After a few responses on twitter with folks telling me to post it (fucker) I've caved in. So here you are. Happy now?

A few notes: yeah, I really wasn't going to post this, it started out as a story I just wanted to put together for myself. Only read 2 Faith wolfie fics out there, and neither one added up to the little, err, fantasies I've had in my head. So I decided to just start one of my own. Also - it's in Buffy's point of view, and therefore is a lot different from how I normally write, wasn't sure how people would take to the story. But whatever, why not just find out, right?

-- If you aren't drawn in by the first chapter just wait, things to pick up more, I promise --

Buffy's POV

I can't believe I'm letting them drag me out here - again. The things I do for my friends! They know I'm still trying to deal after what happened with Angel, and the whole running away thing... I guess they're just trying to be nice, bringing me out to get me back into the swing of things, whatever that means. I just wish that guy would stop hitting on me. What's his name again? Steve? Stan? I know it starts with an S...

"Hey, Buffy, there's Scott!" Willow whispered excitedly, as we made our way into The Bronze. Scott! That's it.

"So?" I shrugged, trying to get the point across that I'm so not interested. But I think she's pretty determined to get me into the whole dating scene, because it doesn't look like she's about to let up.

"So aren't you going to go talk to him?" And now she's nudging me. Great.

"I don't think so."

"Aww come on Buff, there's no reason to be shy." Xander grinned, giving me a slap on the back. "I have a pretty good feeling that he'll be happy to talk to you."

"Why the good feeling?" I asked, narrowing my eyes at him. He took a few steps back, looking afraid to answer. I'm so not liking where this is going. And oh god, please say that isn't Sal - err, Scott - walking up to me right now!

"Buffy." Scott smiled. "Xander told me you were coming here tonight." I turned to shoot an evil glare at my former friend before turning back to give a polite smile to the boy in front of me.

"Yeah, well, here I am." I grabbed on to Willow's arm to drag her away as fast as I could. And here I go!

"Buffy, what are you doing?? Don't you want to - "

"I'm not interested!" Oh no, now she looks like someone just kicked her puppy... "Sorry Will, I just... I don't feel that way about him."

"Oh."

I started to look around, desperately trying to find something to distract her so she'll stop trying to set me up.

"Hey, where's Oz?"

"Caged up at the library." Okay, now she's giving me a look, so I think I'm missing something here. "Full moon tonight."

"Oh! Right, I forget. They come up so fast."

"Tell me about it." She frowned. Now I'm starting to feel guilty for bringing it up, but really, how am I supposed to know what stage the moon is in? It isn't like he's my boyfriend. Wait...

"How come you're not there with him?"

"Giles has it covered. He said he would be there all night anyways, doing research. Didn't he tell you?"

"No... is there something I should know? Should I go see him?"

"No!" I jumped in surprise as she quickly grabbed my arm. She blushed and let go. "I mean no, I'm sure everything is fine. He said it probably isn't anything serious, just that there have been some sightings around here of..." She leaned in to whisper the next part. "... well, the newspapers say people think they're coyotes or something, but Giles thinks there might be another werewolf in town."

I don't believe it! This most certainly is a big deal, why wouldn't he tell me?? That stubborn, stubborn... British guy!

"I'm going to see him."

"Really, Buffy, it isn't too important! For all we know Oz just got out and we didn't realize it - "

"But what if it wasn't him? We've been really careful, Wills! If he got out we would have noticed it."

"Are you sure you have to go?" She pouted. So now the guilt factor is doubled, because I know she had some high hopes of us having a good time tonight. I'll have to make it up to her later.

"I really should. Sorry..." I gave her a quick hug and headed for the exit. "Be careful on the way home! I'll do an extended patrol, but if I happen to miss something..."

"Yeah, sure! No worries, just go make sure everything is okay." She waved, putting on a big smile. "Good luck."

Yeah, I'm really going to have to make it up to them.

I stormed into the library nice and loud, effectively causing Giles to jump in his seat and spin around to face me. An angry slayer isn't a stealthy slayer.

"Buffy! Is something the matter?"

"You didn't tell me there's a new werewolf in town??"

"Oh... well..." He took off his glasses and started to clean them. I'd laugh at the nervous habit if I wasn't so annoyed with him. "I didn't want to bother you with little details before things became more concrete."

"So you didn't think that I should maybe, I don't know, patrol on one of the 3 nights that this new big fuzzy would be prowling around during?"

"There haven't been any attacks, and the sightings weren't even very detailed, we can't be sure that what the people have seen wasn't just a coyote, or mountain lion, or other woodland creature."

".... Woodland creature?" I couldn't help but smile at that. How could I possibly stay mad at the guy? He just smiled back and handed over today's paper, with the article in question circled. A peace offering I guess.

"I apologize for not telling you sooner. I just thought, what with all that has happened recently... well, quite frankly, I didn't want to overload you with work."

"My job can't exactly stop when I need a break." I shrugged, scanning the article for anything interesting. Nothing too special, just some interviews with people saying they saw some big dog wandering around near the woods. I'm surprised it even made the news, it must be a slow week. "You still have those extra tranquilizer guns in the weapon chest?"

Oz growled in his cage and jumped up against the bars. Kind of makes me wonder if maybe he could tell what we were talking about.

"Yes, of course." He nodded, going over to get one out for me. "Wait... you aren't thinking of going out to look for this thing on your own, are you?"

"I think I can handle myself. You just stay here and make sure Oz plays nice."

"Be careful!" He shouted after me as I left, slinging the gun up on my shoulder.

"Always am."

"Ooops!" I winced as the gun went off. I just lifted it from my shoulder after seeing something off in the distance, and it went off. Don't these things have a safety feature?? That totally wasn't my fault. Just hope I didn't get anyone with the dart. I looked back in the direction I saw the... thing in, but of course there's nothing there now. Great. The stupid gun scared the thing away, now I suppose it will go out and - oh my god!! Is that...

"Oh... hi there, little doggie." Guess it isn't all that little, looks to be the size of one of those.... what are they called? Husky dogs? In fact, that's kind of what it looks like, only it looks a little more 'wild', and the eyes are a chocolatey brown color. Aren't they supposed to have blue eyes or something? It's actually kind of cute. It doesn't have a collar or anything, must be a stray. I wonder if this was the thing the people saw?

It's just staring up at me... I feel weird under it's stare. I always did like dogs, but there's something different about this one, the way its looking at me... I don't know what to make of it. Its like it's searching me for something, but I'm probably just being paranoid. After all it's just a dog... right?

I turned to leave, not really feeling any super creature vibes - aside from this weird little tingle that seems to be coming from the dog, but it's probably nothing - and the thing started to follow me. I don't know whether to feel creeped out, or special since it deems me interesting enough to keep an eye on.

Whatever. I guess I could let him follow me home and then find a little something for him to eat. Couldn't hurt, right? Sure there's some little tinglies coming from the thing, but he seems harmless enough. And there's just something about those eyes that has a kind of calming effect on me. Weird.

"Buffy.... why is there a dog in the house?" I heard mom shout from the living room. Oops.

I rushed in and found there were a few bags of groceries on the ground, and she was trying to pull one of them away from the dog. He didn't want to give it up for anything, and so was growling and playing a serious game of tug-of-war with her. I couldn't help but giggle at the sight. Uh oh, now I'm getting some serious evil eye. Better step in.

"Sorry about that." I laughed, rushing over to help pry the bag away. Surprisingly he didn't growl at me... Looked a little angry that I took the food away, but it didn't seem like he was going to attack or anything. "Came across this little guy when I was out on patrol and he just followed me home."

"You know how I feel about dogs." She sighed, gingerly taking the bag from me. It was all wet and chewed on, so she didn't seem too happy to accept it. "They're like children. I already raised one child, and you were troublesome enough."

"Nice, mom." I bent down to pet the little guy, and smiled at the way he leaned into my touch a bit. Guess he likes me. "Do we have any food for him? He looks like he hasn't eaten in weeks."

"Well I suppose most of the groceries in this bag are useless now, might as well let him have them." As if he knew what she said, he reached up and snatched the bag from her hand with his teeth. She just sighed and gave me a stern look. "We're not keeping him."

"You don't think he's kind of cute?" I pouted, kneeling down to pet him some more. He started wagging his tail, which just made me laugh. I really do like this little guy...

"He would be a little more cute if he wasn't currently eating those $10 steaks right now." He pulled his head out of the bag to growl at her, the tone so low and frightening it made her take a few steps back. "Buffy, I don't think you should be so close to that thing, it could have rabies or something." He barked at her, making her flinch and take another step back.

"He won't hurt me." I scratched behind his ears, and he let out this adorable little whine and licked at my hands. "See?" Doesn't look like she's convinced yet. Guess I just have to try a little harder.

"Honey... I know you like him, but having a dog is a lot of responsibility."

"Um... Hello, saved the world from ending? Twice?"

"Yes, but this is different. Do I need to remind you what happened with the goldfish?"

The dog let out a little bark that, if I'm not just crazy here, sounded a lot like I laugh. I giggled and continued petting him, his tail never stopping the wagging.

"Can he at least stay the night? I don't like thinking of him being out all alone with monsters and demons and stuff. I know some of those things eat cats, so they probably have a thing for dogs too..." I put on my biggest pout to help seal the deal, and could practically see her resolve crumble right before my very eyes.

"Fine. But just for tonight, okay?" She pointed her finger at me, in what I guess was supposed to be a warning. "And he spends it in your room. If I come down for a midnight snack and find him rooting through the garbage, he's gone."

"Fair enough." I nodded, ignoring the midnight snack comment and getting up to lead him to my room. He picked the bag up in his mouth and followed.

I woke up the next morning at what I assume was just past sunrise, judging by how low the sun is. Based on the warmth I feel at my feet, the dog didn't get out into the garbage last night and so wasn't tossed out. I think I even hear some snoring... that's so cute, he's a snorer!

"'Morning, buddy." I yawned, sitting up to look at him.

That's when I saw that the dog was now gone, and was replaced by an entirely nude brunette girl all curled up at my feet.