Author note: I don't own anything but parts of the plot and OC characters. Everything else belongs to its owners.
Time Skip
It was an evening at the Bronze. Xander was playing pool as Faith approached the table.
"You look pissed," Faith voiced.
"Rough day," Xander told her as he chose his shot.
"Tell me about it," Faith responded.
"Rather just shoot," Xander replied as he placed the cue ball and aimed his cue stick.
"Don't think I don't know what you and your pals were talking about behind my back today," Faith stated.
"Yeah? And what was that?" Xander questioned as he took his shot and looked for his next shot.
"More about this glove deal than you're saying," Faith responded.
"The Glove of Myhnegon? Right," Xander returned as he aimed his cue stick. "How'd you like a hit of some real news: Angel's still alive."
He took his shot before walking around the table again while looking for his next shot.
"The vampire," Faith said as she looked at him with wide-eyed surprise even though she knew that the Mikaelsons were also vampires, but a different kind.
"Back in town. I saw him myself. Toting the popular and famous glove," Xander told her as he bent down to take another shot.
"Angel," Faith muttered as Xander took another shot and watched the balls ricochet. "Guy like that, with that kind of glove, could kill a whole mess of people."
"I said the same thing to Aurora and her family myself. Weird how they didn't seem to care," Xander replied as he aimed his next shot.
"They knew he was alive," Faith voiced as Xander took his shot. "I can't believe them."
"They say he's clean," Xander told her as he walked around the table leaving out what they said about his curse being bound.
"Yeah, well, I say we can't afford to find out," Faith returned as she got Xander's full attention. "I say I deal with this problem right now. I say, I slay."
"Can I come?" Xander questioned as he put down his cue stick and headed out.
Across town in Giles's office at the library, Giles was researching at his desk before he heard footsteps behind him and turned around to see who it was.
"You wanted to see me, Mr. Giles?" Gwendolyn Post said as she came into the room.
"Yes. I do apologize for bringing you in at this late hour," Giles replied as he grabbed his coat and placed it on.
"Please. A good Watcher must be awake and alert at all times," Gwendolyn Post told him.
"Would you like some tea?" Giles asked as he tossed his glasses onto his desk before stepping over to his tea cart to prepare the tea.
"God, yes, please. I'm completely knackered," Gwendolyn Post answered as she went to Giles's chair. "I spent the afternoon training with Faith." She sat down. "She doesn't lack for energy."
"She's your first Slayer, I take it?" Giles chuckled.
"If you're questioning my qualifications..." Gwendolyn Post started to say.
"No, I'm not," Giles interrupted as he poured water into the cups. "I, uh, have the utmost respect for your methods..." He faced her as he held the tea cups. "in my own American way." He leaned against his desk. I also have the glove." Gwendolyn Post looked at him with an expectant look. "Oh, not actually on me, but, uh, I believe it's safe. It's in a mansion on Crawford Street. A-a-a friend of Aurora's is keeping it there."
"Well. We must get it. Immediately. Hide it before someone else finds it," Gwendolyn Post voiced as she stood up.
"Or better still, destroy it," Giles suggested.
"Destroy it?" Gwendolyn Post questioned in surprise.
"Yes, I-I... I didn't think it could be done either, but..." Giles said as he stood up and set cups down before going to his desk for a book. "It involves transforming fire..." He showed her the book. "into living flame and immolating the glove." Gwendolyn read the pages as Giles continued. "I-i-it's complex, but, uh, I believe I have all the necessary materials." He went back to his desk and grabbed his inventory list.
"Well, I must say, Mr. Giles... Good show," Gwendolyn Post muttered as she put the book down and grabbed a statue before stepping behind him and hitting the back of the neck with the wooden tribal statue.
Giles's knees gave out making him stumble, but didn't fall. He turned to face her with a stunned look on his face.
"Good show, indeed," Gwendolyn Post told him before swinging the statue again at his temple, making him fall to the floor unconscious.
She left him on the floor as she headed out after the glove.
Across town at the cemetery...
Switch Point of View
After classes, we headed home and had pumpkin soup for dinner before changing for patrol and now we were in Restfield Cemetery. Willow was pacing in front of Von Hauptman's family crypt as the rest of us sat on a stone bench while we waited for Lagos to show.
"Um, not to downplay my own slaying abilities, which in some circles are considered formidable, but shouldn't Faith be here?" Willow voiced.
"We tried calling, but no one was home," Kate told her.
"Look, if you're feeling any demon-o-phobia, please, splitting is totally an option. You're not one in trouble with Giles," Buffy voiced.
"That's true," Willow stated as she continued to pace.
"How long do you think he can stay angry at us, anyway?" Kyra asked.
"The emotional marathon man?" Willow said as she shrugged.
"Yeah. I can't really blame him. It's weird, though. Now that's my secret... Angel, it's all out in the open... I feel better," I stated.
"Well, sure you do. This big burden's been lifted. I mean, keeping secrets is a lot of work," Willow voiced as she stopped pacing. "One could hypothetically imagine."
"You have no idea," Kate returned.
"None whatsoever. But..." Willow responded as she uneasily laughed and sat next to Buffy. "Can I ask you a question?" We nodded. "When you were with Angel and nobody knew about it, did that make it feel, you know, sexier somehow?"
"Yes and after a while it felt like we were a family again," I told her.
"Oh, that's nice," Willow said.
"What makes you think all this secret stuff is sexy, anyway?" Kate asked.
"Nothing. I'm just wondering. Gotta keep asking the big old questions when you're blessed with this girl's thirst for knowledge..." Willow replied before taking a breath and saying. "Okay. There's something I have to tell you."
"What?" Kyra questioned.
"Okay. This will make me feel better, right? You know, I always consider myself a good person. Floss, do my homework, never cheat. But lately, and please don't judge me on this, but I want you all to be the first to know that, that..." Willow voiced as she got up before spotting something behind us. "there's a demon behind you."
We looked behind us before Buffy kicked her legs and spun herself around while the rest of us used our physical powers to attack. Buffy ran and attacked Lagos with twin pike kicks to his stomach. I could tell it had no real effect when it made him stumble and Buffy fell onto the ground. I could tell Willow was worried as I threw a fireball at him which did nothing as he grabbed Buffy by the neck and pulled her up only to flip her back onto the ground. Buffy continued fighting him before spotting him about to Buffy.
"Don't..." Willow and the rest of us yelled in protest.
Lagos suddenly dropped Buffy, making her land on her back. We cringed before Buffy got up to her feet as Lagos swung his fit at her head. He missed and smashed it into a stone cross. Buffy took it as an advantage and stepped in with a front snap kick to the gut, followed by a roundhouse kick to his face, and a full spin and roundhouse kick to the crotch. We cringed as Lagos doubled over in pain before I spotted his battle axe on the ground.
"Now, we're talking," I muttered as I grabbed his battle axe and swung it at Lagos, beheading him.
Lagos's head rolled around the ground a bit before coming to rest.
"Yes!" Willow, Kate, and Kyra said as they pumped their fists into the air in excitement.
They quickly put down their arms as we walked over to them.
"Sorry about that. so, what were you saying?" Buffy voiced.
""Oh, I... I opened my SAT test booklet five minutes early," Willow lied. "Just doesn't seem important, does it?"
I could tell she was lying but I didn't call her out on it.
"Your secret's safe with us. Come on. Let's go bring Giles some happiness," Kate voiced as we looked at Lagos's body.
Buffy took the axe from me before we headed to the library.
Switch Point of View...
Back at the library, Faith and Xander barged into and headed for the cage.
"Good old Sunnydale library. Fully equipped with reference books, file cards..." Xander said as she opened the cabinet doors. "And weapons."
"Beauty," Faith replied as she reached in.
"I call crossbow," Xander voiced as he reached for it.
"You got it," Faith returned as they gathered an array of weapons.
"All right, ready to go?" Xander questioned as he closed the doors.
"That I am," Faith replied.
"Wait," Xander said as he heard a mon coming from Giles's office.
"What?" Faith questioned as Xander hurried into the office and set his crossbow down when he saw Giles on the floor before kneeling next to him.
"Oh, my God. It's Giles!" Xander said as he held Giles's head. "Giles, can you hear me?" He looked around the room to find what could have caused this. "What the hell happened?"
"Gee, let me guess," Faith voiced.
"Stop. Hold it. Just think a minute," Xander said as he tried to not panic.
"Yeah, I'm thinking. Thinking Aurora's ex-meat did this," Faith suggested.
"It's not Angel's style," Xander exclaimed before grabbing his phone and dialling 911.
"The guy's a demon! How much more proof do you need?" Faith voiced.
"Bite marks would be nice," Xander said before talking into the cell phone. "Yeah, I have a medical emergency. Sunnydale High."
"Screw this waiting crap," Faith told him before she started to leave.
"Faith, if we leave, Giles could die!" Xander yelled.
"Yeah, and he's gonna have a whole lot of company unless I do something permanent," Faith responded from the checkout counter before starting again.
"Wait!" Xander yelled.
"For what? You to grow a pair? You handle the babysitting, and I'm gonna kill Angel," Faith returned as she strode out of the library.
"Damn it!" Xander exclaimed as he waited on the phone while holding Giles's head also thinking aurora and her soulmates were going to kill him.
Across town at Angel's mansion, he had a fire going in an urn and several small bowls of powders in various colours on the table in front of him.
"Exorere, Flamma Vitae. Prodi ex loco tuo elementorum, in hunc mundum vivorum, (Translation: Arise, Flame of Life. Come forth from your place of the elements, into this world of the living.)" Angel chanted as he shook some of the green powder into his hand and threw it into the flame making it burn green. "Exorere, Flamma Vitae. Prodi ex loco tuo elementorum, in hunc mundum vivorum. (Translation: Arise, Flame of Life. Come forth from your place of the elements, into this world of the living.)" He chanted again as he shook some of the red powder into his hand and threw it into the flame now making it burn red.
Back at the library...
Switch Point of view
After leaving the cemetery, we met with Jeremy, Leo and Andy who orbed us outside the library.
"Giles is gonna be psyched that we showed up stuffy old Mrs. Post," Buffy voiced as we opened the doors and walked in.
"Oh, my god," I voiced as we spotted Giles on a gurney while Buffy tossed the battle axe over the counter.
"Sunnydale medical..." I heard Paradmedic say into her radio.
"What happened?" Kate asked.
"...Caucasian male, mid-forties..." Paradmedic said into herr radio.
"Giles..." Kyra muttered.
"...blunt object head trauma. Notify ER, we're bringing him in," Paramedic voiced.
"What happened?" I asked.
"No time for this," Paramedic said as they started to wheel him out.
"Wait... Girls, you must... must destroy the glove," Giles told us as I grabbed Buffy by the arm as the paramedics stopped.
"You want him to live. Get out of the way," Paramedic sternly said.
I pulled Buffy away as the paramedics quickly rolled Giles away.
"Use... Living... Flame," We heard Giles say as they rolled him away.
"Move!" Paramedic exclaimed as they slammed the library doors open before turning down the hall.
After they left, we looked at Xander as he gave us a blank stare.
"What happened?" Buffy asked.
"Your boyfriend's not as cured as you thought," Xander said as he looked at me.
"What makes you think that Angel had anything to do with this?" I asked.
"We saw what you saw," Xander responded.
"So you just assume?" Kyra questioned.
"I didn't... Faith did," Xander voiced.
"What did you tell her?" I asked as Willow gave me a concerned look.
"Only what everyone knows. She's a big girl. Came to her own conclusions," Xander told us.
"How much of a head start does she have?" I asked in anger.
"Ten minutes," Xander answered.
"Go through Giles's research. Figure out how to destroy the glove," Buffy told Willow as we glared at Xander before leaving.
"Shut up and help me," We heard Willow say while the doors closed behind us.
Switch Point of view...
Back at Angel's manor, the red living flame burned bright in the urn as Angel turned around to get the glove but stopped as Gwendolyn Post walked in.
"What do you want?" Angel asked with uncertainty.
"Gwen Post. Mr. Giles sent me," Gwendolyn Post lied.
"What for?" Angel questioned.
"To help you destroy the glove," Gwendolyn Post lied again before looking at the urn and asking. "Is that the living flame?"
"Yes," Angel replied.
"Look, I'm sorry to be so abrupt, but Lagos is on his way here now," Gwendolyn Post lied as she went over to the urn and looked it over before saying. "If you're performing the ritual incorrectly, it will only make the glove more powerful."
"Alright," Angel voiced as he stepped up the flame.
"Good. Where is the glove?" Gwendolyn Post asked.
"It's in the trunk," Angel answered as he turned to get the glove from the trunk not realizing that Gwendolyn Post grabbed a shovel and hit hard across the head knocking him unconscious.
"That's what I love about this town. Everyone's so helpful," Gwendolyn Post mumbled while she hurried over to the trunk and tried to open it before realizing it was locked. "Bugger." She tried yanking at the old padlock, but it didn't give. "Bugger!" She grabbed the shovel and repeatedly struck the padlock until it broke, then reached down to remove it.
"Okay..." Angel voiced as he got up from the floor sporting his game. "That hurt." While Gwendolyn Post looked at him in surprise.
"It was supposed to kill you. If you'd been human, it would have. But..." Gwendolyn Post said as she broke the shovel's handle over her knee. "I believe this is your poison."
She swung at Angel's midsection with her makeshift stake but he sidestepped her to avoid the blow. They continued their dance before Faith barged in.
"Mrs. Post!" Faith exclaimed.
"I can't believe how much I'm gonna kill you," Faith said with intense anger as Angel let go of Gwendolyn Post and roared at her.
"You're not getting that glove," Angel roared as he stood his ground.
"You wanna bet?" Faith challenged Angel.
Angel threw the first hit as he knocking her club out of her hands before Faith body-checked him, but it didn't affect Angel as he absorbed the blow taking a step back. They continued to fight before Angel fell between the coffee table and the couch. Faith ran over to him, raising her stake in the ready to stake him before she was grabbed and stopped her swing.
"What?" Faith said in confusion as she was thrown aside by...
Across town at the library, Willow and Xanderr were grinding and mixing powders for the spell to invoke the Living Flame.
"Think we got it?" Xander questioned.
"Well, it's either the catalyst for Living Flame or just some really smelly sand," Willow voiced as she looked at Xander in worry. "We'll have to test this."
"I'll double-check," Xander said as he read through the book before realizing what he was reading.
"What?" Willow asked.
"I know what the glove does," Xander replied as he angled the book for her to read and pointed to the passage.
"There's no time for this," Willow responded as she grabbed a plastic bag and opened it.
Xander blew out the candles, grabbed the grinding bowl, and poured the mix into the plastic bag before Willow closed the bag. They booked it out of the library and headed to the manor.
A few minutes ago...
Switch Point of view...
We shimmered outside the manor before Buffy and I stopped Faith from staking Angel before Buffy threw her away from Angel and me.
"We can't let you do it, Faith," I voiced.
"You're confused, Twinkies," Faith said as she smiled. "Let me clear you up." She pointed at Angel. "Vampire." She pointed at herself. "Slayer." She pointed back at Angel. "Dead Vampire."
"There's a lot you don't understand or know about," I told her.
"Faith..." Post said as I could tell she was faking.
We looked at her.
"She doesn't know. She's blinded by love," Post voiced.
"Faith, no," Buffy yelled.
"Trust me..." Post replied as Faith looked between us.
"Faith, we can figure this out..." Buffy voiced as Cole pulled away before Faith kicked Buffy in the face.
They started fighting while Cole and I looked after an unconscious Angel. I looked over once in a while to see Buffy and Faith continue to fight as Cole tried to wake Angel.
"Auggh!" I heard Faith scream.
I turned to see Buffy throwing Faith off making them both end up on the floor before getting back up and fighting each other. I turned my head back to Angel and Cole as Cole continued to try to get Angel up before I heard footsteps coming into the manor. I turned my head to see Willow and Xander running into the manor.
"The glove! It's in the trunk," Post voiced.
"We'll get it," Xander returned.
"Help Faith," Post told him.
I saw him run into the atrium as he tried to intercept them before looking at Willow helping Post to her feet. I looked back to the atrium to see Xander getting in between Faith and Buffy.
"What are you... Stop! Guys, listen!" Xander exclaimed before Faith grabbed him by his shirt and threw him.
Buffy and Faith started to fight again before Faith cried out in pain. I looked back at Angel before hearing the trunk's lid opening. I looked to see Post holding the glove as she cradled it.
"Finally," Post wickedly said as she smiled.
I could tell Willow was confused.
"Willow!" I exclaimed as Post hit her with the glove knocking her unconscious.
I tried to get to her but Cole pulled back. I know he was trying to protect the baby and me. I looked over to Buffy and Faith, they ignored us while continuing to fight. I looked back at Post to see her placing her right arm into the glove before making a fist.
"Taou huogan maqachte milegaing! (Translation: Be mine, the power of Myhnegon!)" Post chanted in Gaelic as she rose her arm above her towards the sky.
I could hear the lightning strikes and thunder booming outside as I looked at Faith and Buffy. They had stopped fighting and were now looking at what was happening.
"What's going on?" Faith asked as I looked back at Post.
Post was still staring at the sky like she was waiting for a reward.
"Faith! A word of advice: you're an idiot," Post voiced as she lowered her gloved arm and looked at Buffy and Faith.
Buffy and Faith looked at her in disbelief even though I knew something was right with her.
"Tauo freim! (Translation: Be free!)" Post shouted as she raised her arm again to the sky.
I saw Willow waking up and getting up as the bolt of lightning smashed through the skylight and struck the glove while shards of glass fell everywhere. Post ignored the glass as she rejoiced in her new power before facing Buffy and Faith.
"Tauo friem! (Translation: Be free!)" Post repeated as she extended the glove towards them before a bolt of energy lept from the glove and headed towards them.
Buffy and Faith scrambled out of the way before the bolt hit a tree in the atrium, setting it ablaze. I could feel amazement from Buffy and Faith before looking at me and realizing we needed to do something about Post. I could feel Angel coming to as I noticed Willow was finally on her feet and was backing away in fear while staring at Post in shock and horror.
"Tauo friem! (Translation: Be free!)" Post repeated again, but this time pointing at Willow.
"Willow!" I screamed as Angel jumped to his feet, rushed towards Willow and tackled her to the floor out of harm's way before the bolt hit her.
Cole and I ran over to Faith and Buffy while Post was distracted.
"Can you draw her fire?" I asked.
"You bet I can," Faith voiced.
"Go do it," Buffy replied.
Faith got to her feet and ran into the manor. I noticed Post watching as Faith ducked into a hallway and kept running.
"Tauo friem! (Translation: Be free!)" Post repeated once more as she raised her arm towards the opposite end of the room where Faith would appear.
Another bolt of lightning struck the glove and sending in the direction of the hallway just as Faith came running out of it before she dived behind the couch, just narrowly avoiding the blast.
"There's nothing you can do to me now," Post muttered as I spotted lust in her eyes.
I knelt, sifted through the broken glass and found a large shard before getting up and running into the manor with Cole and Buffy behind me.
"I have the glove. With the glove comes the power," Post muttered.
"We're getting that," I voiced as Post looked at us in surprise before I threw the shard of glass end over end.
We watched as it flew like a spinning blade at Post before slicing the gloved arm off. Moments later, another bolt of lightning struck through the skylight and hit Post in the chest. Post screamed as her body began to writhe in pain. We continued helplessly watching as she screamed while the bolts of lightning kept coming. Buffy and I had shut our eyes from the sight before opening them as Post vanished in a bright light and energy. Willow and Angel got to their feet while Xander came into the room and Faith got up from behind the couch. We looked down to see the glove of Myhnegon with Post's severed arm still firmly in its grip before one by one the ten claws opened up, releasing it.
"We need to destroy it," I voiced.
"I have everything we need," Willow replied.
We did the spell before Willow, Xander and Faith headed home. I gave Angel a kiss before Cole shimmered Buffy and me home.
After shimmering home, Buffy and I took turns showering while Cole checked on Persephone. Jeremy was at the Mikaelson Manor with Rebekah and Jo while Kate and Kyra were home.
"What happened?" Kate asked as I grabbed a snack from my snack drawer.
"Post was evil like vision. Faith almost killed Angel. We destroyed the glove," I told her as I ate some of the s'more mixes before putting it away and grabbing a drink of water from my bedside cup.
I headed out of my room to see Cole looking down at Persephone in her crib. I headed into the room and looked down at the crib before kissing Persephone's forehead.
"Goodnight, my love," I whispered before kissing Cole goodnight.
Cole said goodnight to me before shimmering out of the room. I left the room and got into the bed before turning out the light and going to sleep.
Time Skip
It was morning and I went over my pre-med homework before putting it into my backpack.
"Breakfast is ready," I heard Kate yell.
I headed downstairs to see Persephone eating her breakfast while Kate poured Hot Chocolate & Chai Smoothies into tumblers and Kyra pulled out the breakfast cookies that we had a couple of days ago.
"Morning, All," I voiced before kissing Persephone's forehead.
"Ready for the day," Jenna asked.
"Yeah, I believe I am," I responded.
"Let's head out," Buffy stated as Jenna cleaned Persephone's face.
I picked Persephone out of the highchair and headed out the door with the others behind me.
After we got into the car, we headed to school. When we got to the school, we met up with Sam, Jo, Cole, Andy, Leo, Dean, Jeremy and Mikaelson siblings before splitting off. Jenna, Persephone, Elijah, Finn, & Klaus headed to the library while we headed off to find the others. After a while, we stopped for a moment as we spotted them in the student lounge before listening to them talk.
"So there's no more glove thingy?" We heard Cordelia's question.
"No. Little Living Flame, little mesquite, gone for good," We heard Xander's answer.
"Sounds like we missed a lot of fun," We heard Oz's response.
"Then we're telling it wrong," We heard Xander's return.
"What do you think Aurora, Elijah, Sam, Cole and Angel are gonna do?" We heard Willow's question.
"Boy, do I don't know," We heard Xander's reply as we saw Cordelia giving him a strange look.
"Well, he saved me from a horrible flamey death. That sort of makes me like him again," We heard Willow's response which made me smile as Cole pulled into him.
"Well, as long as she and Angel don't get pelvic, we'll be okay. I guess," We heard Xander say.
I rolled my eyes as he seemed to have forgotten that we had told them Angel's soul was bound to him, and that it could only be taken by force of strong magic.
"Let's go," Sam whispered as we headed to them.
"What are you guys talking about?" Kyra asked as we came up the stairs.
"Oddly enough your boyfriend. Again," Oz answered as he looked at me.
"Well, he's one of my soulmates," I voiced as I sat next to Xander with Cole next to me. "And we're taking it slow." I looked at Xander and Cordelia before asking. "Are we cool?"
"Yeah! Just seeing the two of you kissing after everything that happened, I leaned toward the postal..." Xander answered before pausing and saying. "I trust you."
"I don't. Just for the record," Cordelia brought up.
We raised our eyebrows but weren't surprised before we looked behind us as Giles cleared his throat.
"Let us guess: Gwendolyn Post: not a Watcher," Buffy voiced.
"Yes, she was," Giles said as he walked up the stairs. "She was, uh, kicked out by the council a couple of years ago for misuse of dark power. They swear there was a memo."
The bell rang as it was time for classes to begin.
"Well, we better go," Kate voiced as we got up.
As we headed down the stairs, we could hear them talking.
"The whole Angel thing is so weird," We heard Willow sigh.
"Yes, well, we'll have to see how that unfolds, won't we?" We heard Giles respond.
After we left the student lounge, Buffy, Jo, Bekah, Kol, Sam, Dean and Jeremy went to classes while Kate, Kyra and I headed off to the car park to go to the college for our classes.
Another Time Skip
School is over for high school while Kate, Kyra and I are on a break before our next classes. We joined Buffy over at Faith's motel for some damage control. When we walked up the stairs and headed to her room, I knocked on the door.
"Come in," We heard Faith say.
"Hey," Buffy and I said as I opened the door and walked in with Kate, Buffy, and Kyra behind.
I turned to see the TV on as she was on the bed.
"The place looks nice," Kate voiced.
"Yeah, it's real spartan," Faith returned.
"How are you?" Kyra asked.
"Five-by-five," Faith answered.
"We'll interpret that as good," I returned as Faith flipped through her magazine.
"Look, Gwendolyn Post, or whoever she may be, had us all fooled. Even Giles," Kate told her.
"Yeah, well, you can't trust people. I should've learned that by now," Faith responded as she continued looking at her magazine.
"I realize this gonna sound funny coming from someone, that just spent a lot of time kicking your face... but you can trust us," Buffy voiced.
"Is that right?" Faith questioned as she tossed her magazine aside.
"I know we kept secrets, but we had no choice. We're on your side," I returned.
"I'm on my side," Faith nodded as she replied. "And that's enough."
"Not Always," Kyra voiced as she shook her head.
"Is that it?" Faith asked as she shrugged.
"Yeah, we guess," Kate answered.
"Alright. Well, then, I'll see you," Faith stated as she averted her eyes and stared at the TV.
We took the hint and turned to go before Faith said.
"Uh, Buffy, Aurora?" Faith said.
"Yeah?" Buffy said as we turned to face her.
"Nothing," Faith replied as though she had changed her mind.
"Have a good day, Faith," I voiced before we turned around and headed out the door.
After we left the motel, Buffy headed home while the rest of us headed back to the college for our classes.