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.
