***It's short.
Buffy glared at the pair. She had never really wanted to see as much of Faith as she was seeing now. It was kind of... disturbing. Faith threw on what looked like yesterday's outfit, but Buffy could never be sure with Faith. They were tight, stained leather pants and a hot halter top, but they were plagued with wrinkles. Riley threw on jeans. Buffy forgot how nice he looked without pants. It had been a lifetime since she saw him without the pants.
"What's going on, Buffy?" he asked, concerned.
"Well, there is this thing... Its a demon and its going to... Well, laymans terms, if we don't do something about it, it will kill all of us and all out friends and all of everything that is on this Earth-shaped planet. And the drop will be soon."
"Soon, but not now?" Faith asked, giving Riley a suggestive eyebrow raise.
"I saw that! Yes, soon, but not now. Listen, I... I wanted to see you, Faith, but I didn't want to see you *with* Riley, who I also wanted to see. Now. Faith, can you leave us alone for a minute?" Buffy asked as if talking to a child.
"He's not your flare anymore Buffy, all right? He isn't defined by you anymore and I don't have to..." Riley walked out of the room with Buffy, closing the door on Faith. "Hey!"
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"Buffy, listen..."
"No, Riley. Save it for someone who cares. I have to save the world,the Slayers won't help so I need your's. Yours and Faith's. You're all I've got."
"Why won't the slayers help and what about Spike or Angel? I mean, you've made a pile of exs here, Buffy. I'm not even the one with super powers."
"It dosen't matter all right? I just..."
"No, Buffy, it does! If I can't talk to you now, what did we even build trust up for anyway? We're more than friends, tell me why you picked me above the other men who've shared your bed."
"Because they're dead." Buffy said it with pain and anger behind it. "Dead because of me. The Slayers hate me for it. And if I haven't killed everyone yet, I still have to kill you, don't I?"
"Buffy, I'm sorry... I didn't... If I had known..."
"You couldn't have. It's fine. But now you understand. And I don't... I don't want you back, Riley. You... You aren't with me, and I'm not with you."
"I know, Buffy. Why... why aren't you telling Faith this?"
"Why should I?"
"Because I... Kind of have a developing relationship with her and I knew that. Faith dosen't. And I think I'm kind of falling for her, too."
"DAMMIT, RILEY! You... You can't..."
"You did. You slept with *Spike*! You slept with a dead thing. At least I'm sleeping with someone I can give my heart too!"
"I gave *you* my heart! I can't... I needed... I *died*, Riley! I needed to... feel... Spike made me feel. And if... If he had survived the final battle... I think I might have given him the heart he repaired. But he died. And I'm not... I'm not ready to commit myself again."
"Well, I am. Bye, Buffy." He slammed the door in Buffy's face and returned to an eager Faith.
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