THE END IS ONLY THE BEGINNING
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CHAPTER 20- LOVERS REQUIM AND FACING YOUR PAST SINS
His jaw dropped and his eyes bulged nearly out of their sockets at the sight that greeted his eyes when he turned his gaze back towards the women's restroom. He knew a vampire named with the name that he could only use to describe the image in front of him but most rational thought left his mind within a few seconds of laying his eyes on her. Her clothes seemed to be almost like a second skin, it was almost as if they had been formed from a mold of her body. His eyes traveled the entire length of her body, from top to bottom, as an approving smile spread itself widely across his face. Though she probably would have loved all of the attention her entrance was getting Faith kept her focus straight in front of her and on the look of awe on Wesley's face, avoiding the lustful glares of many of the men, and a few of the women, around her as she passed by. Wesley expected Faith to walk, or maybe saunter was the more apt term, up to him but was surprised when she stopped a couple of feet in front of him and gave him one of her trademark zealous smiles and an odd wink.
His left foot suddenly sprang to life and was about to have him take a step forward when the slow song that had been boring both to death ended and another song began, one that it didn't take Wesley long to figure out that Faith had specifically asked for. With the first emphasize drumbeat of the song Faith raised her arms above her head and rocked her hips to one side, the second beat of the drum brought an equal reaction but to the other side. Soon her hips were staying in step with the beat, driving like evenly matched pistons as Faith swaggered her way forward towards him. As she neared him her hips stopped their intoxicating motions and she began to slowly sway her hips from side to side, making sure that Wesley's eyes were on her the entire time. His hands, seemingly possessing a mind of their own, inched out away from his body. With a slightly angry pout on her face Faith shook her head first to one side and then the other, allowing her long blonde highlighted chocolate trusses to sway in an almost hypnotic dance. His hands ceased there trek forward only moments before their bodies met, with Faith suggestively wrapping one leg around his before their lips met in a fiery kiss. His hands had only just settled on her slender waste before she pulled away and spun around against him, slinking one arm around his back and throwing the other back behind his head. The next several minutes were an almost drug induced high to the two on the dance floor. Neither dared a care what anyone thought, focusing solely on how their bodies almost seemed to fit together like pieces from a jigsaw puzzle. Wesley's hands slung around her waist, as she gave her herself over to the music and her own feelings for him, while Faith kept herself pressed back up as close to Wesley as she could. His hot breath on the back of her neck sent excited shivers down her spine, only furthering the high that she was screaming through. They continued their dance slowly at first, but soon were lost in the moment, drawing wide eyed stares from many onlookers. The song ended with neither Wesley nor Faith realizing it, both were too lost in each other's gazes to notice. Wesley finally became aware of the fact that the song had ended when the dj came over the loudspeaker and loudly cleared his throat.
"Faith…the music stopped," Wesley whispered softly with what little breath remained him before he did the best that he could to draw in a deep breath of air without moving from his spot.
"So…," Faith whispered back softly with a carefree edge to her voice as it was clearly evident that she could care less if she and Wesley were being stared at by the majority of the crowd.
"Faith, we really…," Wesley started to add softly with a nervous smile on his face before an ear piercing scream rang out.
"Fuck…," Faith growled angrily under her breath with a pissed off scowl on her face before she launched herself away from Wesley, just as a pack of vampires roared out onto the dance floor.
"Faith…wait, don't…we should," Wesley tried to shout to Faith but his words were lost in the din of the shouts of terror from the crowd. Not trying to get Faith's attention again at the moment Wesley started to rush forward to keep a vampire from snapping a young girl's neck Wesley failed to notice the condition of the floor in front of him. Had he had the time he would have noticed that the floor was covered with a combination of sweat, blood, and whatever everyone in the crowd was drinking. His left foot slipped out from under him first, followed by the other, before Wesley went down hard onto the floor, nearly hard enough to knock the wind out of him.
Faith had spun far enough away that she wasn't immediately aware of Wesley's unfortunate accident and almost instantly went into full slayer mode. The terrified members of the crowd began to scream and shout and scramble for the exits, with the vampires hot on their tales. Faith rushed over to the bar and snapped a leg off of one of the chairs before she ducked underneath the attack of the first vampire to notice that she, unlike the others, hadn't run away in sheer panic. As she ducked down she spun around on her heel and sprang upward, driving the improvised stake straight through the vampires heart, getting showered with dust in return. The next vampire to cross her path met a similar fate as the previous one had. However with this vampire she gave it a couple of quick roundhouse kicks to the chin before making more work for the club's custodian. She was about to head off a couple of the vampires that were trying to pick off the stragglers from the crowd when her memory kicked in and she remembered that Wesley had also gone off to fight the vampires. She leapt up onto a table and frantically scanned the crowd for any sign of her former watcher. After several seconds of not seeing any sign of him she was about to strike out in a panic but stopped when she caught sight of him struggling with one of the larger vampires. And idea formed in her head just as she vaulted from tabletop to tabletop before diving on top of the vampire that was trying to strangle Wesley.
"Die…," The vampire growled with a wicked grin on its face as its golden eyes locked onto Wesley's jugular.
"Not in this lifetime pal," Faith quipped with her usual cocky edge to her voice before she reached down and grabbed the vampires head on both sides and gave it a hard twist. The vampire went down like a house of cards in a strong wind, releasing a gasping Wesley directly into the path of two incensed vampires come to avenge their fallen friend. "Wes…," Faith shouted with worry thickly laden in her voice as she did her best to scramble away from the large vampire. She was about to go to Wesley's aid but stopped in her tracks as Wesley spun back a bit, grabbed the makeshift stake out of her hand and spun back around just at the right time to block the first vampires swing with one hand before driving the stake through that vampires heart. He waded through the cloud of dust and clamped a hand around the remaining vampire's throat before he felt the sting of a knife being drawn across his side. Grunting in pain and shock Wesley released both his grip on the vampires neck and the stake, stumbling back into Faith, knocking the two down into the pile of the dead bodies of the club goers that hadn't been lucky enough to get out while they could. As they crashed down into the pile Faith's shoulder slammed down into something hard and she bit her lip to keep from crying out in pain as she felt her arm slip out of joint. The vampires, seeing an opening, began to pounce on Wesley and Faith but stopped when the others of their group bugged out and tore up the clubs steps and headed for the doors. Growling in anger those vampires that had been ready to attack Faith and Wesley took off after their comrades and fled the scene. Almost an hour later found Faith and Wesley back at his apartment, with Wesley having to use every ounce of strength left in his body to help Faith pop her shoulder back into place.
"How's that…," Wesley asked with a lightly painful grimace on his face as Faith stepped back and slowly rotated her arm on its full axis, wincing slightly as she pushed the arm faster and faster.
"It'll do…now what about you, that vampire had a knife and…," Faith replied with a satisfied shrug of her shoulders before she stepped back towards Wesley and grabbed the middle button of his shirt and pulled him towards her. "Got lucky…," Faith whispered with a well hidden tone of worry in her voice as she slowly pushed Wesley down into the biggest chair in his living room. "Wait here, I'll get the first aid kit," Faith said softly with a tired yawn before she disappeared into the kitchen. When she reappeared her hair had been pulled back into a loose ponytail and she was fishing through the contents of the first aid kit.
"You really didn't need to get the first aid kit Faith, it's really not much more than a scratch, see it's already stopped bleeding," Wesley said with a tired smile on his face as he slowly pulled the edges of his shirt back and stared at the wound that had indeed stopped bleeding.
"I'll be the judge of that," Faith joked with a half worried smile on her face as he sat down on the coffee table and set the first aid kit down on her lap.
"Really Faith I…," Wesley started to grumble back in reply before he hissed as Faith began to blot the wound with a cotton ball with some hydrogen peroxide soaked into it.
"God Wes…quit being such a big baby," Faith taunted with a daring smile on her face as she used up her first cotton ball and then set about cleaning the rest of the wound with a second one.
"Fine…now how about you, are you hurt," Wesley groaned softly with a defeated look on his face as his hands moved from their spots on the armrests of the chair to Faith's sides.
"Whoa pal, there'll be plenty of time for that later…right now I need to…," Faith stated plainly with a lighthearted threat built into her tone of voice before Wesley slipped his thumbs in underneath and simultaneously traced the edges of her stomach muscles from her sides down until he hooked both thumbs into the waistline of her pants and pulled her forward into at first a soft and gentle kiss. "On second thought…," Faith whispered softly through the kiss with a half smile before she leaned in a bit further and kissed Wesley again.
"We could always skip ahead and…," Wesley started to whisper softly to Faith with a randy tone to his voice before a light turned on in Faith's eyes and she stepped back away from Wesley and stood up. Wesley started to get up but an abrupt and forceful shove from Faith kept him down in his seat.
"Hey now Wes…don't you know that you've gotta stay in your seat until the show's over," Faith purred with an excited smile on her face as she walked over to Wesley's radio and spent the next several seconds trying to find the right station.
"Faith…what are you…," Wesley asked with a confused and slightly nervous look on his face as he leaned back in the chair and laid his head to one side, staring at Faith out of the corner of his eye.
"Hush…," Faith whispered harshly with an angry pout on her face as she half glared back at Wesley before she found the radio station that she had been searching for. Wesley sighed deeply and shrugged his shoulder as he settled back into the chair and stared at the ceiling while Faith cranked the volume up and waited for the music to begin.
Wesley cocked an eyebrow and frowned when the first few beats of the music started to spring out of his radio. He had heard the song before and guessed at Faith's reason for choosing the radio station and the song. He started to lower his head before he heard Faith's voice waft towards him over the beat.
"You know what Wesley, I wonder why you guys are called watchers anyway, most of the time you don't even watch the battles, mostly you watchers just watch the boring stuff like Masterpiece Theater reruns and shit like that…well I'm going to make you earn the title of watcher today pal…so let's see those pretty blues of yours," Faith exclaimed with a joking edge to her voice as she swayed her hips to the beat from side to side as she edged closer to Wesley, finally passing around the couch before standing almost directly in front of Wesley.
"What…," Wesley asked with a confused and somewhat startled frown on his face as he lowered his head before Faith cut him off with a wave of her hand and her words.
"You're my watcher right…so do you job and sit there and watch me…," Faith laughed out her reply before she reached down and slowly started to pull her shirt off over her head. An act that was both sexy and humorous because of the fact that the shirt was so tight that she almost got the shirt stuck three fourths of the way off before finally yanking it off and twirling it around on her finger before hurtling it across the room. Wesley watched in a rapture of silence as Faith let the music control her body, almost instantly hypnotizing Wesley with her movements. Faith spun around on her heel and made sure that Wesley would get an unhindered view of her backside as she leaned down and untied her boots before kicking them off to either side. Wesley tried to force his mouth to form the words to a question but his efforts failed him as Faith turned around and curled her back slightly away from him, hanging her head down a bit, after pulling her hair out of the ponytail and letting it fall down beautifully in front of her face, and slowly began to unzip her almost painted on pants, zipper tooth by zipper tooth. Just before Wesley didn't think that he could stand it any longer Faith softly grunted and tugged her way out of the pants that she had been wearing and tossed them over her shoulder as if they were a roll of paper towels. Wesley now fully leaned back in his seat and took in the view of the goddess in front of him as she, clad in only a barely there thong and bra, resumed her gyrations to the beat, all the while making sure that Wesley's gaze was locked solely on her. With a sexy smile on her face Faith crept forward until she pushed Wesley's legs together and lowered herself down onto the chair, straddling him in the process. With a soft humming along to the music Faith cupped Wesley's face in her hands and pulled him forward into a long and soft succession of kisses as she started at his forehead and traveled all over his face before she bent over a bit and continued on to his neck and then collarbone and shoulder. Wesley softly moaned with pleasure before Faith pulled her hands back from their spots on his shoulders and undid the clasp of her bra, letting it fall down onto Wesley's lap without ever taking her eyes off of Wesley's intense gaze. A happy snicker escaped his lips as a pleased smile spread itself across his face.
"You are so beautiful," Wesley whispered softly to Faith with a look of such sincerity on his face and in his eyes that Faith was at first taken aback by his honesty.
"Bet you say that to all of the…," Faith started to say back with a daring smile on her face before Wesley brought his hands up from their spots on the armrests and used his thumbs to lightly squeeze a trail down the outside of both of Faith's breasts, almost instantly taking her breath away.
"No…just you," Wesley interjected with a look of loving awe on his face before his hands slipped around Faith to pull her closer and into a wave of kisses that left both breathless.
"Now for the real fun…," Faith cooed softly with an intense look on her face as she reached down and undid his belt and then proceeded to pull the zipper down on his pants.
"For the both of us…," Wesley growled back with an excited vigor as in one motion he slipped his hands down underneath the side straps of Faith's thong and continued until he got a good grip on the underside of both of Faith's hips and stood up, letting his pants fall to the ground and picking Faith up in the process. With a delighted grin on her face Faith leaned forward and nibbled on Wesley's ear while she locked her legs in place around Wesley's waist as he made his way from the living room and into the bedroom. Next came Wesley trailing a line of kisses around Faith's shoulders, neck, and lips as he carried her into the bedroom.
"Ya know…all talk and no play makes Faith a dull girl…," Faith snickered out with a fake look of anger on her face before Wesley abruptly dumped down onto the foot of his bed. The first thought to Faith's mind was one of anger, but that soon changed at the look of desire in Wesley's eyes as he leaned down and kissed her with more love than any prior man ever had. As she broke the kiss Faith slithered her backwards up the bed on her elbows, slipping out of her panties and giving Wesley her best come hither look along the way. She didn't have to wait long before Wesley stripped off his own underwear and dove forward on top of her. It was an act that got an almost goofy giggle from Faith before her mouth was busy with other tasks.
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Buffy froze instantly upon the realization that Spike had returned to their apartment with Jenny in tow. The entire time that he had been gone she had mentally been trying to prepare herself for this very moment, intermittent with trying to keep Joyce from missing her father to much. It had been clearly evident early that Spike and Joyce shared some kind of special connection. The first overnight trip that Spike had taken after she was born had only been one night but Joyce had screamed her little lungs out seemingly the entire time. As if on cue Spike had shown up at the door just as Buffy had picked up her cell phone to call and tell him to come home. He had said that he had been unable to catch even the slightest amount of sleep in the crappy hotel that he had checked into, as anything better would have raised both suspicions and the possibility that his presence would have been detected and possibly somehow change the future. When Molly noticed that Buffy's hands had begun to tremble she had reached out and took them into her own, trying to calm Buffy's frayed nerves if it were possible.
"Don't worry yerself to death Buffy, it'll all turn out for the better, just you watch…," Molly said with a very serious and hopefully comforting look on her face as she kept watch on Joyce in her position in the center of the couch.
"When did you get so smart," Buffy joked with a nervous smile on her face as she set the dust cloth down on the counter and wiped her hands on her jeans.
"Living with you and Spike for a couple of years will do that to a trollop like me," Molly said softly with a downcast frown on her face as she turned to walk towards the door.
"Molly…what…you're not a trollop you're…," Was all that Buffy could get out before Molly shrugged her shoulders and opened the door, almost instantly diving onto Spike and throwing her arms around him as tight a bear hug as she could give him without hurting him while nearly squealing about how happy she was that he was back.
"Nice to see you to Nibblet…you didn't go and get knocked up while I was gone did you," Spike asked with an impish smirk on his face before an aghast Buffy jumped in.
"Spike…," Buffy exclaimed with a look of total disbelief and shock on her face as she began to storm forward towards him but stopped in her tracks and nearly fell back as Jenny Calendar, looking just as beautiful as she had the day that she died, walked into the apartment.
"Hello Buffy," Jenny said with a conflicted look of both fear and joy on her face before she felt the urge to turn on her heel and leave the apartment as quickly as she had come in.
END OF CHAPTER 20