Author's note: Wow me glad you likey :-) Anywho here's chapter three, the updates aren't going to be as quick as they have been, cause I work night shift, eight nights in a row, so I sleep all day and I work all night which is fun lol especially seeing as the only thing that's awake when I am is my hamster. Thank Jeebus for coffee :-) Thanks once again for the reviews they feed my muse.

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Chapter 3

When Faith awoke, she was greeted with a blinding headache and a darkened room. Looking around in disorientation, it took a few minutes to realise that she was in her bedroom, and the squidgy thing she was lying on was her girlfriend. Who she was pretty sure would take offence at being referred to as squidgy. Carefully rolling off of Buffy, she lay on the bed beside her and run her hands over her eyes, trying to piece together what she remembered.

She knew well enough from the headache, and the convenient hole in her memory, that she'd had a seizure. Aside from that, the last thing she remembered was arriving for hockey practice. That thought alone made her wince, her foster parents had already banned her from using her car, the last thing she wanted, or needed, was them banning her from playing hockey. She was at risk of injury enough, without having a fit in the middle of the game and getting trampled by a large mass of girls wearing ice skates. She decided that the safer option would be to say nothing, just encase they hadn't thought of taking her off the team, she'd have to grill Kennedy for info, and find out how bad it was. Apart from Buffy, hockey was her life.

Sitting up in bed she reached her arm out, and flicked on the bedside lamp, smiling as she saw the glass of water and pain killers waiting for her. There was no doubt in her mind that Trudi was a saint, she always knew what she would need. Swallowing down the aspirin, she popped the lid off her pill bottle, and took her evening meds, before drinking down the rest of the water. Glancing at the alarm clock, she saw it was nine in the evening, which was when her stomach chose that moment to grumble, reminding her that she hadn't had anything to eat since lunch. Feeling the body next to her begin to stir, she looked over and could saw a sleepy pair of eyes staring back at her.

"Hey." she whispered.

"Hey." Buffy said, yawning softly. "What time is it?" she asked tiredly.

"Just after nine, didn't mean to disturb you." Faith replied, reaching down to brush the hair away from Buffy's eyes. "How long you been here?" she asked.

"Since four." Buffy said, sitting up in the bed, and running a hand over her hair, which was now barely resembling a pony tail. "Kennedy phoned me from the rink, and I came straight over." she explained, "Do you remember what happened?"

Faith shook her head, and looked down at her hands, which now lay on her lap. "No, I jus remember turnin up for practice, then wakin up here." she said.

"From what Kennedy saw, you got into a fight with Jessie, which you won by the way." Buffy said trying not to smile as she didn't want to encourage her girlfriend, who was obviously proud that she'd kicked some ass.

"Damn." Faith said grinning, "Wish I could remember that, been wantin to do that for weeks." she said, her smile disappearing as confusion covered her face. "So when did I…"

"Kennedy said it was when you where leaving the ice." Buffy said, caressing Faith's arm soothingly. She watched as her girlfriend, fiddled absently with her med I.D bracelet. "Baby, something's obviously bothering you, and I just want you to know I'm here if you want to talk about it." she said gently.

Faith sighed, and looked up to meet her gaze, "It's nothing…it's jus….everything's getting to me, you know. I'm jus stressed about the game, and all this shit with Jessie. Plus there's finals, I really wanna get into that sporting college Michael found, and my grades ain't up to shit." she said.

"Willow could help you study," Buffy offered, "And as far as Jessie's concerned, I think she's on thin ice, literally. Kennedy thinks that your coach is this close to dropping her from the team." she said gesturing with her index finger and thumb.

"I jus wish this was all over you know." she said.

"Don't worry, in a few more weeks it will be." Buffy said, resting her head in Faith's lap. "We'll all have graduated high school with flying colours, except Jessie. Who'll be forced to spend the rest of her life pumping gas for us, while we're off doing our high flying jobs. You as a professional hockey player, and me as you're incredibly beautiful girlfriend, who just so happens to have a multi-award winning music career." she said confidently.

Faith snorted, "Last time you said that, you where gonna be an award winning actress."

Buffy smiled, "Hey I can be anything I want to be, I'm pretty flexible." as soon as those words left her mouth, Buffy could see the glint in her girlfriends eye, and knew what she was going to say. "And don't you even think of going there, Faith." She warned, unable to fight the smile that was on her lips.

"What, you set me up with a line like that, and don't expect me to say nothin? You should know better than that B." Faith said.

Buffy rolled her eyes, and pulled her girlfriend down towards her, "Just shut up and kiss me." she said, and the two of them proceeded to do just that.

Tbc

A/N: I know this chapters a bit short and I apologise, but I wanted to put it out, before I go back to work. This is my last day off and I don't know when I'll be able to update again. It won't be for at least another week, but I'll try my best. Cheerio!