Right Kind of Wrong
A/N: This is the last chapter I will post until I come back from Thanksgiving vacation. Please no rotten tomatoes, after all writers need a vacation also. Happy reading, oh and on another note, thanks to everyone who reviewed. This story is by far the most reviewed story I ever worked on. You love me, you really love me!
Now on to the fic...
Three cemeteries and five vamps later the two slayers walked to Giles house, but not before stopping to get something to eat. Faith was right; the slaying does make you hungry and horny. The hungry is out of the way, and now Buffy was horny as all get out. She didn't get a satisfying kill like her lover did; now Faith wouldn't leave her alone.
"Seriously B, you had major distraction going on." The brunette teased.
Buffy rolled her eyes at this, "Oh please, I was not distracted much. You shouldn't be moving like pure sex babe, then I would have gotten that last vamp with no problems." She defended herself.
"Relax B; I'll take care of you when we get back. Let's go report to G and then we can have some serious nookie." She whispered in the blonde's ear.
They made it to Giles apartment and shared a quick kiss before entering. As usual they breeze in and don't ever knock. They were about to say something when they saw Joyce and Giles on the couch involved in some major making out. Buffy's mouth was moving like a fish out of water, Faith just stood there grinning like a Cheshire cat.
"Hey G-man, is this a private party or can anyone join." The slayer blurted out.
Buffy was mortified at what she saw; the image was now burned in her memory forever. Joyce and Giles broke apart, and looked like two teenagers caught with their pants down. Giles silently cursed under his breath, and Joyce had to set herself to rights.
"Quite sorry girls, how was patrol?" He asked going all British and watcher-y.
"Patrol was good, a few vampires that's it." Faith answered, Buffy was still paralyzed with shock.
The blonde slayer finally found her voice, "I'm just going to go. Faith I see you back at the room." Buffy turned and ran out the door, like the devil was on her heels.
"I think I need to go talk to her." Joyce said.
Faith shook her head no, "Don't do that. She needs time to let this digest; it's a surprise to her that's all." She replied.
"Quite alright Faith, is there anything else you wish to discuss?" The watcher asked.
"No, there's nothing else. See you tomorrow." She turned and bolted out the door.
The brunette slayer took her time and walked back to campus, she wondered why Buffy freaked out like that. Giles was a very attractive guy, and Joyce was an attractive woman. Hell that's where Buffy got her good looks from, in her opinion. She walked towards Stevenson when something caught her eye, Buffy and Cordelia were talking and her girlfriend seemed to have a smile on her face. She decided to walk past them and up to the room they shared; something was definitely going to have to be done.
"I'm actually going to get a single now, I totally don't want to be around Willow right now." Cordelia explained to Buffy.
"Yeah, there are a lot of advantages to having a single." She thought about the times she and Faith would sneak in after hours, and the fun that they get to have after patrols. It wasn't half bad. This thought caused Buffy to smile.
Cordelia knew that Buffy wasn't listening to her, "Buffy, how's the weather on your planet?" She asked, sarcasm dripping from her mouth.
"Sorry, just thinking about something. What were you saying?" She asked.
"I said, you and Faith's anniversary is coming up. What are you going to do since you two are no longer together?" She asked as if talking to a child.
Buffy looked thoughtful for a minute, they never discussed the possibility of what to do. Were they still going to celebrate their anniversary or what? So many questions was going through her head, she made a mental note to ask her later.
"It's the day after tomorrow, I'm not sure. I'll probably hang with mom, if her lips aren't perma-glued to Giles." She replied.
"If you change your mind, we could do something. I really don't want to be alone right now." She said softly.
"If things don't go as planned, we will get together, if not I'll see you on Saturday." She gave her a soft smile and walked away.
"Saturday it is sweetheart." The brunette replied to Buffy's retreating back.
Buffy walked into the room she shared with Faith, and surprised to actually see her studying. She closed the door behind her, and put her jacket on her desk chair. Faith closed her book, and looked up at Buffy, apparently she wasn't pleased.
"What's the matter baby?" Buffy asked softly.
"You want to know what the fucking matter is, we go patrolling, you freak out about your mom and G making out. I find you laughing and smiling with the same bitch, who was out to destroy us. What the fuck is going on damn it? I need to fuckin know." She yelled at Buffy.
The blonde was taken back by her lovers temper, the only time she seen her this mad was when she was stabbed in the abdomen by the Timbre Demon. There was no way she was going to get her way out of this one.
"She stopped me, we exchanged hello's, she told me that she was getting a single. Apparently she didn't want to be around Willow. We talked about the advantages of having a single, I thought about us and how much fun we have. What is the big deal about Cordelia? If I didn't know better I would say that you were jealous of her. Angel doesn't pose a threat to you because he is over me, but Cordy is not and you're afraid that if we get close then I'm going to fuck you over." She yelled right back.
Faith didn't know what to say, everything Buffy said was true. She didn't care much about Angel anymore, he stated time and time again, he loves Buffy and always will, but doesn't want her. Cordelia was a different story all together, she wasn't obsessed with Buffy, but she was in love with her. Faith could see through the bullshit, but Buffy couldn't and she would be damned if she lost her girl to the Prom Queen.
"How the fuck else am I supposed to feel. You talk to her about more things than you do with me, and I'm your fucking girlfriend not her. I don't need this shit right now, it would be best if we just take a break." The brunette said, tired of going through this over and over again.
The tears couldn't stop their trek down Buffy's face, "You're really breaking up with me?" She asked, softly.
"We just need a break before I do something that I am going to regret." She told her.
"You know what fine, if this is what you want then so be it. I had my fair share of heartache when it came from Angel, but from you it's like a knife in the heart." She reached under her bed and pulled out her bag, she put a few changes of clothes and her necessities, and books.
"Things get tough, you run. Go ahead Buffy; it seems that's the only thing you're good at." She taunted.
Buffy grabbed her stuff, but not before going to her desk and pulling out a small jewelry box. She tossed it to Faith who caught it with no problems.
"I can't do this, Happy Anniversary." She turned and walked out of the room, leaving a pissed off and hurt Faith behind.
The brunette slayer couldn't believe what happened; she let her insecurities get the best of her again. She caused the one person to love her conditionally to walk out of her life. The ring box was still in her hands, she decided to open it. Inside was a beautiful gold ring with a small diamond in the middle. She turned the ring around on her finger until she saw the inscription, 'We are Chosen, you are my Chosen One'. She put the ring back in the box. Red was right, when she told her that stuff a while back, she didn't want to believe it. She felt like a royal ass for bitching her out like that, it's just that she's never cared so deeply for someone before. A light went off in her head, tomorrow was their anniversary and she was going to make it special. She picked up the phone and called Giles.
"Hey G-man I need a favor." She told him.
Buffy made the trek to her mother's house, it was the only logical choice, plus they needed to talk anyways. She wondered how long Giles and her have been locking lips with each other. She used the key to unlock the door and walked in.
"Mom, I'm home." She called out.
"I'm in the kitchen honey." Joyce yelled back. Buffy put her bag and books down and headed to the kitchen, her mom was on the phone.
"I think it's a wonderful idea. It's possible it shouldn't be that hard, I know but it is awfully short notice. Not a problem bye." She hung up the phone.
"Mom, who was that?" Buffy asked.
"No one dear that was Brian, it was gallery business nothing to worry your head about." She replied.
The slayer went into the refridgerator to pull out something to drink. Her argument with Faith left her mighty thirsty.
"What brings you by? Does this have to do with me and Rupert?" She asked her duaghter.
"It has a lot more to do with it than that. How long have you two been seeing each other?" She asked, saving the heavy stuff for later.
Joyce looked in the cabinet and pulled out a coffee mug, and poured herself some coffee. She knew that this time would come, and it didn't surprise her one bit. It was time that she told her daughter the truth anyways.
"For about a month in a half give or take a few days." She replied.
"A month in a half? Mom how come I'm just now finding out about this? Is this left over from the Band Candy? That was several months ago." She shot back, oddly enough she was calm.
"I know, but I was lonely, he was lonely so we met half way. First it was dinner and a couple of movies, and slowly developed into something more. I wanted to tell you, but the time was never right. I never wanted to keep this from you." She explained.
"I'm not hurt mom, just surprised. Give me some time to think about this, it'll take some getting used to. Giles is a good man, he is like my father you know, and a better one than dad would ever be." She said sadly.
"What's bothering you sweetie?" She asked her daughter.
"Mom, everything is just going wrong. Remember when I left Giles? I walked back to the campus and I ran into Cordelia, we talked about something's. Faith saw us and she was upset, because I keep talking to her plus I'm having second thoughts about going through with this wacky plan of mine. I know that she caused problems for us in the beginning, but there are some things you need to know. I'm not proud of them, but I have to let you know, so you could get a better understanding." She explained.
Buffy told her mother everything from Cordelia and her having a secret relationship, minus the Angel parts, until she ended with the whole Willow, Xander, Oz, Cordelia, and Tara pentagon thing. She was afraid to look at her mother afraid of what she would see there.
"Buffy, it's okay for you to experiment; I was hoping it wasn't until college. Anyways, it sounds like in a way you still love Cordelia, it may not be the way you love Faith, but it's still the same. Faith is a very insecure person; she's had a hard life no one to truly care for her like you do. You need to tell Cordelia in no uncertain terms that you two can't be like that anymore that you love Faith. Listen sleep on it tonight and things will look better in the morning. Tomorrow is your four month anniversary, maybe all will be forgiven. I will tell you this though, look at things from her perspective and you will understand where she is coming from." Joyce patted her daughter's hand and got up from the island.
Buffy gave her mother a quick hug, "Thanks mom, I'm so glad that you're so understanding about this. Oh and Giles don't hurt him, he's had enough badness in his life already." Buffy ran upstairs to her room; she had some major thinking to do.
Faith tried to find sleep, but it wasn't coming. She kept thinking about the look on Buffy's face when she said they needed a break. She prayed to the powers that tomorrow will make up for everything that's happened. Buffy was the best thing that ever happened to her life, in a way she was her saving angel. She grabbed Buffy's pillow and held it to her, sleep finally claimed her and she was out for the night.
Angel paced his mansion back and forth; he was debating on whether to go back to LA. He was doing some good there saving souls and everything, on the path to redemption and what not. His thoughts were all over the place, until a knock sounded at his door. It was 2:00 in the morning, who in their right mind would be out this late. He answered the door, and Cordelia came busting in.
"Angel we gotta talk." She told him, none too nicely.
"Come in Cordelia, let's talk." He ushered her in.
"First of all, what the hell are you doing here? What the hell is up with you and Buffy? You two seriously can't be a couple can you?" She asked none too pleasantly.
Angel wondered how she knew he was here. No one else knew except for Faith and Buffy, unless she didn't leave completely when they left the room together. He had to hand it to her, she was very stealthy at that.
"I came here to be with Buffy, we are together get over it. You're just pissed off that I got her and you didn't. Listen Cordy, you really need to move on. This thing you have for Buffy, you need to let it go." He told her in all truthfulness.
"I don't have a thing for Buffy. I miss her, and I love her alright! I shouldn't have let her go. Now I see her all happy, and it hurts me inside. She dropped me like a bad habit, when Faith came along." She began to sob.
Angel felt sorry for the girl, and sat down next to her on the couch. It was an awkward move, but he gave her a hug. Cordelia let out a small smile, and produced a stake, and went straight for Angel's heart.
"Cordy, what?" Was the last thing Angel said, before he turned to ashes.
Cordelia got up from the chair, "You were always the one to fall for the damsel in distress thing. Loser." She walked out of the mansion, a smile playing on her lips.
Cordelia walked back to Stevenson Hall and to the room she still shared with Willow. She opened the door and sighed in relief that the red head Wicca wasn't there. She really didn't want to see her; she wondered what Buffy saw in her. Sure she's smart, and pretty loyal, but she was just mousy Willow Rosenberg. She changed into her pajamas and went to bed, a smile playing on her face.
Buffy woke up abruptly, something was wrong with Angel. She could feel it in her stomach. Climbing out of bed, and slipped on her shoes, grabbed a stake and snuck out of her window. This one simple act caused her to remember all the times she snuck out and snuck in from patrolling. She took off running towards the Crawford Street mansion. Buffy knocked on the door, then checked the knob and found it unlocked. That was a little unusual because Angel always locked the doors, except when he knew she was coming over. She walked through each room and came across no one. She sat down on the couch. Her mind thought back to the many times they made out on this couch, she began to rub it absent mindedly until she felt some dust, she looked down and saw Angel's Claddagh ring. Recognition finally hit her, and she let out a loud sob. Angel was dead, well un-dead again. She ran out of the mansion and straight to campus.
Buffy opened the door to the room, and shook Faith awake, that was a mistake because she got up and almost knocked Buffy off of the bed.
"B, what's up? I thought you were at your moms." She asked the girl, but immediately knew something was wrong, because of the hitch in her voice. Faith turned on the lamp, and saw the tear tracks on Buffy's face.
"Buffy? What's wrong baby?" She asked in concern.
"Angel is dust. I went over there, because something was wrong with him. We have a certain connection, similar to what I have to you. I went over there, and couldn't find him. I sat on the couch and began to rub it, I felt dust and I found his ring. He never takes it off, it's the companion ring to the one I had. He's gone Faith, and this time he's not coming back." She cried hysterically.
The brunette slayer didn't know what to say, the logical thing she could do was hug her girlfriend. She would figure out what happened to Angel later.
A/N 2: There you have it folks, this is the end until I come back from vacation. Leave the reviews if I get at least five the next chapters will get a whole lot better. I know that I like Cordelia and everything, but in this I make her kinda like the bad person. Don't hate me, I'm just wacky like that.
Crazy –Kiki-19- I had inspiration from the R. Kelly video, I thought it would be funny.
General Mac- I know you are just kidding. You are just going to have to wait until I come back from vacation to find out what happens next. I won't cut off your supply since you asked nicely.
joss59- I try to update as much as I can, sometimes it's a little hard, but it gets done. I'm glad you like it, and it's going to get even more wicked from here. Addiction can be a good or bad thing, but this addiction is definitely of the good.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving!