The next morning Piper awakened to an empty room, empty as in a literal
sense. The room consisted of nothing but the bed she was lying on and a
punching bag towards the other end of the room. She could see some kitchen
counter tops and cabinets but it looked like the unused part of the studio
apartment. Her first thought was that she was kidnapped. After all why
wouldn't she think that? The last thing that she remembered being carried
by a very strong woman, and she had just dozed off. How does one just fall
asleep so soundly unless she was put under some spell? Yes, she figured the
woman cast some spell on her and brought her here. She must be some
powerful witch or demon or whatever she was, for her to cast a spell on one
of the Charmed Ones and for Leo not to detect that she was in trouble. She
closed her eyes trying to assess how deep in trouble she was when the door
opened.
Faith walked in with coffee in her hand, unaware of the turmoil in head of her pretty victim.
"Are you still asleep?" She asked.
"Who are you? Why did you bring me here? What do you want from me?" Piper fired away before she could even get herself into a sitting position.
Faith interrupted her immediately, "Hey hey hey.. Chill. You act as though I kidnapped you."
"You didn't?"
"Of course not, you just fainted. I think. So, I just brought you here."
"This is your home?" Piper asked with genuine disbelieve.
"Yeah .why, the little lady doesn't approve?" Faith asked in her typical way.
"Well, I don't know if you noticed. It's empty." Piper asked raising her eyebrows.
"Yeah just like my life. But hey it fulfills the basic requirements for home."
"That being.."
"Bed to relax and punching bag when you are not relaxed."
Faith's answer made them both smile. It had been a while that both the women had smiled at a light joke.
"I got you coffee." Faith handed the beauty in her bed one of the cup.
"Oh thank you. I guess I would have to move to let you sit seeing that there is nowhere else to sit." Faith sat on the edge of the bed smiling and letting the insult about her decoration pass.
"Now do you remember where you live, so.. like a true Hero I can ensure your safety?" She said instead.
"Hero huh?" Piper raised her eyebrows like she found the statement hard to believe.
Faith looked directly at the beautiful woman in her bed with a little naughty smile and said, "Yeah, if you don't remember I saved your ass last night."
Piper smiled not only because of the words Faith used, but because she felt very comfortable with the woman who now held her total attention.
"You sure did. My hero.umm.?"
"Faith" The slayer completed the sentence.
"My hero Faith. Thank you." Piper replied satisfied.
"You are welcome.?" Faith decided to imitate her companion.
"Piper." The witch felt comfortable with their introduction.
"You are welcome Piper. So babe, when do you plan on leaving me?"
"You certainly are a good host, I must say. You're already throwing me out?"
"Well, I certainly can't keep you, even though you are beautiful."
Piper blushed realizing that she was being flirted at and rejected at the same time. Of course she knew how to flirt back.
"Why not?" She asked peering for an answer.
"Then it wouldn't be empty no more." Faith answered, little more serious that she had been.
"Isn't that a good thing?" Piper sipped on her coffee but kept her eyes on the woman who certainly had wounds to hide.
"I like it empty. It's easier; less maintenance." Faith replied trying to give her best carefree look.
Piper was finding herself getting more and more into this woman even though she couldn't come up with a single reason why her heart was governing her action and her mind refused to intervene. She moved really close to Faith and looked into her eyes.
"Sometimes, you should try things on, just for the size."
What she had meant by that, Piper herself didn't know. But it sure brought a smile on the dark haired slayers face. Piper certainly liked that.
Eventually Piper did leave, but she knew that she would be back again. She had found her smile.
Buffy sat staring at one more sunrise. It had been months since Faith had waited for her in that cemetery, right by that grave. And now it was her routine, no matter where she had to patrol, she always came back to that particular spot hoping that once again she would see her love lurking in the dark. But, like every other day, only the sun rose.
Buffy had never understood why Faith had left her that evening, especially when Buffy had finally gathered enough courage to confess her feelings to her. Certainly it wasn't the first time she had been just a one night stand to someone she had thought she was in love with, but she was so sure with Faith it was different. There was Angel who turned evil after she gave her virginity to him. Then that guy in college, for whom she was just sex. But, it was different with Faith. It certainly was. There was no denying how much of a connection they had between them.
When they had finally given into their desire, the unison wasn't just sexual, it was just divine. Every time Buffy closed her eyes, she could still feel the orgasm that had transported both of them to a plain where they were a single entity. Their breath, their pulse, their heart fusing into one and they were one. Like it was meant to be. Certainly she couldn't have been the only one who felt that. Faith should have felt it too. So, why had she left? Buffy had no answers but she knew that she needed to find them. She needed to find Faith.
She walked to the Magic Box like everyday to have coffee with the Scoobies. Willow and Tara were already there. She sat right beside them. As, she sipped the coffee, a chill entered her heart.
"Willow", she said startling herself along with her best friend, "Did Angel call? Has he found out where Faith is yet?"
Willow put her hand on Buffy's trying to sooth her pain, "No, sweetie he hasn't. But they are doing their best, just like we are."
"I know but it's been too long. And I have to find her. I have to find her soon."
"Why? What is wrong? I mean we know we have to find her. I know why you have to find her. But, why soon? Why."
"Willow, stop. Something is not right." Buffy's voice had an urgency that Willow had not noticed before, so she was quick to ask, "What is not right?"
"It doesn't feel empty any more. I have to find her, now."
Faith walked in with coffee in her hand, unaware of the turmoil in head of her pretty victim.
"Are you still asleep?" She asked.
"Who are you? Why did you bring me here? What do you want from me?" Piper fired away before she could even get herself into a sitting position.
Faith interrupted her immediately, "Hey hey hey.. Chill. You act as though I kidnapped you."
"You didn't?"
"Of course not, you just fainted. I think. So, I just brought you here."
"This is your home?" Piper asked with genuine disbelieve.
"Yeah .why, the little lady doesn't approve?" Faith asked in her typical way.
"Well, I don't know if you noticed. It's empty." Piper asked raising her eyebrows.
"Yeah just like my life. But hey it fulfills the basic requirements for home."
"That being.."
"Bed to relax and punching bag when you are not relaxed."
Faith's answer made them both smile. It had been a while that both the women had smiled at a light joke.
"I got you coffee." Faith handed the beauty in her bed one of the cup.
"Oh thank you. I guess I would have to move to let you sit seeing that there is nowhere else to sit." Faith sat on the edge of the bed smiling and letting the insult about her decoration pass.
"Now do you remember where you live, so.. like a true Hero I can ensure your safety?" She said instead.
"Hero huh?" Piper raised her eyebrows like she found the statement hard to believe.
Faith looked directly at the beautiful woman in her bed with a little naughty smile and said, "Yeah, if you don't remember I saved your ass last night."
Piper smiled not only because of the words Faith used, but because she felt very comfortable with the woman who now held her total attention.
"You sure did. My hero.umm.?"
"Faith" The slayer completed the sentence.
"My hero Faith. Thank you." Piper replied satisfied.
"You are welcome.?" Faith decided to imitate her companion.
"Piper." The witch felt comfortable with their introduction.
"You are welcome Piper. So babe, when do you plan on leaving me?"
"You certainly are a good host, I must say. You're already throwing me out?"
"Well, I certainly can't keep you, even though you are beautiful."
Piper blushed realizing that she was being flirted at and rejected at the same time. Of course she knew how to flirt back.
"Why not?" She asked peering for an answer.
"Then it wouldn't be empty no more." Faith answered, little more serious that she had been.
"Isn't that a good thing?" Piper sipped on her coffee but kept her eyes on the woman who certainly had wounds to hide.
"I like it empty. It's easier; less maintenance." Faith replied trying to give her best carefree look.
Piper was finding herself getting more and more into this woman even though she couldn't come up with a single reason why her heart was governing her action and her mind refused to intervene. She moved really close to Faith and looked into her eyes.
"Sometimes, you should try things on, just for the size."
What she had meant by that, Piper herself didn't know. But it sure brought a smile on the dark haired slayers face. Piper certainly liked that.
Eventually Piper did leave, but she knew that she would be back again. She had found her smile.
Buffy sat staring at one more sunrise. It had been months since Faith had waited for her in that cemetery, right by that grave. And now it was her routine, no matter where she had to patrol, she always came back to that particular spot hoping that once again she would see her love lurking in the dark. But, like every other day, only the sun rose.
Buffy had never understood why Faith had left her that evening, especially when Buffy had finally gathered enough courage to confess her feelings to her. Certainly it wasn't the first time she had been just a one night stand to someone she had thought she was in love with, but she was so sure with Faith it was different. There was Angel who turned evil after she gave her virginity to him. Then that guy in college, for whom she was just sex. But, it was different with Faith. It certainly was. There was no denying how much of a connection they had between them.
When they had finally given into their desire, the unison wasn't just sexual, it was just divine. Every time Buffy closed her eyes, she could still feel the orgasm that had transported both of them to a plain where they were a single entity. Their breath, their pulse, their heart fusing into one and they were one. Like it was meant to be. Certainly she couldn't have been the only one who felt that. Faith should have felt it too. So, why had she left? Buffy had no answers but she knew that she needed to find them. She needed to find Faith.
She walked to the Magic Box like everyday to have coffee with the Scoobies. Willow and Tara were already there. She sat right beside them. As, she sipped the coffee, a chill entered her heart.
"Willow", she said startling herself along with her best friend, "Did Angel call? Has he found out where Faith is yet?"
Willow put her hand on Buffy's trying to sooth her pain, "No, sweetie he hasn't. But they are doing their best, just like we are."
"I know but it's been too long. And I have to find her. I have to find her soon."
"Why? What is wrong? I mean we know we have to find her. I know why you have to find her. But, why soon? Why."
"Willow, stop. Something is not right." Buffy's voice had an urgency that Willow had not noticed before, so she was quick to ask, "What is not right?"
"It doesn't feel empty any more. I have to find her, now."