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Slayer, Interrupted	By : Buffy1987 Category: -Buffy the Vampire Slayer > FemmeSlash - Female/Female > Buffy/Faith Views: 13671 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 2
Disclaimer: I don't make any money, just writing for fun. BtVS belongs to Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy, sadly none of the characters belong to me.

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CHAPTER 22

BANGELIC FRIENDSHIP

It was a hard day for Buffy, but she felt a bit better after talking to Tara. She wasn't ready for everyone else to know about the horrors she'd been through, but she also didn't want them to feel sorry for her, so she did her best to crack a few jokes when they were all having dinner together that night.

Angel was there, by her side, and she felt safe with him. He was her rock and she never wanted him to leave, even though she knew she could never have a proper relationship with him.

Her mother was constantly offering more food, drinks and snacks, like she thought food would make everything better. Buffy noticed she kept looking at her worriedly if she just wandered away in her thoughts.

“Mom, if I eat another bite, I’ll explodeeee!”-Buffy said when Joyce brought freshly baked cookies.

Xander was in heaven, though, he loved food and adored Joyce’s cooking. “Mmmmdelicious.”-he mumbled, with his mouth full.

“You won’t be able to have sex with me later if you keep eating; I think you’ve had enough.”-Anya said to Xander and pushed the bowl full of cookies away from him.

“I love my Slayer metabolism, cause I’d weigh a ton if I didn’t have it.”-Buffy said and bit into a cookie, she couldn’t help it, they smelled so good.

“You’d be perfect even if you weighed a ton.”-Angel said, surprising himself and everyone else with a cheesy line like that. He just couldn’t take his eyes off of her, she was perfect to him even now that she lost a bit of weight and had a few bruises on her pretty face.

“Flatterer.”-Buffy said and gave him a little smile that melted his heart completely. He was so proud of her for being so strong, for not letting the horrors she’d been through drag her down, and he thought he must have fallen in love with her a bit more at that moment.

“Too bad you two can’t have sex, cause of that stupid curse. The way you look at each other makes me think you wouldn’t be getting out of your room for days.”-Anya commented and Angel swallowed hard when he remembered their time together when he was human. That memory was the happiest he ever had, and the hardest to think about because of what he lost.

“Anya!”-Buffy exclaimed and gave Angel and apologetic look, she thought it was a bit cruel to keep reminding them that they could never make love to each other.

Angel’s eyes looked darker than usually and the look on his face broke her heart a little. “It’s ok, Buffy. I can’t help thinking how different things would be for us if I was human.”-Angel said and Buffy gently caught his hand and said: “Yeah, I know… I’m happy we can be just friends, though. Anyway, I don’t wanna discuss my really screwed up love life, or the lack of it… I’m so full I need to spend a few calories… Angel, wanna go patrolling with me?”

“P-patrolling? Buffy… you just got back, you’re hurt and… I couldn’t stand it if anything happened to you!”-Joyce looked at her with big eyes full of fear.

“Mom, I’m not going alone. Angel is coming with me and I’ll be ok. I can’t let the bad guys do more damage than they already had done. Faith is in a coma and she can’t do it now, and someone has to.”

“Buffy, your mom might be right. You should rest a little…”-Angel was gonna say something else but the look that Buffy shot at him shut him up. “You’re the boss.”-he gave in and then looked at Joyce and said “Trust me; I won’t let anything happen to her.”

“Fine, but don’t stay out too long.”-Joyce said, wishing there was a magic spell that could kill all the demons and vampires in the world instead of her daughter.

“Oh, Buffy, forgot to tell you, Tara and I cast a protection spell on the house. It’s safe as… well, houses.”-Willow said and Buffy smiled to her “Thanks, Will… Guys, thank you for everything you’ve done for me today.

Buffy armed herself with stakes, holy water and she even took her favorite battle ax, to be on the safe side. Angel just took a few stakes and walked next to her on their way to Restfield Cemetery.

“Buffy?”

“Yeah?”-Buffy asked and looked at Angel, his voice sounded serious, he was worried.

“Do you wanna talk about it? I know I’ve already asked you that, but I really wanna help any way I can.”

“I know you do. You are helping, though, by just being here. I’ve talked to Tara… I’ll just say it was bad and at times I didn’t think I would make it.”

“I always knew you’d make it, Buffy. You’re the one who taught me what being strong meant… Uh… you talked in your sleep earlier. You mentioned… Angelus. Was he there?”-Angel asked, even though he’d heard her talk to Tara. He just wanted her to be able to trust him enough to tell him the truth.

Buffy was quiet for a moment and then she leaned on a mausoleum and said: “Yeah, he was. With Darla. They did this to me.”-Buffy pulled down the neck of her sweater and showed Angel horrible bite marks all over her neck.

“Buffy… I’m so sorry…”-Angel whispered and caught her hand, entwining their fingers.

“It’s not your fault.”-Buffy said, sounding almost strict, but still gentle.

“It is. If I hadn’t been a lousy human being, there would be no Angelus.”

“There wouldn’t be you either. And I’d hate living in a world without you.”

They just looked at each other for a long moment and Buffy suddenly kissed him. He was surprised, but he kissed her back gently, like she was the most delicate flower. Kissing Buffy was at the very top of Angel’s favorite things list, she always made him feel normal, and alive… He wasn’t any of those things, which meant he wasn’t good enough for her.

He gently broke the kiss and said: “Buffy, I love you more than I’ll ever love anything, but we can’t do this… you know that.”

“I know…”-Buffy whispered and moved away from him. She knew she would always love him, but some things just weren’t meant to be.

She was about to say something else, but Angel shushed her and pointed towards one of the mausoleums not too far away from them. A vampire and a demon were talking and Buffy thought it was really strange because vampires weren’t known for hanging out with demons.

“Ah, you two are like ugly versions of Romeo and Juliet…”-Buffy couldn’t help teasing those two, and they didn’t look really happy about it.

“Slayer. Started hoping you were dead.”-a vampire said.

“Sorry to disappoint.”-Buffy said and gripped a stake in her hand. She moved so fast, the vampire couldn’t even process her movement before she slammed a stake through his heart.

The demon started to run, but Buffy easily caught up with him and managed to tackle him down to the ground. When she got closer to him, her heart almost stopped. He resembled Thowk so much, she fought the urge to run away.

The demon used Buffy’s distraction and punched her in the face.

It pissed her off.

Royally.

She wasn’t gonna let Thowk’s look-alike hurt her too, so she punched him back and started pounding on him mercilessly.

“YOU.CAN’T.HURT.ME.ANYMORE!”-Buffy screamed at the demon and Angel got worried about her. He pulled her off the demon, and she angrily punched him, but he didn’t even flinch. He just took her ax and beheaded the demon.

“WHY DID YOU DO THAT?! I WANTED TO SLAY HIM MYSELF!”-Buffy yelled, her eyes burning with tears, anger and despair.

Angel caught her hand and asked: “Buffy… what’s just happened? Why are you acting like this?”

“There was… this demon… and he… he made me fight in the arena and tortured me daily… and this demon looked almost identical.”-Buffy’s voice shook, along with the rest of her body.

Angel didn’t say anything; he just pulled her into a tight hug. “Think we should go home. You need to rest and calm down a little.”-he gently kissed Buffy’s forehead.

“I wanna go see Faith.”

“Ok, let’s go see her, but we can’t stay long, it’s late already.”

“I know… I just need to see her.”-Buffy whispered and caught Angel’s hand as they walked towards Sunnydale Hospital.

Seeing Faith unconscious broke her heart again. It wasn’t supposed to be like that. They were both supposed to get home unharmed. They were supposed to be friends now, or even something more than that. Her feelings for Faith were confusing, but Buffy couldn’t just deny that she had feelings for the former Rogue Slayer.

“Faith… come on, begging you, wake up…”-Buffy whispered and ran her fingers through Faith’s brown locks. She leaned over and kissed her forehead gently, thinking they just had a history of forehead kisses.

“I need you here, Faith… Please, don’t give up. Please, don’t leave me now.”-she said and gently squeezed Faith’s hand, hoping that she would squeeze it back. It didn’t happen and a tear ran down her face.

“Please, Faith, please, don’t die…”-Buffy burst into tears even though she kept trying to stay strong.

Angel could see all the pain she was in and his heart broke for her. Buffy loved that girl, in her own way, he could see that clearly. Even though he felt a pang of jealousy, he just hoped Faith would wake up and make Buffy happy the way she deserved to be.

He pulled her into another hug and said: “She’ll wake up. I’m sure she knows you’re here, devastated… and I’m sure she doesn’t want you to feel that way.”

“Angel… I need her back. There was something between us… a connection… and I need to know if it was real or if we just connected cause we needed someone to be able to survive that place. Gwathz… I’ll never forget that place. Or Maghkar.”-Buffy shivered all over when she remembered.

Angel memorized names of those places, he needed to tell Lorne more details so he could help him.

“I know, but you’re safe now. Faith got hurt badly, but she’s strong and I’m sure she’ll make it.”

“Yeah… See ya soon, Fai…”-Buffy said and walked out of the room.

She walked all the way home in silence, just holding Angel’s cold hand that worked like a balm on her whole being that seemed to be on fire…
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