Pine valley, pa.
Erica pov.
My daughter just adopted kids. As in more than one. Now I am completely behind her but did they have to be teenage kids. Sure they are Maggie's siblings but why are the children so old. Now people will think I'm old and Erica Kane is far from old. As far as anybody knows anyway.
"Hey mom." Kendall says walking into my office.
"Hey sweetie. Where is your shadow?" I ask her. She has a dreamy smile on her face.
"Outside calling the airlines." airlines? For what I wonder.
"Taking a trip?" I know I know I shouldn't interfere with my children's personal affairs but a mother worries.
"yes mother and you are coming with us." she says. She sounds excited.
"Oh no. I am not going anywhere with you two. I am not getting kicked off of another airplane." those two don't know how to act.
"What mom..." she whines. "Please? Ok fine we'll take a private jet." she says. I know dealing with those two I should steer as clear as possible but curiosity has got me.
"Fine. Where are we going?" just then Greenlee comes in staying beside the door as she answers.
"Well grandma we're going to visit your wonderful new grandkids." she says with laughter in her voice. She knows me too well because she's out the door before my purse leaves my hand. Something tells me this will be a long long trip.
Sunnydale ca.
BPOV.
Last night was the best date I've ever been on. I'm not sure if it has anything to do with the way I feel for Faith or if she's just that much fun so I'm going to say it was both. We went out to dinner. It was so far from fancy it was ridiculous. We went to mcdonalds. What? I happen to be somewhere along the lines of broke and it was all I could afford along with movie tickets and snacks. When we got there she just chuckled and said it was fine. Turns out the girl loves big macs and mcflurries. The whole time was spent telling about our pasts. A lot of her stories were sad but she'd tell a funny one right after. She was so relaxed and it made me feel relaxed as well. Then the movie. I have to say I am slightly jealous of Angelina Jolie. She had most of Faith's attention. I mean yeah we were supposed to be watching the movie but that's not my point. Although she did put her arm around me and it felt right. Like that's where I was supposed to be. Corny I know. But its true. I should be afraid that I feel for someone so fast but I'm not. Like that's what I was made for. Even if I weren't the slayer I'd still be made to love her. After the movie we held hands while I walked her home. She said she wasn't used to holding hands but she could definitely get used to it. Most of the walk was spent in a comfortable silence while other times were spent reciting our favorite lines from our favorite movies. Hers was Crush's line from Finding Nemo:
"duuude...duuude...focus dude...duuude...ah he lives hey dude!...ohhh what happened...aw saw the whole thing dude, first you were like 'whoa, then we were like whoa! Then you were like whoa...what're you talking about...you mini man. Takin on the jellies. You got serious thrill issues dude awesome..oooh my stomach...oh hey no hurlin on the shell dude k just waxed it." she sounded so much like crush it was scary. But all in all between her changing her voice between crush and marlin's and the lines themselves it was cute. And funny. When we got to her porch we sat for a while. Just looking up at the stars. Around midnight I realized the cemeteries weren't going to patrol themselves and reluctantly I ended our silence we'd been sitting in.
"Hey Faith, I um had a good time tonight. I need to patrol." she looked at me and smiled.
"I had a good time too B. wanna go out again sometime? My treat." she asked. I looked away shyly.
"Yeah I'd like that." I said. She just smiled a little bit bigger and nodded.
"Wicked. Well goodnight." she said standing. "oh maybe we can hang tomorrow?" she asked. I nodded with a smile. Then she leaned down and kissed me on the cheek. I think I blushed redder than Willow's hair. Then she was gone in the house. That was how our date ended. And my night and morning was filled with thoughts of her. And now I'm on my way to her house. I figure everybody's already there since I went shopping with mom this morning and Xander, Willow, and Dawn were gone when we got back.
FPOV.
Man my date with B was wicked. I ended with a kiss on the cheek when I really wanted to kiss her lips. But ya know I didn't want to push it. Although judgin by the blush I got I wouldn't'a been pushin at all. But that's ok. There's always the second date. Right now everybody is here. Including Kennedy and I have seen better mornins. I didn't sleep to well. Nightmares. First time in weeks I've had dreams at all. But ya know some of em can't really be classified as nightmares. More like very graphic memories. Now the nightmares are shit like my dad getting out and huntin me down. Just to beat me to death. Or worse. Beat me and let me live with the memory. Its weird though. Once I told a friend that I was scared he'd kill me or worse. She raised an eyebrow and asked what could be worse than death. And I answered her honestly. Life. In death alotta times you can finally be at peace. Unless your like soul is bound to suffer for eternity. But if not your peaceful. But life is a whole nother story. In life you can remember pain you've experienced. Or caused in some cases. And that is enough to hurt ya. I mean I've never intentionally hurt nobody but I've been hurt more than I care to admit. And sometimes I feel like its my own fault. Why? Cus I didn't run as far away as I could. I didn't call the police sooner. I let my mom die along with a bunch of other women. So yeah guilt eats away at me. I try not to let it but hell it does. I hear a knock on the door and I hurry to get it before I have to knock on Kennedy's head. She's sayin shit but I don't really hear it. I open the door and I'm greeted by a very happy lookin Buffy.
"Hey Faith."
"Hey." I say movin aside so she can come inside. Even if it is daylight I know better than to invite someone in. except Angel course. She comes in and goes to sit beside her sister while I sit on the floor and lean back against the couch and close my eyes.
"Faith can I talk to you?" Bianca's voice pulls me to reality. I nod and follow her to the kitchen. "Are you ok?" she asks. She looks concerned. I nod. She sighs. "Look Faith, if you want to talk I'm here ok. No matter what it is." I nod she pulls me into a hug and I lose it. I don't know what the fuck is wrong with me but I start to cry. Silently but my body is still shakin. She's just standin here lettin me cry on her shoulder. After a while I calm down and she tells me to go upstairs an d clean my face. I'm glad the kitchen has another way out so I don't have to pass everybody. I go into my bathroom, damn skippy I got my own, and I look like hell. So I was my face and take a few minutes to pull myself together. I go back down eventually and join the family laughin at whatever we can think of.
The Kane jet, somewhere in the air.
Erica's pov.
"I can't believe we missed Faith's first date." Greenlee says. I do too.
"I know. We have to meet this Buffy chick and see if she's suitable to date Faith." Kendall says. I agree with her too.
"Exactly. She's family and only certain people can date the Kane women." I say. Some people would take offense to that statement but I mean it.
"Who falls under the category of 'certain people.'" like greenlee took offense.
"Somebody who wont hurt her. That's all Greenlee. Somebody who dates a Kane is somebody who wont hurt you. Like you with Kendall." I say honestly. I just want the people I care about to be happy. Not hurt constantly. Greenlee actually smiles at me. Odd. After a few hours the jet starts to descend and we're getting off of it. I notice the amount of luggage the girls packed for me.
"how long are we staying?" I ask. Kendall shrugs. "Kendall I can't stay very long and neither can you two. We have a company to run!" I say. Greenlee speaks up.
"Don't worry Erica. We have Erica junior running things." she says. Who the he-
"Who the hell is Erica junior?!" I ask. What were these two thinking.
"Josh. You know your son yeah that one, he's just like you just a male. Therefore his name is Erica junior until I can come up with something different." Kendall says like she's speaking to a child.
"Kendall how many times over how many years have I told you not to give your little brother or sister nicknames you know they'll hate?" I ask her. She shrugs.
"Eh til I find something more productive to do in my free time." she says.
"Have a baby." I say with a shrug. She and Greenlee look at me like I'm crazy. "what?" I ask.
"Don't you have enough grandchildren to spoil?" Greenlee ask.
"No. I have three children and only one of them have kids. Now Kendall get to work with that." I say. They look at each other and then at me and start laughing. I don't know what their problem is I am absolutely serious. We spend the car ride joking around and when we get there I am greeted with the strangest greeting for the kids:
"hey grandma." they say at the same time.
Well here's a quick update.