not everything is gonna be the way you think it ought to be;
Yeah well, this isn't Sunnydale. Nobody's made her queen of justice, have they?
[ faith knows she'll never not feel second fiddle to and she'll definitely never like the other slayer. she knows she's messed up too much for buffy to ever like her, too. the difference since their last encounter back home, though, is that faith's got a lot less pride about it all than she used to and she'll step down when it's appropriate. she has a lot more reason to go with buffy's instincts than with her own. and even though being friendly in these circumstances is weird, faith can do the deferring thing( for the most part).
except for when it comes to something like this. faith doesn't really give a rat's ass about angel and buffy's history together. she doesn't care that buffy's got some sort of weird ass messed-up S&M claim over the guy. all faith cares about is one thing: angel saved her life when no one else thought it was worth anything. and that means she'll have his back until she's taking a dirt nap in hell. ]
Please, you see the other freaks around here? Someone could pull it off. You're not leaving me alone with these people, big guy.
[ she likes this. likes being able to tell angel to shut up because she's going to save him when he needs it just like he did for her, whether he wants it or not. and faith doesn't care what buffy or any of the scoobies have to say about it, because she knows that she's right