Intimacy Issues
Faith was worried. She'd never seen Buffy like this; isolated, preoccupied, and emotionless. She put her arm around the little blond as the walked out of the school. The sky had grown dark, and the city was alive with evils.
"What cemetery do you want to go to B?" Faith asked the little Slayer quietly.
"Which ever has the most action I guess." Was Buffy's monotone response.
"Look, B, I don't know about this." Faith said, holding the older girl more tightly, "I don't know if you should be slaying this way. I'm not gonna stop you, but I just wanna say that I ain't so sure about this."
"I'm fine."
"I'm not letting you go alone, that's for sure." Buffy smiled up at Faith, the first emotion she had shown since they had told the Super Friends what had happened.
"Thanks for looking out for me."
"No problem B. Like you said, it's just you an me in this world . . ." Faith smiled back, " . . . and from here, that's doesn't look so bad." Buffy blushed a little, which made Faith's smile widen.
"Why don't we head to Shady Acers, they've been busy lately?" Buffy suggested.
"Sounds good to me!" Faith pulled a stake out and started twirling it like a drummer.
They sauntered along the sidewalk, each wondering what the other's thoughts were, when they both felt that familiar tickle. The feeling of hairs standing on end, and the vague hum in the back of their minds that whispered '.Vampire.'
Buffy felt Faith stiffen, and hold her more tightly. She could feel it was close, but couldn't sense a direction. They both sped up, gripping their stakes firmly as they continued down the path. The creature didn't fallow. Wherever it was, it didn't want to feed or be found. It simply watched. This unnerved Buffy, she reached up, and put her free hand over the one Faith had resting on her shoulder.
"Why isn't it fallowing us?" Faith whispered.
"I dunno, but if it isn't bothering us let's just let it go."
They walked into the cemetery, towards the fresh graves. Buffy took a seat on one of the tomb-stones, while Faith leaned against a nearby mausoleum. The brunette observed her partner more closely, reading the delicate facial features and subtle body-language. Faith smirked, 'I can read her like a book!' she thought.
"They still love you, you know?" Faith said, as though they had been in the middle of a conversation. Buffy stopped swinging her feet to look at the younger slayer.
"What?" Buffy asked, playing dumb.
"Your friends. They still love you. I admit, I don't know them very well, but I do know you," She smiled at the petite blond, "And they wouldn't be your friends if you weren't positive their love was unconditional." Buffy smiled a sad smile, and looked back at her feet, which started swinging again.
"I hope you're right." She whispered. Faith got up and walked behind Buffy, gently hugging her around the middle.
"They just need time to adjust," She whispered in the older girl's ear, "It's a lot to take in. They don't know what to do, or what to think." Faith suddenly realized how intimate she was being with blond and pulled away. "Just look what I did! I panicked. But Willow, she's a really levelheaded girl, she'll understand. I bet by the time we get home there'll be a message from her on your machine. Xander will make jokes to cover up his insecurities, like always, and in a few days time he'll be drooling over you as if nothing ever changed."
"You really think so?" she asked, sounding slightly hopeful.
"B! I know so. They'll be worried about you, not mad at you!" Faith sighed. "It must be nice, you know? To have someone care about you that much . . ."
"You should know," Buffy said, giving her a pointed smile, "I don't think I could be concerned about you anymore with out getting on your nerves."
"Some times you do!" Faith said Laughing. Buffy burst out laughing too, fallowed by an indignant 'HEY!', fallowed by more giggles. Both stopped laughing and looked at one another, smiling broadly.
"Oh!" Faith said excitedly as an undead hand popped out of the ground, "Looks like we've got company."
"You want this one?" Buffy asked.
"Sure. Why don't you take that one over there and wait for him to wake- up?" Faith said, indicating to a fresh grave a few rows back. Buffy walked over to it, and sat on the head-stone.
The fights where short and simple, both the vamps dusting after a few blows, neither Slayer being on the receiving end of them. Soon, more had awoken, and they took them out one by one. All of them fledglings, and all easy kills. There were 7 total, Faith won the tiebreaker with a swift kick to the guys head. It came flying off and bust into dust as it hit a tree trunk.
When they walked home Buffy had her arm around Faith's waist as they headed for 1630 Rovello Drive. Once they had grabbed a snack, and headed up stairs, Faith went to take her shower.
The light on her answering machine was blinking, so she pressed it. Willow's voice called through the speaker, asking Buffy to call 'cause she was worried and wanted to make sure that she was okay.
'Faith was right.'
Faith was worried. She'd never seen Buffy like this; isolated, preoccupied, and emotionless. She put her arm around the little blond as the walked out of the school. The sky had grown dark, and the city was alive with evils.
"What cemetery do you want to go to B?" Faith asked the little Slayer quietly.
"Which ever has the most action I guess." Was Buffy's monotone response.
"Look, B, I don't know about this." Faith said, holding the older girl more tightly, "I don't know if you should be slaying this way. I'm not gonna stop you, but I just wanna say that I ain't so sure about this."
"I'm fine."
"I'm not letting you go alone, that's for sure." Buffy smiled up at Faith, the first emotion she had shown since they had told the Super Friends what had happened.
"Thanks for looking out for me."
"No problem B. Like you said, it's just you an me in this world . . ." Faith smiled back, " . . . and from here, that's doesn't look so bad." Buffy blushed a little, which made Faith's smile widen.
"Why don't we head to Shady Acers, they've been busy lately?" Buffy suggested.
"Sounds good to me!" Faith pulled a stake out and started twirling it like a drummer.
They sauntered along the sidewalk, each wondering what the other's thoughts were, when they both felt that familiar tickle. The feeling of hairs standing on end, and the vague hum in the back of their minds that whispered '.Vampire.'
Buffy felt Faith stiffen, and hold her more tightly. She could feel it was close, but couldn't sense a direction. They both sped up, gripping their stakes firmly as they continued down the path. The creature didn't fallow. Wherever it was, it didn't want to feed or be found. It simply watched. This unnerved Buffy, she reached up, and put her free hand over the one Faith had resting on her shoulder.
"Why isn't it fallowing us?" Faith whispered.
"I dunno, but if it isn't bothering us let's just let it go."
They walked into the cemetery, towards the fresh graves. Buffy took a seat on one of the tomb-stones, while Faith leaned against a nearby mausoleum. The brunette observed her partner more closely, reading the delicate facial features and subtle body-language. Faith smirked, 'I can read her like a book!' she thought.
"They still love you, you know?" Faith said, as though they had been in the middle of a conversation. Buffy stopped swinging her feet to look at the younger slayer.
"What?" Buffy asked, playing dumb.
"Your friends. They still love you. I admit, I don't know them very well, but I do know you," She smiled at the petite blond, "And they wouldn't be your friends if you weren't positive their love was unconditional." Buffy smiled a sad smile, and looked back at her feet, which started swinging again.
"I hope you're right." She whispered. Faith got up and walked behind Buffy, gently hugging her around the middle.
"They just need time to adjust," She whispered in the older girl's ear, "It's a lot to take in. They don't know what to do, or what to think." Faith suddenly realized how intimate she was being with blond and pulled away. "Just look what I did! I panicked. But Willow, she's a really levelheaded girl, she'll understand. I bet by the time we get home there'll be a message from her on your machine. Xander will make jokes to cover up his insecurities, like always, and in a few days time he'll be drooling over you as if nothing ever changed."
"You really think so?" she asked, sounding slightly hopeful.
"B! I know so. They'll be worried about you, not mad at you!" Faith sighed. "It must be nice, you know? To have someone care about you that much . . ."
"You should know," Buffy said, giving her a pointed smile, "I don't think I could be concerned about you anymore with out getting on your nerves."
"Some times you do!" Faith said Laughing. Buffy burst out laughing too, fallowed by an indignant 'HEY!', fallowed by more giggles. Both stopped laughing and looked at one another, smiling broadly.
"Oh!" Faith said excitedly as an undead hand popped out of the ground, "Looks like we've got company."
"You want this one?" Buffy asked.
"Sure. Why don't you take that one over there and wait for him to wake- up?" Faith said, indicating to a fresh grave a few rows back. Buffy walked over to it, and sat on the head-stone.
The fights where short and simple, both the vamps dusting after a few blows, neither Slayer being on the receiving end of them. Soon, more had awoken, and they took them out one by one. All of them fledglings, and all easy kills. There were 7 total, Faith won the tiebreaker with a swift kick to the guys head. It came flying off and bust into dust as it hit a tree trunk.
When they walked home Buffy had her arm around Faith's waist as they headed for 1630 Rovello Drive. Once they had grabbed a snack, and headed up stairs, Faith went to take her shower.
The light on her answering machine was blinking, so she pressed it. Willow's voice called through the speaker, asking Buffy to call 'cause she was worried and wanted to make sure that she was okay.
'Faith was right.'
