Ranked #2 in Buffy. After Faith wakes up from her coma with amnesia, she attempts to put her life back together again. Buffy is forced to try and help.
God that whole ice cream shop thing made everything worse. I might as well have just grabbed her and kissed her right then and there. It would've been less obvious.
Now we're walking through the cemetery, half trying to keep our distance, half trying not to lose each other in case we get attacked. I don't know what to say to her. We both have feelings for each other, that much is obvious, but neither of us is willing to act on them. Well I'm not... I really don't know about Faith. After the way she just asked me point blank how I felt about her the way she did, I have no idea what she might do.
I glance over at her for a second to make sure we aren't more than a few feet away.
I honestly don't think I could stop myself if she decided to act on her feelings. I mean I... I've barely been able to control myself so far, if she wanted it too and she... I don't know. But, she was the one who suggested we could have a better chance of catching a vampire in action if we spread out. She probably just needed to be alone and think. Damn, you know I haven't left her alone since she came back to Sunnydale. Maybe when this is all done with I should let her be by herself for a while.
Will that make things better though? I mean, eventually we're gonna have to talk about this. About how we feel about each other, about what we should do about it, and why it's a bad idea for us to get involved with so many unknown things going on right now. Maybe we shouldn't wait to talk about this, get it over with before we say something we might regret.
I start over toward her.
"Faith?"
She glances over at me and then goes into a fighting stance.
"What is it? Did you see something?"
"No, I didn't... I just... I came over here because... well... we need to talk."
"About what?"
"About us..."
She lets out a deep breath.
"I thought there wasn't gonna be an 'us'? That's what you said isn't it?"
"I know I said that but... I want you to know why I said that."
"You explained that. You don't want there to be an 'us' because you're afraid of what will happen when I get my memory back. "
"Yes but it's more than that. I do have feelings for you. It's taking everything I have just to keep from..."
She steps slowly to me and I feel all tingly inside.
"... from grabbing you and..."
She gets a little closer and I forget what I'm talking about.
"Why don't you?"
She reaches out and pushes my hair out of my face, letting her fingers caress my chin bone as her hand pulls away.
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