Half Breed

Chapter 5

Buffy walked down the halls to the library, her head in the clouds, feeling as if she was on cloud nine, the problem about that was she had no clue why. She woke this morning to an empty house with a note from her mother telling buffy that she would be out of town for a week or two and that she had left money on the fridge for her for groceries. Which was normal enough in her abnormal life, she thought.

Walking into the library greeting Giles with a smile, saying hello to the rest of the gang buffy sat down, her feet on the table the smile on her face looking as if it could split her face, Giles thought disturbingly.

“Buffy are you quite alright?” He asked, staring at her suspiciously.

“Yeah Giles, I am.” She replied, her smile growing bigger, before turning to Xander and Willow becoming engrossed in the conversation they were having on what had happened at the bronze.

Rolling his eyes, Giles went into his office, thinking ‘the world is doomed.’ as he went through his many books that cluttered his tiny desk, grumbling to himself in frustration as the book that he had in his hand moments ago seemed to be missing. Scrunching his brows together, he opened drawers and cabinets, looking almost frantic now. He had been translating a very important passage that involved buffy and something that was called the sleeper. He had it just a minute ago, he thought slamming his hands on the top of his desk cursing “Bloody Hell”

Breaking mid sentence Buffy looked behind her, her feet going to the floor, standing up, looking up in the stacks, feeling the hair on the back of her neck stand up.

“Buffy?” Willow asked wondering what had gotten into her friend, worrying as she saw the slayer in her friend’s stance, unconsciously gripping the arms of her chair, fear filling her for just a second or two like it usually did in situations like these, reminding her that the library was a public place.

“Buff?” Xander asked standing up, his posture belying his readiness to spring at any moment, noticing his friends reaction, thinking that it was a good thing today was a half day.

Reaching into her bag on the floor pulling out a stake, slipping it into the sleeve of her peasant top, she started to move up the stairs, throwing a “stay here” to Willow and Xander, her perfectly happy mood dropping immediately as she disappeared into the stacks.

Faith was walking towards the school, from the factory, leaving the Desoto at home. Kicking at the ground as she went, with her hands in her jacket pockets, sighing feeling better know that the sun was setting finally. It wasn’t like it could kill her but it was killer on her eye’s, usually giving her a headache if she didn’t have her shades, making her eyes appear almost black with a golden tint to it. Shaking her head to clear it, she entered the building pausing five feet in. Looking up Faith started to run full speed towards the library, her stomach clenching.

Bursting through the library doors, just as buffy was coming down the stairs with a frown on her face, and a bloody lip. Looking up at the sound of the doors slamming open at such a force it sent her into a fighting stance. Hiding the unused stake behind her back and relaxing her stance at seeing who it was.

Realizing that her lip was still bleeding Buffy quickly wiped it away hissing slightly under her breath at the stinging feeling. “Umm Faith right” buffy asked, trying not to notice the look in the brunette girls eyes, feeling a full body blush appear, smiling shyly.

“Your h…hurt” Faith said clearing her throat mid sentence, her thoughts running a mile a minute, of biting, devouring, draining her dry then turning her on the cusp of death. A shiver running through her body as the thoughts and images assaulted her mind. Clearing her throat again, she focused her attention on her surroundings, anything but buffy. A mantra running in her head that her father had beaten in to her last night, after he had broken down her door ‘she is the enemy, she is the enemy, she is the enemy, she is the enemy… god she’s sexy; no bad faith, your supposed to kill her not fantasize’ she berated herself.

Noticing the strange looks that she was receiving, she looked behind herself, seeing the reason. She had accidentally shattered the door windows and one door was hanging at a tilt. ‘Oops’

“Oh dear.” Was the only thing that Giles could get out at the moment, looking back at his slayer with sadness in his eyes, before turning back to the girl.

“Miss I think you need to sit down if u would please.” He said noticing that she was trying to discreetly fix the door. “There is no need to worry about that.” Giles stated pulling out a chair, “please sit.”

Holding her breath, her eyes darting around, fearing that they had figured everything out hesitantly approached the group who was sitting down around on side of the table opposite of the chair that the librarian had just pulled out. Sitting down, her body tense, as her eyes flashed behind her shades, her teeth elongating then turning to normal. The quickest exit routes running through her head as Giles knelt in front of her looking at her calmly.

“What is your name?” Giles asked her, noticing her apprehension. Being as cautious as possible for fear of her running or making her do something that they would probably all regret later.

Faith took a deep breath a calmness surrounding her as she mentally centered herself “Faith.”

”Giles?” Buffy asked curiosity in her voice and posture, wondering what was happening, having a bad feeling about this.

Giles looked over at his slayer, compassion in his eyes as he looked from one girl to the next. Sighing deeply, he stood up and addressed everyone in the room, a sadness in his eyes that the scoobies had never seen.

“I received a call last night,” he started, “from the council, it seems” he pauses taking a breath “that a new slayer has been called.” He finished.

Buffy gasped, remembering “Kendra?” she asked.

“Dead.” Giles confirmed.

“then that would mean,” Xander started

“You think she is the new slayer?” willow asked finishing Xander’s question, frowning at the leather clad girl that was sitting in the chair in front of her.

Silence filled the room, after Giles nodded his head, wanting to comfort his slayer and explain to Faith what a slayer was thinking that she might need one.

Faith sat there wide eyed the only thought running though her head ‘they think I am the new slayer’. That was when her laughter filled the room, her body shaking with it as she laid her head on the table laughing long and hard.

‘They think I am a slayer’ Faith thought laughing harder.

TBC...

A/N: next chapter update faster then u can pronounce nodugsjgslfjhls-dflgjhfjis