Again, I can't take credit for the song used, which is, "Cannonball" by Damien Rice.

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CANNONBALL:

For days after their initial 'meeting', as Buffy had liked to call it, the blonde slayer found it hard to get the image of Faith out of her head. She went to sleep knowing full well that she'd meet the dark slayer in her dreams. It was enough to drive her insane, she thought them having sex would answer a lot of questions, not create more.

there's still a little bit of your taste in my mouth
there's still a little bit of you laced with my doubt
it's still a little hard to say what's going on

Faith needed Buffy. It was that simple. For years she thought about how her lips would feel pressed against her own, and how soft her skin would feel underneath her hands. Now that she had experienced it firsthand, she knew she had to have more. The problem was, was that Buffy was determined not to figure out what them having sex had meant.

there's still a little bit of your ghost your witness
there's still a little bit of your face i haven't kissed
you step a little closer each day
that I can´t say what´s going on

To call or not to call… Buffy had spent the better half of the day cooped up in her room, asking herself that very question. She had thought about asking her friends what she should do, but then thought against it. She knew that they'd flip out, after all Faith was still a wanted ex con, even if she had broken out to help Angel, they'd still never see her as being 'reformed'.

'Do I?' Buffy asked herself, not knowing how to answer. She knew that the brunette was trying her hardest to make amends. Buffy even saw a glimmer of goodness in her heart that had once been tainted by evil. But she still didn't know what to feel about the concept of 'them'.



stones taught me to fly
love, it taught me to lie
life, it taught me to die
so it's not hard to fall
when you float like a cannonball

When Faith had accepted to go back to Sunnydale with Willow, she had never thought in a million years that this would have happened. Faith came to Sunnydale with the intent on fighting the next evil, or the first evil … whatever, it was still new to her. Faith would have broken out of jail years ago if she would've known that Buffy returned her feelings.

'Maybe she doesn't.' Faith thought for a moment. 'That explains why she hasn't called, or even popped up for a visit.' Faith shook her head. 'No she's probably just confused, that's all.'

there's still a little bit of your song in my ear
there's still a little bit of your words i long to hear
you step a little closer to me
so close that I can´t see what´s going on


'Why does this have to be so confusing?' Buffy thought as she listed the pros and cons over being with Faith. Of course there had been a lot more cons than pros, but the pros seemed to outweigh the cons. First of all, it was Faith … that pretty much ended it right there. Buffy knew that she could wake up to that face every morning, and she wanted to. That seemed to be reason enough for her to grab her purse and head to the dingy hotel in which Faith stayed at.

stones taught me to fly
love taught me to lie
life taught me to die
so its not hard to fall
when you float like a cannon..



The knock was soft, if Faith would have been any normal human, she probably wouldn't have heard it. But, being a slayer, she was even able to hear Buffy from outside tell herself, "This is crazy." Which led to Faith opening the door, a smile plastered to her face.

"Talking to yourself B?" Faith asked, which caused Buffy to freeze, but her own smile played delicately on her lips. It took a few seconds before she turned around to face her fellow slayer. Even as Faith leaned against the doorframe, she was nothing short of beautiful, and Buffy was reassured by that thought to continue with why she was there.

"If you think that I regret what happened-" Buffy began, but was cut off by Faith, "Listen, you don't have to do this. I know it's not your thing. You just wanted a round with the dark slayer, hey I dig."

Buffy could easily see herself growing impatient, but she bit her tongue. "I was going to say, that I didn't. I don't."

For once in her life, Faith was at a loss for words. "You … don't?" She asked lamely.

stones taught me to fly
love taught me to cry
so come on courage, teach me to be shy
'cos its not hard to fall,


Buffy smiled as she closed the gap between the two, taking Faith's hands in hers. "No. I thought I did, I even tried to make myself think I did … but I don't."

Dimples shone through, and Buffy knew that was all she needed to see before she kissed the young slayer before her.

and I don't want to scare her
its not hard to fall
and i don't want to lose
its not hard to grow
when you know that you just don't know