Joyce opened the door, and indeed, it was Willow on the other side, smiling widely.
"Oh, hello, Willow... Come in. Buffy and Faith are upstairs, asleep, but I'll go tell Buffy you're here..."
"No, let them sleep... Just tell Buffy I stopped by..."-Willow said, a little disappointed Buffy forgot about their deal. Lately she had a feeling Buffy never had enough time for her, but straight away she mentally slapped herself because she knew it was her fault too; she was so wrapped up in all things Oz and spent more time with him than the rest of the gang. Now she was 1000% sure Buffy and Faith were more than friends and hoped Buffy would tell her everything...they were best friends, that's what best friends do, right?
Joyce had made brownies, they were still warm, and there was no way she'd let Willow off the hook just like that... She had to come in and try them while waiting for Buffy to come downstairs.
"Non sense, Willow, they can't sleep all day... Here, have some brownies and I'm going to call Buffy."-Joyce insisted and put a plate of still warm brownies on the table, along with a big glass of cold milk. She made Buffy drink milk every now on and then because she thought all those sodas and stuff the teens drank nowadays weren't healthy, or even tasty, for that matter. Milk wasn't a cool drink, but it was healthy!
This time she knocked on the door, not wanting to invade her daughter's privacy. More than anything she wanted to talk to Buffy about Faith and their relationship, but she didn't wanna force it on her. She wondered if Buffy was afraid to tell her something so important to her because of the way she reacted when she found out that Buffy was the Vampire Slayer. She was still mad at herself for giving Buffy an ultimatum right before she slipped away to L.A. for 3 months and didn't want to be one of those parents who lived in denial and shame because of their kids' choices. Buffy was her world, there was nothing and no one more important than her only daughter, who, she had to admit, was more responsible and grown up than most of the kids her age, and she wanted to be a part of Buffy's world. Now she just had to figure out how to talk to Buffy without spooking her out.
Buffy quietly said: "Come in!", not wanting to wake up Faith, who was snoring lightly and holding her tighter... Buffy thought it was the sweetest thing ever.
Joyce opened the door and said: "Buffy, Willow's downstairs, waiting for you."
She couldn't help noticing how her daughter looked at Faith and gently stroked her arm, without even thinking about the action. Faith looked so peaceful and Joyce couldn't help smiling when she saw how Faith mumbled something and placed her head on Buffy's chest. slowly moving her hand to Buffy's to entwine their fingers.
"I'll be downstairs in a minute... Gotta wake up Faith, but don't really want to..."-there was so much gentleness in Buffy's voice that was impossible to miss and Joyce smiled and said: "Sure, honey, but don't keep her waiting too long, it's rude..."
Then she left the room, closed the door, and cursed herself when she decided to eavesdrop. Joyce knew it was wrong, and rude, but she knew something was going on between those 2 and wanted to hear it. When she heard her daughter say "Faith, baby, we should get up, Willow's waiting downstairs..." so gently, her heart melted and she walked downstairs, smiling. Faith groaned and mumbled something and Buffy shook her a bit harder to wake her up. "Come on, sleepy head... You'll be awake all night if you sleep all day..."
"That's my plan..."-Faith whispered and lifted her head to kiss Buffy gently. Buffy kissed her back and said: "Oh naughty... Well, get your sexy ass out of bed now..." She tried to push Faith off of her gently, to be able to get out of bed, but Faith tightened her grip and whispered: "You're not going anywhere until I get a real kiss... I've had some nice dreams and I want them to come true."
Buffy was really curious about those dreams, but she decided not to ask anything because she thought she wouldn't be able to wait until later to see them come true... So she just pulled Faith in a very passionate kiss that made them both moan quietly. Faith grabbed her ass and moved her hands under Buffy's top, hoping Buffy would change her mind about hanging out with the geeky red head who obviously didn't like Faith too much. The luck wasn't on her side, though, because Buffy was way too considerate to put herself first...
Faith growled when Buffy pushed her off and walked out of the room. Now she had no choice, she had to follow the blonde to be able to stare at her ass on her way to the kitchen.
"Hey, Will, sorry we fell asleep..."-Buffy said and smiled when Willow said: "It's ok, your mom gave me the most delicious brownies ever! Dingoes are playing at the Bronze later, do you girls wanna come?"
"Sounds cool."-Faith said, while taking a brownie. They smelled so good and tasted even better. Willow was right when she said they were the best brownies ever.
"I'm in, too. Just have to go see Giles before we go to the Bronze, he must be pretty pissed cause I haven't been checking in regularly last days..."-Buffy said and felt a bit bad because of it. Slaying was supposed to come first and she could only think about Faith, going out with her or having sex. It was so not like her and she thought Faith was a reeeeallyyyy bad influence...and she loved it.
"Oh yeah, G-man must be pretty pissed I stole his Golden Girl from him for a while. I'm sure something absolutely apocalyptic is going on..."-Faith said, a little annoyed because Buffy was all about the Slaying all the time. That girl seriously needed to learn how to have some fun...and Faith was on a good way to teach her...
"Buffy, I... I kind of hoped we'd talk in private..."-Willow admitted not knowing how to ask Faith to leave.
Buffy looked at Faith, not knowing what to do at that moment. She didn't want to ask Faith to leave, but she thought she owed Willow some alone time.
"Hey, B. it's cool, I'm going to grab my stuff and I'll come back here and wait for you if you're not here when I get back."-Faith said and Joyce heard her and said: "I'm going with you. You girls can stay here and discuss whatever you want in peace."
"You're so wicked awesome, Mrs. S! Thanks!"-Faith said, and friendly patted Joyce's upper arm, which made Joyce smile and they headed towards the car. Before she left, Faith gave a long look to Buffy and lifted her eyebrow. Buffy looked away, trying so hard not to blush, but it was impossible. She knew what Faith's look meant. 'B. you owe me for this... Later, you know...'
"So, what did you wanna talk about?"-Buffy asked Willow and smiled to her best friend, who, for some reason, looked a bit nervous.
"To be honest, I just wanted to have some time alone with you. Miss you, you know. Lately you've been more with Faith than anyone else..."
Buffy felt a pang of guilt when Willow said that, and decided from now on, she'd reserve nights for only Faith, but day time would be for her friends too. It was a perfect time to come clean about her feelings for Faith and Buffy struggled with the words in her head that she wanted to get out. Willow was reading her best friend struggle pretty well and she just asked: "Is something bothering you? You know you can tell me anything."
"Will, I... You know when I said Angel broke up with me?"-Buffy decided she'd say it all because she couldn't stand keeping things from her best friend.
"Yes... Are you ok about that? I know how much you loved Angel..."
"It's... I cheated on him... with, huh, with Faith... I... I'll understand if you're freaked out or something, I just wanted to come clean about it because I really like Faith... I... I think I'm in love with her. You're not upset with me, are you? I mean, I'll completely understand if you are... I just... When I'm with her, I can be myself. I can enjoy in her kisses and touch without worrying that she'll lose a soul. She's already proved she wasn't all about 'get some, get gone'..."-Buffy spilt it all out and instantly felt like a huge stone fell off of her heart.
Noticing how worried and a bit scared Buffy looked, Willow caught her hand and said: "Buffy, you're my best friend, and as long as you're happy I wouldn't care if you dated a unicorn. Unicorns exist, don't they? I bet they do, if all the vampires and stuff exist, unicorns must too!"-Willow babbled and Buffy stopped her when she threw herself in Willow's arms, embracing her tightly.
"Thank you, Willow... Really, thank you! I know you're not Faith's biggest fan, but underneath it all, she's the sweetest girl ever. I love her, Will, I... never thought this would happen and it's still hard to believe it, but with her I'm happy."
"That's all that matters, Buffy. Don't worry, I'm sure everyone will be very supportive. To be honest, we all thought something was going on between you and Faith, but we didn't wanna push you into telling us."
"Was it so obvious?"-Buffy asked, blushing a little. She was so relieved, and she understood she was silly for being nervous in the first place because she had the best friends ever.
"Oh, pretty much, yeah."-Willow grinned and added: "You girls weren't really holding back the flirting and teasing, especially these last few days..."
Buffy had to admit it was true, she was just grateful that no one ever caught them during their making out session in the school bathroom... She changed the subject to Oz and the concert because she had to stop thinking about kissing Faith... She decided to go see Giles with Willow because she knew that, whatever it was, wouldn't be of much interest to Faith, and she'd tell her everything about it later anyway... Before leaving she called Giles, who sounded pretty upset with her and she started thinking something serious was going on, so she just headed to the library with Willow as fast as she could. The Slayer 'spidey sense' wasn't tingling, but Buffy started worrying it might have failed her. Why would Giles sound so upset if everything was ok? She could practically hear him clean his glasses and she was very quiet the whole way to the Highschool. When she got to the library, Giles was sitting on the desk, looking a little annoyed, rubbing his temples, and there was a guy with glasses and black hair glued to his head. She knew he was a Watcher before he said a word, and she just said: "Oh, hey, Giles...and Giles Jr. I assume..."
"Yes, Buffy, meet Faith's new Watcher. Wesley Wyndam Pryce."
Wesley awkwardly smiled and attempted to shake Buffy's hand, but she wouldn't. "Is he evil? Should I beat him up just a little to make sure he isn't?"
"N-no need to beat anyone, Miss Summers... I am most certainly not evil. I'm fighting your fight."
"If you were FIGHTING my fight, I'm sure we'd all die... So, Giles, any bad news? Anything I need to Slay tonight? Besides this little British guy who claims to be the next generation of...well, you."-Buffy didn't like the Council and didn't even try to pretend that she did.
"I've checked him up, Buffy. He's not evil... He's just... unique."-Giles said and smiled a little when he noticed Buffy's disappointed face.
"Now, we need to discuss business... you and Faith need to find out as much as you can about the Mayor and his plans. I have a really bad feeling about this, Buffy, and you 2 should be on a very high alert when it's about this threat."
"Of course, great danger... As always, Giles. You know how I work: you dig the books, I show up and slay! It'll be even easier to do it with Faith... We'll be five by five."
"Ok, Buffy... Five by five. Whatever it means... Uh, Willow, while you're here... could you, hmmm, Gooble the Mayor? These horrid boxes can be helpful sometimes..."-Giles hated to admit it, but couldn't deny that getting info online was faster than digging through huge piles of his beloved books.
Needless to say, Willow was more than happy to research the bad guy and she said: "Of course I could! And, Giles, it's Google, not Gooble, but I guess it's not too late for you..."
Buffy waited to see what Willow would come up with and, since she wasn't good with computers, she decided to have fun shooting with the crossbow. When Willow said: "Uh oh..." she knew nothing good would come out of it and hoped that her night wouldn't turn into all Slaying-no fun with Faith...