Connection: Chapter Eleven
by rockangelz25
Faith walked down the alleyway. Damn, she thought to herself. Can't believe I misjudged the time like this. B's going to kill me.... Unless something else does first. Then her mind drifted back to the guy she'd just been with. Great guy... Seemed kinda clingy, but whatever. She wouldn't be telling that part to Giles and Joyce.

The sky was darkening quickly. At this rate, she wasn't going to make it home again... So she'd better run.

With that, she kicked up the speed about ten notches, running like crazy until she was out in the open again. Even then, the sun was still setting--kinda pretty, if you go for that sort of thing--and the sky was still clouding over.

She kept running, and running, until--bang. She ran into something. She pulled her hands back in a fighting stance, then dropped it when she recognized the person in front of her. "Hey, B."

"Faith." It was definitely her, not that one kidnapped by the fangy versions of Willow and Xander. Slender cross, better clothes, better makeup, less taut.... Yeah, it was the original Buffy.

"Sorry. Lost track of time."

"We need to get home. We need weapons." Buffy turned around. They were on the street, just a few houses away. They'd make it.

"Yeah. Sorry." Faith walked beside her. They made it back to the house safely. Faith opened the door before Buffy, closing it a little too quickly.

"Hey--could you let me in?" She turned back to look at her "sister" slayer.

"Don't say it like that."

"Sorry. Could you push open the door for me?"

"I'll open it," said Faith, trying to word her sentences carefully. It was possible that she'd been wrong... Possible that this was the other Buffy, that she had been sired.

She pushed the door open, leaving it there. Buffy stared at the door, then smiled. "You really don't think it's me?"

"I just don't want to take any chances, B."

Buffy stepped inside of the house. "Just so you know--it's me." She shut the door behind her. "Still sunlight out and all," she pointed out.

Faith smiled. She should've known it was just B fooling around.

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