Buffy caught Faith by the arm and quickly ducked the fist that was aimed at her face.

"Faith" Buffy rushed as she danced to the side to avoid a round kick. "Faith, it's true; I promise it's true."

"I don't believe you" she countered forcing herself to back away. She quickly ran into Robin and for a split second her primal instinct to flee took over. Robin saw the look and quickly hugged her to his chest while nodding to Buffy to back off.

"Baby, you have to listen to me now" he whispered in her ear as she pushed against his arms. "I would not have let them tell you something like this if it wasn't true. I would not allow anyone to harm you this way if I didn't think you should know. I know you want to lash out and get the hurt out but you can't right now. Right now, you have to hold on."

"I can't….I just can't" she whispered, her feet falling out from under her.

Robin swiftly caught her and then eased them both to the concrete. Buffy stepped away as she heard the tears clog Faith's throat, her heart aching for her own mother.

"It is okay baby, you don't have to be strong right now; you just let it out. I'll hold on for you. I hold on as long as you need me to" he whispered in her ear as his hand rubbed her back. "I'll be the strong one until my slayer is back to her old self."

"How do you know it is true" she whispered.

"Come on babe, you know how thorough I am…."

"How!"

"We had Angel look into it. Apparently Wolfram and Hart knew about you a lot longer than anyone thought. They have a copy of your birth certificate as well as some DNA results that proved your father was Jason Seaborn."

"So she lied to me" Faith stated as she raised her tear smudged eyes to his chocolate ones. "Like I should be surprised, right?"

"Come on baby."

"She lied to me just like she lied about everything else. Meanwhile, my Daddy Warbucks is living it large with his waspy family. They are all rainbows and lollipops while I'm just trying to keep her latest boyfriend off of me."

"Yes, Faith, she lied to you" Robin replied taking her head into his hands. "Right now, that is neither here nor there. Right now we have a bad ass slayer to take down, so you are going to have to dig down and put this to the side. You are going to have to forget about this for a while so you can be on your guard, so you, and everyone around you, can take this bitch down."

Faith smiled slightly as she held his eyes, these eyes that she had gazed into so many times. Since they met, he had been there for her through all of the ups and downs that seemed to follow a slayer where ever she went. He fought with her, he laughed with her, he cried with her and he loved her. He had said so, so many times that she could no longer remember. But she had never told him. She had never professed how she really felt because her fear would not let her. The only thing that ever scared her was the thought of him no longer with her. She had seen it many times in her mind, in her dreams. He wouldn't move fast enough and a blade would decapitate him. He would move the wrong way and a stake would slam through his muscular chest, piercing that precious organ. He would just be there and one of Willow's spells would go crazy, killing him where he stood. And she was never fast enough; she never saved him.

"Robin –"

"I know Faith, you don't have to tell me. I know."

"Yes I do."

"Why don't you save it until this passes? Then we can take-"

"I love you" she whispered and quickly claimed his mouth with her own. It was brief but passionate and Faith suddenly couldn't look him in the eyes. Instead she hid her head in his neck, her arms fiercely wrapped around him.

"So you think she is a bad ass slayer" she questioned lightly, trying to change the mood.

"Not as bad ass as you" he responded with a chuckle.

"Exactly" she exclaimed before quickly kissing him again and rising to her feet. "Now, let's go meet this brother of mine."


Sam watched as Abby softly close the door, leaving him alone with the red haired witch. Unsure of what to do, he sat on the truck at the foot of the bed. The trunk his parents had passed to down to him, which had been made by his great-great-great-grandfather. Faith's great-great-great-grandfather too, he guessed. Then again how could it all be true? He knew his father had cheated but that had been with one woman and it had been a relationship. He didn't have one night stands; he had promised both Sam and his mother that April was the only other woman in his life. Of course this Faith girl was probably in her mid to late twenties so it could be possible. Had there been someone before April? Why hadn't his father been satisfied with his mother? Why hadn't he been satisfied with the family he already had? There were so many questions, that he would never have the answer to, revolving around his brain.

"They have told you something haven't they?"

Sam turned to the voice, "I didn't realize you were awake".

"Have been for a bit" she replied and struggled to a sitting position. She crossed her legs Indian style and let her hands fall to her knees. "What did they say?"

"Apparently Faith, whom I have met in the worst circumstances, is my sister" he stated matter of fact.

"Well, isn't that a how do you do" she whispered back her eyes large. "How do they know for sure?"

"They kept referring to this council…"

"The Watcher's Council."

"That's it; anyway The Council has information from a corporate law firm…"

"Wolfram & Hart?"

"Two for two; never heard of them but they are based in California?"

"Not really, they have offices all over the world but I would guess they are based in hell" Willow replied with a small smile. "A friend of ours was running the California office."

"But I thought you were the good guys."

"We are; he was using the office to infiltrate the enemy. Kinda like when Luke and Han dressed up like storm troopers."

"Are all of you Trekkies?"

"That would be Star Trek, not Star Wars which is what I was referring to; and no. There are very few guys in our group so we indulge them by pretending to listen to them go on and on about science fiction stuff. As a side effect, I tend to absorb it all. But I like them, the boys, so I absorb."

Sam smiled, his blue eyes holding her glassy green ones. "Abby gave you something didn't she?"

"Couldn't stop her" Willow whispered again before giggling. "Told her I would make it rain tadpoles and frogs but it didn't faze here. Then I remembered I'm the one who is afraid of tadpoles and frogs."

Sam lightly laughed and placed his hand on her foot. "How do you feel?"

"Like I could take on the world" she replied and then instantly sobered. "Don't tell Buffy I said that; promised I would never try that again. I'm cold."

Sam rose and grabbed a blanket from the closet carefully tucking it around her. He sat down next to Willow, their hips touching. "Better?"

"Hmmm….sleepy now."

"Go ahead and go to sleep. I'll wake you if we need to." Sam started to rise when he felt the now familiar electricity shooting up his arm. He looked down and saw her small pale hand in his own.

"Stay" Willow commanded as sleep over took her. She rolled to her side and pulled Sam down onto the bed. "Stay."

Sam's blue eyes widened before he began to make himself comfortable, forming a cocoon around the red head. He drifted off to the pleasant feeling of electricity from their entwined hands.