Buffy, Faith and Cordy got to the 'Slayers' bar, and Cordy commented:
"How very serial killer of you to take us to this place, Faith."
"What? It's five by five, way cooler than the Bronze!"-Faith said and looked around, deciding it was her new favorite place.
The walls were bloody red, the tables and chairs were black leather, there was a stage and a band playing rock and metal ballads. The lights were dim and most of the guests were wearing black clothes, Faith included. Only Buffy was totally standing out, her white shirt was kinda glowing under the LED lamp and she said:
"Faith, honey, this place creeps me out."
"You two are so uncool it's sad. Going to get us a drink."-Faith said and headed to the bar.
Buffy watched her girlfriend, who started talking to the bartender and felt a pang of jealousy when she noticed the way the guy looked at Faith. Then Faith wrote something on a piece of paper and came back with their drinks.
The band started playing Pavlov's Bell by Aimee Mann and Buffy was nicely surprised. She remembered hearing Aimee Mann at the Bronze and this version of the song was actually really good.
"I like this song… Girls, wanna dance?"-Buffy asked and Faith said:
"I'll pass. This is too slow for me. You girls go ahead."
She sipped her beer and watched Buffy pull Cordy to the stage.
"Holy shit."-Faith mumbled to herself when she saw her girlfriend dance slowly with Cordelia, wrapping her arms around her neck. Cordy had her hands right above Buffy's ass and Faith wasn't sure if she should be jealous of turned on by their little private, sexy dance.
She decided she was both, turned on and jealous, but then the bartender approached her and she smiled when he handed her a piece of paper. Buffy and Cordy continued to dance and Faith said: "Thanks, man." and headed to the stage,unnoticed by the two girls.
The band looked at Faith and the piece of paper she had in her hand and the lead singer said:
"We have a guest star who'll sing one song. Guys, welcome Hope Lyonne!"
"Hope Lyonne? I've never heard…"-Buffy started talking and abruptly stopped when she looked towards the stage and saw her girlfriend standing there, hugging the microphone.
"Hey everyone. I wrote this song a while ago, for someone who turned myworld upside down."-Faith said and took the electric guitar from the band guitarist.
"It's for me, right?"-Buffy asked and Cordy smiled and answered:
"I'm pretty sure it is, dumbass. She's looking straight into your eyes."
Faith started singing, a rock version of her own song, and Buffy shivered all over and recognized the song as soon as she heard the first line:
"I've never been in love before,
Never felt my heart speed up like the first time I saw you, B.
I might never be able to show you how much you mean to me
But now I see
Things will never be like they were before
I used to sleepwalk through life till you opened the door
And woke me up from a deep, deep sleep…
I thought it was cool to sleep around
But now I understand I was just so lost
And now I've found myself, in a place I never wanna leave again
In your arms
Cause when you kissed me I felt alarms
Going off in my head
Telling me you were different
That you were the one I should just keep
Cause after all
You woke me up from a deep, deep sleep
My world had always been so dark
Until you showed up and lightened it up with your smile
Your kiss made the world stop turning for a while
I really hope you'll never leave
Cause I really can't believe
How easily you got under my skin
How easily you made me fall
Into the abyss of your thrall
I feel like I'm under a spell
The whole world is heaven now
And it used to be hell
And now I see
Things will never be
Like they were before
I used to sleepwalk through life until you opened the door
And now I see
Things will never be the way they were before
Cause you're the one I'm totally gonna keep
You're the one that woke me up from a deep, deep sleep.
When she was done singing, she smiled and looked at Buffy who was crying, and Cordy who looked like she just got struck with a lightening.
She walked towards them, and Buffy, who seemed to have been woken up from a deep sleep, ran towards her girl and kissed her passionately in front of everyone at the bar. People started cheering and a moment later, their table was covered with glasses of beer. People kept buying them rounds, and Cordy said:
"Never thought you were romantic. You have a great voice, Hope Lyonne. You should make a record."
"Nah, I just like to sing for fun. And for my B."
Buffy kissed her again, her eyes still a bit teary, but a huge happy smile on her face.
"You two are making my teeth hurt, you're so sweet."-Cordy said and smiled widely, it was nice to see her friend so happy.
They were pretty drunk when they left the bar, thanks to all the free drinks they kept getting, and when they got to Jenny's house, singing their lungs out at eight in the evening, Jenny and Giles were surprised, but entertained. Giles was so happy to see Buffy happy, she really deserved it. However, he was a father figure and he had to at least pretend to be strict, so he said:
"Buffy… you're wasted so early, it's simply…"
"Fun."-Buffy finished the sentence and hugged Giles tightly. He smiled and hugged her back and said:
"You deserved some fun, Buffy. Good to see you happy."
"I am happy! Faith sang for me!"
"I sure did!"-Faith said and grinned.
"It was so cute actually. Made me wanna start looking for a girlfriend, guys seem to be so dumb."
"You can't have Buffy/Faith!"-both Faith and Buffy said at once and Cordy burst into laughter and said:
"Oh, you two…"
They started laughing and kissing and Buffy pulled Cordy's hand and dragged her girls upstairs.
"I may be drunk, but I am not sleeping with the two of you!"-Cordy said when she got dragged to their bedroom.
Buffy laughed and said: "You're a perv, Cordy!"
She grabbed her pajamas and went to take a shower, and when she got back her two favorite brunettes were soundly asleep. She smiled, lay down in between them and fell asleep the next second.