Faith sat at a local fast food place waiting for Willow. She'd told her earlier that day she wanted to talk to her after Willow had finished with class. She'd first thought she would let Willow choose who she wanted to be with and just walk away if it were Tara but later concluded that just wasn't her style. Want, take, have was her style and she planned to do whatever she could to show Willow how she truly felt and win the girl. Everything but going all psycho that is being as Faith was working hard at reforming.
She'd never had feelings like this for anyone and knew her heart wouldn't let her get them for another if she were rejected this time. Faith didn't deal with loss and rejection well so she planned to put all her cards on the table and take a gamble. Only this time it was a gamble for something good, something she was beginning to feel may be in her grasp, love.
Willow walked in a bit nervously, both Faith and Tara had asked to speak with her today and the unusual thing for her was this time she chose to talk to Faith first. Normally she would have ran to Tara cutting class if necessary but not this time. She knew she loved Tara and would always consider what they had something more special than most people dream of having but she wondered if she weren't growing in a different direction and standing in that road was Faith. She'd known for awhile her feelings were growing for the slayer but now was beginning to wonder if they weren't stronger than she'd first thought.
"Hey Red," Faith said smiling at her. "I ordered since you were late. They actually got some not so bad stuff here."
"Thanks," Willow said nervously as the waitress brought their food over.
"I know this isn't the kind of place people have important talks but you know me and fancy don't go together." Faith said looking into Willow's eyes noticing a nervousness in them.
"Did I do something wrong?" Willow asked beginning to grow worried.
"No not at all." Faith thought this was the perfect opportunity to just spill it and not have to look for long explanations as that wasn't her way of doing things. "Red I know you love Tara and probably would like nothing more than to have things back to how they used to be with her."
Willow knew she was speaking the truth but felt that could never be. "Well," she began but Faith put her hand on hers to stop her.
"Let me do this before I change my mind." She said softly. "I'm glad you trust me to help you through this mess you are in Red. I'm also aware it's probably because everyone else seems to be cutting out on you but the thing is, I wanna do more than help you. All my life I looked for acceptance, love and stuff but never found it so I got screwed up for awhile. So this is taking a lot of bravery on my part for even trying to tell you this. Red the deal is I am starting to care a lot for you and I don't expect an answer right now. In fact I don't want one cause you need to hash it out in your mind first. When you get your answer though, I hope it's me cause I'd really like to share my life with you whatever is left of it." She breathed a sigh of relief having finally said it.
Willow sat there stunned, part of her wanted to jump for joy and spend the rest of the night properly consummating their new relationship while the other part of her wondered of Tara. "Faith I," Buff stumbling through the door stopped her in mid speech.
"Vampires, big, ugly and tough." She huffed out in ragged breaths.
"Red go home," Faith said getting hold of Buffy to steady her. "Wait, forget that, wait here with B while I go outside."
"They've got Tara," Buffy whispered.
Willow's eyes went jet black immediately and she disappeared from the restaurant. "I guess I got my answer. Tara and I were talking, I'd just elaborated on my feelings when they came. I should have known."
Faith didn't respond but was thinking the same thing Buffy was. The two witches would reunite before the night ended leaving both slayers alone again and it didn't sit well with Faith in the least.
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Tara was trying to keep the four advancing blood suckers at bay with blinding light from her hands when Faith came bounding into the crypt. She got one of the menacing creatures down only to be ambushed by two others.
As they wrestled Buffy came charging in knocking the remaining vamp away from Tara staking him. Faith meanwhile staked one of her attackers and flipped another into Buffy's outstretched stake.
Both slayers dove on the last one pounding on him before staking not paying attention to Tara's calls for them to get info. "B, you left Red alone! Damn it!" Faith hissed racing back out of the crypt as Buffy scooped the shaking wiccan up in her arms.
She ran to the restaurant and no Willow. She then called the house, only Dawn was there. Then she tried Xander's place but he and Anya were alone getting busy with the orgasms. "Damn it all to hell!" She shouted kicking over a table and racing out.
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Willow opened her eyes in a darkened room lit with only a few small candles. She rubbed her head remembering having been konked then looked at Angelus who stood next to her. "Oh the witch is awake, this is good I like to bite my prey while they can feel me." He laughed.
"Don't you realize I can oblitherate you in an instant?" Willow asked wishing she knew a way to get through to him.
"Go ahead Angel would want that I'm sure. So would Faithie, she's giving it to your Tara as we speak. Did you really think she'd want the likes of you when she gets to do me every night? Angel is who she wanted you fool."
Willow's head spun at the words he was saying, she couldn't quite grasp what was happening but knew something was off and she knew at that moment she did indeed love the dark slayer.