Here With Me
by Chosentwo4381Rating: PG
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the writing. Buffy, Faith and Angel
belong to Joss, Kuzui, Sandollar, Mutant Enemy, Fox, and a bunch of
other corporate entities. Here With Me belongs to Michelle Branch and
her record company.
Spoilers: BtVS: Enemies(?), Graduation; AtS: Consequences(?)
Author's Notes: This is my first fic so please be kind. Constructive
criticism is welcomed and deeply appreciated. //blah\\ means lyrics
and ***** means change in venue.
Feedback: Feed me Seymour...
Buffy was laying on her bed staring up at the ceiling, listening to the radio. "Coming up next, something new from Michelle Branch." She idly wondered, or maybe, not so idly, what Faith was doing right then and when things had gotten so messed up between the two of them.
//It's been a long, long time since I looked into the mirror. I guess that I was blind now my reflections getting clearer. Now that you're gone things will never be the same again.\\
Faith was laying on her cot in her cell. Thanks to her good behavior she had been allowed to keep the radio Angel had brought on one of his visits. Some new song was on the radio by some chick that she had never heard of. Faith didn't bother to shut it off. She was absorbed in her own thoughts.
//There's not a minute that goes by every hour of everyday You're such part of me. But I just pulled away. Well I'm not the same girl you used to know I wish I said the words I never showed.\\
//I know you had to go away. I died just a little, and I feel it now, You're the one I need. I believe that I would die just a little just to have you back now here with me, here with me.\\
The radio continued to play in Buffy's room. Tears streamed silently down her face. Faith had gone to jail because Buffy had said that she should. Now there was hole in her heart that had been growing steadily larger since Faith had defected to the Mayor.
//You know silence is loud when all you hear is your heart. And I wanted so bad just to be part of something strong and true. But I was scared and left it all behind.\\
Faith cursed herself silently for continuing to want the one thing she couldn't have. The thing she had a chance for and pushed away.
'I'm a day late and a dollar short when it comes to Faith. She's all about get some and get gone anyway. Why would she feel the same way I do. But I still wish she was back. Chosen Two and all that,' Buffy mused.
//I know you had to go away, I died just a little and I feel it now, you're the one I need. I believe that I would cry just a little. Just to have you back now here with me, here with me. And I'm asking, and I'm wanting you to come back to me. Please?\\
'B probably hates me now. She stabbed me in the gut and I still didn't take the hint. She probably still wants to beat me to death. Would come up here to do it if I wrote her and told her how I felt.'
//I never will forget that look upon your face. How you turned away and left without a trace, But I understand that you did what you had to do. And I thank you.\\
//I know you had to go away. I died just a little, and I feel it now, You're the one I need. I believe that I would die just a little just to have you back now here with me, here with me.\\
And the slayers, one dark and one light, shut off their radios and fell asleep, each tormented by dreams of the other.