Just another night

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Just another night

Chapter 2


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Faith was nervous. Very nervous. And she couldn't understand why.

What was happening, being here, with Buffy, was outside anything she could believe could happen. As they walked towards Faiths motel, she kept checking. Making sure it really was Buffy. That it wasn't someone else she was just taking for a slap and tickle. But every time she looked, it was Buffy. Her head resting against Faith as they walked, her arm around Faith's waist. She saw those hazel-green eyes looking at her, shining with a warm affection. Her soft little sighs, how she would occasionally squeeze Faith's waist, as if to get even closer.

This is nuts. This aint happenin' I dunno what's goin' on, but it's gotta be a joke. I just waiting for someone to start laughin'
Blondie. Little Ms. Perfect Cheerleader. Little Ms. Girl Scout. Comin' on to me? What's that? It's gotta be a joke. The 'Scooby' gang is gonna be at the motel, and their gonna start howlin' Yeah.

Or this is a dream. I'm asleep. Gonna wake up in that crappy room, the TV showin' snow. Probably killed more than the usual beers, and I'm in some kinda hallucination. Man.

This isn't real. What happened at the club…aint real. None of this is real. Someone's trying to screw with my head. I don't get this. I just don't get this. Why now? Why would she be interested now? Why should she even care? We been like workin' together what? Few months now. Nothing. No sign that there was anything but she kinda put up with me. Ok, not entirely true. That picnic. Don't know what THAT was about , either. Still think she just got some kinda bug up her butt. Ya know? Pity the poor street chick.

Stop it Faith. That's not fair. She was real nice to you. She went outta her way to give you a nice time. And now your dissin' her? It doesn't make any sense. Whatta I got that she wants? No one does nothin' just to be nice. There's gotta be somethin' in it for her. But what? There's nothing I can give her. Not like she needs me to beat up the bullies for her. Hell, I seen her work. She could probably give me a few good licks. It aint my sparklin' personality, I know that. I'm gettin the setup, I know it.

Faith stops suddenly. Buffy looks at her, questions in her eyes.

" Ok, B, I wanna know. What's the deal? What's goin' on here?" Faith says, her voice full of suspicion.

" I don't understand?" Buffy asks, her face confused. What's wrong? What'd I do wrong?

" What's the joke, B? What's the setup? When do I get the pie in the face?" Faith mocks.

Buffy looks like someone punched her. " Joke? You think this is some kinda joke?" Buffy says, her voice hurt.

"Whatta expect, B? You come on to me outta the blue. I mean, you never even seemed like you noticed me before…and whoosh. All a sudden, you're swabbing my tonsils behind the Bronze? Whatta ya expect me to think, B? I'm still waitin' for the guy with the camera to step out and tell me I'm on TV" Faith says, feeling defensive. " I mean like, when were we ever friends, huh? Shoot, I came to dinner at your house, once. And then you looked like you wanted to kick my ass out. How are we buds? Huh? We EVER hang out. Nope, don't think so. So, now, I'm gonna just think you all of a sudden did a 180? That you wanna be with me? C'mon B, what kinda dork you think I am?"

Buffy stares at her, eyes wide. She opens and closes her mouth, like she's trying to say something, and it's sticking in her throat. Finally, she just lets it rip.

"Damn, Faith, what IS your problem?" Buffy hisses. " What the hell have I done to get that? You think this is all easy for me? I don't know what's goin' on here. I'm… confused. I guess. I dunno. I thought…all of a sudden? This isn't " all of a sudden". Not for me, anyway. God. First time I met you, I felt something. I didn't know what, but I know it confused and scared me. Damn. So yeah, I wasn't all sweet and nice. Sorry, I'm fucking human, When I get scared, I get defensive. But I know I felt something. Didn't you feel anything when we met? Or was it just me? And then the picnic. What about that? Was that a big joke, too, Faith? I really… really thought we connected on some level. Boy, guess I got that so wrong. Again, I guess I was a fool, huh? Didn't that mean anything to you…at all?????" Buffy is raging now. What the hell is with her? Why is she doing this ?

Faith stands there, mouth open. She hadn't a clue. Not a single clue. This was totally new territory for her, and she was running lost and scared.

" B…I…" then her voice lowers, almost to a whisper " B…that was the best time I ever remember having. I…no one ever…did something like that for me, without wanting something back. But you just…did it, like it was normal. I…don't get it. I don't understand. Why?" Faith can't believe that someone would just do something nice for her. Not without expecting something.

Buffy's totally at odds with herself. One the one hand, she wants to bitch slap Faith into tomorrow. She's totally pissed that Faith thinks she wants something from her, or is trying to hurt her. On the other hand, she's looking at Faith, and seeing she genuinely isn't getting it. That somehow the idea that Buffy could want…need?…her is foreign to her understanding of the world. Buffy is genuinely moved by this. That this girl, younger than she is, has been so hurt so much, that she can't get past the barriers of suspicion she's built up. She doesn't understand love, because she's never had love. It breaks her heart. Unexpectedly, she starts to cry…quietly, just tears, but her heart is so aching for someone who can't possibly be happy. Not really. Not in her soul.

Faith sees Buffy's tears, and she's more confused. She didn't mean to make her cry… and still doesn't' understand why it's important to her whether Buffy cries, or doesn't cry. But it is.

" B…God, I'm sorry. I didn't want to make you cry" Faith says…and feels her eyes itching with tears. GOD. I don't cry! Dammit, that's for …babies. But she feels the tears leak out of her eyes.

"No…Faith, I'm sorry. I didn't understand." Buffy says, and pulls Faith into a hug.

Faith is more confused. Totally confused. What is going on?

Buffy pulls back a little, and takes Faith's face in her hands.

" Faith, I don't know what's going on here. I'm scared, too." Buffy starts. " I'm having these feelings for you, these feelings I don't understand. Because … I…there for another girl...woman…and…that's not…what I was told…was right. It's not something I've experienced before. Before I met you. And the kicker is, I love Angel… or think I do…or did. God, I'm so confused".

Angel! Faith had heard about Angel. From the Scoobies. About how he went psycho on them, how he killed Jenny Calendar, how he tortured Giles. How he'd been one of them, until he lost his soul. Soul? That totally doesn't make sense…and now, B says she loves him?

" B, I don't understand. You love a vampire? How's that possible? They're evil. They kill people. We slay them. Not bed them" Faith says.

Buffy tells her the story. The whole story. Even the parts the scoobies don't know about. Slowly, the whole picture emerges for Faith, and she is …stunned. She sees Buffy in a new light. This girl, this cheerleader cum Prom queen has been to hell and back, and still just acts like it's nothing. Like it's normal. Faith shakes her head. She'll never get it.

" That must have been awful, B. Having to kill him, knowing he was…good again" Faith says, still not grasping the 'good vampire' concept.

"There was no other way, Faith. He'd activated the demon, the only way to stop it was to stab him, send him to hell" Buffy says, her voice quiet, her face bleak.

"And then he came back? After 4 months?" Faith asks, not believing her ears. This story just gets weirder.

" But time is different there…he'd endured hell for 100 years. With a soul. When he came back, he was like a savage. I had to lock him up for awhile 'til he recovered"

And weirder

"But I still don't understand how you loved him, B. How did that happen?" Faith asks.

" I didn't know he was a vampire right away. And I was already falling for him when I learned. At first, I was totally weirded. But I fell in love with who he was, not what he was. And it just happened from there" Buffy says, still caught in her reflections

And weirder.

" We don't get a choice in who we love, Faith" Buffy says, reaching out, touching her face. " I didn't have a choice there. It happened. But now, I'm finding myself having those same feelings for you. This shouldn't be happening, but it's happening. I love him, Faith. But, I don't think I can love him like before. I was innocent Faith. I was a virgin before him. And he took that innocence from me, Faith. I know that … love isn't always enough. I know now that what we had, though beautiful, is doomed. It can't ever be. If I get close with him again, he goes evil again, and who knows who'll die next time. So, that can't be."

Faith has a thought. She doesn't like the thought, but it might be the truth. Damn.

" B… did ya ever think that maybe what you're feelin' here aint…love? Maybe you're looking for something to hold onto, since you lost Angel? Maybe I'm like…rebound girl?" Faith winces internally, but it might be what's going on here. Makes more sense than anything else.

Buffy looks at her sadly. " I almost wish that were true, Faith" Buffy says, resigned. "But it doesn't explain it. I got this feeling right from the start… when I met you, before Angel returned. And I can't get you out of my head. I think about you all the time. I daydream about you. I …when we're patrolling, I worry about you. That you'll get hurt, or worse. I go nuts when I see a vamp get a punch in on you. I wanna kill it right then and there, stomp it into the ground. It's totally stupid, but when you dance with other people, guys or girls, I get so jealous I wanna kill them. When we were dancing tonight, I got so hot, I wanted you so badly, it took ever bit of my control not to just throw you on the floor in the Bronze, and do you there. God, I'm … so embarrassed. Even thinking that way. When we were outside the Bronze, I keep seeing you … like you were glowing. I could barely keep from ripping your clothes off I wanted you so badly. What is this, Faith? Lust? Love? I dunno, I just don't know".

Faith is looking at her, open mouthed. She's beyond stunned. She's so mixed up, she can't think straight.

And suddenly Buffy is upon her, kissing her madly. Her lips aren't soft, they're demanding. And Faith is responding in kind. She doesn't give a rat's ass. The need in her is too strong. Too powerful.

She can barely keep her control." Not here, god Buffy, not here" Faith says, pushing her away. Buffy looks hurt.

"No, God, Buffy, I want you so bad I'm dying. But not in some fucking alley".

The somehow stumble walk the rest of the way to Faith's motel. But every so often they just stop and kiss; finally Buffy just jumps up into Faith's arms, wrapping her legs around Faith's waist. Faith carries her the rest of the way like that, trying to avoid running into things while in a passionate lip lock with her.

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They get to Faith's room, and Faith is trying to find her key

But it's near impossible, because Buffy keeps running her hands all over her, and kissing her neck and whatever else she can reach. Faith finally gets it, but her hand is shaking so badly, it takes multiple attempts to get the door open. They walk through…if you can call it walking, and it slams shut.

Inside, all civility goes out the window. They literally tear at each other's clothing, wanted to be naked yesterday. Their clothing lies in a heap, nearly rags, and they stop and stare. They are like animals, sizing each other up. What follows is not gentle, not tender. It's raw, passionate, and nearly violent. The slayer in each girl kicks in, and they are circling, virtually attacking each other. They meet in a passionate, fierce embrace, their lips mashing against each other, their nails scratching each other, They fall onto the bed, and Faith is on top. She literally ravages Buffy, biting, kissing, licking, and scratching her. Buffy moans in an elemental pleasure, and screams at her to be rougher. Buffy's own nails leave marks on Faiths back. Faith is leaving teeth marks on Buffy, the savage need in her taking over. Buffy wraps her legs around Faith, and they are grinding against each other, trying to put out the fires burning like infernos inside them. Their moans become loud, deep and low… their pelvis' bang against each other, trying to find release. Their sexes, already damp, begin to flood as the fires within them become white hot, and their hips buck and grind. On and on it goes, their bodies covered with sweat, their hair damp, their minds no longer in control. They are animals, savagely releasing pent up sexual desire… until almost together they explode, their screams near deafening. Even after they cum, their bodies continue to grind, as if they can't stop. Slowly the motions cease, and the collapse together in a heap, their breathing ragged and torn, their bodies temporarily satisfied.

They look at each other in disbelief. Neither can understand what just happened. But they don't care, either. They pull each other into an embrace, and their mouths meet in a passionate, but loving kiss. The savage need has been satisfied, but a deeper need takes them. A need to be close, intimate.

"God, B, what the fuck just happened?" Faith breathes, her body near exhausted…yet stimulated. She's never felt so alive.

" Dunno, Faith. Don't care. All I know is that I've never felt so deeply satisfied. Like our souls are together. I guess that was our slayers making lust" Buffy starts to giggle. " Man, are they hot Biotches"

Faith chuckles. " Well, I know you're one hot biotch. Damn girl, I think you left welts on my back"

"Yeah? How'm I gonna explain these bite marks, Faith? Some evil Bitey Demon?" Buffy is giggling harder.

" Bitey demon my ass." Faith says.

"Hmmm…kissey demon then, with really bad overbite?" Buffy asks, giggling.

" I'll kissey demon you" Faith says, and begins to kiss Buffy on her neck. Buffy arches her neck, and sighs.

By the time Faith reaches her breasts, Buffy has forgotten they just had sex, and her body is starting to respond all over again. By the time Faith starts biting her nipples, Buffy hands reach over and begin to play with Faith's breasts, eliciting little whimpers from Faith. By the time Faith has kissed her way down to Buffy's rubbed raw and swollen sex, Buffy has forgotten her name. Buffy who? When Faith's tongue invades her, Buffy just forgets everything. Her hips begin to squirm, and she is moaning loudly. Faith gently nibbles on her nether lips, and Buffy is in heaven…or close, so close. When Faith's lips surround her bud, she's above heaven, and her mind is somewhere in the next galaxy. Buffy's hips are no longer squirming, but thrusting off the bed, trying to push closer to Faith's mouth. But the push comes when faiths puts some fingers inside her. Buffy just leaps over the edge, and falls into her orgasm, letting loose with a loud scream. Faith moves back up, covering Buffy's mouth with hers (Damn, the girl is gonna have the cops here, thinkin' I'm killin her…heh). And the kiss is deep, passionate and full of Buffy goodness. Slowly she comes back down, but her mind is still fuzzy, and she still not quite sure what her name is.

Faith relaxes, thinking she's safe, having knocked out the other slayer. But never count our little blonde out. Faith suddenly finds Buffy's tongue all over her, followed by her kisses and teeth.

"God, what is she doing to me? Oh…man…yeah…that is…oh god yes that right there….Please…more of that …yeah….mmmmm…..oh, oh…OH…."

Buffy is down to Faiths hips, and is lightly washing over her sex with her tongue. Slowly, she teases Faiths swollen lips, and pulls on them, eliciting a high little moan from Faith. She sticks her tongue in Faith, and Faith just goes nuts, pushing Buffy's head closer. Buffy slides her tongue up and down Faith's slit, not caring that Faith is squirming like mad. Then she gently squeezes Faith's bud between thumb and finger, and the squirms become bucks, and the moans become deep groans.

Faith feels her mind melting, as Buffy pushes her over the edge. She no longer thinks, only feels, and the feelings are intense and near shattering.

A very exhausted Faith finds Buffy snuggling up to her, when she returns to this planet. Buffy has her head on Faith's chest, her hand lightly resting on her tummy. The two women drowse, tired but happy.

Faith looks down, and notices Buffy has drifted off. Her breathing is regular, and she hears tiny snorts and snores. She smiles, thinking it's sweet and adorable.

Before she drifts off herself, Faith realizes she finally gets it. She had mocked this 'lovey-dovey' stuff back at the Bronze.

She had made fun of the people who seemed so stuck on each other. She'd thought Valentine's Day was a joke, a made up holiday to make money off of the suckers.

But, she hadn't known love. Hadn't felt such feelings. 'til now.

She knew probably this wouldn't , couldn't last. That in the morning, things might get awkward, even bad. She didn't care.

Right now, at this moment, she knew something she hadn't known before. Happiness. True happiness. And she had to admit that could be addicting. And she so wanted to get addicted.

She sighed, her eyelids growing heavy. She started to drift off, sleep claiming her.

Just before she slept, she grasped a little fact.

That this hadn't been just another night, after all

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Fin.