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Excess Baggage	By : Tanith Category: -Buffy the Vampire Slayer > FemmeSlash - Female/Female > Buffy/Faith Views: 1869 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Buffy strutted out of Spikes crypt with a satisfied look on her face and a slight swagger to her walk. Once she had gone only a few steps she heard a voice from the shadows next to another crypt. "God, pretty soon if you keep going at this rate, you'll be known as Buffy the Vampire Layer!" A soft chuckle followed these words.
"Faith." Buffy said quietly and in a resigned tone.
"Hey B, sorry…I couldn't resist it."
Buffy turned and watched as Faith walked from the shadows into the early morning light. The younger girl had lost some weight in her time in prison and her skin was pale, giving her an unreal almost ethereal quality. She had a genuine half-smile in her face, despite herself Buffy couldn't help but smile back at her.
Faith widened her grin as Buffy almost hesitantly returned her earlier smile. Without a word passing between them they began to walk side-by-side through the cemetery towards town.
"What's up Faith?"
"Nada." The brunette replied.
"Allow me to rephrase…what are you doing here."
"I'm delivery girl." Faith said, holding up an envelope with Buffys name on it.
Buffy swallowed slightly, there had been a time when Angels handwriting filled her with dread and she was slightly apprehensive as to the contents of the letter. She reached out and took it from Faiths hands, noting the shiver pass through the other girl as their skin made contact. She smiled to herself, after all that happeappened Faith deserved some discomfort.
"Wanna grab a coffee, if I remember right, there's a all-night café by the docks…?" Faith said nervously. She had noted Buffys private smile and couldn't help but think that even after all this time, the older slayer was in love with the vampire.
"…If you're paying…and if breakfast is included."
"Burn of some energy last night B?" Faith asked mock-innocently.
"As I recall, you're one to talk!" Buffy was joking but there was some unintentional bitterness in her tone.
Faith just grinned at the other girl, "Touché." Her face went serious and she added, "I don't do that anymore…well not that much."
Buffy looked at Faith slightly confused, "I'm surprised."
"Why 'cos I was a ho?"
"No, it's just that was like a part of you. I mean I wind-down with my friends and you…"
"Grabbed a pizza and got down-and-dirty with some guy?" Faith laughed, "Someone told me recently that I had to treat people with respect, especially myself if I was ever to get over the shit in my past. So I don't really sleep around anymore, Angel says that I'm worth more than that and I'm starting to agree with him."
"He's right, you are worth more than that."
Faith smiled surprised and pleased at Buffys comment, "Thanks B!"
"Not much more but….."
"Hey!" the younger slayer whinged before punching Buffy lightly in the arm.
Buffy stopped in her tracks, she looked at the younger slayer amused, "I've missed you Faith." There was an odd quality to her voice as though she were surprised at her own admission.
Faith felt tears welling behind her eyes at the sincerity in Buffys voice, blinking them back, "Missed you too Buffy!"
Instinctively Buffy tried to lighten the conversation, "Hey you called me Buffy! That's what, like the first time?"
"Third," Faith said in a distracted tone of voice. The older slayer forced Faiths head up and made eye contact with her.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing, everything." Faith pulled out of Buffys grip and started walking, the blonde began to walk beside her, knowing that the other slayer would talk when she was ready. Faith stammered as she began to speak from her heart, for perhaps the second time in her life, the first was when she had asked Angel to kill her. This was more difficult.
"Jesus B, all the shit I did to you, I always figured that one day you'd be around to hear me apologise. When you're ready to hear it, that is, and like one day I'd give you an explanation an' the back-story you're missing. And then I felt you die, it was…like loosing a part of me…like someone ripped a hole in my chest…after I got over the shock, I couldn't stop crying that I'd never see you again, never say sorry or make it up to you, never tell ya why I'm such a fuck-up…never explain why…never…and in some way that was my fault… shoulda been here…could've….I would've…… "
Buffy took the younger slayer into her arms and held her as Faith sobbed, "……And…and then you came back, I don't care who did it or why, when I see them I'll kiss them."
"Promise?" Buffy was both amused by the thaught of Faith kissing Willow and she was also trying to change the subject. Faith knew what she was doing and allowed her to steer the conversation from her resurrection. “Why don’t yoll mll me now?”

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Buffy had read the letter while they were waiting for their food to be delivered, Faith had sat looking out of the window. She knew that some of the letters contents would hurt the other girl and was giving her some space, she turned to face Buffy after hearing the letter tucked in the envelope.
"B?…"
"Mmm."
"You okay?"
Buffy chuckled slightly hollowly, "Five-by-five."
Faith understood her perfectly and nodded. Knowing that your ex had just had a kid was something that had to be hard, one of the reasons B and Angel had broken up was that they could never have a normal future and now Dead-Boy was getting all paternal. That had to hurt like a bitch but B was putting a strong face on it.
"What does that mean anyway Faith?"

"Long…painful story, I'd rather not get into at the moment, if that's okay B?"
"Ok." There was no further talk between them as their food arrived. Buffy had indeed, as Faith had so eloquently put it, burnt some energy the night before. Buffy noted absently that Faith was wolfing down food at pretty much the same rate as she herself was.
"What did you get up to last night, you seem a little hungry?" Buffy smirked at the younger slayer.
Faiths answering smirk was mischievous, "Among other things…"
Buffy answered that with a wry laugh, "Now that's the Faith I remember…"
"While I was waiting for you to…finish…I slayed some vampires." For once the younger girls double entendre was not lost on Buffy, she chuckled.
"There was a time B, when you would've blushed and changed the subject. Damn girl, you've lost that innocence, which was…like your most endearing trait."
"Oh I'm endearing now?" Faith was surprised by Buffys semi-flirt but assumed that she was merely changing the subject.
"Can I ask you a question?"
"Knock yourself out…please…cos I think I know what's coming.!"
"What's with you and neuter-boy? I mean I get the whole Angel thing, he had a soul, Spike doesn't…?"
"I dunno Faith, I really don't!…Guess I finally found the fun…"
"God B you wanted fun, you shoulda called me."
"Maybe next time…" Faith raised an eyebrow at the other slayers teasing tone but something wouldn't let her believe that the other slayer could possibly mean it like that, so she ignored the comment.
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Buffy and Faith strolled somewhat aimlessly round the docks, seeing one minute the place where Faith had chosen to save Buffys life when she could've run away, it was also the place where Faith decided to go to the mayor. None of this was lost on them but the silence between the two girls was companionable, some parts of the past were dead and buried and some they would have to resolve but for now they had to get used to each other again. Hence the trip down memory lane.
"How long are you in town?"
"Was gonna head back tomorrow but I’m thinking of staying for a few, if that's ok by you B?"
"I was just about to suggest something like that *F*."
"Really?" Faith squeaked.
"Really!"
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Buffy leaned her head against the cool glass of her mirror. Why had she asked Faith to stay? The gang were downstairs waiting to hear why she had called a meeting, they would go postal when they found out that Faith was around again but for some reason Buffy couldn't let the younger girl walk away before they had a chance to work something out.
Since early this morning she had been thinking of how exactly to tell the guys and had to no closer to a conclusion so she just walked downstairs and said it. "Faith's back!"
Willow jumped up to her feet, "I can do a spell that'll…"
Buffy jumped in and cut her off, "She's not evil Will, she just came to deliver me a message from Angel and split. I asked her to hang around for a few days…"
"You what?!!!" Xander yelled, "After what she did to us you invite a psycho-killer to stay?!"
"My Mom told me that Faith must've had a bad childhood or something to make her who she is…Mom also told me that what Faith needed was a chance and some understanding. I don't really understand it myself but I need to talk to her and find out some things…"
Buffy raised one hand in a placating gesture, "I wasn't really there for Faith when she needed me, I made a good show of pretending to but I wasn't…maybe if I would've been things could have been different. And hard as it may be for you to accept there is a part of me that wants what we had back because I still care about her."
Giles stood up and stopped the gang from yelling at Buffy, he placed a hand on her shoulder because she looked as though she was about to cry. "Listen everyone, I agree with Buffy. Faith has a past which even the watchers council don't know about - at least not the full story what she has always needed was friends…"
"We were her friends!" Willow cut in shrilly.
"Were you Willow?" Giles said evenly. "As I recall you were jealous of her and Buffys relationship, you perceived her as a threat and treated her as such."
Xander looked thoughtful, "I treated her as an object. Something to lust over and when she treated me the same way I got pissy about it."
"How can you even compare yourself to her…?!!!" Willow yelled,
"Yeah I admit it, I was jealous of what you and Faith had and I was even jealous of what you could have…!" She gulped and shut up.
Buffy went and sat down next to Willow, "What do you mean Will?"
"I…I hated the way Faith was taking my place kinda…I knew you'd never replace me for her but I wanted…"
"Wanted what?" Buffy said gently knowing that Willow needed to get whatever it was off of her chest.

"YOU!!! OKAY I WANTED YOU!"
Buffy swallowed she hadn't been expecting that, "But…"
"After the thing with my Vamp double I realised I had been repressing certain things…Up until I met Tara I had a major crush on you. Oh god…now you hate me."
Buffy lifted Willows chin with a finger, "I don't hate you Will, I never could. But what does this have to do with Faith?"
"Nothing…"

"Don't shut me out now Will."
"Faith is in love with you Buffy, she always had been obsessed with you since you first met. Hell, the sexual tension between you two was so thick you could cut it with a knife…you had this whole connection I could never touch. I figured that if it ever came down to it she had so much more to offer you than I did, so I did everything I possibly could to poison your relationship.
But even now Buffy didn't know how she felt towards Faith but now she had the courage to find out.
"Guys, I need to go get some air…Faith said something about her band playing at the Bronze tonight, wanna meet me there?"
At their nods Buffy hugged Willow and walked out of the room. She needed to do some serious thinking.
In her wake Xander was heard to say, “Faith has a band?”
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8pm The Bronze
What was I thinking? Telling Buffy to come hear us and bring the gang? Back in jail she had been surprised to make some 'kinda' friends and when they formed a band it was only a gimmick to get extra unlock time - told the gov. that it was 'anger-management'. It kinda turned out that way though. They had been playing at a club in L.A. after she got out but when they got offered the gig at the Bronze she was going to turn it down Then Soul-boy asked me to deliver that note and I had to see her just once to apologise even if she did beat me to death.
"Coming Girlfriend?" Leann said winking at her.
"Sure thang." I'm back to acting cocky, Sunnydale almost destroyed me once.
Touch life barely sixteen.
No angel of mercy,
Coming down to save the soul of me.
I took a Greyhound limousine
Straight to grand central Sunny'D.
It was ass, gas, or grass, living fast…
Nobody rides for free!
Living it up, giving it up…
Living in the valley of lost
souls.Wanting it all, taking the fall…
Living in the valley of lost souls.
Miss Misery come ride me…
How I love her company.
She did Boston justice
And wronged all the right out of me!
The Mayor wears a black hat…
He says I'm livin' like a bum.
So what, I'm looking like I'm half dead…
A child on the run.
Living it up, giving it up…
Living in the valley of lost souls.
Wanting it all, taking the fall…
Living in the valley of lost souls.
Feels like time's running out on me
But I wasn't born to play nobody's fool.
Ain't nobody gonna hold me down to play nobody's fool.
Ain't nobody gonna hold me down.
I've gotta roll, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall…
…Somebody save me…"
*modified lyrics Valley of Lost Souls by Poison

All in all, it had been an enjoyable evening. Well Faiths band was actually very good and Willow and the others did stop and say hello before remembering urgent appointments. So it was almost midnight and only Buffy andFaith.“What were you going to tell me earlier Faith?”The brunette only sighed, she couldn’t blame the others for not staying but it had put her in a really bad mood. “Not now B, please.”“They didn’t mean it nastily, you know.”
“Yes I know but that doesn’t make it any easier but in their position I’d do the same thing.” Faith tried to shrug it off but Buffy didn’t quite believe her.
“Where are you staying?”A chuckle accompanied the dark slayers response, “Angels van.”“Angel has a van,cool.”“Or not.” Faith said sardonically and led the way. Buffy soon knew the reason for this strange response.

To Be Continued
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