CHAPTER NINETEEN: ANTICS
(The titles that we came up with…and threw away for obvious reasons: "When mom's away", "Nakedness in the bathroom", "Slippery when wet" [a personal favourite…] "Detoweling", "Buff in the buff", "Faith in the Buff" [cringe], "Having Faith" etc.)
Buffy couldn't help but giggle at the sight of Faith's nude body. Whilst she knew that this was in all probability the exact moment when she should be quiet, she didn't even try to smother the girlish laughter that was erupting from her mouth.
Faith grinned and tightened her grip on the towel, pulling Buffy closer. She didn't take Buffy's response as criticism at all. If anything, it set her at ease and made her want the blonde girl more. The sight of Buffy's open-eyed admiration and obvious nervousness at seeing Faith undressed was strangely appealing.
"You better get dry, girl, or you'll catch your death of cold," Buffy said with a laugh, running her right palm along the beaded water on Faith's flat, tanned stomach. Instead of sliding her hand away, she shifted it slightly to rest on Faith's left hip. She forced herself to look in the dark slayer's eyes.
"Towel me dry then?" Faith grinned, tilting her head and looping the towel around Buffy's waist.
"I think that's just about possible," Buffy said in sing-song voice.
Faith pulled Buffy into a deep kiss without warning. Buffy, surprised, stiffened but then leaned into the kiss with vigour, being pulled taut against Faith's body with the towel.
Buffy reached her hand up to Faith's cheek while she kissed her, stroking her fingers upwards to mess with her dark wet locks. Her hair had become almost curly as a result of being washed, and Buffy could smell the slight tang of the citrus hair conditioner Faith had used.
Buffy felt herself slipping into a tangle of senses, where Faith was paramount. The taste of Faith on her lips, the smell of her newly washed hair, and the warmth glowing from her now dewy olive skin was too much for Buffy and as Faith moved to bite her neck, she let a shivery sigh escape from her mouth.
"You okay, Buff?" Faith asked, between small nips of Buffy's pale neck. She pressed her hands into the small of Buffy's back, making her body curve towards Faith, and forcing the petite blonde to throw her head back. Faith grinned and shifted her focus to Buffy's jugular.
"More than okay," Buffy said in a small voice. Usually she had a quip for every occasion; right now she just wanted to be taken over completely and have nothing to say. To convey this to Faith she grasped the dark slayers hands and moved them just under the hem of her white singlet top, so that Faith's hands were resting on the smooth skin of her torso.
Their eyes met and they both grinned as Faith pulled the skin tight top from Buffy's body. Faith again locked her arms around Buffy's waist and began to kiss the girl's neck quickly and softly, moving ever downwards.
Buffy's breathing quickened as Faith traced the line of her white satin bra with her tongue. She angled both of her arms around Faith's neck, pulling her mouth closer to her chest and willing Faith to continue. But her face fell as Faith pulled away, releasing her grip on Buffy altogether, and stepped back.
"Is…is something wrong?" Buffy said, feeling suddenly conscious of her semi-naked state. She wasn't embarrassed, but she felt very, very exposed. Faith looked at her in a way that was overwhelmingly hungry, making Buffy's stomach tremble in a kind of sweet, intoxicating fear.
"Nothing's wrong," Faith smiled, completely at ease and in control. "Just turn around."
Buffy complied eagerly, and felt Faith's soft warm breath on her neck immediately. Gentle hands fumbled with the catch of her bra and Buffy caught her breath and leaned forward to click the lock on the bathroom door.
"Just in case," She breathed quietly, and she heard a murmured sound of acknowledgement from the girl behind her. Faith's soft hands rested on Buffy's shoulders and then slid her bra off with a slow lingering gesture, with no hint of haste.
"How does your skin stay so smooth?" Faith wondered aloud, trailing her fingers over Buffy's bare back, shoulders and arms. "All that killing, all that brutality, but your skin is amazing. It's so soft."
Buffy ducked her head downwards and smiled. Faith sounded like a child with a new toy. Every aspect of the experience was new and enrapturing, and Buffy wondered if she was the first woman Faith had felt like that with. She didn't have to ask. She already knew the answer.
Faith's exploring hands found their way around Buffy's waist again, and soon she managed to slide off Buffy's denim jeans with only a small amount of clumsiness. She made a small noise of satisfaction at the sight of Buffy now almost as naked as she was, making Buffy giggle again.
She turned, and Faith inhaled.
Their eyes met and sparked. All thoughts of delay, of savouring the moment, were cast aside, and Faith possessively grabbed Buffy's hips, drawing her body up, and allowing the blonde to wrap both legs around Faith's waist. Their mouths met again, lips parting, tongues tracing intimate paths around each other.
Both girls were breathing quickly, as out of breath as when they were patrolling. Faith turned and leaned the clinging blonde against the wall mirror, her bare skin pressing on the cool glass. Buffy threw her head back, her face knotted in painful pleasure as Faith went to work.
They'd waited for so long. In Boston, at the Helix, Buffy had first thought of having Faith like this, and now she was here, out of breath and in love, feeling drunk on the moment. Slipping, sliding down the mirror, she knew that nothing could separate them now.
"Bedroom" Faith asked breathlessly.
Buffy looked at her blankly, almost not really understanding what was being asked. Her mind finally caught up with what was being said and she nodded, sliding down Faith's body, placing her shaky legs back on the ground. Faith grabbed Buffy by the hand and silently the two girls slipped into Buffy's bedroom.
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We ain't writing the next bit…if you can't imagine it, then that ain't our problem. ;) There's this whole blushing problem…. ;)
S&K.