A/N: Just a fun Fayana rewrite of the Halloween episode, I love Fayana and I seriously can't get enough of it so I decided to put my own spin on it. I tried to include all the scenes where Faye and Diana were so I hope you enjoy this.
Disclaimer: I have no ownership of TSC, cause if I did the Fayana ship would have already set sail, but this is all I have so I'm clinging to it(:
Diana Meade was suddenly realizing how hard it was to be Faye Chamberlain's girlfriend, she adored the brunette but her girlfriend really was a control freak. It was constant battle between the two on almost everything, whether it was about their magic or simply who got to order the pizza for their movie date nights. Diana always blew it off though because as much as she hated the way Faye would whine and pout when she didn't get her way, the brunette couldn't deny she was head over heels for those big green eyes that flashed at her when the witch was saddened.
"Baby, I don't want to go shopping with Cassie! You promised we could stay in and practice our magic!" A loud voice carried through the air as Faye stomped towards her taller girlfriend who was busy talking with Adam at their lockers and quickly the shorter girl was jumped as Adam stepped towards her and clamped a hand over her mouth to shut her up causing her to grumble against the warm palm.
"Hey, back off." Diana ordered as she yanked Adam back by his elbow, her brown eyes narrowing dangerously as the boy stepped back with a sheepish expression before bowing his head as a blush enveloped his cheeks, Diana simply rolled her eyes before facing the scowling brunette before her and she smiled lightly before shaking her head fondly. "I know I promised we could hang out, but Cassie and you really need to work out all of this drama going on between you. With Nick's death, we really need to start learning to control our powers."
"Blah, blah, blah. I've heard this whole spiel before, Cassie has preached it a quarter of a million times, I don't need it from my own girlfriend." Faye replied with a roll of her eyes, her face softening slightly when Diana's face brightened at the label. "I just kinda wanted it to be a you and me night, I miss having us time, don't you? It's be a while since we've…y'know."
"Okay, eww, I'm still here!" Adam reminded the pair as he gestured to himself before watching as the two witches looked at him with bored expressions before he rolled his eyes and gave them a wave. "But now, I think I'm going to go find my own girlfriend. I'll try not to tell her that you're trying to get out of your bonding time tonight, but I make no promises."
"That's because your whipped, Adam." Faye shot back with her famous smirk, the brunette boy simply narrowing his eyes at her as he childishly stuck his tongue out before vanishing off in the opposite direction, Faye's attention snapping back to Diana as she reached out to take a hold of the brunette's hand and pull her closer so their bodies mashed together. "Come on, Diana, all I'm asking for is you to let me ditch this one night and spend time with you. We need to focus on making a little magic of our own because I'm seriously five seconds away from combusting."
"You'll be perfectly fine without anything for a few more days, Faye." Diana assured the brunette, softly chuckling under her breathe as the shorter witch gave a long drawn out whine before stomping her foot as she pulled away from Diana slightly, but the brunette wasn't having any of that as she yanked the witch closer and placed a soft kiss on her cheek before bringing her mouth closer to the girl's ear. "I promise, this weekend you can do whatever you want with me for how ever long you want. Saturday and Sunday I am all yours, babe."
"That's a hefty promise, Ms. Meade. Be ready because I'm taking full advantage of it." Faye replied as she gave a dark chuckle before standing on her tip toes to deliver a quick kiss on Diana's lips and turning on her heels, her lips curving into a smirk as she felt the heavy eyes of her girlfriend settled firmly on her ass and Diana shook her head with a laugh as Faye turned the corner.
Yeah, dating Faye Chamberlain was defiantly worth it.
"Those are ancient artifacts, not a Halloween costume." Cassie Blake sighed as she turned to see Faye sporting a red beaded bra like top, a feathered hat completing the look as the brunette strolled over towards her with a small smile on her face; the two had been looking around the creepy Halloween shop for close to an hour and Cassie had finally allowed Faye to go off by herself, but obviously that had been a big mistake on her part.
"Whatever, I'm a sexy witch doctor." Faye smirked as she gestured to herself before wiggling her brow playfully at the blonde who rolled her orbs before laughing under her breathe as she watched the other girl give her a beaming grin in reply. "Think about it, instead of little Red Riding Hood I could be this. Supporting my true identity."
"How would your girlfriend feel if she knew you were flashing your goods at a store full of strangers and creepers?" Cassie tested with a raised eyebrow as she crossed her arms over her chest before tapping her foot against the hardwood floor, Faye pouting as her shoulders slumped and she tried to keep herself from firing back with something sarcastic; the blonde and brunette had been trying to get along for Adam and Diana's sake. "Seriously, Faye, take it off before you break something. Plus, we're really trying not to draw attention to ourselves."
"Relax, its Halloween, we're just blending in with all the supernatural wannabes." Faye sighed as she reluctantly removed the feathered hat, tossing it onto a table nearby as she began to pick up random items and observe them before carefully placing them back in their rightful spots; the girl scooped up a hand before turning around to playfully wave it in front of Cassie's face causing the blonde to laugh slightly as she swatted it away. "Plus, this place is perfect for your Halloween party decorations. We should totally go all out."
"No way, it's just a small get together because my grandmother is out of town. I can't go breaking her trust, Faye. That's not right." Cassie sighed as she trailed the taller witch, blue eyes unconsciously tracing over fare skin before she snapped her gaze elsewhere and continued her journey throughout the small store while trying to figure out exactly why they were there in the first place; it had been Diana's idea for her to drag Faye along and the brunette was happy to do whatever her girlfriend said.
"I'm impressed you agreed to the get together without me blackmailing you, Diana said I wasn't allowed to. Apparently she thinks you should agree to thinks on your own, whatever that means." Faye murmured as she rolled her eyes before crossing her arms over her chest, trying to hide the smile that had taken over her mouth at the thought of her wonderful girlfriend. "Now, tell me why you're really having this little bonding party tonight. I mean, normally you would stick to just having a loner Friday night but all of sudden your jumping on the party train. What's little Cassie Blake got in store for us?"
"I'm just trying to clear the air between Diana and Adam, things have gotten a little tense between the two of them and I just want to make sure our circle is fully intact and we're not awkward with each other. We're stronger together and that means our emotions need to be intact as well." Cassie explained as she pushed a fake cobweb out of the way, following behind Faye who was listening with a pouted lower lip and a firm scowl on her face. "Why do you look so upset?"
"I just don't think you need to clear up any awkwardness between the two of them, they were talking to each other this morning just fine when I interrupted." Faye shrugged as she looked around the shop, her green eyes falling upon a familiar face as a smirk came over her lips, she was sick of listening to anything relating to Adam and Diana and she knew exactly what she needed to do to get the blonde witch to drop it. "You know, we should invite Luke to our little get together tonight. It'll be fun to have your blown off dance date there, right? Add a little mystery and sadness to the place, huh?"
"Faye, I really don't think that's a good idea. He and Adam just got over the whole thing with Adam dating me, having him at the party is only gonna stir it up…" But Faye had vanished before she could finish her lecture and the blonde rolled her eyes as she watched the brunette chat away with her ex-dance date, of course Faye wouldn't listen to her.
"I'm actually pretty excited for tonight." Cassie admitted as she turned to see Diana pulling an orange and black boa from a brown paper bag, a black witch's hat balanced upon the blonde's head as she flashed the brunette witch a small smile before going back to what she was doing. "Faye wasn't too happy that I stole you for lunch, but thanks for helping me with the set up. Apparently your girlfriend doesn't know how to do little, she bought like half the store by the time we were done."
"That's Faye for you, she doesn't know when to stop but that's one of the reasons I love her. Adam was never like that." Diana sighed as she carefully pulled a few feathers from the boa before twisting it around her fists at the thought of her ex-boyfriend, she didn't miss him in the romantic sense but rather in the sense of having a friend; she and Adam had been best friends before their relationship had begun, they had been each other's shoulders to lean on but ever since their epic breakup it had been a struggle to even be in the same room with one another.
"So, have you two even talked since the wake? I mean like really talked?" Cassie questioned as she moved towards a cabinet, opening it up and allowing her blue eyes to trail over the items inside; she wasn't too keen on the idea of sharing Adam, but she knew that Diana was in love with Faye and wanted nothing more than a friendship with Adam. "I wish I could help you, I know how much you mean to each other and I'm sorry I ever came along and ruined that."
"You don't ruin anything that wasn't already crumbling, Cassie. I've had feelings for Faye for a long time and you getting together with Adam was the final push I needed, you just saved me from breaking Adam's heart and I owe you a lot for that." Diana spoke as she nodded softly and their moment was interrupted as Faye came in cradling a scary looking dummy causing Diana's nose to crinkle as she looked at her brunette girlfriend and then the doll as Cassie stared at it with an equally disgusted look on her face. "What in the world is that?"
"It's a zombie, I got it from the drama club." Faye shrugged as she smiled at the brunette across the counter, Diana shaking her head as she laughed before leaning against the granite and Faye returned the smile before pushing her body forward and pressing a kiss of greeting to Diana's lips before pulling back and glancing at Melissa who was shedding her jacket and hanging it up on the hook before glancing at Cassie with an excited twinkle to her brown eyes. "This is just the beginning too, I invited the drama club so I could take as much as their shit as I wanted."
"Uh, first, what have I told you about the cussing?" Diana questioned with a raised brow as she glanced over her shoulder to see Cassie still digging around for plastic cups before she faced her girlfriend again who had crossed her arms over her chest in annoyance and was obnoxiously tapping her foot against the floor as she frowned. "And two, this is just supposed to be a small get together. This is Cassie's house, remember?"
"Relax, babe, their geeks. We won't even notice their here." Faye assured her with a wave of her hand before moving around the island and standing in Diana's personal space, dragging a finger down the neckline of her t-shirt as she smiled up at the brunette. "It'll just be you and I, our very hot costumes, and the rest of the world will disappear. Don't you think it'll be more to have their eyes on us though? All that attention…"
"Oh my gosh, this is part of the blade that girl used to attack me." Cassie gasped as she grabbed something from below the table, Faye instantly pouting as her girlfriend rushed past her and moved to stand beside Cassie and look at the broken blade that the blonde held in her palm; reluctantly, Faye felt her interest spark as she moved to crowd around the shorter girl and stare at the blade as well. "It must have broken off."
"It looks pretty old, and that's the crescent moon symbol she burned into the ground." Diana spoke, her eyes still staring at the blade before she lifted them to connect with Cassie's as she gave a long sigh before dragging a hand through her hair and shaking her head back and forth. "Take a trip back to the magic shop, see what you can find out."
Diana bit back a moan when she caught sight of her girlfriend strutting towards her in her skimpy Little Red Riding Hood costume; the brunette had pulled up her hood and was wearing that mischievous smirk as she moved through the thongs of people to reach the taller brunette. Everything around Diana vanished as she stared into olive green eyes, an adorable twinkle reserved for her sparkling up as Faye twisted that smirk into an actual smile and pushed herself onto the tips of her toes to press a gentle kiss to Diana's painted lips causing the brunette to giggle as she pulled away to remove her fake vampire teeth and give her girlfriend an actual kiss.
"You look unbelievably sexy right now." Diana murmured as she kissed the shell of Faye's ear, the shorter girl shivering slightly as she pulled back to stare into brown eyes before biting her lower lip and cocking her brow playfully, Diana simply sighed happily and cupped Faye's hips before drawing her in for another round of kisses that made Faye giggle as they trailed down her neck before pausing against the dip of her shoulder, her red hood falling back to revile two pigtails. "If I would've known you were going this route I would have gone as the big bad wolf."
"Oh yeah? But then I would've spent the whole night avoiding you, Little Red doesn't want to get eaten in the story books, correct?" Faye replied with a cork of her perfectly shaped brow, her mouth going into a rare lopsided smile that always made Diana's heart flop in her chest and the brunette bit her lower lip before swallowing around the lump in her throat.
"I don't know, my Little Red would enjoy being eaten quite a bit." Diana sighed and she grinned triumphantly when Faye sagged against her body, the smaller brunette practically melting into her hold as Diana cradled her close and pressed a kiss to the top of her head before scanning the party over and glaring at a few drama geeks who were starting at the pair with their jaw unhinged and hazy eyes. "You said I wouldn't notice the drama squad, but I might have to break a few noses if they don't keep their eyes off us and your butt tonight."
"Down, girl. I'm yours and yours only, they can look but they know they can't touch." Faye assured her before she chuckled and gave Diana's neck a few quick sucks, the older witch allowing her eyes to flutter shut as she felt soft lips puckering against her skin every few seconds as a nimble tongue came out to soothe the stinging sucks Faye left behind. "I have to distract Jake tonight for Cassie, I know you don't like him but at least I'm helping Cassie out, right?"
Those words brought Diana out of her sex high as she quickly backed away from the smaller girl, her brown eyes clouded with anger at the thought of Faye being anywhere remotely close to Jake. She didn't torts the blonde boy for many reasons and her girlfriend was one of the highest on the list, Jake had played with Faye's heart for years and was a large reason why the brunette was so cold. Ever since he had returned to town Diana had noticed a change in Faye's behavior, like the way she was distant and seemed to be afraid to say or do much whenever he was around them which had turned out to be quite a bit since Cassie had taken a liking to him.
"No way, I'm not going to let my girlfriend distract the asshole who stole her virginity." Diana scoffed as she stared down at Faye, the shorter witch rolling her eyes as she began to pout. "Don't you dare start giving me that puppy lip, Faye Chamberlain. I don't like him and you know it, he's a jerk who played around with your heart like it was some kind of toy. You deserved better and he didn't give it to you, I watched him string you along for two summers and it nearly broke me as much as it broke you. Seeing you that hurt scared me."
"I know, I know it did but I have to do this for Cassie. Jake knows something about that dagger and we can't just let it slip through our fingers, this could be the key to why Cassie got attacked. Normally, I wouldn't really care but this is different, if she can find something out then it will protect you and Melissa. We already lost Nick, we can't lose anyone else. I won't let us lose anyone else." Faye declared as she shook her head, Diana noticing the sadness that developed in green eyes and quickly the guilt caught up to her as she heaved a long breathe.
"No, your right. But please don't do anything sexual, if I find out he touched you I can't be held responsible for my actions. I'll rip his balls off and feed them to a dog, I swear." Diana snarled as she reached out to cup Faye's face carefully, pressing a light kiss to her nose as she smiled again. "I'm sorry I snapped at you, you just know how protective and possessive I am when it comes to you. What's mine is mine and what's mine is something I have to protect."
"I know and that's what I love about you, now, I have a boy to distract and you have a costume to flaunt. I'll see you when this is all over, safe me a dance." Faye winked before she gave Diana one last passionate lip lock before swirling around and brushing through the crowd, her green eyes tracking throughout the people till her eyes landed on her target and she smirked when she realized he was alone…perfect. "Great costume you got there."
"I'm just here for the beer." Jake chuckled as he grabbed a nearby cup, chugging the contents before scanning Faye over with a low whistle; he knew she was with Diana, but he couldn't help but let his eyes wander because whether he liked it or not Faye Chamberlain was hot and with a sigh he glanced around before spotting a familiar blonde. "Halloween is for kids, but nice outfit. Anyway, I better go find Cassie or whatever. I don't have time for games right now, maybe later."
"Maybe later? Come on, the old Jake wouldn't think twice about hanging out with me. I'll give you a tour, it'll be fun." Faye purred as she twisted the material of his jacket in her fist, playfully smiling up at him and the blonde boy rolled his eyes before caving under the seductive glance she was giving him and quickly she gave a flash of a smile before pulling her hood over her head and gesturing him forward with a single kink of her finger. "It'll be our secret, no need to tell Diana."
The brunette managed to stall time by showing him around the house, her steps careful and slow as she purposely tried to keep herself from leading him to the bedroom but once they reached the door she knew it was inevitable and reluctantly she entered it before biting her lip and watching him look around with a interest in his eyes. The brunette wrung her hand before mumbling something about the bedroom and nervously looking around, she needed a sign that Cassie was done and she needed it now; she really wasn't sure how she was going to get out of this.
"So…" Faye began as she turned to look at the blonde boy but she was quickly cut off as his lips pressed against hers, her eyes went wide as he dove back in for another kiss until the shock faded from her muscles and she threw her arms up to knock his off of her shoulders and backed up, hitting the wall as he continued to attack her mouth with his and when she fought against it he quickly trailed the kisses down her neck and smiled at her slightly. "Jake, stop…"
"What's wrong, Faye? I thought you said Diana didn't have to know." Jake panted with a dirty smirk on his face and right then and there Faye knew she had made a mistake, she quickly pushed him back and stared into his cold eyes and realized that the Jake she had once knew was long gone. "Come on, Faye, what happened to the girl who wasn't afraid to get down and dirty? Isn't this what you brought me up here for? Don't you want to slut yourself out a little more?"
"Fuck off, Jake." Faye hissed before she turned her back to the boy and tore through the room, her heels clicking against the hardwood floor as she threw herself through a throng of people before she was stopped as she crashed into a boy wearing a pig mask and a jacket and the anger she had felt at Jake finally let loose and exploded upon the innocent bystander. "Oh my God, walk much? Why don't you try watching where you're going freak?"
Faye stared at the pig-masked kid before she noticed a frown overtake his face before a white cloth descended upon her nose, the smell was sweet as she inhaled deeply before realizing exactly what she was breathing in and for a long moment she cursed her girlfriend for forcing them to bind the circle as she attempted to fight against the hands that held her close by the back of her head while the other clutched the front of her red hood. She was inwardly kicking herself for leaving Jake's side as she finally gave into the smell, her body going limp into the attacker's arms.
Faye Chamberlain woke up to the feeling of something sharp slicing down her wrist, a scream of pain leaving her mouth as she snapped her head to see the face of Luke staring back at her, his eyes cold and a sinister smirk on his face as her blood trickled down her wrist and into a bottle. The thumping in her ears finally halted and she struggled to clasp a hand against her bleeding limb, wincing as she realized she was tied to a chair.
"Get the hell away from her!"
"Fuck off, man!"
"If you lay one more hand on my girlfriend you are dead!" Diana yelled, her voice overpowering Adam and Melissa's as she began to yell and pull against her restraints, her frizzy brown hair moving wildly around her as she tried to get a glimpse of Faye but was finding it impossible due to the fact she was tied up and Faye's voice was coming from behind her.
"She bleeds just like us, but she's not." Luke spoke, his breathe warm against Faye's ear as she jerked herself away before wincing as the rope dug into the skin of her wrist, her green eyes tracking Luke as he moved towards the table with a sigh; Faye could barely breathe as she realized she had been kidnapped from a Halloween party by a band of witch hunters. "You've all bound your circle, you all have no one to blame but yourselves."
Luke continued to go on about a supposed legacy and Faye's eyes moved around slightly, looking to her left and frowning as she saw Cassie struggling against her rope before she shifted her eyesight to the right and glanced at Melissa, but all that mattered to her right now was the fact that she couldn't see her girlfriend. Faye was five seconds away from flipping out, she needed to know that Diana was safe because that was all that truly mattered; sure, Melissa was her best friend but Diana was the girls she loved and would do just about anything for.
"Watch the witch, but never trust him. For his every thought is a sin and every word a lie." The words brought tears to Faye's eyes as she simply hung her head, the heavy breathing of her friends filling the empty air as she realized they were just as freaked out as she was; there was no escaping this, they were surrounded by iron sulfide which left them powerless against anything Luke and the other witch hunters chose to do to them.
"Luke, don't do this. We're friends, remember?" Adam pleaded as he wiggled around against the rope again, turning his head slightly to glance at the curly haired teen who had lifted a glass bottle off of the table and turned to face them, a match held tightly between two of his fingers as he gave them a fleeting smirks before chuckling under his breathe. "You don't have to do this, you can create a new legacy. You can make this better, you don't have to kill us."
"No, I'm freeing you all from a life a sin." Luke replied with a smile as the sound of his footsteps fell against the wood before stopping, and all heads forced themselves to turn as four hearts stopped when they realized exactly who he had paused behind and a whimpering cry broke them as their eyes snapped shut in an attempt to deny the image happening before them. "Poor, poof Faye Chamberlain. The girl who slutted herself around and couldn't keep her mouth shut, you're a sin with or without your witchcraft."
"No, no! Luke, not her! Kill me, take me first." Diana begged as she yanked her arms harder against the ropes, not caring that they were tearing through her skin as she realized her girlfriend was about to go up in flames right behind her; her relationship with Faye had been a constant struggle but eventually they had sorted everything out and were in love, she'd take a bullet for Faye, she wasn't about to sit back and watch her girlfriend die. "Please, take me first!"
"You have a good heart, Diana, but I already picked my target." Luke sighed before dragging the match down the wood post beside him, the sound like nails on a chalk board as the strike of fire lit up the air and Faye gave a loud whimper before bowing her head and squeezing her eyes shut, ready to accept that her life was about to end. "Don't worry, you won't feel a thing. It'll be fast."
Cassie sat in her chair seething with anger as her blue eyes twinkled with a hostility that no one but herself realized was growing. Her mind began to wander off and she began to picture a life where she wasn't being bullied by Faye…it didn't feel right. She couldn't picture a life where she wasn't fighting with the brunette about something stupid regarding magic, she couldn't see herself not having that one person who made her want to jump off a cliff, and she certainly didn't want to think of a Circle where there bad girl wasn't around to keep them on their toes.
And then Cassie looked to her right and her eyes landed upon Diana who was quivering weakly in her chair, her eyes squeezed tight as she tried to hold back her sobs but Cassie could easily hear them. Realization dawned on her in that moment, while she had been picturing her life without Faye she hadn't even considered what Diana's life would be like without the feisty witch. Without Faye, Cassie knew that Diana would go back into that shell she had buried herself into. Without Faye they would lose the Diana they had come to know.
"No!" The scream ripped through the deathly silent air and the sound of shattering glass followed, Cassie's gasping breathes causing all of their attention to go to her as Luke flinched before stomping towards the table and grabbing yet another bottle, his gaze settling on Cassie this time and as the lit match fell into the bottle Cassie released a blood curling scream before gulfs of fire took over the body of Luke and they all winced away as the boy screamed before going down in flames.
Silence filled the air once Luke's body was gone, the sound of Adam's grunts breaking the trance as he finally tore through his rope before leaping from his chair and going to Diana first, his hands quickly working her ropes loose before she was up and heading towards Faye, her body clasping behind her girlfriend's chair as she hurriedly released her from her bounds before a sobbing Faye sprung up and overturned the chair as she jumped into her girlfriend's arms. Diana held the girl close, her lips dropping upon Faye's hair as she breathed in the smell of hairspray and vanilla…she had never loved the smells so much in her life.
"Shh, I got you. Your okay, baby. I got you." Diana soothed as she ran a tender hand over the back of Faye's head, tugging lovingly on one of the pigtails as she tried to calm the shorter witch down but Faye seemed to be too lost in her mind as she continued to cry into Diana's shoulder as her hands tightened against the material on the back of Diana's dress, her fingernails digging through the velvet and embedding slightly in the taller girl's shoulders as she winced. "Hey, Faye, I'm here. Everything's okay, he's gone and we're safe. Shh, I got you."
Adam stood back with Melissa and Cassie, the three of them watching the tender scene as they saw one of their strongest falling apart. Faye was laying all her cards out for them to see and it broke all their hearts, she had never been the one to cry but here she was sobbing like there was no tomorrow while Diana clung to her like white on rice. They all knew that the two girls were probably going to be inseparable for the next few days, maybe even weeks, they had almost lost each other and Adam bit his lip as he thought about how scared they must have been in that moment.
Faye didn't know why she couldn't control her emotions, she found the tighter she clung to Diana the more real everything seemed to become…she had almost died. On top of that Diana had offered herself up in Faye's place and to hear her own girlfriend begging to be killed first just about made Faye throw up. This whole night needed to go away, all the brunette witch wanted to do was go home and curl up in her bed with Diana wrapped tightly around her and her ear pressed against the taller witch's chest so she could hear every heart beat that sounded. She needed the skin to skin contact to make sure she was still alive, that she was still here.
Diana sighed into her girlfriend's hair, a few loose strands floating into the air at the movement as she tried to control her racing heart. This was the second time she had come way to close to losing the most important person to her, holding Faye like this made her flashback to that night when both Faye and Cassie had been attacked by Heather and she had come close to losing her girl then as well. Tightening her hold, Diana placed one last kiss on Faye's head before drawing away slowly.
"No…" Faye whispered as she moved her grip to the front of Diana's dress, making it impossible for the taller witch to move any further as Faye once against buried her face in her shoulder as the tears ceased and instead her body quivered with frightened shakes and Diana did her best to pry her girlfriend off but the brunette held tight and sniffled slightly against her skin. "If I let you go then you'll do something stupid again, you'll offer yourself up. I won't…I can't lose you, Diana. Promise you won't every do something like that again. Please."
"Hey, you're not going to lose me. I'm right here, we're both alive and everything's okay." Diana assured her as she pressed yet another series of kisses to soft locks before closing her eyes as she tried to figure out how to word her next thoughts, she knew the next words out of her mouth weren't going to make her girlfriend the happiest person ever. "I can't promise not to do that again though, Faye."
This tore the two apart as Faye looked at her with fire in her green eyes before she shook her head, shouldering past the taller witch and exiting the creepy boathouse they were in. Diana stood in shock for a moment before she turned to her friends who were looking from the door to Diana, all trying to figure out exactly what had pissed the other girl off enough to make her storm off. Melissa glanced at Diana and narrowed her eyes slightly before chasing after her best friend, Cassie shrugging at Adam who only pursed his lips before approaching Diana and laying a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"Faye! Faye, would you please slow down?" Melissa panted as she tried to catch up with her best friend who was still speed walking down the docks, her heels clicking against the wood as she practically left a trail of fire behind her angry stomps; Melissa was growing tired of always chasing after her best friend and she finally paused in her run as she threw her arms up before allowing them to drop at her side. "Don't run away like this, Faye. You do so much running away that one day someone isn't going to chase after you, don't push me away."
Faye whirled around to face the smaller brunette and quickly closed the distance between the two of them while staring down into dark brown eyes and the anger she had felt previously melted away as she finally allowed the tears to come silently, "She offered herself up for me and I couldn't do anything about it, she could have lost her life because of me and I was so scared that I couldn't even protest it. Is this how our lives are going to be now? Am I going to constantly be worried about whether or not I have a best friend and girlfriend anymore? I can't spend the rest of my life continuously making sure you and Diana are still alive, I can't breathe without the two of you."
"I'm not going anywhere, Faye. I'm still here with you, but you do such a good job of pushing me away that I'm afraid you're going to go too far one day and I won't be able to find my way back." Melissa admitted as she felt tears build up in her own eyes at the sight of her best friend finally opening herself up. "It's always been us, you and me…then love got in the way suddenly we were on two different sides of the world and we have yet to find our way back to being us. I get it, you love Diana and you'd do anything for her but I'm still here. I'm still here, Faye, but I can't keep chasing you."
"Then don't. I learned a long time to get along by myself, my mother acts like she loves me but half the time it's all just that…an act. I've learned to have no one and if I push you away it's because I know someday you're going to hurt me." Faye hissed as those walls built themselves back up in her green eyes as she stared down at Melissa who was watching her with saddened eyes. "You had Nick and look what happened there, he's gone and it's only a matter of time before we lose someone else so why get close to the people I'll end up losing? Why allow myself to get hurt when I can protect my heart?"
"You need someone, Faye. You can't just keep acting like your better off by yourself, I won't let you do that. I won't let you do this to yourself anymore. I'm not going anywhere." Melissa declared and before Faye could get another word in she was enveloped in a hug and it wasn't long before the shorter brunette felt hesitant arms wrap around her before Faye was completely buried in her embrace with sobs racking her small body; Melissa knew she wasn't going to let Faye go, she wasn't going to let the taller witch become bitter much like Dawn Chamberlain had, she wasn't about to let Faye vanish into the darkness that haunted witch after witch.
She was going to save her.
The sound of crumpled paper made its way through the empty air of the Chamberlain's home, Faye tossing the note over her shoulder as she tried to hold back the sadness at the fact that her mother was once again away with Charles for a date. She needed her mother, even if it was just the presence of the woman in the house; she needed the feeling of having someone there with her so she didn't feel so alone. The brunette pulled the red ties off her hood, the material fluttering to the ground before she walked into her room and began to remove the braids of her pigtails.
The brunette ran her hands through her hair once it was free before she made her way to the windows checked each one twice, but when she reached the last one she broke down; she didn't even realize that she needed to cry until her knees started buckling and she fell to the floor with body racking wails. She knew she was alone so she didn't even bother to mask the sound of hoarse screams as she clutched her hands to her chest and tried to find some control. Tonight had been a realization for her; she wasn't as strong as she tried to be. She couldn't ever remember being this afraid before in her life, never had such panic rushed through her.
In just the few seconds between the time she realized she was about to die to the moment she heard her own girlfriend risking her own life, so many thoughts had raced through her mind and so many things had made her almost buckle in her fear. Was this truly the end? Was Diana going to die because of her? Why was this happening to them, they were good witches? Did they truly do anything to actually deserve this? Did she tell Diana she loved her? Was this the fear Nick had felt before he had died?
The brunette was so wrapped up in her tears she didn't even notice that she was no longer alone, she didn't feel a familiar set of arms draw her close, and she didn't even see the tears leaking down a brunette's face as she tried to comfort the broken witch. They had all been through so much tonight, but Faye had been through the worst as her life had been two seconds away from being taken and all her friends would've had to sit back and watch her burst into flames. Things had become too real for them; everything about their legacy became a burden tonight.
"What are you doing here?" Faye croaked as she leaned away from Diana, pushing herself into a standing position as she curled her arms around her stomach in a false sense of self-protection, she winced when warm hands enveloped her biceps and she was drawn into a closer embrace, her body know flush against Diana's as the brunette kissed her forehead. "I thought I got rid of you tonight, you can't even make a simple promise to me. I don't want you here."
"I can't make that promise because you are my girlfriend, Faye. You're the best thing that has happened to me in a long time and I have to protect you, you are what keeps me breathing." Diana explained forcefully, her brown eyes burrowing down into green as she watched the orbs before hers water slightly before the tears were blinked away. "Don't push me away because of what happened, hold me closer because I'm just as afraid as you are. You almost died, but I had to watch it. I had to sit idly by why the girl I love waited on a witch hunter to end her life. My heart was breaking and I couldn't breathe, I had to offer myself up because it was the only thing that made sense in that moment."
"You can't do that, Diana. You can't leave me all alone, I watched Melissa fall apart when Nick died and I can't do that. I'm not strong like Melissa, I'm not smart like Adam, I'm not logical like Cassie, or perfect like you. I'm just…Faye." The brunette whimpered as she rolled her reddened eyes before biting her lower lip as she tried to fight back another round of tears.
"And that's the best thing about you. Your just Faye and that's what I love, you're the Faye that makes me laugh and makes me want to roll my eyes every five seconds. You're the Faye who brings me flowers and is secretly a closeted romantic. You're the Faye who breaks down when you think no one is around and the Faye who I love. You think you're not perfect, but you are." Diana whispered as she cupped the shorter girl's cheeks, wiping a stray tear from the tanned skin as she gave a half-smile before sniffling lightly as she shrugged. "You're my perfect."
Faye felt everything melt away at those words as she swallowed around the lump in her throat before shaking her head, for once in her life she was at a loss for words. Her heart felt like it was growing in size and suddenly she felt like the Grinch, she swore her heart was warming and beating again as she stared into warm chocolate orbs that held every thing she'd ever need. With a shake of her head, Faye connected her mouth with Diana's and both brunettes seeped into the contact as they held tight to what they needed the most in life.
Vowing to never let go again.