Venting Frustrations

Buffy and Faith sat in the waiting room in silence. Every once in a while they managed to make some small talk but it would only last about a minute or so. Faith was sitting on her chair with her head in her hands. She had been going back and forth between this position and leaning as far back in her seat as possible the whole time. Buffy moved around a little bit more then that. She switched seats several times after pacing the room. She had never been a big fan of hospitals. They always made her nervous.

Although Robin Wood was not dead, after the big battle that took place under the former town of Sunnydale, California, he was very close to it. He was sliced across his stomach and all though none of the scoobies were doctors most of them were pretty sure that at least one or two major arteries were hit.

After the gang's realization of victory at the mouth of the crater that was once Sunnydale, Vi had come out of the bus to tell them just how bad Robin really looked. A few of the others also weren't looking much better then he was so they packed into the bus once again and headed straight for the nearest hospital.

When they arrived at the hospital Robin and a few of the other girls were rushed into the Emergency Room while nurses tended to the less severe wounds of the others. The three girls that were in critical condition when arriving were now stabilized. The only person that remained a question mark was Robin.

Robin had been in surgery for nearly six hours and Buffy and Faith had been waiting for news. Willow, Xander, Dawn and the others stopped by every once in a while but they tried to stay with the other injured girls as well. Buffy and Faith were the only ones sitting in wait for the entire time.

Buffy sighed as she sat down in a chair across from Faith after going through one of her pacing moods. She once again tried to think of something to say, anything to say just to break the silence in the room. She glanced around the room and her eyes landed on a painting to the left of her. It was just one of those cheesy paintings that they put in hospital waiting rooms to lighten the mood but it was pretty. It was a painting of a small house in the country side. Everything around it was green. There were trees everywhere and if you looked close enough you could see a small pond in the far left corner. To Buffy it looked like paradise.

"Pretty painting," she said aloud as she fixated on it.

The sound of someone speaking nearly made Faith jump. She had become accustomed to the silence. She pulled her head away from her hands in a start and looked at Buffy and then in the direction Buffy was looking. She examined the painting for a moment but didn't really pay much attention to it. She could tell that Buffy was simply trying to break the quiet and make some conversation, but Faith wasn't really up for talking. "Yeah…it's nice," she replied. Then she went about her routine and switched positions to leaning back as far as she could in her chair.

Buffy pressed her lips together and nodded her head in agreement. And that was pretty much the extent of that conversation. Buffy rolled her eyes and let out a sigh of air. This was taking way too long. She feared the worst but she tried not to show it.

Finally, only a few minutes later, the girls saw the doctor walking down the hall in they're direction. Buffy's heart sank as she stood up and tried to prepare herself for what she was about to hear. She watched as Faith stood up at nearly the same exact time. Both girls walked towards the doctor as he made his way into the room.

The doctor took a deep breath and clenched his hands together as he approached the girls. Buffy and Faith looked at each other with worry in they're eyes. They could read people well enough to know that this doctor wasn't here to give them good news. The doctor extended his hand to Faith who was the closest to him. "I'm Dr. Green. Are you the ladies that brought Mr. Wood?"

Faith extended her hand nervously and shook the doctor's hand. "Yeah, I'm Faith. Is he gonna be ok?"

The doctor then extended his hand to Buffy and she shook it nervously. "Buffy. How is he doctor?"

Dr. Green took a deep breath and then exhaled sadly. "I'm very sorry. Mr. Wood sustained severe arterial damage. We tried to go in surgically to repair the damage but…I'm afraid we were unsuccessful. I'm sorry but we were unable to save him. We did all we could."

Faith's heart sank into her stomach and she almost felt like she would be sick. She turned away from the doctor and clenched her fists as she tried to fight back any tears that might come but the strange thing was that no tears were even trying to break free. She was upset of course but she was almost more angry then upset. She wanted to hit something. She was angry at him for not fighting harder. She walked to the wall and put her hands against it and her head facing the ground. She closed her eyes as her rage built up inside of her. As hard as she tried to contain her anger it proved useless. In one quick motion she let all of her anger out in a loud scream along with a strong punch into the wall that nearly made her hand go all the way through. She faced the doctor and then Buffy and then the doctor again. "I'm sorry," she said as she turned and walked out of the room.

Buffy glanced from the doctor to the hole in the wall, to Faith leaving and then back to the doctor. "I am so sorry about that but I really have to go after her. My friends are here…they'll take care of this. I…I have to go." Then she franticly chased after Faith. She had no idea what she was going to say to the hurt girl but she couldn't just let her leave like she did with her emotions on high.

When Buffy got out of the hospital she spotted Faith going into an alley way near the exit of the parking lot. She ran towards her. "Faith! Stop!" she yelled as she tried to get the girl to stop and talk to her. "I know your upset and you have every right to be. You were the closest to Robin and it's understandable to…"

Before Buffy could finish what she was saying Faith stopped and turned towards her with anger in her eyes. "No B. I wasn't the closet to him and you don't need to worry about me ok. It's not a big deal. In our line of work we lose people. It happens. We get over it."

Buffy rolled her eyes. "You know that's not true. I know there was something between the two of you and I know you cared about him and I think you'll feel a lot better if you don't bottle up your emotions."

Faith smiled and nearly burst out laughing. "Something between the two of us? What? That we slept together. Buffy, of all people you should know me better then that. I don't care about the guys I sleep with. They mean nothing to me. And if I wanted to be shrinked I'd go beat the advice out of a real one ok so just leave it alone."

Faith turned around and started to continue walking but Buffy wasn't giving up that easily. Sure Faith would put up a strong face but Buffy knew her better then that. Faith was right, she was the type to just sleep with a guy and then kick him to the curb but Robin was different. She could see it in the way they looked at each other. He was the one guy that was finally breaking through that wall that Faith had put up in front of her heart so long ago.

Buffy stormed off after her now getting angry herself. "Look why don't you just drop the tough girl act and just admit that you're upset. You're angry that he's gone. You're mad that he didn't fight harder. You're furious because he left you." Even though Faith's back was turned to Buffy as they both walked deeper into the alley Buffy could tell that she was getting to her but not in the way she was hoping. Faith was just getting angrier.

Buffy finally caught up to Faith, put her hand on her shoulder and turned her around to face her. Before Buffy could continue saying what she was going to say Faith turned and sent a backhanded fist to Buffy's jaw.

Buffy was thrown a little off balance from the blow. She clenched her now swelling jaw as she slowly brought herself back to reality. The anger in Faith's eyes had now turned to regret as she shook her head apologetically. "Oh man. I'm sorry Buffy I just…"

Before Faith was able to finish Buffy regained her balance and sent the same backhanded blow right back to Faith with furry in her eyes. Faith instinctively grabbed her aching jaw and looked up at Buffy with surprise. For a moment the two slayers just looked into each other's eyes with they're anger steadily building inside.

Finally, that anger was released but not in the way that either of them expected. Faith looked Buffy up and down trying to figure out the best way to get in the next punch but instead of throwing a punch her body was telling her to do something else. She grabbed Buffy's face forcefully and crushed the girl's mouth with her own. The kiss lasted longer then she expected when Buffy returned the gesture and actually kissed her back. After a few moments Faith slowly pulled away.

The slayers looked into each other's eyes searchingly. The surprise in they're eyes revealed that neither one expected this to happen but something had gotten a hold of them. Despite what they're minds were telling them they're bodies wanted to explore things further. Before either one had the chance to assess what had just happened, Buffy shoved Faith into the wall of the alley way and initiated another strong and forceful kiss.

Faith kissed the slayer back opening her mouth invitingly. They're tongues interlocked as they're heart rates began to rise. When they took a break for air Faith shoved Buffy away from her as if she wanted no more of this but then rushed towards her and pushed her against the opposite wall.

It was her turn to be in control.

She thrust the older slayer's hands against the wall with her own as she continued to explore every inch of her mouth.

When the next break for air came the younger slayer moved her attentions to Buffy's neck while continuing to pin her hands against the wall. She explored every edge of the girl's neck looking for all the right places to make Buffy squirm with delight.

And she found them.

Buffy stayed in place letting Faith take control of her body. She closed her eyes in ecstasy as the slayer found all the right places on her neck to make her weak in the knees. She trembled slightly, losing herself in the pleasure.

Faith could feel Buffy's body quivering with satisfaction. Knowing that she was the cause of this made her own enjoyment rise. When she had her fill with Buffy's neck she moved back up to her mouth. As she continued to kiss the older slayer she moved her hand's from pinning her wrists, to interlocking her fingers with Buffy's. They raised they're arms as high as they would reach as Faith pushed her entire body closer to Buffy's.

Buffy forced they're locked hands down to they're sides and broke the connection. When her hands were finally freed she proceeded to run them along Faith's tensed body.

She started at her thighs and then slowly but firmly moved them to her back side grabbing each cheek firmly and pulling her body even closer to her own. She then slowly moved her hands to Faith's back reaching up her shirt longing to touch her soft skin.

Faith allowed Buffy to explore her body as she braced herself against the wall and deepened they're kiss just a little bit more. She then ran her hands through the blonde slayer's hair and then finally moved them back to they're original place on cheeks.

The slayers started to slow they're advances as realization of where they were and what was happening began to sink in. Buffy's hands moved out from underneath Faith's shirt and traveled to her waist. Faith also moved her hands from Buffy's face to her waist. The kisses began to slow and the girls finally pulled they're lips away from each other. For a few moments they continued to hold each other and lean they're heads against one another's while they caught they're breath.

When they finally broke they're holds on each other awkwardness and confusion filled the air. They turned away from each other still breathing heavily. Buffy put her hands on her head and swept her hair out of her face while Faith just leaned against the wall of the ally with one hand for support. They're encounter had been more intense then either one of them had realized when it was still going on. Even for two extremely strong slayers, they were actually warn out.

Both of they're minds were racing with the awareness of what they had just done. Faith finally regained her balance and uncomfortably said, "I umm…I'm gonna go uh…take a walk." She then looked around in a confused manor as she still didn't fully understand what was going on and what just happened.

"Right," Buffy responded with the same discomfort in her voice. "I'm gonna…go back to the hospital."

Faith nodded her head and then the two slayers turned in opposite directions and walked away.