High School Highs and Lows

Title: High School Highs and Lows
Pairing: Buffy/Faith
Summary: Faith has a secret that prevents her from being intimate. Will Buffy finally be the girl to get Faith to open up?
Notes: Faith has a certain medical condition below the waist.
Disclaimer: Disclaimer: I don't own Buffy the Vampire Slayer or any of its affiliated sources, characters, or concepts.Don’t own any of this. I don’t profit from the BtVS series. I’m just having fun.

Buffy smiled and waved to Faith spotting the brunette walking through the gym with Xander.

“Buffy, could you focus, please!” Cordelia snapped.

Buffy rolled her eyes. “I’m focused.” She placed her hand on her hip and held the baby close.

“I wouldn’t call gazing at your girlfriend being focused.” Cordelia retorted.

Harmony laughed, providing the audience that Cordelia always needed.

“I’m focused, Cor.” Buffy replied. “Faith’s not my girlfriend.” She said, defensively.

Cordelia smirked. Buffy was touchy about her mentioning Faith. She planned on filing that away for later use. “We’ve got to have this routine down by for Friday’s game.” She pointed out. “That baby is a distraction.”

“I’ll meet you over at the bleachers.” Xander said.

Faith chuckled. “Oh, come on, Xan. They’re just cheerleaders.”

Xander shook his head. “Exactly,” He replied, walking away.

Faith watched him walk away. Xander could be so odd around the opposite sex. She walked over to the group of cheerleaders.

“You’re late.” Buffy said, looking none too amused.

“Nice to see you too, B,” Faith smiled.

“Could you two hurry it up with the parental exchange so we could get on with practice?” Cordelia asked, annoyed.

Faith took the baby from Buffy. “You need to loosen up, C.” She winked at Cordelia and walked away before the young woman could reply.
Cordelia rolled her eyes. “She’s so annoying!” She huffed, crossing her arms over her chest.

Buffy smiled fondly at Faith walking away. “She’s not that bad.”

Faith sat down next to Xander at the top of the bleachers. “I can’t believe I’m going to have this thing for a week.” She complained.

“At least you’ll be spending the week with Buffy Summers.” He replied.

Faith nodded. “Yeah,”

“So it won’t be that bad. Can I hold it?” he asked.

“Yeah, sure,” she quickly passed the baby off to her friend, intently watching the cheerleaders go through a routine that seemed to require a great deal of bouncing up and down.

“My brain is liquefying.” The young man grinned goofily; cradling the baby in his arms and watching the cheerleaders run through a routine.

“Down boy,” Faith smiled, patting her friend’s shoulder.

“I should’ve taken home economics. I could’ve spent a week with Buffy.” He replied.

“It’s not like I’ll be spending night and day with her.” Faith said, trying to make Xander feel better.

“Yeah, but you wouldn’t mind.” The goofy boy wiggled his eyebrows.

She rolled her eyes. “I don’t like being tied down.” She replied, knowing it was a lie but she had an image to portray. She dated around but the relationships always fizzled out after a couple of months. She was known as a ‘player’. It was a label she detested but she embraced it because it protected her secret from being discovered.

(----)

Buffy took her time getting ready. She wasn’t trying to annoy Faith. She just wanted to look her best for the brunette. Buffy was interested and she felt that Faith was as well.

Faith stood at the bottom of the bleachers minus Xander who had left earlier. “You’re mommy is coming.” She whispered to the baby, looking forward to passing it off. “Here you go, mommy.” She smiled, handing off the baby to her partner and taking the bag off of the blonde’s shoulder.

“Thanks,” Buffy smiled.

Faith shrugged, placing the strap onto her shoulder. “I’d rather carry this around.” She motioned to the bag. “So your place or mine, B?”

“Yours,” The cheerleader quickly answered curious to see Faith’s house. She knew that the brunette lived in the same neighborhood but she’d
never seen the inside of Faith’s house.

Faith nodded. “Alright,” she replied and began to walk with Buffy by her side. She pushed the double door open and let the blonde walk out first. “You were good back there.”

“You think?” she smiled.

“You know it.” Faith looked over at her and met Buffy’s eyes.

Buffy looked away from Faith. The blonde could feel her cheeks heating up.

(----)

They were sitting at the Lehane’s kitchen table. Buffy had to admit that she was a bit disappointed that Faith hadn’t tried to get her upstairs to her bedroom. It seemed to Buffy that once Faith had gotten her alone that she was no longer her flirtatious self. She was still charming but Faith hadn’t made one move on her. They’d actually worked on the assignment, deciding a schedule for who would have the baby on what days. What they couldn’t seem to decide on was a name for their baby that was apparently a girl after they’d checked.

“How about Grace?” Faith proposed, hoping that Buffy would accept. They’d spent way too much time on this detail.

Buffy nodded. “I like it.”

Faith smiled. “So, we’re done?”

“Yup, don’t sound so happy to get rid of me.” The blonde said teasingly. “Last name?”

“Lehane, of course,” She answered, proudly.

“Grace Lehane,” Buffy filled out the fake birth certificate. “I guess we’re finished.” She closed the baby log.

“I should probably get you and the baby home.” She stood up.

“Trying to get rid of us? Are you seeing someone behind my back?” Buffy asked, jokingly trying to prolong her time with Faith. Plus, she was genuinely curious to know if the brunette was dating anyway.

“I’d never cheat on the mother of my baby.” She said, playing along and even kissing the baby’s forehead. “You want to hang around?”

“Yeah,” Buffy nodded. “I think we should get to know each other better for the sake of our child.” She smiled.