better for her to be have been mad at me for not telling her sooner than to have her be so surprised.

"Spike," she says setting the axe down on the chair. "What? When did you get back?" she asks.

"There is no time for that," he says glancing at me. I'm so going to kill him. "I need to speak with you," he says to Buffy. "Privately," he adds.

"I'm thinking not," I say stepping up next to Buffy and placing my hand on her arm holding her back.

"Late time you saw me…" he starts. "In the school basement, I was not myself," he gestures to himself. "I'm better now."

"You saw him?" Dawn asks.

"You knew he was here?" Buffy asks.

"Why didn't you kill him?" Xander says and Buffy turns her anger on him. "What I'm just voicing what everyone was thinking." He explains.

Buffy turns to look at me and instead of anger I see hurt and it kills me. The last time I saw that look on Buffy's face is when I killed Finch and I told her it didn't bother me. When all that happened Buffy and I had just begun expressing our feelings. Stealing kisses and slight touches, and everything that happened with Finch threw a wrench into it and messed everything up. We didn't get back to where we were until she started college. "I can't believe you didn't say anything," she says in a hushed whisper. Then she turns back to Spike. "Privately," she says and he back into the foyer.

"B," I say grabbing her and she just shoots me a glare and I release her arm.

"Who's that?" Nancy asks after the tension settles.

I forgot she was here. "An old friend," I say not bothering to leave the anger out of my voice.

"Xander?" Anya says from the kitchen. She must have came in through the back door, which should be a little weird, but it isn't considering its Anya.

"Excuse me," he says leaving the room.

I'm holding the flash light as Spike sticks his head in the hole that ate Nancy's dog. Something inside me is screaming at me to stake this bastard kneeling in front of me, and then there is another part of me that is hoping that whatever ate Nancy's dog will come through that hole and bite his head off. It would totally back everything perfect. Buffy would forgive me, eventually, and then we'd be back to normal. Hopefully. I also know that, that is just my dream world, I know that nothing is going to come out of that hole, whatever ate Nancy's dog is long gone and hunting for its new prey. And for now it's just Spike and I, alone, with a guy I want to kill.

"Why didn't you tell her?" He asks looking at me, reaching for the flashlight. Buffy tried to tell me that she was going to be the one to go with Spike but I told her under no circumstances would I let her go with him. She could be mad at me all she wants but I told her to go with Xander and make sure that Nancy got home safe because something is telling me that this thing that ate her dog wasn't after her dog but instead after her. Which means there is going to be another attack.

"Tell her that the guy that tried to rape her is back in town, I decided against it," I say.

"She's pissed." He says smirking.

"She'll get over it," I reply quickly.

"Not Buffy, and you know that, she doesn't like me lied to," she says standing handing me back the flashlight. "You should know that better than anyone pet," he finishes.

"She's different now, we're different now," I say not backing down.

"I'm sure you are, but she isn't. She always going to be Buffy, damaged Buffy, and you just broke her a little more," he says.

"How would you like it if I broke you, a little more," I say stepping closer to him. "Give me the chance to prove to you how far I am willing to break her. Because for some reason she still holds a little part for you, I would be willing to break that for the satisfaction of killing you," I say taking my stake up.

"Would you now love?" he says taking the stake and holding it to her his heart. "Let's see how brave you are," he says smirking. Son of a bitch.

"What's going on here?" Buffy says from behind me. This so can't be happening, what are the fucking odds. "Faith!" She yells and I pull the stake away, but it doesn't stop me from sending a swift right hook his way sending him to his knees. "Go. Now." She says yanking me away. "Nancy said she made a wish, and her boyfriend is the demon, now go find Anya and get someone to fix this without killing him," she says as she helps Spike up and it takes everything inside of me not to strike him down again.

"No." I say simply.

"Faith. Go. Now." She says stressing each word. I look at her and she looks at me and for a second its only the two of it.

"I hate you for this," I say backing away.

"I love you for this," she says as Spike leans on her breathing heavily.

"I'm going to kill him," I whisper to Xander as we leave the two behind.

"Finally," he says leading the way.

Anya was sitting on the couch with Dawn when Xander and I walked through the front door. Dawn jumps up, "I was just about to start my homework," she says rushing past us and upstairs. Anya pops a chip into her mouth as she looks at the both of us before turning back towards the TV.

"She's lying you know," Anya says popping another chip into her mouth. "She never planned on doing her homework," she adds as if we didn't get it before. "Now go away, my show is on," she says staring at the TV.

"An, honey, we need your help," Xander says I don't bother listening to what he is telling her, honestly I don't even really care so long as she helps us, which I know she will because although Anya used to be a vengeance demon, she now only does whatever makes Xander happy. And as bad as that sounds it isn't that bad. Reaching into my pocket I grab my cell phone and dial Buffy, but it goes straight to voicemail, she ignored my call. Holding in my scream I jam the phone back into my pocket. "It was Hally," Anya says walking past me and into the kitchen, I decided to follow after Xander. "And if you expect me to ask her to lift the spell you're mistaken," she says placing the dish in the sink.

"Anya this thing ate her dog," I says stepping forward.

"The dog?" she says making some kind of weird noise I have never heard from her before.

"That gets your sad noise?" Xander asks.

"Yes!" She shouts. "Hally!"

~Buffy's POV

What was I thinking? Making Faith go off with Xander and leaving me alone with Spike. It's not that I don't trust Faith to do what needs to be done; it's that I don't trust Spike. I guess that's why I wanted to stay close to him. I know she was just trying to protect me by keeping him from me, but she could at least told me he was back in Sunnydale, if she would have just told me things wouldn't have happened like they did.

"She was just trying protect you love," he says looking at me as we make our way back to the house. "After what I did, she was just trying to protect you, don't fault her for this," he adds stopping outside the house. I didn't even realize we were here already, I thought for sure it was going to take longer than it did, but then again I was deep in thought that I wouldn't have noticed anything else. "She loves you pet," he says quickly as I make my way into the house.

"C'mon Spike," I say quickly. "We're gonna need some help," I finish. I don't know what it about Spike that just makes me want to help him, to believe that he can be better than he is. "Faith?" I ask entering the house, I can hear talking coming from the kitchen yet when I look into the living room Faith is sitting on the couch, eating chips. "Baby," I say walking over to her. She looks towards me, but her eyes move further to where Spike is standing. "I'm sorry," I say sitting down next to her and placing my arm over her shoulder and kissing her forehead.

"What's he doing her Buffy," she asks me.

"We need his help," I say.

"No we don't." she says standing up. "You want it, just admit it and stopping making me feel stupid," she says.

"No I don't," I say honestly. "Something is wrong with him," I look at him until I lower my voice. "I don't know what it is but I want to find out," I say honestly. "Please believe me Faith," I say running my fingers through her hair.

"I don't want you alone with him, anymore, ever," she says looking back at him. "I'm serious Buffy, not alone with him ever," she adds for emphasis.

"Deal." I say leaning in and kissing her. "Love you."

"Love you too." She says.

Author's Note: Another Update Soon! Reviews please…they makes me soooo happy I just write more and faster. Hint hint lol