Disclaimer: I don't own the show or any of its characters, if I did the show wouldn't have ended…cuz I'm greedy like that and I miss my BTVS. LOL
Title: Time, It's All We Have
Pairings: Buffy/Faith
Summary: Faith never went to prison, she did kill the guy, but she let Buffy help her, and because of that help, they have become what they did in my story…re-write of season 7.
Chapter Sever: Same Time, Same Place Part Two
~Faith's POV
By the time Buffy and I finally got out of the shower, I'm pretty sure that if Xander's situation was deadly he would have been dead. "Xander needed us and you go distracting me like that," Buffy says with a towel wrapped around her body. "Next time," she says leaning in closer to me. I look up from her from where I am sitting on the bed. I can smell the strawberries from her strawberry scented shampoo. I close my eyes, flashing back to only moments before when we were both naked in the shower. When Buffy's hands were roaming all over my wet, naked body. "Be slower," she says leaning back only slightly enough to bring her lips to mine. I can't help but laugh into the kiss. This is the Buffy that only I get to see, the one that isn't burdened with the weight of the world, and saving the lives of people who don't even know she's out there fighting for them. Sometimes I wonder what she would have done if I never came around, if she had to fight this burden all alone. "What's wrong?" She asks moving so that she is straddling my legs, running her fingers through my hair and spreading light kisses on my face.
I look at her slightly, as much as I could because she was on me. "Nothing, baby," I say lifting her up and I feel her legs wraps around my waist. I smile at the feeling of her body pressed so tightly against mine. "Come on B, Xander said he had something important to show us," I say setting her down lightly. "Besides," I say leaning so closely to her that she'll be able to feel my breath on her lips. I smirk as I watch her eyes flutter closed. "There is always later," I say leaning all the way in and lightly kissing her on the cheek.
"Promises, promises," she says dropping her towel and I can't keep my eyes from roaming over her body. The tautness of her muscles showing. God, she really does have an amazing body. "Did he say anything about what exactly he came across?" She asks as she rummages through her closet looking for something to wear.
I let myself get lost in the sight of her body, before mentally smacking myself. We had our fun, now it is time for us to get into slayer mode and go out and protect the world from things they wouldn't understand. "No, not really, just that we we're needed," I pause clipping my bra behind my back. "At the high school." I say looking up at her as she peeks around the corner, looking at me, scared. "Don't worry," I say tightening my belt around my waist. "He checked in on Dawn and he said she is fine, it was at the construction site I guess," I say walking over to her and wrapping my arms around her from behind."I'll go down and make us some coffee," I say kissing her bare shoulder.
"Love you," I hear her say as I make my way out of the bedroom.
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When we got to the construction site I could see that there were no cars in the parking lot, which means that Xander sent his crew home for the day. That would normally be good news, but that also means that whatever Xander found here is bad. We approach a ladder and I see Xander standing below, but that isn't what causes my breath to catch in my throat. No that honor goes to the body lying at his feet, a dead skinless body. "Hey," I say grabbing a hold of Buffy's arm before she goes down the stair. Knowing what happened with Willow this past summer I know Buffy is going to have her suspicions, and I also know that this hits home to both Xander and Buffy. "I'm gonna look around," I say looking around slightly. "Give you guys some time to talk about this, okay?" I say looking her in the eye, trying to read her, and once again I am unsuccessful.
"Okay," she says turning to look at Xander for a second before looking back at me. "Just be careful, whoever did this can still be here," she says leaning in and kissing me lightly before descending the ladder. Xander turns at the sound of the ladder and looks at me, he smiles but the smiles doesn't reach his eyes and I know he is thinking about Willow. I just smile and wave back before walking in the other direction.
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~Buffy's POV
I take once last glance at Faith's retreating back before my eyes settle on Xander. He is just looking down at the body, but I know he isn't thinking about the person lying at his feet. No, his thoughts are on Willow. She did this same thing this past summer, to Warren, the man that killed her girlfriend Tara. And not only was this bad but after she did this she went on this world ending thing, it was some scary stuff and if she is back and in this condition Sunnydale is in trouble.
"Morning," he says when I come to stand beside him. "I sent everyone home, and called you right away when I found this," he says gesturing to the body.
"Boy," I say taking the site in. "I can't wait til I'm not the first person called for this sorta thing," I say stuffing my hands in my pockets and wishing Faith was standing beside me.
"How can someone do this, I mean I can't even look at it," he says fighting to look at the body. See, told you he wasn't looking at her before.
"Funny," I say staring straight at it. "My eyes can't seem to look away," I pause. "Stupid eyes."
"You think..."
He trails off and I can feel his eyes looking at me. He is thinking the same thing I have been thinking since I saw the body laying here. Neither one of us want to say it, admitting to this would make our worst fears come true. The only thing Xander and I want is for Willow to come home. It hasn't been the same without her here. I mean ever since I came to Sunnydale it has been the three of us. Me, Xander and Willow, also on the rare occasion there would be Giles too. But mostly it was just us three. Now along the way there have been new additions, like Anya, Faith and Tara but at the core of everything there was still the three of us.
So when Willow isn't here it feels like something is missing, a part of the group. And the group doesn't seem to work right without this part. I don't know if Willow did this, and honestly I don't even want to think about her doing such a thing again, but I have to let it cross my mind, I mean I'm the slayer and it is something that needs to be done. And if Willow is evil again than once again I am going to have to fight and try to kill my best friend. That isn't something that is easy, and especially since last time she kicked my ass.
Not to mention how embarrassing it was to get saved by Giles...we won't go there...ever.
Faith still makes fun of me for it.
"Maybe Willow is back," I say finally. I don't look at him though, I don't want to see the sadness in his eyes. For as long as it has been the three of us, Willow and Xander were best friends long before I came along. So I know it is doubly hard for him.
"Where's Faith?" He asks me.
"I don't know," I comment, cocking my head to the side to get another view of the body. "She said she was gonna look around for some clue or something," I comment tilting my head back to normal.
"When are you going to tell me?" I look at him confused. He just looks at me and smiles. "The ring, on your finger, you were gonna say something right," he says.
"I was waiting for Will," I say turning away from him. "Now, shh, dead body, sadness," I say scrunching my eyebrows.
"Yeah because we are always so serious," he says turning and walking away and after a few seconds I do the same. "Maybe it isn't Willow, maybe there is some skin eating demon out there or something," He says in a hopeful tone.
"Here's to hoping," I say as we approach the car. I notice Faith leaning against the same typing something in her cell phone, prolly texting Dawn at school, which I asked her not to do, but then again she never listens to be anyways. I swear she is worse than a teenager.
"Just for the record," Xander says stopping me short of the car. He jabs his thumb back in Faith's direction. "I approve," he says with a smile before walking towards his car saying hi to Faith on his way by.
She is looking at her phone so therefore she doesn't see me as I approach. Which is fine, I can sit and stare at her forever. "Have I told you how much I love you today," I ask walking up to her, closing her phone, and wrapping my arms around her waist.
"Um," she says pretending to think. "I don't think so," she says smirking as she leans in and places a soft kiss on my lips. "So," she says pulling back and flipping her hair out of her face. "What's the verdict?" She asks walking around to the driver side.
I place my hands on top of the car and look at her. "I don't know," I say looking back towards the body, which I can't see now. Xander said he is going to come back and bury it where no one in the site will be able to find it. I offered to help, but he decline, saying it was something he needed to do. I didn't ask why, Xander has always been a mystery to me. "But it doesn't look good for Will," I say looking back at her.
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I want to go speak to Spike to see if he had any news on what might have been happening. But Faith said no, she said she and Xander would go. I tried fighting her on it but I knew I didn't stand a chance, no matter what I said she wasn't going to let me go anywhere near Spike. I know that her and I are going to have a hard time with the whole Spike issue because she knows, deep down, that we are going to need him for whatever is coming. And needed him means that he and I are going to have to work together eventually, and she is just going to have to deal with it.
"Can I speak with Rupert Giles please," I say falling onto the couch and dropping my arm over my eyes. I know Giles was in a hurry to get Willow back here because he knew she thought we didn't want her. He thought that she would be able to finish her training here at home, around friends and family who loved her. But the only problem is, we don't know where she is.
"Buffy?" Giles' question voice pulls me away from my thoughts on Willow and back to the problem. "Has something happened?" He asks concerned.
"Yeah," I say moving into a sitting position. "It's about Will," I say waiting for him to say something positive but instead he says nothing so I continue. "We don't know where she is," I say taking a deep breath.
"What do you mean you can't find her?" He says, and I think I can hear him cleaning his glasses. "Her flight was a direct flight, and I watched her get on the plane," he explains.
"That isn't the only problem," I add.
"Oh."
"We found a body," I say and he just stays silent. "It was skinned," I pause. "Like Willow did to Warren this past summer," I explained. "Giles I don't want to believe that she had anything to do with this, I even have the guys looking into other possibilities, but I can't find her," I explained to him. It is times like these that I miss Giles the most, he always knew what the demon was that was doing the badness, we all have to look it all up. And that takes up precious time I could be out there hunting it.
"You're doing everything you can Buffy," he says. "But give Willow the benefit of a doubt, she might surprise you." He says pausing. "I have to go, I'll call you tomorrow," he says and we say our goodbyes before he hangs.
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~Faith's POV
"So are we going to talk about what Spike said?" Xander asks me as he gets in the passenger side of the car. Spike, he's crazy, I think living the school basement is doing something to him, something that isn't good. Last time I saw him he looked like he was pulling through but today when I saw him he looked like the same Spike I saw in the school basement the day Buffy got her job. I don't understand what is going on with him but until I figure it out Buffy isn't allowed to be alone with him, under no circumstances. In a matter of fact she isn't allowed around him unless I am with her. "Faith?"
"What?" I ask turning to Xander.
"Are we going to talk about what Spike said?" He asks me again as I pull out of the parking lot.
"No," while we were in the basement Spike was spitting out things about me and Buffy and my feelings for Buffy. And how Buffy will never be able to love me the way she loved Angel and that I was just another bump in the road or something until they found their way back to one another. I don't know. I tend to not listen to crazy Spike, he doesn't make much since.
"Buffy loves you Faith, you have to know that," he says placing his hand on my arm.
"I do," I say stopping the car and looking at him. "Buffy hears nothing of what Spike said, understand?" I ask and he nods. "She doesn't need to worry about me and my feelings when she has to concentrate on Willow and where ever she is," I explain putting the car back into drive and continuing down the road.
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Author's Note: Sorry about the lack of updates, I'll try to get another one up soon.
