What are we gonna do now? | By : norwalker Category: -Buffy the Vampire Slayer > FemmeSlash - Female/Female > Buffy/Faith Views: 3568 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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What are we gonna do now?
Chapter 4
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Faith:
B. is acting a little weird.
Well, ok, sometimes she IS a little weird. But I mean weirder than usual.
I of course expected she would stay with me when she hit L.A., at least until she got her legs under her, and found her own place. I have a nice loft apartment downtown, lots of room, courtesy of Wolfram and Hart(I truly believe they own, in one way or another, half of L.A.) So, I mean it’s not like we’re gonna be cramped or anything. But she got a little wiggy when I suggested it to her on the drive from the Airport.
“ You didn’t reserve me a hotel room, Faith? I thought you said you would. Where’m I gonna stay?” Buffy looked a little put out.
“Well, I thought you could stay with me. At least until you found your own place” I said
“I don’t want to put you out, Faith” She had this kinda weird look on her face.
“ My god, B. I have this huge loft apartment, 5000 square feet.(told ya wolfram and hart own half of L.A.). I have a couple extra bedrooms. I'm sure somewhere, in some corner, I can squeeze in that tiny little body of yours. The luggage? Well, not so sure” I teased her a little.
And then she makes this excuse. And then that excuse. Well, I'm getting a little put out, now. I mean, ok. I shoulda asked. But I assumed(Don’t say it) that it would be fun. But she is like trying to find any way she can to wiggle out of it.
“ Look, B. if you really want to go to a hotel, I’m sure we can find something. Gee, I didn’t realize it would be such a problem staying at my place” Ok, I pouted a little. Sue me.
“No… Faith, it’s not that. I … I just got kinda used to living alone , what with Dawn at school and all, and …well… you know, I guess I got used to the privacy.” B. got all flustered and apologetic. Well, good. What? Am I some two headed demon or something?
“ Look, B. In my place, you can get lost going from the kitchen to the bathroom. If you ‘need’ privacy that badly, I will set up a special little place. We’ll make a sign, “ B’s private domain”. I’ll get Angel to send over a couple of Guardian Demons. You’ll have all the privacy you need” Ok, I got a little testy, too. Sue me.
“ Ok, ok, I got it. I’m being stupid. You can stop hitting me with the sledgehammer now. It got through” Buffy is really blushing, but laughing a little too.
“ Damn right you’re being stupid. Look, I promise. I’ll keep out of your way, and I’ll try to keep my slutty nature down to what? One night a week so the noise won’t keep you awake. That suit you, Sister Buffy?” Ok, mean, but she had it coming.
“ I’m sorry , Faith. I…said I was being stupid. Ok?” Buffy’s voice gets that little girl quality to it. Sigh. I'm to resist that?
“All right, I’ll forgive you… this time. Just stop being such a dope” I punch her lightly on the arm. She whimpers
“ What? I didn’t hit you that hard” I say, looking at her briefly. She is sitting there, sniffing like I hurt her!
“ Buffy, what is it?” I say, getting a little concerned. Then she breaks, and giggles. I look and she’s laughing at me
“Grrr Summers, I oughta….” And I punch her again, a little harder. But she is just giggling and laughing at me
Damn. She does that every time. She can wrap me right around that finger of hers so I’m not mad at her anymore.
But you gotta admit, that was weird.
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Buffy:
Ok, I was being a little weird, maybe.
I admit, the dreams I have been having are wigging me a bit. Faith has got this idea that she is the whole problem with our previous relationship, but that just isn’t so. I know I did some bad things, too. And I’m having some bad dreams as a result of it. I dream a lot about that night that I stabbed her. I dream of her in the coma. I sometimes dream of her in prison. It kinda weirds me out. So, staying with her kinda made me a bit…I dunno…shiver? Only because having her so close , I’m thinking, would just make it more intense.
Ok, not being totally honest here. Ok, busted. I have other dreams of her, too…occasionally. Dreams you don’t put in the nightmare category. But they are weird, nonetheless. I mean…aw, shit, ok, they are erotic dreams, ok? Geeze. Look, I don’t know why I have those dreams. I mean I’m totally straight arrow here. I don’t…play for the other team, if ya catch my drift. So I admit having these dreams, sometimes, really shakes me up. And… oh, god, if she ever knew. Sometimes, well…ok, I’ve had a really LONG dry spell…ok?…sometimes I’ll wake up from the dreams, and….oh…man…I’m touching myself…and I’m really close…and I continue, while the dream is still in my head. GOD, I feel so ashamed. Using her like that. She would be totally wigged if she knew. I mean, I know she has bragged being a switch hitter, but… if she knew I …oh GOD.
And then… well… there is the pressure I been under, and the nightmares, and stuff, and sometimes I need a little help getting to sleep. So , I have a prescription…and I know if she sees that, she will freak. So, I guess I will have to hide it , and take the pills when I need them in the bathroom.
Ok, so you see. It’s not like it’s gonna be all comfy cozy, right? But, she like is getting all upset…so I give in. Of course, I have to tease her a little back now, to kinda get her to forget it, so she won’t get suspicious. Sigh, I swear sometimes. Life is hard.
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They have reached Faith’s loft, and are sitting around, deciding what to do about dinner.
“Ok, B, so what? You had the 8 hour flight. What’s it gonna be? Eat in, eat out?”
“Eat in, I guess. Though, actually, I had an idea”
“What? Blonde with an idea? Wait, I gotta call the TV stations. This is NEWS, baby!”
“Hey, knock it off” Buffy punches Faith. “ Anyway, I thought we could have a…ok, this is silly, but hey…a slumber party”
“ A what, B?” Faith is a little confused
“ Slumber party?” Faith is looking at Buffy like she grew a second head. Buffy goes on. “ You’ve never been to a slumber party?” It hits Buffy. Oh… yeah.
“ Oh… right…sorry” Buffy says. “Well, then you gotta have one”
“ I gotta?” Faith mocks Buffy
“ Look, it’s fun. You know what fun is, right?” Buffy mocks Faith right back
“ Ok, Blondie. Spill it. What is this “ Fun” activity consist of?”
“ Well, ok. We rent some really cheesy movies. We make popcorn, and other disgustingly fattening stuff. We …well… we’re old enough now, we don’t have to steal the booze anymore….we get in our sleepwear…
“ Ummm…Buffy?” Faith interrupts her
“ What?” Buffy asks, a little annoyed
“ I don’t wear anything when I sleep”
Well, thank YOU, Faith, for that visual. Buffy wonders how many shades of red she turned, because Faith is laughing at her.
“Ok, put on some sweats, then. Geeze. Anyway, we lay out a blanket in front of the TV, we talk about junk, and watch the cheesy movies, and drink ourselves stupid. Well…you know, at least get a buzz. Anyway. When the really cheesy parts of the movie come on, we make fun of them and throw stuff at the screen. So, whatta ya think?”
“ Sounds… messy” Faith replies. Maybe a little dubiously, but intrigued, too.
“ C’mon Ms. Mom, Live a little. It’s fun! Will and I used to have a blast” Buffy coaxes her.
“Will?… Oh, Red. I thought for a second you had a boy over. Now, that coulda been fun” Faith teases her
“God, don’t be a party poop, Faith. Try it, you’ll like it!”
“Ya…well….so what kindmovimovies are you talking about?”
Buffy can’t resist. She stepped right into that one
“ Pornos” Buffy deadpans
“Huh?” Faith kinda stares, turning a few shades of red herself.
“ Gotcha!” Buffy squeals. “ Gotcha, gotcha, gotcha!”
Faith makes a noise
“ Ok, I’m talking about really cheesy love stories, like…ummm…” Love Story” or…” The Way we were” that kinda crap. Or really stupid horror stories…you know, like “ Night of 1000 zombies” Or “ Attack of the 50 foot woman” …or..” Buffy is interrupted by Faith
“Attack of the 50 foot woman?” Faith asks.
“ Yeah…it’s about this woman who gets radiation something or other, and grows to 50 feet tall, and is in this really cheesy nightgown, and like attacks buildings and things”
“ Yeah, well” Faith has a mischievous gleam in her eye, “She is probably looking for that 5 foot dildo she lost”
“WH-AA-AAT?” Buffy’s jaw drops.
“ Well, If I were some 50 foot woman, and there wasn’t some 50 foot guy around to take care of bizness, I would be pretty pissed off too, looking for something to make do” Faith is laughing. Buffy cracks up.
“Where is it? WHERE IS IT? I needs my toy NOW, I’m so horny” Buffy quips
They are both laughing hard now.
“Right, right, so they call in Star Trek to save the day” Faith is giggling
“ Yeah, I can see it …’Kirk… “What does she want?’ Chekov ‘ She wants a 5 foot vibrator, captain’ Kirk looks at Bones. Bones ‘ Dammit, Jim! I’m a doctor, not a sex toy engineer’” Buffy can barely get it out.
They are both on the floor, rolling with laughter now. They finally settle down, and stare at ceiling. Buffy breaks the silence.
“So...what? Wanna do it?”
“ Do it?” Faith feigns ignorance
“ Ya…the slumber party” Buffy goes on.
“Oh…that ‘IT’” Faith giggles.
“Yeah… that ‘IT’” Buffy huffs a little “What did you…OH MY” Buffy blushes red
“ Gotcha!” Faith laughs at her discomfort.
“Grrr” Buffy growls at Faith “Yes or no on the slumber party?” She sounds a little upset.
Faith is a little taken aback. Why is she getting so …edgy?
“Yeah… ok on the slumber party. Sounds like fun” What’s eating her? Hmmm…maybe nothing. That’s the problem. God, we got to get her a date. This girl must be right on the edge.
“ Look, why don’t you rent the movies, B., since you’re the expert. There’s a little video store on the corner. I’ll find something around her to make. I know I have popcorn. I’m sure I have some totally junk food around here too.”
“ Yeah, ‘K” Buffy says, and she nearly runs out of the apartment.
Faith just shakes her head, and thinks “Weird”. Anyway, she makes popcorn, and smores, and finds something to drink, suitably alcoholic…and by that time, Buffy is back, all smiles.
“So?” Faith asks.
Buffy pulls out some tapes. “Love Story”… “ Count Blackula”…and waggles the third “ Attack of the 50 foot woman” They both start cracking up again.
So, they get on the ‘required’ sleepwear, settle down on a blanket in front of the TV, pig out a little on junk food, and watch the tape. They both throw popcorn when Ali MacGraw says “ Love means never having to say you’re sorry”. However, it doesn’t continue much into the second movie, because the plane flight, lack of sleep, and all the rest combine to knock out Buffy. She slowly drops off, and is leaning on Faith, softly snoring. Faith has a little smile on her face, and thinks “ Poor thing, had a hell of a day I guess”. She gently extracts herself, and turns off the TV. She looks around, and says “ Whatta mess” but admits to herself it was kinda fun. She gently takes the blonde slayer in her arms and lifts her, carrying her to her bed. Buffy shifts in her arms, and throws her arms around Faith’s neck. Faith lifts her a bit higher, and Buffy’s face is nuzzled into the crook of Faith’s neck. As she carries her upstairs, Faith feels Buffy’s breath, warm on her neck, and gets little tingles. She puts Buffy in the bed, and covers her up. She gives her a little kiss on the cheek. Buffy sighs, and snuggles deep in the covers. Faith is kinda touched. Buffy looks so … innocent when she sleeps. Like a young girl again. She smiles, and heads for her own room. As she undresses for bed, she muses over the day, and can only come up with one word.
“Weird”
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Buffy wakes up in bed, and wonders how she got here. She remembers they were watching “ Count Blackula” then she gets fuzzy. Musta dropped off. But how did I get up here? Then she remembers a pair of arms lifting her, and carrying her upstairs. Faith! She musta carried me up. Buffy blushes a little, a bit embarrassed. God, I haven’t been carried to bed since I was a kid. She drowses a bit, enjoying the feeling of the warm bed. She then gets outta bed, yawns and makes for the closet. She opens her suitcase, finds her robe, a clean change of underwear, and her toiletries. She heads for the landing, and sees Faith in the kitchen.
“Heya, Sleepy. Time to get up, eh?” Faith teases her.
“Aw, c’mon mom. Five more minutes, ‘K” Buffy chuckles and heads downstairs.
“ So, where’s the bathroom?” Buffy asks, looking around
“ Over there” Faith gestures vaguely towards a set of doors.
Buffy walks over, and tries the first door “Faith, it’s locked” Buffy whines
Faith looks over, and says “ No, not that one…the next one”
“Oh…’K” She starts to move, then asks “ So, what’s in this one?”
“Nothing Buffy. It’s… kinda private, ok?” Faith says, changing the subject. “ So, what? Eggs, cereal or fruit?”
Buffy thinks “Hmmm…secrets” She gets a little smile on her face. Her curiosity is piqued.
“Fresh fruit ?” Buffy asks, thinking how she can peek into this room.
“Yeah”
“Cool, I’d die for fresh fruit” She says. England in winter is not the fruit capital of the world.
“ No, Buffy…the OTHER door” Faith says again, a bit sternly
Damn…wonder what it's? Better go before she comes over. Buffy heads into the bathroom to shower and clean up.
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The Slayers decide to goof off today. They can go to the training center tomorrow, it’ll still be there. They decide to do a little shopping, maybe get lunch; in short, get Buffy reacquainted a bit with L.A. and give her a day off before starting work,
They are window shopping on the top level of the Mall. They are carrying a few purchases they have made. Faith wanders over to the railing, and looks down.
“Hey, B, come here. Get a look at this” Faith is staring down at something
Curious, Buffy comes over and looks down. She sees two kids, must be all of 15 maybe(God, were we ever that young?). The girl, rather cute , is sitting on the bench. The boy is like bringing her something. You can tell, he has it bad for the girl.
“God, he has it bad. He is like Puppy dog slave to her. Until she dumps him, that is” Buffy is giggling. She notices Faith is quiet. She looks over.
Faith has a wistful look on her face, like she wishes she could be that little girl getting the attention. Buffy’s heart melts. God, she never had any of that. That is sooo unfair. Slowly an idea and smile comes to her face. Well, I can’t exactly make her 14 again, but I can give her some kid stuff to do.
“ Faithy, I got an idea…give me the car keys” Buffy wheedles Faith
“ What? You drive? You’re kng, ng, right?” Faith teases her
“Hey, I’m not that bad.” Buffy huffs. “C’mon, hand them over”
“What is going on in that mind of yours, B?” Faith asks. She is kinda doubtful about Buffy, driving , and plans.
“It’s a surprise. C’mon, PLEASE???” Buffy pulls out the puppy eyes. No one can resist…the puppy eyes.
Faith sighs, and hands over the keys. She has a BAAD feeling about this.
Buffy grabs her hand, and leads her off.
“Where we going? C’mon Buffy, tell me” Faith pleads, but Buffy just smiles and pulls her along.
They are heading down the freeway, top down(gotta love L.A. only place I know of where you can ride with the top down in winter). The wind is blowing their hair. Buffy is driving, fast, and has a grin on her face and the tunes cranked. Faith, on the other hand, is looking at her friend like she has gone insane. She sighs, and sits back. I only hope they have visiting hours at the funny farm, Faith thinks to herself.
Finally, they are turning off the freeway. Buffy cruises around then turns into the parking lot.
Disneyland
“What the hell, B? Have you gone nuts?” Faith whispers
“Hey…We beat the First. We saved the world. We’re going to Disneyland … just a few years late” Buffy grins at Faith.
“B, I think England made you go bonkers. What are we doing here?” Faith is getting a bit worried now.
“Faith, it’s the happiest place on earth. Smile for me , sweetie” Buffy turns on the smile. Faith smirks a little
“Ok, I’ll accept that” . Buffy pays parking, finds a place to park. She drags Faith to the ticket booth. She buys 2 passports, and drags Faith into the park.
This is the first time Faith has been to Disneyland, and her eyes go a little wide. Her smirk turns to a small grin as she tries to absorb the sheer gaudiness of the place. Buffy notes the change, and smiles a little to herself. Well, it's better than the smirk, at least.
Faith is all cynical at first, and Buffy has to drag her from here to there. But slowly, the magic begins to work on her, and soon she is a willing participant, going here and there, giggling and having what seems to be a good time. Buffy buys both of them a pair of mouse ears, one with “Faith” and one with “ Buffy”. She insists Faith wear them, and of course Faith rolls her eyes. But she gamely puts them on, and grins. Buffy takes out the disposable camera she bought, holds it out and takes a picture of her and Faith with the ears on.
Buffy of course insists that Faith ride the rides, and they hit everything they can. They only wish had had popcorn to throw at the figures in “ It’s a Small World”. Faith wanted to get some, and go again, but Buffy said no way. That tune gets stuck in your head forever if you do it twice in a day.
They of course do the Haunted Mansion, Space Mountain, Big Thunder and Pirates of the Caribbean. They lunch on hotdogs in Tomorrowland, and had dinner at the Blue Bayou restaurant in the middle of Pirates of the Caribbean.
They topped off the evening by watching the Fantasmic show in Frontierland. Buffy was watching Faith, more than the show. She liked what she was seeing. Faith smirk was long gone. It had been replaced by a big grin, and a sense of wonder. She knew of course one day at Disneyland couldn’t start to make up for the crappy life that Faith had endured, but she was happy that Faith had been able to find the kid inside herself.
On impulse, Buffy put her arm around Faith, and gave her a kiss on the cheek, Faith turned to her, her eyes wide and bright, and smiled a huge smile at Buffy. Buffy returned the smile, and they turned back to the show.
Faith had thought B. had finally lost it when they came here. She had been cynical, and thought what a waste of time.
She no longer thought that. She probably had one of the best days of her life.
She didn’t know how the blonde slayer did it, but she again showed her something to just blow her away.
Right now, she didn’t really care.
She just enjoyed the show.
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