Genesis

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Buffy and Willow were drinking coffee inside the shopping mall, they had been there about and hour when they decided to take a break.

“I spoke to Faith earlier, she said she was gonna come tonight. I suppose you saw her again last night huh?” Willow looked at her friend.

“Yeah I did, she was on the roof when I got back, she stayed with me.” Buffy said dreamily.

“And.” Willow prompted.

“And what?” Buffy shrugged.

“Well I was just wondering if anything happened?” Willow suggested.

“Yeah it did.” Buffy smiled.

“Tell me more.” Willow became very interested.

“We got back to mine, and well we got changed and got into bed.” Buffy was dragging out the story for her friend knowing that it would be driving her insane.

“And, and, come on .” W.” Willow stated impatiently.

“We fell asleep.” Buffy replied in a dull tone.

“Oh!” Was all that the red head had to offer.

“Exactly, Oh.” Buffy repeated.

“Give it time Buff, you haven’t even spoken to her about this yet.” Willow offered.

“I know Will, I just don’t wanna loose her. I like having her here, I don’t want her to run, I don’t wanna be the reason for her to run again.” Buffy lowered her head.

“She won’t run Buff, trust me.” Willow said in reassurance to her friend.

When they returned from the mall, they entered the kitchen to find the rest of the Scoobies all looking through different car magazines.

“Hey whatcha doin?” Buffy asked entering the room.

“We’re trying to work out which cars to buy.” Andrew stated.

“Oooo lemme look.” Willow’s eyes grew wide. She really wanted to choose a cool car. They had decided that only Giles, Xander, Buffy and Willow would have the first cars, the others would follow.

Xander handed over one of the magazines he had been looking at, Buffy walked towards the group and stood behind Faith, she looked over her shoulder and at the magazine that was open in front of her. She noticed that Faith was looking dreamily at a Harley on the page she could picture seeing Faith straddled across the throbbing machine with her dark hair flowing in the wind, she could feel herself getting aroused at the thought. Giles broke her from her revere.

“Well I already have mine ordered.” He stated

“eah eah G-man, whadya get?” Kennedy asked.

“Well K-girl,” Giles giggled. “I have ordered a classic British sports car, it’s called a Triumph Spitfire, I doubt that you’ve heard of it.” He finished.

“You getting it in British racing green or the traditional red.” Kennedy asked placing her hands on her hips.

“She got ya there Giles.” Faith laughed.

“Actually I thought about the green.” He smiled at the young brunette.
“So ya know ‘bout cars then?” Faith turned to the younger brunette.

“Not much, just enough.” Kennedy stated with a smirk.

What car you havin B?” Faith asked he counterpart.

“I thought an SUV like Mom used to have.” The blond replied.

“I thought you’d go for something sporty.” Faith turned to look at her.

“I thought about it, but what’s the point, you can’t fit your shopping in a small car.” She smiled and nodded her head to where she and Willow had dumped the bags from their shopping spree.

“Gotcha.” Faith smiled.

“What about you Xand, you made up your mind yet?” Buffy turned to her friend.

“Well,” Giles cleared his throat before Xander could answer. “he’s having something called a Hummer.” Giles said with a look of confusion.

“Go X-man.” Faith whooped.

“Well I thought ya know I am official combat knowing guy and ya know it keeps in with the army feel.” He grinned.

“And what colour did you choose? Please don’t tell me yellow?” Buffy asked in mock horror.

“Nope, it’s gonna be black all the way.” He stated.
ere,ere, only you to decide babe.” Kennedy spoke to her lover.

“I don’t know.” Willow offered, she had never thought about owning her own car, she had looked through the different magazines they had bought and had thought about the sports car and the SUV and everything but she couldn’t decide. Well she had seen something but wasn’t sure if the others would approve.

“Oh come on Will, ya gotta have some idea.” Xander sighed.

“Well this tis this one, no I dunno, you’ll all think it’s lame.” She babbled.

“No we wont, what is it?” Kennedy asked putting her arms around thd hed head from behind.

“A Beetle.” Willow whispered.

“Cool, the new type yeah.” Kennedy replied excitedly.

“Yeah the new type, I thought you’d hate the idea, you’re always looking at the Porches and the Ferraris and anything else that goes fast.” Willow turned to look at her lover.

“Well what can I say, I like the quirky.” Kennedy winked.

“So that’s settled, when do we get them?” Xander asked rubbing his hands together.

“Willow will place the order, and I think we might as well get them delivered, it would be easier that way.” Giles stated.

“When does yours arrive?” Willow asked.

“Should be here by next weekend.” Giles stated taking a sip of his tea.

“Ok, I’ll get on with the ordering then, hopefully we’ll all have ours about the same time.”

“Will, you gonna give me a hand with this shopping?” Buffy asked when they had all finalised the new car plan.

“Sure.” The red head replied moving away from her girlfriend. Kennedy quickly pulled her back and gently brushed her lips across Willows. “I missed you.” She whispered.

“Missed you to.” Willow whispered her reply.

“Will, are you coming.” Buffy called impatiently.

Willow rolled her eyes. “Yeah, yeah, I’m coming.” She moved to help the blond with the packages they had bought. She was convinced that they must have multiplied there was no way they had bought that much.

Willow and Buffy made their way through the hall and into the elevator, they managed to get out on the fourth floor with all the bags just as the doors started to close.

“Will, would you do me a huge favour?” Buffy asked turning to look her friend in the eye.

“Ah, what kind of favour?” The red head replied, she wasn’t quite sure of the tone that Buffy was using.

“Nothing bad Will I promise.” Buffy stated.

“Ok go on.” Willow replied raising her eyebrow.

“CanyouorderFaiththeHarleythatshewants.” Buffy blurted out in one breath.

“Huh?” Was all that Willow could say, she heard Buffy say ‘can’ and then lost the rest of the speed sentence.

Buffy took a deep breath. “Can you order Faith the Harley she wants?” Buffy asked more clearly this time.

“I thought we all agreed to only have four cars.” Willow started. “Oh I get it.”

“You get what?” Buffy feigned innocence.

“Well lets just say I too can see the benefits.” The red head replied with a wink.

“Lemme guess, there’s that credit card of yours aga Buf Buffy giggled.

“Well I can’t let you have all the fun.” Willow started giggling at her friends increasingly red colour.

It was mid evening when Faith heard the knock at the door. “Just a sec.” She called as she finished putting on her pants.

“Hey.” She said as she opened the door.

“Hey you.” Buffy replied.

“It’s strange seeing you at this door.” Faith smirked.

“I nearly went over the roof and then I remembered, hey door across the hall.” Buffy smiled.

“You ready to go?” Faith asked walking out through her door.

“Yep, lets get the girly night on.” Buffy stated punching the air which made Faith chuckle.

Willow answered the door to the two slayers and gestured for them to enter. Kennedy asked them what they wanted to drink from the kitchen. Soon they had all gathered in the living area. Willow and Kennedy had taken their usual position on one couc Buf Buffy and Faith were left with the other.

“We ordered Chinese, we so couldn’t be bothered to cook.” Willow stated looking at the slayers.

“Cool, I haven’t had Chinese for ages.” Faith replied enthusiastically.

“Did ya get the chicken balls, I love chicken balls.” Buffy smiled.

“So that’s what you saw in Beef stick.” Faith said without thinking.

“His name is Riley, and no I liked him for his prawn balls.” Buffy laughed.

Willow was surprised at Buffy’s comment but couldn’t help laughing. She had seen Buffy very defensive in the past about Riley but now with Faith she was able to laugh at the situation. Willow had liked Riley but he was never going to make Buffy happy, he was just plain boring, he sulked worse than Angel and that was saying something.

“So when’s the food coming.” Faith asked as she heard her stomach rumble.

“Soon, soon I promise, d’ya want some chips to be going on with, ya know keep the monster at bay.” Willow grinned pointing to Faith’s belly.

“Na I’m good.” Faith waved her hand in the air.

With that they were alerted to a delivery at the front gates, Willow called down using the computer-com she had installed and a couple of the SIT’s went to collect the food.

Soon the food had arrived and they were all sat busy munching on the various dishes. Faith was trying her best not to slurp the noodles she was eating, she never really had to be polite when she ate but she didn’t want Buffy to think she was savage.

“Who’s got the sweet and sour sauce?” Kennedy asked looking around the various different containers that littered the table in the living room.

“Here.” Willow said as she picked up the carton and handed it towards her girlfriend.

“Thanks.” Kennedy replied as she took the offered source.

“Anyone want any more chicken balls?” Buffy asked quietly as she picked up the last one and waved it around so everyone could see.

When the food passed across Faith’s vision she quickly darted forward and took a bite while Buffy stared at her. Faith pulled back and winked at Buffy and smiled as she quickly chewed the food.

Buffy shook her head to clear it, she could still feel Faith’s lips on her fingers and it made her shiver, ‘shit get a grip girl’ she chided herself. She watched as Faith slowly flicked her tongue around her lips.

“Ah I need the bathroom.” She stated while standing suddenly.

Buffy entered the bathroom, “shit” she said aloud, “fuck, shit, fuck, fuck, get a fucking grip Buffy, come on calm, fuck.” She chided herself, calmly she ran some cold water and splashed her face, she tried to get the thought of Faith’s tongue and lips out of her head, she wondered how Faith’s tongue would feel licking it’s way down her body, she shivered at the thought. ‘Not helping.’ She told herself.

“Buff you ok in there.” Willow called from the other side of the door.

“Yeah Will, just freshening up.” She replied to her friend.

She glanced in the mirror. “Calm Buffy be calm.” She said to herself.

“Hey what took ya so long?” Faith asked as Buffy re-entered the living room.

“Had to get the sauce off my hands, it gets all sticky.” Buffy replied scrunching her nose in disgust.

“I coulda helped you with that B.” Faith replied wiggling her eyebrows.

Buffy blushed and looked wide-eyed at the brunette in front of her. Willow and Kennedy tried to become invisible as they watched the exchange in front of them. Faith continued to stare into the hazel eyes in front of her, she was caught up in their hidden depths, she could sense something in them but couldn’t put her finger on exactly what it was.

“Ah, so I’ll put some music on.” Buffy broke the gaze and turned quickly towards the stereo.

“I’ll start to clear this lot up.” Kennedy offered while picking up some of the empty cartons.

“Here I’ll give you a hand.” Faith said as she picked some up for herself.

“Hey you’re a guest, you shouldn’t have to help.” Willow spoke but she didn’t move from her position on the couch.

“Na, Red I wanna help.” Faith smiled.

When Buffy had finished placing a selection of CDs in the stereo she hit the random play button and returned to her position on the couch opposite Willow.

“So did you order everything?” Buffy asked looking wide eyed at her friend.

Willow smiled. “Yes I managed to get everyone what they wanted.” The red head finished with a wink. “They should all be delivered next Saturday so we only have another week of walking everywhere.” She offered.

“Cool.” Buffy said excitedly. She couldn’t wait to see Faith’s face when the Harley arrived, and she couldn’t wait to see her on it, she blushed slightly at the thought.

Kennedy and Faith returned from the kitchen carrying fresh drinks for everyone. They had all decided against the movies and had opted for a peaceful evening of good company, good food and plenty of alcohol, well why not it’s not as if any of them had far to go before they were home.

They had been talking and drinking for a couple of hours, they were all becoming quite drunk. Kennedy was amazed at how much she had managed to drink and was still in control, Faith had explained to her that being a slayer meant that with the heightened senses and the slayer metabolism that they needed to drink a hell of a lot more than the average person. Willow had also explained the ‘beer bad’ incident that had turned Buffy into ‘cave slayer’ for a while, and Buffy had explained that it had taken a long time for her to be able to drink again. Both Faith and Kennedy found the whole thing highly amusing and had laughed hysterically at the story.

Willow and Kennedy had curled up against each other on their couch and were watching the slayers. They watched as Faith first laid down with her head on the opposite to to Buffy and then when she couldn’t quite get comfortable she sat up, spun around and placed her head in Buffy’s lap and dangled her feet the other end of the couch.

They watched as Buffy absentmindedly stroked Faith’s hair as they all laughed and joked about different things that had happened. Each of them told a demon story about the past. Willow had chosen to say about when the Gentlemen came to town and stole everyone’s voices and they had to try and fight them without being able to talk.

Buffy had chosen to tell them about when she burned down the gym at Hemery, none of them had known the full story until now. Faith didn’t disappoint she of course told the one about saving a bus full of people while she was naked. It didn’t matter how many times she told it, it was still funny and Buffy loved listening to the excited tone in Faith’s voice as she tried to relive the tail.

They had been silent for a while, listening to the music play in the background. Buffy had been looking down at Faith when a song she recognised started to play, it was a track by Avril Lavigne it was called Naked. She listened to the words as they played across the room. Faith turned her head a little and caught Buffy’s gaze, she looked at the blond in front of her and couldn’t help but think how right the song was, she did feel naked around Buffy, she didn’t feel that she had anything to hide anymore.

They stared into each others eyes well after the song had finished and the next had begun. Faith moved her hand to cover Buffy’s that was resting on her stomach, she gently squeezed it and smiled up at the blond, Buffy returned the smile.

Willow looked up and noticed the time. “Well I don’t wanna be a party poop, but have you guys seen the time?” She asked rubbing her eyes.

“Oh shit, sorry Will, when did it get that late?” Buffy asked surprised to see that the time was reaching three in the morning.

“Hey no problem, it’s been fun, we definitely have to make a habit of this.” The red head replied with a smile.

Buffy and Faith stood to leave and waited for Willow and Kennedy to follow them to the door. They all said their goodnights and the slayers left the lovers to do, well what lovers do.

Faith walked by the side of Buffy along the hallway until they reached their rooms. “So.” She said.

“So.” Buffy replied.

“I ah, guess I’ll see you tomorrow.” Faith pushed her hands into her pockets and shrugged a little. She felt strange like she had to do something.

“Yeah I guess.” Buffy replied shyly. “I ah Faith, um would you.” Buffy stopped.

“What B, would I what?” Faith asked curiously.

“Na it’s stupid forget it.” Buffy waved it off.

“No B, it has to be something or ya wouldn’t have said anything.” Faith asked looking directly into Buffy’s eyes.

Buffy drew in a breath and continued to look into the dark brown eyes in front of her. “I was gonna say, well no not say cos that wouldn’t be right would it, no I wasn’t going to say anythingas gas gonna ask..” She trailed of again her nerves getting the better of her.

“Ask what?” Faith asked impatiently as she took a step closer to the petite blond.

“I was gonna ask,” Buffy paused. “ifyouwannagooutwithmeonenight?” She said as quickly as possible and lowered her head ready for the laugh she new was going to come.

“What like just me and you?” Faith asked.

“Yeah just me and you.” Buffy confirmed.

“What like a date or something?” Faith enquired wanting the blond to clarify her question.

“Yes.” Buffy replied still looking at the floor.

Faith was a little stunned at Buffy’s question, she had never thought of a date with Buffy, sure in the past she had thought about other things to do with her but still, this was Buffy she didn’t mean date date surely.

Faith carefully placed two fingers under Buffy’s chin and gently raised her face until she was able to look into the beautiful hazel eyes. “D’you mean like a date date or like a girly date hang out type a date?” She asked.

Buffy looked deeply into the obsidian pools in front of her looking for any sign of malice, she found none. “I mean a date date.” She replied not loosing eye contact for a second, she wanted Faith to see that she was being honest about this, but she also wanted her to see that this was a difficult situation for her.

“Ok.” Faith whispered. She slowly lowered her head and brushed her lips tentatively across Buffy’s. Buffy gasped at the softness of the touch, she shivered down to her toes and back.

“I guess that means a yes.” Buffy smiled at the brunette as she pulled back.

“Huh uh.” Was Faith’s reply.

“Ok how does dinner and a movie sound?” Buffy smiled brightly.

“Dinner I like, but no movies, I wanna be able to talk to you, so how ‘bout dinner and we see where we go from there.” Faith offered.

“Ok dinner and whatever it is then.” Buffy concurred.

“What time and when?” Faith asked slowly moving closer to the blond once again.

“Ah um about seven tomorrow, I mean today. And we can meet in the lobby if you like.” She spoke watching as the full lips were descending towards hers. Buffy moved a little and met Faith’s lips half way, they shared another soft yet tentative kiss.

“Goodnight B.” Faith said as she turned to walk back to her apartment.

“Ah does this mean we can’t sleep together anymore.” Buffy asked with a pout.

“Na it just means I have to get some fresh night clothes and I’ll be over in five.” Faith turned and winked at the blond. Buffy watched as Faith entered her room and closed the door behind her, she did a quick celebratory dance and ran back down the hall to Willow’s room.

“Will, Will, come on open the door, it’s an emergency.” Buffy called and knocked at her friends’ door. Willow opened the door with her hair all over the place and she was clutching a sheet from the bed.

“Buffy what is it, what happened, is there a baddy.” Willow was panicking.

“Nope no baddy, just had to tell you, we’re going on a date and we kissed, Will we as in me and Faith we kissed.” Buffy jumped up and down like an eight year old who had just been given the bike they wanted for Christmas.

“Oh great Buff, now if you don’t mind I have a very horny slayer waiting for me.” Willow stated.

“Oh sorry.” Buffy apologise.

“It’s ok Buff.” Willow turned to go back inside. “Oh and Buff, I’m happy for you.” She stated smiling at her best friend.

“Thanks Will.” Buffy returned the smile, and headed back to her own apartment.

Buffy had been ready for bed for about ten minutes when there was a light knocking at her balcony doors, she smiled as she ran over to unlock them.

“Hey.” She said as Faith entered her room.

“Hey you.” Faith replied.

Silently they made their way to the bedroom, they climbed into bed and even though they both wanted to continue where they had left things in the hallway, they curled up with each other and drifted to sleep.

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