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I'd say this one is PG16…hehehe
Let's heat it up a little!
WA24
Part 21
After a well deserved trip to the Espresso Pump, Xander and Faith were walking back to the magic box where the others were still deep in research
"So, those witches are pretty hot, huh?" Xander said trying to make small talk. Faith raised an eyebrow and smirked at him
"Don't let your wife hear you say that" she smiled
"You're right" he nodded his agreement
"She's a piece of work…pretty unique" the slayer commented amusingly
"Yep…she's a handful that one…she just says what pops to mind, some people think it's annoying, I think it's authentic" he stated a little proudly
They entered the shop carrying the food and beverage
"Honey, I'm home"
"Hey, there you are…finally" Anya said coming to meet them "what did you get?"
"Uh, let's see…we have mochas, decaf, cappuccinos and tea for Mister British" Xander informed
"And muffins, lots and lots of muffins" Faith said putting the bags on the table
"Good I'm starving" Buffy said fiddling with the bags
"So, how's the hacking, are you done yet?" he asked to the redhead
"Almost" she said not taking her eyes off the screen
"What's taking you so long?" Anya asked impatiently "I thought you said you're good"
"I am good" Willow snapped a little annoyed "it's just that…they must have increased security" she said furrowing her brows in sign of concentration. Tara smiled looking at the redhead's face "just like our daughter" she thought
"They did" she told Willow "after the break into they decided to reinforce security and it included changing the system"
"That explains it" the redhead nodded "but like I said, I am good…and…there isn't a system…I can't crack…BINGO!" she shouted happily
"You did it?" Buffy asked
"I did it" she smiled proudly "I'm in…now I'm just going to load the picture Faith took, and…using the search key…I'll try to get a match" she enunciated every step typing frantically "and we must have a result in 5…4…3…2…1 and here it is!"
"Do we have a match?" Giles asked hopefully
"Yes we do…check this out" Willow said showing her laptop to the others "his name is Andreas, his a demon class five"
"How many classes are there?" Buffy asked curiously
"Seven…" Anya informed "although it's very rare to meet a class seven…if this guy is a five, it means that he has a human form, and that he bleeds, red, not green; and his powerful but not indestructible"
"What else it says in there?" Tara asked
"Not much…just that his mother was a witch and his father, a powerful demon" she read the information "according to this he's got some kind of mind control power, some sort of hypnoses"
"That's probably how he is mastering the witches" Giles concluded
"But I don't get it…why is he using the witches and not some low class demon?" Xander asked intrigued
"Probably because their human" Anya guessed "if he used demons the slayers could kill them, but as they're humans…"
"He knows we can't hurt them" Buffy completed and Anya nodded at her
"What can we do?" Faith asked "how do we break this…control?"
"You have to kill him" Anya said
"Does the book say how we do this?" she asked
"Actually there are two possibilities" Willow said "one, we need some of his blood in order to make a potion"
"Well I don't think his willing to donate…" Xander joked "what's the other?"
"A spell…a good one with a great power behind it" she looked at Tara and they locked eyes for the first time that day
The gang was tired and decided it was time to call it a day. It had been very tiring but a very profitable day. Tara took a long shower in order to relax her muscles that had started to complain about all the stress from the last couple of days. She had asked Giles to watch over Ariel tonight, she needed some alone time. She was now at the backyard, she was sitting on the bench with a book on her lap, her hair was still damp from the shower and she was wearing a white cotton dress. The book on her lap was still closed she wanted to read it but couldn't concentrate; so she decide to recline back and contemplate the sky. She was so absorbed in her thoughts that she didn't hear the redhead coming behind her
"Hi" Willow said softly. Tara jumped a little startled by the redhead's presence
"h-hi"
"I'm sorry, I didn't want to scary you…I was just up in my room and I saw you here by yourself and I thought I should come down here to…apologize for the other night" explained Willow
"It's okay…I was just thinking" Tara said massaging her nape
"You okay?" Willow asked sympathetically
"Yeah, just tired" the redhead nodded but didn't believe it
"Where's Ariel? I haven't seen her all day" she sat next to the blonde
"She's with Giles…I needed some time alone" Tara sighed
"Is everything alright?" Willow asked directly "you look…worried and kinda sad too" Tara watched the redhead's concerned face and decide to go with the truth
"Ariel overhead us last night" Willow's eyes shot wide open
"You mean…"
"She knows…she knows you're her mommy" Tara said simply
"Oh My God!" Willow stood up and started pacing "Oh My God…what…what did you tell her? What did she hear? How did she react?" she was beginning to hyperventilate
"Willow take it easy" Tara stood up and took the redhead by the arm and led her back to the bench "first I told her the truth, she heard pretty much everything, and she's ok…"she smiled sweetly answering the questions in order "she likes you and I think that with time you two are going to be great friends, but you need to give her some time"
"How is she?" Willow asked still agitated
"She's confused, she's happy to know that you are her mommy…" the redhead smiled broadly but it faded as Tara went on "but she doesn't want to lose Faith in the process"
"Lose Faith?" Willow asked confused "why would she lose Faith?" Tara released a big sigh
"Apparently we weren't exactly alone last night" Tara put her fingers through her wet hair "Faith saw us"
"Oh my God…Tara I'm so sorry…" she stood up again "I didn't mean to cause you any problems…it wasn't my intention I swear"
"It's okay Will…I know that"
"What happened?" Willow asked resuming her seat
"We talked…" she looked at Willow who was looking at her in distress and felt a lump forming in her throat "oh Dear Lord, my life is such a mess right now" she rubbed her face and stood up "I didn't plan any of this…I didn't expect things to happen this way"
"Tara I…" the blond shook her head and tears started spilling from her eyes again
"I don't know what to do…I never meant to hurt anybody, and now…even my daughter is kept in the middle of my mess" she was breaking down, she was breathing heavily "I feel like things have fall apart so hard that I can't put them back the way they were" Willow was crying hard by now she couldn't bear to see Tara so broken like that, every tear of the blond shattered the redhead's heart into million pieces, so she did what her heart told her to do, she went to the blonde's side and hugged her tight
"shh, it's okay…everything is going to be okay" she tried to comfort the sobbing blonde by whispering soft words in her ear. Tara's sobs started to subside as she felt Willow rubbing her back with circular moves and releasing some kind of soothing energy. She started to pull back slowly, sliding her wet cheek along the redhead's teary face. Willow simply stared too amazed to even blink; she stared into deep blue eyes that seemed to be looking direct into her soul. She licked suddenly dry lips, she could smell the vanilla scent from Tara's shampoo; she was overwhelmed, she felt that Tara was meant to be in her arms. For what seemed like eternity both women allowed themselves to get lost in each others eyes like they used to get such a long time ago. Tara put down all her rationality and did what her heart was screaming for her to do. She simply closed the short distance that was separating their mouths and crashed their lips together. The moment Tara's mouth met hers, Willow felt her world spinning, and the electricity that came from the kiss made goose bumps chase up and down her spine. She tightened her arms around Tara and pulled her closer. Tara's body was reacting pretty much the same way; when she felt Willow pull her tight, she felt a fire igniting between her legs and she knew she had to stop it before things got even more complicated. So she gathered all her strength and ended what she herself had started
"I'm sorry" she whispered and pulled away from the redhead "I s-shouldn't h-have"
"Tara, please" Willow tried to touch her
"No" she stepped back "I can't…not yet" she took a deep breath
"Do you regret it?" Willow asked sadly
"No" Tara whispered, and then she came over and put her hands on Willow's shoulders leaning her forehead against the redhead's "it's just too soon" she said softly
"Okay" Willow whispered back and nodded. Tara sighed, stood straight and started to move away
"Good night, Will"
"Night Tara" as Tara closed the door Willow couldn't avoid the huge grin that broke on her face
Meanwhile, Buffy walked into the bronze, like always it was noisy in there, the music was loud and people were dancing and drinking. Walking around she spied what she was looking for, sitting at the bar Faith was draining what seemed to be her tenth shot of tequila
"Wow…so many glasses" Buffy said taking a seat next to the brunette "makes a nice sculpture"
"What you doing here B?" the brunette asked talking a little funny because of the alcohol effect
"You disappeared…we were worried"
"Define 'we'…" Faith said a little grumpy
"Well…'we' as in me, Tara, Giles, Ariel and even Anya" she finished smiling
"Gee…I'm popular" she said and gulped another shot
"Okay, that's it" Buffy said getting up "you…are…going…home" she said trying to remove the brunette from her seat
"Stop it B" Faith fought back "I'm cool…and I don't want to go home, I want to stay here" she said stubbornly
"Fine…you want to stay, then stay" Buffy pretended to give up "I'll just go home and tell Ariel that her 'hero' is up here self pitting and getting drunk…I bet she'll love it" the blond put her hands on her hips. The rogue slayer just sighed defeated
"Fine I'll go" she tried to get up but just stumbled, Buffy grabbed her
"Easy tiger…I got you" she wrapped one arm around the brunette's waist, passed Faith's arm around her neck for support and helped her walk out of there. When they arrived at the house, Faith was much better; it seemed that the cool air and the walk had distilled some of the alcohol. She was still leaning on Buffy but was much less drunk
"Here we go" Buffy said when they reach the top of the stairs
"Where are you going?" Faith asked suddenly aware of their whereabouts
"Taking you to your room?" Buffy lifted a questioning eyebrow
"No…" Faith removed her arm fast losing her balance. Buffy grabbed her and pinned her against a wall to avoid the fall "shh…too much noise" Faith said putting a finger on her own lips
"Why don't you wanna go to your room?" Buffy whispered annoyed
"Because, it's not my room anymore" the brunette answered sadly
"Oh…" Buffy put two and two together "okay, I'll tell you what…you sleep in Dawn's room tonight" Faith gave her a funny look and the blonde rolled her eyes "she's not here"
"Oh…okay" Buffy opened the door and the brunette staggered into the room. As soon as they got inside, Faith slumped in the armchair
"Oh, come on…give me a break" Buffy opened her arms in exasperation. She watched the brunette slayer fighting against her own boots and took a pity on her
"Here, let me help" she kneeled and started removing them "so, wanna talk about it?" Faith just shrugged and leaned her head back
"Not much to talk…Tara is still in love with Red…I'm the third wheel" she said bitterly
"You guys broke up?" she asked getting up
"Pretty much" Faith lifted her hands and tousled her hair groaning. Buffy got close to her and started smoothing it caressing the brunette's face in the process.
"Why are you been so nice to me?" Faith asked looking directly at her
"Why wouldn't I be?" Buffy asked softly. They locked eyes for a few seconds and Faith took Buffy's hand that was still caressing her face
"I'm sorry for being a bitch" she apologized honestly
"When, tonight?" Buffy asked smiling
"Every time" Faith whispered. Buffy's heart was thudding fast she felt herself leaning forward as if she was pulled by an invisible force; their lips were almost touching
"B, what are you doing?" Faith swallowed hard
"I guess I'm about to kiss you" she whispered letting her lips ghostly touch the others in front of her. The feeling of Buffy's warm breath tickling her lips was making it hard to think clear
"Buffy, I'm drunk and sad…and I'm vulnerable and I must say I'm pretty horny right now…" she was trying not to lose control "so I don't think this is a good idea" both women were breathing hard "I don't want to hurt you"
Buffy looked deeply into the brunette's eyes she knew she would end up hurt in this game but she couldn't avoid it. It was stronger then her
"I'll take the risk" she said and let gravity work. Their lips met in a passionate kiss, Faith pulled her to her lap and let out a throaty moan. Buffy growled softly, threading her fingers through thick dark locks, she couldn't remember the last time she'd been this aroused. Faith lifted both of them from the armchair and as they stood Buffy wrapped her leg around Faith's waist, moaned and tugged the brunette's ear to her own lips. Faith started tearing the blonde's clothes off feeling a tremor run through her body; she could feel that her legs were about to give away, so she pushed Buffy to the bed and they resumed their kissing in what would be a very passionate night.