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CB - I can't do that to Faith - I like her too much!

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CHAPTER 33

"Morning, beautiful." Kelly huskily states, smiling as she feels Buffy shifting on top of her and rubbing her face against her breasts.

"Mmmm. What time is it?" Buffy mumbles into the breast she's burrowing into.

"Don't know. Don't care. Don't wanna open my eyes to find out." Kelly mutters, running her hands up and down Buffy's back.

Snorting out a half laugh, Buffy bites down on the skin under her mouth. Smirking at the response.

"SHIT!" Kelly yells in response. "That hurt!" Kelly grumbles loudly.

"Then look to see what time it is." Buffy smirks slightly.

"How come I gotta look? Why don't you look? You seem all kinds of energetic!" Kelly whines slightly.

"Whiney ass bitch." Buffy grumbles lifting her head up to look at the clock, before plopping her head back down.

Kelly waits and waits. "Well? Are you going to tell me what time it is?"

Buffy mumbles into her breast. "You wanna know, you can look."

Growling low at her pain in the ass lover, Kelly starts grinning evilly. On her next trip of her hands down Buffy's back, Kelly grasps her hips, lifts her up and shifts her body to release her quickly, so she plops face first on the bed.

Bouncing off the bed in shock, Buffy looks up. "You did not just do that!"

Standing beside the bed grinning from ear to ear, Kelly goes. "Yep! Sure did. And hey, look at that. It's 8 in the morning. I got a full five hours sleep. What's up with that?" Kelly stretches her body out, making her back pop in multiple places and groaning slightly. "Damn that felt good."

Buffy's eyes darken, watching the muscles ripple under her lover's skin as she stretches. Licking her lips slightly, she runs her eyes up her lovers body, stopping at her breasts. Eyeing those nipple rings that drive her absolutely crazy on up over the tattoo, to her face. Grinning at the lips that do so many wonderful things to her, before looking up to the deep golden eyes that haven't changed back to brown. Frowning slightly, Buffy climbs to the edge of the bed, reaching up and cupping Kelly's face. "Are my eyes still that brilliant green?" She asks quietly and at Kelly's nod, she smiles.

"I wonder if the eye color change might have something to do with the amount of power exchange we have? They've been this color for roughly ten hours, right?" At Buffy's nod, Kelly smiles slightly. "Maybe they will stay this color permanently after, or maybe they'll change back to the normal color. Who knows? It's all speculation, since we don't have a clue. Now, I would like to go take a quick shower, make some strong coffee and get something to eat, since we haven't eaten anything since Christmas Dinner! How about you?"

Buffy starts laughing as her stomach growls loudly. "That's only if Faith has left any food in the house. That woman can eat a cow and then use the skin to make leather pants to wear!"

Kelly chuckles at the image. "Can you imagine Faith wearing black and white cowhide around? I would pay good money to see that." Both of them start laughing hysterically. "Come on, let's get showered and get some food."

Grabbing a robe and throwing it at Kelly, Buffy states. "There are people here, you might want to actually wear something this time." Seeing her lover snarl at her in disgust, she laughs.

"I'm going to buy us a mansion so that way we can have our own wing, so I can walk around naked all the time without worrying about running in to someone else." Kelly grumbles putting the robe on before opening the door heading to the shower.

Buffy stands there in surprise, realizing that her lover very well could take that attitude and buy a mansion. Quickly following Kelly to the shower to make sure she wasn't going to just go out and buy a new place…at least not until she put her stamp of approval on it!

AAAAAAAAA

"And what if I do it anyway? What are you gonna do, huh? Tell me what will you do!" Kelly grumbles loudly stomping down the stairs, followed quickly by a pissed off slayer.

"I'll tell you what I won't be doing! You'll be humping your fucking hand, is what you'll be doing!" Buffy growls out angrily.

"FINE! You can choose without any input from me! Damn pain in the fucking ass!" Kelly grumbles heading into the kitchen.

"YES!" Buffy yells out jumping up and down ecstatic.

"What the fuck are you two arguing about this morning? And why the hell are you arguing. I thought you two were all over each other!" Faith grumbles from the couch, where she's eating a huge sandwich.

"She!" Buffy snarls out loudly and hears a, "Bitch!", as response come from the kitchen, making her laugh. Sitting down on the couch, smiling at Faith. "We're having fun. She's threatening to buy a new house so she can run around naked, and I told her she doesn't get to choose it, that I get to choose it…so!" Buffy shrugs laughing.

"She doesn't have to wear clothes on my account." Faith leers then grins as Buffy just smacks her lightly across the shoulder.

"Damn B! You ain't no fun no more. That should have had you pissed royally at me." Faith mumbles almost dejectedly into her sandwich.

"Faith, you almost sound upset that I'm not mad at you." Buffy smirks slightly looking at Faith.

"I think you getting laid regularly and well has loosened you up too damn much!" Faith growls out, looking with narrowed eyes before slowly allowing a grin to come across her face and chuckling. "About damn time!"

"Thanks, Faith. By the way, put that sandwich down. Kelly is going to throw something better together for breakfast." Buffy smiles getting up to head in the kitchen to find out what her lover was up to.

Looking at the sandwich in her hands to Buffy's retreating back, Faith throws it back on the plate and shrugs. "Works for me." Getting up, she starts to follow Buffy into the kitchen, when she sees a confused Sam coming down the stairs and she starts laughing.

"What are you laughing at? And why the hell were people yelling?" Sam grouches out, rubbing her face.

"You might want to go back upstairs and brush your hair, girlfriend. It looks like a rat made a nest in it. And Buffy and Kelly are irritating each other for fun, is pretty much what I was told." Faith smirks at the woman.

"Coffee first worrying about how I look second." Sam grumbles heading into the kitchen.

Winking at Buffy, Kelly turns to watch Sam come in the kitchen. "Good morning, sunshine!" Kelly chirps happily at Sam.

"Shut the fuck up and hand me coffee." Sam grumbles plopping her butt on the chair.

"She has such a winning personality, don't you think?" Kelly smirks, setting the coffee cup she had already prepared in front of Sam.

"Fuck you, Brig!" Sam states sucking down her coffee quickly before handing it back to Kelly.

Refilling it quickly and adding the five sugars Sam takes, Kelly quickly hands it back chuckling.

"Brig?" Faith questions confused.

"Kelly's a Brigadier General in the Marine Corps. She's a big bad ass. She thinks she's tough, wimpy bitch!" Sam smirks into her coffee.

"Watch it, soldier, or this wimpy ass is going to rip you a new one, you hear me?" Kelly growls. Quickly whipping up the two-dozen eggs, Kelly eyes the group of women. "Honey, can you do me a favor?" Kelly asks looking at Buffy.

"Anything." Buffy smiles back at her lover.

"Can you go out to the freezer in the garage and pull out about three packages of sausage links?" Kelly grins, knowing what she's going to hear next.

"Freezer? I don't have a…Damn it, Kelly!" Buffy grumbles before heading out to the garage seeing the huge chest freezer against the wall. Opening it up her eyes widen in surprise. Damn girlfriend packed it full. Searching through the freezer Buffy finally finds the links and while she's in there she grabs out eight steaks.

"Here. When did you sneak that in there?" Buffy growls out, smacking Kelly on the butt after throwing the links on the counter and setting the steaks down in the sink. "I pulled out eight steaks for dinner tonight while I was out there."

Kelly looks at the steaks and then does a mental tally before turning and looking at Faith and looking back at Buffy. "Want to get two more steaks?"

Faith smirks as she catches the look Kelly sent her. "I think she's figuring I might be able to eat a couple-three steaks myself, B."

Buffy rolls her eyes and heads back out to the garage, making everyone laugh.

Kelly opens the packages of links up and starts laying them in the skillets she had pulled out to fry them in. Covering the skillets she turns to look at everyone. "So, any preferences? Do you guys want scrambled eggs with cheese, or do you want omelets? I've got fresh mushrooms, onions, green peppers, tomato's and Canadian ham to put in the omelets."

Sam's eyes have glazed over and she mumbles out. "Omelet, please."

Faith shrugs. "Works for me."

Buffy smiles as she comes into the kitchen. "Might as well make it a unanimous vote." Setting the additional two steaks in the sink, before easing up in front of Kelly and kissing her lightly on the lips. "Anything I can do to help?"

"How good are you with a knife? And I don't mean at stabbing something, I mean at slicing and dicing vegetables." Kelly smirks at Buffy.

Buffy grins. "I slice and dice with the best of them, babe."

Rolling her eyes Kelly looks over at the other two women. "How come I have a feeling if I let her at the vegetables they're going to end up as mush?"

Faith snorts loudly. "Probably because they will." Sam just giggles.

Buffy pouts. Quickly leaning down, Kelly grasps her lip with her teeth pulling gently. "Be careful sticking that thing out." Kelly mutters after releasing it before turning around and pulling the vegetables out of the refrigerator, setting them down on the counter before pulling out a couple knifes and cutting boards.

"Damn, B! Did you hook up with Martha fuckin' Stewart or something?" Faith watches with interest as Kelly rinses everything off quickly and starts slicing the vegetables quickly. sliding them into separate bowls until needed. Turning and checking the sausage links, she quickly turns them, leaving the lids off since they've defrosted.

"Any preferences for cheese? I've got American, Swiss, Cheddar, Provolone and…" Digging around in the refrigerator knowing there's more in here somewhere "Ahah! Feta and Colby Jack."

Faith grins, the woman was certifiable. "Yo, B! Your girlfriend is fucked up… I'll take Swiss and Cheddar in mine."

Everybody starts laughing as they give Kelly their orders.

After scarfing down the breakfast, Kelly grins at Buffy before turning to Faith. "Did you like that?" Before looking down at what used to be a ten-egg omelet.

"That was good." Faith grins wiping her mouth before looking up at Kelly, and frowns. "You know your eyes are gold?"

Laughing Kelly elbows Buffy and loudly whispers. "She's a little slow on the uptake, isn't she? Did she notice your eyes?"

Buffy giggles and shakes her head, looking at Faith who is now looking at her eyes.

"Fuck me! Wicked eyes girlfriends. That what you two were talking about yesterday?" Faith asks looking from one set of eyes to the other.

"Yeah. For some reason they haven't changed back yet." Buffy shrugs. "Who knows if they'll stay this way or not? We'll find out eventually."

"I guess we should head over to Will and Tara's to pick up the Christmas gifts." Kelly states, smiling slightly. "I guess we should bring Mr. G and Dawn back. Too bad we can't get rid of these two and run around the house naked!" Kelly smirks evilly at Buffy.

Smacking her lover hard on the leg, Buffy quickly stands up. "I don't know, maybe we should get a newspaper and look at what's for sale in Sunnydale."

"If you keep smacking me like that, we're going to be setting up a serious play room!" Kelly growls low in her ear as she follows Buffy into the kitchen.

Faith looks at Sam. "Any juices going?" At Sam's shake of the head Faith frowns slightly. "Me neither. Maybe they're okay for now."

"You guys want to go with us, or do you want to stay here?" Kelly asks playing with the keys in her hand.

"I'll stay, I want to take a shower and I need to clean up my bed before you guys get back." Faith says with a smirk. "And rat head over here, probably needs to take a shower, also."

"You're not endearing yourself to me, Faith." Sam growls before finishing her coffee and going to the kitchen.

"Hey, Faith. If you want to get in Sam's pants, don't talk to her in the morning until at least 11:00, or she's had four cups of coffee - she's a real bitch otherwise." Kelly smirks at Faith.

Buffy looks at Faith with a huge grin on her face. "I think you two would make a lovely couple." Buffy quickly shuts the door as a shoe comes flying at her.

"Actually, they would make a good couple." Kelly smiles at Buffy with a quirked lip as they get in the vehicle.

"Faith's a wild card. She wants to do good, but trouble seems to find her. Plus, because of her breaking out of jail, she's a wanted fugitive." Shaking her head Buffy looks out the window. "She broke out to help Angel and then she came to help us with the First. Without her, Angel wouldn't have his soul back again and we would have probably lost against the First."

Kelly pulls the vehicle over, putting it in park to turn and face her lover. "Why was she in jail to begin with?"

"Murdering a guy. I was with her when it happened, before she turned dark." Buffy went on to quickly give a run down of what happened, starting at the beginning with Faith's watcher dying, being chased by Kakistos, staying in the shit hole hotels, up through working for the Mayor, and how Buffy stabbed Faith, the coma, the body switch and Faith turning up in L.A. before turning herself in.

"There is a lot of other small details. But part of its my fault, I know that now. I thought I was offering her friendship, when in reality it was more like I wanted to show how much better I was. I had family and friends, a support system. She didn't have anyone and we pretty much treated her as an outsider. I honestly believe that's why she went to work for the Mayor." Buffy looks out the window, tears slowly tracking their way down her face. "I haven't ever told anyone that before." Buffy mumbles, quickly wiping her face.

Quickly unhooking her seat belt, Kelly reaches across and hugs Buffy tight. "It sounds like it was just a fuck up from the get go. One of those snowball things, it just kept rolling and gathering and getting bigger." Kissing Buffy on the head, she starts thinking. "Trouble might seem to follow her, but she's a good person at heart. We just need to uncover that heart and dust it off. Babe, I can probably help make her right with the law." Laughing slightly under her breath. "Do you think she would like a late Christmas gift?"

Buffy looks with stunned eyes at her lover. "You can clear her? How?"

Kelly smirks slightly. "I can probably get her pardoned, maybe even get her records cleared legitimately. Let me see what I can do."

"That isn't answering the question of how, babe?" Buffy asks again not going to let it go.

"Buffy, think about it. I'm a Brigadier General. I have connections all the way to and including the top. I have talked to the President on many, many different occasions. And honestly, he owes me right now. What better way to call that in?" Kelly smirks slightly.

"Let's get going. Gather up all the stuff, talk to Tare and Willow, grab tweed and baby sis." Kelly smiles, putting the vehicle in gear to finish the drive.

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"Hey, Sis." Kelly hugs Tara as they come in the house, grinning to see Mr. G with his nose buried in a book. Looking around she sees Dawn coming out of the kitchen with a soda in her hand.

"Kelly! Look back here." Tara looks at her eyes worried at first then she starts grinning. "Buffy?" Buffy turns and looks at her, as she was on her way over to see Giles.

"Yeah?" Buffy asks turning to look at her.

Shaking her head Tara asks. "How long have they been like that?"

"Umm, roughly 15 hours now, give or take." Buffy smiles slightly before heading back over to Giles.

"So I guess that means you two took advantage of having the house to yourself last night!" Tara smirks heading over to the pile of gifts.

"You wouldn't be wrong in saying that!" Kelly grins at Tara. "Actually, Faith and Sam were a little perturbed with us. I kind of forgot to put the weapons out on the back porch. When they came in to get them…they got some overflow." Grinning hugely at Tara she elbows her. "They thanked us for the quickie, though."

Tara snorts back a laugh, blushing slightly. "You are so bad."

"Yep, that I am." Kelly grins. "Hey, where's Willow?"

Rolling her eyes Tara snarls at her. "She's upstairs playing with her new toy that someone bought her for Christmas."

"She like it?" Kelly grins thinking about the newest laptop that wasn't even out yet.

"Does she like it, she asks. How did you get your hands on that? Willow was going on and on about how that wasn't supposed to be out for another year, then she went on-line and double-checked it." Tara narrows her eyes at Kelly.

"Tara, I have a lot of connections in different places. I'm also a stockholder with some of the largest company's in the world." Kelly wiggles her eyebrows slightly. "I just put the word in a certain ear and I had an experimental model sent to me."

Looking down at the pile of gifts, most for Buffy, Kelly grins. "I guess I kind of went overboard, huh? You know what? We never got to the other gifts I bought her at home."

Tara starts laughing. "I wonder what could have been so important that you didn't open the rest of the gifts?"

"Can I ask something Tare?" Kelly quietly asks. At Tara's nod, continues. "What happened to all the pictures and momma's stuff?"

Tara closes her eyes for a second. "I'm not real sure what happened to the pictures with you in them. Right after you left, Dad took them. I don't know if he destroyed them or put them up where I couldn't find them. Mom and I both looked for them, so we figured he destroyed them." Tara states sadly. "I was able to get Mom's and Grandma's Book of Shadows, the Dolls Eye Crystal and a few other crystals. But I wasn't able to bring most of it when I left."

At the tears starting to gather in Tara's eyes, Kelly wraps her arm around her shoulder. "Shhh. Don't cry. You got out of that shit place. That's what's important. I was just curious. Did you leave anything there that you want?" Kelly asks quietly. "I'll go and get it if there is anything."

Tara shakes her head. "I wish I was able to take more of the pictures and things that mom liked, but I got the important things. Honestly, I don't know if Dad kept the other stuff or destroyed it. After the way he was when you left, I figure he probably destroyed everything."

"Probably." Kelly whispers, rubbing Tara's back gently. "I was wanting to make sure there wasn't anything there that you wanted. I didn't mean to upset you."

"You didn't upset me. I just started thinking about what he did to you and…" Tara shook her head.

"I was pissed off enough for both of us for a while afterwards. No need for you to be upset." Kelly smiles gently. "Why don't you help me bring this stuff out to the vehicle. Seems Buffy and Giles are busy." Kelly looks over to where the two were sitting looking over something in the book the coven had sent her. Dawn was stretched out watching a movie on the television. "I'll get the stuff out of here, gather up the group, and visit Willow and tell her how she needs to spend the rest of the day. Sound like a winner?" Kelly smirks slightly at her sister.

"Depends." Tara smirks back.

"On what?" Kelly starts grinning.

"On exactly what you are going to suggest she spend the rest of the day doing." Tara smiles her lopsided smile.

"I'm taking suggestions." Kelly reaches down and grabs a stack of boxes heading out to the vehicle, closely followed by Tara carrying some more items.

"Tell her if she doesn't want to sleep on the couch for the next week, she better be spending some quality time with me. That ought to do it." Tara smirks at Kelly.

"Can do! I'll even take the laptop back with me to the house until next weekend, if you'd like." Kelly smiled as they headed back in the house. "We should be able to get the rest of the stuff on the next trip. I'll go have a talk with Willow."

Tara laughs watching Kelly take the stairs three at a time. Walking over to Buffy and Giles, she gently lays her hand on Buffy's shoulder. "Anything interesting?"

Buffy grins up at Tara. "Yeah. Giles came across where one of the couples reported an eye change once, briefly, but right after that, the sorcerer that was her heart was killed in a freak accident. Which is questionable as to how much of an accident it was."

"So whatever it is, you two are way past what they've got in the book?" Tara questions.

"That would appear to be the case." Giles states. chewing on the end of his glasses. "I would really like to test both your powers soon."

"Speaking of both of us, where's my other half?" Buffy questions. looking around.

"Upstairs talking to mine, since she got her in hot water." Tara smirks slightly.

"Are you accusing my lover of getting yours into trouble?" Buffy asks sarcastically. "I just don't see that."

Dawn snorts loudly from across the room. "I have a feeling she can get in trouble by just waking up in the morning."

"I heard that. squirt!" Kelly grouches coming down the stairs, quickly followed by Willow, who heads straight for Tara wrapping her arms around her waist, kissing the back of her neck.

"Kelly, why are you carrying a computer?" Buffy asks questioningly looking from Kelly to a blushing Willow.

"Don't ask." Willow states before whispering. "I'm sorry, baby."

Smirking at Buffy, Kelly states. "Just something I'm borrowing for the next week."

"Okay." Buffy frowns slightly. "I'm not going to lose you to that machine, am I?" Getting only laughter in response from Kelly and Tara.

"Nope. I'll take a beautiful woman any day over a machine. And I believe a lot of people would feel that way." Kelly smiles knowingly over at Willow.

"Okay, ladies and gentlemen, and boys and girls, lets pack 'em up and move 'em out." Kelly calls out, grabbing a few more items to take out to the vehicle. Quickly followed by Giles, Dawn and Buffy.

"Thanks for everything guys." Tara yells out as they load up the vehicle, getting ready to leave.

"Love you, Sis. Merry Christmas. We'll call later this week, give you a few days to straighten things out." Kelly grins before getting in the vehicle and driving off.

"I am in serious trouble, aren't I?" Willow whispers dejectedly, still wrapped around Tara.

"Yes, you are, young lady. And you have some serious making up to do." Tara smirks as she walks back into the house, with her lover plastered against her back walking with her.

"Anything you want love. Ask and it's yours." Willow states lightly kissing the skin of her lover's neck from where she brushed her hair out of the way. "How about we head upstairs and I spend hours and hours worshipping your body?"

"That would be a good start." Tara grins before they head upstairs.