Alternate Ending to Season 3: Bad Girls
by Net Girl
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Buffy and Faith don’t belong to me (unfortunately), Joss does.
** Faith’s Motel Room **
“Faith we need to talk about what we’re gonna do.”
Faith looks at Buffy and simply says, “There’s nothing to talk about. I was doing my job.”
“Being a Slayer is not the same as being a killer.” Faith doesn’t say anything and finishes the scrubbing, “Faith, please don’t shut me out here. Look, sooner or later, we’re both gonna have to deal.”
“Wrong.”
“We can help each other.”
“Don’t need it” Faith pulls the plug from the sink, walks into the room and pulls open a drawer on which to hang the shirt to dry.
“Yeah? Who’s wrong now? Faith, you can shut off all the emotions that you want. But eventually they’re gonna find a body.”
Faith faces Buffy, “Ok, this is the last time we’re gonna have this conversation and we’re not even having it now, you understand me? There *is* no body. I took it, weighted it, and dumped it. The body doesn’t exist.” She finishes and turns away.
Buffy looks at Faith in shock, “Getting rid of the evidence doesn’t make the problem go away.”
Faith faces Buffy again, “It does for me.”
Buffy looks concerned at Faith, “Faith, you don’t get it. You *killed* a man."
“No, *you* don’t get it,” She smiles daringly, “I don’t care!” Faith continues to do her things and Buffy just stands there in disbelief. Faith goes to her bed and sits on it flipping the TV on and then looks at Buffy again, “Why are you still here?”
Buffy doesn’t say anything and just stands there, looking at Faith watching TV. ‘Fuck it,’ Buffy thinks and walks up to the bed she sits at the end of the bed in front of the television, ‘I’m gonna help her whether she likes it or not.’ She just keeps looking at the brunette slayer.
“Move it, you’re in front of the television,” Buffy just keeps looking at her, “Fuck it… I’m going to sleep.” Faith says and lays down on her side. Buffy just sits there looking at Faith, the brunette has her eyes closed but Buffy knows she's not sleeping. Buffy knows she can’t go to sleep, if she does she’s going to have nightmares.
‘Why the hell is she still here,’ Faith thinks knowing that Buffy isn’t going anywhere, ‘Can’t she see that I don’t care… I don’t care about it all… that I killed a guy… killed a living person… Stop thinking like that! You don’t care remember!’
Buffy can see the inner turmoil of Faith and wonders about it, if she could say just a few minutes earlier that she doesn’t care then why is she beating herself up like this. Then she sees it… Faith brings up her hand… closer to her face… is she… yes she’s wiping away a tear and trying to make sure that Buffy doesn’t see it but she did. Buffy slowly crawls next to the brunette slayer trying not to startle her of what she’s going to do.
‘What is she doing?’ Faith thinks as she feels a hand slipping under her arm and being placed on her stomach but she never moves away from the touch, ‘Can’t she just leave me alone? Why does she have to be like this! Can’t she just go away… I don’t care! I don’t care… Don’t even think about crying Faith! You can’t show her how weak you really are! Don’t cry!’
Buffy pulls the brunette slayer closer and holds her in her arms wrapping her arm around the younger girl’s waist and slipping her arm under her hand. After a few seconds she feels her arm getting moist, ‘Oh god… she’s crying,’ The next thing she knows Faith turns around and starts crying in her shoulder.
“I killed someone,” Faith says between cries, “I didn’t know… he came out of nowhere.”
“Shh… it’s ok…” Buffy says and gently strokes Faith’s hair, “It’s gonna be ok… we’ll get through this…”
“I can’t… I killed someone…”
“We’ll get through this… I promise…” Faith looks up in Buffy’s eyes. Buffy places a hand on Faith’s cheek and leans forward brushing her lips against Faith’s, “I promise…” She says again.
Buffy gently moves Faith’s head on her shoulder again letting the younger girl cry, knowing that she would do anything to protect and love her, keep her save from the world and from herself.