Authors Notes: Okay, so this is the sequel to Rude Awakening. It's only the first of many chapters. This is an alternate ending to the final scene of the original fic. Buffy's decision changes in this one. If you didn't read the first fic, this one won't make much sense. Also, This does deal with two girls in a relationship doing some sexy stuff, so if you don't like that, don't read. The main focus of this fic is to take on almost everything that occured between Buffy and Faith as they continue on their road trip to no where. If you have any ideas, or suggestions of what you'd want to see addressed or happen, message me or review with your ideas. Thanks.
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Pain never bothered Buffy. Inflicting pain never bothered Faith, even if it was on Buffy, because she knew when to stop. She knew how much Buffy, and even how much she could take. It was raining steadily now, not a downpour, but enough to make the girls happy that the bench was under an enclosure.
"You pulled the knife, with my my hands on it... Into your stomach... And you never heard what I said."
"What did you say?" Faith was looking at the wet ground through the dark of the night.
"I love you." Buffy said with sniffle.
"I hated doing it." Faith said, both of them still looking at the ground. The only contact was their hands clawed together between them. "I hated shooting Angel... It made me feel horrible, taking away what made you happy."
"We weren't happy when you shot him." Buffy started to feel the pain in her hand and turned to Faith.
"God, sorry, Buffy." She said, releasing her grip. There was only some red marks, no blood, "So where is Angel now?"
"L.A. Which is one city we aren't going to." Buffy made sure that much was clear.
"Why?"
"Because Angel will find out we're coming, and will come down to see us. Then you guys will start fighting, and one of you will end up dead or dust." Buffy looked Faith in the eyes.
"I would love to dust that bastard." Faith said with a certain amount of rage.
"Which is why we're going to the East Coast."
"We are?" Faith said with another pop of her gum.
"Well, only if you want." Buffy said shyly.
"I knew you'd say that eventually. Couldn't stay a hard-ass for long."
There was a moment of silence when they looked at each other. The rain created a sound of constant pattering. There was a far ouf rumble that grew into a roar as the bus pulled up to the station, and the door opened.
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"Hey, Buffy." Angel said, walking into the hotel room.
"Angel! How did you get here?" Buffy said, sitting up in the bed next to Faith, who was comfortably asleep.
"Oh, I was already here. Waiting for you two." Angel replied, walking towards the bed.
"I'm only in my bra and underwear, maybe I should put something on." Buffy said. She started to move, only to realize she was bound in place to the bed. There were no ropes, but she was paralyzed in place there. Unable to move.
"Won't be necessary." He gave and evil grin as he took Faith's head, forcing her to wake up.
"Angel?" Buffy said, trying to move towards Faith.
"Remember this?" He said, kissing Faith deeply. Faith grabbed at his chest, trying to push him away. The memories came flooding back like knives slicing through Buffy's heart. She watched as Angel held Faith into the kiss, his lips forcing themselves upon Faith's. She pushed him away, trying to fight him off, but her struggle was in vain. Faith's eyes fogged up and Angel eventually broke the kiss.
"Remember when the mayor made her do this? Remember seeing your two exes kiss?" He taunted, as Faith struggled to force him away from her. Suddenly, the bed seemed longer, and she wasn't close enough to Faith to help her.
"What if I hurt her? Right here in front of you? What if I made her scream with pain?" He took out a knife and put it to her throat, "Or what if I did something even worse?"
"Buffy!" Faith screamed as Angel climbed on top of her.
"What if you had to watch me hurt her that bad? What if I cut her up and made her bleed, but you had to sit there and know it was your fault. I could do things to her that were worse than death. She is a woman after all." Angel said, stroking Faith's face as squirmed. He leaned over and kissed Faith, the knife still at her throat.
"I will destroy you." He said to Faith, "I'll hurt you and make your girlfriend watch."
"Angel! Don't! Please! Faith!" Buffy tried to reach forward to grab her and save her as Angel kissed her again.
"Buffy!" Faith yelled, trying to reach the blonde Slayer desperately, but Angel held her too tightly.
"Buffy!" Faith whispered.
Buffy opened her eyes and instantly felt sweaty and flushed in the darkness. She was under the covers of the bed in the hotel room with Faith's arms wrapped around her. No Angel. No knife, just her and Faith.
"Hey, calm down, baby. I'm right here, B." Faith whispered into her ear. She felt Faith hold her firmly and kiss the back of her head. Faith was running her fingers through Buffy's hair and shushing her softly. Buffy stopped struggling once she realized where she was and who was holding her. Her heart was beating as the images of Angel crushing Faith down filled her mind, but it suddenly felt absurd. Her mind spun in swirls of terrifying thoughts and grim images. Faith, Angel, Angel, Faith... Buffy. Her pulse races, but she felt a calm in the middle of the storm as a gentle hand carressed her.
"That's right, I'm here. Just a dream." Faith soothingly spoke comforting words.
Buffy felt Faith's strength comforting her. The reminder that her love was too strong to be held down by soulful vampire and force to endure torture. Angel was totally out of character too. He would never do any of those things to Faith, right. Her heart was crashing against her ribcage, but slowly mellowed to a quick thrumming. Her pulse regained a normal pace, and her mind cleared up to the reality around her.
"Buffy. Are you okay?" Faith said once Buffy had settled down.
"Just a really scary dream, Fay." Buffy replied, rolling over to see Faith face-to-face.
"About what?" Faith asked as she wiped some sweat away from Buffy's brow.
"Angel." Buffy said. Faith instantly tensed up.
"He's not here, whatever he did in there, he can't hurt you. I won't let him lay a finger on my Buffy." Faith comforted Buffy. Faith ran her fingers up and down Buffy's back as they lay in the hotel room.
"I wasn't the one he was going to hurt." Buffy whispered.
"...Me?" Faith asked.
Buffy nodded, trying not to cry.
"Must've been bad if you're gonna cry. It's fine." Faith took Buffy's hand and pressed it up against her own side, "See, I'm still here. I'm okay."
Buffy curled up into Faith, trying not to cry. Faith held her close, reassuring the blonde Slayer of her safety. Faith shushed Buffy and kissed her head again. After a little while, Buffy had calmed down completely and spoke, "Faith, would you have actually hurt me? You know, when Angel was fake Angelus?"
"The point was never to hurt you. I could never have done that. The point was to fake you out. We knew that Angel was faking Angelus, and the mayor wanted my full loyalty with him. He didn't want me serving two masters. He rigged it so you guys would find out who I'm working for." Faith stroked the back of Buffy's head and held her close, smelling the shampoo Buffy had used.
"Oh. So it was all just for show?" Buffy asked, her head tucked under Faith's.
"Of course... I was angry at you... But there was no way I could have hurt you. I still loved you. No matter who I slept with or kissed, you were always in my mind." She said, "Damn, I made a lot of mistakes."
"I'm just glad to know you still loved me." Buffy kissed Faith's collarbone.
"You're still really tense, B." Faith noticed.
"Would you help with that?" Buffy looked up at her and grinned.
Faith reached behind Buffy and touched her back, lightly running her fingers around her muscles in circles and stars and squares. She kiss Buffy gently, nipping at her lower lip. She pulled back and kissed at Buffy's neck, lightly sucking on her pulse point, which made Buffy suck in some air.
"Breath... you're trying to relax here, B." Faith whispered in Buffy's ear. She reached down and took Buffy's hips, pulling the smaller girl right up against her in the bed.
"Not so easy when you're trying eat my neck." Buffy groaned.
"Like this?" Faith bit down lightly on Buffy's pulse point. Buffy whimpered at the feeling.
"Yeah, like that." Buffy said with a smile.
"Whatever happened to veing vanilla, B?" Faith chuckled darkly as she went back to Buffy's neck.
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Author's Notes: So that pretty much explains the first of many Road Trip adventures Buffy and Faith will have. The big problem between them is still what happened with Angel. I think that unraveling that will be the biggest overall plot for this fic, and I have lots of ideas that are forming a story. Once again, review or message me with any ideas or comments or questions.