Eight: Resist

Author's Note- So they slayers are going head to head. Who one will end up on top? (pun intended) x

Faith was relaxing on her bed, flicking through a magazine when there was a sharp knock at her door.

She frowned and rolled off the bed.

Upon opening the door, she gave the blonde slayer a wicked grin.

"Wondered when you'd get your pretty little ass round here."

Buffy's lips were set into a tight line and she regarded Faith with the flicker of anger in her eyes.

Faith stood back, holding the door open and gestured for Buffy to come inside.

Buffy looked around the apartment as if seeing it for the first time.

"Nice place."

Faith frowned slightly.

"You've been here before."

"Yeah but we were too busy-" Buffy cut herself off as Faith grinned again.

"Never mind."

Faith sighed. Little Miss Perfect was still being all cagey.

"So, why have you come here?" Faith asked, her voice taking on a bored tone.

"I uh...I needed to talk-to you-about...things."

Faith shrugged.

"What things?"

Buffy licked her lips as she recalled her dream.

"I don't mean this to come out wrong, but ever since that night when we...when we slept together, I-I can't-I mean I don't want to but I..."

Faith took a step towards her and placed a hand on her cheek, trying to be comforting or as comforting as Faith as could get given her childhood.

Buffy's hazel eyes locked with Faith's dark ones.

"I can't stop thinking about you."

"Is that such a bad thing?"

Buffy stepped back, shaking her head.

"I even think about you when I'm with Angel."

Faith's confident smirk slipped a little.

"Yeah but you're not...'with him, with him'. He can't, he-"

Buffy shook her head again.

"Oh no, no, not like that, I just meant when he holds me or when we kiss."

Faith folded her arms and nodded in understanding.

"Oh...well ok."

"It's not ok. It's messed up, Faith. I came here to tell you that..." Buffy trailed off as she turned her back on Faith and spoke those words that she knew would damage the other slayer all over again.

"I don't want to see you again."

Faith chuckled and Buffy turned back around.

"Yeah, I don't believe that. You're here now aren't you? And I'll still be around. I got no where else to go." She said, that cocky side of her personality shining through.

Buffy stared at her, her face a picture of pure seriousness.

"That's the thing...you can't be here anymore, Faith. You have to leave Sunnydale."

Faith frowned.

"Uh, maybe you didn't hear me, B. I said, I got no where else to go."

"No I heard you, and the fact that you have no where else to go is really not my problem. I just know that I can't be around you. At all."

Faith straightened and licked her lips.

"I can't leave Sunnydale, not yet."

"Why? Why does it matter where you are?"

"I got stuff to take care of here."

"I'm doing that, Faith. One town doesn't need two slayers."

Faith raked her hair back and shook her head.

"No, that's not it, I'm-" She stopped herself.

Buffy didn't know about Faith's involvement with the Mayor and she wanted to keep it that way. Or did she?

So what if Faith was now working for the Mayor? Buffy wanted her gone anyway.

She wouldn't ever let her back into her life so what she did have to lose?

Absolutely nothing!

Faith turned to Buffy, her eyes darkening.

"There's someone else here who needs me, B."

Buffy frowned.

"Who?"

Faith thought about it. Thought about what it would mean for them, for her to make it clear that she was no longer on Buffy's side anymore.

"Faith, who?" Buffy pushed.

"Mayor Richard Wilkins."

The blonde slayer's eyes widened.

"Faith, you know he's evil."

The dark haired slayer nodded.

"Yeah, I do and y'know what? I don't care. I stopped caring ever since you-"

"Since I what? Since I rejected you?"

Faith's dark eyes challenged Buffy's.

"Don't pretend something like this hasn't broken you before, B. I talk a big game and act like I don't give a shit but all that changes when you fall hard for someone. I'm just sorry that someone happened to be you."

Buffy stared at Faith as she turned away and headed for the door, pulling it open.

"I think you should leave." Faith said, her head down and her tone low and full of disappointment.

Buffy walked towards the door as though she were going to do just that; instead, she put her hand on the door near Faith's head and shut it then turned to the other slayer.

"You want me?" She whispered.

Faith looked up hesitantly and then nodded but didn't say a word.

Buffy shrugged out of her jacket as though she were offering herself up.

"Then take me."

Faith stared at Buffy.

All she'd ever wanted was standing in front of her, looking at her. Telling her that she could take it if she wanted but...something was off. It felt...wrong.

"I can't do this, B."

Buffy's teeth clenched in frustration.

"I'm telling you to do this. You get another chance with me and you wanna blow it?"

"I can't...not like this."

Buffy grabbed Faith's arm, spinning her around and kissing her hard.

Faith resisted for a while, her brow furrowing but when Buffy started being gentle, Faith relaxed and kissed her back.

Buffy stroked up and down Faith's arms to calm the other girl and Faith found herself pushing Buffy back towards her bed.

They both fell down on the bed, Faith on top and she looked down at the blonde as she straddled her.

"You drive me crazy, y'know that?"

Buffy grinned and pulled her down for another harsh kiss.

Once they broke apart, she made Faith sit up again.

"And you make me feel things I really shouldn't."

Faith grinned, moving a little so that Buffy could feel her, how close they were.

"And doesn't that get you off? Doing something bad. That it's our little secret and no one else knows what's going on between us. Coz I gotta tell ya, B, it gets me off just thinkin' bout it." Faith said as she lent down and licked a wet path up the other girl's neck.

Buffy moaned and clutched at Faith's back, her nails digging into the soft skin beneath the fabric of Faith's black tank top.

Faith sat up and slipped the top off of her head.

Buffy looked at the lacy black bra Faith had on and gripped the dark haired girl's hips.

"Doing this... doesn't make you feel...dirty, somehow?" Buffy asked even as Faith moved a little, making Buffy's hips jump at just that small touch.

Faith nodded but that grin was still on her face.

"Oh yeah, course it does but you gotta get a little dirty sometimes, B. You gotta cut loose, lose your inhibitions and shit. Think about nothing but what's happening in the moment. Otherwise, you'll over think it and wuss out like a little bitch."

Buffy frowned until she saw that Faith was only teasing.

"In fact, I think I got an idea." Faith said as she suddenly flipped them both so that Faith was beneath the blonde slayer.

"Now you're in charge."

Buffy looked down at her, at a loss for what to do.

"So...what do I do?" Buffy asked awkwardly.

Faith wriggled her hips.

"Whatever you want. Don't think, just do it."

Buffy looked at Faith and licked her lips before leaning down and giving her a gentle kiss.

Faith returned it, cupping Buffy's face in her hands.

Buffy sat up slowly and stroked Faith's hair back from her head.

"You're beautiful, you know that?"

Faith looked at Buffy, saw the tenderness in the other girl's eyes and swallowed before a frown came onto her face.

"Get off me." She said but it was said so quietly Buffy wondered if she'd really said it.

"What?" She asked with a hesitant smile.

Faith pushed Buffy off and sat up, hugging her knees to her chest.

"Faith, what's wrong?" Buffy asked as she knelt beside her.

"Nothin'."

"Then why did you stop me?"

"You can't just do that, ok?" Faith snapped, standing up and moving away from the bed.

"Do what?"

"Look, we were fine just screwing around and then you go and say something that means you care about me when I know you don't. You got lost in the moment and-"

"Isn't that what you told me to do?" Buffy questioned, cutting Faith off.

"Yeah but I meant...I dunno, but I didn't mean that."

Buffy moved to the edge of the bed and looked at Faith with confusion as the other slayer stood there in her black bra and leather pants, she folded her arms over her chest as though she were trying to cover herself.

"Is it cause' I told you you're beautiful?" Buffy asked, a little bewildered.

Faith glanced at Buffy and the blonde smirked.

"What? Have you never been told that before?"

Faith looked down and away, doing her best to avoid the other slayer's gaze.

"Faith?"

Faith shrugged.

"I've been called, hot, sexy, bangin' even but never beautiful."

Buffy stood and walked over to the other slayer, brushing a strand of hair back behind her ear.

"Well for the record, you are."

Faith stepped back and and shook her head.

"No you can't...you can't do that!" She raged.

Buffy stared at her in shock.

"What do want me to do, Faith? One minute you're all, 'God, I'm falling for you' and then the next you don't want me anywhere near you! What is wrong with you?!"

"Don't say what you don't mean! You told me before this doesn't mean anything so stop acting like it does! You come over here for a good hard and fast screw, fine. I can do that but don't make it seem like some love affair. There's no love here, B, we both know it."

Buffy looked down and then finally, making her decision, she nodded.

She went over to Faith, pushed her against the wall and kissed her hard, hard enough to bruise.

Faith dug her hands in Buffy's hair as she kissed her back.

Both slayers had frowns on their faces as they moved against each other.

Buffy wound her hand in Faith's hair and yanked her head back sharply, causing the other slayer to hiss out through her teeth.

Buffy silenced her by kissing her again and then pulling away from her, only to throw her onto the bed.

Faith licked her lips as Buffy treated her like she was angry and in truth, she was.

She didn't understand Faith and this only added to her anger.

She bit down on her Faith's lip and forced her way inside Faith's mouth with her tongue. Faith responded eagerly, letting Buffy do whatever she wanted.

Buffy was rough and unforgiving but she still had Faith screaming her name and vice versa, and they both let the slayer in them come forward.

Their strengths rivalled each others' and they smashed up most of Faith's apartment during the process; not that either of them seemed to care, and once they were done, they both collapsed onto the bed again and fell into a deep sleep.

...

Faith opened her eyes and looked to her side to the see the blonde sleeping peacefully.

She smiled warmly at her before that familiar frown retured to her face.

They'd had their night. The fantasy was over and now they had to go back to being enemies.

Faith climbed out of bed and went into the shower.

She wondered if Buffy would still be there when she got back.

The water seemed to wake her up a bit and she thought about what had gone on last night; was it a level of understanding that this was just sex and nothing else?

Was Faith being used because little miss perfect couldn't get her kicks with Soul Boy?

Did Buffy actually feel something for Faith? No. Faith couldn't even entertain that thought so she she shook her head and let the water wash her clean of all those thoughts that plagued her mind every single day.

Once she felt more like herself again, she turned off the water and stepped out.

She grabbed a towel, wrapped it around herself and went back into the apartment.

Buffy was sitting on the edge of the bed, fully clothed, and looking around, her gaze going to the window every now and then.

She smiled when she saw Faith.

"Hey."

"Hey."

Faith scratched the back of her head and shrugged.

"Look, you didn't have to wait for me to wake up. You can go. It's not like you're my prisoner."

Buffy nodded.

"I know but...I wanted to make sure you were ok. We were uh...pretty-"

"Reckless? Hard? Angry? B, I'm fine. A few bruises but nothing I won't heal from. It's cool."

Buffy knew that tone.

Faith had her guard up again and there was no getting past it but maybe Buffy could at least try.

"Did you wanna talk?"

Faith shrugged as she went over to her closet.

"About what?"

"I don't know...anything. What was said last night? Maybe we could talk about that-"

"Look, B, I'm cool, ok? We had fun last night but now we gotta face facts; I work for the Mayor and you're gonna try to stop me. We're enemies. Enemies that occasionally have sex but still enemies. At the end of the day, we're gonna try to kill each other." She said it so matter of fact it was almost cold.

Buffy looked at her.

"I don't want it to be that way."

Faith shrugged.

"Can't change what it is, B."

"Yes we can. You don't have to work for him, Faith. You can help me take him down."

Faith frowned.

"Turn down the only man who's been like father to me? Yeah, good call, B. I might just do that."

Buffy sighed. God, she was hard work.

"He is evil!"

"Yeah and so am I! We're a perfect match!"

Buffy shook her head.

"Faith, you made a mistake, that doesn't mean you're evil."

"Yes it does. I killed a man, B. Everyone wanted to throw the book at me, including you. I'm sick of feeling guilty so y'know what? I choose not to care and that makes me evil but hey, I'm cool with that."

Buffy frowned.

"I don't believe that. I still think you can be a good person."

Faith had heard enough and right now, she wanted to walk over and kock the shit out of the blonde just so she would shut up.

"I'm not! Get used to it, B. You're meant to protect the world from evil, right? So do it. when the Ascension comes, stop me."

"I don't want to...I want you with me, Faith. We all do."

Faith shook her head, becoming more and more angry.

"Stop talking like you care! We are enemies. End of story."

Faith lowered her voice as she gestured to the door with her head.

"Now get out."

Buffy got to her feet and headed for the door.

Faith followed her.

Buffy stepped out into the hallway and turned back to Faith.

"Faith. I want to help you. Please, don't shut me out."

Faith looked her up and down with a look similar to disgust (even though that was the last thing she felt) and then shut the door in her face.