Crash
by Cookies
Rating: PG-13
It was quiet. The sun had set hours ago, and with it so had the fast paced activities of the town's people. The only thing out now were the stars that lit the sky. And as beautiful a site as it was, there was one person who didn't really appreciate those stars, or the night itself in fact.
With another sigh, Buffy begins twirling her stake in her hand, waiting for any member of the undead to come out and make her job the slightest bit easier.
"Why am I out here? I could be at home cuddling or having a hot make out session with my girlfriend." Buffy complains to herself. "Leave it to Giles to kill my fun. Having a watcher sucks. What's the point in having super powers when I can't do what I want?"
"I agree." Turning around she sees a grinning vamp and surrounding him are four others. Well, make that two. The pair on his right are dust in the wind as identical arrows pierce their backs, ripping through bone and dead flesh. Taking advantage, Buffy quickly throws her stake at the nearest one, and her mark is easily hit.
"I'm sorry were you saying something?" She taunts him. "I couldn't hear you over the dusting noise." The remaining lackey looks at her, then to his boss, and finally back to her before running off without a word.
"You coward! It's only one girl. Come back and fi-." With a pained expression, he places his hand over his heart and watches as it turns to dust. The rest of his body quickly following.
Searching the darkness, Buffy spots a figure crouching on top of a crypt in the distance. She smiles as she makes her way over. Standing at the base of the crypt she crosses her arms over her chest.
"You're gonna be in so much trouble if Giles finds out you were here and he didn't know beforehand."
The taller girl smirks as she jumps down and wraps her arms around the shorter. "The old, tweed-wearing, librarian is gonna get mad at me? Oh, I'm quivering in fear."
"Sarcasm at its finest. And as much as I hate to admit it, he's right, Faith. You shouldn't be out here."
"Because I don't have your great powers and 'even if I were to be able to fight one vampire, I may still be gravely in danger'?" She quotes from one of Giles' lectures. "I know that, and that's why I have this." Raising her hand she shows Buffy the longbow.
"And what if you miss the heart?"
"Then he'd be one hurt, undead, piece of shit?" Buffy pinches her. "Ow."
"Language."
"God, sorry. This is what I get for coming to keep my girlfriend company as she rids the world of unspeakable evil?"
"Aw, Honey. As much I love you for that, I don't want to see you get hurt."
"So, you don't want me to come on patrol with you anymore?"
"Of course I do. Just tell me first instead of following and please be careful so Giles doesn't find out."
"No problem."
The blonde gets a sneaky look on her face as she bites on her lower lip. And Faith is hypnotized. Watching as Buffy's tongue slowly runs across and she unconsciously mimics the action. The shorter girl places her hands flat against Faith's stomach and runs them up over her breasts, onto her shoulders and down her arms before interlocking their fingers.
"You know, my mom's not due home for a few hours."
"Yeah?" Faith lowers her mouth to the blonde's neck, licking and sucking at her pulse point.
"Mm-hmm." Faith trails kisses from her neck to her lips and Buffy takes the opportunity to push her against the wall of the crypt.
"As much as I'm enjoying this, and believe me I really am, we should probably go to your house now."
"Yeah, you're right." Neither makes a move to leave, though hands and eyes continue to roam. After a pause, Faith leans in to kiss her again, but Buffy puts her hand on her chest. For a moment she stares at her hand and the place it landed, before pulling out of her daze.
"We should get to my house now."
"Right." Faith pauses, and once again leans in to kiss her.
"Faith!"
"What? I'm waiting on you." She gestures to how she is trapped between the crypt and the smaller girl's body.
"Oh, right."
"So, you say nothing happened last night?" Giles asks once again, finishing his daily entrance in his Watcher's Journal.
"God, Rupert! She already said 'no', like six times already." Faith says impatiently. "Can we hurry this up, because you are seriously cutting in on our make out time before class."
"She means our study time." Buffy kicks her under the table. She could empathise with her girlfriend, but that didn't mean she should share those type of details with her anal retentive watcher.
The gang had arrived an hour before the school had even officially opened that day, per Giles' request, and now all they had done was sit around as Buffy retold the events of last night's patrol. Needless to say, Buffy, Faith, and Xander were extremely bored. Willow had done the 'smart' thing and used the time to complete any extra credit that she hadn't finished.
"I don't understand why you insist on having these civilians involved with your slaying." Giles directs to Buffy, completely ignoring Faith. Faith's reaction is to get up and hit him. He may have been almost three times her age, but no one disrespected her as he had just so blatantly did. However, before she can complete her action, Buffy is holding her wrist with a disapproving look.
"Sit." She commands and Faith reluctantly listens. She turns to Giles. "Listen carefully because I'm not going over this again. They aren't civilians, they're my friends. And to be honest, yes, I wish they had never been brought into this. I would sleep a lot better knowing that they're safe. But they were brought into this, and really, it's safer that they know what goes on in the night, unlike most people in this town. And I thank the PTB everyday that I have real friends. Friends that are willing to risk their lives daily to help me. If you have a problem with that then you can go back to England because it's not going to change any time soon. They're a part of this just as much as I am, and I won't tolerate you treating them as anything less than equals. Do you understand now?"
Before Giles can answer everyone turns as they hear a sniffling noise. Xander quickly wipes his face of any evidence of tears.
"What? My sinuses are acting up. There's a high pollen count today." He adamantly defends himself.
"Xander, you don't have allergies." Willow has an apologetic look on her face. "Sorry."
"Dude, you are such a girl." Faith laughs at him. "I can't believe you're crying. I hope you know I'm gonna be making fun you for a very long time about this." Xander gives her a sarcastic smile.
"Thanks, Faith. For a second I was worried my best friends would make fun of me. Glad I was wrong."
"It's okay, Xander." Willow assures him. "I think it's a good thing that you're in touch with your feminine side."
"Yeah, I'll go with you to exchange your testicles for pantyhose."
"Buffy, make her stop."
"Faith, stop harassing Xander." Buffy says.
"Yes, well if we could forget about Alexander's askewed sexuality for a moment and get back to the matter at hand."
Faith leans over and whispers in Xander's ear. "I think he just called you gay."
"What?"
"Dude, you just got dissed by the librarian."
"No, I didn't."
"Excuse me." Giles gets their attention.
"What, Ru?"
"Please stop calling me that, Xander."
"Stop calling me gay and I'll think about it." Buffy, Willow and Giles all get confused looks on their faces, and Faith bursts out laughing. A second later the warning bell rings.
"Well, as fun as this is, I gotta go meet someone." Faith grabs her bag and gives Buffy a kiss goodbye. "I'll see you after first, cool?"
"Cool." They kiss again and Faith leaves.
In the hallway she spots Cordelia leaning inside her locker, applying lip gloss.
"Hey."
"Hi." Cordelia returns the greeting.
"So, you got my stuff?"
"Yep." She pulls out a envelope and hands it to Faith. "Now, what about my payment?" She asks leaning towards the other girl.
"I'll see you after school." Faith lightly pushes her back.
"Mine or yours."
Faith raises an eyebrow before answering. "Yours. Bye Cordelia."
"Bye." She smiles, watching Faith walk away.
...to be continued...