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"Still no word from Faith huh?" Willow's voice penetrates the dull quiet of the library. Buffy's sitting at the table using her arms as a pillow, she turns to regard her friend.
"Nope." She says simply. "It's kinda weird. I never actually thought she'd go, you know?" Willow nods but doesn't reply. "I mean...she said she loves me and not that I'm all gung-ho for that, but why'd she have to go?"
"Are you kidding Buffy?" Willow says, plunking herself down across from the slayer. "Do you really think she was just gonna hang around knowing you could never love her back?" Buffy sits up and shrugs a little. "She was doin' the whole noble thing Buff. Letting you get on with your life and stuff by leaving. It's kinda like that time on Passions when Eric left Alex because she was in love with Steven but wasn't really and..." Willow trails off.
"Leaving? More like running away." Buffy says irritably.
"Come on, don't think about it like that. It had to have been really hard on her." At this Buffy's eyes cloud over, nose crinkles with worry. "Not that she couldn't handle herself, I mean it is Faith we're talking about." Buffy nods.
"Where do you think she is right now?" The blonde asks sadly.
"I dunno Buff...she could be anywhere." At Buffy's look though, Willow comes back immediately with, "I mean, not really anywhere, probably within' a five-hundred mile radius of good ole Sunny-D, excepting if she hopped a plane, which she probably didn't! And also not really five-hundred miles west either cause that would put her in the middle of the ocean and unless she hopped a boat or something, again possible but not plausible, she's probably-"
"Ok Will's really not helping the situation." Buffy says, cutting off Willow's ramble.
"Sorry Buff." They sit in silence for a few moments before Willow jumps up with a small, "ooh!"
"Ooh? What ooh?" Buffy asks.
"Well, we could always do the Scooby thing." Willow says excitedly. Buffy looks at her blankly.
"What Scooby thing?" She asks.
"You know, we could like investigate and track her down and stuff." Buffy smiles sadly before shaking her head.
"I don't think she wants to be found Wills. I'm at least gonna respect that." Willow nods with understanding and goes around the table to give Buffy a hug from behind.
"It's gonna be ok."
"I know Wills but that doesn't mean it's not gonna be hard." Willow gives her a little squeeze before releasing her.
"Oh good you two are here." Buffy and Willow look up to see what Giles has in store for them. "Where's Faith?" Buffy shuts her eyes, trying to block out the onslaught of emotions.
"She's gone." She says quietly.
"Gone? Where to?" Buffy simply shrugs. "Well do you know when she'll be back? I've just been alerted to some rather demonic activity around the area." Buffy takes in a deep breath before replying.
"She's not coming back." Giles furrows his eyebrows in confusion.
"Not coming...oh...oh I see." As realization dawns on him, he takes off his glasses and cleans them nervously. "Well never-the-less, Buffy, you'll need to head down to the docks and patrol as soon as you can." Buffy nods, and slaps her hands down on the arms of the chair before getting up.
"I"m on it." She heads for the doors but is stopped by Giles voice.
"Oh and Buffy, don't do anything rash." She turns to regard him, smirking in a Faith-like way.
"You mean with the demons or with Faith?"
"Um well preferably both."
Buffy nods but is out the door without an answer.
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