A/N: Sorry it's been a while. I was in a car accident and I really haven't had the time to write anything. I'll make up for it.

disclaimer: i own nothing but the non buffy characters

Chapter 7:

Faith and Buffy had been driving for a little over an hour, talking about anything that came up. Faith shared every memory of her and Melissa with Buffy. They came to a small pull off area and decided to check out the scenery. Buffy pulled out a camera and took a picture of the mountains.

"I like taking pictures of the outdoors" Buffy explained as she snapped another picture "I want to be a photographer. I went to college for a while, but my mom got hurt at her job and we couldn't afford it anymore. I'm using the money from dancing to save up for college. When I go back, I'll only have a year and a half left."

"That's awesome" Faith said, "I have no idea what I want to do. I used to want to be a vet, but I can't put an animal down. My other love is massage therapy. I might do that. Everyone says I give really good massages." Faith turned to look at a deer just below the guardrail drinking from a small stream running through the woods. "Buffy" Faith whispered "Get a picture of that deer"

Buffy focused her camera and took the shot. "Wow this area is beautiful." She said slowly spinning around to take in all her surroundings.

"Yeah. I've been here a few times with Melissa and other friends. There's a trail right down the road that leads to a campsite. We used to go there all the time during summer. Ok lets get going. We still have a lot of roads to go down before we have to get you to work."

Right as they began to walk back to the car, another car pulled into a spot next to Faith's car. A man had stepped out of the driver's side, smiled at them, and walked over to them

"Excuse me" He began, "But we seem to be a little lost. "Could you tell us how to get to route 12?"

"Sure" Faith replied "All you want to do is make a right out of here and follow the road. When you get to the Y in the road go to the right. At the end of that road is route 12"

"Thank you so much. We've been lost for about an hour now."

"Not a problem" Faith said smiling at the man

"Umm. Could you do me a favor?" Buffy asked after they were done talking

"What is it?" He asked

"Could you just take a picture of me and my friend. This is our first road trip and I wanted to get a picture to remember it."

"Sure thing miss. Not a problem." He said as she handed him the camera. Faith reluctantly sat beside Buffy on the hood of the car, wrapped her arm around her shoulder, and smiled. The man focused the camera and snapped the picture.

"Thank you very much" Buffy said cheerfully

"Not a problem" He replied "Thanks again for the directions" He walked back to his car and took off.

"Ok" Buffy said as they got into the car, "Where to next?"

"Wherever the road takes us" Faith replies as she took off

After about fifteen minutes of driving in silence, Faith decided to put some music on. She stopped at a stop sign and asked Buffy which way to go.

"I say we go left." Buffy said taking a sip of her bottled water

"Then left it is." Faith replied as she took off once again. As Faith rounded a corner, She noticed a hill and decided to go for a little hill hopping adventure.

"Buffy, I would suggest putting your seatbelt on and holding onto something…I'm going to hop that hill." Faith accelerated as fast as she could. As they went up the hill, Buffy started to scream. At the crest of the hill Faith started to laugh. The wheels came off the road and the car sailed in the air for about five seconds. When the car landed the tires screeched and the car swerved a little, but Faith had done this many times. She kept the car on the road and slowed the car down. She laughed at Buffy's face but immediately shut up with the glare that was sent her way.

"Don't ever do that again," Buffy said, "You scared the shit out of me. How can you find that fun?"

"I love the adrenaline rush of it. I love getting scared and getting my heart rate up. I take it you've never gone hill hoping."

"No. And I'm not sure if I want to anymore" Just then Buffy started smiling and laughing "Then again that was thrilling. Just warn me more than five seconds before you do it next time."

"Deal. I don't think I'm going to do it anymore on this trip though. I don't know this road and I don't know if a curve follows any of these or not. Ill take you hill hopping on a road I know very well next time we go driving." Faith looked at her watch and noticed that they had one hour to get to Sinful Ladies. "Ok. Next sign you see for route 12 let me know. We have an hour to get you to work."

"Ok. Ill let you know. Can I ask you something?"

"Sure. You don't have to ask me. Just ask and ill answer it as honestly as I can."

"Ok. Why are you gay? Not that I'm saying you shouldn't be, but I was just curious."

"Well, I've always had issues when it came to sex with men. I had a bad experience when I was younger and it just kinda stayed with me. Before you ask, a man that I trusted rapped me. When I started having sex, I just wasn't interested in guys that way. Besides" Faith said grinning "I like sleeping with girls WAY too much. I wouldn't have time for sleeping with guys" Buffy spit the water she had just put into her mouth onto the dash and the window.

"Oh my God. That's rich." She said laughing. "I bet you still have guys trying though"

"Oh yeah. I get the whole 'Baby if you give me one night ill at least turn you bi' deal. It gets old after a while but I just smile and tell them they'd probably make me more lesbian. If there is such a thing." Faith saw a sign for 12 and she went down the road.

"Hey Faith. I only have to work until 1 tonight. I was thinking about going to Century's after work. It's a dance club. My friend Blu works there so my friends and I get in free. Do you want to go with me?"

"Yeah. I could go for dancing tonight. I just need to change into my dance clothes. It's a lot sexier than this" Faith said as she pointed to her sweat pants and tank top."

"Where are they at? Are they in your bag at home?"

"Nah. They're in the trunk. I always keep at least one clean outfit in the trunk just in case someone wants to go dancing at the spur of the moment. I just need to find somewhere to change"

"You can change in the back once we get to work. Giles, he's the owner, is really cool about that. We need a bartender so he might offer you a job. You'll meet him when we get there."

"Cool. I need a job anyway. So this works out for me. I hope me only being twenty isn't a problem."

"It shouldn't be. The last one we had was only nineteen."

"Alright then. Lets get you to work and get me into my dancing clothes." Faith said as she turned onto route 12.

When they finally pulled into Sinful Ladies, Buffy had thirty minutes to be changed and ready for work. Faith walked to her trunk and pulled out a pair of black leather pants and the shortest black halter-top Buffy had ever seen.

"Oh my God Faith!" Buffy exclaimed, "You're going to take the attention from the dancers if you wear that in there"

Faith laughed shook her head and said, "Well I'll probably be in back with this Giles guy trying to get a job. You don't have anything to worry about" Faith strutted towards Buffy with a 'come hither' look in her eyes "Besides, I'm not worried about the customers lookin' at me."

Buffy suddenly felt very warm and it was hard to breathe. Seeing that she was speechless, Faith decided to let her off the hook "Gotta remember, Ken and Cordy are gunna be here too" she aid with a wink.

Buffy let out a breath that she hadn't known she was holding. Somehow Faith had gotten to her. The bad part was she liked it. 'You're with Xander, Buffy' she chided herself 'besides. YOURE STRAIGHT!' Faith pulled her out of her mental scolding by grabbing her arm and pulling her into the club. As soon as Faith saw the stage her eyes lit up. There were two poles on either side of the stage. Seeing that no one was on the stage Faith grinned and turned to Buffy.

"Hey B. I don't suppose I could go for a few spins on the poles could I?" She asked with a gleam in here eyes.

"If you want to. Go ahead, but change first or you won't have any privacy" Buffy said amused by both Faiths attitude and the nickname that she was given. Faith ran to the back and began to strip out of her sweat pants and into her leathers. Right as she was about to pull off her top, an older man walked out of the back office.

"Unless you're an employee, you can't be back here." He said with a British accent

"Oh. I'm sorry. B said it was cool for me to change back here." She replied, "You wouldn't happen to be Giles would you?"

"Who is this 'B' person you're talking about and yes my name is Giles."

"B, as in Buffy. I live with her. I needed a place to change." Right as Faith finished her sentence Buffy walked into the back room. "Speak of the devil and she appears." Buffy stuck her tongue out at Faith and gave Giles a hug.

"Giles, this is Faith. She's a friend of mine and she needs a job. I thought you could use her as a bar tender. I told her to change back here since its just us here."

"It's quite alright." He said. He turned to Faith and asked, "Do you have any experience as a bar tender?"

"No. But my dad was a bar tender for six years and he taught me everything he knows" She answered.

"Well we have other people that have asked for the job, but if you don't get that job were also hiring for servers. In all honesty they make more money than the bar tender. We only have two right now and were supposed to have at least seven. Seeing how big this club is."

"Its all good with me. I just need a job. And I like clubs. So it's a perfect match" Faith said clapping her hands.

"Quite right. Well I can give you a trial run tomorrow. You keep all your tips. If I hire you, you'll also be making three dollars an hour which you will be paid at the end of the night."

"Nice. That works for me. I don't supposed I could finish getting dressed now could I?"

"By all means." Giles said getting ready to walk back into his office. "Buffy, please lock the door again. I don't want that door unlocked until seven."

"Sure thing Giles. Thanks for lettin Faith change back here and giving her a trial run"

Giles simply smiled and closed his door. Faith immediately took her tank top off. "Oh my God Faith" Buffy yelled trying to cover her eyes "Warn me next time huh?"

"Oh come on B. I don't have anything you aint got."

"But still. I don't need an eye full of your boobs" Buffy was turning a deeper shade of red by the second.

Faith pulled her halter-top on, checked herself in the mirror, and went out to have some fun on the stage. Buffy was going to stay behind and get dressed, but Faith yelled for her to come watch. What Buffy saw was enough to make her eyes bulge and her mouth drop open. Faith looked like a dark angel. Her long wavy brown hair flowing down her back. The leather pants conforming to every curve of her body. And the top. Oh the top. It looked as if it would break at the seams if Faith took too deep of a breath. As Faith climbed that stairs to the stage, she stopped and winked at Buffy. She strutted to the first pole and began dancing. Spinning around the pole, hooking her leg around it every so often. Keeping her hand in one position and spinning in a circle under her own arm. She climbed up the pole, hooked her feet together and lay down on the pole, slowly letting herself drop to the floor. Right before she reached the floor, she kicked out one of her legs and pushed with her hands to get back into a standing position. Buffy was watching open-mouthed the whole time. When Faith finished, she walked over to Buffy and gently shut her mouth for her.

"How did you know how to do that?" Buffy asked astonished.

"Every girl has a hobby." Faith sad shrugging, "Mine was dancing around the pole in my basement. I would go to parties and dance around poles. It got me money for cigs and anything else I needed. Sometimes that was the only way to make my payments for my car. I haven't done it in almost three years, but I thought I'd check to see if I was rusty or not."

"I would say you're DEFINITELY not rusty."

"Come on. Lets get you dressed and get our makeup done." Faith said laughing as she walked back to the back room. Buffy followed and got her first outfit for the night out of her bag.

"Oh my." Faith said putting her wrists together, palms up, "Arrest me officer. I've been a very bad girl"

"Shut up" Buffy laughed, "This one outfit will get me at least two hundred dollars tonight"

"Wow. That's it" Faith said in a mocking tone. Buffy laughed as she changed from her street clothes and into her outfit. When she was done Faith was practically drooling all over her. They both did their makeup and looked in the mirror. Buffy had the soft angel look, while Faith had the dark sultry look. Needless to say both women were looking fierce. Faith checked her watch and noticed that they had two minutes to open the doors.

"Come on sexy." Faith said winking, "Lets get this party started"