A/N: WOOT! Second chapter. lol :P Hope you liked the first... but then if you didn't why would you be reading the second? Un less you where actually that bored...? Eekk! Please Review and let me know. Just cos if you have any pointers to I'd like to hear them so i can make it better. :)
"I don't feel we're getting off on quite the right foot..." Wesley sighed to himself but Buffy wasn't listening. Faith had just walked into the room, it was the first she'd seen her since last night and at the sight of the stunning brunette Buffy had completely frozen up. The other slayer had been on her mind all night, just waiting till she saw her again had been hell. Now finally she was here, even if it was work related. Faith came to a stop across from Wesley, looking him up and down and not looking very happy about it.
"Ah, and you must be Faith!" he grinned at her, happy to meet his other slayer. Faith raised her eyebrows at him in wonderment, avoiding meeting Buffy's eyes which she knew where watching her carefully. She was edgy around new watchers now but she was still curious.
"New watcher?" she asked, slightly amused at this odd new english man, looking over at Giles for confirmation though she couldn't help but chance a glance at the beautiful blonde beside him too before quickly looking away to avoid eye contact.
"New watcher" Buffy and Giles chorused back to her, slightly resigned as Buffy tried to catch Faith's eye but to no avail. The brunette was looking anywhere but at her.
"Screw that!" Faith answered, turning and leaving out the large library doors in style. Buffy watched her go sadly, wishing she'd stayed. At least with Faith there to lighten the mood the new watcher thing wouldn't be so bad. That and she hated Faith leaving, she wanted her to stay with her. She wanted to be close to her, as close as they had been last night in the cemetery... Wesley was just staring at where she'd been slightly bewildered by her rudeness.
"Buffy, would you, umm...?" Giles asked her quietly and Buffy gladly agreed, nodding and sliding off the table to follow Faith. She burst out the library doors and hurried down the hall after her, only catching up as she exited the school.
"Faith wait!" she called out to the older girl, running to reach her as she walked coolly down the steps. The brunette turned to find Buffy following her and slowed down to walk next to her with a smile.
"What's up B?" Faith asked her, trying at the same time to keep her mind in the now and not back, last night, in the graveyard. Buffy gave her a small smile that made her heart thump heavier in her chest and her head spin.
"I know, the new watcher... seems kinda stuffy and all but, where are you going?" Buffy asked her pleadingly but Faith just shook her head at the younger slayer.
"Anywhere but here!" Faith shrugged, the comment cut into Buffy so even could see it, the hurt in her eyes "you wanna come?". Buffy was tempted, time alone with Faith on a non-slayer basis. She so wanted to, the brunette looked gorgeous that morning in her black denim jacket and dark lipstick. But still her conscious got the better off her.
"No, I can't. But... what about our assignment?" she quickly asked, just trying to get her to stay a little longer. Faith grinned, shaking her head. Being with Buffy but not actually with her was driving the brunette crazy. She needed to let off some steam right now, kick some vampire ass.
"Tell you what, you do the homework and I'll copy yours later" she called back as she walked away. Buffy sighed as she watched her go, she seemed to be doing that a lot lately. Watching the older brunette walk away from her... but no more, no longer.
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Crypts, after a while they just all looked the same to Buffy. Her footsteps echoed through the small space as she approached the first tomb, pushing open the dusty, heavy lid with ease as it grated across the top with a low moan.
"Not in here..." she whispered to herself, walking around to the next one and pushing open the lid. The skeleton inside was dressed pretty well she had to admit. Soon she spotted the talisman and reached in to grab it with a proud smile.
"Bingo!", but her glee was soon cut short by the sound of approaching footsteps "damn" she cursed, quickly running back to the other coffin and jumping in, closing the lid just before the crypt door creaked open. Trapped in the dark, sharing a small enclosed space with the smelly old skeleton that lived there, she could hear the footsteps approaching where she silently hid. The tomb's lid slid open and the blonde prepared to be stabbed by a cold, sharp sword, when a body climbed in on top of her and closed the lid again. Soft, wavy hair fell in her face as a slim body wriggled uncomfortably on top of hers. She could feel a heart thudding in he chest of the girl above her as she leaned in to whisper in Buffy's ear;
"Sorry B", Buffy's skin tingled as the older slayers hot breath blew lightly down her neck. Faith, she'd known it from the moment she'd climbed into the coffin but now she was just glad that at least in the dark Faith couldn't see her blushing profusely. But no matter how hard her heart was beating or butterflies where fluttering around inside her stomach, she couldn't move or make a sound. She could hear the reason Faith had jumped in there with her too, at least six of those vampires, coming to collect the amulet, and now she was stuck in there with Faith lying on top of her until they left.
