Buffy Summers lay asleep in bed, it was about one in the morning and Buffy was fast asleep, dreaming of who knows what.
Crouched on the roof of the Summers' house was a dark figure, who had pale skin. After a few seconds the figure, a man, stood up and silently jumped down onto the porch roof outside Buffy's room. The man slid Buffy's window up and climbed into her room, he stood in her room and leant against the window.
The man stood watching Buffy for a few minutes, until she stirred from her sleep. Buffy sat up in bed and clicked on the bedside light when she saw the man in her room.
Before Buffy could make a sound the man put his finger to his lips, "Shh," then he quietly sung, "Hush little baby please don't cry…" the last word sounded a little like a laugh.
Buffy took proper notice of the man now. He was wearing black, PVC pants with lots of buckles down the outside of the legs; he also wore a black, long-sleeve top. Buffy looked at the man's face, he had long, black, straight and silky hair, and his lips were coloured black. Buffy also noticed the black eyeliner and nail polish the guy wore.
"What do you want?" Buffy asked in a whisper.
"Just to talk to you."
"You break into my room at one o'clock in the morning just to talk to me, who the Hell are you?"
"My name is Ferulic, I come from the other world."
Buffy took another good look at Ferulic and noticed one thing about him that was a dead giveaway he wasn't human; his irises were purple. Something else Buffy noticed about Ferulic, he was very effeminate; he could have very easily been a woman.
"What did you want to talk to me about?"
"I want to help you find true love!"
"To help find true love? To find the one person whom I will want to spend the rest of my life with, whom I will love and cherish for the rest of my life? Let me guess, it's you?"
"Ha ha ha ha. No, far from it."
"Oh." Was all Buffy said, she had been sure Ferulic was going to say himself.
"This person is already in your life."
"The only person in my life who I loved was Angel and he's in Hell."
"They are here on Earth, Buffy."
"What, Xander?"
"No, not Xander. This person has only come into your life recently…" Ferulic trailed off.
Buffy looked at him wide eyed, he couldn't mean who she though he meant.
"You mean…" Buffy began and Ferulic nodded, "Faith?"
"Bingo."
"You're kidding! This is just some twisted fantasy."
"No, it really isn't, I promise you. Haven't you ever noticed the chemistry between you?"
"Chemistry?"
"Oh come on, don't tell me you've never felt anything between you, she has…"
Buffy just stared at Ferulic.
"Well, I'll let you think about it."
Ferulic climbed back out the window.
"Where are you going now?" Buffy asked.
Ferulic turned back to Buffy and looked in through the window.
"To talk to Faith of course."
With that Ferulic dropped off the front porch roof and started to walk across town to where Faith was staying in a B&B.
Back in her room Buffy still sat up in bed thinking about what Ferulic had said. Could Faith really be the one person she'd want to spend the rest of her life with? Truth was, Ferulic was right; Buffy did feel something for Faith. Whenever she was near Faith she felt that good, low down tingling feeling, the feeling that was as low down as her crotch.
Buffy couldn't stop thinking about Faith, which is why ten minutes later she found herself walking the dark streets of Sunnydale heading for the B&B where Faith was staying.
Just as Buffy reached Faith's room the front door opened and Ferulic stepped out.
"So, you couldn't ignore your feelings after all?" Ferulic asked.
"I just want to talk to Faith." Buffy told him.
"Mm-hm."
Ferulic left the door open and walked out into the night. Buffy went and knocked on the door.
"Come in, this seems to be the night when just anyone can walk into my room." Faith said.
Buffy walked into Faith's room and closed the door behind her.
"Make yourself comfortable." Faith said.
Faith was sitting at the top of the bed, leaning against the wall and was looking as beautiful as ever.
Buffy took off her coat and dropped in on the chair beside the door.
"So…" Buffy said.
"So, do you wanna sit down or are you just gonna stand there looking awkward?" Faith asked and patted the bed next to her.