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Summer of Faith	By : norwalker Category: BtVS AU/AR > FemmeSlash - Female/Female > Buffy/Faith Views: 7168 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
Disclaimer: I do not own Buffy the Vampire Slayer (BtVS), nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

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Chapter 17

Buffy stood in front of Sunnydale High. She watched Faith pull away, and continued watching her until she turned out of sight. Her mind was whirling over the events of the last 12 hours or so, and she was in a bit of a daze. Her tongue touched her lips, and she could still taste Faith’s lips on hers. And she still wondered when that old guy from The Twilight Zone was gonna step out of the bushes and talk about all of this.
She shook off her confusion, and turned towards the school steps. As she approached, she saw Willow and Xander  waiting for her. Willow looked a little puzzled and worried: Xander…well… he looked like Xander.
“ Hey, guys” Buffy greeted her friends cheerfully. Somehow, she felt cheerful this morning.
“ Buffy, you’re late. You know you gotta make up a lot of work yet to graduate on time” Willow blurted out, but that wasn’t really was on her mind.
“ Hey, Buffster. Who’s the new hottie you were with?” Xander never fails to get right to the point.
Buffy smiled. She has to agree with Xander(a frightening thought).Faith’s nothing, if not a hottie. And leave it to Xander to speak of it first.
“ That’s Faith. She’s new in town.” Was all that Buffy had to say.
“So, Buffy, what? Is she like going to be going to school here?” Willow asked. Her curiosity about this new girl was killing her.
They start walking to class as Buffy replies:
“ I don’t think so, Will. Faith and School are like those 3 things that don’t mix together well…Oil, water…(she puzzles it a moment) and that other thing that doesn’t mix well”
“So what’s her sitch, Buff?” Xander asks, wondering how he might be able to hit on the new girl. Then remembering Cordelia, and thinking probably not a good idea.
“Oh… nothing much” Buffy starts, waiting for it…waiting for it… “ She’s the new slayer in town”
Her friends eyes go wide, and Willow nearly drops her books.(Xander would have too, but he is allergic to them, and doesn’t carry any).
Willow and Xander, together “ NEW SLAYER???”
“When, how…huh?” Xander is confused(not hard to do)
Willow is more concerned for her friend, “ New slayer? Don’t they know we have a slayer in town already? A perfectly good slayer, too. Is Sunnydale big enough for two slayers? Well, we are on a Hellmouth, and have lots of Demon activity, but …well, are you going to divide up the town, and who gets what side? Or rotate? One patrol one night…” Buffy gently interrupts Willow’s babble. She does adore it, though.
“Guys, guys, I don’t know much more than you do. She showed up last night. Giles brought her over to Mom’s house. I guess she is here to help out with the Mayor and stuff. Anyway, she’ll be staying with us for awhile.” All true, but not nearly half the story, Buffy chuckles to herself
“Staying with you?” Xander asks. The possibilities are endless to his adolescent mind
“ I’m not sure I like her. I mean, we have the best slayer already. Why do we need another?” Willow huffs a little
Buffy looks at her friend, and grins “ Gee, Will, do I detect a little extra green in your eyes today?”
“Huh? What? Extra green? Oh…my…no…no jealousy here, Buffy. Uh- uh…I mean, sure you ride up on her motorcycle late and …sure you look all buddy- buddy but …I mean…Why would I be…that’s just silly. I’m not at all…” Willow babbles, to Buffy’s amusement.
Buffy flings her arm over Willow’s shoulder. “ New slayer or no, Will. You’ll always be my best bud” Buffy smiles at Willow. Willow get pink in the cheeks.
“ Aw, Buffy…”
“ Hey, we better get to class before Sny….” Buffy begins, but is interrupted
Behind them is a small little man with a small little life who  gets no greater joy than bullying his students. Principal Snyder. And no, he probably never had a date in High School… if ever.
“Well, well, well. My three least favorite students. Aren’t you supposed to be somewhere?” He sneers.
“We…we’re just on our way to Chemistry” Willow pipes up.
“Well, I would hate to think you might be ditching or anything. I'm sure none of you would want that, especially Ms. Summers here. Wouldn’t look good for her graduating on time…” He is interrupted by Buffy
Buffy puts on a big smile, but it doesn’t go to her eyes, which look a little hard “ Gee. Mr. Snyder? Don’t you have somewhere else to be, too? Or, maybe I could ask my mom to ask the school board about that?”
Snyder’s eyes go wide, and a sheen of sweat breaks out on his brow. “ Just get to class now, you three” he growls before he scurries off  to something else he suddenly remembered he had to do.
Willow and Xander look at Buffy, she looks at them, and they laugh. They put their arms around each other and head for class.
Faith didn’t go directly back to the Summer’s house after dropping Buffy at school. She had somewhere to go first. She had to have a little chat with someone.
She drove the out of town towards the Garden Mansion. She had followed Buffy out here when she would come this way. Faith parks the bike, and looked around. She saw the courtyard, and went to the  French doors leading into the house. Finding them locked, she uses a little slayer strength to break the lock. She lets herself in, and looks around a little. The place is large…huge is a better word. It's rundown, showing it’s age. There are some paintings on the wall, and some interesting weapons. She stops by a large fireplace, and wonders where fang=boy might be hiding out. She hears a noise behind her, and whirls around, going into a fight stance. She is face to face with a smiling Angel. He looks a tiny bit irritated, but mostly amused.
“ Is there something I can do for you, miss?” He asks
“ Well, for one thing, you can stop sneaking up on a girl” She says, a bit defensive.
“ Who is sneaking up on whom? I seem to remember locking the French doors. Usually that means knock first before entering” He smiles, and relaxes a little. He has a fair idea of who this is.
“Well, I didn’t think we had to stand on ceremony, being old friends. So I let myself in” Faith smirks.
“Old friends? I don’t seem to remember us being introduced?” Angel has to like the bravado of this girl.
“Well, we have a mutual friend in common, so I guess that makes us friends?” Faith has to admit that dead boy is not entirely witless…slow, but not witless.
“ And that would be?” Angel asks.
“ Buffy Summers” Faith replies, watching for his reaction.
A brief flash of…pain?…crosses Angel’s face, but he quickly recovers. He smiles.
“Hmmm…since I know all of Buffy’s friends, I would have to guess that means you are Faith” Angel is amused at the brief shock that crosses her face. Faith, however also recovers quickly.
“So, you have heard of me?”
“Actually, yes. Quite a lot” Angel admits, “ Buffy likes to talk about you. A lot.”
Faith is a little rocked by this. So, B has been talking to Fang-boy here about me. Hmmm…not sure how I feel about that.
“ All good, I hope” Faith says, a bit sarcastically
“ Mostly” Angel is a bit more laid back. “ So, Faith. I’ll ask again. Is there something I can do for you?”
“Actually, dead boy, it's what I can do for you. I came to give you a warning, and maybe some friendly advice”
“Really?” Angel’s eyebrow arches, and his grin is a bit tighter. “ And my name is Angel, by the way”
“ I know…Angel, Angelus…But I like dead boy, it fits, don’t you think?” Faith mocks him a little.
“ You said you had some advice?” Angel’s tone is a little flat.
“Yes, and a warning. Buffy is …confused about who she really wants. You, or me” Faith begins. Angel nods, which comes as a bit of a surprise to Faith. What exactly did B say to Angel, anyway? “ As I'm beginning to believe, you know I backed off for awhile, to let her make her choice. But, that is way over. I'm here to fight for her.” Faith watches , and sees Angel’s reaction. “ Don’t look like that. I’m not here to stake you, Fang. Obviously, she holds affection for you, so you are safe … for now. But I'm telling you this. I'm not sitting in the background and letting you win, dead boy. I'm making sure she realizes the breathing team is way interested in her, and her decision. So, get it clear. This is not going to be a walk in the park for you.”
“ Oh, and once she makes her decision, which I will tell you now, is gonna be for me, I expect you to back off. Got it?”
“And if I don’t?” Angel smirks
Faith, one more for action than words, pulls out a stake she is carrying and runs at Angel, making like she is going to slay him. Angel quickly grabs her upraised arm, and twists her around so she is being held in front of him, arms captured.
“Faith, faith. I'm nearly 250 years old. I didn’t get to be that age by being easily staked” Angel grins at her.
“ You still don’t get it, do you? ” Faith says. With that, she stomps his foot, and when he releases her arm, she grabs his, flipping him on his back. She is immediately over him, stake pointed at his heart, grinning.
“ I don’t have to kill you, Fang, to make your un-life miserable”.
She backs off, letting him get up. Angels is still smiling, his humor intact. His pride, however, is a bit worse for wear.
“ Ok, Faith, I got your message. You mentioned a warning? ”
“ Just this. I wasn’t here the last time you became Angelus, and terrorized Buffy and her friends. No matter how this turns out however, let me tell you this. IF you so much as look cross-eyed at Buffy, her mom, or any of her friends. I will hunt you down. I will hunt you down, and when I’m through with you, there won’t be enough left of you for a dustbuster to sweep up.” Faith is not grinning now.
Angel is not smiling either. He has a broody look going. He paces a little, then comes to a decision.
“ Ok, Faith. I heard your advice. Now, can I tell you something?”
“ Sure, dead boy. I'm feeling generous” Faith is smirking again.
“ This decision Buffy has to make is going to be easier than either you or she thinks”
Faith looks at Angel, skeptically. “ Really? How do you figure that?”
“ Because , Faith, there is no real choice. You win. I'm withdrawing from the ‘contest’ ” Angel states quietly.
Faith is really rocked by that little revelation
“ Wha-aa-at?  Faith is more than a little stunned.
“ Look , Faith. Don’t get me wrong. I love Buffy. I love her more than anything I have thought to have loved in my long…existence. When I'm with her, I feel…alive. But that is the point. I feel alive, but I’m not alive. And that’s the problem. I can’t give her a life Faith. Not the kind of life she deserves. She deserves to be happy. To have the good things. To be able to be in the sunshine. I can’t give her that. In a way, I'm glad you’re back. Talking with her, hearing her talk of you, I think maybe you can give her those things. And that’s what I want for her. So, Faith. I appreciate this little chat we have had, but it really wasn’t necessary.”
“And Faith?”
“ Yeah?”
“Remember this. I want her to be happy. So, if you don’t do that, if you hurt her?” Angel’s face is serious now. He picks up the poker from the fireplace, and bends it into a circle. “ Remember, I can make your life hell without killing you, too.”
She grins at the vampire. For a dead guy, he isn’t half bad. She could almost like him. … NAAAWWWWW
“ Got it Fang. Ya know, if you weren’t so dead, I could almost like you. Almost.” She  mocks him. “ Well, this has been a hoot, but I think I’ll go back to where breathing isn’t optional. Seeya, Fang.”
Faith turns on her heel, and walks out of the mansion through the French doors. She leaves a rather bemused Angel behind.
He watches her, and quietly says to himself “ Goodbye, Faith”
He turns, and walks back to his bedroom.

End of chapter 17

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