(Author's note: I'm sorry that I haven't up-dated in so long, but I got
terrible grades in a lot of my classes due to all my FanFiction writing,
and I hope that you think it was worth it. I'm grounded. I was grounded
over Halloween. Oh well! Left me with a bit more time to write . . . I
hope you guys like it! [Sorry it took so long, but the last chapter ended
on a odd note to pick up off of] -Vix )
LOVERS AND FIGHTERS
The three girls had a wonderful lunch. They chose to go to a small Café near the Espresso Pump were you could get sandwiches, and sat at a table talking about all things non-HellMouthy. While Buffy went to the bathroom Willow turned to Faith.
"Faith?" Willow started, wanting to be kind yet direct, as the Older Slayer could be back any second, "I need to ask you some thing." Faith nodded, chewing her sandwich, "Xander told me you were in love." Faith audibly gulped.
"He did?" Faith asked, turning slightly pale.
"I just wanted to ask . . ." she leaned in close to whisper, "Is it Buffy?"
"Why would you say that?" Faith said, acting as though the very idea was ludicrous. 'Faith's not gonna be winning the academy award anytime soon!' Willow thought to herself.
"Oh, you know, 'cause I'm not blind." The witch answered causally. "The note you left in her locker, the way look at her, not to mention the fact that you take every opportunity to touch her that presents itself. Faith, I think you should tell her how you feel." The Dark Slayer snorted in sad laughter.
"Yeah, sure thing Red. I'll just go tell Straight-As-A-Slide-Rule Buffy, WHO HAS A BOY-FRIEND (point of fact!), that I'm in love with her . . ." Faith heaved a sigh, staring at the remains of her sandwich, no longer hungry. "She's happy Red. I don't want to ruin that." She glanced up at the witch to find her smiling at her.
"Faith. For your information, Buffy's about at linier as a U-Turn." Faith's head shot up at that, eyes slightly bugged. "Yeah, I didn't see it comin' either. But it's true."
"You serous Will?" Faith asked quietly.
"Um hmm. Told me so her-self. I'm not saying she's as queer as black sun-shine but . . ." Willow trailed off, seeing Buffy come back from the toilets. The short blond walked over and wrapped her arm around Faith's shoulders. She looked at Willow and asked
"Do we have time to grab some mochas be fore we go?" The witch nodded excitedly.
"I dunno B," Faith said in mock fear, "Mixing caffeine with Red might be a bad idea, do you own life insurance?" Buffy laughed and suggested Decaf as she went to pay the bill. Faith turned back to the copper-top to quickly ask "You don't know from 'Experience' do you?"
"What?" Willow asked, slightly confused. Then it sunk in, "OH! . . . Oh! No! Not like that, she just told me. I think you should tell her Faith." Faith shrugged.
"She only sees me as a friend." Faith picked up her coat and pulled it on.
"Right, and when was the last time you saw her hug ME or put her arm around MY shoulders?" Faith stopped straightening her Jacket, the thought hitting her like a ton of bricks.
"Ready to go?" Buffy asked, getting a nod from Willow. "I love this jacket." She said turning to Faith, and straightening it for her. "How come you can pull of the black leather thing so well?" Buffy asked with a fake pout. Faith shook herself out the naughty thoughts that comments ignited, and shrugged her shoulders.
"Must be the Attitude. Some people are just born with it." Buffy linked arms with Faith and they walked out of the café.
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Later that afternoon Faith sat in the stacks reading from a book she'd been interested in. She knew that Xander, who was supposed to be doing research a few feet away, kept looking at her. She knew that he wasn't really doing the work (the book was upside down), and this was kind of pissing her off. She knew that they needed to find something to help them defeat the mayor. The fact that he was wasting time when he was supposed to be working really annoyed her.
"Hey Xand," Faith asked without looking up, "How's the up-side-down reading going?" Xander coughed and righted the book, Faith smiled smugly. She closed her book and walked over to the table. Giles walked in sipping tea, a book in the other hand.
"Is Buffy here yet?" he asked looking up.
"No sign as of yet, why?" Faith asked, opening her book again.
"I was hoping that you and she could do some weapons training today." He said smiling slightly at Faith.
She jumped out of her chair and jogged to the book-cage, flinging it open. After she'd unlocked the weapons closet she took her time admiring all the shinny objects, thinking of which to pick. She felt that familiar tickle, and knew Buffy was close. She grabbed an Ax and walked out of the cage, facing the Library doors. Buffy walked through seconds later.
The blond dropped her books as soon as she saw Faith. They hit the floor with a 'Snap' that made Giles drop his book and Xander come out from behind the stacks. Both men watched curiously as Buffy slowly took off her Book- Bag. Suddenly, she tossed it at the Dark Slayer. Faith knocked it away as Buffy made a dash for the weapons closet, laughing.
Faith dropped the bag and got to the Book Cage just in time to see the Older Slayer grab the Long Sward. Faith froze. She knew Buffy was REALLY good with swards, and she herself was just learning how to properly use the Ax. She slowly backed away as Buffy stood at the ready.
"Same as yesterday, Faith?" Buffy asked.
"Maybe not. To risky with the weapons." Buffy nodded, and advanced. She swung the sward, aiming for Faith's shoulder, and the Dark Slayer ducked. Faith made a swing at the Blonde's stomach but the other girl jumped back in time. They continued like this for several minutes, completely oblivious to the fact that Giles and Xander were watching. They didn't even notice when Willow and Oz walked in, closely fallowed by Cordelia.
The fight took up a lot of space, and the three teens cowered by the entrance. Giles stood behind the counter while Xander stood by the railing at the top of the stairs. At one point they had started fighting on top of the table. Then it happened! Buffy let Faith knock the sward out of her hand. The blond made a dive for it, but it was too late. She felt the back of the Ax being held at her neck. Faith had won the round.
Both girls were breathing raggedly, and their hearts were pounding. Faith threw the Ax so that it stuck in the floor, and held out her hand to Buffy. The blond took it, and thanked her. Both smiled as they made their way back to the weapons closet.
" . . . . . wow . . . . ." came Willow's whisper from near the door. Both girls stopped at turned. They had totally forgotten that they'd had an audience. Four mouths were hanging open and eight eyes were slightly bugged (Oz looked as surprised as he ever did). Buffy glanced at Xander to see that he was drooling slightly. She held in a laugh and grabbed a wooden staff and scarf from the Closet. She tossed the staff to Faith, who caught it.
"Hey Giles? Any updates on the whole Mayor thing?" Buffy asked as she tied the blindfold over Faith's eyes. Giles shook himself back to his senses. The entire interaction between the two slayers had taken him completely by surprise; he had no idea that Faith was so capable of holding her own against Buffy (little did he know that Buffy had let her win, fulfilling her mother's wishes).
"Um, no. Nothing new as of yet, but we're sure to find something soon." Oz, Cordy and Willow all walked over to the table. Oz reached down and struggled with pulling the Ax out of the floor. He tossed it at Buffy who caught it without looking. She put it down on the counter, smiling at Giles, and went back to Faith.
"Ready Faith?" she nodded, gripping the wooden staff tightly. Buffy crept silently around Faith, circling her slowly. She stuck her arm far out to the right and snapped. The brunette made a wild swing, and missed completely. Buffy giggled, and got a knock in the stomach. Buffy fell to the floor, surprised. She looked up to see Faith taking off the blind fold smiling knowingly.
"Got ya B!" she tossed the staff to Buffy and untied the scarf. Buffy got up to see that the rest of the Scoobies had focused in of their reading. Faith tied the Scarf around Buffy's eyes carefully, asking quietly if it was too tight. Buffy shook her head, which felt kind of swimmy, do to all the fighting and Faith's closeness.
Buffy could see nothing but blackness. She concentrated on listening, trying to hear Faith's breathing and Heart-beat. She could tell that Faith too circling her. She could hear the Dark Slayer's Docs shuffling on the floor. She pulled the staff in close, and turned to the right. She knew that Faith was right in front of her now. She could hear the faint whispers of the younger Slayer's even breathing. She could tell that she was trying to be a quiet as possible. Fast as lightning she swung at Faith. She felt the end of the staff make contact with her stomach. She didn't realize just had close Faith had been . . .
"Jesus B . . ." Faith groaned from the floor. "At least sharpen that before trying to stab me with it. . . ugh, I think I'm gonna puke." Buffy pulled the Blind Fold off quickly and dropped to her knees by the younger girl. She tossed the staff aside with a 'Clunk' and laid Faith down on the floor. She ran a worried had over Faith's cheek, and told her to lie still. She carefully started pulling the bottom of Faith's shirt up.
Buffy's mouth had gone rather dry. She had just hurt Faith! And now she trying to look under the girl's shirt. She pulled the shirt up a few inches, and found nothing. She ran her hands over Faith's pale-olive skin. It was so smooth and warm. Just touching it made shivers run up her spine. She felt Faith's abdominal mussels jump and twitch under her fingers. She looked up at Faith's face. Her eyes were pinched shut, but not in pain. She saw that Faith's chest was rising and falling rapidly.
"It's higher then that." Faith whispered. The feel of Buffy's hands on her skin was amazing. She had never felt so alive. Her heart was racing and her blood was almost boiling. 'How is it that just this simple touch from Buffy can get me so HOT!?' Faith asked herself. It took incredible self-control not to arch her back when Buffy had run her hand over her stomach.
Buffy pulled her shirt higher, stopping just below the girl's breasts. There, slightly to the left, she saw it. A circular welt, identical in width to the staff Buffy had hit her with. It was turning a light shade of blue in front of her eyes. Faith's Slayer Healing was taking over. Buffy gently ran her hand up Faith's side, wanting to check to see if she'd broken the girl's ribs.
Faith gasped, and her Back arched slightly. Buffy was being so gentle, it felt incredible. She was and the verge of panting. Her brain was in desperate need of oxygen as wild thoughts raced threw her brain. All she wanted to do was lie back and indulge in the soft caresses that Buffy was lavishing on her.
Buffy's heart was racing. Either she had REALLY hurt Faith or some thing else was going on. She ran her hand the rest of the way up Faith's ribs, and applied a light pressure to the bruise. Faith let out a small 'Urgh!' and winced at the touch. No ribs were broken, but she was going to have quite a welt for at least a few hours.
She heard Xander let out a groan, and Faith's eyes shot open. They both turned to look at the boy. Apparently their heightened Slayer Senses had heard it, because no one else had noticed it. Faith cleared her throat and pulled the shirt back down . . . over Buffy's hand. The blond looked down at the outline of her appendage through the thin fabric. Her eyes shot up to meet Faiths.
Both girls looked away as Buffy quickly retrieved her hand. Buffy nervously ran her fingers through her hair, and got up. She held out a hand for Faith as the brunette had done for her earlier. She grasped it, and pulled herself up, groaning in pain as she did so.
"Oh, Sorry." Buffy said quickly. Faith waved it off, but refused to make eye contact with the Blond. Buffy gently put a hand to Faith's face and whispered "You want me to get you an ice pack?" Faith could only look at the other girl for a few seconds, but nodded. As Buffy walked in to Giles' office Willow caught the Younger Slayer's eye. She had a slight 'I Told You So' smile on her face. Faith blushed.
LOVERS AND FIGHTERS
The three girls had a wonderful lunch. They chose to go to a small Café near the Espresso Pump were you could get sandwiches, and sat at a table talking about all things non-HellMouthy. While Buffy went to the bathroom Willow turned to Faith.
"Faith?" Willow started, wanting to be kind yet direct, as the Older Slayer could be back any second, "I need to ask you some thing." Faith nodded, chewing her sandwich, "Xander told me you were in love." Faith audibly gulped.
"He did?" Faith asked, turning slightly pale.
"I just wanted to ask . . ." she leaned in close to whisper, "Is it Buffy?"
"Why would you say that?" Faith said, acting as though the very idea was ludicrous. 'Faith's not gonna be winning the academy award anytime soon!' Willow thought to herself.
"Oh, you know, 'cause I'm not blind." The witch answered causally. "The note you left in her locker, the way look at her, not to mention the fact that you take every opportunity to touch her that presents itself. Faith, I think you should tell her how you feel." The Dark Slayer snorted in sad laughter.
"Yeah, sure thing Red. I'll just go tell Straight-As-A-Slide-Rule Buffy, WHO HAS A BOY-FRIEND (point of fact!), that I'm in love with her . . ." Faith heaved a sigh, staring at the remains of her sandwich, no longer hungry. "She's happy Red. I don't want to ruin that." She glanced up at the witch to find her smiling at her.
"Faith. For your information, Buffy's about at linier as a U-Turn." Faith's head shot up at that, eyes slightly bugged. "Yeah, I didn't see it comin' either. But it's true."
"You serous Will?" Faith asked quietly.
"Um hmm. Told me so her-self. I'm not saying she's as queer as black sun-shine but . . ." Willow trailed off, seeing Buffy come back from the toilets. The short blond walked over and wrapped her arm around Faith's shoulders. She looked at Willow and asked
"Do we have time to grab some mochas be fore we go?" The witch nodded excitedly.
"I dunno B," Faith said in mock fear, "Mixing caffeine with Red might be a bad idea, do you own life insurance?" Buffy laughed and suggested Decaf as she went to pay the bill. Faith turned back to the copper-top to quickly ask "You don't know from 'Experience' do you?"
"What?" Willow asked, slightly confused. Then it sunk in, "OH! . . . Oh! No! Not like that, she just told me. I think you should tell her Faith." Faith shrugged.
"She only sees me as a friend." Faith picked up her coat and pulled it on.
"Right, and when was the last time you saw her hug ME or put her arm around MY shoulders?" Faith stopped straightening her Jacket, the thought hitting her like a ton of bricks.
"Ready to go?" Buffy asked, getting a nod from Willow. "I love this jacket." She said turning to Faith, and straightening it for her. "How come you can pull of the black leather thing so well?" Buffy asked with a fake pout. Faith shook herself out the naughty thoughts that comments ignited, and shrugged her shoulders.
"Must be the Attitude. Some people are just born with it." Buffy linked arms with Faith and they walked out of the café.
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Later that afternoon Faith sat in the stacks reading from a book she'd been interested in. She knew that Xander, who was supposed to be doing research a few feet away, kept looking at her. She knew that he wasn't really doing the work (the book was upside down), and this was kind of pissing her off. She knew that they needed to find something to help them defeat the mayor. The fact that he was wasting time when he was supposed to be working really annoyed her.
"Hey Xand," Faith asked without looking up, "How's the up-side-down reading going?" Xander coughed and righted the book, Faith smiled smugly. She closed her book and walked over to the table. Giles walked in sipping tea, a book in the other hand.
"Is Buffy here yet?" he asked looking up.
"No sign as of yet, why?" Faith asked, opening her book again.
"I was hoping that you and she could do some weapons training today." He said smiling slightly at Faith.
She jumped out of her chair and jogged to the book-cage, flinging it open. After she'd unlocked the weapons closet she took her time admiring all the shinny objects, thinking of which to pick. She felt that familiar tickle, and knew Buffy was close. She grabbed an Ax and walked out of the cage, facing the Library doors. Buffy walked through seconds later.
The blond dropped her books as soon as she saw Faith. They hit the floor with a 'Snap' that made Giles drop his book and Xander come out from behind the stacks. Both men watched curiously as Buffy slowly took off her Book- Bag. Suddenly, she tossed it at the Dark Slayer. Faith knocked it away as Buffy made a dash for the weapons closet, laughing.
Faith dropped the bag and got to the Book Cage just in time to see the Older Slayer grab the Long Sward. Faith froze. She knew Buffy was REALLY good with swards, and she herself was just learning how to properly use the Ax. She slowly backed away as Buffy stood at the ready.
"Same as yesterday, Faith?" Buffy asked.
"Maybe not. To risky with the weapons." Buffy nodded, and advanced. She swung the sward, aiming for Faith's shoulder, and the Dark Slayer ducked. Faith made a swing at the Blonde's stomach but the other girl jumped back in time. They continued like this for several minutes, completely oblivious to the fact that Giles and Xander were watching. They didn't even notice when Willow and Oz walked in, closely fallowed by Cordelia.
The fight took up a lot of space, and the three teens cowered by the entrance. Giles stood behind the counter while Xander stood by the railing at the top of the stairs. At one point they had started fighting on top of the table. Then it happened! Buffy let Faith knock the sward out of her hand. The blond made a dive for it, but it was too late. She felt the back of the Ax being held at her neck. Faith had won the round.
Both girls were breathing raggedly, and their hearts were pounding. Faith threw the Ax so that it stuck in the floor, and held out her hand to Buffy. The blond took it, and thanked her. Both smiled as they made their way back to the weapons closet.
" . . . . . wow . . . . ." came Willow's whisper from near the door. Both girls stopped at turned. They had totally forgotten that they'd had an audience. Four mouths were hanging open and eight eyes were slightly bugged (Oz looked as surprised as he ever did). Buffy glanced at Xander to see that he was drooling slightly. She held in a laugh and grabbed a wooden staff and scarf from the Closet. She tossed the staff to Faith, who caught it.
"Hey Giles? Any updates on the whole Mayor thing?" Buffy asked as she tied the blindfold over Faith's eyes. Giles shook himself back to his senses. The entire interaction between the two slayers had taken him completely by surprise; he had no idea that Faith was so capable of holding her own against Buffy (little did he know that Buffy had let her win, fulfilling her mother's wishes).
"Um, no. Nothing new as of yet, but we're sure to find something soon." Oz, Cordy and Willow all walked over to the table. Oz reached down and struggled with pulling the Ax out of the floor. He tossed it at Buffy who caught it without looking. She put it down on the counter, smiling at Giles, and went back to Faith.
"Ready Faith?" she nodded, gripping the wooden staff tightly. Buffy crept silently around Faith, circling her slowly. She stuck her arm far out to the right and snapped. The brunette made a wild swing, and missed completely. Buffy giggled, and got a knock in the stomach. Buffy fell to the floor, surprised. She looked up to see Faith taking off the blind fold smiling knowingly.
"Got ya B!" she tossed the staff to Buffy and untied the scarf. Buffy got up to see that the rest of the Scoobies had focused in of their reading. Faith tied the Scarf around Buffy's eyes carefully, asking quietly if it was too tight. Buffy shook her head, which felt kind of swimmy, do to all the fighting and Faith's closeness.
Buffy could see nothing but blackness. She concentrated on listening, trying to hear Faith's breathing and Heart-beat. She could tell that Faith too circling her. She could hear the Dark Slayer's Docs shuffling on the floor. She pulled the staff in close, and turned to the right. She knew that Faith was right in front of her now. She could hear the faint whispers of the younger Slayer's even breathing. She could tell that she was trying to be a quiet as possible. Fast as lightning she swung at Faith. She felt the end of the staff make contact with her stomach. She didn't realize just had close Faith had been . . .
"Jesus B . . ." Faith groaned from the floor. "At least sharpen that before trying to stab me with it. . . ugh, I think I'm gonna puke." Buffy pulled the Blind Fold off quickly and dropped to her knees by the younger girl. She tossed the staff aside with a 'Clunk' and laid Faith down on the floor. She ran a worried had over Faith's cheek, and told her to lie still. She carefully started pulling the bottom of Faith's shirt up.
Buffy's mouth had gone rather dry. She had just hurt Faith! And now she trying to look under the girl's shirt. She pulled the shirt up a few inches, and found nothing. She ran her hands over Faith's pale-olive skin. It was so smooth and warm. Just touching it made shivers run up her spine. She felt Faith's abdominal mussels jump and twitch under her fingers. She looked up at Faith's face. Her eyes were pinched shut, but not in pain. She saw that Faith's chest was rising and falling rapidly.
"It's higher then that." Faith whispered. The feel of Buffy's hands on her skin was amazing. She had never felt so alive. Her heart was racing and her blood was almost boiling. 'How is it that just this simple touch from Buffy can get me so HOT!?' Faith asked herself. It took incredible self-control not to arch her back when Buffy had run her hand over her stomach.
Buffy pulled her shirt higher, stopping just below the girl's breasts. There, slightly to the left, she saw it. A circular welt, identical in width to the staff Buffy had hit her with. It was turning a light shade of blue in front of her eyes. Faith's Slayer Healing was taking over. Buffy gently ran her hand up Faith's side, wanting to check to see if she'd broken the girl's ribs.
Faith gasped, and her Back arched slightly. Buffy was being so gentle, it felt incredible. She was and the verge of panting. Her brain was in desperate need of oxygen as wild thoughts raced threw her brain. All she wanted to do was lie back and indulge in the soft caresses that Buffy was lavishing on her.
Buffy's heart was racing. Either she had REALLY hurt Faith or some thing else was going on. She ran her hand the rest of the way up Faith's ribs, and applied a light pressure to the bruise. Faith let out a small 'Urgh!' and winced at the touch. No ribs were broken, but she was going to have quite a welt for at least a few hours.
She heard Xander let out a groan, and Faith's eyes shot open. They both turned to look at the boy. Apparently their heightened Slayer Senses had heard it, because no one else had noticed it. Faith cleared her throat and pulled the shirt back down . . . over Buffy's hand. The blond looked down at the outline of her appendage through the thin fabric. Her eyes shot up to meet Faiths.
Both girls looked away as Buffy quickly retrieved her hand. Buffy nervously ran her fingers through her hair, and got up. She held out a hand for Faith as the brunette had done for her earlier. She grasped it, and pulled herself up, groaning in pain as she did so.
"Oh, Sorry." Buffy said quickly. Faith waved it off, but refused to make eye contact with the Blond. Buffy gently put a hand to Faith's face and whispered "You want me to get you an ice pack?" Faith could only look at the other girl for a few seconds, but nodded. As Buffy walked in to Giles' office Willow caught the Younger Slayer's eye. She had a slight 'I Told You So' smile on her face. Faith blushed.