FPOV

"Faith what the hell were you thinking!"

I have a fucking arrow in my hand and all he can ask is what I was thinking? No 'are you ok Faith?' or eve a 'gee that looks painful'

"Well the first thing that popped into m y head was I think I'd like Buffy better alive than dead. Is that ok with you Fang?"

He just looks down. Even when I was in L.A. he was always this broody. Buffy really musta gotten to him. I fumble with the keys. Geeze things are so much more fucking complicated when you have an arrow sticking through tour hand. I manage to get the door open and sit on my bed while Angel goes to the medicine cabinet. I wonder why Buffy liked him. He seems soo…. broody and depressed all the time. I wonder…is broody depressing sex good?

"Give me your hand."

I snap outta my thoughts and do what the big man says. He just stares at both sides of my hand.

"Aren't you supposed to catch the arrow?"

I just give him a little smile and nod. He takes the heavy-duty scissors and cuts the end off the arrow.

"I got close enough didn't I?"

I wince as he pulls out the arrow and starts to pour alcohol on the nasty hole that's now in my hand.

"Do you think Buffy saw us?"

I don't know why I'm afraid to tell her that I'm a slayer too. Maybe she'll feel threatened? Less special? I mean it's the chosen one. I'm just a mistake.

"No I think we got outta there fast enough. I don't know why Xander didn't have the common sense to not yell like that. Honestly I've never really liked the boy."

He finishes wrapping my hand

"He's ok…Kind of nerdy though. O well. I think I'm gonna get some sleep. If you're going out to stalk Buffy, be quiet coming back in."

He gets up, turns around, and gives me a smile then walks out the door. I plop myself back on my bed and drift into deep thought. This last years been so crazy. I got bored of Boston and my family so I ran away to L.A. I've always wanted to go to L.A. Then I met Angel out on patrol one night. He beat the shit outta me then took me back to the hotel. He knew I was a slayer and knew that Buffy could use my help. He's a really smart guy. I guess you do get smarter with age. If it weren't for him I never would've met Buffy. She's one in a million. The image of her face is right in front of me. And with that I drift off into sleep.

I don't know how long I was asleep for but I felt like shit. Who the fuck is shaking me? I open my eyes and when they adjust I see its Angel. I look over at the clock.

"Angel, what the fuck! Its 3 in the fucking morning!"

I sit up and he sits on the edge of the bed

"Buffy knows"

huh?

"What!"

he nods

"I was taking a walk through the cemetery and I got my feet kicked out from underneath me and then Buffy walked over me and got in my face.

APOV

"Welcome back. You don't call. You don't write. I had to hear it from Xander."

I knew that boy was trouble. I start to get up and she pushes me back down with her foot.

"Buffy look, I didn't want to get in your way. I just wanted to see how you were doing."

She still looks pissed.

"So all my friends could know but I couldn't? You're a much bigger stalker than I remember!"

"Buffy it's not like that. I shouldn't have let Xander know."

She starts to smirk. I don't like this.

"Oh that's not all I heard from Xander. So you and Faith are buddy's huh?"

I nod

"So when were you gonna tell me there was another slayer?"

She pushes down a little harder on my chest.

"She didn't want you to know."

She pulls me up by my collar but doesn't let go.

"Why not?"

"I don't know Buffy…. I think she's scared."

She lets go and has this puzzles look on her face

"Why would she be scared?"

FPOV

"You told her I'm scared!"

I push him off the bed.

"Slayers are intimidating."

He said that with fear in his eyes and honesty in his voice.

"You gotta be kidding me."

BPOV

Why would she be afraid to tell me? Well I haven't seen her for a week. The last time I heard her voice was when she had to cancel plans for thanksgiving. God I miss her. I don't know what's going on with me. I've never felt this way about anybody. Well there was Angel but I could go almost a month without seeing him but with Faith…. its just different. Speaking of Angel…. he at least had the decency to stop by before he left. God he annoys me so much anymore! Why wouldn't he tell me that Faith's a slayer! Why wouldn't she? She's been avoiding me all week. Ugh this is no good. Well it's a good thing I promised Willow I'd gorge on ice cream with her tonight. If I haven't found Faith all week… what makes tonight so special?

WPOV

"Hey Will. I got double chocolate chunk and moose tracks. Pick you poison."

Ice creams here. Time for some happy. Aww who am I kidding. I think I've eaten a gagillion gallons of ice cream since Oz left and still no happy.

"Will you ok?"

Fake the happy

"Yeah I'm perfect with the ok. In fact I Aced the ok test."

That was good Willow. Good.

"Ok. So I got 3 movies. Now should we watch the Goonies, Breakfast Club or…"

The phone rings.

"I'll get that"

She sets the DVDs down and picks up the receiver.

"Hello…Hey Xander…She did…Where…Thank you Thank you Thank you!"

She hangs up the phone and looks at me.

"Will I know I promised but I'm just going to look for half an hour. Xander just said Faith stopped in. I'll look then I'll come back ok?"

She hugs me then walks out.

"Great. You'll probably find her in 2 seconds."

FPOV

After I get out of the bar, I decide to just go walk for a bit and light up a big. I lean against a nearby lamppost and take a drag. Why am I avoiding her? I hate being confused. I just don't want to see how she's reacting. Well yes I do but I don't want to see it if its bad. I just want to be near her. That's when I fall backwards and land of soft grass.

"Where the hell did that fucking lamppost go!"

I get up and brush myself off. When I look up I see somebody looking around confused. When my eyes adjust to the new dimness I can see that its Buffy.

"Oh shit."

BPOV

Ok deep breath Buffy. I close my eyes and take a deep breath. I close the door behind me and when I open my eyes…Wait! This isn't my dorm hall. I turn around to go back in but the doors gone and now there's a big tree.

"Oh shit."

Faiths voice

"Faith?"

I turn around and sure enough it's her.

"Uh hey Buffy! Well I was just on my way to see Xander and I promised him I'd be there in 2 minutes so I best be going."

She starts to turn around.

"Nuh uh. We're having a talk. You've been avoiding me and I really don't deserve that."

She turns around and has this guilty look in her eyes.

I walk over to her and put my hand on her cheek.

"Hey, I don't care if you're a slayer too. I'm actually pretty excited about having somebody to go on patrol with but I don't know why you'd be afraid to tell me."

She puts a hand on my arm.

"I didn't wanna steal your spotlight B."

She says it so quietly that I can barely hear her. I notice how close we are. I want to stay this way. "We should go to Gile's house. It's close to here and we could talk a little more ok?"

We both drop out arms

"Yeah" She smiles "Sounds great"

FPOV

Shit! I've been found out! Damn! Ugh…well at least she's not pissed off. I don't know why I … wait…I was never afraid and if you even think it again I will hunt you down. We good? Ok. Well, all the way to Giles house, we don't say a single word to each other. There are those shy glances back and forth but no verbal communication. So when we approach at Giles door, Buffy wraps her arms around my neck and gives me a huge hug. It feels soo good to have her this close to me. I put my hands on her waist and back. It just feels right. We fit like a puzzle. We stay that way for a while and when we pull apart she runs her hands down my arms and then holds my hands. She's just standing there smiling at me. I don't wanna sound mean but I'm curious.

"What was that for?"

She does this cute face and shrugs.

"I dunno. I just missed you."

She lets go of my hands then knocks. I'm still standing facing her. We hear a lamp or something being knocked to the floor. Just before me and B tear down the door we hear Giles.

"Yes yes I'll be right there."

GPOV

Bloody hell! Where are my glasses? I keep bumping into everything! Maybe they're under the couch. Yes of course why didn't I check there first? Just as I lift the couch cushion up I hear a knock on my door. I get up and knock over what looked like a giraffe sculpture. It shatters into a million tiny pieces. When I find my glasses I'll gave to clean that up. I open my eyes to see two blobs.

"Giles what the hell happened?"

Its Buffy and I presume that's Faith behind her. It's about time they talk about this.

"Yeah G-man it looks like a tornado hit this place but I bet this joint is really kickin other wise."

Was that sarcasm? I need those bloody glasses!

"Well I seem to have misplaced my glasses and I'm assuming I tore the place up in the process of finding them."

I atke a seat in my arm chair.

"Umm Giles…your glasses are on your face."

They can't be on my face. I reach up to feel and….

"My god….I'm going blind."

I get up and start to pace.

"Oh don't worry Giles I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation for this…I mean…you're old aren't you? I mean….you're not old you're just getting older and…."

I cut her off

"No no…that's quite reasonable Faith. Why don't you two socialize or something college students do while I go make some tea."

I leave to the kitchen and get out a kettle and fill it with water. As a watcher my senses have been enhanced over the years. I set the kettle on the stove and lean on the counter.

XPOV

I thought I was only coming ovwer here for a short pep talk…who woulda known that Willow was capable of talking so much.

"And since when did having another slayer around be so important. Kendra wasn't a big deal!"

Willow starts to pace and I just sit down on Buffy's bed.

"Willow, Faith's your friend. It's not like Faith's trying to steal Buffy away"

She turns towards me

"I know and I love friend Faith but at this current moment I despise slayer Faith. It's always 'gotta go look for Faith' 'Have you seen Faith' 'Have you heard anything about Faith' It just get me so…."

You can see the anger in her eyes

"Willow they need time to be together and talk."

She turns her back to me

"Well if they like eachother so much why don't they get married."

Those words sent a chill up m y spine and I felt the room get cold….maybe it just got me horny.

"Look Will, I've said all I can to you to try to help you out but I promised Anya I'd be back in 20 so I gotta get going…."

She turns to face me

"Alright since everybody else is leaving me I guess you should follow."

"Will I promised her ok and it seems like you need to cool down."

"Your such a demon magnet."

I can see her eyes light up. I feel the same way that I did when she said that Buffy and Faith should get married.

"What?"

"You heard me mister. You attract demons."

"That's not true!"

I get up quickly and open the door.

"She is an ex de and we're in love!"

I slam the door shut and walk home to my ex demon.

GPOV

I've been waiting for the kettle so whistle for about 4 minutes now. I'm testing my eye site by waving my hand in front of my face when I hear quiet sobbing from the living room. Buffy. I briskly walk into the room.

"Buffy is everything alright?"

She's sobbing. What did Faith say?

"Giles.."

She gets up and grabs my hand.

"Me and Faith are getting married."

Oh dear. I clear my throat, take my glasses off and start to clean them. There's really no need for that now that I'm practically blind. Bad habit. I hear Buffy walk over across the room and then I hear…. are they kissing? I clear my throat again.

"Ahem…I can hear that."

I can hear them quietly laughing. She comes back over by me and grabs my hand again.

"Giles, before we go ahead with this, I want to make sure your ok with this."

As long as this is some dimensional universe that I can escape from so I will never have to see or hear about this.

"As long as Faith makes you happy."

She hugs me

"Ooo Giles thank you. Well I was hoping that since you're like a father to me, you could give me away."

She really means it? Why…. I'm smiling uncontrollably now.

"Of course I will Buffy."

She hugs me again but tighter this time. She runs over to Faith again. I carefully feel for my armchair and sit down. 5 minutes of awkward silence goes on. Well not complete silence. I can hear them talking quietly and on occasions kiss. They sound like teenagers. I don't think Buffy's ever been this happy. The teakettle whistles. I get up but I feel a hand gently push me down.

"Its ok Giles, I figure since you're going o be like my father-in-law and all, I should start helping out around here and take care of you.
She hurries off to the kitchen

"Thank you very much Faith."

She comes back and grabs my hand and puts it on the cup and saucer for me. She really is a nice girl…. she has her moments. I hear somebody walking closer to me.

"Giles, Faith burnt her hand and I'm gonna go help her clean it and put a band-aid on it. Are you ok out here?"

I take a sip of tea then nod

"Yes yes go I'm fine."

The room falls silent as they walk down the hall into the bathroom. Time passes and I start to hum to myself. At least I still have my hearing capabilities. Wait a minute…when you get a burn you shouldn't put a band-aid on it right away. Just cold water and they've been in there for quite some time now. That's when I hear something like a thump against a door in the back hall. I get up and carefully and silently walk over towards the noise. I stop at the beginning of the hall and that's when I hear it. They're…. with each other… my bathroom…o dear.

XPOV

"Run Anya Were Almost There!"

I grab her hand and we keep running. I don't even think about knocking on Giles door. We burst through and I bolt and lock the door shut. I lean against the door and catch my breath.

"Who's there?"

I turn around and see Giles sitting in his armchair with a glass of brandy and the bottle on the table right next to him.

"Night of heavy drinking Giles? Good idea."

I pick up the bottle and take a swig.

"Xander is that you?"

I just look at him

"Yeah its me are you ok?"

He smiles a bit

"I believe that I have gone completely blind."

I look closer. His eyes look normal. So I decide to wave my hand in front of his face.

"I can feel that."

I quickly pull my hand back.

"And your hand smells like…. fruit punch."

I test that…and yes it does.

"Sorry I had a fruit roll up before demons started chasing after me!"

Anya's still checking the window. Giles sits up taller ad more alert.

"Demons?"

Anya walks back.

"Yes demons. Where are Buffy and Faith when you need em?"

Giles laughs

"Funny you should ask because…"

The window behind me shatters and there's a demon trying to get through. Me and Anya run to the weapons chest and grab swords.

"Giles get down!"

He falls to the floor covering his head. Now demons are trying to crawl from every window.

"What's going on!"

Buffy runs out of the hall picking up her pants. Was she just on the toilet? Then whys her hair all messed up?

"Demons just keep coming out of nowhere."

Faith runs out of the hall putting her shirt back on over her head.

"Is everybody ok!"

Ok she was just changing Xander. Don't jump to conclusions. Her hairs messed up too!

"What were you two doing?"

Buffy throws Faith a sword and stars to blush. Faith just gives a cocky grin and starts to kiss Buffy. Anya runs over to me

"Xander don't' die on me now! Concentrate more on demons and less on hot lesbians! Stop drooling. Eyes here! Eyes here! Xander! Think of Angel's ass!"

Shapely yet sickening. I snap out of it and get back into the fight. Concentrate Xander concentrate. What the hell is going on?