Smells Like Teen Spirit
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Summary: One thing changes on the path back home for Xander. Begins at the Zeppo episode.
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Xander pulled into Faith's motel, coming to a stop in the same parking lot that…he'd parked in last night.
"…Wow," Faith muttered to herself, "You really…tried to rape B?"
"Tried to," Xander reminded her, "I didn't do it…"
"Damn, X," Faith muttered, "I never pegged you for one of those-"
"I'm not," he interrupted her, "Never have been, never will be. It was the thing inside me…capitalizing on my love for her."
Faith was silent for a long moment before asking, "Why did you cheat on Queen C with Red?"
Xander sighed for a moment before answering, "Cordelia and I had an expiration date, Faith. We weren't meant to be. But, Willow…last year, while Angel was bad, Willow wound up in a coma. When I saw her, lying there, looking like she was dead…it just…I realized, then and there, that it was her that I was in love with, not Cordelia, not Buffy, not anyone but her. I told her that night in the hospital…and, she woke up…she heard me…and she called out for Oz."
Faith winced in sympathy for him, only imagining just how painful it must have been.
"When we started fluking," Xander continued, "It was like…it was like a dream, something good had finally happened to me. But, she wanted to end it, and, when we were found…she just didn't even consider staying with me…to her, I was a convenience…then, an inconvenience."
Xander sighed, leaning back in his car, taking a moment to compose himself. Faith, in an act that she never thought herself capable of, reached over and embraced him. He did nothing for a moment, before returning her embrace.
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Moments Earlier…
Buffy grumbled to herself as she walked down the street towards Faith's motel. She was pissed because Faith hadn't shown up during the Scooby meeting like Giles had asked, and Giles had insisted that she go fetch her sister Slayer. She was starting to grow to like Faith, but she was a loose cannon on her ship and that was the last thing that they needed. However, she was more inclined to give her some slack cause of her help in last night's…events.
She shivered slightly to herself, wondering how the Hell Giles had managed what he did. Shrugging it off, she was not uneager to note that Faith was nowhere to be seen during the final moments, when the spell had sealed the Hellmouth. That was something she was certainly curious about, it was unlike Faith to ditch in a fight.
As she turned the corner at the motel, preparing to walk down the corridor to her room, she paused, noting that a car was parked in front of her room. She recognized the car, but she wasn't sure where from. She looked into the car, and forced herself to keep from gasping as she saw Faith and Xander, hugging in his car. She quickly backstepped, going around the corner to keep herself from being seen, and focused her hearing on them.
"Thanks, Faith," she heard Xander say a minute later, "For listening. And, for…y'know."
"Last night," she could hear Faith's grin, "No prob, X…you weren't bad for a virgin. I don't usually backtrack, but, you might be worth it."
"Oh, be still mine aching heart," Xander said with a chuckle, "Um, I hate to do this, but…would you mind-"
"Not telling B about what just happened," Faith finished his sentence, "Sure, X, no prob. We're buds, after all."
"You called me that earlier today," Xander said, "Then, you were like, 'oh, we ain't that close.' What's up with that?"
"Well, we ain't, but we could be," Faith said, "Cause, after what we just shared, Hell, I feel closer to you than any of my other boytoys."
"Thanks…I think," Xander said, and she heard someone, probably Faith, get out of the car.
"It's probably a good thing," Faith said, now standing beside her door, "I'll see ya at lunch tomorrow! I'm serious!"
"…Awesome," Xander said with a happy tone, "Lookin' forward to it! Catcha on tha flip-side, playa!!"
"…Don't ever do that again, X," Faith said with a laugh, "You're too white to pull that off even in Cali."
"Na-ah, I'm straight-up gangsta from the West Side," Xander said, and Buffy had to keep herself from laughing as she just imagined him doing some kinda gangster pose in his car.
"Get the fuck outta here before you kill my rep," Faith shouted through her laughter, "Go!"
Xander laughed and said, "Peace out!"
Buffy flattened herself against the wall as Xander pulled out, waiting for a few moments to see if he'd noticed her as he left. Thankfully, though, he hadn't seen her. Sighing, she turned the corner, intending on talking to Faith about this, only to run, literally, into her. She lost her balance and fell backwards, landing on her ass as she stared up at Faith, who was looking down at her with a grin.
"Didn't anyone ever tell ya it was rude to eavesdrop, B," Faith said, extending a hand to help her up.
"Well, you gotta admit, it was worth it," Buffy said, not accepting the hand to get to her own feet, "So, what was that? Are you and Xander dating now?"
"What me and boytoy do's our own business, B," Faith said with a shrug.
"Yeah, but he asked you to keep something from me," Buffy said, "I smell dirt, spill!"
"Ain't mine to spill," Faith replied, leaning against the wall.
"Oh, c'mon," Buffy whined, "What is it!? I already know you two slept together. What, he didn't get you pregnant, did he?"
"Yeah, that's it," Faith replied sarcastically, turning around to go to her room, "Me and X are having a whole litter of kids, and they're all gonna be named Luke and Leia."
"Knowing Xander, I don't doubt it," Buffy muttered, "But, c'mon, for real."
"B, I ain't gonna tell you," Faith said, "Drop it."
"Faith," Buffy said, giving her a stern look, "I'm gonna find out one way or another."
"Yeah, but not from me," Faith said, grabbing her gear for the patrol that night, "Drop it."
"…Fine, but it isn't over," Buffy said, turning around and taking off without her.
"…X, I sure hope you appreciate this," Faith muttered before following her 'sister-Slayer.'
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"He calls forth the spirit of Uurthu," Jack whispered over Heidi's body in her apartment, "None shall speak. She shall arise!!"
He grasped the chicken bone in one hand and his knife in the other. He used his knife to cut his palm, and let several drops spill onto her head.
"SHE SHALL ARISE," he shouted.
Heidi opened her eyes and took in a deep breath. Jack stared at her, seeing something that he found odd as she awoke: her eyes turned bright green.
The thought fled his mind, however, as Heidi began to look around, an amazed smile on her face.
"Wow," she whispered to herself, "I was…dead," she looked to Jack, her smile growing sultry and…predatory, "You raised me."
Jack smiled at her, and she launched herself at him with an animalistic roar. She landed on him with a gasp of air, and began to roughly kiss him. He responded in kind, enjoying the feel of her body against his. She pulled back against him and stared into his eyes, and he got the feeling that she was assessing him…that she was trying to figure out what to do with him.
"You and I shall destroy the Alpha," she whispered to him.
"The wha-" she roughly kissed him, biting his lip hard enough to draw blood.
"You and I shall hunt him, shall kill him," Heidi said, dry humping him as she did so, causing him to groan with need, "We need the others. He is too strong to take on our own."
"Others," Jack started to ask, only to get interrupted again by her demanding lips.
"Later," she said, grinning down at him, "For now…take your pants off."