"Fai, come on... I've bought you nice things, don't moan... I'm sure you're actually having fun, you're just pretending to be all tough and non girly. I know you're all nice and fluffy underneath it all.."-Buffy teased and kissed Faith lightly on the lips, surprising her again, cause it was the first time after the kiss in the Bronze that she kissed her in public, and acted quite relaxed, not freaked out.
"Girls, could you not, please, you're leaving saliva trail!"-Dawn teased, but couldn't help smiling, her sister looked so happy with Faith. Still, being her (not anymore) kid sister, it was Dawn's job description to tease.
"There's no saliva trail!"-Buffy shot back and then noticed a huge grin on her sister's face and punched Dawn's upper arm playfully. "Shut up, you goat, or I'll keep that gorgeous dress I've bought you... I think it'd look better on me anyway..."-Buffy stuck out her tongue and smiled.
"Oh, come on, Buff, you may be the hot stuff when it's about kicking ass of the undead, but I'm way curvier and sexier than you! And taller, don't forget the fact that I'm taller!"-Dawn adored to tease Buffy about her height.
"Takeee it back, kiddo, takeee it back or I'll carry the both halves of the oh-so-sexy you in my arms and Faith will have to carry all the other stuff."
"Aren't I already carrying all the other stuff?"-Faith commented, frowning a little, but she was completely entertained by the playful banter among the sisters.
"You're such a gentle-woman, sweetie."-Buffy grinned and put her arm full of bags around Faith's waist.
"Did she just call me 'sweetie'?"-Faith asked Dawn, who burst out laughing.
"I believe so, yeah."-Dawn giggled, and then added: "Sweetie."
Buffy felt sooo happy, everything seemed nicer during holidays. Like there indeed was some magical Christmas Spirit, or a Ghost, a Gaul or whatever, that made people forget about their every day problems and just enjoy the magic.
According to Anya, there actually was Santa Claus, but he wasn't much of a gift-giver, he was more into disemboweling children. Buffy refused to believe that, Anya knew a lot about supernatural beings, but the thing about Santa was just over the top. Buffy thought she'd rather start believing in leprechauns and coincidences...
When Buffy FINALLY chose the perfect Christmas Tree, three girls headed home.
Faith ran to the house as soon as they got there, and threw all the damn bags on the couch and yelled: "Red, give me those chocolate chip cookies, I need some comfort food after the hell she put me through!"
"What did you do to her?"-Tara asked, smiling at Buffy, who had a proper innocent little angel face when she said: "I did nothing. Oh wait, I've bought her a whole bunch of things, but that Grumpy Grinch is never happy..."-Buffy pouted and Faith stuffed two chocolate chip cookies in her mouth and grinned.
"I am happy now. I'm really easy, you know! Give me food, or you in that sexy Mrs Claus outfit, and I'm all five by five! But, the thing is, Tara, this little prude wouldn't buy me that suit! Instead she got me this!"-Faith started digging through the bags until she found what she was looking for.
"Buffy... really?"-Tara looked at Faith, the gift she was holding, and Buffy, looking like she might burst out laughing any moment.
The look on Faith's face was priceless. She totally pouted, and looked at Tara with puppy eyes.
"What? It's great!"-Buffy looked surprised and a bit annoyed when Faith rolled her eyes and said: "Yes, B, cause I wear pink underwear every day, and adore the color."
"Change is good."-Buffy grinned and decided to unpack the Christmas Tree she had been carrying around on her own, not to make Faith feel like a pony.
"I'm so gonna kick her ass..."-Faith said and turned on the tv, there was no way she was gonna help Buffy with the tree too. What's enough is enough...
The same day-evening- five minutes to midnight
"Five minutes more!"-Buffy announced, happily. She was sitting on Faith's lap, comfortably, her arm around Faith's neck.
"Yeah, B. I know how to check the time, thank you. Stop yelling every five minutes!"
Xander and Anya were kissing on the couch, just like Tara and Willow, and Dawn was rolling her eyes, she couldn't wait for midnight so she could make her sister happy and then go to the party with Janice. Surprisingly, Buffy hadn't complained about not drinking and staying too late...
There was a mistletoe above the kitchen door and Dawn ran to get it. When she placed it above Buffy's and Faith's head it was one minute to midnight, according to the radio countdown.
"Looks like we have to kiss now..."-Buffy said and rubbed her nose with Faith's.
"You're finally talking sense, babe."-Faith smiled and kissed Buffy passionately. She couldn't help moving her hands under Buffy's shirt and gently scratching her and pulling her closer.
"Merry Christmas! You may remove tongues from each other's mouths now!"-Dawn said cause the two Slayers were pretty much unable to share a short, chaste kiss, it always ended with a making out session.
"Merry Christmas!"-Buffy exclaimed, kissed Faith and then jumped off of Faith's lap to hug and kiss her sister and the rest of the gang.
They exchanged the gifts and cheered and laughed for an hour more. (Except Dawn, who was picked up by Janice half an hour after midnight.)
Faith opened a new bottle of champagne, and poured a glass to everyone, but Buffy said: "Ugh, no more, babe. Feeling all dizzy. Think I'm gonna move to bed..."
"God, you're such a spoil sport, B. You can't go to bed yet..."
"I have toooo, Fai... Sleepy.."-Buffy purred and gently kissed Faith's cheek, said bye and hurried upstairs.
"She's unbelievable. First she drags me around all day and makes a whole big deal about the holiday, and then she bails on us all!"-Faith couldn't believe... she sipped her champagne slowly, not noticing the looks everyone kept giving her.
Buffy wasn't sleepy or dizzy at all, and everyone, except Faith, knew that.
The blonde Slayer giggled when she got to her bedroom and stripped to change into her brand new Mrs Clause outfit she had bought a week before, but was too stubborn to tell anything to Faith. It was supposed to be a surprise. Faith claimed she didn't like surprises, but Buffy was sure she would loveeee that one.
When she got dressed up, she added some red lipstick and lay on the bed, holding two pairs of handcuffs in her hand. She decided it would be more fun if she actually cuffed herself to the bed, so she cuffed one hand to the bed post and waited for Faith in a very sexy pose.
Willow, who thought Faith would get wasted if she carried on drinking, and then wouldn't be able to enjoy the surprise, said: "'kay, guys, think it's time to go to bed. Faith, you know Buffy will be cranky if she wakes up without you there..."
"Goat... would serve her right..."-Faith said, but she herself hated the idea of not waking up next to Buffy so she took the glass of champagne to finish it upstairs, said night and headed to the bedroom.
When she opened the door and found Buffy lying in bed, wearing that sexy suit, and handcuffed, Faith froze at the door and dropped the glass. "Holy..."
"Merry Christmas, Fai..."-Buffy smiled widely, and Faith blinked a few times before she jumped on the bed and started kissing her devilish girlfriend passionately.
"Oh, Merry Christmas, indeed..."-Faith whispered in Buffy's ear, before she cuffed her other hand to the bed post and continued to kiss her neck, determined to kiss and cherish every inch of that amazing body.
Christmas Eve might have been kind of nighmarish for Faith, but Christmas itself sure did start good...