Buffy and Kennedy
"The chosen and the SIT"
Disclaimer: I don't own it!
Pairing: Buffy/ Kennedy
Summary: After Willow dumps Kennedy whom does she turn to for comfort…my season 8.
AN: Just something that popped into my head. Takes place after season 7.
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Chapter 5: She's back
Hospital
Buffy stood by Giles bed as she looked down at him. The doctor said that he would be okay in a couple of months but other than that they got away lucky.
He told them that if they had been a few more minutes late that he probably wouldn't make it. Buffy sat in the chair that was by his bed and gabbed a hold of his hand.
"Come on Giles, I can't do this without you," she said. "You know I was never one for reading so the research will be a lost cause without you. Slayer Central with start to crumble because even if you don't know it you the glue that holds us all together." She paused. "I need you…" she said and then she felt the hairs on the back of her neck stand and when she turned around she saw Faith standing in the doorway.
"She's here B," Faith said as she moved out of the way so Willow could come walking in the door. Faith turned and walked down back into the waiting room.
Buffy brought Willow in for a hug. "I got here as soon as I could Buffy," she said as she held on to her best friend. "How is he?" she asked when she looked down at Giles.
"They said we were lucky, that if we were a minute later he would have died." Buffy said as she looked down at Giles. "Will I don't know what to do," Buffy said as her and Willow hugged again.
"Don't worry Buffy, everything is going to be okay," she said. "I promise," she added at the end when her and Buffy pulled apart. "Now go out into the waiting room with the others, its my turn for my one-on-one with Giles," Buffy cocked her head to the side. "I know how that sounded so don't say anything." She said and they shared a smile.
When Buffy reached the door she turned back toward the redhead. "It's good to have you back Will," she said and then walked out of the room giving Willow and Giles there alone time.
Willow sat in the chair that Buffy had just vacated and grabbed hold of Giles' hand. "Hey, I know I have been gone while, but I back now. And I am not going anywhere." She said. "I think the barrier spell I used only worked if I was in the country," she added. "We need you Giles," she said. "I need you help, you see someone cast this spell on me and it made me do things," she said. "Like dump Kennedy, the truth is that I was going to dump her on that vacation we took but I wasn't going to do it that way." She said. "I was going to do it in a nice way…you know a Willow-y way." She said.
Just the Faith came walking into the room and put a hand on Willow shoulder. Willow looked up at her. "Come on, we are all heading back," she said. "Unless you wanna stay?" she asked.
"I want to stay awhile." She said as she looked back at Giles.
"Okay I will go tell the others," she said as she walked out of the room and down to the waiting room. As she approached the waiting room she noticed that people were already heading out. She walked over to where Buffy stood by Xander and Dawn. "Hey B…can we talk?" she asked.
"Yeah sure," she said as she walked over to the other side of the room with Faith. "What's up?" she asked when they were alone.
"Red wants to stay awhile," she said and when she saw that Buffy was about to protest she stopped her. "I am going to hang back with her. You better go back and make sure that you still have a relationship to tell Willow about." She said.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Buffy asked.
"I know that you have been with Giles ever since he came here over a week ago." She said and Buffy just arched her eyebrows. "All I am sayin B is that you need to spend some time with Kennedy…" she trailed off as she saw that Buffy was thinking about. "Don't worry I won't let anything happen to her." She finished.
Faith walked back toward Giles room and sat in the chair that was placed outside the room by one of the nurses. Buffy stood there for a minute thinking about things and when she turned and got ready to leave she saw that Kennedy was standing there waiting for her. She smiled as she walked over to the brunette and was rewarded with a smile in return.
"Ready to go home?" she asked. "Because no offense or anything but you haven't showered in a few days and you are starting to smell." Kennedy said with a laugh.
Buffy couldn't help the smile that came to her face too. "Yeah," she said as she reached for Kennedy's hand. "Let's go home," she said as their fingers intertwined and they walked back to Slayer Central. Neither one of them saw the shadowy figured that stood in the shadows watching their every move.
"So you feel weird?" Kennedy broke the silence that had fallen upon them after they left the hospital. Buffy looked at her with a confused look. "Willow is back and all…you know I was just wondering…" she trailed of.
"Should I feel weird?" Buffy asked. "I remember you told me once that Willow broke up with you…so I think the question you should be asking is do you feel weird?" she asked as the continued walking.
"You're starting to sound like Giles," Kennedy said with a smile.
"I know he better wake up soon," Buffy said. Then she turned to Kennedy. "So?" she asked.
"I feel a little weird but only because I thought I loved her and that she loved me. I mean while we were in Sunnydale she was my everything." She said. "But now there is you and I am all confused." She said as she looked at Buffy.
"Welcome to the club," Kennedy looked at her. "I have never in my life even thought about another girl that way before. But then you come along and we drown our sorrows in alcohol and that night with you was something special." She said as she looked at Kennedy. "It was new and exciting…and totally impulsive." She said with a smile. "I am just as confused as you are," she finished.
"Well I guess we get to be confused together," Kennedy said as she gave their hands a little squeeze. They walked the rest of the way in silence, comfortable silence.
Slayer Central (next day)
It was still dark out when Kennedy walked down stairs. She didn't know what it was about slayers but them seemed to sleep late, all but her that is.
She never, ever since she knew her, seen Faith up before noon. Of course that had something to do with her never getting home before five in the morning.
And Buffy, she always slept late too. While she got home at least an hour before Faith she slept just as long…why can't Kennedy sleep in?
"Hey Ken," Kennedy turned around to see Willow standing in the doorway.
"What do you want?" Kennedy asked with bitterness in her voice that she didn't even seem to hide. She wanted Willow to know how much she had hurt her.
"We need to talk about some stuff," she said as she took a step closer to Kennedy but Kennedy took a step back. "Ken…"
"I have to go back to bed, suddenly I am feeling really tired," she said as she ran up the stairs to her room before Willow could stop her. Kennedy stopped outside her room, which was right across the hall from Buffy's room. She looked back and forth trying to figure out if she should go in her room or Buffy's.
Finally she decided on Buffy's room. When she opened the door she noticed that the blonde slayer was still very much asleep and it didn't look like she was going to be waking up any time soon. Kennedy turned to leave thinking she could just talk to Buffy in the morning.
"I don't bite you know, you can come in further," Buffy said as she tiredly sat up from her bed. As she rubbed her eyes she looked at Kennedy. Kennedy didn't move from the spot she was in. "Come on Ken…come sit down." Buffy said as she moved over so Kennedy could sit.
Kennedy slowly walked over to the bed and sat down with her back to Buffy. She didn't know why she felt so uncomfortable; she had been in Buffy's bed before and under very different circumstances. "Kennedy what's wrong?" Buffy asked.
What wrong with you Kennedy, you in the bed of a beautiful woman and you are acting all shy…this is so not like you. Plus this girl is supposed to be your girlfriend. Kennedy turned in the bed so her back was up against the head bored and she was looking at Buffy. "Willow was downstairs when I woke up this morning," she said as she looked at Buffy for any kind of reaction. "She said we needed to talk, but I don't think I am ready to talk yet. I am afraid that I will say things that I don't want to say." She explained.
Buffy could see the worry line on Kennedy's face. Buffy moved a little closer to her and placed a hand on her cheek in a sign of comfort. "Don't worry, everything will work itself out," Buffy said as she looked at the woman in front of her.
Before Buffy could react Kennedy leaned forward and kissed her. When they pulled apart Buffy had a shocked look on her face, as if she wasn't expecting it, and Kennedy had a nervous look. That was the first time they kissed, when they were somber.
"I'm sorry," Kennedy said as she got up off the bed and started toward the door again. But when her hand was about to reach out for the knob she felt Buffy grab her arm and spin her around. Buffy brought their lips together again as she pushed Kennedy against the door.
Kennedy pushed her off and started kissing her again as they made their way toward the bed. Each losing some item of clothing on the way.
Buffy lay on the bed and Kennedy slowly makes her way up to her waiting girlfriend. When she reaches her destination she kisses Buffy on the lips and then pulls away.
"Are you sure about this?" Kennedy asked. "This is a big step." She added.
"I have never been more sure about anything," Buffy said as she wrapped her arms around Kennedy's neck and brought her back to her lips. Kennedy moved from Buffy lips to along her jaw line and she placed soft kisses on her face. This was something that she didn't want to rush into; she wanted to do this right.
Meanwhile outside in the yard stood I figure that had been watching. The figure had followed them from the hospital and right it was looking over them. Okay well more like spying on them…or stalking, whichever you fell more comfortable with.
In the darkness you could see a cigarette go flying in the air and a boot coming down to stomp it out. The figure steps out of the shadow with a grin on its face. "Well, well, well…this isn't Sunnyhell but I guess this is home now," the figure said as he looked at the house.
The figure walked up to the front door and knocked. He waited a couple of minutes before someone opened the door; it was Willow. "Hey there Red, you gonna let me in before I burn?" he asked as he looked at her shocked expression.
"Yeah sure, come on in," she said as she moved out of the way for the bleached blond vampire. "Spike? What are you doing here?" she asked as she looked at him.
"I decided that L.A. wasn't the scene for me so I came home." He paused. "They say home is where the heart is, and since I don't have a heart that's beating I decided to come back and join this group." He said with a smile. "So where is the group?" he asked looking around and seeing no one.
"They're all still asleep." She said as she walked over to where he sat. "I thought you were dead?" she asked.
"Yeah I was, and as you can tell it was hard to stay that way," he said. "Hey what happen with you and that Kennedy girl?" he asked. "She is usually hanging on you like a lost puppy," he said looking around but knowing exactly where she was.
"She went back up to bed," she said deciding not to tell Spike about their break up. "In fact maybe I should go up and join her, you know it is way to early to be up and out of bed yet." She said as she looked down at Spike. "You know I think there are some beds in the basement…if you wanna head down and get some sleep yourself," she said as she started up the stairs. She left not even seeing the grin on Spike's face as he made his way toward the basement.
Willow walked down the hall that led to Kennedy's room. She knocked once on Kennedy's door but she didn't receive an answer. "I guess she can sense me or something," Willow said as she looked at the door. Just as she was about to leave and go to her room she heard something coming from Buffy's room.
Willow walked over to the door and placed her ear to the door hopping that she could hear more, and she was right. She heard a moan and it sounded like Buffy's. "Does Buffy have a new boyfriend? Why wouldn't she tell me?" Willow asked as she backed away from the door.
"Red?" Willow turned and saw Faith coming out of her room. "What are you doing?" she asked as she looked at where Willow was standing.
"Does Buffy have a new man in her life?" she asked as she felt her face burn up as she looked at what Faith was wearing. Faith had on and oversized t-shirt and a pair of shorts that should not have been worn in public, or even around other people that she knew.
Faith let a smile come to her face. "New boyfriend, um, no." Faith said as she looked at the door and what she knew was happening on the other side. Sometimes slayer hearing was a blessing and other times it sucked. In this case it sucked because she could sleep listening to Buffy and Kennedy. "I'm not gonna tell you what's goin on…I think B should be the one to tell you," she said as she walked past Willow and toward the bathroom. "I can't believe I am up before the sun." Faith mumbled as she closed the bathroom door behind her.
The sun was just starting to rise and shine through the window as Willow continued to stand in front of Buffy's door. She needed answer and she needed Buffy to tell her.
Who could be in there with Buffy? Faith said she didn't have a new boyfriend so what's going on behind the door? I know that if I didn't hear those noises I would have just walked in but I don't want to walk in on something important.
Willow was broken from her thoughts by a tap on her shoulder and when she turned around she saw Dawn standing right there. "I don't think they would appreciate someone listening in," Dawn said as she looked at Willow. "It still freaks me out a little but I am getting used to it," Dawn said.
"Getting used to what?" Willow asked knowing that she could get what she wanted from Dawn. But before Dawn could answer she had a hand placed over her mouth. "Hey!" Willow said.
"Like I said before Red, if anyone is going to tell you it is going to be Buffy," Faith said letting go of Dawn. "Right?" she said looking at Dawn.
"Right," Dawn said.
"Come on Dawn, lets get something to eat," Faith said as she took the younger girl by the arm and the walked away from Willow and headed downstairs.
"What is going on?" Willow asked no one as she looked at the empty hall. She threw her hands up in the air as she turned and walked away from the door. She would see Buffy later that day and she figured she could ask her then. Now she was going back downstairs and hopefully getting little bits of information so she could put some of it together.
Meanwhile in Buffy's room the sun was shinning through the window and Kennedy started to wake up from a sleep that had only last a few minutes. She looked over at Buffy and saw that she was still asleep. I guess living in Sunnydale all your life will make you used to the sun waking you up…or in Buffy's case not waking you up. Kennedy thought as she watched Buffy sleep.
Kennedy reached out and brushed a piece of blonde hair of Buffy's face. I can't believe what juts happened. It was perfect. Kennedy thought. The smile on her face disappeared when she realized that they still had to tell Willow what was going on.
"Buffy?" Kennedy called out to her as she slept but Buffy didn't move. "Buffy," she called again and this time she gave her a little shake.
"W-what time is it?" she asked as she rolled over and her back was now facing Kennedy.
"It's around 6…come on you have got to wake up," Kennedy said.
"What's so urgent that I can't stay asleep?" she asked as she rolled back over to look at Kennedy. "I mean after what we did I thought you would sleep all day to," she said.
"And trust me I can," Kennedy said. "It's just that I think we should tell Willow," she said and Buffy suddenly became very awake. "I mean I know were over but I feel as if we are going around behind her back since she is the only one that doesn't know about us," Kennedy said as she looked at Buffy.
Buffy sat up in her bed as she still held the sheet to her chest. "Your right," she said as she stood from the bed taking the sheet with her. She turned and looked at Kennedy who had the comforter hanging over her. "Get dressed, we'll tell her over breakfast," Buffy said as she walked into the bathroom.
KitchenWillow was sitting at the kitchen table with a bowl of cereal in front of her. She wasn't really eating it she was playing with it waiting for Buffy to come downstairs and explain to her why everyone was being to secretive about her new relationship.
The thing is that Willow didn't even know if it was a relationship…Buffy was just being all secretive. Willow turned toward the stairs as she heard people approach. First one to emerge was Kennedy and she just walked straight to the kitchen without giving Willow a second glance.
The next to come around the corner was Buffy and Buffy walked straight over to her. She didn't look anywhere else but at Willow, and truth be told it made Willow kind of nervous. "Will…we need to talk about some stuff," Buffy said as she looked down at her best friend.
"O-okay," Willow said and Buffy reached down and grabbed her hand and lead her toward the back door. Once outside Willow turned to Buffy. "Should I be nervous, because I am, this is me being nervous…and I don't like it." She said as she took a seat on one of the many bench scattered around the yard.
"If anyone should be nervous it should be me," Buffy said as she took a seat next to Willow Buffy looked at Willow and smiled. "You know I love you right?" she asked and Willow nodded. "And you know that I would never do anything to hurt you…right?" Buffy asked.
"Geez Buffy, your making it sound like you're my girlfriend." She said and then it hit her. "Your not asking me out are you? Not that there anything wrong with that…it's just that you're my best friend and it would be weird." She said.
"No I'm not asking you out," Buffy clarified. "I am trying to tell you who I am with now," she said and looked at Willow. "Me and Kennedy have started something." She said and she flinched at how fast Willow stood up. "Will…" she trailed off as Willow interrupted her.
"You and my ex started something?" she said and Buffy nodded. "And when did this start?" she asked as if imply that they had been seeing each other when her and Kennedy were still and item.
"About a week after she got back from that vacation you two were supposed to have," she said. "We went to the club decided to drown our sorrows and we had a little too much to drink…"
"So this started because you were both drunk?" she asked.
"If you would let me explain I would tell you." She paused. "When got back stuff happened. We were both hurting because we both lost someone that we loved." Willow throw her hands up in the air as she ran into the kitchen and as soon as she entered she saw Kennedy standing there with a glass of milk in her hand. Buffy wasn't far behind as she entered the house right after Willow.
"Neither one of use knew what was happening," Kennedy said as she looked at Willow. "But you know what…I don't feel that I have to explain myself to you…at least not anymore," she said as she looked at Buffy. "I moved on," she said with a smile.
"Yeah you did…with my best friend!" Willow said. "You know that makes me wonder if you really liked me at all. Or if you just used me to get to Buffy," she said.
"No I didn't…I loved you, I did." She said. "I would have done anything you asked me to," she added. "And what did you do, you broke my heart…in a way that so not you by the way." She said.
"Yeah I know…Amy cast a spell on me," she said as she looked at Kennedy. "I was going to do it anyway…but it would have been in a much nicer way," Willow said. "I know you loved me…but I could never give you that love…my heart will always belong to Tara," she finished.
"I know you're not happy with this," Kennedy said gesturing to herself and Buffy. "I know that it is something that everyone has to get used to…but I think there might be something great here," she said.
"That's good," Willow said as she looked at Buffy. "By the way…Spike is in the basement," Buffy's eyes widened as she ran toward the basement. Kennedy went to follow her but Willow grabbed a hold of her arm. "You hurt her Kennedy and I will kill you," she said and Kennedy watched as Willow eyes darken and her hair went pitch black right in front of her eyes and then back again. "Understand?" she asked.
"Yeah," Kennedy said as she took off in the direction that Buffy went.
"That was not good," Willow told herself as she shock her head and everything went back to normal. "Not good at all."
The basement
Buffy walked down that basement stairs and instantly felt the low down tickle that she always seemed to get when either Spike or Angel were around. It was different from the one she got around other vampires, for some reason no matter how evil either one of them got, Buffy knew that they would never hurt her. Sure they would kill everyone she loved but they would never kill her.
Buffy saw Spike lying on the cot that she has set up as some kind of tribute to him after he died saving the world. It was exactly like the one back in Sunnydale, even had the drawing of Angel on the punching bag, and of course the chain in case he went evil or something.
Buffy walked over and leaned against the wall as she watched him sleep, or at least she thought he was sleeping. You could never really tell with a vampire since they don't breathe.
"Got something important to say luv?" he asked suddenly as one of his eyes popped open to look at her.
"How?" it was a simple question that she needed answered. He was supposed to be dead.
"I've been asking myself that same exact question ever since I ended up being resurrected in sweet cheeks office." He said as he sat up in the cot.
"Sweet Cheeks?" Buffy asked with a raised eyebrow. "Angel." She said understanding.
"Yeah, all raised from the ashes, hurt like hell," he said.
"Why are you here?" she asked. "You do know that things have changed around here," she said with and underlying question that she hopped he got.
"Yeah pet, I know about you and the slayer," he said. "Good catch if I do say so myself," he said as he looked at her. "I am not here to bring up trouble between you two with whatever kind of relationship you have. I am just here to do good, you know fight the good fight. And since I can't stand Angel I decided to come back to you guys." He said.
"But we can't stand you," she stated.
"I know and that just makes it more fun when I am around." He said with one of his classic Spike smirks. "Now if you don't mind I have some sleep to catch up on," he said as he laid back down on his cot.
Buffy turned and started walking up the stairs when she turned back and looked at Spike just lying there. "It's good to have you back," she said as she turned to walk up the stairs and just as she took the first step she saw Kennedy standing in the doorway. "Hey," she said.
"You know I feel sorry for anyone you attempt to go out with you," she said as she looked at Buffy.
Buffy smiled a knowing smile. "You came in to contact with the Willow wrath didn't you," she said and Kennedy nodded. "Wait until you meet the Xander one…you think Willow's is bad," she said with a smirk as she took Kennedy into her arms. "Don't worry…I'll protect you," Buffy said as she brought her lips to Kennedy's.
Lindsey's hotel room
Lindsey sat in the chair in his room and continued to just look out the window. They called him today to tell him that their plan did not go as plan and that they needed his help. The wanted to make Angel work with them, on the bad side, so they gave him something…his moment of happiness.
Well the soon found out how big of a mistake that was…he has already killed half the firm and he is hunting down the rest of them as Lindsey looks at the nothingness ahead of him. Just then he looked at the address on the piece of paper in front of him.
He was going to have to contact the slayers sooner that he had wanted too, because know he knew that Wolfram and Heart were out of the picture she had a much bigger problem in Angelus. Sure the firm was still out there and they will form up again and try to bring her down but right now they are in hiding and he can't blame them.
Buffy's room (later that night)
Buffy shot up in bed, she looked down at a still sleeping Kennedy, and then out the window. He was here she could feel him, and if she wasn't scared before with what had happened to Giles she was defiantly scared now. And not just for herself, for everyone she loves.
Buffy took another look at Kennedy before she lay down and brought the brunette slayer into her arms and held her tight.
Angelus was back, and they were in for one hell of a battle.
Edge of town
He stood at the town line, leaning against his car just looking at the town ahead. So much pain he could cause here but he had something, or rather someone to deal with.
Buffy Anne Summers, slayer, woman that sent him to hell. The woman that showed him what it was like to be a human being, the woman he had to kill.
And he would do just that, he would kill her after he got rid of all her friends.
"I'm coming lover…I hope your ready." He said as he got into his car and rode into the city before the sun rose.
AN: I hope you liked it!