The Courtship of Buffy Summers

“Faith, what time do your parents expect you home?” Joyce asks and takes a small sip of coffee. She’s on one side of the island and the two girls are on the other. She has to take another sip of coffee to hide her small smile. ‘Do they think I can’t tell they’re holding hands?’ she silently wonders. ‘If it were anymore obvious they’d be doing it in plain view.’ She doesn’t say anything to the girls about their ‘secret hand holding’. If they want to feel sneaky about something then she’ll let them feel sneaky.


“Not ‘til late. I usually stay out on the weekends,” Faith answers and takes a bite of her homemade waffles. ‘If making out with a hot blonde, and getting free homemade waffles is what I get for spending the night here then I’ll be over here every weekend. No. Make that everyday.’ Even though it’s the first real meal she’s had in a long time she doesn’t eat fast, or act like it’s a big deal. ‘No use drawing attention to myself.’


“Oh,” Joyce says and sets her mug down on the tiled top. “What do you usually do?” Faith tries not to blush, and the fact that her body wants to blush is new to her. She usually isn’t self-conscious about her night life, but this time it’s different because she plans on sticking around. It’s a lot harder not to care what someone thinks of you when you are going to be around them more. So she goes with the fastest answer possible.


“There’s this little club called the Bronze. It’s one of those places where they put a stamp on your hand if you’re under twenty-one, but it’s pretty cool, I guess. A lot of kids from school hang out there, and some people from UC Sunnydale.” ‘Oh crap. Please tell me I didn’t just set my own trap. Please, please, please.’ Sorry, but you so totally just did.


“College kids? You hang out with college kids?” the older of the Summers women asks. Buffy casts a little glare at her mother because she can feel how uncomfortable Faith is with this conversation. She knows her mother is prying and trying to get some details on Faith’s sex life. ‘And that’s none of her business. If anyone is going to pry into Faith’s sex life it’s me, the soon to be girlfriend. So Mom can just back off.’


“Sometimes. I don’t go out of my way to be around them, but if a cute guy asks me to dance then I’ll dance with him.” ‘Fuck, shouldn’t have said that in front of Buffy. Fuck, fuck, fuck. Fuck. Fuck!’ “And then when things get boring I go home.” ‘Liar. Ok, but they don’t need to know what really happens. That’s none of their business.’ She takes a small sip of her milk and tries to calm down. She has two curious blondes looking at her like she’s a weak gazelle and they’re lions about to strike. But she ignores it and finishes her waffle.


“Are you all done?” Buffy asks and looks down at the empty plate. Faith nods her head while she chews the very large bite. “You can get a shower if you want. I have some clothes that might fit you.” Faith nods her head again and finishes chewing. She swallows the large bite of waffle that was drizzled in syrup, and then chugs down the rest of the milk. “There’s an extra toothbrush in the cabinet under the sink. It’s brand new, still in the package even. I’ll leave the clothes on my bed.” ‘Ok, why does it feel like I was just dismissed?’ Faith asks herself and gets up from the stool. ‘Probably because I was. That was weird.’ When she leaves the room, Buffy looks over to her mother with a very irritated look on her face.


“Gee, Mom, could you have interrogated her anymore or do you want me to go get a table lamp to shine in her face?” The attitude coming from the blonde is almost palpable and Joyce is instantly irritated. She puts her coffee mug back on the counter top after taking a generous sip and gives Buffy a very disapproving look.


“Excuse me young lady, but have you forgotten that you’re supposed to be grounded?” she asks and puts a hand on her hip. “You’re lucky I let her stay at all. She can stay for lunch and dinner, but that’s it. She’s not spending the night here again, and after today you’re going back on groundation.” ‘Is that even a word?’ she wonders to herself. ‘I doubt it, but does it matter?’ “Now, go put those clothes out for Faith, and come right back downstairs, do you understand me?” Buffy nods her head and leaves the room.


‘Why does she have to be so strict all the time?’ she thinks as she stomps up the stairs. She walks towards her bedroom but then stops in front of the bathroom door. ‘Faith is inside their, completely naked with water running down her body.’ She can feel her body heating up again and she is instantly irritated with herself. ‘Are you trying to drive yourself nuts? Just get the clothes put on the bed and go downstairs.’


She walks into her bedroom and opens up the middle dresser drawer. She rummages through the clothes until she finds what she’s looking for. They’re two shirts that are three sizes too big and they’re usually worn as nightshirts in the summer when it’s too hot to wear her normal pajamas. ‘Ok, should I put out the one with dolphins and be nice? Or should I make her wear the unicorn one? Hmm, I think I’ll go with unicorn.’ She lays the pink shirt down on the bed and smiles evilly to herself. Then she grabs a pair of jean cutoffs that will show off Faith’s legs very nicely and lays them next to the shirt.


She scampers off downstairs and waits for Faith in the living room. Her mother said she didn’t have to get dressed so she isn’t going to. She would have laid out some more pajamas for Faith, but the other girl does have to go home sometime today and it can’t be in her dress. She listens very closely to the goings on upstairs as she flips through the channels. She hears the shower shut off and then the faucet of the sink running.


‘Must be brushing her teeth.’ After a few minutes she hears the footsteps going from the bathroom to her bedroom, and then nothing. ‘Maybe I should go check on her?’ she asks herself but then decides against it. ‘I might walk in on her changing and even though I thought I was ready for more I’m totally not, and seeing a semi-naked Faith would definitely be too much right now.’ Then she hears a loud thud come from upstairs and she jumps up. ‘Did she fall down?’


“I’m ok!” she hears Faith call out. ‘Oh my God, why did she fall down?’ Buffy looks over at the living room doorway when she sees her mother walk out of the dining room. Joyce has a questioning look on her face and Buffy can only shrug her shoulders in response to it. ‘I have no idea what she’s doing up there. She could be practicing for cheerleading tryouts for all I know. Oh God, Faith in a cheerleading outfit.’ She lets that mental image roll around in her mind for a minute or two and tries not to smile. ‘I can’t wait for Halloween!’


“What happened?” Joyce asks when they see Faith walking down the stairs. Buffy waits a little impatiently for her to answer. But then she lets her eyes wander down the other girl’s body and she forgets all about the question her mother asked. All she can focus on are Faith’s legs. The cutoffs are a lot shorter on the taller girl then she thought they were going to be, so most of the slightly muscular legs are on display for her to see. ‘God, her skin looks so soft, I wonder if her whole body is like that?’


“Well, uh,” Faith says and tries not to blush. ‘What are these people doing to me? I never used to blush before. “The shorts and I had a bit of a disagreement. I wanted to put them on and they didn’t want me to.” Both Summers women try not to laugh as Faith stands next to them. Wanting to get out of the embarrassing situation she changes the subject. She looks Buffy and nods her head towards the living room. “Anything good on TV?” Buffy decides to cut the brunette some slack.


“Not really. Unless like Looney Tunes or Tom and Jerry.” She watches as Faith get a look on her face like she’s offended by the statement. ‘Ok, what did I say? Why does she still have that look on her face?’ She tries not to show her confusion too much because she really doesn’t want to give in to the stereotype that all blondes are dumb.


“Who doesn’t like Looney Tunes?” Faith asks and smiles a little bit. She could tell that Buffy was trying to fight off the confused look, but it wouldn’t be completely denied. ‘Does she have any idea who fuckin cute she is? I think we’ve already been over this haven’t we?’ She takes Buffy by the hand and they walk into the living room together. They sit down on the couch and while Faith laughs as Foghorn Leghorn grabs the barnyard dog by the tail and spanks him with a paddle, Buffy is too busy watching Faith’s facial expressions to pay attention to the TV.


“So, is there anything else I need to know about you?” she asks and turns to the side a little so she face the brunette a little more. “I mean, you’re nothing like I expected you to be, which is a good thing because unfortunately my opinion was based on what I’d heard at school. You turn out to be really sweet, and kind, and you climb up to my bedroom window like Romeo or something, and you like Looney Tunes. And here I was expecting a badass chick who’d probably get me in trouble.” Faith smiles a little bit, but it’s a mischievous smile and Buffy can’t help but be a little afraid.


“Well, I am a total badass, don’t ever forget that,” she says with that smile still on her face. “Just because you haven’t seen it doesn’t mean I’m not. And as far as getting you in trouble.” She leans in a little closer and brings her hand up to Buffy’s unhurt cheek. “I did get you grounded for three months, didn’t I?” She leans in to kiss Buffy and the blonde girls seems almost hypnotized. But right before Faith’s lips touches hers the blonde pulls back and almost has a small panic attack.


“I’m sorry, but I need to brush my teeth.” Faith chuckles a little and watches as Buffy runs from the room and books it up the stairs. ‘She didn’t mind this morning. Probably ‘cause my breath was just as bad as hers.’ In record time the blonde gets her teeth brushed and runs back down the stairs and plops down on the couch next to the other girl, who’s smiling at her with a little amusement.


“I forgot all about this cartoon,” Buffy says as she watches Bugs Bunny try to open the locked door, and a large red monster like creature stands behind him, preparing to grab the rabbit and do God knows what to him. “What is that big red thing called? Does he even have a name?” ‘If she likes Looney Tunes so much she should know the name. At least I hope ‘cause I don’t want her to think I’m being an ass.’


“Gossamer,” Faith says and very subtly scoots towards Buffy. Their thighs touch and Buffy’s eyes are drawn from the TV to the darker haired girl who’s concentrating on the TV just a little too hard. ‘She’s trying to be sneaky about it. Well, I guess I’ll let her be sneaky.’ She looks back at the TV and pretends to watch the cartoon as Bugs gives a manicure to the large creature and it turns out there’s mousetraps in the bowl of water. ‘How did those get in there?’ the blonde wonders. Then she feels an arm very slowly sneak its way around her lower back.


“Ya know,” she says. ‘I was going to let her be sneaky, but what’s the fun in that?’ “If you want to cuddle all you have to do is ask.” She looks over at the brunette who has a small smile on her face. She returns the smile, but it slowly disappears as Faith leans closer until their lips are an inch or two apart.


“And what if it wasn’t cuddling I was after?” she whispers and her hot breath lightly caresses Buffy’s face and the blonde girl whimpers. ‘Oh God, I can’t believe I just did that!’ she thinks in horror, but Faith doesn’t react to the small sound. She can’t really think of anything to say so she lets her mouth take over and leaves as much of her brain out of it as possible.


“Uh, ask and ye shall receive,” she whispers and when her own words reach her ears she tries as hard as she can not to cringe. ‘Did I really just say that? I did. I said that and now I think I’m going to die of embarrassment.’ But Faith doesn’t care what words the blonde uttered. It was an ok to continue and that’s all that matters to her at the moment. She leans forward the rest of the way and her eyes close when her lips touch the soft surface of the blonde’s. The kiss is gentle at first, just the slow movement of lips massaging against each other.


“I wasn’t really supposed to ask, was I?” Faith says when they pull apart for air. She gives Buffy a small smile as the blonde tries to figure out what the heck Faith is talking about. ‘Again with the cute.’ She can’t even go on with her teasing. The cuteness of the blonde has completely distracted her from making the other girl blush. So she kisses her again, and this time it isn’t long before their tongues come out to play. Faith slowly drags the tip of her tongue along the roof of Buffy’s mouth and it makes the blonde girl moan, and whimper and press her body more into Faith’s.


Then they hear the TV shut off and the pull apart. ‘How does she keep doing that? I swear to God every mom has some sort of radar so they can know whenever their daughter is making out with someone.’ Joyce sets the remote control down on the recliner and gives the girls a little smile. She could get upset at the sight of her daughter kissing someone on the living room couch no less, but she decides not to. ‘She’s just growing up, and this is part of it.’


“You were wasting electricity. Buffy, I’d like to think I taught you better then that,” Buffy’s mom says with a sly smile. She leaves the room and goes back into the kitchen to continue reading the latest People magazine. Buffy is completely embarrassed by her mother’s words, and the look she had on her face. ‘Why can’t she just yell at me like a normal mother?’ Faith seems very amused by it however, and her smile couldn’t get any bigger.


“I think I like your mom,” she says and leaves a little kiss on Buffy’s cheek. “She isn’t as tightly wound as all the other moms in Sunnydale.” ‘Oh fuck, way to go Faith, let’s give yourself a big round of applause for that one.’ The best thing to do now is to back paddle and try to make that sentence sound completely innocent. “I mean, most of the moms around here will give a dirty look if they see two people holding hands in public. I guess displays of affection are a big no-no in the Dale.” ‘Ok, I think that’s good enough. Hopefully she won’t kick me out of her house.’


“I can’t really understand why people get so uptight about stuff like that,” Buffy says but she knows that Faith made up the second part just to cover her ass. The look of panic on her face before she started talking was a dead giveaway, but Buffy is choosing to ignore it. ‘When she’s ready to tell me about her past then she’ll tell me.’ “But let’s not think about that now.” She gets a small devilish smile on her face and leaves a little kiss on Faith’s lips.


“Unless you would rather be thinking about uptight, conservative moms instead of kissing me.” She gets a tiny pout on her face and Faith instantly starts sucking on her bottom lip. ‘That’s what I thought. And this pouting thing works better on her then I thought it would. I could so use my powers for evil, but I don’t think I will. Getting her focused on me is good enough. I’m sure the next step would be getting her to agree with me, and I don’t think that step is here yet, so I’ll just enjoy this while it lasts,’ she thinks to herself as the two continue to make out.