Chapter 3

Dawn and Kennedy were downstairs in the basement talking while everyone else was making a plan to get rid of Glory. They were sitting on the bed close together leaning on one another.

Dawn looks over to Kennedy. "Kennedy?"

"Hmm."

"Do you think we can beat Glory?"

"Of coarse, why do you ask?" Kennedy said looking at Dawn.

Dawn sighs. "Well, I don't know if I can go through it again, I mean last time Glory was here she sucked Tara's brain and Buffy died and Spike got beaten to a bloody pulp. It was all my fault and I can't go through that again." Dawn said starting to cry.

Kennedy cupped Dawns face with her hand and used her thumb to wipe the tears away. "Ssh, that is not going to happen again, Spike is gone and Tara is going to be dead as far as Glory knows, and Buffy has four more slayers to help her. Everything is ok and your not the key anymore so it won't be your fault anymore."

Dawn shook her head. "You don't understand, it still is my fau…" Dawn was cut off by Kennedy's lips on hers for their first kiss. Their lips lingered for a moment until Dawn pulled back to look into Kennedy's eyes. "What was that for?"

Kennedy smiled. "To calm you down. Everything is going to be fine, I'll make sure of it."

Dawn smiled. "Thanks, you really are special." Dawn pulled Kennedy closer and took possession on her bottom lip sucking on it a little bit before taking the rest of her mouth in hers.

Buffy walked down into the basement and saw her sister and the slayer in a deep make out session so she let them be and walked back upstairs.

Willow saw Buffy come up alone and furrowed her brow. "Where are the girls?"

Buffy pointed to the basement. "Making out, I don't want to disturb them. I know how much Dawn has to be hurting right now and I think Kennedy is doing a good job right about now. We'll fill them in later." Buffy went to sit down next to Willow and Tara on the couch while everyone else was standing up.

"Ok B, you are telling us to go in for a full on attack against a god. I know you beat her before but we have no idea what she is capable of." Faith stated mater of factly.

Buffy nodded. "Yes that is true but we have five slayers, two powerful witches, and a disoriented god. I saw we are ready to go." She looks over to Willow and Tara. "Have you guys found a spell that you can do from here, I don't want Tara anywhere near her."

Willow stuck her bottom lip out. "And what about me, you want me to go in."

Buffy put a hand on Willows knee. "It's not that, it's just besides me Glory has hurt Tara the most and I am afraid if Glory sees her then she might want to take her brain again."

Willow giggled. "I know, I am only playing. I like my women smart, you know I am not only a breast girl, I am also a smart girl, or something like that."
Tara squeezed Willows waist. "Well don't worry, she can't have my smarts again."

"Damn straight." Willow said firmly.

Buffy giggled. "Ok, we need to get down to business. Tara, can you go down and get Dawn and Kennedy, they need to be filled in too. We need to do this as soon as possible."

Tara nodded and got Willow to get off her so she could go down stairs. When she got there she saw that Dawn and Kennedy were still in a deep and meaningful make out session so she cleared her throat. "Guys, we have a plan to stop Glory, we need to fill you in."

Dawn and Kennedy stopped and looked over at Tara. "Ok." Dawn said, she looked over at Kennedy. "We should get up there."

Kennedy nodded. "Ok, lets go." She takes Dawns hand in hers and they all make their way up stairs.

Buffy saw everyone come into the living room. "Ok great." She looked at the two girls. "Ok guys, we have planned to go on a full out attack, I have found out were she lives and we are going to go first thing in the morning. Willow and Tara are going to do a spell from here that will basically keep her from using and god powers that she may have. After we know that it worked then we will leave and give her a surprise attack. Faith, Jenna, Amber, Kennedy, and I are going to go while everyone else stays here and helps Willow and Tara with what ever. We should be back at nightfall or earlier.

"Alright sounds good, I think we should all get some sleep before we go though. I'm gonna go patrol, I feel like a good fight before I hit the sack." Faith said heading for the door.

Buffy walked out with her. "I'll go with you, I'm getting a little restless."

Faith shrugged. "That's cool."

The two girls walked out the door ready for a fight. Everyone else went to bed waiting for the next days coming fight. Willow and Tara got their bed as Giles got Buffy's bed. Zander and Anya got Dawns room with the other slayers. Dawn decided to sleep in the basement with Kennedy to give everyone else some room, Buffy and Faith decided to take the pull out couch so they wouldn't wake anyone when they got home late from patrol.

Buffy and Faith were walking side by side with a stake in hand. Buffy started to think about what would happen to them if their plan didn't work. She thought about losing everyone that is dear to her and suddenly a single tear fell down her cheek followed by another one. Faith noticed the tears and pulled Buffy to a stop. "Hey, what's wrong B?"

Buffy shook her head and looked down so Faith wouldn't see her pain. "I don't know if I could lose them all."

Faith puts her hands on Buffy's shoulders. "What do you mean can't lose them?"

"What if this doesn't work out and they die. It's all my fault, I never should have got them in this in the first place." Buffy said with a touch of drama in her voice.

"Why do you think I keep my distance B? This is what happens, people get hurt and I don't know how you do it, I know I couldn't." Faith said trying to comfort her.

"I can't help it, I can't do it alone. I need all of them, I know I am being selfish but I just can't do this alone." Buffy said turning around so Faith couldn't see the tears flowing freely now.

Faith saw Buffy was hurting, she knew what it was like, to have the burden of being one of the Chosen ones. It had taken Faith so many years to build a wall that she had made to keep herself from such emotions.

'I know what you're feeling B, and I'm sorry. I wish I could just take all of your pain away and put it all on me!' Faith thought to herself as she rubbed Buffy's arms for comfort.

Buffy broke down as Faith wrapped her strong arms around her fellow Slayer. "Ssh, It's gonna be okay. Come on, you're gonna ruin my reputation for being a hard ass if anybody sees us like this, you know." Faith stated trying to lighten up the situation.

Buffy sniffled "They may think you're a hard ass but I don't" She said, starting to cry again.

"Well, just don't tell anybody okay?" Faith said, pulling Buffy in closer and rubbing her back. "Ok, lets keep going, we need to get back and get some sleep."

"Yeah." Buffy said, taking Faith's hand in hers as they walked back to the house.

'Hmm, pretty soft hands for a hard ass.' Buffy thought as she started to think about happy things.

Buffy and Faith walked into the house and got ready for bed. Buffy lent Faith night pants and a tank top that showed some of her better features. Faith was in the bathroom as Buffy sat in the chair by the couch thinking about her friends lives again and how if they die then it is all her fault.

Faith walked back in and saw Buffy. "Hey B, what's up? Your pretty quiet."

Buffy looked up and shrugged. "Nothing, just going over the attack in my head."

Faith sat down on the bed and looked over to the blonde. "Are you sure that's all? You look like you did tonight when we were out."

Buffy sighed. "Fine, I am thinking about my friends again. Are you happy now, you got me to say it."

Faith shook her head and went over to sit on the arm of the chair that Buffy was sitting on. "Look, it is not your fault. They could have kicked you out of their lives as soon as they found out what you are but they didn't. They choose to stay and they choose to love you like you were there good damn family or something. It is not your decision it is theirs."

Buffy looked down with tears threatening to come. "Good thing you stayed out of any relationships like friends or boyfriends huh."

Faith put her hand under Buffy's chin and brought her face up to eye level. "I wish I had those kind of relationships."

"What?" Buffy asked furrowing her brow.

Faith sighed. "It's lonely, I know that you are always lonely no matter what because no one knows what its like to be the slayer but at least you have friends that would like to help."

Buffy looked up. "You know how I feel."

Faith looked into Buffy's eyes and sighed. "Look B, I know we haven't had the best times together in the past but I've changed."

"Is that why you left, to change?" Buffy asked knowing that she was getting to Faith but didn't care.

"What is it with you!" Faith yelled, not liking the feeling that was building up within her.

"Oh come on, you always do that. Things get a little uncomfortable for you and it suddenly becomes my fault. Tell me Faith, I want to know now!" Buffy yelled.

"Damn it, don't you get it? I left because of you!" Faith get off the chair and goes to the other side of the room. "Do you know how much it hurts me to see the only person in this ass of a world that I give a damn about, going out with someone else and knowing that your just going to get hurt again. Knowing that if you were mine I'd..."

"You'd what?" Buffy said softly, she really couldn't believe what she was hearing but she felt the same way.

"I'd..." Faith began but couldn't get it out.

Buffy walked over to Faith and turned her around. "You'd what?"

Faith sighed and looked down trying to think of how to say this. She looked back up at Buffy and sighed again. "I'd… Love you for the rest of forever."

Buffy went wide-eyed for a second and then smiled. She leaned into Faith and waited for permission. She got it when Faith went in for her and took possession of Buffy's lips sucking on the bottom for a minute before taking her whole mouth.

Buffy pulled back and smiled. "I'd like that."

Faith went wide-eyed not believing what she was hearing. "You would, but I didn't figure you for a girl's girl."

Buffy smiled. "Well, then you don't know me very well."

"Can I get to know more?" Faith said seductively.

"Well you can know me personally but not my body just yet. I want to take it slow. Maybe when were alone and when we know each other more and we are sure it is what we want then we can." Buffy said giving Faith a peak for every couple of words. They both got into bed and went to sleep after a short make out session.

Everyone was up and getting ready for the fight. Willow and Tara were in the living room getting ready for the spell with Zander, Dawn, and Anya helping them. Giles was with all the slayers helping them with weapons and tactics.

Kennedy walks into the living room and clears her throat. "Tara."

Tara looked up at Kennedy. "Yeah?"

"Umm, can I talk to you for a sec?" Kennedy asked pointing to the stairs.

Tara looked at Willow who just shrugged so she looked back at Kennedy. "Sure." They each walk up stairs and into Willow and Tara's room. Tara turned around right when Kennedy was shutting the door. "What's up?"

Kennedy sighed. "I know me and you haven't really gotten along since you've been back."
Tara shook her head. "It's ok, I know that I hurt you by taking Willow away but you have Dawn right."

"Right, and you didn't hurt me by taking her away. There wasn't really a click with us ya know. I just feel that Willow might like us getting along and I would like that to. I want to get to know the one who took Willows heart all those years ago and never gave it back. She told me how you met and she told me about how you left her when she was into the magic a little to much and how you died. If it is ok with you I would like to get to know the Tara that no one has told me about. What do ya say?"

Tara giggled. "I see Willow gave you her babble."

Kennedy nodded. "Yeah, I guess while I was keeping her warm for you it kinda got on me."

Tara laughed. "I would love to get to know you. I am thankful that you kept Willow company and I am thankful that you want to get to know me."

Kennedy furrowed her brow. "Hey, how come you don't have Willow babble? You've been with her for about four or five years and still no babble but I am with her for one and I babble like crazy."

"I guess I can't get it for some reason, the others doesn't have it either." Tara giggled.

Kennedy smiled. "Ok, so once we are done with all this shit about Glory can we go out sometime, get some coffee?" She put her hands up. "Don't worry, this is not a date, Dawn and Willow might have something to say about that." She giggles.

Tara nods. "Yeah, I would like that." With that they both went back downstairs to get ready.

Tara walked back into the room while Kennedy went into the kitchen to tell Dawn what's up. Willow looked up. "What was that all about?"

Tara smiled. "It seems Kennedy wants to get to know me."

"Well that's good, what does she want to do?" Willow asked.

"She wants to go get coffee after this is all over and talk." Tara said as she gathered the last spell ingredient.

"That's good, I know you'll like her." Willow smiled and went over to her wrapping her arms around her waist.

Everyone was in the living room by now getting ready for the fight. Buffy was going over everything and everyone waited for Willow and Tara to finish the spell. After they were sure it worked they sent the slayers out and just waited for them to get back. Buffy led everyone to were she knew Glory would be living. Everyone got into position at every exit they could find and waited for the signal which is just Buffy yelling 'now'. Once Buffy gave them the ok they all ran in and attacked anyone that was not human. The minions were the first to attack while Glory was still trying to come out of the shock of having people burst into her house.

Glory caught the eyes of Buffy and stood up. Buffy stopped fighting and walked over to her. "Well, well, what do we have here. I haven't seen you in a long time but you still look like a slut." Buffy said.

"Hey, what are you doing here, come to get your ass kicked?" Glory asked putting her hand on her hips.

Buffy furrowed her brow. "If I remember right, I believed I kicked your ass."

"Yes, but you also died so we're both even. But I think we should unbalance the scale, what do you say?" Glory said coming a little closer.

Buffy threw her hands up. "Hey, I am all for it but just to let you know, we have five slayers here and you can't use your godly powers. All you have is your strength which if I remember was not the best in the world."

Glory tries to use her powers. "What the hell did you bitches do to me?"

Buffy laughed. "Magic."

After Buffy said that she jumped at the opportunity when Glory was preoccupied with her powerless body. Buffy got a few punches in while Glory got in a few of her own. Buffy liked the fact that she didn't have to stop and the other slayers had already killed off every minion so they helped Buffy tie Glory up until they could figure out how to get her out of this world and into a hell dimension. Glory knocked out Kennedy and gave her a bloody nose and a broken arm while the other girls just got bumps and bruises. They finally knocked her unconscious and got her tied up and carried her and Kennedy out the door. After a day of a long fight they came into the front door and everyone went to find out what happened. Buffy brought Glory down to the basement while the others brought Kennedy to the couch with a very worried Dawn by their side the whole time. After Buffy got Glory settled down she came up to help Kennedy. She checked her pulse which was ok and checked her nose which thankfully was not broken and stepped back.

Buffy sighed. "She'll be ok. She should wake up soon." She looked over at Giles. "Giles, we need to find out a way to get Glory out of here. She can't stay here very long." She looked over to Willow and Tara. "How long is that spell going to hold?"

Willow shrugged. "Couple day's maybe."

"I need her out, I am not housing a psycho god." Buffy said firmly. She looked around the room. "I think we should get the others back to their lives, I don't think we need them any more. Thanks guys for helping, couldn't have done it without you."

Giles took of his glasses. "Yes, well, I'll get these girls a flight home and I will stay until we get Glory back."

Zander stood up. "I can only stay for another day, sorry Buff. I got to get back to work and so does Anya.

Buffy nodded. "That's fine. We should get some sleep."

Faith walked into the room from the kitchen were she was getting out of everyone's way. "I'm going out to patrol." Faith walked out the door.

Buffy saw Faith leave. "Umm, I'm gonna go with her, keep her company. When we get back I want everyone in bed." She said firmly. Buffy walked out the door and caught up with Faith. "Faith, wait up."

Faith turned around with a smile on her face. "I thought you weren't coming."

Buffy caught up to her and gave her a quick kiss. "What, and miss out on some Faith time, never." She said smiling into another kiss.

"Are we ever going to tell them?" Faith asked more seriously.

Buffy shrugged and took Faiths hand in hers as they started their patrol. "I don't know, you don't really have the best history with everyone."

"I didn't with you either but you seem to like me. Hell, I did more to you than anyone else." Faith stated matter of factly.

"Still, I will tell them when I am ready." Buffy said.

"And when will that be?" Faith asked looking at Buffy.

Buffy shrugged. "Well, we could wait until everyone leaves and only tell Willow, Tara, Dawn, and Kennedy."

Faith giggled. "What the hell, I guess that could work." She said giving their hands a squeeze.

After they did a quick sweep around the grave yards they went back home and got a good
night sleep.

A couple days later and everything was back to normal. They found a spell to send Glory to a hell dimension were she would not be able to come back. Giles and the others slayers left and so did Zander and Anya. Willow and Tara's relationship have really heated up and they have gone out on a couple of dates getting back into the feel of each other as girlfriends. Buffy still haven't told anyone about her and Faith and they have been trying not to do anything in front of everyone. Dawn and Kennedy's relationship has also gotten off on a good start, they consider each other as girlfriends and have gone out on a couple of dates themselves. Willow and Tara were in the dorm room going through all the boxes that were there which filled almost half the room. Buffy and Faith were in the house working on the weapons and training with each other.

Dawn and Kennedy we out walking the streets hand in hand with an ice cream cone in the other. "This is nice." Dawn said smiling.

"Yeah, it's nice to walk around with my girlfriend showing her off." Kennedy laughed.

Dawn giggled. "Did you and Willow ever do this?"

Kennedy looked over at her. "Are you trying to compete with her or something?"

Dawn shook her head. "No, just wondering."

"No, we never did this. I don't think she ever thought of me as her girlfriend. I think her head was to much into the loss of Tara that she wasn't thinking at all." Kennedy giggled a bit.

Dawn nodded and squeezed her hand. "Yeah, her mind is lost without Tara, it always has been, same way with Tara. When Tara and I would go out after they broke up she never really paid attention to me, I still think her mind was always on Will. It's like they each have a part of each other and when one is away from the other then that part is gone and they feel empty." She looked over to Kennedy and gave a weak smile. "It's kinda they way I feel about you."

Kennedy licked some of her ice cream and looked up at her girlfriend. "Really?"

"Yeah really, I just feel like we have connected so much." Dawn stated putting her head down.

Kennedy got them both to stop and took her hand out of Dawns to lift her head up and star into her eyes. "I feel the same way, I love you Dawn."

Dawn's eyes rim with tears as she heard those words come out of her girlfriend's mouth. It was the first time anyone has ever said that to her except in a sister or friend way. She smiled and went in closer. "I love you too." She said before taking Kennedy's lips in with hers for a deep and passionate kiss.

"Well, well, I do believe that is a public offense." Said a voice a couple feet away from the two girls.

"Sweetie, if I do remember correctly, we have done worse than that." Came another voice.

Dawn and Kennedy turn to see Willow and Tara coming up to them hand in hand. "What are you guys doing here? I thought you were at the dorm going through crap." Dawn said taking Kennedy's hand again and walking with Willow and Tara.

Willow shrugged. "We decided to take a break, and it is not crap. We wanted to get some mocha goodness, you guys wanna join?"

Dawn looked at Kennedy who shrugged. "Sure why not, we could use some family time." Dawn said as they kept going until they reached the espresso pump.

Willow looked over at Dawn who was ordering at the front counter and thought for a minute. When Dawn came back and gave everyone their drinks she got up. "Dawn, can I talk to you for a sec?"

Dawn nodded. "Yeah sure." She looked over at the other two girls. "We'll be back in a minute, you guys can talk." With that Willow and Dawn went to the other side of the coffee shop to talk. They sat down on opposite side. "What's up?"

Willow took in a deep breath and let it out. "I want to ask Tara to marry me."

Dawn's eyes went wide. "Really!" She yelled with everyone in the shop including Tara and Kennedy to look over at them.

Willow looked at everyone saying a silent sorry and looked over at Dawn. "Yes, really. What do you think."

"What do I think, if you didn't hear the loudness in my voice I would say you are out of it. Go for it, there is no way she would say no."

"You think." Willow asked really nervously.

"Yeah totally, when are you going to?" Dawn asked really excited.

Willow smiled. "Well, tomorrow I am going to see if she wants to take a walk with me in the park and once I get my nerves then I will ask. I figure that is pretty romantic."

Dawn smiled. "Pretty romantic, that is totally romantic. You have to tell me what happened when you get back."

Willow laughed. "I will, come on, we better get back before they start to wonder."

Dawn nodded and they went back to the table. Tara and Kennedy were talking but stopped to find out what is going on. "So are you going to tell us what's going on?" Tara asked.

Willow shook her head. "Nope, you will find out later."

Tara looked at her and gave her a grin. "I know its nothing sexual because you wouldn't talk about that with Dawn. Willow Rosenburg, what do you have up your sleeve?"

Willow shook her head. "Nope, you aren't getting anything out of me. You will find out tomorrow sometime."

Tara nodded in defeat. "Fine." She looked over at the other two girls. "What are you guys going to do today?"

Kennedy shrugged. "Walk around, hang out, regular teenage stuff. How about you guys, how many more boxes do you have left?"

Willow shrugged. "Maybe about five each."

They both nodded. "Are you coming home tonight? Dawn asked.

Tara shook her head. "No, we might be there for a while and we just decided to stay there and come back home tomorrow."

Dawn nodded. "Well, we'll let you get back and we will see you tomorrow. Willow, I wish you luck."

Willow went wide eyed. Tara furrowed her brow. "Luck for what?"

Willow jumped in. "Oh, good luck for going through the boxes, she said the same thing to me this morning before we left."

Dawn and Kennedy walked out to get on with their day as Willow and Tara did the same. Dawn and Kennedy ended up walking back home and watching a movie. Willow and Tara finished with going through everything and made love for the rest of the night. It was the first time they had made love since Tara got back and it was like she never left. They ended up entangle with each other with a sheet of sweat all over their bodies going into a deep sleep with dreams coming into there heads.