Sunnydale, ca.
Faith pov.
I met B three days ago and already I can't stop thinkin bout her. She's beautiful and smart and funny and god I sound like a fuckin sap. But I don't think she'd be interested in somebody like me. I don't even know if she likes girls. Right now the entire gang is sittin here at my house, hang out central as we call it, just chillin. Hell even Bianca and Maggie are hangin with us. Maybe I should just ask her if she's lesbian or bi. I mean what other way to get a direct answer.
"Hey B, can I ask you a personal question?" nobody is really payin any attention so if its a secret she can tell me without anybody knowin.
"Sure. What's up?" here goes.
"So I was wonderin do you prefer hot dogs or sushi?" I ask.
"Faith!" Bianca says. She seems shocked.
"What I simply wanna know does she have sausage for breakfast or does she prefer to eat out." I say as innocently as possible. I can see Cordy tryin not to laugh outta the corner of my eye. Hell even B looks like she's holdin in a laugh.
"I'm a lesbian Faith." she says to me.
"Oh cool." I say and look at Bianca who's just shakin her head at me. I just shrug.
"What about you?" B asks me. I get one of my flirty type smiles on my face but see the looks Bianca and Maggie are givin me and change to the innocent one yet again.
"I'm uh...to focused on school and stuff." I say lamely. She raises an eyebrow and I look towards my guardians and she gets the hint.
"Well that's interesting." she says.
"Faith its ok ya know. I'm not gonna take away your cookies if you answer the question honestly." Bianca says in that soothin mom voice she has.
"But I will." Maggie says Bianca just hits Maggie in the back of the head and tells me not to worry.
"In that case I'm an equal opportunist." I see the look I'm getting. "I'm bi." I say. But I don't see it to be true. I'm not attracted to guys or girls I'm attracted to people. Gender don't really matter unless you plan on getting physical in that sense. Don't nobody know I think like this so lets just keep it between us.
"Cool." Is all she says. She sounded almost like Oz then. Scary.
"So Cordy, what's new in gossip central?" Maggie asks. Cordy gets this indignant look on her face.
"I don't gossip!" she says and I snort.
"Pah-leez. You and Spike are worse than a magazine talkin bout celebs." I say.
"That is so not true." Spike says tryin'a defend himself. I clear my throat and look at Maggie.
"Shall we?" I ask.
"We shall." she replies. I change my voice to one of those ditzy stereo type cheerleaders from movies and twirl some hair around my finger and in a fake cheery voice I let'r rip.
"Ohmigawd Spike! You'll never guess what I just heard!" I say. Maggie changes her voice to a British accent.
"What's that luv?"
"I just heard from Harmony who heard from Eliza who heard from Alyson who heard from Michelle who heard from Nicholas that Sarah and Freddie broke up, so then I said tell Eliza to tell Alyson to tell Michelle to tell Nicholas to tell Sarah that I'm here for her." I say. By now I can see Bianca holdin in her laughter.
"Poor thing. They made such a cute couple. Ooohhh guess who I saw kissing?" Maggie says still pretending to be Spike.
"Who?" I say with a dramatic gasp at the beginning.
"I saw Paige kissing Spinner even though she's with Alex who I think has a crush on Manny who's still in love with Craig who's with Ashley but I think he's into Ellie too." she says. After this we can't take it anymore we burst out laughing.
"Where the hell did you get those names?!" Cordelia asks laughing.
"That show Degrassi the next generation and that show Barbie the zombie slayer. Good shows." I say before we know what hits us there's pillows flyin at us. All of us spend the rest of the day jokin round an what not.
Buffy pov.
I had so much fun yesterday just hanging out with Faith's family merged with mine. It was just so comfortable. We laughed and joked until about eleven last night until we had to go home and get ready for school the next day. I don't know when Faith and her brothers and sisters start but I can't wait. Man their dad was a whore. But it seems like they are happy to just be around each other no matter how much of a prick derrick was. If I thought about her a lot before its nothing compared to now. I swear she's all I think about. I haven't known her long but I think I love her. She's just so...beautiful! I mean its not like I fall in love fast or anything I've only been in love once but I don't think it was love. More like in very very deep like. But with Faith... something always reminds me of her. When I think about her I smile. I see her when she's not there like now...oh wait she is here. Oh shit she's in my first period class! She's looking down at her math book right now and Chris is to her left looking like he's bored already. I walk over and sit to her right.
"Somebody might believe you were reading if the book were right side up." I say. She almost jumps out of her skin but she smiles when she sees me. She has the most beautiful smile you can imagine.
"Hey B! What'cha doin in here?" she asks.
"Me and," I look around and notice the entire gang here. "seems like all of our relatives have the same first period." she looks around.
"Looks like. Me and the fam got the exact same schedule as Cordy and Spike." I think my stomach just did a back flip. That means she has the same schedule as me.
"Really? Looks like we're going to be around each other all day." her smile gets bigger.
"Wicked. Hey chri-" she stops mid name and looks at him and shakes her head. "I wonder is he gonna sleep with his eyes open in every class." she wonders out loud. I look over and I wonder how can she tell he's sleep and not just staring into space. I decide not to ask because the bell just rang. Mr. Davidson comes into the class.
"Good morning everyone. It seems we have some new students. Will you all please stand up and introduce yourselves." Faith stands and leans over to wake Chris up. She introduces herself first after he's awake and standing.
"Well I'm Faith Lehane and just about everybody already knows me." she says with a shrug and sits down. Chris goes next.
"Um I'm Faith's brother Chris but we got different last names and... that's about it." he sits and Fred is next.
"Um I- I'm Faith's big sister Fred but I'm only a little older than her." she says. Then Andrew.
"Hey everybody. Most of you know me as Andrew wells but it got changed to Lehane and I'm one of Faith's other brothers." then he sits down. Gunn is the last to go. They get a lot of shit from ignorant people. Like people have never heard of biracial. So what if he's mixed but as he says he's like caramel or chocolate. One of his girlfriends called him brown sugar.
"I'm Charles Gunn but everybody calls me Gunn and as far as we know I'm Faith's last brother." he then sits down and the teacher asks the question that they said the balif at their father's trail asked.
"You're all brother and sister?" he asks with a raise eyebrow. They all answer at the same time.
"Our dad was a whore." everybody who doesn't know them too well giggles and the teacher just shakes his head.
"Well then, on with the lesson." then he starts to drone on and on about something I don't care about. I have more important things to think about. Things like Faith.
Faith pov.
Man first period was boring beyond reason. I swear I saw B checkin me out but I think its only wishful thinkin. I wish she saw me like that. But oh well. If she does she'll tell me. To be honest if she told me while I was with somebody I'd leave whoever in heat beat to be with her. Right now I'm in second period history. Buffy and Fred are talkin bout somethin over in the corner cos the teacher isn't here at the moment. I feel a tap on my shoulder and turn and see a guy. He's sorta cute. Not really my usual type but he has a gentle smile on his face.
"Hi I'm Riley." he says offerin his hand.
"Sup I'm Faith." I say shakin the offered hand which is soft. Like he uses a lot of lotion. Ok I'm so not goin to even think about why he'd need to use a lot of lotion. I'm just gonna leave it.
"Nice to meet you. So you new here?" I nod.
"Yeah me and my family." I say pointin out the scattered Lehanes. Even if me and Andy are the only two with the last name. He nods.
"At least you'll have somebody you can trust in all your classes." he says and I nod.
"True enough." I say simply.
"So you maybe want to go for coffee sometime? Maybe hang out and get to know one another?" he says with a hopeful look in his eyes. I give him a small smile.
"Sure." I say. He smiles brightly.
"So how's this Friday after school?" he asks me.
"I'm free." that smile just grows.
"Great so I'll meet you at the espresso pump." I nod.
"Its a date." I say. And I'll be damned if that smile gets bigger it'll take over his face.
"Can't wait." he says and then the bell rings. Damn. A guy who wants to actually date me. Makes a girl feel good about herself. I walk to my next class with a smile.
There is another chapter. Keep in mind that I do not like Riley so don't go thinkin I'm gonna be nice to him.