Disclaimers: Joss owns them,
not me. I make no claims to Buffy or Faith. No harm intended
Comments: Here we are then, guys
and gals. The last one of SDV!
Date Stamp: Miss K, aka Kitty
wrote this 14.12.01
Disclaimer #2. Dear All, Miss K is not
the devil reincarnated. Believe me, I know she is not. Although
she does have some wicked horns... In her disclaimer she states
not to have these characters in her possession. However, in this
parallel universe, she does. Faith and Buffy are at her
full disposal and she can do to them whatever she pleases. 'Who
gave her this power?', you might ask. I did. Thank you for
your time. Yours sincerely, Miss X (also known as God).
Title: It's an Agatha Christie
book. I don't own it.
Dedication: This one goes out
to Miss X, you wanted this ending,
cherrypie. Woo!
Faith's POV
Slayers Do Vegas LXIX
- And Then There Were None
I look over at the clock again; 6am.
I can't sleep.
I can't do anything, I can't think, I can't even
breathe with out feeling like my chest's gonna cave in.
Everything's screwed.
We're in the same bed, but not, like, it feels
like she's not here.
I've been staring at her for about two hours.
How can she sleep?
I can't even breathe or close my eyes, but she
can sleep?
It can't be too late.
I was drunk, I didn't know what I was talking
about.
It can't be too late!
What am I gonna do without her?
I carefully roll over and watch her sleeping.
I think she's dreaming, 'cause she's sort of moving
and stuff.
She rolls over towards me, and her hand moves
so it's almost touching mine.
'Why is it too late, B?'
I told you I loved you, that I didn't mean what
I said, that I need you!
Why wasn't it enough?
I move my fingers over and touch hers; she's all
warm and soft.
I'm never gonna do this again, I know it.
It's over, we're over, all because of me.
I did it, me, if I'd just... shit, I've lost her.
I've lost everything.
Buffy's POV
I open my eyes and look over to the clock.
9am?!
Wow, ok, I slept in.
'Why didn't you wake me? Faith?'
Where's she gone?
Then I remember about last night.
About what we said, about what I said.
Thing is, I don't regret it, what I said I mean.
It's better this way; for her it's better.
If she could deal with us being together she wouldn't
have done what she did.
I can't be with her if she's not ready.
I can't, being with her means too much.
I push myself up and see a note on her side of
the bed.
I pick it up and fall back down.
B,
I'm sorry, I really am. I don't know what
else to say. I can't be around you, not after what's happened, I
just can't. I didn't expect things to fall apart so quickly, you
know?
I wanted to come away to Vegas to try and
get over the way I feel about you. Guess it didn't work, huh? Maybe
we'll laugh about this in a few years time, but now, right now, I
don't feel like laughing much.
I get where you're coming from, telling me
it's too late. I still want us to be friends to. I don't want to
not know you, I couldn't handle that. Like you said, we'll deal,
right?
Anyway, I'm going to kick back and sort
my head out. I'll be back though, I promise.
I'll catch you in SunnyHell soon.
Kick some Demon ass for me!
I love you.
Faith.
x
This is what you wanted, Buffy, this, you didn't
want to be with her, so you're not.
But... I, I didn't want her to go.
I... we needed time, she needed time,
I mean...
I don't know what I mean.
I didn't think she was ready... SHIT!
I push myself out of bed, and pull my clothes
on as quickly as I can.
She'll take the bus to... wherever she's going,
she hates flying.
I need to get to the bus station!
Faith's POV
I don't even know where I'm going.
Ok, lets check out some destinations.
Boston?
Nah, been there, done it, got the scars to prove
it.
Miami?
Too many gangs, I don't want to have to beat real
people up.
New York?
Full of assholes.
LA?
Just down the road, can hook up with Cordy, and
the Broodmeister will be happy to see me.
Least my cash will stretch further there.
Look at that, decision made in under a minute.
LA it is.
Maybe I should ring B, just to let her know where
I'm going.
Stop it, Faith.
Like she said, she doesn't care, and who
can blame her?
I royally screw it all to Hell and then expect everything
to be ok?
Shit, girl, life doesn't work out like that.
I buy my ticket and walk over to the seating area
and light up a cig.
One of the few fuckin' places I can, without being
surrounded by 'Do Not Smoke' signs.
How long?
An hour, a whole hour to brood about my shitty
situation, great!
Buffy's POV
'Um, if I give you an extra $20 can you actually
put your foot ON the accelerator?'
I get slammed back in my seat as we hit warp speed.
I thought I'd have to get out and walk.
Please be there!
Please be there!
I panic buckle myself in, just in time as this
idiot almost plows us into the side of a bus that's coming
out of the station.
'Ok, the extra $20 is only coming if I'm alive!'
He pulls up in front of the station, I throw some
notes at him, and run in to find Faith.
Faith's POV
Bored!
If I smoke anymore cigs I'm gonna fall over.
I open my bag to check if I've got anything to
read and see that picture of me and B, lying on top.
I pull it out and run my fingers over it.
Me and B.
She looks nice in it, all pretty and happy.
Shit, why'd I have to say what I fuckin' said!!
You are the BIGGEST moron in the entire
world, Faith, and you know what?
You're getting exactly what you deserve, and it
ain't Buffy Summers.
You had your chance, you blew it!
Don't cry, you idiot, not in front of everyone.
Jeez, serves me right, serves me God damn right!
Buffy's POV
Why does it have to be so big in here?
Destinations, ok, right, um, New York?
She hates that place, always says there are too
many assholes.
Boston?
So don't think so.
Miami.
Sunshine and the beach, maybe.
LA?
LA!
Three minutes?!
SHIT!
I run over to the bus and jump on it, flashing
the driver a smile.
'I'm looking for someone. Do you have a Faith
Knight on board?'
I drum my fingers on the rail as he looks through
his passenger list, then shakes his head.
But I thought...
I do a scan of everyone on board, which is easy
seeing as there are only four people.
'Thanks.'
I walk off the bus slowly and watch as the doors
close and it pulls away.
You got what you wanted, Buffy.
You didn't want her, and now she's gone.
No, don't start crying in a bus station!
Stop it, you wanted this, so you should be all
happy Buffy, not all crying, weepy girl.
I wanted this, right?
But I didn't.
I was mad at her, I didn't want her to go.
I didn't want her to go!
I was numb, I was in shock, I mean, what she said...
I said it though, it's too late.
I start to walk back outside.
I'll have to get a cab back to the hotel
to pack my stuff up and get home.
Without Faith.
Faith's POV
'See ya Vegas, had some good memories here.'
And some major league shitty ones, but I know
it's not going to be those that keep me awake at night.
I look round and know I'm trying to find B, you
know, the romantic thing.
Like she's gonna rush her ass over here to stop
me from going.
We've already covered this one, she doesn't care,
it's too late.
Stop fuckin' crying you chump!
Think about something else, like ragging on Cordy
about her hair or being a crappy actress.
I take one last look around and board my plane.
Don't like flying but I'm not sitting on a bus
feeling like this.
I'd get stuck next to some chatty old person who'd
drive me insane for six hours.
Come on then Faith.
Now it really is time to get over Buffy
Summers.