The Faith Trials Vol. 1 by Laurence James

Author:Laurence, James [Laurence, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Faith sat in her run-down motel room and watched a lot of nothing on TV while flipping through a magazine.

The knock at the door surprised her.

“Come in,” she called.

Buffy opened the door and stepped inside. “Hey.”

Faith would not look at her. Too many things whirled in her head, the things she had allowed herself to hope, and the way she had felt when she discovered that she had been deceived. Of course, Buffy had hidden her secret from everyone, but even when it had come out. Faith doubted the idea of telling her the truth had ever even come up.

“Place looks nice,” Buffy noted.

“Yeah, it’s real Spartan,” Faith replied coldly.

There was a pause before Buffy continued.

“How are you?”

“Five by five.”

“I’ll interpret that as good.” Buffy sighed. “Look, Gwendolyn Post, or whoever she may be, had us all fooled. Even Giles.”

“Yeah, well, you can’t trust people. I should’ve learned that by now,” Faith observed bitterly. She was certain Buffy would get the point

Deep down Faith understood, at least a little, why Buffy had done what she had done. And she had not forgotten the way she had felt in the times when it was just the two of them. As Slayers, they were a breed of two. That ought to mean something, Faith thought.

She just could not be sure if it really did.

“I realize this is gonna sound funny coming from someone who just spent a lot of time kicking your face, but you can trust me,” Buffy told her.

Faith finally looked at her, not amused. “Is that right?”

“I know I’ve kept secrets. But I didn’t have a choice. I’m on your side.”

“I’m on my side,” Faith retorted coldly. “And that’s enough.”

“Not always,” Buffy argued.

Yeah, always. Faith thought. That’s the way it has to be.

“Is that it?” she asked.

With a hurt expression, Buffy nodded. “Yeah, I guess.”

“All right. Well, then, I’ll see you,” Faith said, dismissing her.

Buffy turned to go. Faith looked down, doubt and hurt and hope all battling inside her. “Buffy?” she ventured.

“Yeah?” Buffy said.

But when the Slayer turned to face her. Faith pushed it all away. She had let too many people in lately, and had nothing but pain in return.

Faith almost spoke up. Instead she just shook her head.

“Nothing.”

Buffy left, and Faith was alone.

Again.

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