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15
Double Update this time round
Faith looked like she was in shock, and where her eyes had been a bit puffy from crying before, they were bloodshot and glossy again with unshed tears. Taunie had explained everything, with a great deal of relief at finally being able to explain, to get it all out, and had even come to tears once or twice at the fuzzy memories of the other world. It wasn’t all clear anymore, her time in this world, where she should have been in the first place, doing a good deal to dampen and dilute her connection to the other, but having experienced how life should have been all along made what she could remember hurt all the more. She hadn’t liked explaining to Faith that, where she came from, all of this, everything around them and the entire group’s history was nothing more than a television show. She hadn’t thought, though, that the slayer would take it so hard. They’d dealt with stranger things, before.
“I…” Faith swallowed and looked at Taunie with those glossy eyes, and the girl tensed in preparation. “You… you’ve seen… you what I’m really like… I… Taunie…”
“Hold the fucking phone.” Taunie growled, making Faith wince. “Stop that right there, Faith. It was a fucking show! Yeah, I was creepy obsessed with it sometimes, but it was a fucking show. There are enough differences, and I know what those differences are, to know that I did not actually see you like that. And no, it wasn’t you. She was worse. Either way, though, that was you then, not anymore. Don’t you fucking freak out over that because I don’t give a shit what happened back then. It’s past.”
Faith laughed, forcefully wiping the stray tears from her eyes, and snorted at Taunie. “Fine. Damn… it’s just… yanno… awkward that I know ya seen me at my worst… worse than my worst even, I guess.” Taunie rolled her eyes. “So ya had a thing for me, eh?”
“Had… have… whatever. I know ya don’t think of me like that.” Taunie shrugged and sighed, smiling as she realized that Faith didn’t hold her secrets, or her past, against her. “You’re in love with Buffy, I know. It’s cool. Besides… I like having you as a best friend. You know I’ve never had one before.”
“Yeah sure… just no more molesting me in my sleep.” Faith joked.
“I never once!” Taunie sputtered, and moved to climb down ahead of the slayer. “Big head. Damn, ya admit a girl is hot and first thing she does is accuse you of perversions…”
“So I’m the reason why ya don’t wanna date anyone from school, T?” Faith asked, hopping down and nudging the girl into the house again. The others would be back home again soon. “That’s kinda fucked up.”
“Okay, firstly, I had a huge crush on you, so that wouldn’t be fair to whoever I would have been supposedly dating.” Taunie argued, making Faith roll her eyes. “And two, I don’t know that I could… you know… be with someone, even if it’s not serious… after…” Faith shifted awkwardly at the top of the basement stairs, and Taunie looked at her just as uncomfortably for a moment before preceding her down. “She fucked up my head, even if it wasn’t all her fault.”
“All of it was.” Faith interrupted.
“Even if it wasn’t all her fault.” Taunie reiterated, though not forcefully, and rolled her eyes. “I mean, it’s enough that just having people not cringe away from me and want to be around me… It’s weird to have people actually want to date me. For me to be with someone from school, when I’m still getting used to just being popular? It’d be difficult enough to date someone that didn’t know about whatever it is that I am, without having to add in how fucked up my head is to that equation.”
“T, that chick didn’t care about you. She saw you were hot, had some money, and easily influenced and controlled. I seen it before… I’ve been there.” Faith growled, shoving the cards off to the side and considering the now very cold pizza. “She got what she wanted from you, and screwed with your head the entire time using that feeling the ‘not-belonging’ you explained gave her as an excuse… and then when you wanted more, she fucked your head so much that you wanted to die. It’s all her fault… and when ya finally get together with another girlie, you’ll see that. It doesn’t have to be serious enough to where you’d worry about them finding out about your wings.”
Taunie snorted and twisted around on her cot, watching Faith shove their mess around and munch on cold pizza. “So what, you think I should actually go out with one of those airhead cheerleaders? Or one of the other random chicks from school, most of which probably only flirt with me because it’s supposed to be ‘cool’ to do so?”
“I think you’re scared, T, and that when ya stop bein’ scared, it won’t be as bad as ya think.” Faith grumbled, and sneered at the crust she’d been gnawing on. “But, take your time, yeah? Rushin’ it would just fuck your head up more.”
“Wise words, oh Slayer.” Taunie sighed.
“Yeah… well… been where I have,” and there Faith tapped her own head, “and gone through that shit in your head like I did… deal with it in prison like I had to… you learn a little bit about what’s cause you’re scared, and how to move at a good pace.”
“And Buffy?”
“B ain’t ready…” Faith sighed and flopped onto her bed. “I don’t think she ever will be… but that’s okay. We got so much history, and so much shit went down, it may be better that she doesn’t.”
“Faith, if she’s gay, she’s so far in the closet she can’t even see the door anymore.” Taunie grunted. “Now that is scared.”
Faith laughed a little bitterly, but nodded. “Whatever, B’s still… B. Maybe someday I’ll get over her.” Taunie snorted. “Or I’ll pine away. Yanno, one or the other.”
“Thanks Faith.” Taunie didn’t have to look in the slayer’s direction to know she was looking up. Upstairs, the front door slammed as the other three returned from the movie. “For, you know… accepting me. As I am. I… don’t want to ever have to go back.”
“Never gonna happen, T. Never gonna happen.” Faith lay back again, and listened to the others upstairs move around. Taunie lay silently too, both of them listening as they let the evening’s drama ease away. “Promise.”
TBC
So yeah, mushy-anxty moments lay thick in this update. But it's the best i could do on a hazy memory of how it originally went down. In the original version, which got cut off from its posting here, Faith somehow found out about Taunie's crush, freaked... tried to get her to talk about it or something, and then freaked out more when Taunie wouldn't talk to her about anything. In both versions the TALK happened on the roof... because i'm weird like that.
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Faith looked like she was in shock, and where her eyes had been a bit puffy from crying before, they were bloodshot and glossy again with unshed tears. Taunie had explained everything, with a great deal of relief at finally being able to explain, to get it all out, and had even come to tears once or twice at the fuzzy memories of the other world. It wasn’t all clear anymore, her time in this world, where she should have been in the first place, doing a good deal to dampen and dilute her connection to the other, but having experienced how life should have been all along made what she could remember hurt all the more. She hadn’t liked explaining to Faith that, where she came from, all of this, everything around them and the entire group’s history was nothing more than a television show. She hadn’t thought, though, that the slayer would take it so hard. They’d dealt with stranger things, before.
“I…” Faith swallowed and looked at Taunie with those glossy eyes, and the girl tensed in preparation. “You… you’ve seen… you what I’m really like… I… Taunie…”
“Hold the fucking phone.” Taunie growled, making Faith wince. “Stop that right there, Faith. It was a fucking show! Yeah, I was creepy obsessed with it sometimes, but it was a fucking show. There are enough differences, and I know what those differences are, to know that I did not actually see you like that. And no, it wasn’t you. She was worse. Either way, though, that was you then, not anymore. Don’t you fucking freak out over that because I don’t give a shit what happened back then. It’s past.”
Faith laughed, forcefully wiping the stray tears from her eyes, and snorted at Taunie. “Fine. Damn… it’s just… yanno… awkward that I know ya seen me at my worst… worse than my worst even, I guess.” Taunie rolled her eyes. “So ya had a thing for me, eh?”
“Had… have… whatever. I know ya don’t think of me like that.” Taunie shrugged and sighed, smiling as she realized that Faith didn’t hold her secrets, or her past, against her. “You’re in love with Buffy, I know. It’s cool. Besides… I like having you as a best friend. You know I’ve never had one before.”
“Yeah sure… just no more molesting me in my sleep.” Faith joked.
“I never once!” Taunie sputtered, and moved to climb down ahead of the slayer. “Big head. Damn, ya admit a girl is hot and first thing she does is accuse you of perversions…”
“So I’m the reason why ya don’t wanna date anyone from school, T?” Faith asked, hopping down and nudging the girl into the house again. The others would be back home again soon. “That’s kinda fucked up.”
“Okay, firstly, I had a huge crush on you, so that wouldn’t be fair to whoever I would have been supposedly dating.” Taunie argued, making Faith roll her eyes. “And two, I don’t know that I could… you know… be with someone, even if it’s not serious… after…” Faith shifted awkwardly at the top of the basement stairs, and Taunie looked at her just as uncomfortably for a moment before preceding her down. “She fucked up my head, even if it wasn’t all her fault.”
“All of it was.” Faith interrupted.
“Even if it wasn’t all her fault.” Taunie reiterated, though not forcefully, and rolled her eyes. “I mean, it’s enough that just having people not cringe away from me and want to be around me… It’s weird to have people actually want to date me. For me to be with someone from school, when I’m still getting used to just being popular? It’d be difficult enough to date someone that didn’t know about whatever it is that I am, without having to add in how fucked up my head is to that equation.”
“T, that chick didn’t care about you. She saw you were hot, had some money, and easily influenced and controlled. I seen it before… I’ve been there.” Faith growled, shoving the cards off to the side and considering the now very cold pizza. “She got what she wanted from you, and screwed with your head the entire time using that feeling the ‘not-belonging’ you explained gave her as an excuse… and then when you wanted more, she fucked your head so much that you wanted to die. It’s all her fault… and when ya finally get together with another girlie, you’ll see that. It doesn’t have to be serious enough to where you’d worry about them finding out about your wings.”
Taunie snorted and twisted around on her cot, watching Faith shove their mess around and munch on cold pizza. “So what, you think I should actually go out with one of those airhead cheerleaders? Or one of the other random chicks from school, most of which probably only flirt with me because it’s supposed to be ‘cool’ to do so?”
“I think you’re scared, T, and that when ya stop bein’ scared, it won’t be as bad as ya think.” Faith grumbled, and sneered at the crust she’d been gnawing on. “But, take your time, yeah? Rushin’ it would just fuck your head up more.”
“Wise words, oh Slayer.” Taunie sighed.
“Yeah… well… been where I have,” and there Faith tapped her own head, “and gone through that shit in your head like I did… deal with it in prison like I had to… you learn a little bit about what’s cause you’re scared, and how to move at a good pace.”
“And Buffy?”
“B ain’t ready…” Faith sighed and flopped onto her bed. “I don’t think she ever will be… but that’s okay. We got so much history, and so much shit went down, it may be better that she doesn’t.”
“Faith, if she’s gay, she’s so far in the closet she can’t even see the door anymore.” Taunie grunted. “Now that is scared.”
Faith laughed a little bitterly, but nodded. “Whatever, B’s still… B. Maybe someday I’ll get over her.” Taunie snorted. “Or I’ll pine away. Yanno, one or the other.”
“Thanks Faith.” Taunie didn’t have to look in the slayer’s direction to know she was looking up. Upstairs, the front door slammed as the other three returned from the movie. “For, you know… accepting me. As I am. I… don’t want to ever have to go back.”
“Never gonna happen, T. Never gonna happen.” Faith lay back again, and listened to the others upstairs move around. Taunie lay silently too, both of them listening as they let the evening’s drama ease away. “Promise.”
TBC
So yeah, mushy-anxty moments lay thick in this update. But it's the best i could do on a hazy memory of how it originally went down. In the original version, which got cut off from its posting here, Faith somehow found out about Taunie's crush, freaked... tried to get her to talk about it or something, and then freaked out more when Taunie wouldn't talk to her about anything. In both versions the TALK happened on the roof... because i'm weird like that.
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