Author's note: Here's another AU story for you guys, this ideas been floating around in my head for a while, had to at least get it out there lol, that's why it's bit naff. Our two favourite leading ladies aren't slayer, they're just normal, everyday teenagers. Don't hesitate to let me know what you think. Hope you like it.

Disclaimer: I own nothing, Joss owns everything.

Vanilla

Chapter 1

Buffy squealed as a pair of arms wrapped themselves around her waist, and she found herself being twirled through the air. Once her feet had reconnected with solid ground, she spun to a face the culprit, swatting them on the arm. "You scared the hell out of me." she said pouting.

"I'm sorry B, I called you're name like three times." Faith said, wrapping her arms, round the smaller girls waist and gently pulling her into towards her. "I'm just playing." she said trying a pout of her own.

"I know baby, but next time tap me on the shoulder, okay." she replied placing a chaste kiss against. Faith's lips. "Now stop pouting, only I'm allowed to pout." she replied firmly.

"Yes ma'am." Faith grinned, giving her a mock salute. "So how's the tryouts goin?" she asked curiously.

Buffy sighed, "Terrible, half the girls that turned up, wouldn't know a pom pom if it hit them in the face. And to make matters worse, Cordelia had an emergency hair appointment, so it's up to me and Harmony to pick the new girls."

Faith frowned, "An emergency hair appointment?" she questioned, "How the hell does that work, I mean what the fuck happened to her hair? Someone set it on fire or somethin?"

Buffy smiled, "No, she has a date with Jason tonight." she said, as if that explained everything.

"I'll never understand you guy's I swear to God." Faith muttered.

"Not that I'm not happy to see you, but what are you doing her anyway? I thought you had practice?" she asks.

"I'm waitin on Kennedy." Faith explained, "In the meantime I thought I'd come and see my girl." she said, grinning at Buffy and flashing her dimples.

Hearing someone clearing their throat, they both looked up to see Harmony standing in front of them, her arms crossed before her chest. "If you two lovebirds are quite finished." she said glaring at the pair of them, before pointing at Faith. "You shouldn't even be in here, the gym's reserved for cheerleading tryouts only."

"Damn, and here was me about to try out for the team and everythin." Faith replied, sarcastically.

"Sorry we don't take skan-"

"Harmony!" Buffy snapped, her eyes almost daring her to finish that comment. "Just give us five minutes." she ordered. Harmony huffed and threw one glare at Faith, before storming off in a cloud of blonde hair and teeth.

"Bitch." Faith muttered, wincing when Buffy swatted her arm, again. "Damn B, you know I bruise easy." she said, feigning hurt as she rubbed at her arm.

"Aww, is the big mean hockey player, afraid of the wittle cheerleader." Buffy said, giggling at the look on her girlfriends face.

"Maybe, depends if you're gonna spank me again." she replied, wiggling her eyebrows.

"You're incorrigible, you know that right." Buffy said rolling her eyes.

"That's why you love me." Faith grinned.

"The fact that you're hot, helps me to forget the flaws in you're personality." Buffy grinned cheekily.

"Oooh low blow B." Faith said, clutching at her chest, "I'm wounded."

Rolling her eyes, Buffy smiled, and pulled Faith down to meet her lips, the kiss was soft and sweet, two words that people would never think to associate with the brunette, but Buffy knew better. Reluctantly breaking the kiss, Faith looked over and saw Kennedy's face pressed against the glass of the gym doors, her eyes alight as she watched the cheerleaders going through the motions. "I'd better go, before she drools everywhere, again." she said sighing.

"You be careful okay, and I'll see you tonight." Buffy said, kissing her quickly on the cheek.

"Sure thing B, have fun with little miss sunshine." she called, heading for the gym doors. She smirked as she saw the look of disdain on Harmony's face, as she watched her leaving.

Once she left the gym, she grabbed her friend by the arm, and dragged her away from the doors. "C'mon Ken, we've got a game to get to." she said, wrapping her arm, round her friends shoulders.

"But, I wanna see -"

"I'll tell Willow." Faith warned, cutting her off.

Kennedy sighed heavily, and allowed herself to be dragged away, "Fine, we'll go to stupid hockey practice." she mumbled, "But I'm so gonna kick you're ass later."

Faith snorted "Yeah, keep on dreamin bite size."

"So how's things with you and Faith?" Willow asked, as she sat down at the nearest table.

Buffy smiled dreamily, as she thought of the last couple of years with her girlfriend. When she'd first came to the school, she would never of dreamed of dating the cocky brunette. For one thing, they where nothing alike, she was a cheerleader, and Faith was captain of the girls ice hockey team. After months of persistent flirting on Faith's part, the younger girl had eventually worn down her defences and had now taken up residence in her heart.

"From the glazed look in you're eyes I'd say everything's peachy." Willow said, smiling at the contented look on her friends face.

Buffy smiled sheepishly. "Sorry, and to answer you're question, everything is definitely of the good." she replied. "Well almost, the only thing worrying me at the moment is Faith's epilepsy."

Willow frowned, "It's getting worse?"

"She's had two seizures in the last three weeks. I mean before that she hadn't had any for at least a year." Buffy said anxiously. "It's just the fact that she's being so blasé about it."

"Have you talked to her about it?" Willow asked in concern.

"I've tried to but she keeps shrugging me off." She said.

"M-Maybe she's worried about the finals, a-and she's got a big hockey game coming up, the stress could be getting to her." Willow said wisely.

"Maybe, I don't know." Buffy said, not sounding too sure. "I just know something's bothering her, she keeps everything bottled up inside, which obviously isn't healthy, hence the seizures."

"You could try helping her de-stress." Willow offered.

"Oh believe me I've tried." Buffy said, smirking as Willow blushed. "Seriously though, I'm determined to find out tonight. She's coming round to my house after practice, and I'm gonna pry the truth out of her one way or another."

They where nearing the end of the training session, and Faith was exhausted. She had the headache from hell, not to mention a pain in her ass, who went by the name of Jessie. This girl just didn't know when to quit. She knew that Jessie had a crush, or the better word would be obsession, with Buffy. And she took every opportunity to remind Faith of this fact.

They where just practising their passes, when Jessie had skated up alongside her, and started mouthing off. "Saw you're girl today Lehane." she commented, whistling in approval, "Nice piece of ass, saw her in her cheerleading outfit, gotta say I'd like to get me some of that." she said leering.

Faith clenched her jaw, "Fuck you Jessie." she spat. Slamming the puck down the rink towards Carla.

"Ooh touchy, I'm only asking if I can have her when you're done." she commented nonchalantly. "I mean she isn't gonna stay with a retard like you forever you know. She's gonna want to move onto bigger and better things, and when she does I'll be there."

"I said fuck, off." Faith growled, coming to a stop and glaring at her

"Don't have a 'fit' Faith." Jessie replied, grinning like a mad woman, as she knew that the barb had gotten to her. "Wouldn't want you're brains any more scrambled than they already are."

Faith growled and slammed Jessie back with her hockey stick, knocking her down onto the ice. Jumping on top of the floored girl, she began punching her face repeatedly, all she could hear was a roaring in her ears, as she gave into her rage. She felt someone's hands beneath her arms, and felt herself being pulled off of Jessie, who lay grinning beneath her, despite the blood that poured steadily from a cut on her lip.

"Lehane what the hells gotten into you?!" her coach shouted, it was then she realised he was the one that had pulled her up off the ice. Shrugging him off, she stood back and tried to get her breathing under control, forcing herself not to look back down at Jessie, for fear of wanting to continue pounding her face into mush.

"Sorry coach." she mumbled.

"It wasn't her fault coach, it was Jessie, she was shit stirrin." One of the other girls piped up, the rest of them nodding in agreement.

"Jessie get you're ass up I wanna talk to you." he ordered firmly. "Everyone else, clear out. Trainings over for today."

Faith watched as Jessie was led off the ice, and couldn't help but smile as she saw the coach giving her the third degree. Removing her helmet, she started to make her way off the ice, when her vision went blurry. Rubbing at her eyes, she shook her head as the roaring in her ears retuned and intensified. She could vaguely here people calling her name, but found herself unable to respond, the next thing she felt was pain, as her body collided with the ice, then calm, as darkness descended.

Kennedy was just making her way out of the restroom, when she'd seen the aftermath of Faith and Jessie's fight. As she was nearing the edge of the ice rink, she saw her friend stumble, before pitching face first onto the ice, where she went into a full blown seizure.

"Oh shit Fai." Kennedy cursed, leaping over the barrier onto the ice. She skated over to the crowd of people gathered around her friend, and quickly pushed through. "Can everyone just back the fuck up!" she yelled. The rest of her team-mates formed a protective circle around their captain, shielding her from prying eyes, as she lay convulsing on the ice.

Kennedy saw that someone had placed a couple of jumpers under her head as a make shift pillow, to prevent her from banging her head against the solid ice beneath her.

"What happened?" she asked, looking up at Carla who was watching them in concern.

"Jessie was winding Faith up, saying shit about her girl." Carla said, "Faith just lost it, and started pounding on her, we managed to split them up, and just as we where heading off the ice, she just collapsed."

"Where's Jessie now?" Kennedy asked, looking around for her 'team-mate'

"Coach dragged her ass off the ice, sent her packing until she could sort out her attitude." Carla explained.

"Next time I see her I'm gonna kick her ass. What the fuck is her problem anyway." Kennedy exclaimed, anger at Jessie, and concern for Faith warring on her face. Hearing Faith groan, she looked down and saw that her friends seizures where lessening. The group around them parted, as the coach and one of the rinks medics appeared with a stretcher.

"How she doing?" the coach asked in concern.

"Think they're stopping, I'd better phone her foster parents, let them know what's happened." she said, she also knew she'd have to phone Buffy, the little blonde would not be happy, Faith would be in for a world of hurt when she woke up.

Tbc?

A/N: Will I continue, or should I leave it? R & R and let me know :-)