CHAPTER FOUR : ATOMIC
(Atomic - Blondie.)
Buffy POV.
~Tonight, make me magnificent, Oh tonight...~
I woke up and it was nine o'clock, the birds sang and they made a horrible noise. It's something I really enjoy, hearing the birds sing in the morning and wake up. But today, today's a day that would sleep all day. I don't want to go outside, I don't see anyone and especially I don't want to see Faith. My eyes hurt because I spent almost the whole damn night crying for her, for us and the stupid thing I did last night. My head hurts like a train had passed me over and my body's completely stiff and sore, for the position where I slept.
I took a shower and went quickly to my room, trying to not cross paths with Faith. Don't know how would react if I see her, definitely don't want to see her. I went downstairs quickly and saw how some of the potentials began to do her exercises, others wake up and other breakfasted quickly. I talked a few minutes with Giles and told me that Dawn had gone with Tara and Willow to LA to find information on important research. Books, potions, magical thingies.
Why I didn't know Dawn was gone? Oh yes, Giles said that I told Willow that Dawn could go with them. Now that I remember, I think Willow asked me but I was so excited to talk to Faith that I forgot everything. Me bad.
I went into the kitchen and saw a brunette, I was about to turn around and go until I saw that Alex, she was taking some coffee and eating a sandwich. I approached her and she looked at me with a little smile, gave her a kiss on the cheek and sat beside her for breakfast.
"Hey Buffy, good morning."
"Good morning Alex."
"How are you, my adorable petite blonde?"
"Umh, Good... I guess ... And you?"
"Nice, today's a good day." She grinned and continued drinking coffee.
"It must be something that I know, huh." Gently tap your shoulder and then I saw Andrew deposited my breakfast on the table. "Thank you Andy."
"Enjoy it. I'm going to take breakfast to Kennedy, she feels no-great to get out today."
The blonde-nerd-boy took a tray and walked into the bedroom until I lost sight of.
"What happens Buffy?"
"Why you ask me that?" I looked confused, she looked at me with her cute smile and... I don't know.
"Because something happens, don't ask me why, but I feel it. I know everything. I'm like Yoda."
"Who the hell is Yoda?"
"The smallest dwarf of the seven dwarves from Snow White."
*Why I feel she wants to laugh a lot? She didn't realize that the smallest dwarfy was the one who spent his time being angry.*
"It's nothing."
"Come on, you can trust in me."
"I can?"
"I know, I'm best friends with Faith, but I'm also your friend Buffy. I wanna be your friend too. And I don't mind if Faith's my best friend, if she did something wrong, I'll kill her."
Alex looked at me seriously and I could see the determination in her expression, she told the truth. She's always fun and nice, we get along well since she arrived, though I've been a little jealous.
"Maybe I can try, but not here. Here are many people." And it's Faith, which may wake up and get off at any time.
"Ok, well, how do you feel about if we go to run, I mean, I do my exercises every morning and was about to go. Want to come? So we can talk quietly and nobody will disturb us."
"Yeah, sounds great." I nodded as we finished our breakfast and headed to the gym to change into my clothes on the other more comfortable, there I had my own locker with exercise clothes when needed for training. I know Alex is not my best friend, but I needed to talk to someone. I needed to tell her how I felt, and Willow and Willow isn't here, Xander and Anya... They must be having nasty sex. Giles Cordy was with Giles, so ... I'll try with Alex.
After running about five minutes, we stopped near a small forest to stretch our arms, legs, all our muscles. Were too far from the Academy and I think it was time to do what we had come to do.
"Tell me Buff, I'm listening carefully." Said the brunette while flexing her arm and tried to stretch the left side of her body, her side and leg.
"Doesn't she hasn't told you anything?" I asked confused, I was hoping she knew what she came to speak.
"I haven't even talked to Faith, and I think it's better to know listen to you firsn, let me know your version. Give it to me, yeah."
"I guess you know I like Faith ..."
"I think everybody knows that, Duffy Duck." She smiled gently and then both began to walk down the little path that was in the woods
"I guess when you left ... Yesterday we started talking, and well, I ended up telling her everything. So..."
I started talking to her and tell her everything that had happened to Faith, I kept any details, she listened intently and we walked quickly through the grass green. I talked and talked and I could see as she nodded her head and listened carefully, she muttered a few: "Yeah.", "I understand" and "What?"
When I told her that Faith 'rejected me' she was surprised and looked at me for a few seconds and said "huh?.. She did what? She's crazy?". Alex couldn't believe that Faith had refused to have anything serious with me. (Even I can not believe it). Now, as I hear the birds singing and the sun filters through the leaves and light green, and I see Alex. Her eyes shine like two beautiful light honey colored beads. I can feel some peace in me. Talking to her makes me feel free, a little quieter. When we reached a small lake, I couldn't help and I began to cry. The tears fell and I saw my look of sadness in the reflection of water. She came quicly and hugged me tightly, saying 'everything would be fine' and 'If you need to cry, do it.', that I did it. It was quite reassuring , I needed a hug like that.
It was cozy and warm, and very sincere. Alex was a very loving girl, Cordelia is very lucky to be loved by this girl. I think if I didn't love Faith, I put my eyes on Alex. Just kidding, I just see her as a good friend, but you know ... She's cute, nice, smart, doctor, cute, tender, sincere, friendly, funny, hardworking, good company, serious and is one of those girls who's very loving, but you don't want to see her angry. I hope that Cordelia can enjoy it and not be so stupid like Faith, and can fall in love with Alex, because otherwise I will kill her.
"Thanks Alex, you're a good friend."
"Don't tell me 'thanks', because it's my duty to help people."
"Oh, like a superhero?" I joked when I wiped my tears and we walked slowly through the fields.
"Yes, I feel like ... Batgirl." She posed like a superhero, with hands on hips and head held high, proud of herself.
"Well, I've your name for you. Batgirl."
"Oh yeah? Then you ... or you're Wonder Woman."
"I'm fine with that." I smile and then looked into her eyes. "Race to the Academy? Obviously we both know that I can win but... today I will be merciful with you, You've helped a lot today."
"Don't think you will win, Wonder Slayer."
She quickly started running leaving me behind, looked like a gazelle fleeing a ferocious lion in the jungle, she distanced herself from my almost 100 meters in just seconds.
"Hey, that's cheating!"
*.*.*.*.*.*
Faith POV.
~ tan tan tan taaaaaaaaaaaan. Atomic ~
The rays of the sun were to wake up early ... Early? It's 10.30 AM... Anyway, I've wanted to sleep for a month, maybe more. Last night was a very difficult night ... It should have been the happiest night of my life, you know? But no, it wasn't. B confessed her feelings for me and I could only stutter and stammer and throw it all to hell. To hell everything...
Now I lie watching the clock's counting minute by minute, trying to use every minute to not get out of this fucking bed and don't want to cross paths with B. I don't want to see er, I will not cross my path with her. Perhaps miraculously she doesn't want me and evade me, that would be fucking awesome. To this should wakey before her, but it was too late, B must be awake about an hour ago before.
I rose from my bed and took a quick shower, got dressed and went downstairs to the damn kitchen.
"Hey Andy, how are you?"
"It's fine, Dark, and you?"
"Five by five." Whispered sitting in my chair at the breakfast bar in front of him. "Where's everybody?"
"Dawn go with Tara and Willow to Los Angeles, should find some things, you know wicca things... Cordy's with Giles, looking for information and and telling him about some of her visions. The potentials are in one of her classes. Xander's with Anya, but I don't know where they are."
"Cool ... And .. And where's B.?"
"She was training the Potentials, then went with Alex to run through the park and they haven't returned."
At that time Alex came into the kitchen, her hair's wet, clean clothes and smell like strawberries shampoo, apparently had taken a bath.
"Hey guys."
"Hey Lee, what's shakin '?" Alex came and gave me a little kiss on the cheek, went to the fridge and pulled out a bottle of water. Andrew began to make more pancakes.
"Shakin? Shake shake shake." She sang and did a little dance, shaking her hips and walked toward the table. She's a fucking crazy bitch.
"Everything's fine." She uncovered if water bottle and drank it quickly, then take one of the pancakes that Andrew had done and put some honey on them.
"And...What do you did this morning?"
"I went running in the park, its very good, you know? Helps you breathe better and its very healthy."
"I know, I pursue all the damn vampires almost days, running like a panther and And it not makes me healthier."
"Well, I'm not a Slayer, but should exercise." She bit her pancake and then gave me a funny look. "And keep my beautiful, lush and delicious body."
"Yeah, right."
I drank my coffee and spent some minutes in silence, just as Andrew was heard washing dishes and then left the kitchen. I was grateful that Alex has told me anything about my discussion with Buffy. Maybe Buffy didn't tell her anything.
"You're an idiot slut, you know not?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Don't play dumb with me, Faith." She looked into my eyes and drank some juice. "I'm a dreamer and a bit silly, but I'm your best friend and I know when you hide something."
"And why you think I hide something, huh?"
I smiled sarcastically and turned one of my cigarettes, to smoke slowly.
"I know, and that's it. Talk, now, fast."
"Damn."
"Come on, tell me what happened. Tell me your fucking side of the story."
"Buffy talked to you about that? Damn ..." I smoked my cigarette and shook my head, I couldn't believe that Buffy tell it to my best friend.
"I'm waiting Lehane ... I still don't forgive you for not having told about that at your best cutie friend."
"Ok ok, I understood ... Yesterday when you left, Buffy and I were talking on the terrace on some things. Stupid things..."
"Mh-mhh." She nodded her head, while eagerly ate some chip cookies.
"Then we began to approach and, you know, we kissed. We kissed for a long time and let me tell you something, my friend, that was the best kiss I ever had in my fucking life. Understand? Was ... I don't know, very special. Her lips were perfectly soft and her eyes sparkled in the light of the moon, like a dream. "
"Yeah, I imagine that." She whispered as she smiled openly. And the background music of 'Take My Breath awaaay, tan tan taaan'... Okay, whatever. Come on."
"Nuts... Okay, after the kiss she began to say many things. A lot. Said she had been an idiot in the past, both were two idiots in the past. That she loved me and she's in love with me and always was."
"She said that? Aww that's so sweet."
She looked at me girl look so excited like I've a fucking love story, sigh and then went back to eating your cookies.
"Yes, hell, she did it... Then we went back to kissing for a while and she was very happy, you know?" I gave one more puff my cigarette and then shut it off in the ashtray. "She looked so fucking happy, you know, with her smile and her perfect teeth. She kept saying we could do things right, we could fix all the shit we had done."
"And I suppose you said frikin' YES, right?"
"No, I told the truth ... I'm not ready and that shit, don't know how to lead a normal relationship."
"Definitely ..."
"Wait."
"You are ..."
"I've not finished..."
"A stupid fucking bitch."
"Alex, you don't know how it's... You don't know how is to be like me. Damn, not even what I'll do tomorrow, I don't like 'wearing' a fucking relationship because I've never done. Never! You understand?. I don't know how to treat someone softly or gently. In my life, I've tried ... just fucking with people who only used me and made me horrible things and I them. I didn't know what's friendship was until you came, imagine... I don't know what's love, just know that Buffy's very special to me." I said as my throat began to close and fight anxiety felt in my chest.
"Faith ..." She tried to approach and I walked away, but she didn't leave me. Alex sat on the table, and I was in the chair. Both were face to face.
"I don't know anything about love. I only sleep with people, have sex. Use them... They get something from me, and I of them, its simple and clear, nothing more. There are no fucking problems in that, no broken hearts , no tears and no guilty feelings. Just tried to do something good for Buffy, I tried to save her from the hell that's my fucking life. Why I feel I've done something so bad, huh? "
I began to cry and suddenly felt like Alex's arms were placed around me, I just went even more to her and buried my head in her chest, crying like a stupid babygirl. It felt nice, Alex stroked my hair and whisper things in Spanish that I didn't understand.
"Faith, eres preciosa. Una hermosa persona. Tu eres una hermosa chica por dentro y por fuera, carino." She whispered in Spanish.
"What?" Whispered the small voice that I had while she stroked my hair, it felt so good. It felt good to be snuggled by someone.
"I said: You're a beautiful person, you're a very beautiful girl on the outside as well as you're inside, baby." She looked into my eyes. "You give it a try, you must give an opportunity to love and be loved. Faith you're a good person, you've had a hard destiny but look now, there you are. Fighting against evil things..."
"I was a horrible person."
"Yes, you've done unthinkable things but look at you, you have a second chance, you know how many people would want that? You know how many people would like someone to trust them again? Here you have me, Buffy, Giles, Tara, Cordelia...at all. If you make a mistake you get up and fix it, so you learn. That also happens in love, my beauty friend."
"But what if I hurt her, and if I don't know how do this?"
"Faithy, do you think Buffy's happy with this?"
"Umh... No..."
"So stop asking if it hurt and go to repair that, go and take a fucking chance, for you and for her. Be stupidly happy, Can you do that? for me? DAMN BITCH!"
She said that and made me laugh, I approached her and gave her a soft kiss on the cheek as she smiled. She's my best friend, she just saved something very big. Hell, if everything comes out well I'll give her a damn vacation in Miami.
"Maybe you do if..."
"You take my advice, I've always right." She sighed and then took a lot of cookies and bit them.
"So...Buffy didn't tell you anything?"
"No."
*Alex's thoughts: lie lie lie lie, and do it well. Buffy confided in you, you lie to your best friend and you'd better get it right, Alexandra!*
"So... How the hell did you know I was hiding something, huh?"
"Because I can see everything in your eyes, and also because when you lie your nose wiggles nervously and frowning too. Then try to hide drinking some coffee, trying to hide these gestures and then you turn a cigarette and smoke it watching everything but not my eyes. "
*Alex's thoughts: That's not a lie, so I'm telling the truth, a little bit of truth. You're a genious, Alexandra. Woohoo!*
"You seem to know me well..."
Hell, I fell into their trap. This girl is amazing! Alexandra should definitely be a psychologist or a seeing or something.
"I have a lot to learn, but in these three months I've watched carefully, Lehane. That's because I care, and because you're my bestiefriend. Three things."
She said that and pointed with her fingers as she spoke. "
"First, never abandon a friend, never leave it, NEVER. Second, a girl knows all the states of her best friend, when she's angry, sad, happy, in love. Third, never stop being a friend, for your girlfriend. Can cost you your life... and fourth ... "
"You said there were three."
"Three, four, is the same ... Fourth: Never lend him a friend your new clothes. The clothes may become dirty, broken or never back again.
Fifth: Never have a phone in your hand when you're drunk and never follow the advice a drunk friend." Both laughed a long time and she went to the stove to prepare coffee.
"At least try it Faithy, you deserve to be happy. Everyone has the right to be happy."
"And you're happy? Can you be happy?"
"Umm, I don't know but I will try."
She smiled mischievously and I could see in her eyes, she wanted to say something.
"What happened, 'brunetto' bitch? Go on, let me know."
"Okay, last night I cross over on my way ... It was beautiful girl, with her dark hair and perfect curves and her big boobs and fully ..."
"It's me? Because I didn't see you..." Joke joke joke.
"Of course not."
"Queen C." I turned my eyes and prepared to hear her story.
"Yeah, sure, well then I went to my room when she left hers and asked me for help with some things research of demons."
"What? You? Researching?"
"Yes yes yes, I know. I'm just a doctor who knows nothing of demons, I know. But she asked me and I couldn't resist her beautiful face like saying 'please'."
"She said 'please'?" I asked completely surprised, that couldn't be true. Cordelia Chase?
"No, but seemed likely to do."
"So she didn't."
"She almost do it."
"Anyway Cinderella, you continue your love story."
"Well, I decided to help her. She brought coffee and spent nearly two hours searching for this demon, we could find thanks to my brilliant and sensual intellect, yes I'm very smart. Also said I was very funny, you believe it? She said that from me! Then she left and ran behind her and invited her to dinner. "
"What?" Almost spit coffee I was drinking, she did what?
"I invited her to dinner tonight."
~Uh huh make me tonight tonight, make it right~
"Does she rejects you, right? How come you're so smiley? Did you have an aneurysm? Must go to the doctor, but you're the doctor! How do I get a doctor to another doctor? I take you to the hospital?"
"Shh, be quiet. Listen ... she agreed to go to dinner with me!"
Fuck... I'm totally shocked, I can't believe this... Cordelia Chase just agreed to have lunch with Alex, a lesbian girl who dies of love for her, a beautiful lesbian girl which's my best friend. I'm confused.
"Wait wait wait, chill out Lee ... She ... She said yes?"
"Yes."
"Are you sure? Like ... YES?"
"Of course, yes, she said yes and we could be good friends. I mean, it's not a date. It's just a friendly dinner. But that's something, isn't it?"
I looked at her expression and I couldn't help smiling, Alex smiled as a teenager in love, her eyes sparkled and she talked excitedly and could not help expressing her happiness for her 'date with Cordy'.
"Wicked. It's fucking great."
"Thanks, I know, is a great achievement. So ... I think the way I dress and where to bring her dinner."
I frowned and then looked at me funny, oh no.
"Oh no, tell me not ..."
"Yes, oh yes."
"Oh noooo. Don't tell me. Go shopping?" I asked with a little moan, wouldn't go to the mall. Alex wasn't like Buffy, she looked at the stores that we both liked but didn't feel like leaving the house today.
"Umm, no, but it will help me to find something in my clothes and find a good restaurant. Then we will play games and eat burgers."
"Well it sounds right, it's something. It's a deal."
"You promise?"
"Slayer's honor." Cross a hand on my chest and touched my heart as a sign of boyscout promise and she laughed and threw me a small cushion that had close today would be a funny day.
*.*.*.*.*
"And... what are you doing tonight?" She asked, watching me with a strange look.
"Nothing..."
"Nothing? Are you sure?"
"Oh yeah, well, the Doctor invited me to dinner tonight and I said yes ... I guess, I'll go to dinner."
"And ...?"
"And...What? Nothing, just go to dinner. End of story."
"But, you know that Alex's ..." She looked at me funny raising his eyebrows. I do not know which it relates.
"A Doctor?"
"Umh, no ..."
"Woman?"
"Yes, but not that."
"I don't know what are you fucking talking about, Buffy."
I'm losing the little patience that I've, I don't know what the hell this girl's concerned.
"Alex's a Lesbian, dork." She looked exasperated and drank some juice.
"So ...?" I can not find the reason that she's concerned, I see nothing wrong with that.
"You're not as smartass as you look, right? I mean, Alex's a cute girl."
"She is."
"It's very sweet, tender and loving."
"I suppose, I don't know her so much."
"And it's a lesbian."
"Well, you love Faith. Willow loves Tara, I guess it's not so bad to be gay these days." I said rolling my eyes and grimacing.
"Damn Cordelia, Alex likes you."
What? Excuse me?
"WHAT?"
~Uh make me tonight ~ Oh oh make it magnificent, tonight~
"What? Don't pretend you have not noticed ..."
"I did not know, I-I mean I knew all die for me, and I'm a beautiful woman and there's nobody who doesn't love me but... Damn, I don't want ... T-That doesn't mean she loves me, Buffy. "
My God, Alex loves me? She's in love? No, no. I accepted her invitation to dinner, that means I accepted part of flirting, oh god oh god.
"Come on, tell me you haven't seen her face when she sees you like an idiot. Or when she never hesitates to help you, or when you talk, she opens her mouth and it seems that's hypnotized for a moment ... definitely has feelings for you, and you shouldn't let it go."
She said that and She winked at me. Does that really happen? I mean, she seems so happy about that. And I can't believe it and I hope the look of horror on my face combine with what I feel at this time.
"But ... I accepted her invitation, that means ..."
"Come on, I accepted my condition means that "lesbo-friendly" for accepting her invitation to dinner, to say that I gave her dreams, gave place to think something she shouldn't think." I said nervously started to throw air with my hand, I think I've a aneurysm, I need air. "What should I do? I'll tell her I can't."
"Why are you so scared Cordy?"
"Are you really fucking kidding me? Don't want dinner with a lesbian with a crush on me!"
"Why?" Ask raised an eyebrow.
"Because I'm not lesbian Buffy, I'm Cordelia Chase. We've known for eight long years, you know me. Cordelia Chase will not ever with a woman. Think in... EVERYTHING."
"I thought you changed a little of what you were, I thought you weren't this vapid bitch that I knew before..."
"I did it Buf-freaky, but no means a biglesbo a moment's notice." I dropped my glass of juice in the sink and then I went to Buffy. "I'll tell her I can't go, I've to work or something. Not just for me Buffy, she's nice. If she feels something for me, I should clarify things once."
"Are you going to lie to her?"
"I guess." I left the kitchen and walked to my bedroom, but before I hear a little whisper from Buffy:
"This will not be any good ... It will not."
*.*.*.*.*.*
Alexandra's room...
Two very beautiful brunettes were in Alex's room.
"Well, it's perfect, yes, Alexandra Diaz, thank you very much."
The brunette was on the phone and then look for her friend who was sitting on the couch beside her, playing video games on your big TV. Faith put pause, then looked at her friend who was with a big smile on her cute face.
"So?"
"I called the restaurant, and everything's perfect, we expect tonight. Then maybe give some walk near the river and don't know, depends on where we take the night or where she wants to go."
"Wow, you've almost everything planned. And finished raping her all night?"
"Of course not, if she doesn't want ..." She began to pace back and forth and then looked at her friend with a frightened expression. "I don't know what to wear."
"Well, that's easy, let see your wardrobe."
Both rose from the couch and opened the large closet. They started out piece by piece, T-shirts, shirts, jeans, tight leather pants, dresses, shoes, boots, many things. Both laid them in bed and looked for a while all clothing removed and then look between them.
"Ok, let's motor. Here you can dress tonight for your Cinderella, you Prince Charming."
"Cinderella? Cinderella's blonde ... I think she looks more like Pocahontas. Como .. Cordyhontas."
"What?" Both laugh at the stupidity that Alex had said. "Ok sure, let's do this... you, you look more like Pocahontas, Cordy would be like ... the wicked witch in Snow White."
"Since when do you know much about fairy tales? Don't look like a Disney-girl, huh."
"There are things about me that nobody knows, smarty girl."
"Then give me your opinion on what to do." Exasperated said the brunette, watching her friend.
"Again? Oh god, like I said, I think you should go."
"Go? Are you mad? She will think I'm a lesbian like her."
"That's not for that Cordy, you hurt their feelings rejecting in that way." Said the blonde, didn't want her 'new friend' suffered rejection, like she was suffering with Faith.
"So? Do you care about their feelings? I care about mine." Cordy yelled nervous, then walk from one side to another. "She will think I've something and I must show her that's not like that."
"And what you gonna do?" Buffy asked, disappointed.
"I will not." She sat with her arms crossed. "I'll tell her I wouldn't, I'm sick or something, I don't know."
"Cordelia ... Your room's meters away from yours, and she saw you in the morning. It's too obvious you're not sick."
"Then I will say no, because I'm straight, the end. Problem solved."
"Cordelia!" Buffy scolded her and stood on the couch where she sat, snorted and looked gravely at her brunette friend. "I've really notice that you've grown a lot, you're a beautiful woman, intelligent but definitely still the same vapid bitch."
"Hey!"
Buffy shook her head and sat next to her friend, leaving her annoyance aside and watching her gently.
"If you do not want to give false hope, tell her. But tell her in a good way."
"And what's a good way?" Asked timidly.
"Go out to dinner with her and tell her how you feel about that."
"I feel nothing, it's she feels for me. I'm not a lesbian, she's a lesbian!"
Buffy snorted, begging the PTB to give more patience, because if she asked more force, would cause Cordy fly out of the kick in the ass to give her, without hesitation.
"So, go and tell her that. In a good way, of course. Said: 'Hey Alex, thanks for inviting me, everything was beautiful, very nice but I'm heterosexual and I'm not willing to experience that kind of thing, sorry' ... Then at least you can keep her as a friend. "
"Well, now that you mention it doesn't sound so bad..." Whispered the girl with a thoughtful expression on her face. "Well, I guess it's not entirely wrong to accept the output, isn't it? Is free food and a good restaurant."
"See, you learn."
"Of course, I'm Cordelia, baby ... Now see, I look for something to wear tonight."
"And you want my help? Me?"
"Of course not, dumbass. Want you to see, just see."
"That's right, the bitch is back." Buffy whispered with a smile on her face.
*.*.*.*.*
Later ...
"Okay, How do I look?" Alex asked her slayerfriend for the tenth time on the hour, looking at Faith who was watching her with a face of 'If you ask again, I will kill you so badly.'
Alex looked beautiful, wearing a beautiful and delicate black dress. A cleavage's not very pronounced but elegant, shoes of the same color. Her hair was tied up, combed to the right side and fell on her right side, showing her delicate slim neck. Two small pearl earrings gleamed in her ear lobes. Faith was totally surprised.
"For the last time, you look hot, totally beautiful. Beautiful and hot, precious."
"Really?" Her eyes shone excited.
"Yes, bright as a pearl... brilliant."
"Really?"
"..." Expression of a serial killer in three ... two ... one, now.
"Thank you Faith. I really appreciate that you're doing for me, you're my best friend." She smiled sweetly and you could see a twinkle in her eyes, which made the annoyance he felt Faith by the indecision of her friend, was very far away, causing her great tenderness.
"No need to thank me, you're the best and my best and only friend."
Alex came over and hugged tightly Faith, yet very smooth. She was a loving embrace, she rested her head on Faith's shoulder without realizing that her friend had a look on her face, very strange. Faith was totally surprised. Surprised by the reaction for someone to start that kind of physical contact with her, surprised that Alex's embrace with affection and love, something that never had felt apart from Buffy and Tara. Surprised because she didn't want to throw it away and say, 'Back off, sappy girl.' No, she wanted that hug. And most of all, surprised that she dropped her head on the shoulder of her best friend, so feel the warmth of a true friendship. From someone who really valued it.
"You're my beastie friendy." Alex whispered, trying to play with the words 'best-beast'.
Both were separated from the hug and smiled.
"Enough, is too cheesy." She waved her hands and made a face of disgust mock. "Your first date the girl of your dreams ... God, I'm like a mother trying to help her virgin daughter." Murmured with a frown.
"There's a date, it's just a friendly dinner. And she's not the girl of my dreams, she's just..." She tried to contradict what Faith had said but couldn't find the words, after a few minutes decided to send her to hell. "Whatever. At least I agree with the mother thing, you're more old than me."
"Of course not, just get to my 22 years."
"Yeah, sure. Now I get a bit of fragrance and ... Done." She was sprayed and smiled in the mirror.
"You're beautiful, Cinderella."
"Pocahontas."
"Mulan."
"Whatever."
*.*.*.*.*
Meanwhile ...
Cordelia stood before the mirror applying her makeup, while a blonde was sitting painting their nails, listening to the things that the brunette said... Or maybe just pretending to hear, she continued with her nails.
"Then I said: 'Excuse me, but those are MY shoes, because I saw them first.' and she looked at me with that look of freshly caught fish and said 'Of course not." So, I took the shoes and ... Buffy, are you listening to me? "
"Uh-hum." She was lost in her thoughts, Faith had rejected and left alone.
"Of course you're not doing."
"You're right, I'm not doing."
"What's more important than my eternal fight against anorexic bulimic girl for my beautiful shoes?" Asked the girl with her eyeliner on the hands and then sat down beside her. "It's Faith, right? What happened?"
"Last night I said all I felt to Faith." She murmured with a sad expression.
"Oh, and what happened?" Asked excitedly leaving her eyeliner. "Wait, wasn't good right? For your face's supposed that wasn't good."
"She refused and said that maybe we could have some 'no compromise', because she wasn't ready to be with someone seriously." Whispered the blonde.
"Oh, it's normal."
"What do you mean? Is normal being painfully rejected by the girl I love?"
"Yes ... and no ... I mean. Buffy, we know Faith. She's a girl of those girls who doesn't like anything serious, it's quite strange to think." She got up and took her eyelash curler. "It's understandable that the girl act that way, doesn't justify what Faith did that."
"So, what should I do?, Lady Iknoweverything."
"Give it time, stop being behind her like a puppy and takes control of the situation. Make her want you, make her want to be with you."
Buffy was silent thinking about what she said.
"You don't win anything being the 'poor and patetic Buffy', should be the 'I-give-a-damn-monkey-ass' ?Buffy. That Buffy who has fight and kill demons and hell goddess, be strong."
"Maybe you're right." Buffy muttered thinking about it.
"Queenie always right, dear. Now come and tell me how I look in this dress."
"You look great, you'll kill her."
Buffy looked surprised at her friend. She's wearing a low cut red dress, their shoes are of the same color and a small black purse, the dark brown hair was loose and straight. It had grown a lot since the last time I saw her in Los Angeles, her hair it's long.
"Oh come on, just for coquetry. Don't do to get your attention, imagine if there's some big boy and get a date with him." Cordelia winked at the blonde.
Buffy just rolled her eyes and helped her friend to finish makeup.
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A moment later ...
Faith and Alex were in the kitchen of the Academy, eating some sandwiches. Alex was dressed and made up.
"Remember me, why we are eating these things, as I expect a great dinner at one of the best restaurants?" Alex asked while biting her big sandwich of ham, cheese, tomato and lettuce.
"Because it's assumed that these stupid restaurants provide food very... 'thin' as if you ate like a little fucking birdie. Eat a lot now, but you'll be hungry." Faith muttered as she munched the sandwich.
"You're right."
Then a woman came into the place, was Anya apparently was something curious about the dress of the doctor.
"Faith... Hey Alex, what happened? Where you going? Why are you dressed like that?" She looked at her with a frown, watching her as if she had the costume of a alien.
"What? It's wrong?" She stood up from her chair and looked at herself from top to bottom, didn't seem so bad. Was she so badly dressed? Does the makeup's bad?
"No, course not. Is that ... you look precious." Murmured the girl with a smile, seeing it up close. "You're very beauty."
"She's always beauty." Faith defended her friend and grinned.
"Yes, but always wearing jeans, shirt or doctor coat. Sooo lesbian, I never saw her so pretty. You're like a woman."
"I don't know to feel flattered or offended but ... Thank you Anya."
"Aw, she blushes. It's like a little brunette doll." Anya smiled.
At that time someone else came into the kitchen.
"Who's a doll?" Buffy asked with a smile and a curious look, then faded when she saw Faith there. "WOW! Alex, that's you? ... Oh, hi Faith."
"H-Hey B." The brunette stammered and looked nervously. There was silence. "Well, I think I'm going to...exercise a while in the gym. Luck with your romantic date, Pocahontas." Faith rose from her chair, gave a small hit in the shoulder of her friend and walked slowly out of the kitchen, going to the gym.
"It seems that things are a little uncomfortable." Said Anya.
"Oh Alex, you're ..." She looked surprised, her mouth it's open and her eyes to come out of their orbits. "B-beautiful."
"Really?" She asked excitedly. "I look good?"
"You're amazing, totally 'll make Cordelia goes blind, huh."
"Thank you Buffy." She gave her a little hug. "You think I look good? You think will like Cordy?"
The brunette looked in the mirror and straightened her dress, looking herself. Buffy watched Anya with a funny face.
"You gonna leave her speechless, completely."
"I hope that, it's not too but I did my best." She grimaced.
"You're kidding, right? You're great Alex!" The blonde came to the table and poured some juice in a glass. "
"You are trying to win Cordelia, right?" Anya asked, curious.
"Something like that." Alex whispered nervously. "I just invited her to dinner, it's just dinner."
"Okay, good luck with that. Cordy's a girl something... special."
"Yes, it's annoying, ironic, ungrateful, fickle, annoying and snobbish. Lucky you, Alex!" Said Anya with a big smile.
"You're so loving Anya, sometimes I don't know how to say thank you" Said the doctor, ironically.
"Oh really?" Asked, looking happy. "See? Finally someone can see who I really am and what I do. I always liked her, because she's lesbian and she don't want my Xander."
Then a brunette with a red dress came into the kitchen. She wore a red dress.
"Hey, are we going?" Cordelia asked disinterestedly.
~Your hair is beautiful, Oh tonight...~
"Hey, I'm talking to you. Hello!" Rolled her eyes impatiently and looked at Alex, who continued with her idiot face.
"You're beautiful." Said looking at her with shining eyes, like she's seeing a goddess, like watching her idol.
"I know, I know." The ex- cheearleader said moving her hands in exasperation. "Can we go?"
Alex looked at her surprised, not expecting a "you're very beautifull too, or pretty, or well dressed but ... Cordelia hadn't even paid attention.
"Y-yes we...we...go." Alex nodded and the two girls walked slowly into the parking lot of the school.
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Authors Note : I hope you liked this chapter, and will come fuffy romantic moments. I continue posting this fic with reviews or not, I will certainly write. I love it, because I love BTVS.