REVIEWS:
Just - Do you think it would cause problems? I don't because the two slayers have major powers that are just different from Tara's. Tara's ability is in her magical ability - plus her calming influence that is a plus to both slayers. I didn't even consider it possibly causing a problem with the three women.
bblodred - Thank you so much for the feedback! I'm glad you're enjoying the story - and you considering it one of the best makes me feel blessed. Vessel deal - it's an extension of the Goddess doing her will. Possibly making sure things go the way they should.
Whiro - You just like the SEEEEEXXXXXX scenes! LOL Yum, yummy, yummy in my tummy sex scenes.
CHAPTER 22
The three women quietly undress. Tara lays down on one side of the bed, watching as Buffy and Faith finish stripping their clothes off. Faith looks confused to begin with, used to Tara being in the middle then quietly climbs in the bed with Buffy quickly following her.
Buffy reaches down and pulls the covers up over the three women, knowing that none of them were really in the mood for sex, needing comfort instead. Smiling as she watches Tara snuggle into Faith's neck, Buffy shifts down, wrapping an arm around the slayer's waist and placing her head on her breast.
Faith eases an arm around each woman, pulling them tight against her body. "So, I guess this means no hot and heavy three way sex tonight, huh?"
Tara chuckles quietly, running her fingers gently across the slayer's abdomen, and scar. "Do you want hot and heavy three way sex tonight?"
"I got what I want." Faith whispers, running a hand down each woman's back.
Tara smiles softly before shifting and placing a gentle kiss on the slayer's lips. "I love you."
Buffy smiles as Tara shifts back down, snuggling into the dark slayer's neck. Reaching over and running her hand down the witch's arm, she smiles and whispers. "I love you." Shifting her head and kissing the nipple under her cheek, before snuggling back down, she states quietly. "I love you, Faith."
Faith closes her eyes at the wealth of feeling working through her chest. "You two mean the world to me." She whispers out, quietly, pulling the two women tighter into her body.
The three women slowly relax and fall off to sleep.
Buffy wakes slowly rubbing her face gently on the firm breast under her cheek. Smiling slightly she places a gentle kiss on the skin under her lips before opening her eyes. Seeing Tara watching her with twinkling blue eyes, she grins.
"Good morning." Tara whispers quietly. "I'm going downstairs and start studying." Glancing up at the lightly snoring slayer, she grins. "Why don't you stay here and give Faith a proper wake-up?"
Buffy furrows her brows slightly. "Don't you want?"
"Oh, I always want." Tara smirks slightly. "I would be happy to have either one or both of you at any given time. However, I need to do some serious studying. Plus Faith and I had yesterday afternoon. I figured you wouldn't mind some one on one time."
Smiling in thanks, Buffy leans over and gently kisses the witch. "I love you."
"Love you, too." Easing out from the dark slayer's embrace, Tara quickly throws her shorts and tank top on, leaving the two slayers in the bedroom alone.
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Hearing thumping and groaning coming from upstairs, Tara shakes her head grinning. "Those two are going to break something else." Tara mutters to herself, sipping her tea. Taking more notes on the chapter she's working on, she hears a crash. Rolling her eyes, she wonders what's broken this time.
"I think we need the garage fixed up for those two to have sex in, the hell with sparring. Nothing breakable allowed." Tara grumbles quietly. Finally filling her brain with all the facts that she can stuff in from this subject, Tara finishes her notes and closes the books, pushing them further up the table out of the way before grabbing another textbook and note pad. Shifting, Tara finishes her cup of tea and smiles slightly, before deciding to take a break.
Quietly walking up the stairs, she peeks into the bedroom and starts laughing hysterically.
Buffy and Faith both look at Tara, with embarrassed looks on their faces. "We didn't do it on purpose." Faith whines.
"Yeah, it just kind of happened." Buffy tries to explain.
Tara folds her arms over her chest and raises an eyebrow looking at her lovers lying in a tangled mess on the bed. The bed, as it just happens, is literally broken and sitting at a sloped v shaped angle. "Am I going to have to monitor your two's time alone?" Tara questions seriously.
Faith and Buffy look at each other and grin. "Sure. You can monitor. Maybe we'll buy one of those cameras and tape what we do, that way…"
Tara raises her hand, interrupting Faith. "Don't even think about finishing that, Faith." Shaking her head in disbelief, Tara tries to keep a serious face. "You two get cleaned up and head to the hardware store. That way Faith can get the locks changed. When you get back, you" Tara looks pointedly at Buffy. "Can clean this mess up while Faith changes the locks."
"But I wasn't the only one…" Buffy trails off at the look she receives from Tara. "Okay." She whimpers quietly.
Faith snorts back a laugh, "Whipped." She whispers at Buffy, then opens her eyes wide as Tara turns the look on her. "Come on B, let's get cleaned up."
Tara quickly heads downstairs chuckling quietly. "Goddess, I love those two."
Heading into the kitchen she quickly grabs down the ingredients to make pancakes. Mixing the ingredients together, Tara checks the temperature of the skillet before pouring the mixture in. Thinking deeply, as she's making pancakes, she doesn't hear Buffy and Faith enter the kitchen. After she finishes flipping the last pancake out of the skillet, she jumps slightly when Faith kisses her on the cheek.
"Sorry." Faith quickly backs off.
"No, Faith. I just didn't hear you guys come down." Tara smiles softly at the slayer and reaches out to pull her in for a quick kiss. "You surprised me is all."
Buffy smirks. "It wasn't because we had stealth mode engaged." Getting serious Buffy looks at Tara. "What were you thinking on so hard, that you didn't hear us galloping down the stairs?"
"Here, let's eat before the pancakes get cold." Tara smiles grabbing the plates of pancakes and setting them on the island. Before sitting down and pouring a light amount of syrup on her two pancakes as she watches Buffy and Faith both saturate their stacks. "We need to invest in the maple syrup company." Tara smirks before taking a bite of her pancakes.
"I like syrup." Faith mumbles around a mouth full of pancakes.
Buffy finishes chewing her food before smacking Faith. "Get some manners. She has a sweet tooth a mile wide, in case you haven't noticed. I figure if I don't get my fair share, I'll get shorted on the syrup too." Buffy smiles innocently at Tara.
"You both have sweet teeth like no one I've ever met." Tara mutters quietly, shaking her head. "While you're at the store, pick up some pale blue paint and some kind of pretty border. Maybe while we're at college, you can re-paint the master bedroom." Tara looks at Buffy.
"Really?" Buffy whispers and at Tara's nod, smiles hugely. Leaning over the island, she kisses Tara gently. "Thank you."
"Yeah, well, we'll need to put the unbroken bed in your room, B. Then look into buying either a king or maybe a California King?" Faith suggests.
"We haven't got enough money left over for that." Tara states quietly.
"We do." Faith grins. "We don't have to buy a headboard and footboard. We can buy just the frame - which is around $50. The most expensive thing will be the mattress and box springs. There's a mark-down furniture store over on Fifth. We can run by there since it's only a couple blocks down from the hardware store. I think we have roughly a $1,000 left - Oh, and we're going to need another shower rod." Stopping and thinking for a minute, Faith grins. "Don't forget the money from last night that's another grand."
"Go ahead and stop by. See what the price runs." Tara gives in shaking her head.
"Do you prefer firm, extra firm, extra extra firm, or what?" Buffy asks grinning.
"You're just going to look!" Tara exclaims rolling her eyes. "Just get pricing on the mattress."
Buffy pouts slightly "Okay."
"Goddess!" Tara groans out. "Save me from two crazy slayers. What the hell was I ever thinking when I got involved with you two?"
"I don't think you were." Faith smirks.
"Hey!" Buffy yells looking at Faith. "She was brilliant. It was the best damn thing she ever thought of!"
Tara growls, giving up. Placing her dishes in the dishwasher.
"Will you two please go to the hardware store already? I'm going to continue studying." Tara heads back out into the dining room.
"See what you did?" Buffy hisses at Faith.
"What I did? I didn't do nothin'." Faith growls at Buffy.
"Yes, you did. You made her mad." Buffy grumbles heading into the dining room.
"I did not!" Faith yells following her. "Tara, are you mad?" Faith questions looking at the witch.
"Not yet." Tara looks up at the two women. "But if you don't hurry up and do the shopping and get back here to get the bedroom in order, I might."
"See! Told you she wasn't mad." Faith snarks at Buffy.
Buffy frowns. "I don't like you being here by yourself, since the locks haven't been changed yet. Plus we aren't positive the spell works."
"I'm 99.9 sure that the spell will work." Tara explains with a roll of her eyes. "And I don't know what to tell you about the locks."
"Come with us." Faith suggests.
"I need to study!" Tara groans out.
"We'll help. We'll order dinner out, so you don't have to cook and we'll both be on our best behavior today so you can study in peace." Buffy offers quickly.
"Oh, right. Like that'll happen." Tara sighs loudly. "Let me get showered and changed." Tara quickly walks up the stairs to get ready.
"Wanna try and get the bed out of your room, while she's getting ready?" Faith suggests.
"Sure." Buffy grins and the two women run up the stairs.
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The three women walk back in the house, with Tara blushing and Faith and Buffy laughing outrageously.
"Tara, look at it this way, we got a hell of a deal on the bed." Faith gets out between laughs.
"We may be getting a good price on the bed, but did you two have to pounce on me to see if it would hold up?" Tara grumbles, turning a darker red. "I mean, having you two attack me at home, is one thing. But in the store?"
Buffy and Faith look at each other, trying to stop laughing. "We didn't do anything bad." Buffy tries an innocent look with the statement.
Tara's eyes widen. "You two literally pulled me on the bed, kissing…. And you," Tara turns to Faith with a stern look. "You had hands going in places they shouldn't have been in public!"
Faith raises the hands in question after setting down the paint. "They couldn't help themselves. They did it on their own!"
"And then both of you, literally jumping on the damn thing like it was a trampoline!" Tara puts her hands on her hips looking from one slayer to the other.
"He didn't seem to mind." Buffy whispers quietly, looking down at her feet. "And we had to make sure it was solid. You'd never let us live it down if we broke another bed."
"And $600 for a California King set is an extremely good price." Faith gets out, finally after getting her laughter under control. "He even threw in the frame and headboard!"
"That's because of the show we put on!" Tara grumbles loudly. "Russia. The wilds of Russia. That's where I'm going." She quietly mutters before heading towards the dining room.
Faith looks at Buffy. "Do you think she's really mad at us this time?"
"I think so." Buffy states worriedly. "Let's be on our best behavior. You can start on the locks, I'll take the paint and stuff upstairs, maybe start pulling stuff into the middle of the room so I can start painting first thing tomorrow."
Faith nods her head. "Yeah, the bed will be delivered Wednesday, so getting the bedroom done first before it shows up, is a good idea. Should I make her some tea?" Faith whispers leaning to look in the dining room where Tara was already sitting down studying.
"Yeah. Make her some of that Honey Chamomille, she likes it." Buffy suggests before getting ready to go upstairs.
"You need any help moving anything?" Faith quietly asks as she grabs the bag with the locks in it.
"No. I'll come and get you, if I do." Buffy smiles before leaning in and kissing Faith quickly on the lips. "I don't think it's possible for her to stay mad at us long."
"I know. But I pushed it too far." Faith mutters looking down.
"Faith, it's okay. And you weren't alone. I was right there with you." Buffy reminds the slayer.
Faith smirks slightly. "I seem to remember her giggling during some of the goings on."
"Yes, she did." Buffy smiles before glancing back into the dining room. "She may be doing this to make us behave the rest of the day, you know."
Faith nods her head. "You could be right. I guess it won't hurt to suck up anyway."
"No, it won't hurt." Buffy murmurs before heading upstairs.
Faith walks quietly through the dining room to the kitchen and sets the bag down on the island while putting the water on to boil. Getting the tools from the basement, she sets them down on the island by the locks before getting a mug down with the tea bag for Tara.
Putting a dollop of honey in the mug, Faith pours the hot water over the tea and lets it steep for a few minutes before pulling the bag out and stirring to make sure the honey was dissolved before taking the mug into the dining room and gently setting it down by the witch. Quickly heading back towards the kitchen, Faith stops at the sound of Tara's voice.
"Thank you, Faith." Tara smiles softly before chuckling. "And I'm not mad at you two." Shaking her head and rolling her eyes she looks at the dark slayer. "I don't think I can really get mad at either one of you. But can we try and not be so…grabby in public?" Tara suggests with a lopsided smile.
Faith smirks slightly before walking back over to the witch. "I'll try." Leaning down and kissing her lightly on the lips, she starts to pull away as Tara gently wraps her hand around her neck, holding her to her lips as she deepens the kiss.
Letting the slayer go, Tara smiles "Thanks for the tea."
"Want another one?" Faith grins and wiggles her eyebrows. "If that's the kind of thanks I'm gonna get…."
"Go change the locks." Tara chuckles as she sips her tea and continues studying.
"Yes, ma'am." Faith smiles, quickly heading back to the kitchen.
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Faith smiles at the locks that are now changed. Checking to make sure the keys work smoothly, she quickly gathers the tools and old locks, taking them downstairs.
Looking in on Tara as she heads upstairs, she smiles as the woman writes quickly across a notepad.
"Hey, B. I got the locks changed out. Need any help?" Faith asks before sticking her head in the master bedroom. "Whoa!" Faith looks in shock as the other bed was already out of the room and everything was piled in the center of the room with the plastic tarp taped down around the room.
Buffy looks up at Faith as she finishes applying the masking tape around the window sills. "Well, if you want you can actually put the bed together. I just kind of took it apart and set the items in the other bedroom. I decided I wanted to get a good start in here."
Faith smiles. "She's not mad at us. So, you don't have to bust your ass quite so hard."
Grinning Buffy shrugs her shoulders. "Won't hurt. I called my manager a little while ago. I'm off for two weeks."
"Good. I'm gonna put the bed together. Should we maybe order something to eat?" Faith suggests looking around trying to figure out what time it is.
"Yeah, I'm getting hungry." Buffy nods her head to the idea.
"Go on downstairs and see what Blondie wants. I'll go ahead and put the bed together. You need to take a break anyway." Faith smirks slightly.
"I'm not going to argue." Buffy grins, throwing the roll of tape down on the floor, walking to the door and the other slayer. Grabbing Faith and kissing her quickly, Buffy smacks her on the butt before heading downstairs.
Faith chuckles to herself before heading into the other bedroom to get the bed situated.
"Are you getting hungry?" Buffy quietly asks the question of the blonde witch.
Tara looks up from her book and smiles softly. "Actually, yes I am." Glancing over at the clock Tara's surprised to see it's almost 4 o'clock. "We didn't have any lunch."
"No, we didn't." Buffy chuckles "I'm surprised Faith wasn't bitching about the lack of food."
Tara grins slightly, sitting back from the table and rubbing her eyes lightly. "I could use a break. What are we going to order?"
"I saw in the newspaper that there was this new Indian restaurant that delivers. I think it had a flyer with a menu in it." Buffy walks over to the sideboard, flipping through the papers before pulling one out. "Here we go."
Tara glances over the menu and is surprised at the number of vegetarian dishes they offer. "I'm game to try."
Buffy nods her head. "Faith'll eat anything. Maybe we should order a few different dishes so we can try them and see what we like?" Buffy suggests looking up at Tara.
Just then there's a knock at the door and the two women look at each other before quickly walking to the door. Laughing, Buffy opens it and looks at her sister. "Sorry, Dawn. We changed the locks."
Dawn grumbles as she walks in the house. "You could have left it unlocked. It isn't like you three aren't home."
"Actually, Dawn we need to keep the doors locked even when we are home." Buffy quietly let's her sister know what was going on, leaving out the information about Faith and Tara.
"Damn." Dawn whispers quietly.
"Dawn!" Buffy exclaims.
"Sorry Buffy." Dawn winces slightly. "So you got the spell done around the house and the locks changed. And Willow seems to be a lost cause."
"That about sums it up, Little D" Faith quietly comments are she finishes walking down the stairs. Nodding at Buffy silently agreeing with her decision not to tell the teenager about the rest.
Tara frowns slightly, not knowing if leaving out the other information is the right thing to do. Looking up and seeing Buffy look pleadingly at her, she smiles softly. Deciding for now, to do as Buffy wants.
Buffy breathes a sigh of relief, seeing the look of acceptance in Tara's eyes.
"Faith, are you up for trying Indian food?" Tara questions looking at the dark slayer.
"I'll try anything." Faith smirks slightly.
"We know that." Buffy mumbles before blushing as Dawn raises an eyebrow at her. "Sorry."
Dawn shakes her head. "You know Dad actually wanted me to spend the summer with him. I'm starting to think I should have said yes."
"No, Dawn. Only go if you want to." Buffy looks at her sister seriously. "Don't do it for any other reason. He wasn't exactly there for either one of us. And after Mom…" Buffy hesitates for a moment, thinking about her asshole father. "He didn't even come to her funeral."
"I'm not going, Buffy. Then there's the fact that he hasn't even helped pay for anything. But let's not talk about him. Do you guys have a menu?" Dawn smiles as Tara hands her the menu to look at. "I don't have a clue." Dawn shrugs her shoulders looking at the other three women.
Faith chuckles and grabs the menu and digs around getting a notepad and paper out of the drawer. "Well, Blondie is vegetarian. Oh, wow." Faith looks at all the vegetarian dishes then looks up at Tara. "I thought this would be easy for you. Kind of like the Chinese place where there's only a few items for you to choose from."
Tara smirks at her lover and shakes her head. "It seems Indian food is mostly vegetables."
"Okay, how about we pick like three different dishes each and kind of mix and match stuff to try them?" Faith suggests looking over the menu.
The other women look at each other and smile. "Sounds as good of an idea as anything else." Buffy shrugs her shoulders, moving to look at the menu with Faith.
Dawn shakes her head. "Just pick out three items for me. You guys know what I like." Dawn heads upstairs with her bag.
"Well she was helpful." Buffy murmurs quietly. "How about number 9, 14, and 23 for Dawn?"
"You know better than I do." Faith grins. "Personally I'm going for the hot and spicy items." Faith writes down the numbers she's interested in and glances at Tara who's quietly chuckling. "Come on over here and pick out your items."
Tara walks up beside Faith and leans in licking up her neck. "My Hot and Spicy Slayer. Mmmm Mmmm good." Chuckling as Faith groans, Tara looks at the menu. "I'll try number 36, 40 and 43."
"See, you're picking out hot and spicy items, also." Faith grins at the witch before pulling her in and nibbling along her neck. "I think I'll snack on this until the food arrives."
"Will you two behave." Buffy mutters grumpily. Quickly writing down the items she's interested in, she looks up to see two pairs of questioning eyes looking at her. "What? You're making me horny."
Tara giggles and Faith starts laughing. "Give me the list." Faith shakes her head, grabbing the menu and list, heading to the kitchen to place the order.
"Poor baby." Tara murmurs pulling Buffy into a hug.
"You know watching you two together." Buffy shakes her head smiling. "You're beautiful together. Your lightness contrasts so beautifully with her darkness. Just watching you hug and kiss, is like a major turn on."
"That's not the only thing that's a turn-on." Tara smiles before gently kissing Buffy. "You're a turn-on."
Buffy grins, then moans as Tara deepens the kiss. Sucking on the Witch's tongue that tastes like honey, Buffy shifts her body tight against the blonde and runs her hands down to cup her ass.
Finally pulling away, breathing heavily Tara groans as Buffy kneads her butt cheeks. Burying her head in the slayer's neck, Tara moans "Feels so good."
Buffy smiles and kneads a little firmer. As Tara pushes hard against her, Buffy groans, grinding her lower body against the witch's.
Faith smirks as she comes out of the kitchen. "I thought you were supposed to be studying?" Faith chuckles as Buffy gives her a dirty look.
"I am taking a much needed break." Tara starts laughing, before pulling away and placing a kiss on Buffy's lips. "I love you."
"Love you , too." Buffy pulls her in and kisses her again, before letting her go.
Tara turns around and gives Faith a kiss. "I love you."
Faith looks down, for a moment then looks back up making eye contact with Buffy, then turns to watch Tara sit back down to study. "B?"
Buffy looks at Faith questioningly.
"Can I?" Faith tilts her head to the kitchen.
Buffy follows Faith into the kitchen. "What's wrong, Faith?"
"I wanna say it, B." Faith mumbles looking down at the floor.
"Say what, Faith?" Buffy asks confused.
"You know." Faith looks up into Buffy's hazel eyes. Still seeing the lost look in Buffy's eyes. Faith whimpers slightly. "I feel bad when you two say you…" Faith looks up at the ceiling before looking back down. "Love me. And I can't say it back." Faith whispers.
"Faith." Buffy looks at the woman. "Come here." Pulling the woman into a tight embrace, Buffy smiles sadly. "Don't feel bad, Faith. We understand, we really do."
"I know you understand, Buffy." Faith growls out. "I wanna say it!"
Buffy pulls away looking at Faith, surprised that she used her name. "Then say it." Buffy whispers looking into the soulful brown eyes.
Faith looks at Buffy frowning.
"It's one word. You already feel it in your heart. You feel it for Tara and I. You even feel it for Dawn, in a sisterly way." Buffy runs her hands down Faith's arms. "I love you." Buffy leans in and gently kisses her lips.
Faith whispers "I love you, too," feeling the last of the wall of protection she had built up around her heart crumble before crying and grabbing hold of Buffy.
Buffy feels tears come to her eyes as Faith buries her head in her neck and looks up to see Tara standing in the doorway with tears in her eyes. Smiling softly, Buffy mouths "I love you" to the witch.
Tara smiles through her tears and whispers "I love you, too" before heading back to the dining room.
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"I have to say, this is a definite do again." Dawn grins before reaching for some more.
"I agree with Little D." Faith smirks before grabbing the last of the chicken with marsala.
Groaning Tara pushes away from the table. "I ate too much."
"Need me to rub your belly?" Faith grins suggestively at the blonde.
Buffy chuckles looking at the two women. "Nice try Faith. But we still need to put up the curtain rod and finish putting the bed back together."
"Yeah, yeah. Then we need to go out on patrol." Faith pouts. "And we need to put the dirty dishes in the dishwasher and clean up from dinner."
"I can do that." Tara murmurs standing up to take the empty containers into the kitchen.
"No you don't!" Faith jumps up taking the trash from the blonde's hands. "You're going to sit back down and study. The three of us can grab everything and put it up." Faith looks at Dawn and Buffy.
"I'll grab the dishrag and wipe the table down." Dawn gets the hint and gathers a couple items to take to the kitchen.
Buffy and Faith finish clearing the table, leaving a surprised Tara sitting at the dining room table.
Dawn smiles as she comes in and wipes the dining room table down. "There, all cleaned up and ready for you to continue studying." Dawn glances back into the kitchen before leaning down and whispering "You have those two jumping. What happened?"
Tara blushes and shakes her head. "Trust me, you don't want to know. Just know they were rotten earlier today and they've been sucking up since."
Dawn chuckles quietly. "I can just imagine." Shaking her head she quickly heads back to the kitchen before deciding to watch tv.
Buffy and Faith quickly clean up the dishes and load the dishwasher. As they head back into the dining room, they look at each other and smile. "She's going to turn into a big ol' book" Faith mutters quietly.
"I am not." Tara mutters back, before looking up with twinkling blue eyes. "Thanks for cleaning up."
"No problem. We're going to finish upstairs, then get ready for patrol." Buffy smiles softly before leaning down and placing a kiss on the top of her head.
"Anything else you need, before we head upstairs?" Faith questions, before smiling softly as Tara shakes her head. Faith walks over hugging Tara and kissing her on the cheek, before heading upstairs.
Tara looks at Buffy and smiles. "It still won't be easy for her."
"No. It isn't something she'll probably ever be able to say easily." Buffy agrees quietly. "But she loves us both."
"Yes, she does. I don't doubt that at all." Tara smiles softly. "Go on up there and help her get the rest of the stuff situated."
"Okay." Buffy smiles before running upstairs, Tara's laughter following her.
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"We're ready for patrol." Faith quietly whispers, watching Tara frown over something she was reading.
Tara shakes her head slightly, pushing her book forward. "Goddess, I'm giving myself a headache." Looking up and smiling at Faith, who's standing there, rocking back and forth on her feet, Tara chuckles.
"Can't wait to go out on patrol?" Tara questions.
"Oh, that can wait." Faith looks at Tara tilting her head slightly. "But, I don't think this can, anymore." Walking towards Tara, she kneels in front of the witch. Looking up into the warm, loving gaze, Faith feels her heart clench at the love she sees looking back at her. "So many things can go wrong. Anything can happen at any time." Running her fingers over the witch's knee, Faith looks down, watching her fingers make a circle eight before looking back up into blue eyes. "If I don't say this, I may not get another chance. I…love you." Faith hesitates slightly before finishing. Looking into the blue eyes that grow soft with tears, Faith smiles and leans up kissing the witch softly on the lips.
"Oh, Goddess." Tara murmurs, kissing her back. "I love you, Faith." Kissing her more firmly, before pulling away Tara looks into the beautiful brown eyes. "And nothing is going to happen. Not if I have anything to say about it."
"I know you will do everything in your power to protect us." Faith smiles slightly looking down. "Actually, I would say we all would do whatever we have to, to protect the others."
"That's it in a nutshell." Buffy comments, leaning against the wall, watching the two women. "Come on, Faith. Let's head out." Buffy looks up and smiles at Tara. "I love you."
"I love you." Tara smiles softly. "You two be careful. And be home by 11:00, tonight."
"What, do we have a curfew now?" Faith looks up confused.
"No, but what I did to Willow will have reversed itself by midnight. I want you two here inside the house when that happens." Tara looks seriously at the two slayers. "I have a feeling she'll be royally pissed and I don't trust her not to come after you. So promise me you'll be here by 11:00."
Buffy and Faith look at each other quickly before looking back at Tara. "We promise." Buffy answers for both of them.
Tara frowns looking from one woman to the other.
Faith leans in and kisses Tara before pulling away. "We promise we'll be home by 11:00."
Smiling at Faith, Tara leans in and kisses her again. "Okay." Tara looks up at Buffy, raising an eyebrow. She chuckles as Buffy quickly comes over and kisses her. "Ooh. Trained to come with an eyebrow raising."
"Now I'm the damn dog." Buffy grumbles.
"You came running." Faith smirks before winking at Tara. "Yes, mom. We'll be careful and we'll be home by 11:00."
"Thank you, children." Tara rolls her eyes at the two women, before giggling. "You got the door, or should I lock it behind you?"
"We got it. You stay and study." Faith smiles and waves as they head out the door.
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"You know, if she finds out what we're doing she is going to be seriously pissed. Not just joking upset. But pissed as in she's going to rip both of us a new asshole." Faith mutters as they walk down the street.
"We need to do this. This is the last and best chance we will probably have." Buffy looks at Faith, frowning. "I'll take the fall out from it."
"No, we discussed this and decided together, so we go down together if she finds out." Faith shakes her head.
Quickly walking up the steps they look at each other before knocking on the door. As Sheila Rosenberg opens the door, Faith shifts her foot to where she won't be able to shut it.
"Hi, Mrs Rosenberg." Buffy smiles. "We came to talk with Willow. Is she home?"
Sheila frowns slightly, looking at the little blonde, then it finally dawns on her who it is. "Yes, Bunny. Come on in." Sheila steps back from the door. "Willow's up in her room. Do you know where it is?"
"Yes, ma'am we do." Buffy smiles and looks at Faith. "Come on, let's see what she's up to."
Faith quickly follows Buffy in the house and up the stairs. Barging into Willow's room, they quickly shut the door behind them, looking at the redhead who has magic books scattered all around her.
Jerking her head up, Willow pales looking at the two slayers standing in front of her.
"We didn't come here to hurt you, Willow." Buffy looks into the green eyes, of what used to be her best friend. "We just want to talk."
Faith crosses her arms, watching the redhead.
"I don't want to talk." Willow hisses, standing up. "I want you out of my house, now."
"Not before we discuss a few things." Buffy shakes her head, desperately looking for some sign that her best friend was still in there. "Willow, we've been best friends since our sophomore year. We've been through a lot together."
Willow rolls her eyes "Been there, done that. Not doing it again. Leave. Me. The. Fuck. Alone." Willow states each word clearly and precisely.
"Damn it, Willow." Buffy hisses out quietly. "I want my friend back. I don't want anything to happen, and the way this is heading it's going to turn into a showdown and someone is going to get killed."
"Really?" Willow sarcastically states. "Won't be me." She smirks meanly at Buffy before narrowing her gaze on Faith. "But I bet I know who it will be."
Faith clenches her jaw and stiffens slightly, but doesn't move towards the red head.
Buffy snarls, getting in Willow's face. "You will not touch her. You need to leave well enough alone. Why are you doing this? What is going through your head to make you do these things?"
"Why am I doing this? I'm doing this because I can. Tara was mine." Willow shoves a finger into Buffy's chest. "I did want her back. Now I just want revenge."
Faith growls as Willow pokes Buffy. "Back off, Red."
"Oh, don't you even start." Willow turns to the dark slayer. "Is it true? Is she fucking you both? It took both of you to take my place?" Willow snarls.
Buffy smacks Willow lightly across the face.
Willow snaps back looking at Buffy with surprise on her face. "You smacked me?"
"Yes, I did. That was a love tap, Willow. Just to get your attention. I'll do worse than that, if I have too." Buffy growls out. "Tara, Faith and I love each other. At one time, I thought you might know what that is. You had the world, Willow. You had the love of a woman that would have done anything to make you happy. But you chose magic. You stole her memories and you basically fucked her over. This is the world you chose. As I see it, you have a decision to make. Get help and straighten your act up and maybe, just maybe you can earn her friendship and mine back. You can continue on this vendetta and it comes down to someone dying. Or you can leave and never come back." Buffy looks at Faith, seeing the hard look in her eyes.
"You hurt Faith, Willow. You're lucky Tara didn't kill you on the spot. She's not the push over you think she is. She's changed and she won't let you get by with hurting any of us, ever again." Buffy looks deeply into Willow's eyes, desperately searching for a hint of the person she was. Feeling her heart break when all she sees is hatred and loathing in the gaze looking back at her, Buffy shakes her head. "Your decision."
"Come on, Faith. We're done here." Buffy walks towards the bedroom door.
"What's it like, Buffy?" Willow growls out, watching as Buffy stops at the door when she started to speak. "What's it like fucking my girlfriend?"
Buffy growls lowly in her throat, turning around with deep burning hatred in her eyes. "She's not your girlfriend." Walking over to stand in front of Willow, Buffy grabs her by the shirt and lifts her off the floor, shaking her slightly. "She's the best fucking thing that ever happened to me. With a simple touch she makes me happy. With a look, I melt inside. When we make love it's the most wonderful thing that has ever happened to me. I would gladly die for her a thousand times. That's what love is, Willow." Setting the redhead back on her feet, Buffy turns around and is shocked when she hears a loud smack come from behind her.
Quickly spinning around she looks at Willow laying on the floor, holding her face, with a bloody lip looking at Faith.
"You lay a hand on either of them, I will kill you. I will take you apart piece by piece. I love these two women with my whole heart and they are my world. You will NOT be taking it away from me." Faith growls out, standing over the red head. "I suggest you get the fuck out of town, and go far far away. Go get help. But don't ever come around any of us again." Faith quickly turns around, sliding past Buffy and out the door.
Buffy shakes her head slightly. "Consider yourself lucky. And take the advice you've been given." Buffy quickly follows her lover out of the Rosenberg house.
AAAAAAAAAAA
Faith strides down the street, the anger seething inside her. Growling out at the night air, Faith feels herself getting tenser and tenser.
Buffy follows behind Faith, giving her space. Feeling the anger in the dark slayer, Buffy knows it'll help when Faith finds something to take it out on.
Faith can feel Buffy following behind her and is glad that she's staying back. Quickly heading into Restfield Cemetery, Faith feels vampires nearby and starts looking around, seeing three of them heading towards her, she snarls, running towards them.
Buffy hangs back, her heart going out to Faith as she watches her tear into the vampires. Watching as Faith slams one hard with an uppercut, using her full power, sending him into a tombstone, before doing a quick spinning back kick on another one, breaking his jaw. Jumping up and doing a front kick, she breaks the neck of the third vampire. As the original vampire gets up off the broken tombstone and heads back towards the slayer, Faith starts slamming her fists into him over and over again. Even after the vampire collapses to the ground, Faith follows him down, continuing to hit him.
Buffy heads towards Faith as the vampire with the broken jaw starts towards her, but watches as Faith flips herself up and off the ground, catching the vampires head between her legs and literally ripping his head from his body, dusting him.
Faith, finally feeling the anger starting to ease after ripping the head from the one vampire, strides to the vampire that is literally a bloody mess and stakes him. Turning to the vampire with a broken neck, she walks towards it, collapsing on her knees beside him, feeling the rest of the anger draining from her. Deciding to check and see if he has any money, Faith checks his pockets pulling out a wad of bills before staking him.
Buffy silently watches as Faith stakes the last vampire before slowly walking towards her. Kneeling beside Faith she sees the anger is gone and gently reaches out to the slayer.
Faith senses Buffy kneeling beside her more than sees her and as she touches her arm, Faith collapses against her, deep, heart wrenching sobs working through her body. "I wanted to kill her. I wanted to kill her for talking to you that way. I wanted to kill her for what she did to Tara."
Buffy feels tears sliding down her own cheeks at Faith's words. "You aren't the only one that wanted to kill her, Faith." Buffy whispers, pulling Faith into a tighter embrace, knowing that if it wasn't for the fact that Faith was a slayer, she'd probably have a few broken ribs.
Faith finally starts calming down, and chuckles slightly. "If you squeeze me any harder, you're gonna cause bruises and then Tara will be pissed."
"Oh, Fuck." Buffy hisses out looking up at the night sky. "She's going to know something happened. We're not good enough actors to keep this from her. Plus I think she knew something was up before we left the house."
"You caught that to, huh?" Faith quietly murmurs. "Come on, let's continue on patrol." Looking down in confusion at the wad of bills in her hands, she quickly counts them out and falls back on her butt. "Fuck me." Faith whispers quietly.
"What is it?" Buffy asks, finally coming back from the thought that Tara is seriously going to kick both their asses.
"There's $15,000 here." Faith looks up holding the roll of hundred dollar bills in her hand.
"What?" Buffy incredulously reaches for the money, quickly counting the bills. "Well, actually $15,300, not to be picky. Damn." Buffy looks in shock at Faith. "What the hell are we going to do with this?"
"Put it away to pay for the house payments and the other bills. Maybe use a little bit extra each month to pay your mortgage down, that way it isn't so obvious. I mean, we can always say that I'm working and that's where the money's coming from, if it comes up. Or maybe you had a crazy old rich aunt that left you her life savings. We can come up with some kind of story. Hell, Dawn wants to go to college, right? Put part of it towards a college fund for her." Faith rattles off the suggestions as quickly as she can think of them.
"Okay, okay." Buffy finally interrupts. "We'll all talk about it tonight or tomorrow, depending on how late it is when we get home." Buffy looks down at her watch, seeing that it's already after 9:00. "Come on, let's do a quick jog around town. We have to be back in the house in less than two hours."
Standing up, the two women start an easy jog. "What are we going to tell Tara?" Faith asks quietly.
"I don't know." Buffy murmurs, keeping an eye out and her slayer senses open. "Should we just go in and tell her what we did?"
"She isn't going to like it." Faith mutters.
"No, she isn't. But we both knew that before we did it." Buffy turns down a side street, feeling something and comes across a vampire stalking a young woman. Quickly grabbing him and throwing him in the alley, she follows him in and dusts him before he can stand back up.
"Yeah, we did." Faith glances over at Buffy as they start up the jog again, catching up to the woman, they slow down.
"It isn't really safe to walk the streets at night." Buffy quietly comments to the woman. "Would you like us to make sure you get home okay?"
The woman looks at the two women beside her, scared. "I saw a guy following me." She looks behind her, seeing that the guy was gone. "Did you see him?"
"Yeah. When he saw us, he kind of decided to go poof and disappear." Faith grins slightly.
"I only live about another block down. If you don't mind?" The woman asks, breathing a sigh of relief.
"No problem." Buffy smiles. "I do suggest you try not to be out at night. And don't invite anyone into your home." Buffy comments as they walk the woman to her front door. "Have a good night. Please take care."
"Thank you." The woman looks to the two women, smiling in thanks.
Buffy and Faith quickly head back down the street, picking up the jog again.
"So, do we tell her as soon as we get home?" Faith quietly asks as they ease up their jog as they get close to the Bronze, double checking the alleyway, before heading back out.
"It might be best." Buffy finally admits. "I'd rather just tell her and get it out in the open, than not tell her and it come back to bite us in the ass."
"You have a point." Faith acknowledges, nodding her head. "So when we get home, we own up to what we did."
"And pray like hell that she isn't too mad." Buffy murmurs quietly.
"Yep." Faith agrees. "You think we did a good enough run around town?"
"Yeah, let's go home." Buffy swallows as they turn down the street to head towards home.