Trying
by Shell
Rating: R
THE NEXT DAY
Buffy came home with tons of brochures for different ranches. She had almost decided, but needed another opinon. She went to call Will and see what she thought about them.
"Hey Will this is Buffy I've got it down to two choices I need your help."
"Ok tell me what I need to do." Willow said as she sat down waiting on the choices.
"Well we can go to this one and we will be in a couple different lodges and we can ride horses and they have preplanned activities already laid out or we can go to this other one and pick our own activities, but there won't be as many rooms." Buffy explained.
"Well I like the second choice. I''d rather pick my own activities." Willow said after thinking it over.
"Well there's also one other requirement with that one they have a dress code."
"What kind of dress code?" Willow asked.
"Well you have to wear wranglers, boots, and a cowboy hat."
"Oh that'd be fun let's do that one still." Willow said excitedly.
"Ok I'll make the arrangements."
"K bye." Willow said and then hung up the phone and went to look for her boots.
"I'll be back in a little while." Faith told Buffy as she left quickly so Buffy wouldn't ask questions. Faith headed over to Tara's dorm. "Hey ready to go?"
"Yea." Tara said as she grabbed her coat and left after giving Willow and excuse about being somewhere. They left the building and headed to where they were going.
Buffy waited eagerly for Faith to return and after awhile got worried and called Willow.
"Hey Buffy what's wrong?"
"Do you know where Faith is?"
"No why is something wrong?"
"No she told me she'd be back later and that was hours ago." Buffy told Willow when she heard the door open. She ran to it and toppled Faith. "Gotta go Will." Buffy said and hung up the phone.
"I'm guessing you missed me!" Faith said trying to keep her balance.
"So very much I was worried where were you?"
"Just out walking." Faith told her hoping Buffy wouldn't figure out she was lying.
"Well I've got our vacation planned."
"Tell me about it then." Faith said as she pulled Buffy into the other room.
"Well we are going to this ranch and were going to stay in a cabin and we'll get to ride horses, hunt, fish, and all that good stuff, but we all have to wear wranglersbootsandhats." Buffy finished fast hoping Faith wouldn't catch it.
"What?" Faith asked.
"You have to wear cowgirl clothes."
"What if I don't want to."
"Too bad you gotta." Buffy said trying Willow's resolve face.
"Well I guess there will be a plus to that."
"What's that."
"You have to too and I can't wait to get you into some nice and tight pants." Faith said.
"You're my little cowgirl." Buffy said as she stole a quick kiss.
"Hold on now let's not go that far." Faith said as she pulled away from Buffy.
"Ok what ever you say." Buffy said as they sat there for a little longer before she went to call everyone.
"Everything is set." Buffy said as she came back into the room and joined Faith. "We leave tonight."
"Tonight?" Faith asked.
"Yea we have to be there by 8 tommorrow morning to check in and get all the info." Buffy said before going to pack. "I've already called everyone and we're going to meet at Giles' tonight and take three cars. So get up and get ready we have to take you shopping."
"Can we not please?" Faith said trying to get out of it.
"You know the rules. Now quit complaining and get your butt dressed." Buffy said as she left the room to get something from the bathroom.
"This is going to be so much fun." Willow said as she packed.
"Yea it's a nice change to what we're used to." Tara said as she watched her pack.
"Well I guess it's a good thing I kept these things." Willow said as she packed her wranglers. Tara wasn't paying her any attention thought because she still had her mind on her time with Faith.
Everyone arrived at Giles' house ready to go. They decided who was riding with who and discussed the directions. Buffy and Faith were with Kate and Gunn while Cordy and Angel had Xander and Anya and Giles, Wes, Tara, and Willow were in Giles' car. Kate was in the front because she had the map and knew how to get to where they were going. They all pulled out and were on their way on a trip none of them would forget.
They arrived at the ranch at 7:30 and proceded to check in before they went to their cabins to unpack. "We're in 8, 9, and 10." Buffy said as she came back with six keys.
"That's four per cabin. How are we going to split it this time?" Xander asked.
"Well we could put girls in one and single guys then couples." Cordy suggested.
"Sounds good so I guess that means me Faith, Willow and Tara are in one cabin and 2 of you but that leaves on cabin with Giles, Wes, and one couple so who's going where?" Buffy asked as she looked at them.
"I guess me and Gunn will stay with them." Kate said.
"So you guys are together." Buffy said pointing at the remaining couples.
"We'll take cabin 8." Faith said as she grabbed a key from Buffy and went towards the cabin. She was happy about being in the same cabin as Tara because they would be together already instead of having to sneak off. Buffy gave them the remaining keys and everyone went to their own cabins.
"Wow." Willow said as she entered the cabin. "It's so big."
"Faith where are you?" Buffy called out.
"In here." Faith said as she came out of a room. "I want this room." Buffy walked over and into the room. It had a queen size bed, a tv, a stereo, and a couple of chairs in it.
"Maybe we should have thought about being country." Buffy said in awe of everything there. They sat down their suitcases and went to find Willow and Tara.
"This is great look at all the stuff." Tara said as she put down her suitcase.
"I guess this is your room." Faith said as she came in to see their faces.
"Come on guys let's get dressed and go find the others." Buffy said as she pulled Faith into the other room to get her into some tighter clothes than she was already in.
"Well I guess we need to get changed into our cowboy stuff." Cordy said as she grabbed some jeans and a shirt from her bag and went into the bathroom. When she came back out Angel was in his wranglers and boots, but didn't have on a shirt. Cordy could do nothing but stare at him with her mouth hanging open. Angel turned and saw her standing there looking at him.
"What?" He asked.
"Oh...Huh..oh nothing." Cordy said as she walked over to him and helped him with his shirt. *Oh I can't wait until tonight when those clothes come off your nice buff body.*
"Well I guess we need to find everyone else." Angel said as he watched Cordy as she turned around and walked across the room to put up the rest of her clothes.
"Yea." They all left the cabin and were greeted by the girls.
"Hey guys." Will said as she saw them coming out.
"We were just coming to find you." Buffy said.
"Well here we are let's go get everyone else and get going." Faith said as she couldn't help but look at Angel. She loved Buffy, but he sure looked hot in those pants. They arrived at the other cabin and got Giles, Wes, Anya, and Xander and headed off to start the activities.
Everyone walked up to the counter in the main lodge. "May I help you?" the clerk asked.
"Yes, do you have something that we could look at about what we can do?" Buffy asked. The clerk handed her a brochure.
"Here you go." Buffy took the brochure and started to look through it.
"What all sounds fun that we can do?" Will asked.
"Well we can go horseback riding, four-wheeler riding, go rodeoing, hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, and almost anything else you can imagine." Buffy said as she looked through the book.
"I wanna ride some four-wheelers." Faith said.
"I wanna go horseback riding." Tara said.
"Me too." Willow chirped in excitedly.
"Let's go on a hike." Gunn said.
"That'd be fun do you mind if we join you?" Xander asked.
"No not at all." Kate replied.
"I want to go see about this rodeoing thing." Angel said.
"I'll come with." Cordy said still mesmerized by Angel's jeans.
"Ok then meet back here in an hour. I think I'm going to get in some fishing." Giles said.
"That sounds fun let's go." Wes said as he followed Giles.
"Ok how exactly do you do this?" Wes asked as he picked up his pole.
"Well you take this big long pole here and put your hand on this round thing and push this button and throw the line out while holding the pole and button and then you turn the reel to make the line come back." Giles said as he demonstrated. They headed towards the river and set up their things. After another explanation they set out to catch them some fish.
"Do you want to take the same trail or head out on another one?" Kate asked Xander and Anya.
"I think we'll take this one." Xander said.
"Ok we'll take this one here." Gunn said as he came over and grabbed Kate's hand then started down the trail.
"Well let's head out." Anya said as she started down the other trail.
"I want that brown one over there." Willow said as she picked her horse out.
"Well I guess I'll take this white one here." Tara said as she went over to get her horse. They got on their horses and headed out.
"Excuse me sir we would like to know about riding this bull over here." Angel said to the guy that was standing next to the fence.
"Are you sure you wanna try that?" The man asked him.
"Yea it'll be fun." Angel said.
"Ok just remember I warned you," the guy said as he showed him where to go to get ready.
"Where are we going to go first?" Buffy asked as she started up her red honda.
"Let's go muddin." Faith answered as she started her black kawasaki.
"UMM how about we just go riding instead." Buffy said not wanting to get dirty, but Faith had already took off. "Hey no fair." Buffy yelled as she kicked into 5th gear and went full speed passing Faith in the process.
"Hey where do you think you're going?" Faith said as she caught her. Faith turned down a little trail and took off. Buffy followed her. Faith suddenly hit her brakes and was sent flying over the handle bars. Buffy jumped off and ran over to her.
"Are you ok baby?" Buffy asked as she picked Faith up and carried her back over to the four-wheeler.
"Yea I'm ok I guess I'm not as good as I thought I was." Faith said as she laid down on the seat.
"Guess not." Buffy said as she leaned in for a kiss. Faith picked her up and sat her on top of her lap. Buffy deepened the kiss and started pulling at the bottom of her shirt. Faith reached down and started unzipping Buffy's pants. Faith lifted her up so they could get rid of the pants. Buffy pulled Faith's shirt off and started with her pants. Faith lifted up a little so Buffy could get the pants off of her. After what seemed like forever they finally had gotten rid of those pesky clothes. Buffy started grinding herself against Faith. They both slowly made their way down to eachothers core. They slowly inserted two fingers into eachother. They gasped. They set a pace together and never stopped kissing eachother. Right before they reached climax they opened their eyes and came together.
"I love you B."
"I love you too baby." They laid there for a little while before they moved and got up and found their clothes and headed back to meet the others.
Comments: Only two more chapters. The last chapter will be full of surprises.
When Buffy and Faith returned to camp everyone, but Angel and Cordy were there. "Hey guys. Have fun?" Anya asked knowing exactly what they had done.
"Yea tons." Faith replied not embarrased about it.
"Where's Angel and Cordy?" Buffy asked trying to change the subject.
"I don't know." Kate answered.
"Well how'd your fishing go?" Faith asked Giles and Wes.
"Not so well I'm afraid." Giles answered.
"So you didn't catch anything?" Faith asked.
"Not exactly." Wes answered.
"Well what's that mean?" Willow asked.
"Well we didn't catch any fish."
"OH ok." Gunn said chiming in for the first time.
"Hey guys." Cordy said as she helped Angel over to the bench.
"What happened?" Xander asked as everyone came over to where he was sitting.
"Had a little run in with the ground." Angel said trying to joke about it.
"He was trying to show off and got thrown from the bull over there." Cordy finished for him.
"Oh that would have been a site to see." Faith said.
"It was you should have been there he just went flying through the air and then boom he meet the ground." Cordy said demonstrating with her hands.
"Hey in pain here." Angel said as he tried to move.
"Shouldn't have tried to be all invincible." Buffy said. While all this was going on Tara was off to the side thinking about tonight with Faith. *We don't even have to sneak off because we're in the same cabin.*
"Tara did you hear us?" Willow asked.
"Huh..What."
"We were thinking about having a group dinner tonight are you interested?" Willow asked. "Are you ok you kinda spaced out?"
"I'm fine just thinking about something and that'd be great." Tara said trying not to look at Faith. Faith knew exactly what Tara was thinking about because she was thinking about the same thing...Tonight.
"How about we all meet in the mess hall at let's say 6:30. That'll give us an hour to get ready." Buffy said as she took Faith's hand. Everyone agreed and walked off to get ready.
Willow and Tara walked into the mess hall and saw everyone already there. They walked over to where they were seated. "Hey guys." Willow said as she took a seat at the table. Tara sat next to Willow and Faith. Faith gave Tara a knowing smile.
"So let's eat." Xander said as he looked at the various food items on the table.
"I'm starved." Buffy said as she looked at Faith, who just smiled knowing the reason for her hunger. They all grabbed a plate and started helping themselves.
"This looks great. What exactly is it?" Kate asked as she looked at the food on her plate.
"Well these are ribs and this is a roll." Faith said as she held up the roll.
"I know that smartass." Kate remarked.
"Hey just doing my part to help out." Everyone burst into laughter.
"If you didn't have super strength I'd kick your ass." Kate remarked as she threw a roll at Faith.
"Hey." Faith said as she threw a fork full of potatoes at her.
"Food fight." Cordy yelled as she threw a pile of beans at Angel who in return threw some mac and cheese at her. Gunn and Xander were throwing an unidentified food at each other while Willow and Buffy were tossing rolls at eachother.
"I'm going to have to ask you to leave." Someone shouted from behind them. The gang just kept going. "EXCUSE ME." He yelled again. That got their attention. Everyone stopped and put down the item in there hands. "Can you please leave the building." The manager said as he escorted them out.
"Well that was fun while it lasted." Anya said.
"Yea now what are we going to do?" Buffy asked.
"How bout we take a walk?" Willow suggested.
"That'd be good." Angel added as he took Cordy's hand.
"You guys go ahead I'm just going to go back and get some rest." Tara said.
"You sure. You want me to come with?" Willow asked concerned.
"No I'll be fine." Tara said as she gave her a kiss and headed off to the cabin.
"I think I'm going to head back too I think I need a shower." Faith said as she looked down at herself.
"I'll go with you." Buffy said.
"No you stay here and go with Willow I'm sure you two have a lot to talk about." Faith said as she gave Buffy a quick kiss before heading off to the cabin after Tara. Everyone coupled off and went their separate ways.
When Faith entered the cabin she found Tara waiting on her and they headed back to the back room together.
Willow and Buffy came to a stop in front of the cabin. "I'm glad we had this little talk." Buffy said as she hugged Will.
"Me too. Now why don't we go inside and meet our girlfriends." Will said as she released Buffy and they headed up the stairs.
"OHMYGOD" Buffy said as she opened the door and looked into the room.
Kate and Gunn entered their cabin to find Wes and Giles' reading what looked like a very dull book.
"Hey guys." Gunn said as he and Kate walked over to them before heading to their bedroom.
"So what shall we do to pass the time." Kate asked as she seductivly took off her jacket.
"Oh I'm sure we can think of something." Gunn said as he moved over to where she was standing. Kate pushed him onto the bed and went to the bathroom to get something and returned. "What is that for?" Gunn asked suddenly very afraid.
Anya and Xander were laying in bed when they heard something from the other room.
"What was that?" Xander asked.
"I dunno." Anya said as she clutched his arm. Xander got out of the bed and went to the door.
"I'll be right back stay here." He said as he opened the door. He slowly made his way over to the other room where the noise was coming from. When he opened the door he saw a sight that sent him into shock.
"OHMYGOD" Buffy said as she opened the door and looked into the room.
"Wow" was all Willow could say.
"Wow's right." Buffy said as she walked into the cabin and closed the door behind her. There was a candlelight dinner waiting for them both. One table was marked Will and the other B. Willow walked over to her table and picked up the card.
"Sit and be patient." Willow read allowed. "What's yours say?" she asked as Buffy picked up a card from her table.
"Sit and the night of our lives will begin."
"That's so sweet" Willow said as she sat in her chair. They sat there for a few minutes before the bedroom doors opened and out walked Faith and Tara with a cart filled with food. Buffy smiled when she caught sight of Faith.
"Hey baby." Buffy said as Faith walked oer and planted a kiss on her cheek.
"Whose hungry?" she asked. Willow and Buffy both answered her. Faith and Tara started putting food on their soulmate's plates. Both couples ate in silence. Tara was the first to finish and when she noticed everyone finish she walked over and put in a cd. Faith stood and held her hand out.
"Dance with me?" Buffy took her hand and followed her to an open place. Tara and Willow went to the other side of the room as the song started.
[ i swear by the the moon and the stars in the sky and i swear like the shadow that's by your side i see the questions in your eyes i know what's waiting on your mind you can be sure i know my part 'cause i stand beside you through the years you'll only cry those happy tears and though i make mistakes i'll never break your heart and i swear by the moon and the stars in the sky i'll be there i swear like the shadow that's by your side i'll be there for better or worse till death do us part i'll love you with every beat of my heart and i swear ]
"I love you B with all my heart. You are the best thing that ever happened to me and I just wanted to tell you that no matter what happens I will always love you." Faith said to Buffy.
[ i'll give you every thing i can i'll build your dreams with these two hands we'll hang some memories on the wall and when (and when) just the two of us are there you won't have to ask if i still care 'cause as the time changes the page my love won't ever age at all ]
"Will you know I love you more than anything in this world." Tara said as she ran her fingers down Willow's face.
"And I feel the same for you," she said leaning into Tara's touch.
[ and i swear (i swear) by the moon and the stars in the sky i'll be there (i'll be there) i swear (and i swear) like the shadow that's by your side i'll be there (i'll be there) for better or worse till death do us part i'll love you with every single beat of my heart and i swear ]
"I love you too Faith no matter what happens." Buffy said as she kissed Faith tenderly.
[ and i swear (i swear) by the moon and the stars in the sky i'll be there (i'll be there) i swear (and i swear) like the shadow that's by your side i'll be there (i'll be there) for better or worse (better or worse) till death do us part i'll love you with every single beat of my heart i swear i swear i swear ]
Faith suddenly kneeled in front of Buffy. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a black velvet box. "Buffy will you marry me?"
At the same time on the other side of the room Tara pulled out a light gray box and took out a ring. Willow suddenly felt light headed. Then Tara started talking.
"Will will you marry me?"
...continued in Please Forgive Me...