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Chapter 12
The next morning
The Summers kitchen was filled with excited chatter, mostly from one very hyper Buffy Summers. When she woke up this morning she was feeling like the energizer bunny.
Everybody knew that it was the spell that was making her act more like her four year old self but were also relieved that she wouldn`t be one by the end of the day.
Though a hyper Buffy was definitely a cute Buffy. She was in the kitchen having a bowl of captain crunch, chewing and talking.
Xander,Anya,Dawn,Willow and Tara were all in the kitchen having breakfast together while an enthusiastic Buffy told them about how much fun she had yesterday with Faith.
They watched her as she talked animatedly making hand gestures with excited babbling. They all had on amused faces.
Everything was Faith this and Faith that. It reminded them of a little child who had made a new friend and would talk about them nonstop.
She told them about everything they had done. The place near the docks that she had no idea existed. The arcade, the Seal and then surprising her by taking her to a carnival. She told them about Faith sneaking her onto the roller coaster by pretending to be pregnant.
This caused Xander to choke on his orange juice and it came out of his nose, while Anya repeatedly hit him on his back. After finally calming down she told them about her favourite part of their time together.
The ice-rink.
They were all taken aback by that even Tara. She had actually built an ice rink just for Buffy. It was beyond just for helping purposes.
It was a very sweet gesture in itself but the others started to think about other reasons of why Faith would go through so much of trouble, just for Buffy.
But Buffy being as dense as she was didn`t even think about it, and just saw it as a token of friendship.
Giles had called a meeting earlier on and they were all meeting at Buffy's house, thus the reason why the Scoobies were all in the Summers kitchen having breakfast together.
Buffy was upstairs getting dressed when a knock came from the front door. Thinking it was Giles she made her way down.
Half way down the stairs she saw Xander opening the door and letting in Faith, who definitely wasn`t Giles. Buffy couldn`t help the huge smile that formed when she saw Faith.
When Faith locked eyes on Buffy you would have thought her smile couldn`t have gotten bigger. She ran a few more steps down and jumped into Faiths arms as she stood at the bottom of the stairs.
Faith was shocked at Buffy's sudden actions and thanked the Powers That Be that she was a slayer. Because Buffy could really jump as four year old. Only her Slayer strength and reflexes helped her catch Buffy, otherwise there would`ve been a Buffy pancake right now, at the bottom of the stairs.
Buffy inhaled the scent of Faiths shampoo as she buried her face into dark brown and slightly curly hair. It made her feel calm and safe and she didn`t want to ever let go.
That thought immediately made Buffy slip out of Faith warm and comforting embrace. Faith had a confused expression on her face and raised an eyebrow in question to the tiny little blonde.
"What? I wasn`t going to let you carry me around the whole day. Plus we have a meeting to get started."She turned to look at Xander who looked equally as confused as Faith and also had a little knowing look as well.
"Err...yeah actually Giles arrived just a few minutes ago, so we better get in the there, "he said with a gesture of his head. They both nodded and began to make their way to the living room where everybody was gathered.
All the seats in the living room were suspiciously taken and Anya saved a place for Xander next to herself. So that would leave the one seater couch left for the two of them.
Faith sat down first and then looked at Buffy with her signature smirk and patting her lap for Buffy to sit on."C`mon B, jump on."Buffy looked around quickly for any kind of small opening to sit in but there was none.
It didn`t help that Faith was smirking at her all cockily like she use to and was wearing her usual leather pants, white wife beater and leather jacket and heavy steal toes boots.
Everybody was looking at Buffy waiting for her to sit in Faiths lap so they could begin. They didn`t even look bothered by the fact that she had to sit on Faiths lap.
She climbed onto the couch and plopped herself in Faiths lap trying to stop sliding."Did you have to wear leather?"She mumbled under her breath flustered by having to move around so much.
The meeting had already begun while Buffy shifted this way and that. Faith suddenly held her gently against herself and said softly whispering just so Buffy could hear, "Hell yea, I`m going to be taking out a demon tonight, gotta look hot doin` it."
Buffy shivered from the warm breath that she felt on her neck. She was definitely not having any four year old thoughts at the moment. Only someone calling her name broke her out of her gutter mind.
"Buffy are you paying attention?"Asked Giles the way a strict teacher would to a student. Looking around sheepishly she shrugged her shoulders and said, "Err...yes?"
Giles shook his head at his never change. Wiping his glasses and sighing he decided to address Faith.
"It doesn`t matter at the moment now, "sighing once again, "Faith are you quite ready for tonight? You know it would be better if you brought back up just in case."
"Nah, G-man, I`ll be fine, it's just gonna be him an` me." "Yes, but if there are unforeseen circumstances you might need assistance."
"It`s cool G-man, I don`t want you guys to get hurt or anything` and plus if he tries to use his mojo again I won`t be able to stop him from getting all of you."She said bouncing Buffy slightly on her knee, to stop her fidgeting.
"Well, "he said cleaning his glasses again, "I cannot force you take back up but perhaps you should consider asking Spike to tag along just in case,""NO!"Shouted Buffy.
Everybody looked at Buffy."What?"She asked looking at all of them."Buffy why wouldn`t you want Faith to ask for assistance from Spike. "Asked Giles frowning at her. But just as she was about to answer Faith spoke up.
"Doesn`t matter, I don`t need the Billy idol wannabe as back up. Don't worry about it. I`ll get the horns and then you guys can do the mojo with it and presto!!B will be back to her normal self."Faith felt Buffy relax into her and sigh.
Buffy was grateful to Faith for interrupting her. She didn`t want to explain the Spike situation to everybody.
After that only minor details were discussed and then the others left for work or school. Faith was about to leave but Buffy called after her.
Looking nervous and feeling even more nervous on the inside she asked Faith if she wanted to stay and hang out with her.
"Wow, I thought that you`d be tired of me by now, but I know it`s `cause I`m so hot, "said Faith jokingly and gave her a dimpled smile. Buffy felt herself blush crimson and hid her face. Faith plopped down on the couch in the living room and turned on the TV all the while smirking.
Buffy came to sit next to her and rolled her eyes and playfully punched her in the arm. So they watched the morning away with cartoons and then decided to order in pizza because they were too lazy to leave the house.
They ate pizza and had ice-cream afterwards, rocky road for Faith and vanilla for Buffy. They ended up reading comic books throughout the afternoon. Buffy was surprised by how much she was actually enjoying herself.
She wasn`t into reading comic books like Xander or Faith but Faith had some really nice ones that she had never heard off and then she was hooked.
By the time night fall came Faith regretted having given Buffy any kinds of sweets and sugars at all. She was so hyper active that she even suggested that she go with Faith to hunt down the demon. She came prancing down the stairs dragging a sword and a couple of stakes with her.
She looked up at Faith and said, "I'm ready for patrol."She looked so serious that Faiths eyes almost bugged out of her head."No fuckin` way."Was all Faith said when she heard that.
There might have been some pouting and huffing but Faith didn`t cave this time...
Later that night.
Faith was now walking through the third cemetery of the night and still hadn`t found the demon yet.' Maybe thirds the charm `thought Faith dryly to herself.
Suddenly her vamp tingles were going off.' Least I`ll get some action tonight,' she thought to herself getting into a fighting stance. Out of the shadows a familiar bleached blonde vampire appeared with a cigarette dangling from his lips.
"Ah, if it isn`t the other Slayer. Thought ya were suppose ta be in jail Dark one? Escaped have ya?"He asked approaching her with a cocky smirk. Faith wanted so badly to punch him in the face but she had to find the demon tonight or else Buffy wouldn`t be able to change back.
"Didn`t escape, out on parole, so get lost, "she said now continuing with her search. Spike didn`t seem to get the hint and walked with her. Blowing out a puff of smoke into the air he said, "Hear the Golden Ones` gone bite size, "he said smirking.
She stopped and turned to face him, and she really was trying really hard not to stake him."Could you leave me the fuck alone!!And leave Buffy outta this too or you`ll be fuckin dust!"She began to walk faster and away from the bleach blonde vampire and mumbling to herself.
"She can`t even stand you, don`t know why he can`t even take a fuckin` hint..." "Well that`s not what she was sayin` a few weeks ago luv,"said Spike grinning evilly when Faith stopped dead in her tracks.
She turned and looked at him with menacing eyes that would scare any vampire but Spike seemed to have a death wish.
"What she didn`t tell ya?"He asked acting all innocent, "I thought she woulda told ya, her little gang should know by now, but I can guarantee ya that they all definitely know after the last time we were together."
Spike carried on speaking and walking not noticing how Faith was shaking with anger. Her eyes looked almost black from all the rage she had inside of her.
"We were goin at it in my crypt all night and let me tell ya now the holier than thou Buffy Summers aint so holier than thou, "he never got to finish his sentence because Faith was on him beating him with an unleashed rage.
He couldn`t get in one punch in to defend himself. Faith kept on punching him until she felt him go unconscious. She looked at her bloodied hands and felt sickened with herself. She immediately got up of the unconscious Spike and ran.
She ran and ran until she hit something solid. Her eyes landed on something that looked like it came straight out of hell. It was the same demon Buffy had described.
With all the pain, disgust and shame she still had in her she used it to fight the demon. It was strong and got in a few hits and slashed her side pretty badly but she managed to catch him off guard and snapped his thick neck, causing him to crumble to the floor.
She bent down and began cutting the horns that they needed for the spell and took off. The walk back to Buffy's house was one filled with many thoughts and all of them weren`t any good.
Buffy and Spike.
She knew Buffy loved Angel and that he was her first love but Spike?!She couldn`t understand the blondes infatuation with boinking the was angry and jealous.
She knew that she had feelings for Buffy from the moment she had laid eyes on her and it was also one of the reasons she turned to the bad guys, though it wasn`t an excuse for her bad mistakes and choices.
She just couldn`t get the image of Buffy and Spike out of her head. And before she knew it she was entering Buffy's was in the living room once again and Buffy was the first one up and rushed to Faiths side.
"Oh my god, Faith what happened?!"She asked coming closer to Faith to inspect the wound.
She shrugged and said nonchalantly, "Nothin` just a scratch."And tried to move away from Buffy discreetly. But Buffy was like a fly to jam."Look I`m fine and I got the horns, "she said pulling out the pouch with the horns in it and handing it over to Willow and Tara.
"Well this is all we need. It will take us at least fifteen minutes to set up and then we are good to go, "said Willow in her normally cheerful way.
Buffy nodded absently still looking at Faith. She seemed distant to Buffy like she was trying to avoid her. And Buffy knew something must have happened tonight and she was determined to find out just what.
But unfortunately Faith was a master at avoiding situations and it was time to for the spell to begin. Willow sat down on the floor Indian style and poured sand around Buffy in a circle. She began to chant in Latin and her eyes turned black.
The others were worried about Willow doing the spell, especially Tara but she said that she could handle it and they all finally relented.
A bright white light engulfed the entire room causing everyone to shut their eyes tight. When the light disappeared a now older Buffy was sitting in the circle. She was back to her normal self and right age. She stood up and smiled as Willow pulled her into a hug, followed by Xander.
"It's good to have you back Buffster,"said Xander grinning goofily. The others were all telling her how glad they were that she was back to her normal self but Buffy's attention was elsewhere.
She was looking for a certain dark haired Slayer who was now nowhere in sight and from the non tingles she wasn`t getting she knew that Faith was no longer in the house.
She sighed and knew that now she would have to find Faith and confront her but for some reason she had a feeling it wasn`t going to be a very pretty confrontation....