Buffy's acceptance of her had given Faith a boost of confidence. She'd become more friendly and social at school. Buffy didn't know if she liked this change in her girlfriend. Her possessive and jealous streak appearing from time to time in their relationship. Buffy wanted to spend all of her time with Faith, and didn't like 'sharing' her girlfriend. Sitting with her friends around the water fountain, Buffy watched Faith on the other side of the quad with Xander and Willow. The three of them were talking animatedly standing near a row of vending machines.

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Faith opened a package of snack cakes and handed one to Willow. "Sure, I can give you driving lessons, Will." She smiled, more than happy to help her friend out with anything car related.

"Why didn't you ask me?" Xander spoke up.

"You don't have a car." Willow replied, taking a bite out of the small dessert.

"Oh, yeah." A small smile appeared on his face.

"Here," Faith held out the snack cake to him. "Have a chocolate muffin."

He gladly accepted the offer of food. "If this doesn't fill the void of not having a car I don't think anything can."

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Buffy crossed her arms over her chest. Faith was suppose to be getting her a soda, not stopping to chat with her friends. She focused in on Willow, picking up on the young woman slipping her hand onto Faith's arm. Buffy was tired of waiting, and growing jealous by the moment. Faith hadn't given her any reason to believe she'd cheat, but she didn't trust other girls around Faith, and that included mousy Willow Rosenberg. She stood up from the fountain, grabbing her bag and headed for Faith.

"Thanks, Faith. I really appreciate it." Willow gently patted her friend's arm.

"No, problem. Could start today." Faith proposed.

Her eyes momentarily widened. "Today? Oh, I don't know." She hesitantly replied. Feeling anxious about learning how to drive, despite her desire to do so.

She grinned. "Come on, Will. You trust me, don't you?" Faith threw her arm around Willow's shoulder. "I'll be the best teacher you ever had."

"She did a bang up job with me." Xander commented, shoveling the snack cake into his mouth. He swallowed it down. "Emphasis on bang up."

Faith playfully hit his arm. "Don't scare her. So, today, Will. Me and you?"

"You and her what?" Buffy smiled, moving over to Faith and wrapped her arm around her girlfriend's waist.

"Hey, B." Faith smiled, pressing a soft kiss to Buffy's mouth. "I'm going to give Willow a driving lesson today."

"Doesn't the school offer a class for that?" Buffy asked, looking from Faith to Willow.

"They do — but I wanted to get a head start." Willow replied, moving away from Faith and over to Xander. She didn't like the way Buffy would like at her. Willow got the feeling that Faith's girlfriend didn't like her. Buffy hadn't ever been mean to her but it was just a feeling that Willow couldn't shake.

"Well, if you're giving lessons, Faith. How about another student?" Buffy asked, gently rubbing her girlfriend's side.

"You already know how to drive, B." Faith pointed out, confused by her girlfriend's need for lessons.

"I could always use the extra practice." She quick-wittedly replied.

Faith lightly laughed. "You don't get enough of that when your mom lets you borrow her car?"

Buffy tightly smiled. Willow was growing increasingly uncomfortable. Xander didn't pick up on the awkwardness his friend felt, and continued to eat the delicious snack cake. "Faith, we could always do it another day." Willow spoke up.

"No, it's me and you today, Will." Faith smiled. "B, I could give you lessons another day."

"Sure." Buffy replied, trying to play the part of the understanding girlfriend. She couldn't understand why Faith didn't drop what she was doing for her.

"Meet me by my car after school." Faith proposed, looking over at Willow.

"Sure." Willow nodded, taking a couple of steps back. She could feel Buffy's eyes on her, but she didn't dare look to confirm. "Come on, Xander." She tugged on his arm, and he willingly followed her, calling out goodbye to Faith and Buffy over his shoulder. Willow lowered her voice. "Do you ever get the feeling that Buffy doesn't like us — me?" She hesitantly asked.

He shook his head. "She's all right. Not like the rest of those stuck up snobs she hangs out with and if Faith is dating her Buffy's fine with me in my book."

His lighthearted words hadn't eased Willow of the oddness she felt around the popular young woman.

Buffy kept her eyes on Willow and Xander until they turned the corner. "I think somebody has a crush on you." She kept her words playful.

Faith's eyebrows lowered in confusion. "Who?"

She studied her girlfriend's face, trying to figure out if Faith really couldn't see what she did. "Willow."

"Come on, Will. No way." She laughed. It'd never been that way between Faith and Willow.

"I can't say that I blame her." Buffy wrapped her arms around Faith's waist. "Your sweet, funny, and really hot just to name a few things. Don't encourage her. You wouldn't want to hurt her feelings."

"What're you talking about? Encourage her? I've never — she's not interested in me." Faith replied, feeling a bit defensive. Thinking she was being accused of something that she hadn't even thought about doing. She should've been use to it. This hadn't been the first time Buffy pointed out how she thought someone was interested in her. "It's just a driving lesson, B." She pressed a soft kiss to the side of her girlfriend's face.

"I know. Does she know?" Buffy asked, not ready to let the subject drop.

"Yes. I owe you a soda." Faith replied, done with this conversation. She walked over to the vending machine, taking her time fishing the correct amount of change out of her pocket. At times Buffy's jealousy and possessiveness could be flattering, but other times it was worrying for her.

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Willow pulled to a stop in front of the Double Meat Palace. Tightly gripping the wheel of Faith's car.

"Relax, Willow." Xander leaned forward in the backseat. "We made it here safe and sound. You can't let go of the wheel." He jokingly stated, patting her shoulder.

"You did a great job." Faith spoke, patting her friend's hand.

"I did?" She skeptically asked.

Faith nodded. "Yeah."

"Even when I took that turn too fast and almost went up onto the curb at that bus stop?" She embarrassedly asked.

"You didn't hit anyone. They jumped out of the way." Xander pointed out. "Who knew an old lady with a walker could move so fast?" He opened the backseat door, climbed out of the car and slammed it shut.

"I was terrible." Willow shakily whispered, hands falling off of the stirring wheel.

Faith shook her head. "Nah, you did fine." She put her arm around her friend's shoulder. "You've just got to learn to slow down during a turn."

"Almost hitting a group of pedestrians did the trick." She dryly replied.

"Now that's the spirit." Faith grinned, trying to cheer Willow up. "Come on. I'll buy you lunch." She opened the passenger side door.

"Faith, thanks for giving me a lesson."

"Anytime."

"I'm not too sure Buffy would like that." Willow replied, immediately regretting her words.

"B, really cares about me. Sometimes she goes a bit overboard." Faith tried to explain, using the reason that she often used to explain Buffy's behavior to herself.

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Buffy had been glancing out of the front window of her house from the moment Cordelia dropped her off at home. She was keeping an eye on Faith's house, waiting to see her girlfriend's car pull up into the driveway. She'd taken over the television in the living room, much to Dawn's annoyance who declared that since Buffy wasn't watching anything they should watch what Dawn wanted to. Feeling spiteful Buffy refused to hand over the remote, and Dawn had stomped upstairs, loudly proclaiming that the next time Faith came over she'd be the most embarrassing little sister in human existence. Buffy quickly replied that she'd already earned that title, causing her sister to huff in response and stomp even louder up the stairs and slam her bedroom door not once but twice.

It was then that Faith pulled into the driveway. The sun was setting. She watched Faith check the mailbox before stepping inside of her house. Buffy was on her, briefly dashing upstairs to check how she looked in her bedroom mirror. She was out the door, and briskly walking across the street and a couple of houses down to the Lehane's. Faith's parents weren't home, and she tried the doorbell a few times. Growing impatient when Faith didn't open the door.

Faith had just reached the top of the stairs when she heard the doorbell, and jogged back down them to answer the door. She was surprised to see Buffy, but stepped back to let her girlfriend inside.

"I was in the neighborhood." Buffy playfully replied, pressing a kiss to Faith's mouth.

"Me too." She smiled, shutting the door.

"Did you just get home?"

"Yeah. I was just about to go upstairs."

"Do you mind having company?" She flirtatiously asked, pressing herself up against Faith.

She grinned. "No." Faith grabbed hold of Buffy's hand and lead her upstairs.

"How was the driving lesson?" Thinking of Faith being alone with Willow was causing all sorts of thoughts to enter her mind and none of them were good.

"I think it would've went better without Xander's colorful commentary. Next time it'll just be the two of us." Faith explained, leading her up another set up stairs to her attic bedroom.

"Or I could be the third wheel." Buffy offered.

"You're not a third wheel." She stopped them in the middle of their room.

"I'm not?" She whispered.

Faith shook her head. "No, you couldn't ever be that, B." She pressed her mouth against Buffy's, sliding her hands onto her girlfriend's back.