Mothers (girlxgirl) (Book 3)

Homecoming

Author's Note: Who's right? Who's wrong? What would you have done?

Faith's POV

I step off the train and look around.

Good old Sunny D, home of the best apocalypse known to man.

I take a big whiff of the air at the train station and cough at how clean the air is in this small town.

It's not like the air in L.A., or back home in Boston. Less people means less pollution I guess. Well, I should probably start heading toward the hospital. I don't know how long I'm gonna be in town so it doesn't really make sense for me to get a room at my usual motel just yet. I've got the money if I need to, the money the mayor left me is keeping me nice and comfortable. I wish I could thank him for that somehow.

I look around the outdoor station at the people moving around me.

Where the heck was the passenger pick up area again? I haven't been here since the first time I came to Sunnydale.

I notice most of the passengers are all heading a certain way so I follow until I see a passenger pick up sign.

They usually have random cabs out waiting for people.

I walk out into a circular driveway and search for a cab.

Oh, there's one I think.

I start towards it.

"Faith?"

Giles?

I turn around to see him standing next to his car.

"Giles?"

He gives me a look that kinda reminds me of the one Angel gives me when he's wondering what I'm thinking.

What is it with old people and that look?

"What are you doing here?"

"Angel called and told me you were on your way and I came to pick you up."

Oh...

"Does that mean...?"

"Buffy has no idea you are here."

"Well, I appreciate the offer, but I'd rather not get a lecture. I know what I did was wrong, and it eats me up inside every day that I couldn't find some way to stop it from happening. But it did happen, and I didn't have any choice but to do what I did. I know that, and I don't need other people telling me that because they feel the need to put me down for what I did. I'll get my own ride thank you very much."

I turn to the cab again.

"Do you really believe that is what will happen if you let me drive you to the hospital?"

I stop and face him.

"I have been in contact with Angel for some time now. I was well aware that you were staying with him and if I felt animosity toward you I could've at the very least asked him not to speak to you on the subjects he and I discussed."

True...

"I guess."

"Right then..."

He turns to his car and opens the door for me on the passenger side.

"Shall we go then?"

I look around the pick up area and pretend like I'm thinking it over.

"Sure why not..."

I go up to the car and get in. As soon as I'm semi-comfortable he shuts the door and goes over to the driver's side, getting in. He turns the ignition and pulls out of the train station. We drive down the street and head to the hospital a couple miles away. I look over at him as he drives.