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Chapter 6
Faith was currently laying on her side on Buffy's bed, recovering from the second seizure she'd had, when she'd woken up this morning. To say Buffy was concerned was an understatement, she'd already phoned Trudi and Michael, and explained to them what had happened last night. She knew Faith would be pissed when she found out, but Buffy felt her foster parents had a right to know, besides, when Trudi found out what had happened, she'd automatically made an appointment with Faith's neurologist. They couldn't go on like this, and if Faith had her way, she would just brush everything under the carpet.
Looking at the clock, she saw that Faith had already missed last night's, and this morning's medication doses, due to her seizures. It was obvious to Buffy that her medication wasn't working, but without it, she'd have a rough day ahead of her.
Sighing softly, she gently traced her fingers over the cut above Faith's eye, once she'd cleaned all the blood off, it hadn't looked as bad as she'd first thought, and was now starting to scab over. As was the cut on her lip. Her right eye was starting to bruise, and would no doubt become one hell of a shiner in the next couple of days. "What's going on in that head of yours?" she whispered, caressing Faith's forehead.
She was startled as her bedside phone rang, breaking the peaceful silence in the room. Picking up the handset she carefully made her way off the bed, and went to stand just outside the bedroom door, so that she'd be able to keep an eye on her girlfriend, before answering the phone.
"Hello?" she answered,
/Buffy how's Faith?/ Kennedy asked.
"Not so good, she had another seizure this morning." She replied, her voice thick with concern, "There's no way she's going to be fit enough to play."
Kennedy cursed under her breath, /Damn, it'll kill her to miss the game./ she said sadly, she knew her best friend had been looking forward to this day for ages. / I'll have a word with the coach, see what I can do./ she said hopefully.
"You have a plan don't you." Buffy stated, detecting the determination in her friends voice.
Kennedy's smirk was audible down the phone, / You could say that, there's no way I'd let Faith miss this game. When she wakes up tell her not to worry, special K's got it covered./
Buffy laughed, as she made her goodbye's and hung up the phone, shaking her head in amusement, she went back into her room, wondering what scheme her friend was going to pull this time.
It was a couple of hours later and Willow was currently sat in the rink canteen, patiently waiting on Kennedy who was downstairs, speaking to her hockey coach. To be honest, Willow was doubtful that Kennedy would be able to do anything about Faith missing the game. But her girlfriend was stubborn, especially where her friends where concerned. Looking up from her coffee, she caught sight of Kennedy coming towards her, and the expression on her face didn't look promising.
"So how did the talk with your coach go?" she asked, as Kennedy sat in the seat across from her.
"Not so good." Kennedy sighed.
"What, why? what did he say?" Willow asked, laying her hand on top of her girlfriends.
"He said there was no way that he was cancelling the game, just because we where one player down." she said, "So I quit."
Willow gawked at her, "You what!" she shouted, earning some strange looks from the people sitting nearby. "B-But you love hockey, and it's the finals a-and…you love hockey!" she stressed.
"I know, but I told him, if Faith wasn't playing, then there was no way in hell I was gonna play." Kennedy said firmly. "I wasn't the only one that quit though, Caridad, and Rhona did as well."
"Really?"
"I think Vi and Molly quit too." she added. "Actually I'm pretty sure the whole team decided they weren't going to play."
"W-What…how?" Willow stammered, not quite believing what she was hearing.
Kennedy grinned, "You should have been there Will, it was like a scene out of Spartacus or something. I just stood up and said I wasn't playing if Faith wasn't playing, and the rest of the girls did the same, apart from Jessie of course, the coach was gonna put her back on the team to replace Faith, until we all decided to quit. So he had no choice but to postpone the game."
"Wow, I wish I'd been there." Willow said wistfully.
"You should've seen the look on Jessie's face, priceless, I wish I'd had a camera." she said sighing. "I might take art classes, just so I can capture the mixture of outrage and disbelief that was on her face. I'm thinking it would look good in oils, and I could hang it in the bathroom."
Willow laughed, "You're such a dork." she said swatting her arm gently.
"Yeah but I'm you're dork." Kennedy grinned. "And don't you forget it toots."
"Don't think I haven't tried." Willow said, "So what do you want to do now that we've got an unofficial day off?" she asked.
"Well, I'm thinking we could head home and go back to bed, seeing as we missed out on snuggle time, cause I dragged us down here." Kennedy said.
"Snuggle time? Is that what we're calling it now?" Willow said her smile widening as she saw Kennedy nod in reply, "Well missy you have yourself a deal."
Buffy was trying to keep Faith occupied, and her mind off of the hockey game that she was supposed to be playing in, this afternoon. So far her plan seemed to be working, Faith hadn't mentioned anything about the game, and was sitting quietly in front of the TV. Faith was still weak from the seizures, and trying to get her to sit still and rest was like pulling teeth.
"B what time is it?" Faith asked, absentmindedly channel surfing at seventy miles an hour.
"Half one." Buffy called from the kitchen.
"Shit! The game starts in a couple of hours!" she exclaimed, pushing up from the couch, and stumbling slightly, "What the fuck am I gonna do, I forgot all about practice this morning. Shit!" she cursed, running a hand though her hair, as she tried to gather her thoughts.
"Baby the reason why you missed practice this morning, was because you'd had a seizure, which wasn't your fault." Buffy said, as she came through from the kitchen, with a large bowl of popcorn. "Kennedy told me to tell you not to worry about the game, she's taking care of everything." she said calmly.
"I need to get down to the rink B." Faith said, not seeming to have heard anything her girlfriend had just said. "I'll be okay, once I get to the rink." she said, whether she was trying to convince Buffy or herself she wasn't sure.
"Faith you can barely walk, and if you expect me to believe that you're going to be able to skate you've got another thing coming." Buffy stated, her tone holding no room for argument. "Now sit down, eat the food that I've made, and relax." she said, "You're getting yourself worked up, and I don't want you fitting again" she said gently pushing her girlfriend back down onto the sofa.
"But it's the finals -"
"Faith! We're not having this conversation again." Buffy said, trying desperately trying to ignore the pout that was appearing on Faith's face. "I've told you, you've nothing to worry about, Kennedy's taking care of everything."
"Fine." Faith mumbled, grabbing a handful of popcorn. "But I'm not happy."
Buffy sighed and shook her head in amusement, "Two peas in a pod." she murmured, recalling Kennedy's words from last night. She could only hope Kennedy gave them some news soon, or she'd have to tie Faith to the couch, in order to get her to stay put.
It was half an hour later when Buffy looked up from the couch as she heard the front door open, "Hey guys." she called, as she saw that it was Kennedy and Willow.
"Hey." Willow said, "I come baring gifts." she said, holding up the bag in her hand. "I've got movies, chocolatey goodness, ice cream and food from the deli that I know you love so much." she said, handing Buffy food in a plastic container.
"Ooh you're a life saver Will." Buffy said.
Seeing the grimace on Faith's face, Willow couldn't help but laugh. "Don't worry sweetie, we stopped at McDonalds as well." she said, gesturing to Kennedy, who handed her an extra large big mac meal.
"Sweet." Faith crowed.
"That'll keep her quiet for a few seconds." Buffy said in amusement, as Faith tore into the big mac, like there was no tomorrow. "I'll get us plates and juice."
"I'll come and help you." Willow said, following Buffy into the kitchen.
"Hey chica, how are you feeling?" Kennedy asked, flopping onto the couch next to Faith.
Faith shrugged, "Okay, everythin's still kinda fuzzy tho." she replied, "Heard I got my ass handed to me by Jessie."
"Sadly true, but don't worry, I knocked seven shades of shit out of her for ya." Kennedy said.
Faith groaned, "I always miss the good stuff."
"Anyway, I'm here cause I've got some news that'll cheer you up." Kennedy said grinning like a mad woman.
"Jessie's moving to the south pole?" Faith asked hopefully.
"No, my news isn't as good as that, but almost." she said, "I managed to convince the coach to postpone the game, so you can play."
"What, how the hell did you manage that?!" she asked.
"Me and the rest of the team said we'd quit if he didn't postpone it." Kennedy replied, shrugging as if it was no big deal. "Fai, they where gonna replace you with Jessie." she said grimacing.
Faith could only stare at her in disbelief, "Shit." she said, shaking her head. "How'd everyone agree to that?" she asked.
"You're kidding me right?" Kennedy asked, "Faith, the whole team looks up to you, you're our captain. Since you took over from Jessie, we've won nearly every game this season." she explained, "Sides, everyone knows what happened between you and Jessie last night, there was no way anyone was going to play, not with her as captain."
"Damn. That's some shit you pulled K." Faith said, giving her a small grin, "So when's the game now?"
"Next Saturday." Kennedy said, stealing some of Faith's fries. "So you've got to behave yourself in the meantime, cause there's no way in hell I'll be able to get the game postponed a second time."
"I'll do my best." she said. "Can't promise nothin, not if Jessie's still sniffin around."
"Well you know I've got you're back." Kennedy said, stealing another fry from her friend, and ignoring the death glare that was being sent her way. "Hey just you remember who carried this food all the way over here." she said.
"K you drove here, you jus had to carry it from the car to the house." Faith said. "Surely you're arms ain't that weak." she said snorting.
"Was that a dig at me?" Kennedy asked, "Cause if it was, then I'll just be taking that food back." she said, shaking a finger at her friend. Her words however had the desired effect as her friend immediately went back to shovelling the food into her face, as if her life depended on it.
Tbc.