Part 12

The gang split up in two groups with Giles, Willow and Xander looking for Tara in more obvious places like The Bronze, while Buffy and Faith searched for the blonde on the hardcore part of the city

"I don't even want to ask how you know about these places" Buffy said making a disgusting face

"Trust me you don't wanna know" the brunette answered shaking her head making her girlfriend roll her eyes "okay, B…go check that one" she said pointing to a bad looking bar on the corner "I'll look in here"

Faith walked in and saw a typical small town bar, one of those that you only find in bad neighborhood; inside, there were ugly hairy men, bikers and lots of tough women

"Nice place" she muttered under her breath; walking further in, she spotted a familiar blonde face near the pool table; Tara was holding the cue and gulping a shot of tequila. The brunette slayer raised a brow and sighed worried; she saw the woman next to the blonde lean and whisper something in her ear that made the witch throw her head back and release a big laugh. Faith frowned and decided to approach them

"Hey" she practically shouted because of the loud music "I don't think this is the right place for you" she said lifting a challenging eyebrow to the woman standing next to Tara

"Really?" the blonde witch turned with a smirk on her face "I think you're wrong" she got two glasses of tequila from the waitress' tray "it's just fine" she raised her glass and downed the drink popping her lips afterwards "here, have one" she offered the other glass to the slayer

"No, thanks" she answered sternly "come on, let's go home"

"Don't want to" she said and leaned over the table to shoot the ball

"Come on, T…don't be like that" she tried to reasoned the blonde "that's not you" Tara sighed and tossed the cue on the table

"Oh, Faith…when have you become so square?" she put her hands on her hips and smirked; the brunette slayer took a calming breath and ran both hands through her hair

"Everybody is worried about you" she said calmly

"They'll be fine" she said waving a hand dismissively "come on let's dance" she said taking the slayer's hands

"Don't" Faith tried to fight but Tara moved behind her wrapping her arms around the slayer's waist, pressing her body into hers, grinding her hips against her in rhythm with the music. The brunette's body stiffened but Tara moved her hips, slowly, sensually from side to side, her hands releasing their grip on her, and sliding so they were on either side of the slayer's hips.

Buffy chose this moment to walk inside the bar, her eyes searching for the two familiar faces, when she spotted them her eyes widened

"oh,oh,oh…" she said making a face that mixed shock and anger, she then saw Tara leaning over Faith's ear

"Remember when you took me out on that date" she whispered seductively

"Tara, stop it" Faith tried to move only to be pulled closer again, this time her back was pinned to Tara's front

"You got me all…wet" she continued in a low sensual voice "and then you whispered in my ear 'make love to me'" she nibbled the brunette's earlobe

"Tara…stop it" Faith swallowed dryly "you don't know what you're doing…let's go home" she pled; Tara moved and turned the slayer around in her arms

"Come on, Faith…take me" Buffy who had been using her slayer hearing to get the conversation felt her blood boil

"Oh…that's it" she approached the couple and yanked Faith by the arm "can I see you for a second?" the brunette still seemed a little disorientated "what are you doing?"

"I'm trying to take her home" she said trying to compose herself

"I don't think she'll go voluntarily" Buffy barked opening her arms dramatically

"What do you want me to do? Knock her out?"

"Hell…yeah" Buffy said crossing her arms in front of her chest

"I can't hit Tara" Faith answered in a shocked tone

"Well…I can" the blonde slayer said making a gesture as if she were rolling up her sleeves

"Buffy…"

"Hey…crazy bitch" she shouted and Tara turned with a bored look on her face and a finger pointing to her own chest "yeah, you…let's go home, your daughter and your soon to be wife are waiting for you"

"Nope" she said and turned around

"oh…you're so coming with us" Buffy grabbed Tara's wrist and turned her around she jerked her arm and shoved Buffy who recovered and charged forward slapping her on the face and making her lose her balance; the slayer then got closer and hit her on the neck, the witch fell down unconscious; Buffy sighed, straightened up and looked at her girlfriend

"Little hand here?" Faith shook her head as if not believing what she just saw; she moved closer and stopped at Tara's right side

"you're going to explain that to Red" she said pointing to the passed out blonde; they both lifted Tara to her feet, and carried her out, one supporting each of her arms "crazy bitch?" Faith asked smirking

At the Summers' house

"Any word from the girls?" Giles asked to a pacing redhead, Willow shook her head and was about to comment when the door burst open and the slayers entered dragging an unconscious Tara

"Oh my God" she rushed to meet the group "what happened?"

"Put her on the couch" Giles guided them

"She wasn't cooperating" Buffy said laying the witch carefully

"You hit her?" Willow's eyes widened and she looked accusatively to Faith who lifted both hands in a surrender manner and pointed to Buffy; Willow's jaw dropped and she looked astonished to her best friend

"That was the only way to stop her before she screwed someone right there in the middle of the bar" she said defensively

"What?" Willow felt her head spinning

"She was being difficult" Faith tried to sugar pill the situation "but she is fine…she'll be out for a few hours though"

"What do we do now?" Xander asked

"We can lock her in the basement until we find some kind of exorcism ritual" Anya offered nonchalantly

"Nobody is locking Tara anywhere" Willow snapped upset "come Giles…help me take her upstairs" the watcher lifted her gently in his arms and followed the redhead upstairs

"Where is Joan?" Xander questioned his wife

"Upstairs in Ariel's room…they're both sleeping soundly"

"Come on…I want to give her a kiss" he held Anya's hand and went upstairs

Faith turned around and saw her girlfriend retreating silently to the kitchen, she knew the blonde was upset and decided to investigate; leaning on the doorframe, she saw the pissed slayer ripping the paper of a candy bar and biting it angrily

"Wanna talk about it?"

"Dunno" Buffy answered shrugging "wouldn't you rather be making out with your ex girlfriend" Faith bit the inside of her cheek and nodded, she then stood straight and walked carefully inside the kitchen

"First, I wasn't making out with her" she stood in front of the blonde smirking "second, do I sense a little jealousy here?"

"Fuck you, Faith" Buffy snarled and darted to the door but the brunette grabbed her arm

"B, wait…I'm sorry" she pled but the blonde drew her arm "talk to me" Faith tried again but only received a head shake "come on baby, I'm trying here…you know I'm terrible at this sensitive chatting thing" Buffy looked at her eyes "help me out, okay?"

"Fine" the blonde sighed

"Fine…great…okay…uh…what's up?" the blonde shook her head and ran both hands through her hair

"You still have feelings for Tara" she stated seriously, the brunette narrowed her eyes considering how to respond to that

"Well…I love her, that's true" she said nodding "Tara is a VIP in my life…in three years she taught me more about honesty and integrity and respect for the others than I had ever learned in my entire life…she's a magnificent woman and a true friend" she locked eyes with the blonde and moved closer "but that's it…I love her, but I'm not in love with her…I'm in love with you" she used her thumb to dry a tear on the blonde's face "look B, I may not be the most romantic girlfriend and I know I have a history of being a jerk, but trust me cause I don't say it very often…you are all that I want, I'm happy with you and I hope that I'm able to make you feel the same way"

"You're making me fall for you all over again" Buffy said sniffing and smiling

"Good, cause that's my master plan" Faith said hugging her girlfriend tightly

"Who are you and what have you done to the rogue slayer I met in high school?" Buffy asked playfully and got a laugh and a passionate kiss as an answer