“That’s nice…” Willow sighed as she took a bite of her now perfect sandwich. Kennedy could only agree as she tore into her own food. Trying to ignore the knots in her stomach, Kennedy forced every bite down.

A few minutes later, Kennedy sat chewing on her straw and let herself get lost in her thoughts while Willow leaned against the headboard enjoying the short moment of silence. She was so deep in thought that she jumped when Dawn came bursting through the door. “You ARE NOT going to believe this!!” Dawn said excitedly.

“What…what?” Willow asked… she had apparently started to nod off.

“I just got off the phone with Giles. You are SO not gonna believe who they think is doing this! Turning the Slayers into vampires and stuff!”

“Who? Come on kiddo… spill!” Kennedy said getting a little nervous.

Dawn took a deep breath and made her announcement to her captive audience. “Dracula.”

Kennedy laughed. “Dracula? He’s like… a movie character… right?” she turned and questioned Willow. Her lover’s face had paled and she took a moment to respond. "Right?"

“No… he’s real. You can ask Buffy and Xander all about him.”

The Arrival

Kennedy stood at the airport security checkpoint watching for Faith in the never ending stream of people exiting the terminals. Her plane had landed twenty minutes late and Kennedy was anxious to see her old friend. After what seemed like an eternity, she caught a glimpse of the older Slayer.

“Yo Faith!” Kennedy yelled above the chaos of the airport while she waved her arms in the air. Faith must have heard or seen her because she altered her course and grinned at Kennedy. When she reached her, Faith dropped her bag and embraced Kennedy in a bear hug.

“Good to see ya kiddo!” Faith said as she pulled away smiling.

“Good to see you too,” Kennedy replied with a matching smile. “And don’t call me kiddo.”

Faith picked up her bag and shouldered it as she responded jokingly, “Ooooh… does someone have a complex… kiddo?”

“No… but my dad used to call me kiddo and I don’t really think of you in that way,” Kennedy replied with a wink. Faith laughed and slapped Kennedy on the back as they started to walk away.