Buffy and Kennedy

"Season 8"

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Chapter 8: Back to business

Buffy and Kennedy's room

Kennedy was lying in hers and Buffy's bed wide-awake, for some odd reason she couldn't fall asleep. Maybe it was because Buffy was out patrolling, and it is no secrete that Slayer Central is the safest place to be right now. Mostly because everyone that is trying to kill the slayers, and more specifically Buffy, have tried to kill her before.

Kennedy took a look up at the clock and saw that it was a little past two in the morning, which is when Buffy usually got home, not that Kennedy, kept track of that. Okay so maybe she did, but only a little.

You see Kennedy wanted to go with Buffy, but Buffy said no, that she could handle it herself. Kennedy of course argued but there was no use. She used to think she could out argue anyone, that was before she tried with Buffy, now that girl could argue. So Kennedy told her that she would stay and watch over everyone, which is not what she wanted to do.

Kenney rolled over and laid on her back to stair up at the ceiling. She remembers how she felt with Willow, she loved Willow but the truth is she never really felt that love in return. It was always like she was trying to be better than someone else, which she knew was Tara and there was no way she could be better because that was Willow's first love.

But with Buffy she isn't trying to be better that anyone, she is just being herself and that seems to be working because she can feel Buffy falling more and more in love with her every day and vise versa. She never thought she could love anyone besides Willow but Buffy changed that, she showed her things that she never knew, slayer stamina for example. Her and Buffy could go for hours, but really didn't want to start thinking about that since Buffy wasn't even home.

Just than Kennedy heard the bedroom door open and when she looked over she saw Buffy-standing taking off her jacket. Then she saw a glimpse of something that she thought was a cut on Buffy's back as she changed out of her dirty slayer clothes. Buffy walked over and opened the top drawer to her dresser and took out a t-shirt and some short shorts and walked into that bathroom. When she turned on the light Kennedy caught a clear look and saw that it was indeed a big cut on Buffy's back.

Buffy was in the bathroom looking at her back in the mirror. As she was examining her cut she saw Kennedy come walking through the bathroom door with a concerned look on her face.

"Not now," Buffy said as she pulled the bathrobe she had on over her shoulder so Kennedy couldn't see the cut. "It will be heeled in a day or so, there really is no need to get worried." Buffy said.

"Who said I was worried?" Kennedy asked and Buffy raised an eyebrow. "Okay. But I worry about you…that's something I do," she said with a smile. "I can't help it…so what happened?" she asked. "Was it someone we know?" she asked.

"Yeah," Buffy said as she pulled her robe down so she could continue to try and clean it. "It was…" she trailed off not wanting to say the name.

"Here let me," Kennedy said as she grabbed the cleaning material out of Buffy's hands and started cleaning her wound. "You need to tell who did it. Don't worry I won't try to kill them because I know it is only a spell there under but it doesn't mean that I can't hurt them a little," she said with a little, evil smile.

Buffy looked at Kennedy through the mirror and saw that she wasn't going to kill the person, she just wanted to get pay back for what they did to her. "What is this a knife wound?" Kennedy asked and then when Buffy didn't say anything she realized who did this. "It was Faith wasn't it?" she asked and Buffy nodded. "I guess she got you back for when you stabbed her with a knife," Kennedy said.

"How did you know about that?" Buffy asked. "I'm sure I never told you." She said.

"No you didn't…Willow did," Kennedy said. "She told me when Faith first came back, the history you guys had and why there would be tension there, which I have to say was thick enough to cut with a knife," she laughed a little.

"More history than even Willow knows," Buffy commented on and she saw that Kennedy said finished with her cut. "I'm gonna shower now so I'll met you back in bed," Buffy said as she placed a soft kiss on Kennedy's lips.

Kennedy walked out of the bathroom making sure that she closed the door behind her. She couldn't help but think about Buffy's last comment, more history that even Willow knows. She couldn't help but wonder if there was more going on between Buffy and Faith than either one of them ever let on.

Kennedy walked over and took a seat on the bed as she waited for Buffy to get out of the shower. Could there have been a possible romance between the two slayers way back then. They did tend to spend an awful lot of time together even when Faith went evil.

Kennedy heard the shower so she lay back in bed. They were always out till strange hours; at least that's how Willow's told it. She even told me that Buffy once asked Faith to prom and but she never made it and Faith looked really upset. Maybe Willow was making it all up because she thought that I would be more attracted to Buffy when I first got her so she told me a whole bunch of horror stories, bit if that's the case than why didn't she ever tell me about Angel?

Maybe she didn't tell me about Angel because that was something personal to Buffy, something she didn't feel right telling. I mean the way everyone goes about it you'd think they were going to get married.

Kennedy heard the bathroom door open and out walked Buffy in her long shirt and short shorts. She placed her towel in the hamper and then walked over to the bed. Buffy sat beside Kennedy and looked at her out of the corner of her eye as she finished getting ready for bed.

"What's wrong?" Buffy asked. "You look serious," Buffy said with a slight laugh. "You never look serious.

"I was thinking about some things," Kennedy said.

"And that right there is cause for alarm," Buffy said.

Kennedy ignored Buffy's comment because they make those kinds of comments to each other all the time. "It's just that I was thinking about what you said earlier," she paused. "The part where you said that there is even more history that even Willow knows…what was that supposed to mean?" Kennedy asked. "Were you and Faith involved?" she asked.

Buffy looked at the clock and saw that she wouldn't be getting any sleep tonight if she had to explain the kind of relationship that her and Faith had. It had been complicated back then and it is even more so now. "I don't want to explain this right now," Buffy said as she got up off the bed.

"Than when? After she kills you?" Kennedy asked growing angry. Kennedy moved closer to the edge of the bed. "Come on Buffy, I just want to know…in as little detail as possible please," she said.

"I don't know if this is something that I want you to know about me," Buffy said as she looked at the person before her. The person she was falling even more in love with every day.

"Buffy I know that it is something that you don't want to share, because hell you didn't even share it with Willow and she's your bets friend," Kennedy said. "But as your girlfriend I want to know." She added.

"You have to promise me something before I tell you," Buffy said.

"Sure anything," Kennedy said.

"No one knows about this understand?" She asked and Kennedy nodded. "Say I promise," Buffy said.

"I promise."

Buffy took a deep breath before she continued. "You see when Faith came to Sunnydale for the first time she was like this breath of fresh air, she was something else. I guess you cane say that it was at the moment that I realized that I might be able to feel things for girls, but I was in High School so I was scared." She paused. "One day after patrolling I was

Hurt pretty badly and she didn't want me to go home because she knew that my mom would freak if she saw me so I stayed. And one thing led to another…" she trailed off.

"So Faith was the first person you made love to?" Kennedy asked. Buffy said nothing. "Angel?" Buffy nodded. "But didn't he come back, because you sent him to hell."

"And that's why Faith started to be more distant, not hanging out with us that much anymore and so on," she paused. "And after she killed that guy our potential relationship ended because every time we looked at each other we saw his face. So I stayed with Angel and she eventually went to the Mayor." She finished.

"And that's what you didn't want to tell me…why?" she asked confused.

"Because I didn't want you to think that at our first sign of trouble that I will go running of to someone else. You see I could have helped her…I just choose not to," she said the next thing she knew Kennedy had her hands.

"Buffy I don't love you any less because I know what we have right now is different that what you had with Faith way back when." She said and then brought her lips to Buffy's in a passionate kiss.

Giles' office

Giles was sitting at his desk looking at Anya and Cordelia who were sitting in front of him. They had come to him with an idea on how to stop their latest problem.

"You know this could work," Cordelia said when she saw that he was still thinking through the idea. "All we need…"

"Is a skilled enough witch to do this type of spell," he said. "Those are hard to come by since the coven is in hiding they have been ever since the council blew up." He said.

"Well I say it is time that we wake their ass's up, because the slayer needs there help," Anya said growing angry. "And they at least owe her this, you know after saving the world for eight years and counting." She explained.

"I know, trust me but it is harder that it sounds," Giles said. "We need some one with great power to track down the Coven when they don't want to be found," he explained.

"Some one with great power…they don't have to be human right?" Cordelia asked.

"No…why?"

"I think I know someone that just might be able to do this," she said with a smile as she walked over to the phone and dialed an all to familiar number. "Is Lorne there?" she asked in a deeper tone of voice so the person on the other end wouldn't know it was her.

"Lorne here," he said on the phone.

"Hey," Cordelia said in the normal voice. "Before you say anything I need you to come to Cleveland…I need your help," she said.

"Sure thing baby doll I'm on my way," he said and then hung up.

"He should be here in a day or two," she said to Giles and Anya. "And if your wonder he isn't human."

Giles looked at Anya and Anya looked at Cordelia as she walked out of the office closing the door behind her. If they could some how pull off this plan there might just be a way for them to bet this…or so they hoped.

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AN: The plan with be revealed in the next chapter but I just want you guys to know that I am going to be taking a little break because I need to get back on track with school, but don't worry it won't be that long.