Chapter 33
As the trio makes their way back across Sunnydale, after a
relatively uneventful night,
Buffy
sighs quietly as she tucks her hands in her pockets, staring at the sidewalk in
front of her. “He called
today. I’m meeting him on
campus. He said he’s got some
information for me.” Buffy admits
softly.
“Do
you need me to come with?” Faith
questions, figuring she’ll be able to talk to the Doc and leave early if need
be, since she doesn’t have any ‘set’ hours yet.
“No. I’ll be okay. Plus you’re starting your new job
tomorrow.” Buffy smiles quickly at
the slayer before turning her head back around. “I’ll call you tomorrow and let you know
what’s going on.” Buffy makes the
offer as they turn down the street, getting closer to the subdivision she lives
in.
“Be
sure you do. Maybe we should just
plan on gettin’ together after Tare gets off work, start makin’ a plan?” Faith suggests looking from one woman to
the other.
“Let
me see what he’s giving me as information.
Then we’ll take it from there.
I’d hate for you two to come over to only find out he’s given us a lot of
shit that isn’t going to help us.”
Buffy frowns at the thought.
“Whatever
you think.” Faith shrugs as they
walk to Buffy’s house. “See ya’
tomorrow, B.” Faith smirks as Buffy
heads up the steps to her door.
“Check out that book, B. Try
and get out some of your frustrations before tomorrow.”
Buffy
blushes and growls at the dark-haired slayer before heading in the house,
shutting the door a little more firmly than necessary.
“Rotten.”
“Are
you tired?” Faith’s voice deepens
perceptibly as she thinks about what she’d like to do to
“No, are you?”
“Nope.” Faith wiggles her eyebrows and smirks.
“Good. I’m going to open myself completely to you,
as the book described when we get home and see what happens.”
“I was wantin’…” Faith sighs and nods her head in
agreement.
“Okay.”
“What were you wanting, love?”
“I was wanting to spend the next couple hours makin’ you
whimper, sigh, cry out and scream my name.” Faith admits, a pout crossing her face.
“So, you think my opening myself to you, speeding up the
arrival for you to learn the powers you’re going to be receiving, we can’t make
love?”
“Well, I thought…” Faith blinks as she remembers the book
mentioning they would need to be in complete accord and open to each other for
the acceleration of the sharing of
“I’m getting the best part out of this, Faith.”
“But I’m gettin’ that, also.” Faith whispers,
watching
“Don’t argue.”
Faith nods her head, looking into
“Need someone to wash your back?”
“Always.” Faith growls quietly, her own desire building
at the look in her lover’s eyes.
“Open yourself to me, love. We can start now.”
Faith moans loudly as she feels a tickling sensation in her
brain as her lover works on giving her everything she knows even as she feels
the power coming along with the knowledge as
“Go to the bathroom, honey.”
“We’ll just make up for it later.”
***
“Babe?” Faith whispers softly, waking
“What?”
“Was that link thing only supposed to give me your Elf
abilities and knowledge?” Faith frowns even heavier.
“It said it would strengthen the link between us and give
you what abilities I had, along with the knowledge.”
“Then tell me why I remember me as you sittin’ in a field
of wildflowers with a woman, who I’m assumin’ is your mother, pettin’ a small
deer?” Faith
blinks curiously at her lover. “Am I losin’ my mind?”
“Yeah. Your mom laughed… she has a musical laugh
almost like yours.”
Faith tilts her head in remembrance. “I ain’t goin’ crazy. I’ve got your
memories.”
“Seems that way. There was a comment in there that whatever I
know you would know.”
“It’s like a movie playin’ in my head from the time you
were little workin’ its way as you get older. I guess you’re about twelve, right now.” Faith admits.
Faith pouts at the severing of the connection, though she
still feels the other connection stronger than before. Feeling a comfort
and warmth at the realization, Faith snuggles up against
***
Faith snorts quietly as she fills out the paperwork as Mike
harasses Julie about eating the last jelly-filled donut. Faith looks over at
the donuts left, snatching the last blueberry cake donut, smirking as Mike
starts to yell at her.
“HEY! I was going to eat that one!” Mike bitches,
watching as Faith lifts her head, a huge smirk on her face as she takes a huge
bite out of the donut. “I don’t like you.
“You’re going to fit right in.” Julie chuckles,
plopping down in the chair to grab her coffee mug, taking a sip.
“You snooze, you lose.” Faith grins wickedly as she finishes the
paperwork.
“What I’m curious about is if
“Nah.” Faith tilts her head as she listens to
“Thanks for breakfast, by the way.” Julie waves to the
three dozen donuts that Faith and
“No problem. We got up late and didn’t have time to eat at
home.” Faith
shrugs.
“Wouldn’t have been right to bring in just for us.”
“Mike does.” Julie whispers conspiratorially.
“Huh… and he has the nerve to bitch about not getting the
donuts he wants?”
Faith smirks wickedly, a gleam in her eyes. “What other kind
does he like?”
Faith pulls the boxes over in front of her as she considers the donuts to
Julie’s laughter.
“Are there any bear claw’s left, sweetie?”
“So Mike and I will be working on the labs since Josh is
off today.”
Julie nods.
“Have fun, Faith.” Julie smirks as she grabs another donut
before standing and filling her coffee cup heading out of the room.
“What was that for? Doc hard to work with?” Faith questions as
she downs her own coffee, before standing up to refill her mug holding it
questioningly towards Tara before filling
“Better. This group drinks it all day long.”
“Okay.” Faith blinks and shrugs her shoulders before
sitting back down beside
“Do they make ‘em in leather?” Faith questions,
looking down at her leather pants, smirking.
“Behave.”
“Oh, yay. Thought I’d get to spend time with you, not
the Doc.”
Faith winks.
“Love ya’, babe. I guess I should drop this paperwork off in
Doc’s office.”
“He’ll probably keep you when you go in there. Our first
appointment was already waiting out in the parking lot.”
“Yeah, yeah.” Faith grabs the papers along with her mug of
coffee, heading out the door to
***
Faith collapses on the chair beside
“Yeah. Who would have ever thought dealing with
animals all day would be this much work? Damn cats are the worst.” Faith holds up her
hand where there had obviously been a deep scratch, which was already healing
over with her slayer healing. “That little monster was MEAN!”
“Let me guess…”
“Yes! Evil little shit.” Faith growls. “Don’t know if I
wanna ever trim a cat’s toenails again. Thought it would be okay when he showed me
how on that
“Water.” Faith stands, walking over to the
refrigerator.
“Want anythin’, babe?”
“I’m okay, thanks.”
“What’cha doin’ anyway?” Faith questions curiously.
“Doc Roberts just recently got this new system set up, and
we’re working on inputting all the different animals and their information into
the system.”
“Well, Doc said somethin’ about it bein’ lunchtime and that
the delivery should be here soon?” Faith questions with a little frown.
“Oh, good.”
“Do we need to move this stuff?” Faith questions as
she hears Sandra telling the doctor that the food was there.
“If the food’s here, yes.” Tara nods as she stands, moving the laptop
she was using back to it’s normal position before grabbing the stack of files
she’d already inputted, taking them up front to be filed back away with the
other ones entered into the system. Chuckling as Mike and Julie bicker back and
forth as Sandra locks the doors before they head towards the break room to eat
lunch.
“He ordered Italian!” Mike grins hugely as he wrings his hands
together as he comes into the break room, seeing Faith move the stack of files
over to an unobtrusive corner.
“Does he do this frequently?” Faith questions
curiously as she watches the group come in carrying different bags and
items.
“Sometimes. With us working extra hours to help get the
system loaded and running, he’s been bribing us.” Julie explains, chuckling as the Doctor comes
in behind her.
“Have to. You guys bitched too much about having to
manually put in all the information.” Doctor Roberts helps spread the food
out.
“Only you would get a new system that wasn’t compatible
with the old one so we couldn’t just transfer the information over.” Sandra points out
as she grabs drinks from the refrigerator.
“I wanted this system. It has a lot more capabilities than the other
ones.” Doc
shrugs his shoulders as he laughs. “Plan on it being here for many, many, many
years!”
“Thank God! Don’t want to have to do this again anytime
soon.” Julie
grumbles as she scoops some salad onto her plate before grabbing some of the
rigatoni.
Faith watches as everyone just starts reaching in grabbing
what they want, smiling as she feels
“Get what you want, love.”
“Might scare ‘em when they see how much I can eat.” Faith whispers
softly into
“He’ll learn to order more food.”
“Stop flirting and start eating!” Doc tosses a packet
of Parmesan cheese at the women, laughing as Faith’s hand snakes out catching it
quickly.
“You ain’t let me see her all day… Gotta make up for lost
time.” Faith
smirks at the Doctor before scooping out some food on her plate and using the
Parmesan cheese packet the doc had thrown at her on the food. “Wanna throw me
some of that crushed red pepper?” Faith grins and catches the packets the
doctor throws at her.
“Thanks.”
“You’re projectin’ your thoughts in my head, babe.” Faith whispers
softly into
“It’s ‘kay. Just thought you might like to know.” Faith winks at her
lover. “Better
eat somethin’ besides salad.” Faith warns.
“Yes, ma’am.”
***
Doc Robertson just recently
Chapter 34
Buffy looks around as she paces outside Riley’s dorm, the
Initiative’s bunkhouse. Glancing at her watch again, she sighs
heavily. “Ten
more minutes, Riley.
Then I’m barging in and you will NOT like it.” Buffy growls
angrily, her eyes flashing as she remembers the soldier putting her off for
another day, having called and left a message with her mom after she’d already
left for patrol with Faith and Tara. Shaking her head as she remembers the two
women, chuckling softly about how the two women had flirted and teased each
other.
Realizing how much the they enjoyed being with each other and obviously
loved each other starts to fuel Buffy’s anger.
Feeling the anger growing, Buffy growls and finally shakes
her head.
“Maybe I should look at that book. Getting rid of some frustrations might be of
the good.”
Buffy admits quietly. “Lord knows Riley wasn’t that good. But all I have in
comparison is one night with a vampire that I make him lose his soul, and a
night with pig… I mean Parker.” Buffy shakes her head at the realization her
love life definitely leaves something to be desired.
***
Riley hurries from the depths of the Initiative, carrying a
folder with what information they were able to salvage on the experiment
Professor Walsh and some of the other doctors had been doing. Adam, from what
information they had been able to gather, is indestructible. The construct
having a layer of titanium throughout his more vulnerable areas, that along with
the grafts of demon parts and his nuclear power source literally made the… demon
for lack of a better word, completely invulnerable.
Shivering slightly in remembrance of Buffy’s ultimatum, and
her complete sincerity he picks up his pace, knowing his ex-girlfriend would
tear this place apart with her bare hands if she had to.
***
Buffy snarls and heads up the steps, slamming the flat of
her palm against the door, sending it slamming against the wall as she strides
into the house, turning to the secret entrance to the Initiative, Buffy makes it
two more steps before Riley steps out. Seeing the soldier pale and stop in his
tracks when he sees her makes Buffy smirk at the man. Seeing the folder
in his hand, she narrows her gaze.
Riley feels his stomach clench and his balls draw in tight
to his body in reaction to the absolutely livid look on his ex-lover’s
face.
Unconsciously he steps back slightly before holding out the folder to
Buffy.
“They’re packing up to leave. We’ll be pulled out before the end of the
week. They
want nothing to do with Adam, you or the Watcher’s Council. They plan on pretty
much sweeping this whole thing under the rug and act like they were never
here.”
Snatching the folder from Riley, Buffy stares at the
man. “In other
words they don’t have a fucking clue as to how to kill him, and are leaving us
their shit to clean up.” As Riley looks away, blushing, Buffy rolls
her eyes. “Get
the fuck out of my town and never come back. If I see any of you Initiative assholes
anywhere near here again, I’ll personally kick your asses to the Sunnydale city
limits. Then
I’ll let Faith stomp on you some, since she’s the one that almost died at Adam’s
hands…
“Everything they know about him is in there. They haven’t a clue
where he’s hiding out at.” Riley admits, stepping back quickly as Buffy
takes a step toward him. “Honest. That’s all we know.”
“Goodbye, Riley. I’d like to say there was something from our
relationship that I can take away as being a positive, but thinking back on it…
there’s nothing.”
Buffy states calmly and without a hint of emotion in her voice, before
spinning around on her heel, leaving the stunned soldier staring after her.
***
“You’re doin’ it again.” Faith comments softly as she almost
reverently turns the page, not looking at her lover.
“Nah. I like ‘em.” Faith smiles, looking up at her lover. “Come back down
here.” Faith
orders softly, groaning as
Swallowing hard before licking her lips,
“Yeah, actually a lot of shit, tell you the truth.” Faith admits,
sighing heavily as her mind races at a lot of the information it divulged. Listening intently
to the sounds of the clinic, Faith quirks her lip at hearing Josh flirting with
Sandra at the front desk. “Umm. You don’t have to wait till you’re twenty for
the powers to come into full effect, if ya’ don’t want to.” Faith admits as she
flips back a few pages.
“What?”
“There’s a clause thing-y…” Faith finally comes across the part. “If ya’ find your
mate, and all that other shit, after you finish the sharing thing, it says here
you can make your powers reach their full potential, along with your mate’s with
this incantation.”
Faith points to the incantation, watching as
“So, if we’re able to hook up again tonight, we might be
able to finish the share tomorrow night.”
“Tomorrow night?” Faith blinks, trying to figure out
“I’m being on the cautious side, love. You have to think,
I’ve done a lot of learning for college classes, along with expanding my magical
abilities and other things. I don’t know how that compares to what you’ve
already learned.”
Faith sighs quietly. “Mike’s askin’ where you’re at.” Faith growls
quietly, before reaching up to pull
“Hopefully it’ll be soon.”
Faith moans quietly at the graphic images coming from her
lover. ‘No one
would believe me if I told them the wicked things you think about.’ Faith mumbles
internally, not realizing she’s sending the thought to her lover, not having
done it before.
‘Now you’re sending. Buffy would.’
***
Buffy picks up her coffee mug, sipping the contents as she
reads over the information Riley had given her. ‘Great, the bastard is made out of human,
demon and computer parts. His power source is uranium and his
protective body is titanium.’ Buffy sighs heavily as she looks at the
information.
Not seeing anything else of helpful information, Buffy slowly closes the
folder.
Smiling as the waitress fills her coffee cup again, Buffy
opens a couple packs of sugar, dumping them in as she stirs the coffee
contemplatively.
***
Sandra glances up as the bell over the door rings,
announcing a customer. Frowning slightly when she doesn’t see any
animal with the small blonde, she smiles and nods. “May I help
you?”
“Um.” Buffy smiles self-consciously. “Is either
Sandra chuckles and nods her head. “Yeah, they’re in
the break room.
We’re getting ready to eat lunch.”
“Yo, B. What’cha need?” Faith questions
coming from the back, having heard the slayer.
“If you guys are getting read to eat, I’ll come back.” Buffy looks at
Faith. “I just
wanted a sounding board, more than anything.”
Faith turns her head as
“Go ahead, sweetie.”
“Come on guys, its lunch time!” Julie comes running
up front, laughing.
“We’ve got Chinese… and a TON of it. Doc Roberts bitched about the amount Faith
put away yesterday and doubled the normal order.” Julie smiles as Sandra mumbles something
about the Moo Goo Gai Pan and runs to the back.
“Why don’t we talk later, it isn’t a big deal.” Buffy shakes her
head, her eyes dragging away from the tall, black haired woman behind
“Buffy, this is Julie. Julie, this is our friend, Buffy.”
“You can join us, if you want. Josh and Mike
actually decided to go out something about looking at some car that was for
sale.” Julie
rolls her eyes.
“There should be plenty of food, as long as you don’t eat like
Faith.”
Buffy blushes darkly as
“
“I’ll get the door. Julie, why don’t you show Buffy where to
go.”
Faith raises an eyebrow as she turns her gaze back towards
her lover.
“Uh, huh.”
“What?”
“Playin’ matchmaker?” Faith whispers extremely softly into Tara’s
ear, breathing a hot breath of air across the flesh, smirking as
“I never got a vibe from Julie before, but I thought I
caught a look of interest.”
“Probably. We know she can hear us.” Faith smirks as she
follows her lover back to the break room. Faith chuckles quietly as they walk into the
room, and Buffy blushes lightly even as she shoots daggers at them with her
eyes.
Buffy growls quietly at the two women, before looking back
at Julie, having to admit the tall woman was striking with her dark black hair,
pale blue eyes and prominent features. Internally shaking her head at the thoughts
her two friends are putting in her head, Buffy sets the folder on the counter
behind her as she sits down.
“Doc, this is our friend, Buffy. B, this is Doc
Roberts and Sandra.”
Faith points to the doctor and Sandra in turn before plopping down in a
chair, sniffing at the different containers, unerringly grabbing a container of
General Tso’s Chicken.
“Hi.” Buffy smiles self-consciously at the
veterinarian and receptionist. “I hope you don’t mind…” Buffy waves a hand
at the food spread out on the table.
“No, no. Go ahead and help yourself. Two of our group
high-tailed it out of here, so there should be plenty.” Doctor Roberts
smiles as he grabs some sweet and sour chicken, dumping it on his plate.
Everyone talks quietly as they eat lunch.
‘Buffy is definitely interested. She don’t blush
except when you’re teasin’ her.’ Faith chuckles softly as she watches Buffy
blush lightly as Julie asks her if she’s seeing anyone.
“Actually I just broke up with my boyfriend.” Buffy admits, her
eyes narrowing on Faith and
“I ain’t doin’ nothin’ today, but sitting back here and
readin’. So,
if Doc don’t need me, we can head out after lunch.” Faith offers
quietly, turning her gaze towards the Doctor.
“I doubt it. Today everyone was here, and we had a full
day, but tomorrow should be quieter. I may have you do like we did yesterday, that
way Tara, Julie and Sandra might be able to get the rest of the patients’
information put into the computer.” Doctor Roberts looks at the women who are
groaning quietly.
“I’ll order seafood.”
“Okay.” Julie perks up, grinning at the word
seafood.
“Yep. I admit it. I’m a sucker for seafood. I’d do anything for
shrimp and scallops.”
Julie licks her lips at the thought.
“You can have my shrimp.”
“That was in there. I didn’t know you were allergic to
shrimp.” Faith
looks at her lover.
“No shrimp for me either.”
“Honey, you can have shrimp.”
“Nah. No sense in taking a chance. I’d rather you not
end up getting sick because I ate shrimp.” Faith shakes her head at
Buffy blinks in surprise at
“B, did ya’ ask Mrs. S if she was wantin’ to come
Saturday?”
Faith questions curiously. “Or does she gotta work?”
“She’s going to work Saturday morning, but she’s planning
on being there in the afternoon for your party.” Buffy smiles at the dark-haired slayer,
relaxing a little more, surprised when Julie offers her some more chicken
lo-mein.
Accepting the container, Buffy dumps the rest on her plate.
“We need to call Mr. Giles and Xander, right?”
“I called both of ‘em when we got here this mornin’.” Faith explains as
her eyes search out the containers left, snatching one up to look inside,
inhaling and nodding her head as she dumps the Curry Chicken on her plate.
“Are they coming?”
“Oh, yeah.” Faith smiles apologetically at
Sandra groans as the phone rings. “Always when we’re
eating.” She
grumbles as she rolls back to pick up the extension. “Sunnydale Animal
Clinic, may I help you?”
Faith and Buffy both listen intently as they hear the
excited voice on the other end of the phone, the crying and obviously upset
person coming through loud and clear to the slayers’ ears.
Faith leans in to
“Shit.”
Doctor Roberts frowns as he watches
“A Shar-Pei was hit by a vehicle. They’re bringing it
in now. They
should be pulling into the parking lot any minute.” Sandra explains
quickly as she heads towards the door.
“I’ll help ‘em bring the dog in.” Faith offers
quickly, surprised when the Doctor grabs her arm.
“Grab one of the gowns and put it over your clothes, so you
don’t ruin them.”
Doc orders her quickly before running out of the room.
Julie sighs quietly. “Time to scrub up.” Standing up she
pushes the intercom button on the phone. “Sandra, don’t forget to page Josh and
Mike.”
“Got it.” Sandra answers quickly.
“Umm… see you Saturday.” Julie grins quickly at the small blonde
before quickly heading out of the room.
Buffy shakes her head at the quickness of everyone
splitting up to head off into different directions. “Definitely going
to be at
***
Chapter 35
“Please.” Doc groans as he stretches his back. “Make him up one of
the air beds in the over-night room. We’re going to have to keep a close eye on
him. I don’t
know how he’ll do.”
He admits sadly looking down at the poor dog.
“I’ll take watch tonight.”
“Of course not. I can split up tonight with you.” Doc watches as
“No. No sense in both of us being groggy
tomorrow. I’ll
stay with him tonight, then when you guys get in tomorrow, I’ll head home and
get cleaned up, maybe a few hours sleep before coming back in tomorrow afternoon
to help with the inputting.”
‘Be right there, babe.’ Faith answers, frowning at the tiredness she
hears in her lover’s mental words.
“Don’t worry about inputting the records. You’ll have
tomorrow off, okay?
A three day weekend for you and Faith.” Doc peels off his gloves, throwing them in
the receptacle.
“Thanks.”
“Hey, babe.” Faith enters the room cautiously. “How is he?”
“Not good.”
“What’cha want me to do?” Faith walks up to wrap her arms around her
lover, hugging her tightly as she feels the air of despondency around
“After I get his bed made, I’ll help you carry him in
here. I’m
going to be staying here tonight to watch over him.”
Faith pulls back slightly from
“Uh, huh.” Faith hugs
“I was hoping you would.”
“I’ll always be there for ya’, babe.” Faith presses a
kiss to
“You can’t know how happy that makes me.”
“Yeah, I can.” Faith chuckles quietly as she strokes a hand
over the back of
“I didn’t think you’d want to know and more or less see
what we were doing.”
“I’ll be seeing it here soon, anyway, babe.” Faith whispers
softly in
“Damn. I didn’t even think about that.”
“Everything okay for you to stay here tonight?” Doctor Roberts
looks from
“Yeah. I gotta go do somethin’ with Buffy, but I’m
gonna come back to keep Tare company later.” Faith watches as
“Good. I don’t like anyone being here by themselves
all night.”
Doctor Roberts sighs heavily, nodding at the dark-haired woman. “Make sure she gets
some sleep.”
“I will.” Faith grins at the doctor before looking back
at her lover.
“You and me gonna go get the poor pooch?”
“Yes.”
***
“What are you doing?” Buffy questions curiously, watching Faith
looking at the grades posted at the college.
“Tare and I didn’t get a chance to come here yesterday
after the grades were posted. I’m tryin’ to figure out which grades are
hers.” Faith
bitches quietly.
“They’re by student ID numbers, Faith. If you don’t know
what her ID number is, you aren’t going to be able to figure it out.” Buffy shakes her
head, smirking at the slayer.
“Fuck me.” Faith grumbles, pulling her phone out and
dialing the number
“Sunnydale Animal Clinic.”
“Hey, babe. How’s the pooch doin’?” Faith frowns as she
hears the tiredness in her lover’s voice.
“He’s going to make it. Doc Roberts already called twice to check up
on him and make sure I didn’t want him to come in and swap out with me
later.”
“Nah. He don’t need to be out at night. Just what ya’
need. The Doc
end up being on some vamp’s snack list.” Faith shakes her head at the thought. “Babe, I’m at the
college. B
told me I needed your ID number to get your grades. Want me to get ‘em
while I’m here?”
“Hey! We’re gonna be sharing a brain, more or
less. I need
to know how smart I’m gonna be.” Faith chuckles at the laughter coming from
her lover.
Buffy’s head jerks around and stares at the slayer,
frowning at her words. “Sharing a brain?”
Faith rolls her eyes and waves a hand at Buffy as
“You can get your grades from the computer? Why didn’t ya’
access them from work?” Faith rolls her eyes as Buffy giggles and
“Honey, I honestly haven’t even thought about it. I haven’t thought
about my grades since last Friday.”
“Don’t know if I wanna.” Faith grumbles, frowning at the numbers, not
understanding.
“What the hell does 3.9 mean? Is that good or bad?” Faith questions,
narrowing her eyes on Buffy as Buffy snorts and covers her mouth.
“That’s good, Faith. Very, very good.” Buffy smirks as she
hears the quiet laughter coming over the phone from
“HA!” Faith yells, looking at Buffy and winking. “She ain’t a
brain. She
fucked up and ain’t perfect!”
“Of course not. She picked you.” Buffy smirks before
yelping as Faith takes a swing at her, jogging hurriedly away from the
slayer.
“Will you two go finish patrol already?!”
“You are a brain.” Faith mumbles, pouting.
“And you’re going to know everything I know, sweetie. Plus everything you
already know.
So what will that make you?”
“Yes, Mistress.” Faith grumbles, smiling at the quiet laugh
she gets from
“I love you, too. Be careful.”
Faith sighs heavily flipping her phone closed as she looks
at her lover’s GPA again, shaking her head. “B, what’s your GPA?”
Buffy groans and shakes her head. “I’m not
saying. It’s
pitiful compared to Tara’s and
“Well, can you explain this shit to me?” Faith mumbles,
looking at the grades.
“I can give you a basic break down. Anywhere between
3.5 – 4.0 is like an A average. Anywhere from 2.5 to 3.4 is a B, 1.5-2.4 is a
C and .7 to 1.4 is a D. Anything under that and you’re screwed.” Buffy explains,
chuckling at Faith’s sigh.
“Why can’t they just say A or B?” Faith grumbles as
they walk back towards the other side of town as they finish patrol.
“Because it’s college. They have to make it more difficult just out
of general purposes.”
Buffy grins, shrugging her shoulders. “So, what’s this brain sharing thing you
mentioned?”
Faith groans and tucks her hands in her pockets, slowly
explaining to the slayer about what she and Tara had read so far about Elves,
and their mates.
“So… you actually have
“Yeah. But they ain’t floatin’ around my head all
the time. It’s
kinda like they’re behind a door, and if I wanna see ‘em I gotta open the
door.” Faith
explains, tilting her head as she thinks about it. “While we’re
linked, and
Buffy shakes her head and rubs a hand over her face. “So what happens
when you finish the mind meld?”
Faith shrugs. “We haven’t finished readin’ the book. I dropped it back
off at the Vet’s before meeting up with you for patrol. Tare was gonna read
some more. But
supposedly everythin’ she knows and is, is gonna be me, too. I think.”
Buffy stops and turns to look at Faith. “Doesn’t that scare
you?”
“Huh?” Faith blinks as she stops to look at
Buffy. “Why
would it scare me?”
“You’re going to be something totally different, if I
understand what you’re saying.” Buffy points out, frowning heavily.
“Nah, it don’t
scare me.”
Faith shrugs, a soft smile crossing her face. “I kinda like it,
to tell ya’ the truth. It’s like a big huge gift, the feelin’ of
love and contentment that
Buffy wraps an
arm around Faith’s shoulders, half hugging her. “I’m happy for you, Faith.”
Faith chuckles
embarrassedly as she hugs Buffy back. “I mean, you and Mrs. S took me in and
accepted me, but this is different, ya’ know?”
“I think I
understand.”
Buffy gently smacks the slayer on the shoulder as they start to walk
again. “Damn,
it’s been kind of quiet tonight.”
“Yeah, I
noticed that.
So not much help from soldier boy, huh?” Faith frowns as she thinks about the
Frankenstein construct.
“No. I haven’t a clue as
to how to take him out.” Buffy admits, frowning heavily.
“We’re gonna
have to take him on together. And hopefully with
“So how far can
you hear each other’s thoughts?” Buffy questions curiously, smiling at the
thoughtful look on Faith’s face.
“Don’t
know. It
usually happens when we’re within a couple rooms of each other. Tare told me with
the meditations and shit that we do for keeping our slayer abilities hidden,
that also blocks my thoughts. Only when I let down the wall or think
somethin’ specifically at her, does she receive it.” Faith shrugs,
grinning.
“Because of her trainin’, she has her own walls up, but most of the time
she leaves them down for me.”
“So you see…
well, I guess it should be you know what she thinks about?” Buffy scratches her
head at the oddness of knowing what another person’s innermost thoughts
are. “I got to
admit I’m curious, what does she think about?”
Faith smirks as
she looks at Buffy.
“Depends, tell ya’ the truth. But a lot of times she has some pretty vivid
and naughty things that she’s thinking about. I’m wonderin’ if some of them are even
actually possible to perform.” Faith yelps as Buffy smacks her hard on the
shoulder.
“WHAT?”
“You’re just
saying that!”
Buffy growls, blushing darkly.
“No, I’m
not!” Faith
shakes her head, looking seriously at Buffy. “It’s kinda weird. It’s like her mind
works on a couple different levels. There’s the line where she’s thinkin’ about
whatever she’s doin’.
Then there’s another layer that thinks naughty thoughts, and other
stuff. I
wonder how weird that is?”
“Don’t you ever
think about something else when you’re slaying, Faith?” Buffy questions
curiously, knowing she herself will a lot of times be thinking about other
things, while she automatically fights the demons.
“Yeah.” Faith blinks and
looks at Buffy.
“But I don’t usually need to think about slayin’, B. I just do it.”
“And why can’t
“I didn’t think
about it that way.
Whereas we fight demons and think about other shit, she does her vet shit
and thinks about other stuff. Huh.” Faith grins at the thought.
“Well, I’m sure
she doesn’t do that all the time.” Buffy points out, laughing quietly. “I mean when she
and the Veterinarian were operating on the dog, I’m sure her whole attention was
on that, and not split off between that and say imagining you running around
naked or something!”
Faith rolls her
eyes. “Of
course not.
Her imaginings ain’t usually that mundane. She usually imagines me in these odd
positions or places….” Faith laughs and takes off running as Buffy
growls and starts chasing her.
“You two do
this shit on purpose!” Buffy growls after the slayer. “Did you two even
do all those things
“Sort of. We did initiate one
of the kitchen chairs and we have played throughout the apartment, but she was
just pickin’ on you more’n anythin’.” Faith calls over her shoulder, chuckling as
Buffy runs after her.
When the blonde slayer kicks it up a notch, Faith turns back and picks up
her own speed, laughing through Sunnydale, with Buffy threatening her and Tara
in between her laughs behind her.
***
Faith carries
the bags of sandwiches and chips she’d fixed at the house, walking around the
side of the clinic.
Knocking firmly three times real quick Faith grins as
“Borin’. Had more fun
pickin’ on B and being chased around by her for us pickin’ on her.” Faith grins as she
sets the food down on the table, grunting quietly as
“I’ve missed my
pre-patrol snuggles.”
Faith presses
her lips to Tara’s neck, stroking her hands firmly up and down her lover’s back
for long minutes until
“Yes.”
“I love you,
too.” Faith
leans back, smiling as
“We can
eat. I know
how you are after patrol.”
“You know how I
am after patrol, huh?” Faith smirks, patting
“Did ya’ read
anymore of the book?”
Faith strokes her hands gently over
“Mmmmhmmmm.”
Faith blinks
and shifts
“Please,
honey. Have
you honestly ever thought about having children?”
“No. I never expected to
have children, Tara.
Then with this whole slayer gig…” Faith looks down, her heart thumping in her
chest at the thought.
“I ain’t exactly meant to have a long life, you know that. Children deserve
parents that love ‘em and give ‘em a stable home. I’d be probably the worst parent in the
world.”
“Yeah, and what
if I turn out like my ma?” Faith questions hoarsely, her eyes shadowed
as she looks up at
“You’re not
your mother, Faith.”
“Well, it ain’t
like we can have children, anyway.” Faith smiles tremulously at her lover, the
smile slowly disappearing from her face as
“We can.”
“You want
kids.” Faith
makes it a statement, not a question, realizing her lover would make a wonderful
mother. “And
how can we have kids?
What would they be, spit babies?” Faith questions, fighting back a
smile.
“Well, you are
good at that.”
“No
donors.” Faith
bites her bottom lip as
Faith frowns as
she watches
“Just wait a
minute, honey.”
“Babe, just
tell me why it’s got ya’ in such a tailspin.” Faith frowns, as Tara’s emotions come through
jumping all over the place, frowning even heavier as
Faith doesn’t
look at the book but stares at her lover. “Babe…”
“Just read
it.”
Faith sighs
heavily as Tara turns and walks out of the break room, wanting to follow her
lover and have her tell her what’s wrong, but having a gut feeling this is
something
“Oh,
fuck.” Faith
murmurs, turning pale. Dropping the book, she practically flies back
to the recovery room, staring as
“Why didn’t she
tell me?”
Faith kneels
beside her lover, gently wrapping her arms around Tara, pulling her tightly to
her as
“We d-don’t
have to do the activation.”
“You will make
an absolutely beautiful mother.” Faith softly admits. “Do you honestly
want to have children with me, babe?” Faith sighs softly as
“I didn’t
either.”
Faith shifts
and presses her lips against
“Probably
almost too much for you to deal with now. Babe, take down your block, please.” Faith whispers, not
liking not being able to feel her lover’s feelings and thoughts. Not realizing how
much she’d come to enjoy and expect the loving feelings coming from
“Did you finish
reading the whole book?” Faith questions softly as she feels her lover
relax more against her.
“No. I’m almost afraid
of knowing what else is in there.”
“Why don’t you
let me finish readin’ it, babe? I think you’ve got enough on your plate right
now, without dealin’ with whatever else that book says.” Faith
suggests, reaching up to run her hand gently through blonde strands.
“Please.”
“Go to sleep,
babe.” Faith
whispers, noticing how drained her lover is. “If I hear the dog makin’ any noise, I’ll
wake ya’.”
“He should be
out for the rest of the night. I just gave him another shot for pain not
long before you got here.”
“I love you,
too, Tare.”
Faith closes her eyes, holding
“You’d make a
wonderful parent, Faith.” The soft words escape
“What do ya’
see in me, Tare?
I can’t argue the fact that you love me. I see it every time ya’ look at me, and I can
feel it comin’ from ya’. I just don’t see where I’d be a good
parent.” Faith
whispers softly, gently wiggling her hand under
***
Chapter 36
“Wake up,
babe. Doc’s
here.” Faith
whispers softly, gently shaking
“So.”
“A couple hours
ago.” Faith
answers, growling quietly as
“You think so,
huh?”
“Now, what do
you think?”
Faith growls into Tara’s ear, trailing her fingers up and down the seam
of
“Most of the
time we don’t really need to, so I just stay in my regular clothes.” Tara murmurs,
groaning quietly as Faith slides her hand away and gently tugs on her arm to
urge
“Stop with the
hot and heavies.
Bear seems to be doing extremely well.” Doc Roberts grins at the sight of
“Well, first
off no hot and heavies.” Faith admits, chuckling as
“Right at
then. He’s
been resting comfortably since then.”
“Well, get your
stuff together and go home. We’ll see you two tomorrow afternoon.” He winks at the two
women, grinning before heading towards the coffee pot to make a fresh pot.
“Did I put your
legs to sleep, love?”
“No. Just a little
stiff.” Faith
bites her lip as
“Let’s go
home.”
“Go home,
“Thank
you.”
“See ya’ at the
apartment tomorrow, Doc.” Faith calls over her shoulder as she gently
pushes
“See you two
tomorrow. Have
a nice day off.”
Doctor Roberts chuckles as he hears a quietly squealed ‘Faith’ come from
***
“Go shower,
babe.” Faith
orders softly, urging her tired lover towards the bathroom. Dropping the
backpack on the counter, Faith heads for the refrigerator, pulling out eggs,
butter, cheese, milk and sausage links. Quickly pulling out bowls and skillets, Faith
places the links in a skillet to start browning before she scrambles the eggs,
pouring them into a skillet before tossing in some of the cheese like she’d seen
Tara do.
Smiling at the sound of the shower being turned on, Faith throws four
slices of bread into their toaster.
“Hmm. Breakfast au
natural.”
Faith grins at the sight of
Tilting her
head against the frame,
“You need to
eat. And if I
must, I’ll be more than happy to pick you up and carry you to the food.” Faith quickly
sweeps her lover into her arms, smirking as
“You’re a
goof. But
you’re my goof.”
“Stop
that. You’re
going to get some sleep this morning. We can wake up and play this afternoon, if
you want.”
Faith gently squeezes
“Need to go to
the store and pick up stuff for tomorrow. I’d like to possibly bake some snacks today
since I have the day off instead of spending all morning tomorrow making
everything.”
“What?” Faith smirks at
Faith smiles
softly at her lover.
“Eat, babe.
Then you’re going to bed.”
“So are
you.”
“Go
ahead.” Faith
taps her fork on her lover’s plate, chuckling as
“How about I
clean up since you fixed the food? Then you can shower and we can go to bed
together?”
“If you want,
babe. I don’t
mind doin’ the dishes.” Faith quickly finishes her food while
watching
Faith smirks as
she sees her lover’s lips curl, enjoying the sight. “I think she’d be a
heart breaker like that.”
“A six year old
in leather pants and a tank top?”
“I’d love to
see you pregnant.”
Faith admits quietly, standing up to kneel beside
“Shh.”
Faith sighs
quietly, leaning her head down onto Tara’s lap, closing her eyes as
“I know you do,
Faith.”
“Daddy
Faith.” Faith
chuckles at the thought, shifting her head to press a kiss on
“Just think
about the thought of her bringing home some horn dog wanting to get in her
pants… you can threaten them bodily harm.”
“Not just
threaten, pick them up and show ‘em I can follow through with it.” Faith nods her
head. “I like
that thought.
We can discuss this more after I finish readin’ that book. God only knows what
else it says in there.”
“That’s
true. You
would have thought it would mention the fact that if you force the powers early,
that it puts everything in fast forward and instead of having five years to
become pregnant, we have one year, with the other section.”
“It ain’t right
that ya’ have to get pregnant like that.” Faith frowns at the thought. “I mean, if ya’
have to get pregnant and carry on the elfin line, you’d think there would be
more elves around.”
“That’s
probably why there aren’t that many elves around, love. They haven’t found
their soul mate to have a child with, and possibly didn’t even know how to
continue on the line if they did.”
“Yeah, but what
if somethin’ happens to me?” Faith frowns heavily, hating the thought of
something happening to
“Then we had
better make sure that either Joyce, Buffy or someone else is there to help
her. We’ll
cross that bridge when we come to it, love. There’s no sense in worrying about something
that hasn’t, and hopefully won’t happen.”
Faith presses
her lips to
“If I have to
activate them early to do what has to be done, then I will. If we can take care
of Adam between all of us without it, that gives us more time. Stop worrying about
it, honey.”
“Yes’m.” Faith mumbles into
Tara watches as
Faith heads towards the bathroom, smiling as her lover pulls off her top before
finally tearing her gaze away and gathering the dishes to wash, listening to her
lover take her shower through the open bathroom door.
***
“So good. Sleepy, warm and
extremely tasty.”
Faith mumbles as she wiggles her body more into position, shifting
“Sweet,
Goddess.”
Faith continues
to lap lovingly over Tara’s body, suckling gently on one outer lip before moving
to the other one, finally easing her way up her lover’s body, as
“Always and
completely.”
“If you don’t
like, I’ll stop.”
Faith whispers against
Tara moans
quietly as Faith slides in her, clenching on the dildo, realizing Faith’s using
the smallest one they picked up, just slightly bigger around than one of Faith’s
fingers. “Why
this one?”
“Want to take
things slow and easy.
I know this isn’t somethin’ you’ve done.” Faith admits quietly, groaning as
“Faith, honey,
you’ve had three fingers inside me… this isn’t much bigger than one…”
“I know.” Faith whispers,
watching the different emotions crossing
Faith pants
heavily, holding
Faith chuckles
quietly.
Grasping one of Tara’s hands to pull down and press kisses over her
fingers, she shifts to the side of her lover, and presses
“I was and am
willin’ and eager… with you.” Faith qualifies, brushing her face gently
against the side of Tara’s breast before settling against her lover, allowing
her hand to stroke gently over Tara’s body as she listens to
“Goddess.”
Faith chuckles
and laughs quietly.
“Thank you.
I’m not sure I’d want that monster in that particular orifice,
either.”
“Anythin’ that
will make you comfortable.” Faith offers, smiling gently at
“Don’t want to
hurt you, though.”
Faith gently
lifts
“Ignore the
beast in my stomach.
I have another beast that’s awake and beggin’ for attention.” Faith growls
quietly in
“Can I come
up?” Faith
whispers as she shifts to straddle Tara’s hips, leaning down to kiss
“Get your body
up here.”
“Please…” Faith begs quietly
even as her hips rock gently in response to
Tara, hearing
her lover’s mental thoughts, quickly slides three fingers deep in inside her,
curling her middle finger to stroke over the bundle of nerves within her with
each quick, hard stroke. Releasing the slayer’s clit from her mouth as
Faith starts to buck uncontrollably against her,
“FUCK!” Faith cries out
loudly stiffening as the orgasm starts to flow through her, her back arching as
she presses her body hard into Tara’s hands, crying out Tara’s name as the Elf
replaces the fingers on her clit with her mouth sucking stronger than she’s ever
done before, Faith whimpers loudly as her juices flow, flooding Tara’s mouth and
hand.
Tara groans
deeply as she captures what she can of her lover’s juices, unconsciously still
stroking within her lover even as she licks at her lover’s swollen lips as Faith
half collapses over her and against the wall, her body shaking
uncontrollably.
“T-Tara…” Faith whimpers, not
able to say anything else, not knowing if she wants Tara to continue what she’s
doing to her or hold off, the pleasure so much that it was more painful than
pleasurable, grunting quietly as Tara stops her hard in and out stroking to
press firmly against her g-spot. Jerking internally, Faith becomes almost
boneless as the next pleasurable orgasm makes her lose consciousness.
***
Chapter 37
Faith chuckles
as they finish setting up their apartment after a quick re-arrange. Making room for the
extra chairs Kevin had gathered for them, even as they had the door open and the
different tenants were already sneaking in and out after hearing they were
having a ‘house warming’. Glad she’d talked
Faith looks
over and winks at Tara, unconsciously allowing her eyes to trail over her lover,
smiling sexily at the sight of
“Stop leering
at your girlfriend.”
Buffy growls in Faith’s ear, smacking the slayer on the back, chuckling
as Faith just grunts and keeps looking at
Joyce laughs
quietly as she carries additional sodas over to
Joyce chuckles
as she looks over at Buffy and Faith. “Wouldn’t be because of those two, would
it?”
“Hmm. What would make you
think that?”
***
Faith looks
around quickly at everyone splitting off and talking together in small
groups. Seeing
“Been wantin’
to do that for the last two hours.” Faith growls deeply, nipping playfully on
“I’m surprised
you didn’t just do this out in the middle of the apartment.”
“Thought about
it.” Faith
admits huskily.
“What’s goin’ on between Doc and Mrs. S?”
“Don’t
know.”
“Nah. I didn’t want to
eavesdrop, so I’ve been tryin’ to behave.” Faith admits smiling as
Faith grunts
quietly before grabbing a plate and piling it high with the pulled barbecue pork
they had delivered along with ribs and barbecue chicken. “Gonna have to do
somethin’ if they keep this shit up.” Faith grumbles before wiggling her eyebrows
at her lover.
“Oh, no. You behave and give
them time to figure it out themselves, love.”
Faith rolls her
eyes. “Jeez,
B. If ya’ like
her why don’t you see if you can talk to her without being surrounded by ten
people?” Faith
turns around to look at Buffy and smirks as the blonde slayer snarls her lip
slightly.
“Fine, I ain’t gettin’ in the middle of it.”
Buffy sighs
quietly and turns back to Giles,
“I’m
okay.”
“I can go for
something to eat, so I’ll go with.” Julie smiles as Buffy blushes lightly. The petite woman
having her completely entranced with how shy she is one moment to being very
self-assured and almost dominant the next. Mentally making a note to ask
“Hi
ladies.”
“Food and
drinks.” Buffy
shrugs, smiling quickly at
“I ain’t
fuckin’ sayin’ a word.” Faith raises her hand as she moves over to a
chair, sitting down to eat her food, smirking at the blonde slayer in between
bites.
“Oh no…” Faith grumbles, her
eyes turning to look at Giles and Kevin.
“What is it,
honey?”
“G-man is
asking Kev if he has anymore apartments open, and if there might be some that
are larger since he has all his books.” Faith turns begging eyes on
“I heard ‘em
say something about having a friend they were meetin’ somewhere.” Faith shrugs. “They knew it was
pretty much a free for all today. More of a gettin’ together of our mutual
friends and the people that live here in the apartment complex to get to know
each other.”
Faith eats a bite of the pulled pork as she chews she thinks for a few
minutes. “We
gonna finish up that sharin’ thing tonight?”
“We gonna do
the advanced thing?”
Faith whispers softly as she leans towards
“We’ll wait on
that, Faith. I
don’t want to do something that you’re not ready for.”
“Babe, I…” Faith realizes this
isn’t probably the best time to have this conversation, so she leans in and
places a loving kiss on
“I plan on
doin’ that tomorrow.”
Faith answers the unspoken question, grinning as
“You like me
leaving it down.”
“Yes, I
do.” Faith
grins wickedly at her lover as she imagines slathering her in barbecue sauce and
spending hours licking it off her body.
“Faith!”
“What’s the fun
in that?”
Faith smirks and leans partially against
***
Buffy looks at
Julie for a moment before glancing back down at her plate. “So, what do you like
to do in your free time?”
Julie chuckles
and looks a Buffy.
“Lounge around in my pajamas, eat ice cream, watch movies and take
naps.”
“Ohhh. That sounds
great.” Buffy
moans quietly at the thought of doing nothing but eating, watching television
and sleeping.
“Where can I sign up?”
Julie laughs
and pats the petite woman on the shoulder. “I’ll get the sheet for you. What do you do in
your free time?”
Buffy shrugs
her shoulders as the two women settle down side by side on the couch. “I like to go
dancing, but now that I’m single and all my friends are coupled up, it feels
weird.”
“Feel like a
fifth wheel, too, huh?” Julie question, smiling understandingly at
Buffy. “That’s
pretty much the way I am. Most of my friends have either moved or
gotten married.”
“So, no
significant others in your life right now?” Buffy questions curiously, praying that she
doesn’t sound too hopeful with her question.
“Nope. Footloose and
fancy-free.”
Julie laughs and winks at the small blonde. “Have anybody in
mind?”
Buffy shrugs
and blushes lightly.
“Depends.
What’s your preferences? Blonde, brunette, redhead, tall, short… male,
female.” Buffy
whispers the last two words softly.
Julie hurriedly
swallows the bite of food in her mouth and looks at the blushing blonde. Pursing her lips as
Buffy doesn’t look up at her but seems engrossed with the food on her plate,
Julie allows a small smile to cross her face. “Well, in all honesty my main preferences
are…” Julie
drags it out until Buffy finally looks at her curiously. “Someone with a
good sense of humor and that likes animals.”
Buffy’s mouth
opens and shuts a couple times as she looks at the woman not knowing what to say
since she didn’t say anything about men or women.
“Do you like
animals?”
Julie questions curiously, her eyes glinting with mischief.
Buffy whimpers
quietly and slowly nods her head. “I like animals.”
“Good. I already know you
have a good sense of humor. You have to, being friends with
“Did
she…?” Buffy
shifts and looks over her shoulder, her eyes following Julie.
“Yeah, B. She’s flirtin’ with
ya’.” Faith
murmurs, her lips curled up in a huge smile as
“Did not almost
take a nose dive!”
Buffy growls, before turning back to look at Julie who stopped to talk to
her mom and the Doctor.
“Did so.” Faith eggs Buffy
on, laughing as Buffy snaps her head back to her, growling deeply. Turning back to a
quietly laughing
Buffy whimpers
and jumps off the couch, blushing darkly while sending them evil looks.
“Well we
did.”
“You’re not the
only one.”
Faith smirks and laughs as Buffy shoots them a glare. “I guess we should
mingle some.
Love you.”
Faith nips gently at
***
Adam looks at
the computer screens surrounding him, his eyes twitching from one to the other
quickly as he watches the feed to the Initiative while a program runs in the
background.
As the computer
beeps, he brings up the program quickly punching in commands as he works on
getting complete control of the Initiative’s complex, knowing it won’t be much
longer. “Now
to find the two slayers. It is time that they learn what pain
is.” He
rumbles lowly, wondering how the dark-haired one had lived through the beating
he gave her, but swearing she won’t live when he gets a hold of her again.
“Hey,
Frankenstein.
I have the film that you were wanting.” Spike snarls as he lights a cigarette, waving
the tape in front of the monster’s face. “I have more that I’ll give you after you
take this bleedin’ chip outta my head.”
Adam turns his
steely gaze on the vampire, having resorted to using him after the other demons
he’d had at his disposal disappeared. Being able to keep track of where the vampire
goes with the tracking device imbedded into his brain besides the modifier
chip. “I’ll be
the judge of that.
Give me the tape.” Adam growls deeply as the vampire places the
tape in his hand.
“Bloody well is
worth more than gettin’ the chip outta my head, it is. I have two more
tapes of ‘em two fighting, along with the Witchy girlfriend.” Spike lights
another cigarette from the one he just finished.
“Witch?” Adam narrows his
gaze. “Is she
on this tape?”
“There’s a
little bit of her on it, there is.” Spike nods his head. “But I got more of
her on the other tapes.”
Adam taps his
fingers on the desk as he considers his next move. “Stay in the back
out of sight for now.
After I watch this if I deem it worthwhile, then I’ll remove the chip and
you can get the other tapes.” He turns a deadly stare on the vampire. “Don’t think of
taking off. I
will find you and see how many body parts you can lose before you dust if you
do.”
Spike
unconsciously swallows as he feels the fear flow through him. “Aye. I’ll be back in the
cave a bit, then.”
Adam spins
around in the chair and rolls to the small tape player he has hooked up to the
computers.
Inserting it and watching as it comes on, he watches the two slayers
fighting and killing the vampires he’d sent out to test them. As the demon that
he had sent that should have done some serious damage to the slayers with them
being worn down by the vampires is being tag teamed by the slayers, Adam leans
forward as the small blonde slayer seems to try and keep it’s attention while
the other one calls someone on the phone. Growling softly, as the distance of the
vampire keeps him from hearing what is said, he watches intently as the two
women continue to slice at the demon with their knives without doing that much
damage.
Grinning as he
notices the small blonde about to have her head taken off by the demon, he
snarls as the demon freezes. As the camera pans over another blonde coming
to stand by the dark haired slayer, handing the two slayers the swords she’s
carrying, he watches as the rest of it plays out. When the witch sets fire to the demon and
effectively kills him Adam presses the pause button silently wondering if there
is any information on the woman. Spinning back around to the keyboard he does
a capture on the picture and sends it through his database before starting a
search on magic, having not bothered previously.
***
Faith paces
back and forth angrily in the living room, the connection between her and Tara
having finished giving her, her lover’s knowledge, abilities and memories
roughly fifteen minutes ago. She’d been hurt and upset to begin with, now
the anger is flowing through her as she continues to prowl around the apartment
while
Running her
hands roughly through her hair, Faith turns her gaze to their bedroom as she
hears
“Faith?” Tara questions
hoarsely as she stumbles out of the bedroom, stopping and rubbing her eyes as
Faith glances at her before continuing to pace. Frowning at the realization that Faith has
her walls up… hell more like the fucking
“When the fuck
were you gonna tell me that you were gonna have to finish your education
elsewhere after you finished here next year?” Faith growls, her eyes flashing with
anger. “I
can’t fucking leave the Hellmouth for a couple years for you to finish, and I
damn well can’t just spend summers here!”
“Goddess,
Faith. Please
calm down.”
Faith turns and
strides away from
“You’re gonna
have to, Tare.
To finish your schooling to become a veterinarian.” Faith wraps her
arms tightly around her lover’s waist and buries her face in
“Sweetie, the
Doctor is working with his Alma Mater about my doing a learning degree with
him. That
information should have been in there with everything else.”
“It was, but it
ain’t a guarantee, Tare. Then you’ll still have to do all the work and
papers that you would need for your degree.” Faith points out roughly.
“Yes, I’ll be
busy between working and studying, but one way or the other I’ll be doing it
from here. I’m
not leaving you, honey. There are other, less prestigious schools
that offer this program with a respected, qualified veterinarian. Doctor Roberts just
has to agree to it, and he already has. He’s already started all the paperwork
needed, he’s even keeping track of all the operations and other diagnoses that
we’ve had come through that I’ve helped with. I’ve already had more experience than
probably any other student will have at this stage of the learning
process.”
“And then
some.” Faith
mumbles into
“You got a lot
of fucking information up in your head.” Faith grumbles quietly as she finally
bends her legs and scoops
“No need to
be. But going
from a GED to all the information you got…” Faith sighs quietly as she gently places
“I hate to tell
you this, but I don’t think I’ll be able to take all the information back. So, do me a
favor. Turn
the lights off in the living room.”
“Couldn’t have
asked me to do that before I got comfy?” Faith grumbles as she nips gently at
“No. I want you to try
it magically, honey.
You have all my memories and abilities now.”
“Yeah, and I
also know you don’t use magic unless you have a good reason. I have the same
memories you got, babe. Your mama’s teachings were very
effective. You
don’t do something magically that you can do just as easily by regular
means.” Faith
presses her lips again to
“Wanna be
close.” Faith
mumbles, worming her way under the covers and against
“Come on,
love.”
“Love
you.” Faith
mumbles against
“I love you,
too.”
***
Chapter 38
Faith nibbles on her bottom lip as she reads the book,
making notes in a notebook she’d snagged from her lover’s stash. Tara and Joyce
having left to do some grocery shopping for dinner that night along with some
additional regular shopping, both women grumbling about slayer stomachs.
Faith slowly
works her way through the rest of the book, stopping frequently to make notes,
staring for long moments on one particular piece of information that makes her
wonder.
Closing her eyes she picture’s
Growling and
giving up on those thoughts, deciding to wait and have Tara strip when she gets
home, Faith makes notes on the last section of the book. Flipping the book
back to the first page, Faith starts to re-read it carefully making additional
notes and comments as she goes as she waits for Tara to come home.
***
Joyce rolls her
eyes and groans.
“I went to the grocery store almost every day, or had Buffy or Faith run
and pick stuff up.
Usually Faith offered, since she’s not driving impaired.”
“You have no
idea.” Joyce
groans as they push their carts to the corral and walk back to the Jeep. “How are things
working out with the whole Elf angle? Rupert told me that he got in a couple books
from the Council.”
Joyce stares
stunned at Tara, having put the key in the ignition but never starting the
vehicle as
“I don’t
know.”
“Is she
reacting badly to the thought?” Joyce questions, trying to wrap her mind
around Faith being a parent. Shaking her head she finally starts the Jeep,
checking before pulling out.
“Not really
badly. More
confused and worried that something’s going to happen to her. I’ve tried
explaining to her that there’re no guarantee’s for any of us, and not just
because of what living here on the Hellmouth means. I told her anyone
anywhere doesn’t know what tomorrow brings.”
“What?” Joyce looks
worriedly at
“The connection
obviously works from this far away.”
“I know you
mentioned the connection, but can you actually talk to each other or is it a
picture kind of thing?” Joyce questions curiously.
“Both.”
Joyce glances
quickly at
“You have no
idea.”
“Knowing Faith,
I might.”
Joyce grins as
“You really
don’t want to know.”
“And miss the
fact that I invited Julie over to the house for dinner?” Joyce laughs out
loud as
“She was trying
to behave, though it was driving her crazy wondering about you and Doc
Roberts.”
Joyce blushes
lightly and bites her bottom lip. “He’s a very nice man.”
“Yes, he
is.”
Joyce groans
quietly and runs a finger over her forehead. “Friday night he’s taking me out to
dinner.”
“Ohhh,
boy. I feel
some serious ribbing coming your way.”
“Great. I didn’t even think
about that.”
Joyce mumbles as she steps out of the Jeep, helping
“Don’t need
to.”
“I’m becoming
more comfortable with the idea.” Faith admits softly. “We probably should
talk some more about it.” Faith strokes a finger gently down
“The last three
bags on the right side.”
“We’ll talk
about what I found out in a little while.” Faith gently bumps into
“You read the
whole book?”
“Yes,
babe.” Faith
smiles gently at her lover. “Mrs. S, is it okay if we forgo dinner
tonight?”
Faith looks at Buffy’s mom, blinking as Joyce chuckles and shakes her
head.
“You want to
miss Buffy squirming when she realizes I invited Julie to the house for
dinner?”
Joyce’s eyes light up at the thought.
“You
didn’t!” Faith
laughs and looks at
“It might be
best to give them a chance to get to know each other without us
interfering.”
Faith snorts,
then apologizes.
“You didn’t tell her?” Laughing loudly, Faith follows the two women
out of the elevator.
“Mrs. S, your ass is gonna be grass!!”
“I’m blaming
you two.”
Joyce smirks at the two young women, her eyes twinkling. “You’ve been a bad
influence on me.
Let alone the things you’ve done and said to poor Buffy!”
Faith smirks as
she pushes the door open. “
“Have
not.”
“Who was the
one teasing Buffy with saying we’d had sex in all the different places around
the apartment?”
Faith chuckles as
“She’s so easy
to tease, I couldn’t resist. But who was the one that was standing there
naked to let her in our apartment?”
“No wonder she
always comes home a basket case after being around you two.” Joyce laughs as
Faith and
“No, we’ll let
you have the family time thing tonight. Let B know me and Tare will take care of
patrol so she don’t have to worry about it. We need to talk anyway.” Faith finishes
putting the meat
“Thanks for the
ride to the grocery store.”
“Anytime,
“We will. You have a good
night. Be sure
to let us know what happens.”
Faith finishes
placing the staples in the pantry and cabinets before folding the bags and
putting them away.
“Well, we’re stocked up for a couple days.”
“If that.”
“Thought I
would try it, instead of using the full wall. I just wanted certain things that I learned
to stay with me for now, until I find out for sure.” Faith smiles softly
at her lover.
“I need you to strip. I think I remember something on your body and
wanted to double check it.”
“Hmm… I like that
idea.” Faith
smirks at the thought of getting Tara’s nipples and belly button pieced, not
worried so much about tattooing the beautiful pale skin, enjoying marking the
pale flesh with her mouth instead.
“We’ll discuss
it.”
“I need to look
at your body.”
Faith waves her finger and looks pointedly at her clothes.
“I think this
is just your way of making me strip so you can play.”
“Oh, you would
know if I wanted to play.” Faith growls playfully as she reaches out to
stroke a finger over the flesh pushed up by the bra. Shaking her head,
Faith eases back from
“What are you
looking for?”
“Birthmarks.” Faith slowly works her way around
“Birthmarks?”
“Still
looking.
Birthmarks aren’t always real noticeable, ya’ know.” Faith points out as
she tugs on
“Bossy assed
slayer.”
“Hell yeah, I
did. And I did
a damn good job of picking them out. But you’re the one that makes them look
absolutely wonderful.” Faith shakes her head at the sight of her
lover in the skimpy underwear. Trailing a finger along the edge of the
waistband, Faith smirks as
“I’m still
looking.”
Faith smirks as she finally drags her face away from her lover’s body,
having been enjoying the smell of arousal coming from Tara, silently debating on
making love to
“If you’re
going to be teasing me, I’d rather you do this while I’m lying down so I don’t
collapse from lack of oxygen.”
“That can be
arranged.”
Faith scoops
“Clothes.”
“Like the
sounds of that.”
Faith chuckles and quickly strips her clothes off and kneels on the bed,
placing a quick kiss on Tara’s lips, before starting at
Faith chews on
her bottom lip, trying to keep her thoughts from leaking to her lover. Sighing quietly as
“Please,
Faith.”
“But if you
don’t have the birthmarks, it’s a moot point.” Faith looks up at her lover. “I don’t know if it
would get your hopes up if I tell you only to dash ‘em if you do or don’t have
the birthmarks.
I don’t honestly know how you’ll feel.”
“Just tell me.”
Faith exhales
loudly as she finishes looking at her lover’s legs. “Do you mind if I
look at your back side? I didn’t think you had anything on your front
half. I’ve
spent quite a few hours on it, and never noticed anything. But your
backside…”
Faith hesitates
for a few minutes, as she slowly works her way up Tara’s body, trailing her
fingertips over
Faith looks at
the paler areas on both butt cheeks. Knowing that if she hadn’t been specifically
looking for them, she would have missed the two birthmarks. Trailing a finger
over her lover’s left butt cheek, she smiles at the sight of what could only be
an apple.
“What does the apple, or apple tree mean,
“I’m assuming
you’re not meaning as in the Adam and Eve portion…”
Faith nods at
the explanation, tracing the shape of the apple on her lover’s butt cheek. Shifting her hand
to the shape on her lover’s right butt cheek, Faith stares at it for a few long
minutes as she sifts through all the information her lover had learned from her
mother. “You
have an inordinate amount of information on plants, trees and herbs,
“My mother’s
doing. She
said that it was part of my heritage to know the good along with the bad that
plants could do. Plus with magic, I needed to know where to
ground and not ground myself.”
Faith hums
quietly as she trails her fingers over the other birthmark, the looks of it was
harder to make out, but almost positive it’s an elm tree. “What of the
elm?”
“What if you
were to find out that your mom hadn’t found her soul mate and actually found
another elf to mate with instead? The only other way to continue her line was
to mate with another female elf.” Faith presses a soft kiss to
“Pretty sure,
babe.” Faith
finally drops the wall before easing her face in her lover’s neck, pressing a
hot, wet kiss to the flesh, smiling as
Faith sighs in
relief, flicking her tongue out to lick across her lover’s pulse point. “There was one
thing I was wondering that the book didn’t explain and you don’t know. But does the elfin
lines mean anythin’, or is it like saying you’re French, English, Swedish,
Scottish, or whatever?”
“And you’re
very stable and even tempered.” Faith offers, wiggling a little as
“Which with you
is a definite plus.”
“Yeah,
yeah. But you
love me anyway.”
Faith growls as
“I love you
completely.”
“What?” Faith questions
hoarsely, tuning into her lover’s surprise and shock.
“Your
ear…”
Faith
unconsciously groans and closes her eyes at Tara’s touch, pressing her body more
firmly into
Faith growls
with desire as
“Shit!” Faith groans,
shaking her head.
“
“Damn!”
“Don’t wanna
get it.” Faith
mumbles into
“It might be
important.”
“Fuck!” Faith growls and
eases from her lover to answer the ringing phone.
***
Chapter 39
“Damn wimpy
assed slayer.”
Faith grumbles quietly as they make their way up the sidewalk outside the
Summers’ residence.
“I didn’t
either before you, and I didn’t act like this.” Faith puts on an innocent wide-eyed
look. “Faith,
“She’s going to
kick your ass for picking on her like that.”
“I’d like to
see her try.”
Faith grins evilly at the thought. Turning her head she looks down the street as
she hears a vehicle driving slowly towards them.
“That’s
Julie.” Tara
recognizes the car, quickly stepping back towards the street, Tara waves towards
the woman, smiling as Julie waves back and picks up speed before slowing down to
pull in the driveway.
“Good
timing!” Julie
grins jumping out of the vehicle and shutting the door.
“So how did
Mrs. S end up inviting you here for dinner?” Faith questions curiously, smirking at the
woman.
Julie blushes
and shrugs her shoulders. “She didn’t really invite me. It was more of an
order.” Julie
admits, a quick smile crossing her face. “I swore I heard her mumbling something about
if she left it up to Buffy, she’d be old and gray before she would ask.”
Faith snorts
and
“I don’t
know. She
picked up quite a few different items at the grocery store.”
Julie swallows
hard and slowly nods her head as both women look at her intently. “Yes, I do.”
“Good. Never got that vibe
from you before, though.”
“Probably
because it’s been so long since I’ve been with anyone, I’m sending off a
neutered vibe.”
Julie grumbles, before laughing.
Faith grunts
and pulls
“You go five
minutes without any and you’re going through withdrawals.”
“Ain’t no
fun.” Faith
grumbles before pinching Tara’s butt and opening the door to the house, sliding
quickly inside before
“You’re going
to pay for that.”
“I can’t wait
and see what the Doc will do when you act like this at the clinic.” Julie chuckles
gleefully as she rubs her hands together.
“I already
warned him about the fact we might be getting naughty, he didn’t seem overly
concerned about it.”
Faith wiggles her eyebrows as she calls out. “Mrs. S, we’re
here.” Faith
nods her head towards the kitchen before heading that way.
“She just makes
herself at home, huh?” Julie cautiously follows Faith into the
kitchen.
“That’s because
she lived here for over a year.” Tara explains as she smiles at the sight of
Faith sneaking a piece of carrot off the cutting board after whispering
something back to Joyce, having heard Joyce’s voice before she stepped into the
kitchen.
“I’ll put your
ass to work.”
Joyce warns, halfheartedly smacking at the slayer, winking
conspiratorially at the slayer.
“What’cha want
me to do?”
Faith accepts the knife from Joyce and starts cutting the carrots she
hands her.
“Anything you
want me to do, and where’s Buffy?”
“You can throw
a salad together if you want, and Buffy had to run down to the corner store to
pick up another gallon of milk. As soon as I got home she fixed a couple
sandwiches and pretty much demolished the gallon I had here.” Joyce grumbles
quietly, shaking her head at her daughter.
“You know she
sucks that stuff down like there’s no tomorrow.” Faith chuckles and pops another piece of
carrot in her mouth as she goes back to slicing the carrots. “What’s for dinner
anyway?”
“Baked chicken,
steamed carrots, salad, baked potatoes, rolls and I picked up a couple pies at
the grocery store along with ice cream.” Joyce grins as Faith groans appreciatively.
“How come I get
the idea that food is a major thing with Faith?” Julie murmurs to
“Her and Buffy
both. And to
just give you a little hint, it’s useless to whisper, they both have exceptional
hearing.”
“She’s
back.” Faith
wiggles her eyebrows and watches Julie straighten slightly and her head turn
towards the kitchen doorway.
“Don’t
hafta. Was
going to, but B called.” Faith shrugs and finishes with the
carrots.
“She’s fair game now.”
“I heard
that.” Buffy
grumbles quietly at Faith, before smiling shyly at Julie. “Did you find the
house okay?”
“Yes, I
did. Your mom
gave great directions.” Julie looks over at Mrs. Summers who’s
giggling quietly as she checks the potatoes and chickens in the oven.
“Yes, mom and I
are going to need to have a little discussion.” Buffy narrows her gaze on her mom.
“Well, ladies
the chicken and potatoes are almost done, so I’ll put the carrots on to steam,
if you don’t mind setting the table?” Joyce conveniently ignores Buffy.
Faith snorts as
she grabs down plates, looking at her lover, she winks at
“Sure, we’ll
set the table.”
“Got that
right.” Joyce
smirks as she hears her daughter whimper.
Buffy grumbles
as she places the milk in the refrigerator. Shutting the door she opens the freezer and
pulls out the ice container and quickly fills the glasses with the ice
cubes.
“I’ll take
these into the dining room.” Julie offers, grabbing three glasses and
heading towards the dining room door.
“You might want
to…” Buffy
trails off before laughing at the squeak she hears coming from Julie. “Wait.” Buffy finishes,
smirking as Julie turns quickly around and sets the glasses on the island
again.
“Don’t tell me
they’re going at it already?” Joyce rolls her eyes as she pulls out the
potatoes and chickens.
“When aren’t
they going at it?
At least I think they still had their clothes on.” Buffy chuckles at
the blushing Julie.
“They were
still on, but not quite in their proper positions.” Julie admits,
blushing remembering getting a glimpse of tanned skin from where
“Clothes on is
good.” Buffy
nods her head as she grabs the glasses and carries them into the dining
room. “Stop
trying to eat Faith,
“She’s pretty
tasty, though.”
“Fuck,
yeah.” Faith
growls, picking
“Don’t use my
room!” Buffy
calls out after the two women, rolling her eyes as she turns around to a
wide-eyed Julie.
“You get used to it after a while. As long as clothes are more or less on, it’s
of the good.”
Buffy sniggers quietly as she eases past the tall dark-haired woman and
walks into the kitchen.
Joyce chuckles
as she cuts apart the chickens, leaving complete chicken breasts whole for Buffy
and Faith.
“You’ll have to tell her about the shock you had when
“Jeez mom! I’d rather not.
I still
haven’t pulled my foot out of my mouth for that one. Though
“What
happened?”
Julie questions curiously, surprised when Buffy blushes darkly.
“I got a major
eyeful after going off on Faith before I knew or understood what was
happening.”
Buffy wipes a hand down her face as she walks back to the kitchen.
“You didn’t
catch those two in the middle of…” Julie’s eyes open wide at the thought.
“No! Thank God that
hasn’t happened yet!!
Though the way those two go at it…” Buffy smirks as she hears a distinct ‘bitch’
coming from Faith upstairs. “Of course seeing naked Faith running around
is becoming a common occurrence.” Buffy chuckles wickedly as she hears Faith
crying out loudly, looking at Julie, who’s eyes are opened wide and staring up
at the ceiling.
“They’re
not…” Julie
stares in shock as Buffy nods her head grinning hugely at her. “You’re just
screwing with me.”
“Nope. They’re getting all
hot and heavy up there. Be thankful they’re not doing it in the
kitchen… or on the dining room table.” Buffy blinks and looks at the table in
consideration.
“If they did…”
Buffy growls quietly at the thought.
“Buffy, honey,
stop picking on those two and help with carrying the rest of the food in.” Joyce bumps into
her daughter as she carries the large platter piled high with chicken into the
dining room.
“Yes, mom. But you have to
tell the horny two to come down for dinner.” Buffy smirks as she spins around to gather
more of the food carrying it in.
“Faith,
“They really
aren’t up there having sex, are they?” Julie questions Mrs. Summers, surprised as
Joyce just grins at her in answer.
“Ye of little
trust.” Buffy
has to laugh at the shocked look on Julie’s face. “I’m sorry, but you can ask them when they
come back down.”
Buffy gently runs a hand down the taller woman’s arm, smiling up into
pale blue eyes.
“Be careful at the clinic. If you don’t know where they are, you might
want to keep your eyes open so you don’t accidentally walk in on them.”
Buffy snorts
and shakes her head.
“You might want to tell Julie what you two were up to, she doesn’t
believe us.”
“Like she won’t
possibly walk in on something at the office.” Faith grins before nuzzling tenderly at
“I love you,
too.
Julie stares at
the two women in shock before slowly shaking her head. “In a way I think
you’re just messing with me… but in another I believe it.”
“Believe
it.” Faith
grins and wiggles her eyebrows. Hugging
Julie slowly
follows the women, feeling like she’s dropped into the twilight zone. Watching as Joyce
settles at the head of the table, while Faith and
Accepting the
platter of chicken, she puts a wing on her plate before passing it to Buffy
shaking her head as the woman piles her plate as much as Faith is. Laughing softly,
she fills her plate, passing the items on to Buffy from where Faith hands them
to her.
Settling down to eat, she listens to the playful banter between the
women, occasionally commenting and answering questions that are directed at
her.
“So, how long
have you been living here in Sunnydale, Julie?” Joyce questions curiously as she sips on her
soda.
“Three years,
actually. I
moved here from
“Not meaning
for it to sound the way it’s going to, but why the hell did you move here?” Buffy yelps as her
mom smacks her. “Mom!”
“You could have
phrased that better.
I thought I taught you manners.” Joyce narrows her gaze on her daughter before
turning her look on Faith who’s chuckling and Tara who has a hand over her mouth
and was trying not to laugh.
“We know she
doesn’t have any manners. Anyone that comes busting into a person’s
bedroom…”
Faith snaps her mouth shut as
Buffy
interrupts before
Julie smiles at
Buffy before relaxing back in the chair and turning somewhat towards the small
blonde. “I
wanted to live in
“Hmm. Sounds like this
town might actually get something right occasionally.” Buffy murmurs
before blushing and looking down at her plate.
Faith elbows
Faith grasps
Tara’s hand, threading her fingers through
“Are they
always like that?”
Julie questions, unconsciously shifting closer to Buffy as she whispers
the words.
“Whispering in
this house with me or Faith around is useless.” Buffy grins at the woman before answering her
question, not aware that Julie had already been told the same thing. “And yes, they’re
like this or worse most of the time. After you accidentally walk in on them a
couple times, or hear them you’ll eventually get used to it.”
“Do that often,
do you?” Julie
laughs as Buffy blushes and rubs a hand over her face.
“It isn’t my
fault. It’s
theirs!” Buffy
points accusingly at the two chuckling women across from them. “Opening the door
while naked, strolling around the house without a care and without a stitch of
clothing on...”
Buffy rolls her eyes as Faith chuckles wickedly.
“Do you mind
that I like to run around the house naked?” Faith questions her lover curiously.
“Personally I
enjoy the hell out of it. Clothes are optional at our apartment, though
I think Joyce prefers them to more or less stay on here.”
“She never took
the hint about wearing the robes I kept buying her. So it was either
get used to it, or just overlook it.” Joyce admits, before turning mischief-filled
eyes on her daughter.
“Though I think I took it a lot better than Buffy has.”
“Because they
don’t tease you and answer the damn door nude literally after they have had
sex.” Buffy
grumbles, blushing a deep dark red.
“I think you’re
just jealous.”
Julie whispers softly.
Buffy snaps her
head towards the woman, her eyes wide, while Faith guffaws loudly.
“Hot damn! I like her.” Faith grins hugely
at
“I work in a
veterinarian’s office. I see a lot of weird and disgusting
things. What
do you think?”
Julie rolls her eyes at the dark-haired woman.
“Good. I’ll take that as a
no.” Faith
chuckles and relaxes back in the chair, clasping
Deciding to
change the conversation slightly,
“I’ve done the
mom thing.
I’ve invited her to the house it’s up to Buffy now.” Joyce jokes and
smirks at her blushing daughter.
“Mom!!” Buffy groans,
crossing her arms over her chest. “How do you know she even likes me? Or that she might
be gay… or at least bi?”
“I’m
biased. How
can she not like you?” Joyce winks at her daughter, before glancing
at Julie, chuckling as the woman blushes lightly even as she laughs. “Anyway, I’m not
getting any younger and I asked her if she liked you.”
“YOU
DIDN’T!” Buffy
cries out, feeling like her cheeks are going to burst into flames at any
moment.
Turning worried eyes towards Julie, she whimpers as she sees the truth in
Julie’s eyes.
“I’m sorry.”
Julie shrugs
and slowly relaxes even more. Though the women obviously enjoyed picking on
each other tremendously, they obviously cared about each other. Though having a
woman’s mother trying to hook her up with her daughter was odd, she wasn’t going
to look a gift horse in the mouth. “Would you maybe like to go out to dinner one
night this week?”
Julie questions softly, her eyes serious.
Buffy nibbles
on her lip and slowly nods her head. “If you don’t mind going out with me.”
“Would I ask if
I minded?”
Julie chuckles and reaches up to tuck a loose blonde hair behind Buffy’s
ear, smiling as the woman smiles shyly at her again. Loving that smile,
but also liking the mischievous smile, along with the grins and other facial
features she’s seen crossing the small woman’s face.
“See, you
didn’t need us here to run interference for ya’, B.” Faith tugs on
“You had them
come over here because I was going to be here?” Julie blinks in surprise as she turns to
Buffy.
Ignoring the fact that Joyce had taken the opportunity and disappeared
into the kitchen.
“Ummm…
Yes.” Buffy
admits quietly, her eyes downcast. “I’ve never…” Taking a deep breath, Buffy finally looks up
into gorgeous pale blue eyes. “I’ve never been attracted to a woman before,
Julie. Let
alone even considered the possibility of dating one. They were kind of
here to help me relax and break up the seriousness of my mom actually butting
her nose into my love life.”
“Was it so
bad?” Julie
questions softly, her eyes searching Buffy’s hazel eyes.
“No. Actually I think it
might have been the right thing to do.” Buffy smiles softly, finally relaxing. “I don’t know when,
if ever, I would have gotten up the courage to ask you out.”
“Subtle hint,
here Buffy. I
was planning on questioning
“Thank
God.” Buffy
chuckles. “I
know mom bought dessert, but would you like to maybe walk downtown and get a
milk shake or something?”
“I think I
would like that.”
Julie smiles as Buffy stands and holds her hand out to her. Gently grasping the
petite blonde’s hand, she follows her out of the house.
Joyce grins at
the sight of her daughter and Julie walking down the sidewalk, still holding
hands. “You
owe your old mom, Buffy.” Joyce chuckles before walking back to the
dining room to gather the dishes, placing the food on the island as Faith and
Faith chuckles
and settles down at the island.
“And did you
two actually sneak upstairs and have sex?” Joyce questions curiously as she sits down
across from Faith, smiling at the sight of
“What do you
think, Mrs. S?”
Faith laughs as Joyce tosses the dishtowel at her. “Nah. But we did make out
for a while. I
can’t believe you wanted us to push their buttons like that.”
“Like you were
against the idea.”
“My daughter
makes too many comments that Faith can play on normally, it was bound to
happen.” Joyce
shrugs, chuckling quietly. “But I was afraid if I didn’t push Buffy a
little she would never admit she liked her. I didn’t realize Julie was planning on
pushing the matter if Buffy didn’t.”
“Who cares how
they got together, as long as they do. Got them together, it’s up to them to take it
from here.”
Faith works on a chicken leg, leaning back into her lover.
Stroking both
hands gently over Faith’s shoulders,
Faith grumbles
quietly under her breath. “I guess. You’re wantin’ to tell him what we learned,
ain’t ya’?”
Faith questions roughly.
“Some of
it. I honestly
don’t believe a good portion of it has anything to do with the Watcher’s
Council.”
“And they don’t
have any right to the information about elves.” Faith whispers, tilting her head back to look
up into blue eyes.
“Not that we have all the answers, but we have a better understanding
than we did.
Do you know how much info you wanna give him?”
“Just tell him
that you are becoming an Elf, and that you literally have all my memories,
abilities and information along with your own. We aren’t exactly sure what that entails, and
that’s the truth.”
“Except if I
really need to bippity boppity boo something, I can.” Faith grins at her
lover, accepting the kiss she gives her.
“Yes.”
“You’re
becoming an Elf?”
Joyce questions, her eyes widening in surprise.
“Well, her ears
are not quite so round and are becoming more… sensitive.”
Faith grabs
“Yep.”
“What comes
around goes around?” Joyce questions curiously, her eyes alight with
laughter.
“Oh… and then
some.”
“Might make her
think twice before doing something from now on.” Joyce points out, looking from
“I’m looking
forward to it.”
Faith smirks and rubs the spot while wiggling her eyebrows.
“Rotten.”
***
Chapter 40
“I really
should let the Council know about this new development.” Giles pinches his
nose and closes his eyes at the thought of Faith actually, physically, becoming
an elf.
“I’d rather
them not know exactly what the book says about elves. There’s probably a
very good reason why there isn’t a lot of information readily available about
us, and I would rather it stay that way.”
Giles looks at
the two women for a few minutes before slowly nodding his head. “I understand, and
more yet, agree with you. Though they will know more about elves now
that Faith is…”
Giles waves at the slayer, furrowing his brows at the thought before
shaking his head.
“What’s bad is
the fact that there’s still a lot of shit we don’t know.” Faith looks towards
Faith shrugs
and looks at the Watcher, silently wondering what he thinks.
Seeing the look
on the slayer’s face, Giles just shakes his head. “I don’t know, Faith. Unfortunately the
only way to know is if someone tried to kill one of you after you reach your
full potential.
Until then, I would assume that if one of you should die, eventually the
other would follow.
Or maybe that would only work if you died first, Faith.
“But she is
becoming an elf.”
Faith hears her
lover’s thoughts and glances up at the clock, realizing if they want to clean up
they should probably get ready to leave. “
Giles slowly
nods his understanding. “Let me think on it for a bit. I wonder if the
best thing to do would be just to ignore the fact that you two can read the
book, but since no one can read it that I want to keep it here in case something
within Tara ‘unlocks’ at some date so she can read it.” Giles murmurs out
loud, more thinking out loud than actually speaking to the two young women.
“If you go that
way, I’d appreciate it.”
“Quite.” Giles purses his
lips and taps the earpiece of his glasses against his lips as he continues to
think through what information they’ve learned and which way he should go.
“We need to go,
babe. I want
to take a quick shower before meeting up with B and Jules.” Faith smiles as
“Yes, yes. Have a good
night.” Giles
waves the two women out the door before settling down, silently considering what
to do.
***
Buffy nervously
changes for the fifth time, looking at herself in the full-length mirror,
groaning as she goes back to her closet again.
Joyce chuckles
quietly as she pokes her head in her daughter’s room, seeing the pile of clothes
on her bed, never remembering Buffy having this much problem choosing what to
wear before.
“Having difficulties?”
”MOM!” Buffy whines and looks at her mother as she
looks back at her closet. “I don’t have anything to wear.” Buffy finally
grumbles loudly.
Joyce snorts
loudly before shaking her head at her daughter. “Honey, you have plenty to wear. Look at the bed and
your closet.
Heck, you even have more clothes in Faith’s closet now that she’s moved
out.”
Buffy’s eyes
light up and she slides by her mom to head to the other closet. “Maybe something
from there…”
Joyce groans
and slowly follows her daughter across the hallway as Buffy starts to sort
through her clothes.
“What does one
woman wear out on a date with another woman?” Buffy questions herself more than her mom as
she looks at her clothes.
“Whatever she
wants to.”
Joyce answers, chuckling at the soft growl and the dirty look she
receives from her daughter. “Honey, you know she already likes you. From talking with
her Sunday, she seems to like you for you, not what you look like.”
Buffy pouts
slightly. “But
I want her to like the way I look, too.”
Joyce groans
and drops down to sit on the bed as she watches her daughter. “I’m sure she does,
Buffy. But she
isn’t going to care if you’re wearing jeans, a skirt, shorts or a pair of your
leather pants.”
Buffy’s eyes
light up at the mention of the leather pants. “Yes! I’ll wear my red leather pants and the black
halter top…”
Buffy finally digs out the leather pants from the closet and runs out of
the room to hurriedly finish getting dressed so she can re-touch her make-up and
head towards the restaurant.
“God help
Julie.” Joyce
laughs and falls back on the bed, shaking her head at her daughter’s antics.
***
“Faith,
behave.”
“Can’t. Love you in those
pants. They’re
so snug, and your ass flexes…” Faith growls deeply as she watches
“I didn’t
realize you had an ass fetish.”
“I didn’t…
before.” Faith
laughs and slides up beside Tara, throwing her arm over her lover’s shoulder as
“Hmmm… And exactly how are
you planning on doing that?”
“Pretty much
just like that.
And wherever the mood takes me.” Faith growls softly into
“By almost
fifteen minutes.
Think she’s eager?”
“That would be
a yes.” Faith
laughs softly as they come to a stop by Julie. “B ain’t here yet, I take it?”
“Honey, you
know better than that.”
“Yeah, she has
terminal late-itus.”
Faith looks slowly up Julie’s body, quirking her eyebrow at the tight
faded jeans, hugging the muscular legs to the tight purple t-shirt tucked into
the jeans and the long black hair hanging loosely halfway down the tall woman’s
back, having to admit between the figure, the classical features and the ice
blue eyes, the woman was definitely hot. “FUCK!” Faith jumps a yard up in the air as she gets
her ass cheek pinched. “Damn it!” Faith growls, rubbing hard at the spot as she
turns to look at her innocent looking girlfriend. “Ain’t like I was thinkin’ bad thoughts or
gonna act on it or anything.”
“I wasn’t
fuckin’ checking her out. I was just looking at her!” Faith growls, still
rubbing her butt cheek, having a feeling she’ll have a bruise there for at least
an hour.
“Oh, and it was
someone else that was thinking she’s ‘Hot’, right?”
“Damn it,
Tare. Like you
ain’t ever looked at no-one and thought they were hot before.” Faith grumbles,
pouting slightly as she leans against the wall by her lover. Knowing
Faith rolls her
eyes and bangs her head lightly against the wall behind her. “I ain’t got in
trouble for looking at guys yet.” Faith fights the smile crossing her face as
“You are
rotten.”
“I love you,
too.” Faith
looks over at a bemused Julie and shrugs her shoulders. “We don’t, and
probably really can’t, hide much of anything from each other. Not that I’d really
want to.”
Faith admits softly, looking at
“I can go for
that.” Faith
chuckles and sneaks in a soft, lingering kiss.
Julie looks on
in surprise at the loving display between the two women. It being so
different from the joking and picking on each other that they normally do at the
office or even the extreme naughtiness from Sunday’s dinner.
“Here comes
B.” Faith
smiles as she eases back slightly from
Julie turns to
look where Faith’s indicating. Watching in stunned surprise as Buffy comes
around the corner at a fast walk. “How the hell…?” Julie turns to look
back at Faith who just smirks at her. “If you tell me exceptionally good hearing
again, I just might smack you.” Julie warns.
Julie groans at
the two women, before turning her gaze back on the petite blonde coming their
way. The groan
turns to a low whimper as she actually notices what the woman is wearing. “Kill me now.”
“You ain’t
thinkin’ naughty thoughts are you?” Faith growls quietly into
“I don’t think
naughty thoughts about her. I usually just say naughty things to
her.”
“I’m not even
going there.”
Buffy warns, looking at the two women, before her gaze and stance softens
as she looks up at Julie. “Sorry for the late-itude. Had a fight with my
closet.” Buffy
ignores the snorts coming from behind her. “You loooooook…” Buffy trails off as
she looks up the long strong legs, the hips hugged enticingly with the faded
jeans. The
tight t-shirt hugging the woman’s cleavage almost like a second skin and to a
twitching, full lipped mouth, finally coming to rest on ice-blue eyes looking at
her, the merriment obvious in their depths. Blushing darkly, Buffy fidgets slightly. “Good. Real good.” Buffy mumbles as
she looks down.
“Thank
you.” Julie
laughs quietly, relaxing even more at Buffy’s comments and looks. The woman’s
overwhelming sexiness enhanced by the black halter-top, leaving the tanned,
toned stomach bare, along with the surprisingly strong looking arms and
shoulders down to the tight red leather pants that encased the lightly muscular
legs and slight hips.
Silently wondering what Buffy’s ass looks like in the pants, Julie bites
her bottom lip to keep from asking Buffy to turn around. “Personally, I’m
feeling a little underdressed. Between you and Faith wearing leather pants
and
“Oh, no, no,
no. You look
gorgeous, I mean, wonderful, I mean…” Buffy whimpers and looks at her two friends
for help.
“She’s
hot.” Faith
admits, and shrugs her shoulders. Smirking as Buffy’s head bounces up and down
in agreement as she looks back at Julie, her eyes practically devouring the tall
woman, before she realizes what she’s agreeing too and groans loudly, the blush
darkening on her face.
“Here we go
again.”
Faith whistles
sharply, making both women jerk their heads towards her. “Inside, now. Food, dinner,
conversation.
You two can stare at each other some other time.” Faith hurries
inside, barely getting out of the way of the foot aimed at her ass from
Buffy.
“After
you.” Buffy
looks up nervously, wondering what Julie’s going to think or do about the way
she’s been acting.
Surprised to see the soft smile on the woman’s full, pink lips.
Realizing how
nervous Buffy obviously is, Julie gently strokes a hand up and down the small
woman’s arm.
“Relax, Buffy.
I know this is all new for you, but just treat me like you do anyone
else.”
Buffy sighs and
slowly nods her head, before suddenly shaking it vehemently. “No. I like you
differently than I do everyone else, Julie. I can’t treat you like I do my friends.”
Julie blinks in
surprise at how readily the woman gave up that information. Leaning forward
slightly, Julie whispers in Buffy’s ear. “Good. I like you a lot more than just as a friend
also. But we
can start with friendship and see where it leads afterwards, if it would make
you feel more comfortable.”
Buffy closes
her eyes at the warm breath washing over her ear and neck, inhaling the subtle
musk coming from Julie. “More than friendship, I hope.” Buffy blinks her
eyes open, turning her head quickly to place a quick kiss on Julie’s cheek
before ushering the taller woman into the restaurant, chuckling at the stunned
look on Julie’s face as she walks into the restaurant. ‘Maybe this won’t
be as bad as I thought.’ Buffy murmurs internally as she follows
Julie.
***
Julie laughs at
the three women’s antics as
“Now you guys
are pulling my leg.
There’s no way
“We’re not
joking with you.
They’re both evil!” Buffy unconsciously leans against Julie, the
women having opted for a booth. “Other than the first time
“She can’t get
enough of me, what can I say?” Faith shrugs and laughs as
“No.”
Faith snatches
the check as the waiter lays it on the table, just beating Buffy to it. Wiggling her
eyebrows, she digs in her pocket and pulls out the cash. “My treat
tonight. You
can pay next time, B.”
“But…” Buffy growls
softly, her eyes narrowed on the other slayer.
“No buts. I’m figurin’
there’ll be a next time. And probably quite a few more after
that.” Faith
nods her head to a smiling Julie. “You don’t mind double-datin’ occasionally,
do ya’?”
Julie shakes
her head, laughing softly. “Hell no. This is the most fun I’ve had in years.”
“At my
expense.”
Buffy grumbles good-naturedly smiling as Julie presses gently against her
and chuckles.
“I think you
get as much of a kick out of it, as they do.” Julie whispers softly in Buffy’s ear,
grinning as Buffy unconsciously shivers against her. The light touching
and pressing of their sides and legs against each other through dinner
definitely a dead giveaway that Buffy likes her.
“Uh, huh.” Buffy can’t say
anything else as the warm breath blows in her ear, making her brain functions
non-existent.
Faith snorts
softly and pats
***