Hey guys I'm sorry for the late update but I really do appreciate all of your reviews so thank you!

I think I got a lil bit carried away with the BAM love scene...Okay not really a love scene since I don't write actual love scenes as you may have noticed (I've only attempted to write one once) but more like the beginning of a love scene...I don't know why but it seems I'm slowly inching towards a BAM love scene...Uh...Anyway hope you all enjoy the chapter :)

Chapter 4

"Uh...Faith?" Maggie questioned hesitantly as she observed the five vampires' which surrounded the dark haired slayer.

"Yeah, Mags?" Faith responded carelessly, her stance loosening even further as she crossed her arms over her chest.

"You appear to be surrounded" Maggie observed as she stepped forward.

"Seems like it" Faith nodded. She glanced over at Maggie "Stay there"

"What? N..."

"Just do it Maggie!" Faith sighed irritably. She stretched her arms out and smirked at the vampires "Well? What are you waiting for?"

"I don't think this is a good idea Fa..." Maggie trailed off as all of the vampires rushed towards the slayer at once "FAITH!"

Faith ducked and rolled at the last second causing the vampires to bump into each other. She stood up and smirked at them "Ha!" she leapt forward and quickly staked four in a row before relaxing slightly "Damn, I'm good!" she watched the last vampire stand up and threw her stake over her shoulder. "Oops" she shrugged stepping forward so she was standing merely inches from the vampire "Seems I'm defenceless" when she made no move the vampire struck her hard across the face causing her to wince slightly. He pushed her backwards and hit her again causing her head to swing to the left. She smirked at him and pushed him roughly. He flew across the graveyard and slammed into a headstone, the force causing him to turn to dust.

The slayer raised a hand to her bleeding chin and winced slightly before she turned back to Maggie "You look like somebody just kicked your puppy"

Maggie shook her head numbly "Why did you do that?"

Faith shrugged as she moved over to Maggie "I don't know" when Maggie's expression still remained concerned Faith continued "C'mon, Mags you didn't seriously think I would die and leave you alone did you?"

"You could have been hurt..." Maggie observed quietly as she tugged Faith forward to check the cut on her face.

Faith instantly recoiled from her touch but winced slightly at Maggie's wounded expression "We have to go..."

"Go where?" Maggie questioned in confusion as she followed the slayer from the cemetery.

"Anywhere" Faith shrugged "I was planning on a sleazy club though..."

"I don't think that's a very good idea" Maggie offered hesitantly.

Faith sighed and rolled her eyes "You don't think anything's a good idea"

"That's not fair!" Maggie countered as she stopped and grabbed Faith's hand causing her too to jerk to a halt "I'm just worried about you!"

"Yeah, Whatever" Faith grumbled "Look Maggie just go home if you want okay? Or follow me...I really don't care!"

Maggie watched speechlessly as Faith walked away from her.

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Maggie leaned against the bar and shut her eyes briefly. Her hands rose to her temples as she felt the beginning of a headache.

"Can I get you anything?"

Maggie looked up quickly to see the blonde bartender gazing at her.

"Uh...Orange Juice?" she asked hesitantly. She had a feeling that she would have to be sober at the end of the night.

The woman looked slightly puzzled but grabbed a glass and started to pull Maggie's drink anyway. Maggie released a sigh and noticed the woman's name tag said 'Stacey'.

"Long day?" Stacey questioned as she placed the drink in front of Maggie.

"Long week" Maggie smiled weakly as she paid for the drink and picked it up "Thanks" with that she glanced down the bar to see Faith staring miserably into her drink. She moved slowly over to her and sat on the bar stool next to her.

"I'm not intere..." Faith spoke before she glanced at Maggie "Maggie...You're back..."

Of course I'm back" Maggie smiled weakly "Don't seem so surprised"

Faith sighed softly "I'm sorry I snapped at you earlier. I'm just a bit of a mess right now..."

Maggie nodded understandingly as she slid onto the seat next to Faith "So you were saying you're not interested?"

"Yeah" Faith laughed softly "It's kind of pathetic really..." she motioned subtly to her left "See the tall blonde?"

"Yeah..." Maggie answered.

Faith motioned across the bar "Medium height Latina? Chocolate brown eyes? Incredibly Hot?"

"Uh-huh" Maggie nodded.

"Blonde barmaid...I think her name was Sarah or Stacey" Faith continued, counting on her hand "A guy called James, A girl called Alex and another girl called uh...Jessie...They were all outwardly hitting on me until I told them to back off"

"Wow" Maggie muttered "That's kinda...Overwhelming. But completely understandable"

"That's what's so pathetic about it" Faith sighed "I was dumped yet I still can't think about being with anyone else..." she held up her drink "You know what this is?"

Maggie shook her head numbly.

"Pepsi!" Faith exclaimed incredulously "I'm in a bar drinking freaking PEPSI!"

"Isn't that good though?" Maggie questioned hesitantly "That you're not a mess?"

"I am a mess" The dark haired slayer countered quietly "You just can't see it right now"

"It's only been a week" Maggie shifted slightly closer to the older girl and placed a hand comfortingly on her back "Things will get better"

"But that's the thing..." Faith shook her head slowly "I don't want things to get better Mags. I want her back! I don't know why but I can't bring myself to be mad at her even though she's hurting me...its pathetic..."

"I wish I could say something to make you feel better" Maggie said sincerely.

"I don't think anything could make me feel better right now" Faith muttered sadly. She smiled weakly at Maggie "Just being here with you helps...Honestly" she turned back towards the bartender and motioned her over with a tilt of her head.

"Hey Faith" Stacey said flirtatiously "What can I get for you?"

"Two Pepsi's would be great" Faith smiled winningly.

"Coming right up" Stacey grabbed two glasses and began pouring their drinks "I didn't know you two knew each other...Girlfriend?"

"No" Faith smiled as Maggie choked on her drink. She reached over to pat the other girl on the back but kept her eyes on Stacey "Maggie's just my friend. My best friend actually"

"Well in that case..." Stacey grinned as she placed the drinks in front of Maggie and Faith "It was nice meeting you Maggie. And I'm sorry for almost killing you with that drink"

"Likewise" Maggie croaked, raising a hand to her sore throat "And It's completely fine" she watched Stacey walk away before she turned to Faith and scowled "What are you laughing at?"

"Sorry" Faith gasped for air through her laughing "But that was just too funny...You just...with the..."

"Yeah, Whatever" Maggie grumbled "Laugh it up"

Faith finally stopped laughing at her friend and sobered up slightly "Hey you're distracting me from my depression"

"Good" Maggie grinned "That is my job as your best friend, isn't it?"

Faith shrugged listlessly "Maybe..." she took a deep breath and quickly tried to change the subject "Where's Bianca tonight, anyway?"

"At home" Maggie's expression instantly lit up at the sound of Bianca's name "She wasn't feeling very well so she decided to stay in tonight"

"Is she okay?" Faith questioned in concern as she turned her attention back to her drink.

"She says she's fine" Maggie shrugged "Just a bit run down or something"

"Oh...So are you two okay than?"

"Are you sure you want me to talk about that?" Maggie asked hesitantly "I mean with..."

"its fine" Faith interrupted her "It'll distract me"

"We're great" Maggie said softly "Really great actually"

"I'm happy for you gu..." Faith's gaze had returned to Maggie's but Maggie frowned when Faith trailed off and seemed to focus somewhere behind her.

"Fai?" she questioned softly. No answer was forthcoming from the other girl and Maggie waved a hand in front of her face "Faith?!" There was once again no response and the younger girl grew more worried at the tears which had formed in the slayer's eyes. She moved forward slightly so that she balanced on the very edge of her seat and clutched Faith's hand in her own "Faith? Talk to me...you're kinda scaring me..." when she was still ignored Maggie looked over her shoulder self-consciously and almost fell off her seat at what she saw.

"Buffy..." she murmured as her eyes settled on the blonde who was kissing a dark haired girl across the room. She quickly turned her attention back to Faith whose eyes were now downcast.

"Faith..."

"I have to get out of here" Faith muttered shakily before she fled quickly from the room.

"Shit..." Maggie felt anger flare in her gut as she glanced back towards Buffy but ignored it and rushed after Faith instead.

"FAITH!" she yelled as she burst out of the back door after the other girl "FAITH, WAIT!" she increased her speed until she had caught up with the slayer and grabbed her arm causing her to stop.

"Fai?" she murmured when Faith refused to look at her "Come on...Look at me? Please?"

Faith sniffled slightly before she lifted her eyes tearful eyes to look into Maggie's "How could she do that to me Maggie? She's..."

"I know" Maggie replied as she wiped a stray tear from Faith's cheek "I know" she moved forward and wrapped the slayer up in a warm embrace "It's okay...It's going to be okay"

"It's not okay!" Faith shook her head vigorously as she pulled away from Maggie "You saw her in there Maggie. She was kissing somebody else..." she slumped to the ground and leaned against the wall leaving Maggie gazing down at her worriedly "I guess I'm not that hard to move on from"

"But she said she loves you!" Maggie protested, kneeling down in front of her.

"Did that look like she loves me?" Faith laughed tearfully "Because It didn't from where I was standing!"

"I..." Maggie trailed off as Faith jumped to her feet and began pacing in front of her. She too stood up and watched the other girl anxiously "Faith..."

"Why was she with me?!" Faith questioned angrily more to herself than Maggie "If she didn't really love me than why the hell did she say she did?!" she punched furiously at a pile of crates in front of her and swore when her hand went straight through the wood.

"Faith..." Maggie sighed as Faith pulled her hand out of the crate "You're going to hurt yourself!"

"I don't care!" Faith's shoulders slumped in defeat as she cradled her bleeding Right hand with her left "Come on...We should go home or Bianca will be getting worried "

Maggie bit her lip in worry "But..."

"Maggie" Faith moved forward and clutched her arm tightly "If we don't get out of here right now I'm going to do something stupid like break down...We have to go, okay? I can't do this here"

"Okay" Maggie whispered her heart clenching painfully at the tears visible in Faith's eyes and audible in her speech. She pulled her arm from the slayer's grip and took her hand instead "Come on"

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When they entered the house Faith instantly pulled her hand from Maggie's and rushed up the stairs.

"What's wrong with Faith?" Bianca questioned from where she leaned against the doorway. Maggie moved quickly towards her and wrapped her arms around her tightly.

"Hey" Bianca was slightly startled at the tightness of her girlfriend's grip and even more shocked at the tears which had began to soak through her shirt "What's wrong?"

"Nothing" Maggie pulled back slightly and wiped at her teary eyes "Everything..."

"Come on" Bianca pulled Maggie over to the couch and set her down gently before taking a seat next to her "What is it?"

"This is just..." Maggie sniffled slightly and shuffled closer to Bianca on the couch "Such a mess"

Bianca wrapped her arms around the older girl and dropped a kiss on her head "I know"

"She kissed somebody else" Maggie said suddenly her voice slightly muffled by Bianca's shoulder.

"Who?" Bianca questioned in confusion "Faith? Is that why she's so upset?"

"Not Faith" Maggie answered sadly "Buffy"

"I don't understand" Bianca frowned "We don't know where Buffy is..."

Maggie shifted slightly to look up at Bianca "We were in a club. Buffy was there kissing another girl"

"Oh..." Bianca bit her lip in thought "Why?"

"I don't know!" Maggie exclaimed as she pulled away from Bianca and stood up "She says she loves her...That she doesn't want to hurt her and then...She kisses somebody else, right in front of her!"

"Did she know Faith was there?" Bianca asked calmly.

"What?!" Maggie exclaimed "No! But...That's not the point! The point is she did it. She cheated on her! Why are you being so calm about this?!"

"Technically not" Bianca argued quietly "It would only be cheating if they were together and they actually weren't at that point"

"What...Bianca!" Maggie practically yelled "Are you seriously fucking defending her?!"

"No!" Bianca said just as loudly "I'm not! I was just pointing out a fact!"

"Well it seemed like you were!" Maggie argued "In fact it seems like you're taking her side which I definitely DO NOT understand! How can you do that when Faith is in pieces? And it's Buffy's fault?!"

"Yeah?!" Bianca yelled "Well it seems to me like I'm the only person not taking sides!"

"What's that supposed to mean?!" Maggie questioned incredulously "I'm not taking anybody's side in this!"

"Why are you yelling at me?!" Bianca shouted in annoyance.

"I...I don't know" Maggie answered softly as her shoulder slumped in defeat "I'm sorry...I didn't mean to yell at you..." she sat down on the couch and put her head in her hands.

"I'm sorry too" Bianca moved slightly closer to Maggie and placed a hand on her back "I didn't mean for it to sound like I'm taking Buffy's side. That couldn't be farther from the truth...I'm just trying to understand..."

"This is all so messed up" Maggie commented tearfully without looking up at Bianca "Why the hell did this have to happen?"

"I don't know" Bianca sighed as she tentatively took Maggie's hand in her own.

Maggie squeezed it tightly and looked up at her "I don't want to argue with you Bianca...But I'm just really pissed off at Buffy right now...I don't understand how she could do that to someone she supposedly loves"

"I know" Bianca nodded thoughtfully "I don't get it either"

"She was so crushed" Maggie said softly "We were standing in an alley and she hit some crates...hurt her hand...She was completely devastated Bianca. She even said we had to leave because she felt like she was going to break down and she didn't want to put me in any danger and..."

"Hey" Bianca pressed a finger to Maggie's lips "Just slow down okay Mags?"

"I don't understand how anybody could do that. Especially to her..."

"I know" Bianca whispered "I don't understand it either..."

"I really am sorry for shouting at you" Maggie said quietly as she cupped Bianca's cheek in her hand "I was just really angry...It wasn't you"

"I know" Bianca whispered as she kissed Maggie's palm tenderly "It's okay"

"I missed you tonight" Maggie said quietly shuffling slightly closer to Bianca.

"I missed you too" Bianca smiled softly before she leaned forward and kissed Maggie softly. After a moment she pulled away slightly but remained mere centimetres from Maggie's lips.

"Hmmmn?" Maggie hummed without opening her eyes.

"I really did miss you"

"Yeah?" Maggie grinned as she pulled back slightly and opened her eyes to look at Bianca "I really did miss you too...So don't stop kissing me" she pulled the other girl back towards her into a passionate kiss. Bianca responded by allowing her hand to drift from Maggie's arm to the back of her neck pulling her impossibly closer. She pressed gently backwards until Maggie lay back on the couch pulling her on top of her. They pulled away for air for a moment and gazed at each other while breathing heavily.

"Binks..." Maggie said softly.

"Uh-huh?" Bianca muttered as she began to kiss her way down Maggie's jaw to her neck.

"Nothing" Maggie managed to gasp out as she tangled her hand in Bianca's dark tresses "Never mind"

"Thought so" Bianca grinned as she kissed her way back up to Maggie's lips. She pulled away after a moment "Maggie?"

"Uh-huh?" Maggie asked focusing solely on undoing the buttons of Bianca's shirt.

"We can't do this here"

"Why not?" Maggie smiled finally pushing Bianca's shirt from her shoulders.

"We're on the c..." Bianca released a squeak of surprise when Maggie pulled her back down and kissed her passionately. She gathered all of her self control and pulled back slightly much to Maggie's dismay "Mags..."

"Bianca..." Maggie gasped out "I love you but you really can be too sensible sometimes"

"I am not!"

"Prove it" Maggie smirked seductively "Come on Binks...Live a little!"

Bianca rolled her eyes at her girlfriend but leaned down and kissed her anyway. She pulled back by a fraction of a second.

"We're wearing entirely too many clothes" she whispered in Maggie's ear. Maggie shivered slightly and pulled Bianca back down against her.

"Then take 'em off" She grinned before capturing Bianca's lips with her own. Bianca's sat up pulling Maggie with her and pushed her jacket from her shoulders. She pulled away only long enough to pull the older girls' shirt from her head and throw it across the room before she moved forward and placed a fervent kiss on Maggie's lips. Maggie moaned softly and ran her hands down Bianca's back pulling her even closer. A loud thump from upstairs caused them to pull away.

"What was that?!" Bianca panted.

"Don't know" Maggie pulled Bianca back into the kiss but the bang sounded once again causing her pull back. She groaned and leaned her head against Bianca's chest. When another loud bang sounded she pulled back and looked at Bianca.

"I should check it out..." she said quietly. Bianca nodded and Maggie stood up and began looking for her shirt. She found it and returned to Bianca's side.

"Hey" she said quietly as she pressed a soft kiss to Bianca's lips "We've still got tonight" she smiled at the natural brunette and left the room, pulling her shirt on at the same time.

Bianca groaned in frustration and lay back on the couch "Tonight..."

TBC