Thank you to everyone who has given feedback. It is greatly
appreciated and more is definately welcome. I feel like I am taking
so long to establish this relationship, but for me it is worth it.
Let me know what you think or if I have totally bored you.
lemons
See disclaimers from first part.
Saving Faith 4
As Faith began to get comfortable in her bed she thought back to the events of the past few hours. She had never thought that Willow would forgive her let alone understand her situation. She nestled into her pillow wrapped in a warm cocoon of blankets and drifted off to sleep as content as she had been in years. As she began her dream cycle she thought she heard a soft rap on her bedroom door. The sound while not enough to bring her out of sleep still got her attention. The rap became an insistent knocking followed by a breathy whisper calling to her, "Faith, Faith, can I come in." As Faith awoke she became aware of who the voice belonged to,
Willow. "Red, get in here, what's wrong?" There was an edge of fear in Faith's voice.
"Well, nothing happened, it's just that it's really hard to go to sleep in an unfamiliar place. I mean I lay down to go to sleep and then I could hear every little noise around me. It started to get creepy.Which then becomes kinda funny `cause I am a cool monster fighter and all. So what really could a little cricket do to me? Not much I say!" As Willow began to run out of breath she had moved to the edge of Faith's bed. "So, I was wondering if you didn't mind, could I sleep with you tonight, and I mean sleep as in becoming unconscious, not as in becoming naked." Faith laughed inwardly at the hole the redhead was digging for herself. "Not that you aren't attractive Faith, but well, oh Goddess, stop me anytime!" The pleading look Willow gave her made her relent from any more verbal torture of the witch.
"Get in, Red, and no offense taken, I do know I am a hotty," Faith stated, "And you would be damn lucky to have me, if I went that way, all the time I mean." Willow thought about questioning the last statement, but decided to let it go as she pulled the blankets up to her chin. "Thanks, Faith, I guess I am just used to having girls all over my room now." Faith gave a low throaty laugh, "So you are that good, are you, Red!?"
"Oh, crap! That is not what I meant. The potentials, there are like a gazillion of them staying at the house, so at night every inch of floor space is taken. And then there is Kennedy, she sleeps with me."
Faith cocked an eyebrow at Willow. "And I do mean just sleep. I am so not ready for more than kisses and a few snuggles right now. Plus I don't really know how I feel about her. Buffy and Xander seemed to think she is great. And she is pretty, but kind of pushy. A little like you back in high school, well, except she comes from money. So I guess there is this air of entitlement about her that I find not so attractive. Does any of that make any sense at all?"
"Sure, Red, you are seeing this Kennedy chick out of some loyalty to the Scoobies. They want you to move on, they think she is great and it doesn't really matter what you think. You are just doing it to make them happy and not yourself. I don't believe you think you deserve happiness, not after losing Tara," Faith stated.
Willow rolled onto her side facing Faith with a look of clarity Faith had only seen on herself when she looked in the mirror each morning. It was a look that told her that she knew what she had done and whom she could be if she worked hard. Willow looked her right in the eye as she spoke, "You are absolutely right. I am not even attracted to the girl! I mean yeah, she is kinda cute, but not my type at all. Not that I really know what my type is, but I am doing this for them. I owe them a lot, but not who I love." As she finished the weight of what she had been carrying for months finally, truly fell down her shoulders and onto her heart.
Faith lay there watching the tears well up in Willow's eyes. There was no holding them back as her slim body began to shudder softly from her sobs. Faith wanted to comfort her, but wasn't sure what Willow would want so she lay there watching the witch fall apart. Finally she could take no more. She touched Willow's shoulder and pulled her into a warm embrace saying, "It's okay, Willow, you can let it all out, I won't judge you. I will just hold you, sweetie." Through her tears Willow realized that she had never seen the really tender side of Faith and now here it was just for her. She knew that she wanted this woman for a friend and that nothing would ever comebetween their friendship, Scoobies or no.
Willow snuggled into Faith's shoulder crying all the while, as Faith began to sing in a timid voice, "Hush, little baby don't say a word, Momma's gonna buy you a mockingbird, and if that mockingbird don't sing, Momma's gonna buy you a diamond ring." As Willow drifted into sleep all she could think of was how safe she felt and what a beautiful voice Faith had.
Morning came all to quickly for both girls. They had moved little during the night. Willow had turned her back toward Faith, but Faith had taken the opportunity to mold herself to the witch. And that is how Cordelia found them the next morning, spooning contentedly
without a conscious thought about it.
Cordelia reacted in typical fashion, "Oh my God, Willow, what the hell are you doing in bed with that murdering, psycho bitch!?"
Both girls jumped at the sound of their wake up call. "Stuff it Cordy, Willow was scared last night, so she bunked with me. God get your mind out of the gutter." Faith spit the words out at Cordy hoping that would be then end of the discussion. No such luck. "Well, Willow, if you were scared you should have slept in my room. I am a lot safer than this bitch any day."
"Cordy, you guys weren't home when I got here. And right now Faith has been a whole lot nicer to me than you have in the past five minutes. So I suggest you get out before I levitate you out!" Willow leveled her gaze on Cordy with what she hoped was a fierceness, even
though she knew she would do no such thing.
"Fine, but get your asses downstairs, Gunn brought donuts. And we need to get Angel back ASAP! Faith here has had no luck in that department. Don't even know why we broke her out!" And with that Cordy shut the door.
"Boy, she sure is a ball of sunshine and light in the morning isn't she?" Willow couldn't help but laugh. "Well, she was never a morning person really, or afternoon, or evening. Maybe she is only
good at the stroke midnight."
"Come on Red, let's see what kind of hijinks we can get into today."
appreciated and more is definately welcome. I feel like I am taking
so long to establish this relationship, but for me it is worth it.
Let me know what you think or if I have totally bored you.
lemons
See disclaimers from first part.
Saving Faith 4
As Faith began to get comfortable in her bed she thought back to the events of the past few hours. She had never thought that Willow would forgive her let alone understand her situation. She nestled into her pillow wrapped in a warm cocoon of blankets and drifted off to sleep as content as she had been in years. As she began her dream cycle she thought she heard a soft rap on her bedroom door. The sound while not enough to bring her out of sleep still got her attention. The rap became an insistent knocking followed by a breathy whisper calling to her, "Faith, Faith, can I come in." As Faith awoke she became aware of who the voice belonged to,
Willow. "Red, get in here, what's wrong?" There was an edge of fear in Faith's voice.
"Well, nothing happened, it's just that it's really hard to go to sleep in an unfamiliar place. I mean I lay down to go to sleep and then I could hear every little noise around me. It started to get creepy.Which then becomes kinda funny `cause I am a cool monster fighter and all. So what really could a little cricket do to me? Not much I say!" As Willow began to run out of breath she had moved to the edge of Faith's bed. "So, I was wondering if you didn't mind, could I sleep with you tonight, and I mean sleep as in becoming unconscious, not as in becoming naked." Faith laughed inwardly at the hole the redhead was digging for herself. "Not that you aren't attractive Faith, but well, oh Goddess, stop me anytime!" The pleading look Willow gave her made her relent from any more verbal torture of the witch.
"Get in, Red, and no offense taken, I do know I am a hotty," Faith stated, "And you would be damn lucky to have me, if I went that way, all the time I mean." Willow thought about questioning the last statement, but decided to let it go as she pulled the blankets up to her chin. "Thanks, Faith, I guess I am just used to having girls all over my room now." Faith gave a low throaty laugh, "So you are that good, are you, Red!?"
"Oh, crap! That is not what I meant. The potentials, there are like a gazillion of them staying at the house, so at night every inch of floor space is taken. And then there is Kennedy, she sleeps with me."
Faith cocked an eyebrow at Willow. "And I do mean just sleep. I am so not ready for more than kisses and a few snuggles right now. Plus I don't really know how I feel about her. Buffy and Xander seemed to think she is great. And she is pretty, but kind of pushy. A little like you back in high school, well, except she comes from money. So I guess there is this air of entitlement about her that I find not so attractive. Does any of that make any sense at all?"
"Sure, Red, you are seeing this Kennedy chick out of some loyalty to the Scoobies. They want you to move on, they think she is great and it doesn't really matter what you think. You are just doing it to make them happy and not yourself. I don't believe you think you deserve happiness, not after losing Tara," Faith stated.
Willow rolled onto her side facing Faith with a look of clarity Faith had only seen on herself when she looked in the mirror each morning. It was a look that told her that she knew what she had done and whom she could be if she worked hard. Willow looked her right in the eye as she spoke, "You are absolutely right. I am not even attracted to the girl! I mean yeah, she is kinda cute, but not my type at all. Not that I really know what my type is, but I am doing this for them. I owe them a lot, but not who I love." As she finished the weight of what she had been carrying for months finally, truly fell down her shoulders and onto her heart.
Faith lay there watching the tears well up in Willow's eyes. There was no holding them back as her slim body began to shudder softly from her sobs. Faith wanted to comfort her, but wasn't sure what Willow would want so she lay there watching the witch fall apart. Finally she could take no more. She touched Willow's shoulder and pulled her into a warm embrace saying, "It's okay, Willow, you can let it all out, I won't judge you. I will just hold you, sweetie." Through her tears Willow realized that she had never seen the really tender side of Faith and now here it was just for her. She knew that she wanted this woman for a friend and that nothing would ever comebetween their friendship, Scoobies or no.
Willow snuggled into Faith's shoulder crying all the while, as Faith began to sing in a timid voice, "Hush, little baby don't say a word, Momma's gonna buy you a mockingbird, and if that mockingbird don't sing, Momma's gonna buy you a diamond ring." As Willow drifted into sleep all she could think of was how safe she felt and what a beautiful voice Faith had.
Morning came all to quickly for both girls. They had moved little during the night. Willow had turned her back toward Faith, but Faith had taken the opportunity to mold herself to the witch. And that is how Cordelia found them the next morning, spooning contentedly
without a conscious thought about it.
Cordelia reacted in typical fashion, "Oh my God, Willow, what the hell are you doing in bed with that murdering, psycho bitch!?"
Both girls jumped at the sound of their wake up call. "Stuff it Cordy, Willow was scared last night, so she bunked with me. God get your mind out of the gutter." Faith spit the words out at Cordy hoping that would be then end of the discussion. No such luck. "Well, Willow, if you were scared you should have slept in my room. I am a lot safer than this bitch any day."
"Cordy, you guys weren't home when I got here. And right now Faith has been a whole lot nicer to me than you have in the past five minutes. So I suggest you get out before I levitate you out!" Willow leveled her gaze on Cordy with what she hoped was a fierceness, even
though she knew she would do no such thing.
"Fine, but get your asses downstairs, Gunn brought donuts. And we need to get Angel back ASAP! Faith here has had no luck in that department. Don't even know why we broke her out!" And with that Cordy shut the door.
"Boy, she sure is a ball of sunshine and light in the morning isn't she?" Willow couldn't help but laugh. "Well, she was never a morning person really, or afternoon, or evening. Maybe she is only
good at the stroke midnight."
"Come on Red, let's see what kind of hijinks we can get into today."