I Love How I Hate You

Alrighty here it is folks, the last chapter. Thank the gods that gave my gf laryngitis (I know that sounds terrible, but now she can't yell at me) for allowing me to post this chapter quickly. Sorry I ended it kinda fast, but I really need to focus on other things so I had to end it.

Buffy POV

“You don’t understand, Faith, I love you.”

OH MY GOD!

Omigod!style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Omigod!style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Omigod!

The expression on Faith’s face is just priceless!style='mso-spacerun:yes'> All the color vanished from her face the
second those three words left Cordelia’s mouth.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I zoom in to get a close up shot of her face,
she looks so mortified.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Her mouth is moving up and down, like she’s
trying to say something, but no sound actually comes out.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> She kinda reminds
me of a dying fish… uh-oh, Faith has turned weird shade of gray and seems to
have begun hyperventilating, that can’t be good – funny, but not good.

Okay, I think it’s time to bring her down.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I hand the camcorder over to Willow,
who’s trying her hardest to stifle her laughter.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I run over and jump into Faith’s arms, almost
knocking her over in the process. I wrap
my legs around her waist and my arms around her neck, giving her a big kiss on
the lips.

“I love you too, Faithy,” I say in
a sing-song voice, making her jaw drop.

“Wha…?style='mso-spacerun:yes'> You…?
I…? How…?”

Faith POV

“Wha…?style='mso-spacerun:yes'> You…?
I…? How…?”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I look over her shoulder to see Cordy with
the biggest shit-eating grin I’ve ever seen.
H-o-l-y shit! I can’t believe
they got me.

“Payback’s a bitch ain’t it class=SpellE>Faithy?”

“Why you little—”

“It took me awhile to figure out how I was class=SpellE>gonna get you back,” B smirks, tightening her legs around
my waist. “I was talking to Cordelia,
after that little prank you and Xander decided to pull on me, and when I
mentioned you, she was more than happy to help me.”

I look over at Cordy, “So you… you were in on this the whole
time?”

She just continues to grin.
Bitch.

“So the pool hall…? the Bronze…? class=GramE>the mall? That was
all planned?”

“Why’d you think Buffy wanted you to take her to the pool
hall, Fai?” Cordy
smirks. Why that little…

“Yup,” B smiles and tilts her head towards Red, where I see
her holding a camera. Fuck.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>

Wait, how’d she get here before me?

“How the hell did you get before I did?”

“Well, ever since I caught Deputy Finn in a very
compromising position with another deputy… he’s owed me a favor,” she says
indifferently, lightly hopping down off me, “all I had to do was make phone
call.” Deputy Finn?style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Wait…

“That douche-bag who pulled over on the
way here?” B just nods, smiling.
“Wait a minute and what about the sex?” I look over at Cordy.

“Well, that was just for fun,” Cordy interjects.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Well, that was fun, but I’m still class=SpellE>fuckin’ pissed.

“Just couldn’t keep it in your pants, could class=SpellE>ya Fai?” B sneers.

“Shut up, B.”

I thought I was pissed earlier, but this is way style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>beyond pissed.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I’m gonna kill
her… I reach for the little blonde’s
neck, but she sees my intent and quickly backs away.

“Give me one good reason why I shouldn’t bitch slap you back
to last Tuesday,” I hiss.

“You so deserved
it, what you did to me was just as bad.”
Dammit, that is a good reason.

“Ugh! Fuck
this.” I get back in my car and peel
out, smoking the tires so much that I leave them all coughing.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Little bitches.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I can’t fucking
believe that little slut-bomb got me.

Buffy POV

“We got her sooo good!style='mso-spacerun:yes'> That was such a great performance,
Cordy. I don’t know why you didn’t stay
in drama. That was, like, totally
Oscar-worthy!”

“I know, but I just couldn’t stand the drama freaks.”

“Ooo, you have to come and check
out all the new outfits I got out of this.”

Faith POV

I drive around for little bit.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I don’t have any particular destination in
mind, but I needed to get away from those scheming bitches.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I’m soooo fucking
mad, I cannot believe she did that shit to me, that is
so fucked up. Okay, okay, what I did to
her was pretty bad, but still…

After driving around for awhile, I find myself at the
Bronze. I walk in and take a seat at the
bar, it’s pretty dead in here tonight, but Tess is
working so that’s okay.

“Hey Faith,” she greets me happily.

“Hey Tess,” wow, she looks
good. She’s wearin’
this red halter that generously shows off her back and black leather pants that
look like they’re painted on. God, she’s
so smokin’ hot!

“You look like you’ve had a rough night,” she says, setting
a drink down in front of me.

“Like you wouldn’t believe,” I down half the drink in one
gulp.

“Whoa, there, we wouldn’t want you pass out before you tell
me about it, would we?” she chides jokingly, but pours me another Jack and
Coke.

“So it all started when…”

Half an hour and five drinks later...

“Wow, I can’t believe she did that to you.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> That’s like, almost as bad as telling someone
you’re pregnant just to fuck with them.”

“I’m sure if that was physically possible, they’d have done
that,” I slur. Hmm… maybe just one more
drink and I’ll go home. She smiles at me
and tenderly takes my hand.

“Y’know Faith, I’m quitting here.”

“Really?style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Why?”

“Yeah, I put in my two weeks notice this morning.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> And there’s this place across town, City
Limits, they pay, like, way better.
So…” She says, drawing little
circles on the back of my hand with her thumb.

“Wait,” my brain just processed what she’s saying and doing,
“does that mean Bronze policy goes flying out the window?”

“Yup.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Maybe tonight won’t be that bad after all.

THE END

(What? Ya’ll didn’t think I put Tess in there
for nothing did you? I mean, c’mon,
Ashley Scott is fuckin’ hot, I rented class=GramE>Walking Tall just to see her 30 second striptease – and it
was totally worth it.)

BTW, I was considering a sequel to this story, but it probably won’t be
started for awhile. Let me know if ya’ll
think I should do it or move on to something else…