A/N: Here we go again, I'm sorry the chapters are so short guys but...well yeah I don't have any excuse. Thanks to everyone who reviewed!
Chapter 4 - Got You Anyway
Buffy coughed slightly, as a cloud of newly dusted vamp fell over her. She smiled to herself.
"Buffy: 5 Vamps-"
She was cut off as a hand gripped her arm whipping her around. Lips met hers as she felt her eyes slam shut.
"Faith," she managed, before realizing the lips pressed against hers weren't the warm, soft lips of Faith she had unwillingly become accustomed to.
"Faith?...Who's Faith?"
Buffy's eyes snapped open.
"Angel! What...what are you doing here? I mean...you're...you're..."
"Dead...yeah, long story." Angel replied, his cold arms wrapping around her. Buffy leaned into him, wanting to hide the storm of emotions washing across her face. How could this be? Angel, was back? The man she'd fallen for, her...first...he was back and...she suddenly realized she didn't know what to feel. There wasn't this overwhelming urge to hold him close, kiss him until the sun came up, keep him with her and never let him go again. Sure there was a nice warm...well...cool, friendly feeling but...not that spark she had remembered. She shut her eyes tightly trying to recall that feeling, the one that made her heart skip a beat, her breath catch in her throat. She couldn't...she didn't know why, and that scared her.
"Anyway, I know you have to get back to slaying but...I just had to see you." Angel continued, oblivious to the silent battle Buffy was fighting with herself. She nodded and looked back up to him, not quite catching his gaze. He leaned down quickly and pressed his lips...his cold lips, against hers and was gone again before she could react. She brought a hand to her mouth, lightly tracing her lips with her fingers, they still felt cold. She shivered, hugging her arms to herself, when she felt it...the slight buzz at the back of her mind and once again she was turned around, lips crashing into hers. This time there was no mistaking who it was. The scent, guys cologne...so sexy. The taste, vanilla lip gloss on those oh so soft lips. And the feel...God, she felt like she was burning up, with Faith's body pressed against her she felt like a fire was slowly making it's way through her veins, so warm. Then she remembered how not five minutes ago, the lips, the hands, the body had been frighteningly cold. She shivered again. Faith bulled back slightly, out of breath.
"You're shiverin' B." She ran her hands up and down the blonde slayers' arms.
"So are you..." Buffy smiled, pushing Faith's hair behind her ears and knowing it wasn't because the dark slayer was cold.
"Yeah, well, runnin' through six cemeteries, stakin' vamps left an' right'll do that to ya." Faith smiled cockily trying to catch her breath as Buffy laughed slightly, resting her forehead against the taller girls. "Got you anyway," Faith whispered, a small cat-like smile gracing her features. Buffy rolled her eyes slightly, "Well I'm gonna say that I've been taken over." Faith face fell slightly and moved to back away, "No," Buffy stopped her, "let's go again."
The grin returned to Faith's lips. "You tell me when, and I'll be taking over." She kissed Buffy again, inhaling her scent, the feel of her small body wrapped securely in hers. God it felt...perfect. She heard Buffy sigh. "I'll won't take that as a sigh of contentment, however much it wounds my ego." Faith said playfully, Buffy smiled, resting her forehead against Faith's once more.
"I just wish I could figure out what this feeling is." She said softly, not meeting Faith's gaze. "It's...confusing."
"Well then let's not make it about feelings B," Faith pulled back from her, looking the blonde slayer in the eyes. "It's just me and you here right? And when I'm with you...I'm good...I...feel good ya know?"
Buffy raised her eyebrow, "I thought you said no 'feelings', and then you go saying you 'feel' good." She said teasingly.
Faith rolled her eyes, "Come on B, you know what I mean." Buffy looked thoughtfully at her.
"Yeah...I do." She said softly.
"So this is Faith?"
Buffy and Faith whirled around, Faith already stake in hand prepared to fight.
"One bad thing about cemeteries B, no privacy." Before Buffy had time to react, Faith had launched herself full on at Angel or what appeared to be Angel. Buffy shook herself out of her daze and rushed up to them trying to force them apart, that's when she saw. "Angelus." She managed to pull Faith off him if only for a second, "Faith, wait!" She tried to explain but Faith had her battle boots on and was ready for some serious slayage.
"That's right Slayer, come out and play!" Angelus taunted before, tackled him to the ground.
"B!" Faith had him pinned for the moment. "This guys too strong and smart for us B. It's fight or flight! We gotta fly girlfriend!" She caught Buffy's gaze, she was trying to find a way to calm down the entire situation but nothing came to mind. At least if they ran she would have a chance to explain Angel to Faith.
"Faith, let's motor!" Faith looked up at her and grinned before landing a solid kick to Angelus head and jumping off him.
"Run towards the street!" Faith called out. Behind them Angelus had staggered to his feet and was already giving chase. "This guy doesn't give up does he?"
Buffy looked back and smiled ruefully. "He really doesn't."
"Well I think I know just the way to solve that." Faith slid a stake out from her sleeve and stopped, she pulled back and threw it towards the vamp with all her might before Buffy could utter a sound. A loud groan accompanied by a puff and shower of dust particles came from somewhere behind them. Buffy slowly turned hoping against hope that Faith hadn't just dusted Angel...or Angelus. Angelus could've been saved! There was a bright light, it hurt her eyes, and her ears seemed to be full of some whooshing static noise.
She turned and saw Faith running towards her, she couldn't make out the words. Faith's body collided with hers, seconds before an earth-shattering collision knocked them both off their feet. Buffy clung on to Faith as they hit the window shield of the car. The tires screeched and the car came to a halt, throwing the two girls off the front end onto the pavement. They rolled a ways still clinging to each other before finally coming to a stop.
Faith groaned as her head hit the pavement, her arms still holding tightly to the blonde slayer laying on top of her. Everything was happening to fast for Buffy. What the hell was that? Did she really just get hit by a car? And Angel! Faith killed Angel! The tears started then and before Buffy could think about what she was doing, her fists were pummeling down on Faith's shoulders. Faith barely reacted, just opened up an eye.
"B what're you doin''?" Buffy felt her strength going out the window, she really had just gotten hit by a car. Still she kept up her abuse of Faith, picking up her arms if only to let them fall back again on the dark slayer. Had her head not been killing her, Faith would've found it amusing, she didn't stop her.
"You killed him." Buffy sobbed out. Faith lazily let an eye drift open to ease the pain.
"Killed who? That vamp? Dusted his ass B, no worries." Buffy sobbed harder and this time actually punched Faith in the chest.
"I loved him!" She screamed at the girl lying beneath her. Faith eyes widened suddenly.
"What? B what are you talking about? That was a vamp! He was gonna kill us!" Buffy quieted her blows before bringing them to a complete stop.
"I know...but I loved him." She collapsed on top of Faith, sobbing gently.
"I'm sorry B, if I'da known. Jesus, Buffy I'm sorry." Faith tried consoling her, softly stroking her hair. If only she'd known. Did no one feel it necessary to inform Faith of Buffy's romantic liaisons with a dead guy? Guess not. She couldn't really be angry, but she felt bad. Crap, she felt like crap. But there was nothing to do about it now, so she simply listened as Buffy's breathing mellowed and she willed the pain in her head to go away.
Then the world came into focus.
"Oh my God, Buffy! Faith!" Who's this guy talkin'? Faith groaned again opening her eyes to one of the last people she wanted to see just then.
"Xander?" She choked out. Buffy lay silent on her chest.
"Yeah...uh it's me...so the ambulance is here and...I mean WHAT were you two DOING running into the middle of the street?" He was getting hysterical, kept pointing to a car with tons of damage. Faith looked at him once more.
"Xander Harris...did you try to assassinate two slayers with your motor vehicle?" She grinned.
"No! No way, I just...you guys...and with the running into the street...what was I supposed to do?" Faith chuckled lightly so as not to disturb the sleeping beauty on top of her, who had in fact gone unconscious. Didn't sound like such a bad idea, let everybody else figure everything out. Faith sighed heavily before letting herself drift into unconsciousness along with her blonde slayer.