Boy oh boy is this my lucky day

[el_comfortador]

Lucky me, I get to go and meet and greet with Faith. We haven't heard from her since Sunnydale's meltdown and now, out of no where, she calls Buffy with dreams of the Master and stuff, and she comes for a visit. Who gets to pick her up? Me! Of course. Good ol' butt monkey Xander

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[faithcb]

Great. I was in ye old city of witch trials. Personally this is the last place on earth I'd like to be. Not like I truthfully mind Salem itself, maybe the current people in it. Didn't B really know that I actually was tryin'? She didn't have to go and mock me like that last night.

Pickin' up my bag, I shuffled off of the bus and stopped when I saw Xander Harris staring back at me. 'Lookin' good, nice eyepatch, ' I wanted to quip like a usual bitch.

"Hey," I said instead, avoiding eyecontact. Am I surprised B couldn't make it? Not a chance.

[el_comfortador]

Just when I thought that this was stupid and she probably wasn't going to actually come, there she was and as hot as ever. Man times never change. "Hey back," I said as she approached.

My sight stayed down and I sighed. "So...how was your trip?" How was your trip? What the hell is that? That's almost like saying 'let's see how much tension I can put between us'.

This is what happens when people wake me up early. "Uh...I guess you don't need a hand with your stuff." I said with a soft chuckle.

[faithcb]

"Nah," I replied, shuffling my bag back onto my shoulder. "M'fine." Pack light, don't stay long.

I looked up to him, almost surprised he was actually talkin' to me, but not really at the same time. "Trip was good... as good as you can get on a bus ride for a coupla hours." I commented towards him.

"Guess, B couldn't make an appearance herself?"

[el_comfortador]

Man she makes it look so easy. If I tried to lift that bag I would probably get a hurnia. Hell, I think I could get one just by thinking about lifting it. I kicked at the ground aimlessly.

"Ya know, I didn't even think to ask her that," I admitted. I mean come on, wake a guy up early in the morning and think he's supposed to...think. Yeah right.

"I hope you don't mind walking. We don't really drive around here. Everything is pretty much in walking distance. Saves us the trouble of gas and mechanics and stuff." Idle chit chat, wow is this fun.

[el_comfortador]

Shaking my head, I put my hands up. "You know what. I don't know why I agreed to do this. I thought maybe you'd changed. I guess I was wrong," I called to her.

"Why don't you find your own place to stay than. Find your own way around town, maybe you'll have a dream or something and you can find Buffy that way!" And what the hell am I even saying anymore? I don't have a clue. Just upset, that's all.

[faithcb]

"Did I ask to be your Dr. Laura?" I replied to him. "'Cause this sure as hell wasn't in my plan to put up with your feelings for an ex that your just not over because you won't allow yourself to be."

"All I wanna do is find this Master guy, dust him, and make the dreams go away." I stated, "That's all I came here fore."

[el_comfortador]

Breathing out roughly, I stormed after her, standing in front of her. "Fuck. You." I stared her directly in the eye, glaring at her.

"You delivered your message, we can take care of it from here, you may as well leave now. We don't need your help."

[faithcb]

"You already did," I added, snarkily.

"And for the record... Buffy asked me here, so... I'm pretty much going to see what she wants. I'm not gonna make a trip to be bitched at by Lacky Boy."

[el_comfortador]

An apology that actually sounds sincere. Now why do I feel like an ass? I mean, ok, so I yelled at her, and I got a little too heated...but I couldn't help it. Damn.

"No...I'm sorry Faith," I said softly, slowing my pace and walking next to her. "Just a few old wounds opened, and it's my fault they did. Didn't mean to be an ass."

[faithcb]

"Just forget it happened... you don't need to apologize to me." I shook my head towards him. I could deal with him yelling at me, but apologizing was something different. I sighed softly, as we passed a gas station, "So, are we pretty close to where you guys are stayin'?"

[el_comfortador]

Looking up and looking around I estimated. "We're pretty close. Just a few blocks now." My sight caught the gas station and I mentally counted the cash in my wallet.

"Want anything?" I asked, motioning towards the gas station, before turning in that direction.

[faithcb]

"A Pepsi?" I shrugged. Something to drink wouldn't be bad right about now. "And a bathroom key. Sorta nice when you've been on a train for hours."