The Bus
by Samantha
Rating: PG-13

Disclaimer: Characters are not mine only the situation. The lyrics belong to Jewel.
Spoilers: Well as long as you know what happened at the end of last season. If not ha ha ha ha=)
Author's Notes: Ok, now for some reason I keep thinking that writing fics late at night is a good idea=) So there will most likely be many mistakes, hopefully you can all look past those to enjoy the story, if not...sorry=)
Feedback: It's like an IV right? stick it in me!

	Oh...you're so special
	Oh...Who gives a....
	Do you want to play?

How did I end up here?

That's what I ask myself as we walk up the block towards the bar. Buffy and Xander are ahead of me her on his back, Willow and Tara are walking a little behind me. They are all smashed beyond belief. And me? I'm the sober one for once, go figure. I could see where this night was heading, and I had one too many bad nights myself. I am just back in Sunnydale for a week. Got out of jail almost six months ago, me and B we been talking on the phone all that time, sending emails too. I don't know what happened, but she decided she wanted things to be ok again, and I wasn't going to argue there. I've been here a week, I'm supposed to leave tommorow. It's been the best week of my life, I can't remember the last time I felt this good, this healthy. I know it's B, she makes my world right again. I don't ever want to leave her.

"Come on Faith," Buffy yells from the door motioning me to hurry. Xander knows the doorman so we get to pass the line of people waiting, oh yeah we just got more than a few dirty looks. This bar wasn't here last time I was in Sunnyhell. Which is good no bad memories.

"Faith I gotta go to the bathroom, come with me?" Buffy grabs my hand and starts pulling me in the direction of the bathroom, part way there we get separated. When I reach the bathroom she is already in line, another woman behind her. I wait behind the other woman who looks like she is seriously thinking of tossing her cookies. Buffy makes funny faces at me over the woman's shoulders, I stick my tounge out at her and she smiles, quickly going into the bathroom, as another girl leaves it. I lean against the wall and smile to myself.

Never in a million years would I have seen this coming. I had always liked Buffy, but as we talked on the phone I felt things changing getting more intense. Seeing her this week had been amazing, we clicked like we never had before. She's changed, I think it has alot to do with her dying. She is a little more 'Fuck the world' like me. I am a little more like her now too. We are balancing each other perfectly.

"How you doing babe?" Suddenly Buffy is standing right in front of me, I am snapped out of my daze. The girl in front of me runs into the bathroom slaming the door behind her.

"I'm five by five." I smile at her, she returns my smile.

"Oh, I don't want you to leave tommorow," she wraps her arms around my waist as she says this pulling me close. Instinctivly I slide mine around her waist too.

"Oh you don't?" I ask smiling.

"No," she gives me her patented Buffy pout. "I want you to stay forever." We're gently swaying back and forth our arms still around each other, I am trying not to think of the explosive messeges my nerves are sending my brain. I can see some guys behind her noticibly staring our way. "I have an idea," she smiles mischeviously. "Miss the bus."

"Miss the bus?"

"Yeah, you can use your ticket another day, Angel won't mind if you miss one more day of work."

"I don't know B, Will and Tara might not like me invading the house another few days."

"Well we won't tell them it is on purpose, look at them, they are trashed, they are not gonna remember to set an alarm, and neither are we. Ok?"

How do you resist her I ask? Look at her she is the most beautiful girl I have ever met, let alone held in my arms.

"Alright B, so it's our little secret?"

"Our secret. Now I am gonna go get a drink." She gives me a little kiss on the cheek and heads back towards the gang. I smile and shake my head knowing that what I am doing is so very wrong, but not particularly caring. After I get my turn in the bathroom I manage to worm my way through the crowd back to our table. Anya has shown up and her and Xander are talking to some friends I don't know. Willow and Tara are off getting drinks.

"Wanna have a cigarette?" Buffy asks leaning over.

"Sure," we stand up and make our way back out to the patio of the bar. I sit in an empty chair and to my surprise B sits on my lap. "What a chair not good wnough for you B?" I ask playfully.

"Nope they are hard and cold. Not soft and snuggly." She giggles at herself, and funny I don't want to break the person who just refered to me as 'snuggly'....must really be love.

"So you want a cig B?" I reach into my pocket to fish out the pack, causing her to move back a little so she turns looking at me. No wait she isn't looking at me, she is kissing me. She pulls away from me smiling. It was just a little kiss, sweet, no tounge. Then wait... she's kissing me again. Oh there's the tounge. Oh my god, how did I get here? She tastes like vanilla, and strawberries, and...Buffy. My hand has made it to her face, it's running though her hair. Good hand glad you're working since my brain has seemingly gone on strike. She pulls away again, I lick my lips savoring the last little taste of her.

"Sorry, that just seemed like the thing to do, like if this was a movie." She laughed a little and took a cigarette from the pack. She lit one for me and one for herself.

"It's ok B, good times." She smiled at me, and moved to the chair across from me.

"There you are," I turned around to see Xander behind me. "Will is feeling really sick, think it's time we cut out before she redecorates the car on the way home.

"Yeah, just a sec." Buffy puts out her cigarette and I follow suit. We follow Xander to where Anya and Tara are supporting Willow out front, both of them laughing like idiots.

The next couple hours go by fast. Willow pukes out the car door as we drive, and after dropping off Xander and Anya we head home. After the amusing challenge of getting Willow undressed and into bed me and Buffy leave her in Tara's care and get ready for bed.

"I unplugged their alarm," Buffy giggles. "You are so missing your bus."

I smile at her, still somewhat lost in thoughts of the kiss. I start to pull a blanket and a pillow off her bed.

"What are you doing?"

"Well I thought we were going to bed."

"So get in the bed." I give her a questioning look. "We can both fit honest, just get in and slide over while I turn off the light." I get in and follow her directions. I slide over so my back is against the wall. The room goes black. I feel her get into the bed next to me, her back touching my stomach. Suddenly I have the one awkward hand. One is under the pillow, but the other one is sorta stuck, where to put it? In between us is uncomfortable, on my side is also. I place it tentativly on her hip. I feel her take my hand in hers and pull it around holding it in hers against her chest, thereby pulling my body tight against hers. And suddenly even as I hear her breath get deeper and more regular I am not tired. Not one little bit. I am in love with sleeping with her like this. Feeling her body connected to mine, I want to enjoy it for as long as possible. But my body knows when it is time to sleep and slowly I drift off.

I wake up with the sun shining through the windows, my arm still around Buffy, only now she is on her back. I look over at her alarm clock, it reads 11:57am. I gently nudge Buffy.

"Hey B."

"Hmmm?"

"Buffy."

"What?"

"I missed my bus." She smiles and rolls over throwing her arm over my stomach, and we drift back to sleep.

*****

Disclaimer: Nope not mine, not the charaters, they are Joss' and the lyrics belong to Mindi Abair a song called "heaven" highly recommended.
Dedication: To Ashwolf, who requested more to make classes better. I told you I would write another just for you, hope you like it as much.

	::I will always be there for you 
	all I ever wanted was you 
	you know that you will always be 
	the one for me 
	I will be the one who loves you 
	every day with or without you 
	I say a pray that someday you will be with me 
	so take me to heaven
	where all the faces look like yours::

I woke up again hours later, I looked at the clock again 2:08pm. I start shaking B.

"Buffy, get up, get up!"

"What huh? What's wrong?" She asks sleepily sitting up and looking around.

"It's after two B, Passions is on." I smile stupidly at her.

"Oh my god you're such a dork," she flops back down on the bed closing her eyes again. I sit watching her. She cracks one eye open a smidge looking at me. She shuts it again quickly. A smile spreads across her face. As I watch her hand reaches over to the bedside table picking up the remote and switching on the TV putting Passions on. "There," she turns over so her back is to me and she is facing the TV. I lay back down behind her. I don't know what to do after last night. Is it ok to touch her again? I mean I always touch her, but you know. I slowly lift my hand up, and drop it down again. Ok have to stop being stupid we always touch. I lift up my hand again this time it makes its way to her back, gently running up and down it just like she likes. I run my fingers up with a little pressure then run my nails back down.

"Oh, you rock," she says relaxing under my touch.

"I know," I smile to myself.

"Oh, you know, not full of yourself at least." She turns her head smiling at me, then turns back to the TV. I continue tickling her back and every once in a while her arm. She falls back asleep and I watch the rest of Passions with my hand on her hip. Just as it finishes Willow throws the door to her room open causing Buffy to jump awake.

"Oh my god, your bus Faith I am so sorry, we were so trashed. I can't believe none of us thought about it."

"It's ok Will, no biggie the ticket is still good tomorrow."

"Yeah, no problem." Buffy stretches and climbs out of the bed. Well that sucks, I was ready to stay in here all day. "Guess I better shower, then we'll get something to eat ok?" I nod my head in agreement.

"Ok, well me and Tara are going to the library at school, and Dawn is still with Ashleigh she called to say she was gonna stay there again. I told her that was fine. Is it fine?"

"Yeah, no problem, see you guys later." Buffy gives Willow a hug on her way to the bathroom; Willow gives me a little wave and leaves me alone in Buffy's room. Wow, I better call Angel and let him know that I "missed" my bus and that I won't be back till tomorrow. I hope Cordy doesn't answer the phone. She'll be all like 'so did you fuck her yet?' and I so hate to disappoint. I pick up the phone and dial Angel's number.

*****

Three hours later I am showered and dressed in my favorite low cut dark jeans and a read tank top while I watch Buffy still finishing her hair.

"How's this?" She is wearing a pair of tight black pants and a fitted white button up shirt with bell sleeves; her hair is up in a messy bun. I would like to lay her down on the bed and slowly take off all of her clothes and pull her hair down, feeling it run through my fingers before they follow my mouth all over her body.

"Look's good." I say smiling.

"Thank you darling," she smiles back at me then looks at the clock. "Oh my god, it is after six, you must be starving I am so sorry! Just let me grab my purse and we will go ok? I am so sorry."

"Sure B." I smile at her again and she knows I am joking. I stand up and grab her purse from the chair as she readjusts her hair one last time. "I am taking your purse and your keys and going now." I wave the keys in front of her and back towards the door.

"I'm coming!"

"Good to know." I smile again at her.

"Faith!" she picks her jean jacket up from the floor and follows me down the stairs. "Gimmie my keys," she says trying to grab them from me.

"Uh, uh," I pull the keys away from her.

"You are such a dork," she jumps for the keys grabbing them from my hand and ending up right up against me. I try not to inhale too noticeably from her body against mine. She wraps her arms around my neck and hugs me quickly. "I love you baby." She pulls back smiling at me before grabbing her purse and leading me to the car. I follow in my Buffy daze. I really don't understand how she does this to me. Every time I am with her she just has this sort of power over me, the kind where she could tell me to tightrope across the country and I would try to. We get into the car and she pulls away from the curb.

"So where you want to eat?" She asks me.

"Where ever."

"Don't say that cause that means Double meat Palace to me, free food is always the best."

"I really don't care B that is fine with me."

"Cool, we'll do drive through and then go eat at the park?"

"Sounds good." I relax back in the seat as she tries to tune the radio to something she finds suitable, and drive, and apply lip-gloss. I really should now feel as safe as I do riding with her. I zone out at the passing scenery as we make our way through town to Double meat.

"How you doing?" Her hand is suddenly on my arm as she asks this.

"I'm fine B," I smile at her and take her hand squeezing it gently, she squeezes back and neither of us let go till we get in the drive through. We order and quickly get our food and head to the park. It's deserted as it starts to get dark, guess people aren't as stupid as they seem in Sunnydale. We park the car and walk a few yards to a nice patch of grass. We eat quietly then lay back together to look up at the darkening sky.

"I love you B." I say quietly reaching over and taking her hand.

"I love you too," she squeezes my hand and rolls over resting her head on her hand. "And I don't know what to do about that, I am really gonna miss you when you leave tomorrow. Hey wait I got an idea. How about you miss the bus?" She smiles at me and I have to smile back. I pull her hand up to my mouth kissing it gently. "Seriously though," I look at her face and she is all sober face. "I love you Faith, don't ever think I don't."

"I know," and I do, for some unexplainable reason I do know it. "I trust you B," and I do, I don't usually trust anyone, especially someone like her, but I trust her entirely. "I'll miss you too," and I will more than I have missed anyone ever.

"Ok," she lies back down her hand still interlocked with mine. "I just wanted to make sure you knew."

I know, without her saying it I know. I know she loves me, I know things can only get better from here. I know that I am going to hate that bus all the way back to LA tomorrow. But right now I am not going to think about that. I am just going to know she loves me.

...continued in Heaven...