A/N: Don't own anything. Maybe someday I might write a novel with as much subtext as Kim Possible, Buffy, and Xena combined. (No, Xena's not gonna make an appearance in this fic. I'm just trying to make a point.) This chapter's kinda short. Sorry.

Italics for flashbacks in this chapter because I can.

I'm thinking of taking the fuffy part and posting it as a short one shot in the Buffy section.

Warning: Faith is terribly OOC in this one. Haha. Especially, the scar thing...

Buffy twitched, something was out of place. She closed the magazine she was reading and got up. Walking into the different rooms of her home, she realized she couldn't find her girlfriend. "Faith?"she called out. Curiously, there was no reply. She went to the basement to check. No Faith. She looked in the kitchen. Again, it was empty.

She walked into the living room and the front door opened. The AWOL slayer stepped in.

"Hi, baby." Faith smiled and leaned in for a kiss.

"Where have you been?" Buffy asked. She inwardly winced at how pitiful she sounded.

"I just felt like taking a walk, B." Faith replied with a slight shrug. They both knew of Faith's tendency to run when she felt trapped but they both knew that Faith would come back eventually and, lately, Faith had more reasons to stay anyway. Faith's longest disappearing act as of late was only an hour or two long and that occurred was weeks ago. It still made Buffy a little nervous, though.

"I'll tell you when I go out, next time," Faith offered as an apology. Buffy simply nodded not knowing what to say.

"I went to get you something," Faith grinned at Buffy's excited squeal.

"What is it?" Buffy asked, finally noticing the plastic bag that Faith held on to.

"Frozen yogurt." Faith chuckled and quickly lifted her arm and the bag away from Buffy's reach.

"OOOH! Gimme!" Buffy lunged for the bag but Faith blocked her with her other arm.

"Only if you share, Shorty," Faith teased.

Buffy pretended to think. "Okay," she said finally.

Faith handed her the bag and Buffy quickly ran to the kitchen. "Mine," she called out.

"Hey!" Faith protested. She laughed, shook her head, and ran after her girl.

Buffy was already eating out of the frozen treat's tub. She sat on the counter, her dangling legs kicked out playfully. Faith stopped by the door way and leaned on it.

"Hey, there," Faith said casually, "Fancy meeting you here."

"Noh, ish moyn." Buffy said defiantly, clutching the yogurt by her side, a spoon in her mouth.

"You know you wanna give it to me, Baby," Faith said, wiggling her eyebrows. The innuendo wasn't lost on Buffy who giggled, promptly dropped her spoon and placed the yogurt on the counter before hopping off. She pulled Faith close, tip-toed a little, and kissed her hard. Faith moaned at the taste of Buffy and yogurt.

"So sweet," Faith murmured. Buffy smiled against her lips. They stood there in Buffy's pristine kitchen looking into each other's eyes.

"Did you think I wasn't gonna come back, B?" Faith asked her. Buffy was silent. "I'll always be the last thing you see before you rest your head on your pillow, Buffy." Faith whispered. Buffy let out a strangled sob and buried her face into Faith's neck. "Don't ever leave me, Faith."

"This is so lame, B. Group date, seriously? What are we? Freakin' pre-teens?" Faith asked.

"Oh, come on, Faith, we used to do this with the Scooby gang," Buffy countered.

"Tch, yeah, in a library." Faith muttered. "It was sooo much fun, I practically creamed myself."

"Stop being a wet blanket," Lynn teased as she played with her drink's straw.

"Shut up, Frou-frou." Faith replied. "Go play with Panda Express."

"I'll have you know, I take offense to that!" Alice said in mock-indignation as she adjusted her glasses.

"Come on, you guys. We're supposed to have a little fun before Alice, Shego, and I have to cram for finals. Lynn's leaving for some stuff in Europe." Kim said, trying to pacify everyone.

"Yeah, Faith, we'll have to do some testing with our girls at the academy," Buffy said.

"Academy?" Kim asked.

"What, Flippy, didn't think we had day jobs?" Faith asked. "We teach SITs."

"What's SITs?" Alice asked.

"Slayer--" Faith began.

"Skaters," Kim corrected. "Skaters in training."

"Uh, okay," Alice mutterd. "An academy for skaters??? Weird," she whispered to herself.

"Faith's just upset that she's not having hot, sweaty, Buffy and Faith time right now." Shego said. The entire table laughed.

"Hey, at least, I still get some!" Faith defended. Shego just snickered and shook her head but Kim flushed from head to toe.

"Yo, what's wrong Flippy?" Faith asked Kim who was lost in thought. Lynn and Alice had seemingly disappeared, Shego had to take a call, and Buffy was in the ladies room touching up her make-up.

Kim sighed. "It's nothing."

"Seems like something to me." Faith shrugged as if it really didn't matter. Reverse psychology worked on her companion.

"Everything feels so surreal, this thing between Shego and I." Kim said suddenly.

Faith nodded for her to continue.

"It's just..." Kim avoided her questioning gaze, "I almost killed her once... I was so angry. I told her that I hated her then I kicked her and she hit a tower... I thought she was going to die." She took breath, "Then she goes and saves my life a few times after that. I don't deserve her. She's funny and sweet –when she wants to be and she's been so patient with me. Everything seems like it's just falling into place but at the same time, it's like it's not really happening."

Faith nodded in understanding. "Yunno, Buffy only sleeps with people she's in love with. She's slept with a couple of vampires, a couple of normal guys, an immortal, and a girl who also happens to be a slayer (and no, it wasn't me). I've been trying to get Buffy's attention for years. I was sort of five by five by her dating all those guys, 'cause I thought she was the perpetual straight girl... but when she finally slept with a girl, with a slayer, it hurt wicked bad."

"Did Shego ever tell you how we met?" Faith asked.

Kim nodded, "In jail."

"Did she tell you what I was in for?" Faith asked. Kim shook her head no.

"I've been in love with Buffy ever since I was sixteen. I tried doing the right thing to get her to fall for me and it was working. We flirted during patrol and I showed off my mad skills until, her undying love appeared... literally. Then she pushed me away. I was still trying to show off, like a last ditch effort to get her but I wasn't paying attention and I accidentally killed a guy." Faith had a rueful smile on her face. "Things were so messed up back then. Things went downhill from there. I was so far gone, Buffy had to stab me in the stomach."

Kim looked shocked.

Faith nodded, "I was in a coma for eight months. Now, don't go thinking that it was just Buffy who was going homicidal. I threatened to kill all of her friends."

"It took all these years, an apocalypse, dying a second time, time in jail, a drowning, some girl-on-girl action, and a load of other things before Buffy and I got to where we are."

"The point of this little ditty, Flippy, is that sometimes things just have their own time. Everything happens for a reason. It feels right because it finally is. Don't go wiggin'." Faith said. "Do you love her?"

"I do." Kim said quietly but confidently.

"Then you should tell her," Faith suggested, "She wouldn't be wasting her time if she didn't feel the same." Kim bobbed her head.

"Did Buffy really stab you?" Kim asked.

"Yep, and I've been trying to make up for all the nasty stuff I've done." Faith said. "Buffy's broody ex calls it redemption and makes it sound like a rehab program. Whatever. It's been good to my Karma, though," Faith grinned. "Hey, wanna see my scar?" Faith began to lift her shirt.

"Um..." Kim began to panic.

"Here, gimme your hand." Faith took Kim by the wrist and moved the flustered girl's hand under her shirt. Kim gasped in surprise when her fingertips touched the large scar on Faith's abdomen.

"Faith, stop letting my girlfriend feel you up." Shego said. Kim's head turned so fast toward her direction, it almost hurt just to watch. Shego stood a few feet away, an arm bent on her hip and her head cocked to the side.

"Yeah, Faith, what did I say about giving people free samples?" Buffy said as she, too, walked towards them.

"You know they can't resist me, B." Faith laughed. Kim was trying to pull her hand away but Faith's slayer strength kept her there. She was blushing madly.

"I don't think that's a healthy shade of blush you got there." Alice commented, she had Lynn in tow. They were too busy teasing Kim for anyone else to notice a hickey on Alice's neck.

"Everybody just suddenly appears now that my hand is awkwardly up Faith's shirt." Kim whined.

"Are you tired?" Shego whispered in Kim's ear. The groups chatter subsided to quiet murmurs. Kim was leaning on Shego's shoulder. She was only half-listening to the conversations as her eyes began to droop a little.

"Just a little, we can stay a for a bit longer if you want." Kim replied.

"No, you've just gotten better from being sick. You should rest up a bit more. I think everyone else is about ready to go anyway." Shego said, pressing her lips to Kim's forehead. "Okay?"

"We're heading out you guys," Shego addressed to everyone as they got up.

"We should go as well, it's getting pretty late." Alice commented and everyone said their goodbyes.

"Don't go get raped on the way home, Shego," Faith laughed, "Kim was a little frisky tonight." She sent a salacious eyebrow wiggle in Kim's direction. "Maybe we can continue it next time, kid, when we have less... company." She winked for effect.

Kim turned red and mumbled something under her breath.

"Seriously, was feeling Faith up that good?" Shego teased. Her redheaded girlfriend was watching the streetlights outside the car window with a soft smile on her face. They stopped by a red light.

"Hm?" Kim made a sound, waking up from her day dream.

"What's so funny?" Shego asked, placing a hand on Kim's thigh.

"Nothing." Kim said. She leaned over to the driver's seat and kissed Shego on the lips, "I just love you."

"Oh, yeah?" Shego caught Kim's infectious smile.

"Yeah." Kim nodded, a street lamp gently lighting her face.

"Well, I love you, Princess." Shego tucked a stray strand of red hair behind Kim's ear and cupped her face briefly before turning back towards the road. The traffic light turned green.

"Shh, B... I've got you. We're five by five."