Chapter 17

Faith's POV

After B met my hot date, me and Cindy decided to go towards the arcade. I'm watching her play the racing game. I remembered how B looked like when she met Cindy. She was looking at the ground thinking for awhile then looked at me and gave me a forced smile. She looked so cute like a child caught stealing a cookie. I chuckled and realized Cindy looking at me with a smile.

"What"

"You looked happy..."

"Well I am..."

"Good! Let's go somewhere where it's a lot of fun"

"Um...where is it exactly"

"It's a secret...cmon"

She grabbed my hand and dragged me out of the arcade. I sighed. I hate secrets...why do women whom I got close to always dragged me?

Buffy's POV

After meeting Faith's date, they immediately went...somewhere. I sigh and headed towards the kitchen where I found Tara, Willow and Dawn laughing hard. I sat in the chair opposite of Dawn.

"Okay...I was stupid to think that Faith might go out with a sexy lady. Instead...she went out with a..."

"A kid"

Dawn said as she looked at me still laughing.

"Yeah...a kid..."

Willow stopped laughing and cleared her throat.

"Okay...we should stop laughing at poor Buffy now. But you know...you shouldn't be jealous with whoever Faith goes out with."

"Yeah...Faith's like...head over heels for you. Although I don't know why...I mean...don't get me wrong but...there are other women who are more like...Faith's type and you...well she choose you over all of them."

"You know Dawn...I don't know if I should be happy or angry with what you said..."

She gave me a forced smile.

"Whatever...anyway I'm heading towards the mall today. So...later."

Dawn stood up and walked out of the kitchen. I looked at Willow.

"You know...I think she's talking more like..."

"Cordelia? Yeah. I wonder who will win if both of them had a fight."

"I bet on...Dawn. She'll pull your hair hard."

"She did that to you"

"More than once."

Tara walked near me and placed a plate with some eggs, bacon and some toast in it.

"So Buffy...what's the plan? Are you going to pick Faith up in the park"

"Yup! But for now...I'm going to go get her gift."

Willow smiled at me.

"Oooohh. What is it"

"It's a heart necklace."

"Woww...that's so sweet."

"Thanks...I just hope she likes it."

"She will Buffy..."

Faith's POV

I sneezed. Someone must be talking about me...I wonder if it's B... I looked at Cindy who was busy watching Scooby-Doo the movie. Wow this is fun...wish I could bring my camera to capture the moment...not! This is the most boring day of my life! I yawned and looked at Cindy who was really hooked on watching the movie. She didn't even blink. I sigh and looked at the screen. There they are...Scooby-Doo...boarding the plane in a...lady's dress...oh...there's Fred...Shaggy...Thelma...Dap- I looked at the woman wearing a purple dress and my eyes were wide. What the! Tha-that girl looks exactly like...B? Wow...so that's what she'll look like if she dyed her hair red...sexy. I grinned and continued to watch the movie. Maybe watching this isn't so bad after all...

Buffy's POV

I looked at my watch. It's 2 in the afternoon...they should be here by now. After the breakfast I immediately went to the jewelry store and got Faith's gift. It's in my pocket now. After getting her gift, instead of looking around and shopping I just headed towards the house. And so here I am pacing around the living room waiting for my...I mean Faith's guests. After waiting for 10 minutes the door bell rang...I opened it and found Giles, Anya, Willow and Tara on the door holding a lot of grocery bags.

"I thought you guys wouldn't be here"

"And miss Faith's birthday? No way! We shopped for her gift."

All of them went inside and headed towards the kitchen. I followed them.

"Okay...so who's cooking"

"Tara and Giles...so Anya and I will clean the house."

"What? Why do I have to clean the house with you? I can cook you know"

"I don't think so Anya...you might put something and make us do...something we'll regret."

Yeah like make us lust bunnies... I sigh. Both Tara and Giles were now cooking.

"Okay...let's get to work also."

Faith's POV

We were now heading towards the park. It's now 4:30 in the afternoon. I was carrying Cindy and laid him on my head. She was still talking about the movie. At first I enjoyed it but when Fred and Dap kissed...I was really pissed off! Why doesn't that Fred keep his mouth to himself!

"It was so fun! I didn't know that scrappy was the enemy..."

"Yeah..."

"And Fred and Daphne were now together now."

I frowned now. I was gritting my teeth as I remembered them. Fuck! Now I'm imagining B was making out of Fred! Ahhhh! Get out of my head! I shook my head slightly.

"Are you...angry"

"Huh? Why would you think that"

"You're shaking..."

"Uh...I'm just cold...you know."

She giggled.

"You know...you don't lie very well."

"What"

"I know you're upset because Daphne looks like your girlfriend..."

"Yeah so"

"You're jealous of Fred"

"Am not"

"Yes you are"

I laid her down and noticed that we were in the park now. I crouched down to her. She frowned at me and I can't help but smile coz she looked cute.

"Admit it! You're jealous"

"I'm not! I'm just surprised...that's all..."

"Yeah right...then I must be imagining the sound you marked when you almost broke the handle in the theatre."

"It was...It was broken already. I didn't break i"

I was stopped when I felt a snowball hit my face. I rubbed it off my face and looked at her laughing. I grinned at her.

"You know it was just pure luck that you won yesterday right"

"No way! I won and you know it"

"You only won because of your mom! I was about to hit you when your mom appeared."

"So? I still won"

"Wanna make it a rematch"

"You're on"

"Battle stations"

I ran towards my side while she ran towards her. She was making snowballs now. I was doing the same. This is going to be fun.

Buffy's POV

I looked at my watch. 4:40...hope she's there now... I was heading towards the park now. I'm going to pick up Faith. Everything was now ready for her birthday. It took us a couple of hours to get ready and the only problem is the guests. I just hope that they'll make it. All of them. I smiled when I imagined Faith's face when she see's our surprise. I'll bet she's going to be sooo happy...am I the best girlfriend or what? I was near the park when I heard a child screaming. It wasn't a scream of terror...it was a scream of delight. Then I heard Faith's voice.

"Are you gonna give up now"

"No never"

"Okay...I warned you"

Then the screaming continued again. I smiled and ran towards the park. There I saw Faith who was covered in a pile of snow throwing snowballs at Cindy. Cindy looked the same. Both of them were laughing hard. I can't help but smile as I looked at them both. Both of them were covered in snow but that doesn't seem to stop them. I looked at Faith. She was smiling a lot. She looks so happy and...young. She is only 19 years old...God...looking at her like that...feels like I'm falling for her again... I walked closer to them. The warmth went to my body. She felt it too. She looked at me still in her big smile.

"B..."

She looked at Cindy.

"Hey time ou"

Cindy threw almost all her snowballs at her. She stopped and laughed as she looked at Faith. I can't help but laugh too.

"Hey I said time out"

"You didn't stop when I called for a time out! So it's just fair."

"Okay...Truce okay..."

"Okay..."

I walked closer to them and gave Faith a kiss on the cheek. I looked at both of them.

"You two are having fun...can I join"

"Sure! You can join my team."

"No way! She's my girlfriend."

I watched as they continue to argue. I stopped them.

"Hey. I think I'll be on my team instead ok"

"But B..."

"No..."

"Fine...battle stations"

Both of them went to their side and I found my side. I immediately formed snowballs looking at both of them. They were also forming their own snowballs. I gathered my snowballs and looked at both of them. They were both looking at each other then at me. I nodded. Faith grinned.

"Charge"

Faith's POV

After hitting both B and Cindy, B went to Cindy who talked to her. Both of them looked at me. B was grinning at me while Cindy was smiling.

"Me and Commander Cindy had joined forces to beat the remaining enemy"

"What! No fair"

"We had signed our treaty so it's official"

"No way! That's cheating"

Both of them looked at me grinning and I felt some snowballs hit me. I hit them back but there were so many of them. I felt someone tackle me and looked and saw it was Cindy. We were both lying on the ground. Cindy slight moved up and grinned at me.

"Give up"

"Never"

"Okay...don't say I didn't warn you"

She looked at the other side and nodded. I looked too and saw B...holding a very big snowball. Okay...big trouble... She was grinning at me. Cindy looked at me again.

"One last time...give up"

"Uh...yeah...I surrender...you win..."

They looked at each other for awhile then back at me. Cindy shook her head.

"Nah..."

My eyes were now large as B walked near me still holding the big snowball. I was now pouting and pleading at her.

"B...cmon...I thought you love me."

Buffy's POV

She's now pouting and I fought the urge to kiss her. She looks so adorable...

"B...cmon...I thought you love me."

I gave her a soft smile and held the snowball lower. But I'm still holding it.

"Of course I do..."

She sighed and smiled at me. I smile back.

"But that doesn't mean you won't get punished right"

She stared at me her eyes wide.

"You wouldn't..."

I wished I'd capture this moment... I ginned at her and threw her the big snowball. Now half her body was covered in snow. Both Cindy and I were laughing hard now. Faith slightly sits up. Her hair covered in snow.

"You two don't play fair you know..."

"I won"

"Yeah...with B's help..."

"Yeah...and I couldn't do it without her"

Cindy gave me a smile and I smiled back. She hugged me by my legs and I hugged her back. We were interrupted when we heard a honking of a car. We all looked at the direction and saw that it was the Claire Forlani look alike...Beth. She waved at us and we waved back. Cindy looked at us.

"I got to go...but I'll see you all again will I"

"Yeah...you can visit us in our house any day you want."

"Yeah...besides...I have to beat you again in snowball fight..."

Cindy smiled at Faith and hugged her.

"Yeah...we'll have a rematch..."

She pulled out of Faith and headed towards her mother. She stopped and ran towards me.

"I forgot to tell you that Faith and I watched Scooby-doo and she almost broke the handle of the chair when she saw someone who looks exactly like you kissing another boy."

After she said that she ran back to her mother and went inside the car. I looked at Faith who was still sitting on a pile of snow but her face was red now. Cindy waved back and drove off. I crouched down Faith who was still looking at the ground blushing.

"What's this I hear about you getting jealous of a girl who looks just like me"

"Uh...It's not that I'm jealous or anything...it's just...she looks exactly like you and...seeing you kiss another boy...just makes me...mad."

Wow...she's so...beautiful. I smiled at her and gave her a kiss. Her lips were cold. I pulled away and stood up.

"Cmon...let's go home...it's getting late. Besides...you're going to have a cold just sitting there."

"I think I'll stay here for awhile...it's kinda cozy."

"Awww cmon."

"Give me a kiss first."

"Fine."

I crouched down again and kissed her. She wrapped her arms around me and pulled me down with her. She moved again so that she was on top. She pulled away and smiled at me. I smiled back.

"You really like it on top huh"

"Only if it's you..."

"You really know how to flatter a girl huh"

"Yep"

She stood up and offered her hand to let me up. I held to her and stood up.

"Cmon...I'm wicked hungry..."

"Yeah...let's go home."

She wrapped her hands around my shoulder and mine on her waist. We stayed like that and headed towards our house. Towards her birthday party.

Faith's POV

We were walking side by side when I remembered something. It's December 14 today...I totally forgot! Geeez! How can I forget my own birthday! I mumbled to myself and she heard.

"What was that"

"I uh...I just think that we should go out tonight."

"You mean like a date"

"Yeah but...not just the two of us. All of the gang...you know."

"No I don't know...why exactly"

"I dunno...I just felt like it."

"That's a great idea but...I don't think so."

"Why not"

"Xander's not here..."

"So? We can totally celebrate without Xander."

"Celebrate? What are we celebrating"

"Uh...you winning the snowball fight."

"That's not worth celebrating..."

"For you but for me it is."

"Then no..."

"Awww cmon B...it's gonna be fun...besides...It's my treat."

We stopped and I noticed that we were in front of the house now. She looked at me.

"Faith...what is this about really? I know it's not me winning the snowball fight is it"

"Uh...no..."

She touched both my cheek and looked at me. She always does this whenever I can't tell her the reason. I sigh. Can I really tell her? 'Hey B...guess what, today is my birthday! Let's go celebrate eh?' She'll probably get mad coz I didn't tell her...Shit!

"Faith let's go inside and talk about this...it's getting really cold now."

"Yeah."

She took my hand and we went inside the house. There are three things that I noticed when we were inside. One was the lights...it was turn off. Two, was the murmuring that I'm hearing and the last one was...I can feel some vampires inside.

"What the hell is going on"

I quickly turned on the lights and preparing myself to dust whoever vampire is inside. Instead...I was surprised to see and hear them saying...

"SURPRISE! HAPPY BIRTHDAY FAITH"

I looked around and saw everyone (except Xander) smiling at me. What the? They know! I looked at B and she had those smile that I like. She leaned towards me and gave me a hug.

"Happy Birthday baby...you thought I didn't know"

"How"

"Willow hacked in the computer and looked at your file."

She pulled away from me and I looked at Willow who was smiling. I looked around and saw Cordelia with...Angel. My heart aches again. Wow...I haven't seen him for a long time but...seeing him still hurts me. I still remember...him and B... I sigh and forced a smile.

"Thanks...Thanks a lot."

Willow looked at everyone, smiling.

"Okay...does anyone want to eat"

B walked towards the kitchen. I just stood there looking at everyone. I can feel Spike on the backyard. I was going there when the doorbell rang. I wonder who this will be? I slowly opened the door and found myself looking at Julia and Xander. Julia immediately hugged me.

"Happy Birthday Faith..."

"Julia...thanks. Glad you could come..."

"And miss out your birthday? No way! Xander told me anyway."

I looked at Xander and grinned at him. Julia pulled away.

"So that's why you're not here all day"

"Yep! Plus...we've got a surprise for you..."

"Geeez they already surprised me...what can possibly surprise me more"

Xander moved away and showed two people that I thought I would never again see in my life...

Buffy's POV

I went to the kitchen expecting Faith to be following me, instead...Angel came and looked at me. I know it's been awhile and in the past I thought of him to be my one true love but...I was a teenager with a silly crush now that I think about it. I smiled at him and he just looked at me.

"So how are you? Cordelia treating you fine"

"Yeah...she's still a bitch but...sometimes she's okay."

"Only sometimes"

"Yeah...how about you? Are you happy with Faith"

"More than happy..."

"I'm glad. I can see that she makes you happy...why did you invite me anyway"

"I want you and Faith to like each other. I want both of you to be friends..."

"Friends...okay. I can do that..."

He slowly began to walk towards the door.

"Angel...thank you..."

"You're welcome..."

I smiled at him and he walked out the kitchen. I sigh. I guess he'll try...I hope... I walked to the fridge and got a glass of water. I was about to drink it when I heard Faith's voice.

"What are you guys doing here"

I was curious that I walked outside the kitchen and saw Faith hugging a girl who was obviously crying. She was about Faith's age. Beside her was a man who was also smiling at Faith. On the other side were Xander and Julia looking at them. Don't tell me that's Faith second love! I frowned as I thought about it. Okay now I'm getting all jealous now...maybe this party is a bad idea after all. I walked closely to them. The girl saw me and pulled away from Faith. Yeah that's right...back off of my girlfriend... I smiled at her. Faith saw the girl stare at me and smiled.

"Yeah...I forgot to introduce you...Terri, Clark...this is my girlfriend, Buffy...B, their my friends when I was still in Boston."

Oh...just friends...that's good. I smiled at them both and they smiled back.

"Nice to meet you...well I'm gonna get you all a drink."

"I'll help you Buff."

Both me and Xander went to the kitchen and got some glass.

"So...were did you find them"

"Actually...Julia contacted them and well they wanted to see Faith so they came along."

"Oh...um...are they really friends"

"What do you mean"

"I mean... you know."

"Terri and Clark are together so...you don't have to be jealous or anything..."

"Good."

Faith's POV

I watch as B and X-man headed towards the kitchen. I looked back at the three of them.

"How are you two doing? You married or something"

"What! No! For pete's sake Faith! Were still in college you know"

"What's wrong with that? Many people get married when they entered college right"

"Yeah but were not many people...anyway...were still together."

"Really? That's great! But I kinda miss the love triangle thingy."

"Love triangle"

"Yeah...you know...you like Clark...Clark likes Julia...Julia likes...um...Julia's your friend...something like that."

"You should talk...you were part of the triangle."

I glared at Terri. She's right...but at that time...it's not Julia who likes me...it's the opposite... Julia smiled at me.

"So...you and Buffy are together now..."

"Yeah...she's the best thing that happened to me."

"Wow...you must really love her...our Faith is turning into a romantic person"

"Say whatever you want C! So anyway...let me hear you two been up to."

"Not much...college and everthing."

"What about you Juls? You and Micheal still together"

"No...we broke up."

"Oh..."

We continue to trade stories and I introduced them to everyone. It was kinda fun seeing them all. All of them began talking now so I slowly went inside to see the two vampires talking to each other.

"So...this is where the vampires hang out eh"

"Happy B-day kitten."

"Thanks Spike."

Angel looked at me and smiled I smiled back. He walked closely to me and held out his hand.

"Truce"

"Truce."

I held it. Guess there's no need in having grudges to anyone...

Buffy's POV

I was talking to Faith's friends. I was really interested in what Faith was like when she was in high school. She was the most baddest in their school. That was what Terri and Clark were saying but from what I've heard from Julia she was nice. She even entered a dancing club! Gotta tease her for that! We were interrupted when we heard the door bell. I was about to open it when I saw Xander already on the door. He opened it and a very beautiful girl wearing a red dress was outside smiling. She had a long auburn hair that ends on her shoulder. Her eyes were strikingly blue her lips red and her body was so...sexy. She was like a model or something. Xander just stared at her his mouth open. She grinned at him.

"Aren't you going to invite me in"

He nodded and stepped away slightly still looking at her. She touched her cheek.

"Very good..."

She was walking towards the living room and I stopped her. She was taller than me...I think she's about Faith's height.

"Who are you and what do you want"

"You don't know me? I'm friend of Pete."

"Pete"

"Yeah...he is here right"

"Uh...yeah. Hold on a sec."

I headed to the living room and looked around Pete was talking to Giles. I walked to them.

"Hey Pete...some friend of yours is at the door."

"A friend? Who is it"

"It's me Petey...don't tell me you forgot about me..."

The woman in red walked inside the living room. Everyone looked at her. Pete looked at her and gasped.

"You! What are you doing here"

"Awwww it's that anyway to greet an old friend"

"Friend! You were never a friend"

"That hurt! No wonder I dumped you"

Dumped? Is this Pete's girlfriend? I was looking back at forth at them and suddenly two vampires and a slayer walked inside. They were laughing. Now that's one thing you don't see everyday...Angel laughing... I smiled at them and the three of them saw the woman. Both Angel and Spike frowned.

"Who are you? You're not human..."

"Wow...he can tell...okay you got me. I'm Kat..."

She grinned.

"Also known as Aphrodite...the goddess of love and beauty..."