"Good morning." Faith says to Buffy before flipping a pancake.
"Morning. I was wondering where you were." The older girl yawns, sleep still evident in her green eyes.
"I thought I'd make everyone breakfast for a change." The darker girl replies shoveling the pancake onto a plate.
"And that's why I love you." Buffy replies moving toward Faith to give her a kiss.
"I love you too." The taller of the two responds after their kiss ends.
They both continue to make the occupants of the house breakfast. Faith let's Buffy make the toast, but the older girl has even managed to burn the pieces of bread, so she was dubbed milk and juice duty for the duration of their task.
"Hey B. Do you think they'll be ready?" Faith asks turning the stove top off. The pair managed to set the dining room table with a mountain of food, guaranteed to fill everyone up.
Buffy knew what Faith was talking about and to be honest she was worried too. "I think that they'll be more than ready. If not we will be right here to help them". Walking over to the younger slayer to give her a light peck on the lips.
"Hey hey hey, it's way too early to witness your smoochies." Dawn says walking into the kitchen.
"Sorry munchkin. We all know that I can't resist this one over here." She motions to Buffy's blushing face beside her.
"Now, that you are done ruining our moment. Are you hungry?" Buffy asks her sister.
"Duh, that's why I came down here." Dawn jokes walking into the dining room, Buffy and Faith following her.
"Mmm. Do I smell pancakes?" Willow walks in all fresh faced and smiling.
"Yes, you do. Grab a seat and enjoy." Buffy says to her best friend.
The small group starts to eat waiting for the younger couple to rise from the basement.
"Should we wake them up?" Dawn asks after clearing the contents of her plate in to her stomach.
"No." Buffy and Faith reply at the same time.
"What they mean to say Dawnie is that we should let them sleep in just a bit longer." Willow tries to assess the situation lightly without having to discuss anything further.
"Oh. You do know that I'm not 14 anymore and I understand the intricacies of sex." The younger girl replies.
"Oh god." Buffy sighs out.
Faith chokes out a hearty laugh much to her partner's dismay.
"I told you that they would already know." Lydia's voice sounds in the room.
"Well, there goes my excuse." Allison walks into the room after Lydia. The pair joining the rest of their group at the dining room table.
"No worries mini-me." Faith says taking a sip of her orange juice. "Little Red, I hope that I don't have to give the whole hurt my sister and I break all your limbs speech."
"That won't be necessary. I would never hurt Allison. She's my world." Lydia replies whole-heartedly.
"Good, cuz I like ya and I'd hate have to damage that pretty face of yours." Faith replies.
"Faith, it's okay. Lydia and I are in love and we refuse to hurt each other." Allison chimes in giving her girlfriends hand a squeeze.
The rest of the group finishes their breakfast and they go about their day. Dawn goes off to one of her friend's houses, Willow finds some time to call Kennedy whom is visiting her family, and Faith and Buffy go out to buy more groceries for the household and Allison trains some more in the backyard; while Lydia reads one of the books Nox gave the pair.
Ugh, my stupid finger keeps latching on for half a second too long.
Lydia looks up to see Allison stalking angrily towards the tree a Chinese ring dagger protrudes from the bark.
"hmm, this is interesting." The shorter girl mutters to herself, flipping through the pages of her book trying to find anything on mind reading. She stops on a page titled the gifts that the parallel of Nox carries. She starts skimming the page immediately. "So, I carry psychic abilities and I can read minds. Well, this keeps getting better by the minute."
So, engrossed by her new discovery; Lydia doesn't notice Allison making her way towards her sitting form. "Hey beautiful, how about you share with the rest of the class what you are going on about over here." The taller girl jokes, her face showing curiosity.
"I can read minds and apparently I have clairvoyant abilities as well." The shorter girl rattles off nonchalantly.
"Why do I find this new development more comforting than anything else that we have learned?" Allison laughs.
"Because it has something to do with us and we can control it. Everything else fell into place for us." Lydia answers pulling the taller girl's wrist as a sign that she wanted her to sit down. "You should really stop getting down on yourself about this slayer thing." Playing with the inside of Allison's hand.
"I know. I just want to be the best." Looking into the other girl's eyes flashing a sheepish smile. "I want to be able to protect you if anything goes wrong. I don't know what I would do if something were to happen to you." She finishes sadly, remembering how she wasn't there to protect her girlfriend from the jaws of an Alpha or her mother from another.
"Alli, what happened wasn't your fault. If anything I am glad that you weren't there, if anything would've happened to you I would've gone crazier than I already did." Taking the same hand that she was playing with and bringing it up to her lips for a kiss. "As for this slayer/ parallel business, you are a damn good fighter and I know that you are the best and that if anything happens you are more than capable of protecting us. Just remember that you aren't alone, I'm right here with you and don't forget that I have a few tricks up my sleeve as well." Giving her counterpart a smile.
"Have I told you that I love you today?" Allison asks.
"When we woke up, that was the first thing you said to me, but I will never get tired of hearing you say it." Lydia smiles.
"In that case, I love you." Allison says facing Lydia for a kiss on the lips.
Pulling away from her partners lips, "I love you too." Going in for a deeper kiss. "Now get back to work, so we can have more time for this later." Lydia states with a dominate tone.
"Yes ma'am." The taller girl says giving her a mock salute.
"Keep that up and I'll make you drop and give me twenty, private." The strawberry blonde jokes back.
Allison continues her knife throwing and acrobatics, while Lydia reads up on any abilities that the two of them may come to inherit. They stay like this for a few hours, when Faith marches into the backyard.
"Hey sis, what do you say, B and I take you out on patrol with us tonight?"
"Hell yeah! As long as Lydia can come too, I think she will be useful."
"Alright. Saddle up you two, we're going slaying." Faith smirks. A determined look on her face. She figures that if they start seeing what goes bump in the night Sunnydale, that by the time they go back to Beacon Hills nothing will surprise them.
With an arrow to the heart, the newly risen vampire turns into dust. Lowering her bow Allison smiles loving the affect that slaying has on her. She feels like she's electric, on a permanent setting of vibrate and wants to hunt more and rid the world of those creatures of the darkness.
She starts to comeback when she hears clapping from behind her.
"Way to go little sis, you got it your first time out. How do you feel?" Faith asks with a proud expression on her face.
"Like I could slay a few more. I also feel like I can eat a horse." She says voice ecstatic.
"Looks like some has the H and H huh, Faith?" Buffy asks giving Allison an amused smile.
"Hey, don't be a bad influence on my sis, B." Faith jokes with a laugh.
"A what and a what?" Allison looks at the older girls confused.
"They mean hungry and horny, sweetheart." Lydia providing an answer accompanied by a laugh as well.
Her cheeks turning crimson an embarrassed smile taking over her features. "Oh, I never mentioned-"
"You didn't have to. It was implied, plus it's a side effect when it comes to slaying." Buffy interrupts her.
The foursome continues to laugh for two more minutes before Lydia pipes in, "May I try?" Waiting for someone in the group to answer.
"Sure little red, let's find another one." Faith answers for everyone. She never says it but she knows that Lydia can hold her own, so she doesn't question her ability to slay.
A beam of light cuts through a vampire that tries to get away from Lydia after her stake falls through her fingertips. Dusting off her hands, she turns to see Allison smiling wide at her, while Faith and Buffy look perturbed.
"Did I do something wrong?" She asks the two women.
"We just keep forgetting that you can do that." Buffy answers voice still covered in awe of the younger girls abilities.
"Yeah, you handled yourself well out there. Even when you quarreled with that vamp." Faith adds a look of respect on her face.
"You did very well, Lyds." Allison supplies basking in the strength that her girlfriend just displayed. It's not that Lydia was weak, it was just that Allison has never seen her fight and was glad to know that she could hold her own very impressively.
"Thanks, babe." Lydia offers Allison a smile before grabbing her hand.
"Now that we know where you guys are at, why don't we continue this patrol a little longer?" Buffy states proudly.
The group exits the cemetery to find more activity at another one. They continue like this, until all seems quiet and they prepare for the trek back to the Summer's residence. Unbeknownst to the presence lurking in the shadows.
