Buffy and Kennedy
"Season 8"
Disclaimer: I don't own it!
AN: I decided to go with a holiday episode I hope I intertwined it okay, like it's no just out there and had nothing to do with the current season.
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Chapter 9: Discoveries on turkey day
Buffy's roomBuffy woke up that morning to the sound of a scream. She was quickly out of bed and down the stairs only to see Riley standing there with Dawn in his arms. Buffy looked out the window and saw that it wasn't even light out yet. And she couldn't help but wonder why in God's name Dawn was up so early.
Buffy turned on her heel and went back into her bedroom where she saw Kennedy sitting there looking at her. "What?" Buffy asked as she climbed back into bed.
"Nothing," Kennedy said as she brought Buffy into her arms. Kennedy went silent and Buffy knew something was up so she gave her a little nudge. "Okay, its just Riley and his army buddy are supposed to be our allies in this…if so than we are so gonna lose," she said.
"Kennedy…" Buffy let her sentence trail off.
"I'm serious," Kennedy said as she propped herself up on her arms so that she was hovering of Buffy. "I mean look at who they have. Two vampires that know you really well, a rogue slayer, your best friend who happens to be a bad ass Wicca…and then a God." She paused. "And we have an army of ordinary men." She smiled as she made her point.
"I see where your going with this I really do but still…they are the only people we have right now so let's not piss them off," Buffy said as she brought her head up and kissed Kennedy who happily returned it.
"All I am saying is that we are going to need some serious muscle," she stated.
"Why?" Buffy asked and Kennedy looked at her confused. "They have two vampires and we're vampire slayers, a rogue slayer that should be easy to handle since we are also slayers, and last but not least we have a God…now there is out biggest challenge."
"What if they have something hidden?" Kennedy asked as she brought her lips to Buffy once again She couldn't help the fact that she could keep her hands off the beautiful blonde in front of her.
"Than we'll deal with that when it comes," she said and wrapped her arms around Kennedy bringing their bodies together. "Don't worry I won't let anything happen to you," she said with a smile.
"You promise?" Buffy was a little taken back by the seriousness of Kennedy's question. "I mean when it comes right down to it will you save me like you did…" Kennedy trailed off as she climbed off of Buffy.
"As I did who?" Buffy asked sitting up in bed beside Kennedy.
"As you did…did…Dawn." She paused and looked at her girlfriend. And as much as she tried to ignore the fact she was falling deeper and deeper in love with Buffy. And she was scared of being hurt. "Would you give up your life to save mine?" she asked.
"That was under extreme circumstances," Buffy said as she slowly climbed off the bed. "Dawn is my sister, the last of my family that actually matters. Yeah sure I have my father and all the step brothers and sisters that I undoubtedly have, but Dawn is the last that I love," she explained. She looked at Kennedy. "If your asking me if because I love you that I will take my life for you? Well I don't want to disappoint you but the answer is more than likely no…look at me and Angel." She explained. "He went evil and I had to make a choice, his life or mine, and as the story goes I ended up sending him to hell…literally." She said.
"So what your saying is that if it came down to your life or mine you would pick yours…every time?" Kennedy asked wanting to be sure on what she was hearing.
"No…not every time. I mean if our relationship progresses far enough than maybe one day I will choice your life over mine," she said. "But our relationship isn't at that point yet." She finished.
Kennedy got up off the bed and walked toward the door. "Where are you going?" Buffy asked.
"I need time to think about some things…alone," she said and then walked out of the bedroom.
"Well I might as well get up now," she said as she got out of bed, got dressed and made her way downstairs. The way the day started out was not a good sigh for the rest of it.
Main HallRiley was sitting in the kitchen when Buffy came walking in. Buffy noticed that Riley was sitting with Dawn and Willow. Dawn had a huge smile on her face and Anya looked confused. Like whether or not she should be mad or glade that the main before her is back. After all she did break Buffy's heart. Sure that was Willow's department but at the moment Willow was unavailable.
"Hey Buffy," Dawn said happily as Buffy walked further into the kitchen and sat next to Riley. "Did you know he was back?" Dawn asked but before she could answer Dawn continued. "Riley has been filling us in on all his adventures and all the different places he had been…God Buffy it sounds like so much fun," Dawn said stopped realizing she was entering Willow's babble mode. "I can't believe your back," Dawn said as she started to calm down.
"Me too," Riley said as he looked at Buffy and smiled.
Suddenly all the feelings she used to feel for him came rushing back and she had to stop this, she had a girlfriend and she was someone she loved. "How's Sam?" Buffy asked with a smiled.
Riley hung his head and as soon as she did she knew this was not going to be a questioned answered in her favor. "She divorced me about a week after we left here. She said that she could tell that I wasn't over you and that I more than likely never would be," he paused. "I tried to convince her that I was over you but the more I tired the more I realized that I wasn't." he said.
"Riley…" Buffy trailed off.
"I know you're with someone else right now but that doesn't change the way I feel about you. I mean I even saw you with Spike for Gods sake and I still can't get you outta of my head!" he yelled. "I much as I don't want to I love you and I can't help myself." He pleaded.
"Riley I am not saying that I don't love you all I am saying is that I don't love you like that anymore," she said. "Yes I am with someone else and I love her very much." She explained. "We can…"
"We will never be friends…not with this feeling I have for you," he interrupted her. "I'm sorry Buffy but I can't control myself around you." He said.
Just than Kennedy came walking down the stairs after hearing the yelling, "What's goin on?" she asked as she looked back and forth between Buffy and Riley.
"Nothing," Buffy said as she walked over to Kennedy and placed a kiss on her head. "We need to find Lindsey so he can start explaining all this to us," she said.
"Now…Lindsey went home for a few days," Kennedy explained.
"What…why?" Buffy asked confused on why he would go home at a time like this.
"You don't now?" she asked and Buffy shuck her head no. "Wow time must really fly by in your head," Kennedy said and she grabbed Buffy shoulders to still her as she started pacing. "It's Thanksgiving…Lindsey said he would be back as soon as he could…he wanted to visit his family in case he doesn't make it through this." She explained. "He scared everyone by saying that…they all went home to talk and hang with their family for a couple days."
"Why didn't you go?" Riley asked.
"Because…" Kennedy said looking at him and than at Buffy. "My family is right here," she said and then kissed Buffy on the lips. "I'm going shopping for turkey and stuff. Since I have been informed of your past cooking attempts I think I'll make dinner." She said and then walked out of Slayer Central.
"Hey!" Buffy said as the door shut behind Kennedy, "Wow…it's thanksgiving already," she said in shock.
"You really didn't know?" he asked.
"No I really didn't know." She said. "My best friend has turned evil, and the evil I have ever defeated has come back…so I am a little bit distracted," she said sarcastically.
"We still need to talk about this," he said as he had a slight hang to his head.
"No we don't Riley…I don't love you like that." She said getting angry. "I am in love with Kennedy…and no one else…understand?" she asked.
"Completely," he said as he walked away from her and into the other room.
Buffy raised her hands to the sky as if asking 'why me' and then let them fall to her sides as she walked back upstairs to relax until Kennedy gets home.
The Store
Buffy thought she didn't hear what Riley had said but she did hear, and she also heard Buffy say that she loved her, which was a ego buster. So now she was at the store looking for some turkey to cook tonight and as she was looking should couldn't help but remember the time she had cooked thanksgiving dinner for Willow.
She had surprised Willow when she came back for wherever it was she went. Dinner was prepared to the tee. Candles, dim lights and so on. It was perfect. Or at least it would have been if Willow had come home that night.
She told her that some big evil had come up and Buffy needed her help and that she ended up just spending the night there. Back than she believed that but now, she isn't so sure.
Kennedy went to grad a box of patatos and someone reached for the same box. "Sorry," Kennedy said turning to look at the person that she came into contact with. "Oh my God…Scott?" she asked.
"Kennedy…is that you?" he asked and she nodded. "It's been so long…why haven't you called?" he asked.
"Been busy," she stated.
"Yeah but what we had…it wasn't something that could have just ended like that." He explained.
"And why not?" Kennedy asked already knowing the answer.
"I asked you to marry me," he said.
Slayer Central
Buffy was lying in her bed looking at the ceiling. Everything was starting to fall apart; her and Kennedy had tension between them now because of Riley's return and that was something she didn't want. Every relationship she had ever been in always had something looming over it, but with Kennedy it was different…or so she thought.
In her and Kennedy's relationship they really didn't have anything to be jealous about. Kennedy knew that Angel was no longer in the picture and that Spike wasn't even a blimp on the radar screen. And Buffy knew that Willow would never try and take Kennedy away because they were best friends.
There was a knock at the door and Buffy remained silent hoping the person who knocked would just go away…unfortunately she didn't get that lucky. Dawn came walking through the bedroom door and sat on the bed next to her sister.
"Buffy I know I can't possibly understand what it is your going through but I doknow that you'll get through it because that is what you do. You accomplish things that no one ever thinks you can." She paused.
"This is different," Buffy said. "This is different because I am not the only one involved. I mean I have Kennedy, Riley and myself to think about," she stated. "It isn't as simple," she said.
"I know," she said. Buffy gave her a look that said 'yeah right'. "Okay so maybe I don't know but I do have a little clue in what you're going through. "You are trying to pick who to be with when ypu know that the person your with right now is the one you love." She said. "I am going through the same thing." She said.
"Oh yeah…with who?" Buffy asked.
Dawn looked away for a second before looking her sister dead in the eye. "You see I am not in love with anyone at the moment but I do like two different people very much." She explained and Buffy gave her a little nod that told her she should continue. "You I have been hanging out with Andrew a lot and well I started to develop some feelings and I don't know if I should act on these feelings or not." She paused. "The other person is someone that I know you will not approve must, mostly because of his or her current situation," she paused. "I have developed some feelings for Faith and I don't understand them at all." She finished.
Buffy smiled and she nodded her head. "I've been there," Dawn raised an eyebrow at her sister. "When Faith first came to Sunnydale I was so attracted to her but I never acted on my feelings because I was with Angel and I was in High School, you know?" she asked and Dawn nodded. "We started to hang out a lot and my feelings grew but then she went evil…no one understood why it was so hard for me to do what I had to do." Buffy said.
"You never told me that," Dawn said.
"I never told anyone." Buffy said with a smile. "Yeah sure it is going to take me while to get used to you an d Faith but I will get used to it. That is if you decided on her. Andrew on the other hand I don't understand…he's a nerd." Buffy said with a smile.
Dawn lightly slapped her. "Stop it."
"I'm home!" Buffy heard Kennedy yell from down stairs.
"Buffy," Dawn said stopping her sister. "I am going over to Xander's place to have thanksgiving and giving you and Kennedy a noce romantic night alone," Dawn finished.
"You don't have to do that," Buffy said as she got out of bed.
"I want to," Dawn said as they walked out of the bedroom.
"Okay," Buffy said as se brought her sister into a hug as they made their way to the kitchen. Buffy rounded the corner and walked into the kitchen only to stop when seeing a guy standing next to Kennedy. "Hello," Buffy said looking at Kennedy with a 'who the hell is this look?'
"Hey Buffy…this is…um… this is Scott," she said. "An old friend." She explained but Buffy didn't budge.
"An old friend…that is the only word you can use to describe what we had?" he asked as he stepped closer to Buffy, which he soon found out was a bad idea.
Buffy moved forward and easily lifted him up off the ground. "Why don't you explain it to me than?" she asked.
"O…okay," he said in shaky voice. "We were engaged to be married," he said and Buffy let him. "We were lovers," he said.
"She gets it," Kennedy said as she moved closer to Buffy and Scott put a hand on her arm telling her to be careful but she shrugged it off. "Buffy that was a long time ago, that part of me is dead." She said.
"What are you talking about?" Scott asked.
"I am in love with you and no one else even matters to me," Kennedy explained grabbing a hold of Buffy face. "No one else matters," she repeated and this time she punctuated it with a kiss. "No one."
"I think I am going to go home now," Scott said even though no one was listening and walked out of slayer central.
"Are we cool?" Kennedy asked a little nervous.
"Yeah," Buffy said as she brought Kennedy in for another kiss.
Kennedy smiled and than preceded to make her turkey dinner as Buffy set the table for two. Everyone decided that they were going to have thanksgiving dinner by themselves so Kennedy and Buffy had the whole mansion to themselves. It was the first time they have really been alone together since their first night.
As the turkey and everything was cooking Kennedy and Buffy sat on the couch and watched TV all cuddled up with each other. When the buzzer on the stone went off Kennedy got up with a little protest from Buffy and went into the kitchen.
"It's done," she said as she took the turkey out of the oven.
"Good I have been waiting too long to eat this," Buffy said.
Kennedy set the Turkey on the table and started to cut it. "Did Willow ever tell you the time I cooked thanksgiving for her last year?" Kennedy asked and Buffy shuck her head no. "I had it all planned out, it was going to be perfect," she trailed off as she continued to cut the turkey. "If she showed up…she said you had her doing something…is that true?" she asked.
"You want me to remember if I had Willow doing something last thanksgiving?" she asked and Kennedy nodded. "Not that I recall," Buffy answered.
"That's what I thought," Kennedy said as she handed Buffy a plate with turkey on it. "Enjoy." She said.
They ate the food in silence. Neither one of the wanting to say anything in case it might ruin the moment. When dinner was done Kennedy wemnt to clean up but Buffy stopped her. "Why don't we wait on that I have a surprise for you," she said and then took her hand.
Buffy led her upstairs toward her bedroom. When Buffy opened the door Kennedy was in shock. All her stuff was now in Buffy's room. Her trunk, her dresser, when Buffy opened the closest even her clothes were in there. "All I can say is that we are going to need a bigger closest.
"Buffy…are you sure about this?" Kennedy asked.
"I have never been more sure of anything," Buffy said as she brought Kennedy closer to her. "This is no longer my room, it is our room," she said with a smile. "I can even have Xander turn your room into our walk in closest." She said.
"That can wait," Kennedy said as she leaned in and kissed Kennedy. "I love you Buffy," Kennedy said.
"I love you too," Buffy answered.
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AN: I hope you liked it.