Right Kind Of Wrong
Faith stared Angel down and he returned her stare. He didn't know what to say, so he went with the truth.
"I came down like I said I would. Came here, Buffy was crying and she told me what happened. I talked to her, and she fell asleep. That was all." He explained.
Faith sat down in the desk chair and looked at him wearily. A part of her wanted to believe him, but the other part was screaming out this is totally not the way it seems.
"Sorry, it's just that today has been really trying, to top it all off I failed my Mythology test. G-man had a crazy fit." She explained.
"Sorry to here that, so are we still going to do what we talked about? I mean since Xander already knows about his ex and whatever?" He asked her.
The slayer looked over at the sleeping Buffy and then back at Angel, "Hell yes! I want her to pay for what she did. Her break up with Xander was just the thing she needed." Faith explained again.
They continued talking softly until a knock sounded at the door, this time Buffy was awoke. Faith prompted her to ask who it was.
"Who is it?" She said groggily.
There was silence for a minute, "It's Cordelia, I really need to talk to you." She replied.
Angel, Faith, and Buffy looked back and forth between each other.
"Give me a minute I need to get dressed." Buffy called out.
Faith gave her the thumbs up sign.
"What are we going to do? Angel can't be seen here right now." Faith asked.
Buffy looked around the room for somewhere he can hide, her eyes landed on the closet. It wasn't the best place, but Angel was a vampire so it didn't matter.
"Angel, get in the closet." Buffy suggested.
"Wait you want me to get in the closet?" He questioned.
"Yes, get in the closet." Faith responded.
"But I don't want to get into the closet." He told him.
Faith was trying not to laugh at the situation; it was kind of like R. Kelly's Urban Opera 'Trapped in The Closet'. Finally Buffy spoke up, "Get in the closet." She whispered.
She pushed Angel in the closet. She closed the door, but she heard Angel say, "Now I'm trapped in the closet."
Buffy straightened herself up and opened the door to see Cordelia standing there. Completely unaffected by what happened today.
"Sorry about that, I was changing clothes you know, for patrol. Come in." She ushered the brunette in the room.
Faith and Cordelia exchanged looks, "B, meet me at G-mans after you finish talking to the skank." She said none too friendly.
Buffy watched as her girlfriend walked out of the room. She made a mental note to talk to her later on patrol. Now Cordelia is here and ready to talk, did she really want to hear what she had to say? It was best if she could here her out, if anything was to happen Angel would come out of the closet.
"Why was Faith here? I mean sure you two share a dorm room, but you were naked with her in here." The brunette stated.
"She was here when I got out of the shower. Plus she wanted to know if I was doing okay after the whole deal outside. Xander isn't talking to me right now; my other best friend is trying to patch things up with Oz. My life is just as crazy as it comes. So what is it that you wanted to talk about?" She decided to cut to the chase.
"I just wanted to apologize for whatever happened out there today. I know it wasn't your fault. I can't believe he messed with Willow behind my back. Frankly I don't care anymore. Are we still on for Saturday?" She asked.
Buffy thought about it, Friday was her and Faith's anniversary and she said she wasn't going to let her go until Saturday evening.
"Sure, let's get together and go to the movies. It'll have to be in the evening though, I have a previous engagement with my mom." She lied.
Angel sat in the closet listening to the whole conversation; he wondered why Buffy was lying. Then he thought about it, the slayers anniversary was on Friday, he did come a little early. Once he got out of the closet, he will lay low in the mansion until he was needed.
"That would be good. I have a question though, what happened to us? We were good, why did you let it go?" The brunette questioned.
Buffy let out a long sigh, tonight was not the night for long drawn out emotional talks. All she wanted to do was go patrolling with Faith, come back and enjoy some post patrolling sex.
"Cordy, you know the reason why. My feelings for Faith got in the way of us, I examined the way I felt many times over, but I couldn't deny the attraction between me and her. Besides I was guilty over what I was doing to Xander, he was my best friend, and the last thing I wanted to do was hurt him. Angel understood, that's why he was able to let me go. Unfortunately you couldn't hence you coming up with the plan for Angel kidnapping me. It causes problems between Faith and I, it would be obvious that I would come running to you. We're friends; Angel and I are together now. Let it go sweetie." She told her honestly.
Angel couldn't believe the emotion Buffy had put into her voice. He couldn't help but smile; after all of this he was going to give Buffy an award. He honestly thought that she couldn't pull it off. She proved to be a better actress than he thought.
"I can't be friends with you, I could never be friends with you when I love you too much. I wish you and Angel nothing but the best. I just want you to know Buffy, that I do love you. Whether you want to believe it or not." She told her honestly.
"I love you too Cordelia and that would never change. I love Angel also, that's what makes things so complicated. So we're good?" Buffy asked, hopefully.
The brunette gave her a hug and a kiss on the forehead, "We're good, but Buffy I'm not going to let you go without a fight. You were the best thing that ever happened to me, well except for the new Prada shoes I bought." She walked out of the room, leaving a confused Buffy behind.
Buffy closed the door behind her friend, and leaned on it, "Oh Boy." She said to the room.
Angel opened the closet door and stepped out. He did not like cramped spaces, and the closet was pretty cramped.
"Did you hear everything?" She asked him.
"Yeah, I did. I tried not to, but I was in the closet." He gave her a smile.
Buffy let out a little chuckle, "Sorry about the closet, it was the only place I could think of. Well other than the bathroom." She said sheepishly.
"It's okay, I like the way your closet smells. So are you still going to go through with this whole elaborate plan?" He asked out of curiosity.
"I don't know anymore. I just want her to admit why she did it, I mean we know why, but everyone else doesn't know. Regardless of what she did, she's still my friend and I care for her deeply. I just don't know anymore you know." She tried to make sense of the situation.
"Buffy, don't worry about it right now. You have the love of a person who is your soul mate in more ways than one. I say concentrate on her, and leave the rest of this alone. You should talk to Faith; she might be more understanding than what you think. Come on I'll walk you to Giles, you have a date to patrol." He joked.
Buffy grabbed her jacket and followed Angel out of her room. Unfortunately someone saw them exit the room, and she did not look happy. The walk to Giles house was made in bearable silence, neither one knew what to say. Buffy's head was all over the place, she couldn't think right. Before they knew it, they were in front of Giles door.
"This is your stop, I'll see you later." He told her and walked off.
The slayer was about to open the door, when Faith was already standing there.
"How did you know I was here?" She questioned.
"The slayer connection B, I can feel you wherever you are." Faith gave her girlfriend a dimpled smile.
Buffy walked into the apartment and was met with Willow, Xander, and a girl that she didn't recognize.
"What's with the group hang time? I thought we were patrolling." She asked the gathered group.
"It has come to my attention that some things have transpired today, and I feel that it is important that we talk before you two go patrolling. Plus Willow has some news she wants to share with everyone." Giles explained, then took his glasses off to clean them.
"I personally don't have anything to say. I really shouldn't have to explain myself to anyone. Willow what is it that you wanted to tell us?" Buffy brushed off everything else.
The red head looked really nervous, but she went ahead and stood up.
"Oz and I are not together, because of what happened between me and Xander. I haven't been completely honest either, this is Tara." She pointed to the shy blonde.
"I met her in Wicca group, and we connected on a level that Oz and I never had. We've been kind of seeing each other for a while now. I'm sorry I kept this from everyone, but I wanted to have something that was just mine." She told the unsuspecting group.
Faith was the first one to say something, "I still love ya Red. Welcome to our little dysfunctional family. Sorry if the Queen Bitch isn't here to meet you." She joked.
Tara gave a small smile, and then she looked at Buffy. She could sense the confusion, shock, and turmoil going on with the tiny blonde. Xander got up out of his seat, and walked out into the night. Giles gave Tara a warm smile, while cleaning his glasses. Willow looked at Buffy expectantly.
"I can't hold anything against you. Tara welcome to our group, but if you hurt her I will be forced to slay you." She told the Wicca.
"I-I won't hurt her." She gave Buffy a shy smile.
"If this meeting is over, B and I need to patrol. G-man we'll check in after patrol, it's been rather quiet as of late. Something wicked this way might come." She joked.
Buffy punched her in the arm, "Way to jinx us Faithy. Just for that no post patrol nookie." She teased.
The slayers began exchanging witty banter with each other, leaving Giles, Willow, and Tara behind.
"They seem pretty nice." Tara said softly.
"Yeah, they are. But when you've been around them long enough, they will drive you crazy.
The slayers entered Rosedale Cemetery; this was the first one of the night. They were just content with being with each other.
"What did you and C talk about? Did Angel come out of the closet?" She asked, curiosity killing her.
"Well, she apologized and I told her it was okay. We talked about this and that, and we came to an understanding. She wished Angel and me the best of luck, she seemed really remorseful. We made plans for a movie Saturday night, after you turn me loose. I had to tell her that I had an engagement with mom. She bought it, but I don't think I can go through with this anymore." Buffy told the brunette, it was highly edited, but Faith didn't need to know that.
Faith knew that Buffy wasn't telling the complete truth, but let that little bit go. She knew the blonde would tell her eventually.
"B, what happened? You were the one who thought of it, why the sudden change of heart? I mean out of all of us, it's you she fucked with the most." She asked.
"I know, but she seemed truly sorry for all that she did. I don't know if I believe her or not, but she did seem sincere. Us lying like this makes us no better than her, it sounded good at the time, but everything fell apart so fast. It's like we have a quadrangle. Cordelia loves me, you love me, Xander loves me and Willow both, I love you, and I loved Cordelia. We have our own little twisted Hellmouth Soap Opera, I'm pretty sure we're better than 'Passions'.
"Did you just say you loved C?" Faith asked clearly pissed.
They stopped walking and Buffy turned to her girlfriend, "Yes I loved Faith, I told you that before. What's the difference now?" she asked clearly confused.
"I know, but to have you actually say that again. Look if you want to be with her, then let me go and be with her." She said, obviously hurt.
"I don't want her. When I look into the future all I see is you. You're it for me, and I will not let you go. The Hellmouth, Cordelia, and whoever else be damned." She said, adamantly.
"Yes, you both will be damned when I'm through with you." The vampire said behind the slayers.
Faith sent out a silent curse, they should have sensed him. Buffy didn't even break a sweat, she staked the vampire.
"Vampire's never come up with anything original" She quipped.
Faith put her arm through Buffy's and they continued their patrol. They could talk later she would make sure of that.
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Naweoh- Sorry honey, but that's the way it is. Ya gotta remember Faith is a little insecure when it comes to Angel. Tara is like the greatest, give three shouts of hooray! Surprises and twists, that's me.
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