When Faith woke up and realized Buffy had left, she actually felt hurt and disappointed. She took a deep breath and stretched in bed, still feeling pretty sore and pleased. It was strange to be the one left in bed, usually she was the one who took off after having fun. Fun was the only thing she needed, most of the time he didn't even care what her partners' names were. With Buffy it was different, she was actually looking forward to cuddling, which surprised her more than anything, she didn't realize she wanted it until she opened her eyes and Buffy wasn't snuggled into her. She got up and headed to the shower when she noticed a note on the table. It said:
Hey, Faith As much as I loved sleeping snuggled up to you, I had to go home to shower, have breakfast and get ready for school. I was thinking about sneaking out, but didn't want you to think I just got some and got gone, that's more your territory, I'm a good girl who likes to have something more than just sex. This is still confusing, though, I never thought I'd have all these fluffy feelings for a girl, and definitely didn't think it would be you. Yes, I've just said fluffy and you can't stop grinning now. See you later... xxx B.
Even though Buffy said "you can stop grinning now", Faith seemed to be unable to do so. She thought: Fuckin' hell this is so weird! Why am I grinning and why am I so relieved that Buffy didn't just bail on me? Is it possible that I'm... Nah, I just loved having sex with her. It's so good to know she isn't a little prude everybody think she is...-Faith did her best to convince herself she felt nothing more than lust for her blonde FRIEND, but those little butterflies that formed in the bottom of her stomach disagreed with her and she cursed under her breath: "I am not in love. Buffy is just a good fuck. Oh, who am I kidding? Fuck."
She jumped in the shower, wishing it wouldn't wash away Buffy's scent that was all over her body. She was looking forward to getting the scent back later. And she hoped it would be soon because she didn't think she could wait until the evening to kiss and touch the blonde Slayer again.
When Buffy woke up it was almost 6 am and she just watched Faith for a few minutes before she quietly got out of bed. Faith looked so relaxed, and kind of innocent, so different than the act she put on every day. For the first time Buffy could see that underneath all that "I'm tough and bad" mask was a really gentle and caring girl. Of course, she was smart enough not to ever call Faith gentle, cute or caring in her presence. Buffy actually liked Faith's toughness, with her she felt safe. She ran her fingers through Faith's brown curls and slowly got out of bed not to wake her up. She got dressed and headed towards the door, but then she thought Faith might think she just disappeared, so she tore a page out of one of the notebooks and wrote a short note. She couldn't help smiling when she saw Faith hug a pillow and then she quietly left Faith's place. She entered her room like she was a thief or something, through the window, because she didn't wanna wake her mom up. After she'd taken off her clothes and thrown them in the laundry basket, she went to take a shower. Then she took all the stuff she needed for school and MADE herself cereals (by placing the box near the milk, of course), drank a glass of orange juice and waited for her mom to get downstairs and drive her to school.
On their way to school Buffy noticed Faith walking alone and told her mom to stop the car and take her with them. Joyce liked Faith and gladly stopped. She still wished she could take over Slaying for Buffy, but she also knew it was in Buffy's blood now and she couldn't quit slaying even if she tried to. It was like an itch she just had to scratch otherwise it would drive her crazy.
"Hey, Faith, get in!"-Buffy yelled through the open window and Faith smiled widely and jumped in the car.
"Morning Ms. S. Hey, B. Did ya sleep well?"-Faith asked and couldn't help smiling when Buffy blushed and said: "Like a baby."
Joyce just greeted Faith, unaware that both girls were at that moment thinking about their night together. Before they left the car Joyce said: "I'll finish work earlier today, so after school you girls come straight home, I'll make lunch... Faith, honey, are you sure you don't wanna move in with us? I really don't like that little motel...And I'm sure you don't eat any healthy food..."
Faith wasn't really used to anyone caring where she ate or slept and she just shrugged and said: "I'm five by five, Ms. S., don't worry 'bout me." Still, she had to admit she felt some warm feeling around her heart when Joyce suggested moving in. That woman was amazing, she was probably the best mom ever. Faith wished her mom had been more like that and less a crazy alcoholic.
"So, Faith, why don't you move in with us?"-Buffy asked while they were walking towards their classroom.
"B. I couldn't. Ya mom's being nice and she's great and all, but I don't wanna be a burden. I'm used of taking care of myself, trust me. I accept the lunch invitation, though. You know I never refuse food!"
"I know one more thing you'd never refuse... if you moved in with us, you'd get to sleep with me every night."-Buffy teased and Faith just had to admit she couldn't refuse such a good offer. She grinned and said: "Well, B., it sounds tempting so I'll think about it."
"You do that."-Buffy said and smiled.
Faith smiled back and sat on the chair behind Buffy. Willow and Xander, Cordelia and Oz were sitting in the row across them 2 and they all said hi. It was a very boring class and Faith started wondering why she even bothered to show up. Oh, yeah, to spend as much time as possible with Buffy. How fuckin' lame is that?-she thought and started doodling on the cover of her notebook.
Willow wrote a note, attached it to her pen and gave it to Buffy, hoping the teacher wouldn't find passing a pen back and forth suspicious.
"Sorry I couldn't help you with slaying last night. Did anything interesting happen? God this lesson is boring even to a geek like me, so help me pass the time and tell me all the details."-Willow's note said and Buffy almost giggled when she thought: Oh something very interesting happened but I'm really not gonna give you those details. Instead she wrote:
"Interesting... Well there was this vamp I beat up cause I saw him talking to Deputy Mayor. And Angel broke up with me."
Willow's eyes went wide and she quickly wrote: "Oh Buffy... are you ok?"
Buffy thought she was more than ok and it surprised her because there was time when she thought she'd die if Angel ever broke up with her. She did love him, but more as a friend than anything else, now that she thought about it. She wasn't sure what exactly she felt for Faith, but she knew she liked her a lot and when they were together she felt more alive than ever.
"Yeah, I'm ok, don't worry..."-Buffy replied and drew a little funny smiley face.
"Ok, good, but if you wanna talk about it after class, I'm here."
"Thanks, Will.. Mom invited Faith over to lunch after class, but we can hang out later. xxxx"
Willow just nodded to Buffy and they both smiled. The red head was a bit surprised Buffy was so good about her break up with Angel, she remembered how she ran away for 3 months after she'd sent him to hell and then jumped back into his arms as soon as he got back, ignoring the fact that he'd hurt people she cared about. There was something Buffy wasn't telling her, and Willow started thinking it had something to do with Faith. It was just strange how the brunette reacted when that Doug guy spanked Buffy, and them 2 had been spending so much time together, so much Willow started feeling a little jealous and left out. She decided to keep an eye on them 2 for the rest of the day, to see if her doubts would prove to be right.
At that moment Buffy poked Faith's arm and the brunette turned around, smiled and winked. Willow was pretending to be reading, but actually she really wondered what Buffy would do next. Her best friend winked back to Faith and slowly bit her lip, what made Faith lift her eyebrow... She whispered: "What's up, B? You dying to kiss me, aren't ya?"
Willow was sure Buffy would blow Faith off with one of her little comebacks, but she said: "Well, yeah..."-and grinned.
"Soon."-Faith mouthed and turned back around to face the blackboard and an annoyed teacher, who was just about to warn her to be quiet.
It wouldn't be enough to say that Willow was surprised... She never thought Buffy liked girls. Buffy never mentioned even a possibility of being with a girl...but when she started thinking about the Chosen Two, she realized they've been flirting ever since Faith arrived to Sunnydale, just no one ever took them seriously. Now she couldn't wait to talk to Buffy in private.
Xander was reading his comic book that he hit under the desk and he mumbled to himself: "Oh, Wonder Woman..."
Cordelia heard him and snapped: "Knock it off with Wonder Woman and your stupid comic books, you've got me now!"
Xander grinned, he loved the fact that Cordelia was jealous even of a fiction character and he had to tease her a little: "But it's Wonder Woman, Cordy. If you dress up like her on Halloween, you'll have a willing slave..."
"I just might do that, so don't forget your promise."-Cordelia teased back and smiled when she imagined Xander staring at her, his mouth agape.
Oz was, unlike the rest of the gang, actually paying attention to the lesson. He was quiet, but very intelligent and when he decided to talk in class, he always made good points, which made Willow's inner geek very proud and even more in love with him.
Faith jumped off of her chair as soon as the bell rang and said: "Oh fuck, thought this class would never end. I've never been so bored in my entire life!"
The teacher shot her a very annoyed look and Faith just grinned and said: "Well, sorry, but it's true. Bye!"
Willow tried to talk to Buffy about Faith, but her blonde friend ran after Faith too fast and placed her arm around Faith's waist as soon as she could. Faith liked that and pulled Buffy closer, smiling the whole time.
"What's up with 2 of you? You're like siamese twins today!"-Cordelia noticed and got surprised when Faith said: "Good thing we're not siamese twins, doing naughty things would be just very twisted." and she got even more surprised when Buffy didn't comment anything about the naughty things, but she just blushed a little and said: "Well we should head to the 2nd class before I decide I wanna skip it. My mom would kill me, Principal Snyder calls her way too often anyway."
The Chosen 2 stormed off and Cordelia stayed behind with Xander, Willow and Oz. She looked confused and Oz said: "What's up with the confused face, Cordy?"
"Those 2 are up to something. Wanna bet 50 bucks they're doing the naughty?"
"Who's doing the naughty? What have I missed?"-Xander asked and started looking around.
"If you hadn't been reading your comics, you would have noticed all the winking during class."-Willow said and Oz added: "I'm not that surprised. They're like yin and yang. Buffy's the light side and Faith is darker and they just fit together."
"Still, what about Angel? He's gonna be even more broody when he realized his girl's got the hots for another girl."-Cordelia said and the others just had to agree. Xander couldn't believe he missed the flirting and everybody else noticed, he was usually pretty good at noticing things like that. That Wonder Woman is gonna be so out now that he's got 2 hot Slayers to watch!