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The New Girl	By : Krulos Category: -Buffy the Vampire Slayer > FemmeSlash - Female/Female > Buffy/Faith Views: 3224 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
- 1-Buffy's New Classmate
- 2-Study Date and Play Date
- 1
- 2
Chapter 2.): "Study Date and Play Date"
Author's Notes [Beginning Chapter]: In honor of the Centennial of World War 1, and my personal taste in history, I've decided to include a nifty little touch: an interview with someone who is (supposedly) in the series, a fellow from the time periods that would remember the War to End All Wars, as it was called, and what he'd have thought when possibly fighting in it- a nifty little touch, if you really think about it.
Also: Buffy and Faith's love for each-other just might come into play here- in possibly weird and disturbing ways for them in school.
Make no mistake in this: this is also a Fuffy (Faith/Buffy) love-story!
Tara hadn't slept a wink that night, really. She had been crying silently all night long, and listening to Willow cry at the same volume of tears (silent sobbing), due to their fight the previous day. Every time she looked back at Willow's bed, as they were facing away from eachother, she saw her redheaded lover all curled up in a ball, shaking with tears- ironically, as far as Tara could discern, Willow wasn't crying about the fight so much as she was crying about wanting to rape Faith! Not that Willow should ever want to rape someone, even someone so evil as Faith had been, but that she (Willow) could want to do something so profoundly disordered- that frightened the redheaded gay Jewess. That realization was a bit satisfying to Victoria, not that she wanted Willow to cry, but that Willow seemed so profoundly upset and sorry for wanting to do something so profoundly wicked to one of her neighbors! She couldn't have been more correct about Willow's reason for sobbing, it was indeed because Willow was frightened about wanting to sexually assault Faith- and what it'd do to Will!
Every time Tara looked at her girl, she saw Willow faced away from her, and what she couldn't see is that Willow was all wrapped up hugging herself and had her left fist in her mouth, as if she was in real pain; this happened pretty much throughout the night, so these women would need to be hyped up on caffeine to enable themselves to get through the school day in the next day. Because Tara couldn't sleep, she went over her plans for the next day, and mentally mumbled a quick prayer to whatever deity existed to help her to carry out the interview she had tried to schedule in regards to her geo-politics class by the name of "international relations", they were about at the stage in world history about warfare that covered the First World War- or what was Officially called "the first world war", because there were no fewer than five actual world wars, and that one was no earlier than number three of them!
Willow's tears, meanwhile, were due to her wanting to violate someone, and her fear of losing her soul to the darkness in her heart- the mere realization that she had such wickedness in her was profoundly terrifying to the redheaded gay Jewess- she honestly didn't want to do something that would make her into a villainess, and that was what scared and hurt her so deeply. "Committing Rape will do that, it'll make me into a villainess." Willow realized, and started to panic about what she had wanted to do.
Tara wanted to hold Willow so darn much that it actually hurt her that she couldn't comfort her in her tears, but she knew that she had to face what she had wanted to do to her neighbor- and this was Willow's internal battle, all Victoria could hope to do is to render comfort to her friend.
Since both of them had been up for most of the night, at about five-o'clock, Tara discerned that she wasn't going to get any sleep that night, so she elected to check her e-mail messages, figuring she had something that could be interesting: at worst, there'd be nothing useful, but if things panned out, she would have a useful idea., hey, maybe one of her teachers had referred her to a new topic to research for her learning- Tara was a bit of a nerd, she really wanted to learn, and develop her mind, and this meant conquest of new topics, not use of play like the 'flower-children' of the 1960s US history, with their rather profound screw-ups in behavior- no thank you; she wanted the real stuff! This meant study, and school- not screwing around willy-nilly and doing whatever she darn well pleased! No, Vicky wanted to learn… Darn it!
Sure enough, when Tara logged on to the school website, and went to her email box in her private email, she had a message. She had finally gotten online at about 5:30am Pacific Time, and the sky was still dark, but she had found something interesting in her messages: a mysterious message by someone with the penname of "Buffylover607", didn't know who it was, but she elected to open said message to her, to find out what the statement was, it clearly indicated it had something to do with a statement she had made in the last Scooby Gang Meeting, and this 'fellow' indicated he might know something that could help her with her schoolwork. This next matter in the email confused her still more- the email went like this:
"Victoria Maclay,
Meet me at the bar nearest to the Sunnydale Campus, on the West side of town. ASAP. I have something to tell you regarding your classes you mentioned in the last Scooby Meeting.
Giles doesn't know what he was talking about as to why many English Soldiers fought in the Great War, but I'll tell you some of the reasons.
Come alone to the meeting. Don't worry, it'll have many people in the room, but I'm kind of shy about the friends being there, they won't know what to do with me.
Hoping to see you soon-
Buffylover607."
Tara was more than a little spooked here, she didn't trust this message, but on the other hand, nobody but the members of the Scooby Gang knew what she had said in that meeting. She had referred to her College Classes in Historical Geo-Politics, and why things worked out the way they did, for she was taking a class called "International Relations", that she sort-of liked, but it was a hard course for her, but the man (or woman) who had sent her this email was kind of creepy- she had half a mind to call the cops, show them the email, and just not go to the meeting without any law-enforcement officers there; just in case things got out of hand and the 'fellow' turned out to be a lustful pervert with more arousal than brains who just might see her as a candidate for the more brutal kind of mating (rape). "Whoever it is claims to love Buffy, though, and I probably ought to attend, just to keep my friend safe- Elizabeth is my friend… right?" Tara thought to herself… That cinched the deal- she'd go, but keep her guard up, and see what this creepy fellow had in mind- probably nothing, but if it actually did pan out, she would profit, besides, the statement seemed genuinely in her best interest education-wise, and she liked that!
Next she wrote back to tell this "Buffylover607" that she accepted his meeting request, and got changed into her cloths for the day.
Tara elected to dress in her blue-jeans and a teal top, with, if not sensible, then practical shoes. Usually she wore an ankle-length skirt, but this time she felt that she was obliged to investigate this creepy message- she memorized where she was to go, logged off her email account and the school computer network, and picked up her purse- thinking all the while that she had to do this to help keep her friends safe. This was exactly what she wanted to do (and wanted to do, too): help keep people safe from threats to themselves and others- possibly an influence of Elizabeth Summers, or so Victoria Maclay reasoned to herself as she wrote a note to Willow saying:
"Willow, love, I have to run an errand.
Don't worry, I haven't run out on you, it has to do with schoolwork (hopefully).
I'll meet with you when I can, take care.
Love you.
Tara."
And she punctuated it with a lipstick kiss, just to testify to her feelings for the redhead who had stolen her heart. Tara walked away, shutting the door. She then headed out of the campus, she didn't have classes until just about an hour before noon that day, anyways, so it'd be a neat time to meet this mysterious someone who had sent her this peculiar email.
Willow, meanwhile, still had her right fist in her mouth as if in severe agony, and was still crying over wanting to hurt someone in that particular way. "Honestly, you ought to know better, Willow, you were a victim of attempted rape in High School, by none other than your evil twin sister- the Vampiress who was your double! So, how dare you desire to rape somebody else?!" the Jewess berated herself furiously for her hateful desire to sexually attack someone, anyone else. She was really disgusted with herself for desiring to sexually assault Faith. Faith! OF All people, she Hated her the most! Willow really didn't hate anybody else but Faith in her life at this point.
Willow was dimly aware of Tara leaving the room, but she was so upset with herself for last evening that she couldn't stop crying, and had largely retreated into herself in tears; due to her threat of sexually attacking Faith, and what it'd do to her own self.
Faith's day started with a wake-up stretch in bed, at roughly 8:15am, in her sleeveless t-shirt and pajama pants. She then lightly smacked her lips and walked to the restroom she was using to brush her teeth and get rid of the 'morning breath' that always hung around in her mouth. Today she had yet another math class, and she didn't want to be late. Today was a Friday, and she also had another class just after that one: HDEV FYE (or Human Development, First Year Experience), and she didn't want to be late. Of all things, Faith wanted to be catching up with her learning- she was frankly disgusted with her mental state- feeling far too far behind her classmates in learning. Oh, she had graduated GED already, but was feeling really depressed for being so far behind in her classes, and to be honest: more than a little envious of the Scooby Gang's bond with one-another (that they'd die for eachother in a heartbeat) - they had something good going on in-between them, and she wanted IN on it! Faith was a bit of a practical sleeper: all she really had to do was get her pajama pants off, her underpants and pants on or dress on and she'd be almost ready for her day- all those lessons with Diana Dormer and Gwendolyn Post had helped her out with practicality of readiness on the drop of a hat. Faith was rather pleased with this, and with her remaining fitness post hospitalization she had to endure for a coma of eight months. She had still come out of it strong enough to do just about anything., and she was rather proud of that fact.
She also tended to sleep late into the day, and spend her time out in parties, which was her way of hunting vampires and demons- as they tended to love the club scenes, and a gorgeous young lady is considered a tasty morsel for these creatures of the night, whereas Slayer blood is considered the 'crème-de-la-crème' in their society as far as tasty food goes, something about making a kill of something that can kill you- the rush of victory over an opponent who can destroy you is always more satisfying. Faith understood that fact completely! She reveled in the fights that brought real danger to herself… there was just something about a hunt wherein you could die that is eminently more satisfying by far!
Shortly thereafter, Faith had gathered up her class gear of a few schoolbooks, and folders for classes, and set them into her backpack, and after placing it on her back and over her shoulders; the Bostonian Brunette grabbed her room key and locked her room and set out to attend classes. Shortly before leaving Stephenson Hall she ran smack-dab into her classmate Buffy! As the taller girl took the spot to the right, she got a little twinkle in her eyes for a prank to play on her friend. The blonde had her hair in kind of a wreath-braid that Faith assumed was B's favorite hairstyle- she nearly always wore it that way these days.
These two young ladies had reached about one-eighth of the way to the school hall where the class would take place when Faith sprang her idea on B! She proceeded to suddenly grab Buffy at the knees with her right hand and placed her left hand behind Buffy's head; then with a sudden sweeping lift, she picked her up just as one would pick up a baby and proceeded to carry Buffy all the way to the school doors! (Nearly a mile) Elizabeth was well beyond shocked: her new friend was carrying her as she would a baby! The blonde burst out laughing at the idea of what's going on- and what a bizarre sight it was.
Faith proceeded to walk up the steps to the classroom hall with Buffy in her arms: her head was in Faith's left elbow, and her knees were over Faith's right arm. Faith however had to stop, and immediately Buffy knew she'd get her revenge for this bizarre situation- even though it was pretty fun being treated so lovingly by a girl who was previously a gorgeous psychopath; but Faith was growing up and developing out of her psychopathy, oh, Angel had helped her to cope with this, and despite Buffy's developed dislike for Faith (especially with Faith having messed around with Buffy's body and Elizabeth's {Buffy's} boyfriend when she was in Buffy's body!). That one set off strong feelings of anger in the blonde's chest for the brunette! In fact: Buffy had literally threatened to beat Faith to death (essentially to murder her) if Faith even tried to apologize to her for hurting her! Now, however, Buffy wanted to have a little fun with Faith- and having been carried as a baby was fun, she'd give Faith a taste of her own medicine. Buffy grinned at Faith as Faith and she looked at one-another and she planned her next moves in dealing with Faith. It was important for Buffy's little plan for her to behave sweetly towards Faith; in order to keep the brunette off her guard until it was too late to do anything about it.
There was also a degree of dominance in this matter, a kind of "I'll meet your challenge and raise it above your abilities to counter or achieve." kind of thing going on in-between these two young ladies., and as Faith set Buffy gently down on her feet to open the door- Buffy struck! She immediately let Faith open the door and she then used her back to hold the door open while proceeding to pick Faith up just the same way Faith had picked Buffy up, and she physically carried the taller girl up the several flights of stairs. Since the math-class was on at least the third floor, and they were entering from the basement level, Buffy immediately proceeded to carry Faith up the four flights of stairs! When they reached the door to the third floor of the College building where the classes were going to take place, Buffy had to set Faith down, she didn't want to: she liked carrying her, and wanted to surprise the class and teacher! "Wouldn't he be surprised if and when he sees me carrying her into class?" Buffy thought to herself in the pleasure of the physical exertion of carrying this other super-strong young athlete and (in Faith's case) party-gal.
When Buffy set Faith down to avoid hurting her when she opened the door, Faith played the same trick on Buffy! She proceeded to let her open the door, then lifted her up and carried her into the hallway and down it to the classroom and, to Professor Hoffner's surprise, he saw one of his students carrying her classmate into the room. She sight of Faith carrying Buffy into the classroom for the other students, teachers, security-guards, and other workers or members of this College was quite a bizarre one to begin with, and many got a kick out of one young lady physically carrying another of approximate strength and size as herself.
Professor Hoffner got quite a kick out of this, but he said, cracking up "Alright, you can put Miss Summers down now, Miss Lehane." As he saw the weird grins on their faces, Bruce figured they're playing around; and while he did enjoy the idea of them being friends, he didn't want anything to interfere with their education. Willow had made it to class on time, but she was still emotionally distraught over what she had wanted to do to Faith, and how much tears would result if she proceeded with her evil desire to sexually abuse Faith. Willow knew it was deeply wrong to sexually abuse or assault anybody. "After all, Jesus was a Jew, so I've got the same background as He did in religious matters." Willow thought referencing history, still aghast at herself for wanting to do something so evil to someone, anyone.
Tara had met with her 'fellow' and she would relate the events later on in the day, but she was one of the most studious of the pupils in the class- she was, however, still quite upset with her woman that Willow had considered raping Faith! As Willow glanced to her right across the classroom, she could see that Tara was enraged about that event- and it burned her in her conscience that that fight was still going on. Willow so wanted peace between them. Inside her heart, Willow could feel her heart breaking, and she wanted to cry, but she also loved learning, and this environment was both her favorite hunting-ground and literally a Heaven for her. As far as her life went, learning was about as close to Heaven as Willow was likely to come in this life, and in that field, she could campaign for as long as she wanted- it was a wholesome delight, a gentle joy, and she had reason to love it intensely.
As Victoria sat down and did her math-work, her mind wandered into her encounter in the bar with Spike- that's who it was who sent the "Buffylover607" email: William Pratt! "Of course, he loves her! William Pratt sent me the email to meet with me. And he was alive in World War 1, so of course he's a primary source for historical information on the matter therein- especially England's reasons for being able to raise an army the likes of that they did." Victoria couldn't stop thinking about what he had said to her in that meeting in the bar booth- she had walked into that bar, to find him seated down in a booth. He had waved her over, and acted like the stereotypical perfect gentleman with her; even offering to buy her a drink. She had asked for a pineapple-juice, non-alcoholic, just to be sure, for they did serve alcohol here in this establishment she was meeting him in, and she didn't want to be drinking when doing schoolwork- that can lead to expulsion, and she wanted to be in school!
William had related to Victoria everything he remembered, and for the life of her; Tara couldn't figure out why at all! Why he was being so gentle with her too; minding the facts, telling her it the way it was- she loved that about him: his honesty in this matter! They spent a long time talking over the motives to the War to end all Wars, and why people fought in that conflict. The gentleness triggered something pretty close to love in her heart when dealing with him- it wasn't sexual or romantic, but it was a form of camaraderie in her that she took delight in. There was no physical contact- he didn't strike her or anything, but he was respectful of her feelings- even when they disagreed over a lot of things., in fact, most everything involved they had disagreed on. Spike also mentioned the way Drusilla was so honest with her thoughts- despite being a complete nutcase too- and the fact that he loved that about her.
What Spike told Tara was that largely the people of Europe wanted war, that's why it occurred. The European people had seemed to have forgotten what war's really all about- the killing, maiming, looting, abuse, injuries, sorrow of families who'll never see their loved ones again alive in this life, and all that painful stuff- not to mention the cold-blooded murders that would turn Tara's stomach if she were to encounter them in any capacity aside from schoolbooks. He referenced the movie from 1984 called Red Dawn, depicting a nightmare vision of World War III or the Cold War gone hot, as it might be called; which shows a Soviet invasion of the United States- a film she had seen with her family before her mom died of natural causes- and her life turned into something that roughly paralleled Cinderella in the classic Fairy-tales. "England didn't have a standing army." was what William told Victoria in their discussion- and hey, she was getting a first-rate primary-source information about World War I in any realistic situation, so she was pretty happy about this. "Most of our soldiers signed up thanks to what our newspapers called "the rape of Belgium", of course it wasn't actual rape, or sexual assault, as that would be a disaster for the Imperial German Army to try to conduct on a rapid advance in a military campaign- they'd not have time to do so and get back to their task at hand" Spike continued, before taking a drink of his beer prior to continuing with his first-hand description of why he and others joined up to serve in the Triple Entente, or 'Allies' forces in the Great War. "they called it 'rape' because it devastated Belgium, and, though most of the German operations would be today considered 'anti-partisan ops' they were seen as murdering civilians- there was a lot of anger on the part of the British people towards the Germans for the treatment of the Belgian populous in occupied Belgium" another drink to 'wet the whistle' as the sea-folk would say when working. "In reality," Spike continued, the German, Austro-Hungarian, and Ottoman, and later Bulgarian forces were largely professional fellows who were merely signing up to serve King and Country, just like Yours Truly." he said, referring to himself.
"And you, how did you come to volunteer?" Vicky asked William. "I wanted a spot of violence in my life, a bit more, I guess, so I signed up for the most risky and problematic job in the army that I could find- Infantry Assault Service: a kind of 'storm trooper', if you please- make no mistake, as a creature of the night, I wanted violence and bloodshed, far more than most of my colleagues in that conflict… I loved the stuff." he said, then added when he saw her facial expression- shocked and horrified "Of course, the attitudes of a lady can do wonders on a man, such it is with Elizabeth's influence on me" he then leaned in close and whispered into her ear "this is not yet certain, but she may have more power than she realizes- what with causing her nemesis' to fall in love with her." he said, making clear that he didn't think it'd be a good idea to tell Buffy yet that she has this kind of 'stock' in his life.
"I was a little more enthusiastic than most Tommies." Spike said, leaning back a little after telling Victoria that little factoid on this matter. "My commanders were a little spooked, but most of them didn't suspect that their 'storm trooper' was so enthusiastic thanks to being a 'creature of the night'." Spike said, as if telling a fascinating historical anecdote to his friend- and that's how he was starting to see Tara, as a friend. "The Austro-Hungarians fought to avenge the death of their 'Crown Prince', that whole matter resembles the movie Men in Black 1, with the Earth in the shoes of Serbia, the Arquillains as the Austro-Hungarians, and the Bugs as The Black Hand, a terrorist organization run by the Serbian Government; something that the Allies didn't know at the time was that they were really supporting International Terrorism and Assassination., by way of alliance with a nation utilizing Terrorism on a neighboring nation." Spike went on with the impromptu history lesson with Tara. He was literally tutoring her in the geo-politics of those days. "And just like the Arquillian Royal who was killed in Men In Black 1, the Archduke of Austro-Hungary liked Serbia as a nation and didn't want a war with them." Tara spoke up, to which Spike nodded enthusiastically before continuing. "Now, if enough people want a fight, it tends to come true, regardless of if it's the best thing for the people involved or anybody else- the world has that kind of, you might say, magic about it, in that it's mysterious, almost as if the entire world is both conscious and telepathic… and can detect the mass-requests of humans and tends to want to grant them." Spike told Tara in an off-hand way. "Didn't do him much good, though, the Serbian Terrorist who killed him still shot him dead." Spike said, and Tara was reminded that she was looking into the face of a real-life monster.
"I heard about the near-catfight on the College Premises that happened just yesterday, Tara, would you mind elaborating on it to me; just to lighten the mood? It might help provide ideas for the description of what happened in these times we're talking about." Spike asked. "Oh, that" Tara responded, before continuing "Well, Willow and Faith seem to hate one-another with some sort of very passionate intensity, and they were looking for a chance to fight… Elizabeth stopped it then and there, by putting herself into the firing-line and saying that she wasn't moving until they backed down from the near 'boxing match' they almost wound up in." Tara said. Spike's response floored her completely "People who want to fight will usually find a way to do just that- though it might not be in their best interest… kinda wish I was there though, just to see it happen." Spike said, getting a dreamy look in his eyes and a happy and content smile on his face., and slightly cracking up at the thought of Willow and Faith beating the living crud out of eachother- that would have really made his day!
Now Victoria was reminded once again of the kind of 'benevolent monster' she was taking lessons from in this part of world history. He had indeed been there, but the mere thought of him smiling at the thought of her girlfriend getting beaten up or beating up somebody else was too horrible for her to consider- "What was going through his mind to enjoy the idea of Willow in a catfight with Faith and them beating eachother to a living pulp?!" Tara thought, horrified at the idea. Oh, Spike was certainly acting like a gentleman with her, but there was something decidedly UN-Chivalrous about his mannerisms regarding Willow fighting with Faith, and the smile that it triggered on his face- that really creeped her out!
His delight in the prospect of a catfight was downright misogynistic in her eyes, in fact! That scared Victoria- the sheer joy he seemed to feel at the thought of those two women beating eachother up as much as they could.
Tara was so wrapped up in her thoughts of history that she had trouble paying attention to her math class, but the after-class part certainly stood out in this woman's mind: Buffy and Faith asked Professor Bruce Hoffner to adjudicate between them on which one had done more lifting and carrying of the other in the period up to class. "This'll be fun!" Tara thought to herself as this discussion took place, she had a grin from ear to ear literally on her face as she watched the matter of practical math being applied to this school-game that Elizabeth and Faith had played with one-another. Tara was leaned on her desk in the classroom with her arms folded across her chest as she grinned and watched this matter unfold before herself, her legs were also crossed- and Victoria Maclay struck a picture of physical beauty in that room, but not anything sexual in that beauty. Professor Hoffner went over to the blackboard to diagram the material and take notes on the distance and lifting forces involved, and questioned Buffy and Faith about who carried whom how far, and under what circumstances; and taking notes on the kinetic forces involved in those matters- all the while making certain that if he had to do the problem, they'd comprehend how to do it themselves. Buffy was to his left, and Faith was to his right. Both girls were pointing to the blackboard and mentioning different things on the matter of this engineering problem they'd roped him into working on with them- the purpose was to see which one of them was the stronger- and had greater endurance. But his terms were simple: he wanted good sportsmanship between them! Whichever one won or lost had to be a lady, in fact, both had to do that!
It turned out that while Faith had to cover more distance, Buffy had to lift more, due to the staircase, and carrying Faith up it, so it came out equal. Both young ladies were dissatisfied about equally with the results; so the matter would be settled with an arm-wrestling match! As yet another stalemate developed, Willow whispered conspiratorially to Tara "This is turning out to be more play than learning.", and Tara nodded in agreement. All in all, it turned out that Elizabeth {Buffy} Anne Summers and Faith Lehane were equally matched in summery of skills and abilities.
After class, Buffy told Faith to come by her room in 214 Stephenson Hall to find her for study and a little friendly playtime- Faith was enticed, to say the least! After Faith attended her HDEV FYE class (a class on how to study for College), (or Human Development, First Year Experience, as the acronym represents) she went to Buffy's dorm room to attend her study and play-date with her new friend.
Something else was also watching these young ladies, and biding its time studying their propensities and abilities, an evil spirit called for lack of a better term "the First Evil"- essentially Lucifer… and if there was ever a true villain and monster: this was it! His study approach on them was very akin to the methods the Romulan Commander mentioned in Star Trek Balance of Terror: "First study the enemy, seek weakness." being this being's policy, and while he operated far more like a pirate than the Romulan Military Officer in that episode- who was a potential role-model in his own right- this sadistic spirit had no good traits to try to emulate, only morally neutral traits or extremely evil traits in his personality left!
He watched these girls and guys move about their daily business like a chess-master would watch his enemy's moves, and looked for a pattern in the movements that would allow him to predict the movements of his ultimate adversary: God, and the undoing of His kingdom here on Earth- thereby paving the way for this evil spirit's true rise from the Perdition he had been sentenced to long before humanity began to walk the Earth. "People aren't an end in and of themselves; they're merely a means to an end- their own end!" Satan thought to himself as he watched the movements of these just-above-animals going to and fro in their daily lives; not even minding to think that other minds comprehend the matters of this planet in grander schemes than they could comprehend in their wildest dreams or nightmares!
This extremely wicked spirit would have to bide his time for the surprise attack- just like a crocodile in one of Earth's rivers would wait in ambush for prey to come close for a drink- never suspecting anything lurked below the waves to attack- this factoid the evil spirit found immensely satisfying in his own psychopathic mindset!
Willow and Buffy had already talked over some matters, and it made Willow happy to find out that Buffy was fond of Faith- that Buffy had someone whom she was developing a love for was satisfying to Willow. Buffy headed to her room to await her 'student', for she had asked to tutor Faith in some math- to help the brunette get up to speed, and she also wanted a playmate for her wargame that she had bought recently- Ace of Aces, by Alfred Leonardi, she wanted to try out this wargame, and see her skills.
When Faith showed up, she was in her gym cloths: shorts that were cut-offs about halfway down the thighs, and a sleeveless t-shirt, as well as sneakers. Her hair was loose, but it looked permed- a lot like it had been in class today, in fact. Buffy herself was dressed like she had just been in a workout: exercise top and running shorts, sneakers, a lot like her outfit for training.
Buffy spent about the next hour trying to bring Faith up to speed, and Miss Lehane was an amazingly quick learner, she seemed to love this math class- and caught on quick; then when Buffy had determined that Faith's had enough time to pick up things for today, she put away the schoolbooks on the bed that she'd set out, receiving a bit of a pout from Faith, who was thoroughly enjoying the lesson, and Buffy pulled out a shopping bag from under her bed. Faith, meanwhile, had seated herself down on the bed to watch, and she spotted Buffy picking up a set of books from the bag, about the thickness of a 'choose-your-own-adventure' book apiece, but longer, especially longer than they were tall.
"Who do you want to be, Allies or Central Powers?" Buffy suddenly asked Faith, as she held up the books. Faith's mouth dropped open at the question, and she blinked. Faith was not too familiar with history, but the terms resembled those in a historical conflict, and the books showed pictures of flying machines from about the era of the early 20th Century. "Who'd you want to be?" Buffy asked again- determined to find out from her prospective playmate just what side Faith wanted to pretend to fly for.
Author's Notes End Chapter 2.): Willow's remark about Jesus in her thoughts is designed to show her as a Messianic Jewess, understood to be a type of Reform Jew- as Jesus was sort of a reformer and corrector is how I got the idea of that touch to the plot device. Her hatred of Faith may well be a gateway for the First to mess her up, so she's got to close that doorway ASAP. Don't worry, Willow's still a Jew in this one, but she is also studying other things
Next chapter will likely depict a lot of the dealings between Faith and Buffy in the wargame- designed to self-teach Buffy some strategy for her monster-fights, and she'll need to keep her wits about her if she's to survive the fight against the ultimate monster: the First Evil: Lucifer!
William Pratt {Spike} in this storyline served in World War 1 in the British Assault Infantry (sort-of equivalent to the Italian Alpini divisions of shock-troopers who were used to take trenches and Mussolini based his black-shirted Fascist troops on between World Wars 1 and 2), and did a spectacular job of it; however his delight at combat scared his superiors a bit witless, with his taste for violence!
Tara taking a class on International Affairs was a salute to my US History 201 Professor in College, who told me that he'd be teaching a class on such a topic, and I've studied that kind of thing since I was eleven, and as I write this chapter: I'm thirty-six… yep, I know a lot of what this material would be- just having entered College myself these days.
This one's longer than I expected, so next chapter will likely be a continuation of this one (possibly a 'part b')
Buffy is sometimes referred to by her nickname of "B", given by Faith.
In the next chapter: Buffy and Faith end up playing a game.
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