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Chapter 8

Buffy sat in the living room of her house with Willow and Tara who were going to leave after Buffy left. Willow looked more nervous than Buffy did, and it was as if though she was the one that had to spend the day with Faith.

Tara on the other hand smiled internally thinking that today would be a great day, maybe even a defining moment between the Chosen Two. It was just a feeling she had and the fact that Faith confided in her a few days ago about what she and Buffy would be doing made her believe it.

She knew how hard Faith planned and set up this day. She was quite surprised at the lengths Faith went through for Buffy and the surprise that she had for her later on. It was so sweet an unlike Faith, from according to what she's heard about the Dark Slayer.

Willow had nothing to worry about and Tara would`ve told her that, but she promised Faith that she wouldn`t tell anyone about what she had planned.

Buffy was swinging her legs back and forth, back and forth while sitting on the couch looking at the clothes she was wearing.

Faith had said she should just dress casually. And so there she was in a cute little blue jeans that had butterflies on the pants legs and a soft pink cotton t-shirt that read Princess in cursive with a crown over it.

She had a matching denim jacket to go with it, in case it got cold or if they were staying out longer. Which she hoped was not the case.

Her hair was pulled up into a simple pony tail and she looked like the epitome of four year old would be impossibly hard to say that this tiny little girl was a powerful Slayer, feared by all the dark creatures of the night.

But if you took the time to look deep into her eyes you would see all the horrors she had seen, and all the pain she had locked inside. You would not see the innocence of four year olds childs eyes but that of a grown woman who has seen many deaths and suffered much heartache and pain.

"Okay Buff, "said Willow taking a huge breath of air and exhaling, "you got our cell numbers right?"She asked looking at Buffy like she really was a four year old and a retarded one at that.

Buffy rolled her eyes at her best friend and nodded her head. She was still a grown up, and she didn`t need to be treated like a fricken child! `Urg! `she groaned internally.

Willow didn`t notice the small scowl on Buffy face so she carried on speaking."Okay so just try and have fun, well as much fun as whatever Faiths planning. Does she even know the meaning of fun??"And now she went into babble mode, "I mean, yeah, sure Faith knows how to `Find the fun' "she said making air quotes with her fingers as she said that, "as Faith would say, but Buffy is like a four year old now! She can`t take Buffy out clubbing and looking for someone to have her wicked way with. I mean come on!!Does she even know how to have good, clean and wholesome fun?!All she does is Slaying and getting a good fu-"Tara cut Willow off sensing that her girlfriend wouldn`t stop on her own.

"Willow, come on, let's just give Faith a chance. Maybe she trying to surprise her and you said you`d try and get along with her and so far all I`ve seen is you bad mouthing her. She really has changed.

And if you guys even tried to spend more than a few minutes with her instead of fleeing the room as soon as a meeting is done you would know that, "admonished Tara looking at the both off them but mostly at Willow.

Buffy was quiet and thinking about what Tara said. She didn`t want to admit but she too had noticed the slight changes in Faith. But she wasn`t sure she could trust her yet, and she knew she had good reasons not to.

Willow on the other hand felt like she did the first time Faith came into their felt threatened, like she was going to lose her friends to Faith again and especially Buffy and she wouldn`t let that happen again. But what could she do?

She wasn`t jealous of Faith or anything, she had Tara and didn`t have those kinds of feelings for Buffy, well...Maybe she did have a crush on her in high school and maybe that's why she was always so anti-Faith, but still!!Faith was bad, she was evil....

In Willows mind it sounded more like some kind of mantra that she was trying to convince herself of, that Faith didn`t deserve a second chance from her, but did she really give her a first chance?

But before she could answer her inner questions there was a knock at the door. They all looked up as Tara got up to answer it. They heard Tara's voice and an unmistakable raspy and slightly husky sounding voice at the door, who they knew was definitely Faith.

They heard some laughter coming from the two off them and decided it was time for them to make an appearance.

Buffy was the first one to see Faith. She had on a dark pair of washed out black jeans that fitted her in all the right places.' Bad Buffy!' she chastised herself for thinking about Faiths body like that. Because she wasn`t into girls and certainly not Faith.

She had on a white and grey t-shirt that looked like it had some kind of rock and roll band on it. It could have been heavy metal but Buffy didn`t know anything about any of those kinds of music bands.

She was dressed simply with her favourite black boots and her lucky leather jacket at her side. Her dark brunette curls blew slightly in the breeze as she stood in the doorway looking at Buffy and the others.

"Hey B,"rasped Faith looking at Buffy with some kind of emotion that Buffy couldn`t decipher and a half smile."Hey,"she said simply sighing dejectedly with slumped shoulders, and then she saw Faith looking a little disappointed at her greeting, but as soon as she saw that, it was gone.

"Are ya ready ta motoravate?"she asked standing more fully into the room. Buffy nodded her head and said,"Yeah, I am, so are you finally going to tell me where we`re going?"She asked stepping closer to Faith.

Faith just smirked at her and her eyes had a mischievous gleam in them now,"Nope, it's a surprise, "she said and Buffy began to pout unconsciously at her."You know I hate surprises!"she whined stomping her small white sneaker clad feet.

That stupid and very effective pout of Buffy's almost made Faith spill the beans but she wouldn`t. She was immune to the Buffy Summers pout.' To a certain degree...`she thought to herself.

"C`mon B, don`t be a whiny little brat, I promise ya, you`ll have fun, "she said and hoped she sounded confident enough because she was a nervous wreck on the inside."Fine!"She huffed annoyed that her pouting didn`t work on Faith and which made her feel slightly upset for some unknown reason.

They followed Faith to the drive way, where Tara and Willows car was Faiths Harley was parked off to the side."Okay well we`re off and we`ll see you later tonight Buffy, "said Tara with her usual warm smile giving the tiny Buffy a hug followed by Willow.

"Yeah, remember Buffy if you need anything just call and we`ll be back in a flash, "she said in her normal and bubbly Willow fashion.' Tara must have told her not to act so nutso infront of Faith,' thought Buffy to herself.

They waved goodbye to Tara and Willow and then Faith broke the silence and said,"Well,c`mon B,jump on!"she shouted sitting on her Harley."I`m not getting on that!!I might fall and break my neck!!"she shouted not moving from her position in the drive way.

"B! Please,I promise ya I won`t let you fall, "and then Buffy felt some of those weird fluttering things in her stomach again when she looked up into Faiths eyes and she just wanted it to stop. So she went to Faith who picked her up and put her infront.

"Wait, almost forgot your helmet, "she said and pulled out a helmet that would actually fit Buffy. But it looked like one of those funny kinds of helmets that pizza delivery guys wore on their scooters. And Buffy felt ridiculous and voiced her opinions about it.

"You did this on purpose didn`t you, "she said turning around to glare at Faith who just grinned at her.

She clipped the helmet in place and said, while fixing up Buffys hair around it and not realising she was doing it, "The guy at the store only had these kinds and they were the only ones that were small enough to fit your little noggin, "she said tapping the side of Buffy helmet.

Buffy swatted her hands away from the helmet, trying to hide the slight tint of pink covering her cheeks. She scowled at Faith, and then turned around waiting for her to start the bike.

Faith looked at her from the top of her head and sighed softly.' Buffy wasn`t going to make this easy for her' she thought.

When the bike roared to life Buffy out of instinct leaned into Faith and Faith couldn`t stop the smile that formed. She made sure Buffy was secure and used her legs to keep her in place.

' She smells nice,' thought Buffy as they took off. It was like cinnamon and something spicy and... fresh laundry? But there was just a smell that was just distinctly Faith.

It comforted her and made her feel safe and warm and it also scared her more than ever. She wasn`t supposed to be feeling like this with Faith.

Faith was the one who tried to kill her, her friends and family. She poisoned Angel and almost killed him, if Buffy hadn`t made him drink her blood he would have been nothing more than dust.

Yes she had stabbed Faith and put her into a coma for eight months but she was working for the Mayor! What was Buffy suppose to do?!Just let the love of her life die??

Sighing she turned her attention back to the road. She couldn`t see Faiths` face because her helmet was full black and she had tinted visors.

It looked like they were going near the docks but not any part that Buffy had ever seen before. She`d been living in Sunnydale for so long but she had never seen this place before.

You could hear the ships docking and hear the horns of the ships pulling into the harbour. But what surprised Buffy was how many people were walking around .There were all these small little shops and eating places around.

Children were skateboarding and doing stunts on the sidewalks. It was like it was another town hidden away in Sunnydale itself. It smelt like the ocean and had an almost calm atmosphere about it, and it was on a Hellmouth.

Faith pulled off and parked on the sidewalk and helped Buffy off the bike. Then Buffy asked her, "How did you find this place?"Faith paused for a minute thinking if she should tell Buffy or not but decides to anyway, "Well when I first came to SunnyD, and you guys were always in school in the week and I had nothing` ta do I`d wonder around town, and I found this place."

Buffy looked at Faith wondering what she was thinking. This place seemed to make Faith smile more than usual and she wanted to know why for some strange reason.

As they began to walk more Faith carried on speaking, "I liked this place was like it was my own little town where nobody else knew me and so they wouldn`t judge me, "Buffy wanted to say something but Faith didn`t let her and carried on speaking.

"I met this old dude. Name was Joey and he owned this little fast food restaurant/Diner named Maggies, after his wife and he offered me a job. "she paused for a few seconds then added," That`s also how I afforded to stay in that rat trap of a motel room. "She added as an afterthought. She sighed slightly and then Buffy said,

"Faith, I`m sorry, I –I didn`t know..." "Yeah, why would ya? It`s not like you asked me or anythin` or that I told ya.I didn`t have alot of money on me when I came to Sunnydale and the job wasn`t even half bad."

Buffy felt really guilty at that moment. None of them really even cared that Faith stayed at that dingy motel room or even asked her how she afforded to stay there. Her mother use to always ask her to find out how Faith was doing and told her that she should have asked Faith to stay with them till she found a better place to stay.

But Buffy wouldn`t hear of it because she didn`t want the dark Slayer anywhere near her or her family. She was being selfish and she knew it. But back then she was just a high school student who made many stupid mistakes and so did Faith.

But maybe they could finally have a clean slate? But could Buffy forgive her and let her back into their lives again??Her life again...

"Well here it is, "said Faith pointing at a really nice looking Diner that said Maggie's. It reminded Buffy of those Diners back in the seventies. There were picnic looking tables outside and nice red leather booths on the inside.

There were loud music and game sounds coming from what sounded like an arcade room. Faith saw that Buffy was trying to figure out where it was coming from.

She picked her up from around her waist taking Buffy off guard and getting a little yelping sound from her, and held her over the railing near the boardwalk they were on.

Buffy became stiff in Faith arms and she realised why."B,"she whispered softly near Buffy's ear giving her goosebumps,"I`m not going to throw ya` over if that's what ya` think, I'm just showing ya` where the arcade is, see, "she pointed at something under the boardwalk they were on.

There right under the pier was a cemented building with colourful lights and children coming in and out and the loud noises of a pinball machine and other video games in there.

After realising that Faith wasn`t going to throw her over the railings she relaxed and looked down.

It looked like fun, whatever was going on in there. Maybe they`d go in there later, thought Buffy to herself. Faith saw the longing look in Buffy's eyes and grinned inwardly. They were going to make a stop there later and she was happy that Buffy didn`t seem disappointed so far.

The day was only just beginning, and she was going to make sure that Buffy had the best day of her life.

Okay this is just the beginning so bare with me and I`ll update soon, because Faith has many things in store for Buffy. And this little town hidden away from others was just a little teaser. Trust me the good stuff will come very soon!!