This whole situation is so sad and awkward, your writing really brings that home.

"We'll get through this together, Faith. I promise."

Man, did I already say I love Buffy, because I really do. She's trying so hard to get through to Faith, to be there for her and pull her back from the dark side.

I really loved Faith's smarts in making that phone call to Buffy and how well she sold it. as she provided all of the relevant info. I wanted to smack Buffy, but she finally caught on, so I take it back.

The fight was excellent with Buffy outnumbered and Faith just standing there watching. You wrote it chockful of tension and even though I knew Buffy wasn't going to get killed, I was still sweating it and visualizing Faith just watching as she sent her crew in to take care of the Slayer.

Author's Response:

You hadn't mentioned that, no. I was beginning to think you were more of a Travers fan. What with your “World's biggest council groupie” t-shirt and everything (There were rumours). 0:)

lol. Poor Buffy. In her defence, it was a fairly odd phone call. And let's face it, the Scoobies and phones liked to keep their distance. I think Buffy has a mobile for like one episode (And seeing as she was talking about Faith at the time, I'm going to assume that's the only reason she bought it :p).