BPOV.
I wake up to the major disappointment that my Faith sized pillow is missing. I was using that. Rude. I mean she just leaves like I wasn't laying on her. Oh wait here she comes. Damn she's even hot early in the morning. She crawls back into bed and moves me out the way. She moves around for a minute before turning to face me and turning me around so that my back is facing her. At first I'm confused but then I feel her spooning me and I'm more than happy.
"Your mom told me to make sure you're ready for school. You got an hour to sleep so use it wisely." she says. What the hell? "Did you forget I can hear your thoughts?" oh. Yeah. "Now shush, I'm tryina sleep if ya don't mind." she says holding me a little tighter.
I must've drifted back to sleep because when I wake up its by Eminem.
"When I was just a little baby boy my momma used to tell me these crazy things/She used to tell my my daddy was an evil man she used to tell me she hated me/But then I got a little bit older and I realized she was the crazy one/But there was nothin I could do or say ta try ta change it cus thats just the way she was!" came blasting through the speakers of Dawns stereo. I would have fallen off the bed if Faith hadn't caught me.
"I put Max in charge of the mornin routine." she says.
"And he wakes us up like that?!" I ask. She just chuckles.
"If you complain he wont feed you. This mornin is like a peace offerin. Everybody'll be here. He called G-man ta make sure. He cooked, we'll eat, y'all will go ta school and me and him will do what we came to do." she says. oh.
"He cooks?" I ask.
"Apparently he got tired of havin to work the chef 24/7 for everybody so he asked for cookin lessons." she says. Awesome.
"Wow."
"Yep. He'll be in here in 3...2...1..." Max burst through the door.
"Will y'all two get the hell up and Buffy you need to shower. Your ma told us ta make sure ya wasn't late for school and if I'm right you're already...35mins late for your first class but its all gravy. I called so ya don gotta go in. I know ya wanna help so here's ya chance. But..." he drug the word out. "Ya need ta get the fuck up!" he said.
"Yes mother." Faith said. He scrunched his face up.
"Move it cow! Your people will be here in...10 minutes. Erin, you should tell em what's goin on. They could help." he says the last part seriously. I feel her tense up.
"Look you don't have to tell them everything. Just enough so they can help look. Will you let us help you?" I ask. She looks down at me because I'm still laying down beside her. Then she looks up to her brother.
"Alright." she says finally with a sigh.
"Good. Dawn! You need ta be outta here in 5 minutes! Hurry the hell up. Erin will give ya a ride!" he yells from the hallway. We hear a squeal and the poor boy couldn't move fast enough. He's knocked out of the way by a speeding Dawn.
"Ohmigawd really?! You're gonna give me a ride?! Tiffany will be soooo jealous!" she says.
"Yeah squirt I'm gonna give you a ride. I gotta check out the new high school anyway. How is it so far?" Faith asks. Dawn hops onto the bed; effectively moving me. Uh hello I was enjoying the cuddles here. Little troll. Faith burst out laughing and I can't help but turn red when I realize why. "Now now B. good things come to those who wait." she says. hm. I like the sound of that. She just smirks at me.
"Its high school. What do you mean how is it? Boring as hell." Dawn says in her duh tone.
"No I mean the students. Is it an all around nice environment?" Faith asks.
"Don't worry Max'll fit in." Dawn says. Faith nods a few times.
"Alright. Max you're comin with us." Faith says.
"Yeah yeah. Buffy tell them if they touch the food before we get back, I'll beat em till the can't breath." he says running down the stairs.
"Alright. So I'll see you in a little while?" I ask Faith.
"Yeah we're gonna swing by home and shower then we'll be back here." she says. I nod my head.
"Ok. Dawn have a good day at school." I say kissing her forehead.
"K. have a good day of research." she says leaving the room. Faith is about to say something but is cut off by impatient teenagers.
"Hurry up!" they yell. She smiles.
"14 year olds." she says shaking her head. "Catch ya later cutie." she says leaving the room. I already can't wait.
FPOV.
So me and Max are on our way back to B's. I dunno what came over me this mornin cus I don't cuddle but I didn't mind cus it was her. Damn. I'm not with the girl and she can already get her way.
"Erin can we get a puppy?" Max asks outta nowhere. I glance over at him.
"We'll see." why the hell do I spoil him so much?
"Cus I'm cute." he says with a smirk. Oh shit you can hear- "Yep." he says. I nod.
"Wicked." I say. He gets this serious look.
"How d'ya turn it off? Some people have disturbin thoughts I don wanna hear." he asks.
"Just think bout somethin that relaxes you. Like...who is your favorite artist?" I ask.
"Eminem." he says.
"Well think about your favorite Eminem song and you'll be good to go." I tell him. He nods.
"Who's your favorite artist?" he asks me.
"Rob zombie." I tell him. He smiles and reaches into the back seat.
"Here. It comes out in two months." he says handing me a rob zombie cd. Holy shit. Its the sinister urge.
"How did you get this?" I ask puttin it into the cd player.
"Dad knows him. He got it to see if I'd like it. Its cool and all but I figured you might like it a little more." he says. "Listen to number 3." he says. I look at him. I search and look for it. This shit is wicked. "Its called Dead Girl superstar." he says. The rest of the short ride is spent in silence except for rob zombie. We pull up and get out.
"Thanks monkey." I say.
"No problem. I missed your birthday so take it as a really late birthday present." he says. I nod and we knock on the door.
"Xander will you get the door?!" I hear B yell.
"Here goes." he says when he hears the door openin. Xander smile fades a little.
"Its about time you showed up. She won't let us eat." he says.
"Sorry we kept you waitin." I say.
"And you should be." he says with a nod movin to the side to let us in. we make our way inside and everybody sorta tenses up but you can tell they are tryina be nice. Well if they can try so can I.
"Hey y'all." Max says. You hear a few heys and hellos.
"Can we eat now? I am hungry." Anya asks. Max nods.
"Yeah." and we make our way to the dinin room. Max was about to sit to my right but Tara beat him to it. So he moved to my left and B moved him. I mean she literally picked him up and moved him. She didn't move him too far though. She sat him across from me. We all laughed at his protest.
"Scuse me, when you get done could ya put me back?" is just one of the goofy ass things he was sayin. Breakfast was spent with comfortable conversation. It was good. Until after when Riley showed up. That's when things got really tense. Ya see I was getting on great with the scoobs. We cleared the air. Now don't get me wrong I'm not forgiven yet but they understand better now. They said they can work on forgivin me but I still refused to apologize. So yeah I think everything will be all good with them eventually. They said they are willin to help which automatically makes em real good in my book. I'll owe em forever. And that's a debt I'll live with until they are ready to collect. But Riley I don't like him. I never have and I never will. Its just some people you don't like in life. You can't help it and neither can they. In reality I was hopin that me sleepin with him would cause enough trouble between them for em to break up so she can find somebody better. Then that little magic shop comment didn't help matters. But if Buffy wants me to be nice since he's her boyfriend, for now, I'll do it. She said she's gonna break up with him and she's willin to wait for me as long as it takes. I don't want her too though. I want her to be happy ya know. But she said it aint gonna happen until we're together so...um yeah. Anyway she said she's gonna be friends with him and if I want her to be nice to Kate I gotta try an be nice to him. So I'll try. But if that fuck face tests my patience again I'm gonna go off.
"Hey everyone." he says. I sigh along with Max.
"Look b- Riley about before we got off on the wrong foot but I'm not apologizin. If you're willin I'm willin to try an be civil cus I really don't like ya. so...truce?" I ask extendin my hand. He thinks it over.
"Truce." he says.
BPOV.
When Faith and Riley shake hands she tenses and so does he. She gets this really concentrated look on her face. Its almost like they aren't there. When they don't let go of each other I advance. Max holds me back.
"Don't do that." he says. I can tell he wants to pounce. He's like a lion watchin its cub. He wants to really hurt Riley. Shit I do too. He's doin somethin to Faith but we cant interfere because we don't know what. Finally they let go of each other and she looks at her hand. Then back at his face.
"You motherfucker!" she yells jumping on him.
"Buffy get this crazy bitch off of me!" he yells but I don't move. Xander stands up.
"What did you do to her?" he asks Riley. For a second I thought he was going to stop Faith. She continues to punch Riley in the face so he can't answer.
"Where the fuck is she?!" she yells. Oh my god. He knows where her daughter is.
"Faith. Faith baby calm down a little. Let him talk." I say putting a hand on her shoulder. Now don't get me wrong I want her to beat the shit out of him if he knows but he needs to be able to talk to tell us where she is.
"What?!" she looks at me with fire in her eyes.
"I said let him talk. You don't have to move off of him. Just ask the questions and let him answer." she looks at me like I'm crazy. "Please baby. He's not moving from that spot. Just don't hit him as much." I say. She calms slightly.
"Ok B. Where is she?" she asks him.
"Away from your psychotic ass!" he yells. She looks at me and I nod towards him she hits him hard in the face.
"She asked you a question. At this moment I really believe I'm the only thing keeping her from beating you to death. Answer her." I say.
"Wait. Wait." Xander says. We all look at him. "Will go get the rope out of the basement." he says and she does. When she comes back he continues. "Tara, put a spell on the rope." she does as he says. "Max put him in a chair and tie him up. Faith come with me." he says. Faith looks at him for a moment before hitting Riley once more and getting up. They leave the room.
"Don't ask him anything until we come back." he says. I never thought I'd say this but he's kinda sexy when he takes charge.
"I heard that!" Faith yells. Sorry. They come back in and Faith looks calmer. She looks at me and smiles. Everything ok? I think/ask her. She smiles even bigger and nods.
"So...where is Megan?" she asks calmly.
"Somewhere safe." Riley says.
"Bullshit. She's not safe til she's home with her mom. Where is my niece?" Max asks. Riley smirks at him.
"Do you really think that little girl would be safe with...that?" he says motioning at Faith with disgust. Xander is standing in front of Faith facing her. I think he's keeping her calm. Max hits Riley, but it isn't as hard as I know he can.
"You really don't wanna piss me off." max says. Oddly I think I'd be actually afraid if he did. Riley smiles and then a bunch of troops crash into the window. We all start to fight them off. Faith and Xander are handling a few that are trying to get to Riley. Willow and Tara are using spells to hold some others off. Anya and Giles are going up against a few more. Max and I are fighting for what its worth. We all hear gunshots go off and it distracts us enough to make us turn. When we do they all leave. We look at Riley and he has a really big and annoying smirk on his face.
"Buffy, baby would you let me go?" he asks.
"I'm not your baby. We're over." I growl out. He shrugs.
"Whatever. Hey Faith, where's your little brother." her eyes widen and we all look around. Xander says the same thing we're all thinking:
"Shit."
well aint this somethin. If it aint one thing its another. Well review please. Thnx peoples.