Genesis

A/N: Sorry for the delay in posting this but the sites been down when i've tried. Thanks for the reviews and the emails, they are all appreciated.

Dedication: You know who you are.


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Chapter 25

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The slayers entered the house still hand in hand and went directly to the kitchen to satisfy their hunger.

“Hey where’ve you two been?” Kennedy asked the two glowing slayers.

“Went for a walk.” Faith replied.

“A walk huh, so that explains the glow and the silly looks on your faces.” Kennedy offered with a knowing smirk.

“Uh, well, um, we…” Buffy flustered.

“I’m joking Buffy, geesh lighten up a little girl.” Kennedy laughed at the blushing blond.

“Did we miss lunch?” Faith asked rubbing her stomach.

“Faith have you looked at the time, of course you’ve missed lunch, it’s almost dinner time, god what did you two get up to?” Kennedy asked as she quirked her eyebrow at the pair.

“Nothing just walking.” Faith replied walking to the fridge.

“Right, anyway I gotta go, I told Willow that I’d check on Andrew, he’s really having some problems dealing with Anya being back.” Kennedy offered with a concerned voice.

“Why? I thought he’d be happy that she’s alive.” Buffy asked.

“Well, he blamed himself so much when Anya died that I suppose he’s just in a little shock, come on guys how would you feel if someone you cared about died and then just came back?” Kennedy asked forgetting for a moment who she was talking to. She quickly realised her mistake.

“Sorry, Buff I forget sometimes ya know.” Kennedy tried.

“It’s ok Ken no worries, and anyway it was me that came back so I don’t really fully understand how the other’s felt.” Buffy solemnly spoke.

“Anyway I better go check on Andrew.” Kennedy smiled softly at the older slayer and retreated from the kitchen.

Faith watched as Buffy’s face changed and her head lowered, she walked across the kitchen so she was behind Buffy and wrapped her arms around the petite blond gently pulling her towards her. Buffy rested her head on Faith’s shoulder and felt silky lips caress her temple she smiled at the contact.

“You ok?” Faith asked concerned at her girlfriends change.

“Yeah, it’s weird sometimes, I think what if Willow hadn’t brought me back, would the First have been defeated, would Willow and Kennedy be together, would everyone still be involved, but mostly I think about what would happen to you.” She stated turning to look at her lover.

“I’d survive B, always do.” Faith stated nonchalantly.

“Would you really, Faith I love you so much, I never thought I could love anyone as much as I love you, even back then there was something between us, I don’t think I could have coped if you had died, Faith you’re my other half you are part of me, and the longer we’re together the more I realise you always have been, I was just too blind to see it before.” Buffy raised her hand to Faith’s face and gently wiped away the tears that were falling.

“I love you to B, and yeah I felt when you died and you’re right a part of me died with you, there was like this big gaping hole inside of me that I didn’t know how to fill, then one day I felt it, I felt you come back, I felt you’re pain B, I felt you claw your way out of the ground, I felt the emptiness inside you, I felt it all Buffy.” Faith began to sob, she ha tol told anyone how much she could feel through the connection they shared.

“How, how did you feel it?” Buffy asked a little surprised.

“Well when I was inside I had plenty of time on my hands, I couldn’t go out and slay or anything so I started meditating to try and ease the tension, Angel taught me a few calming routines, the Tai-chi is one of the exercises he showed me, well I also started to try to better my skills, cause I knew when I killed Finch my senses were all off, I just took them for granted.” Faith was calming as she began to tell Buffy about some of her time in prison.

“Angel taught me Tai-chi too.” Buffy remembered, she walked them both over to the counter and motioned for Faith to sit. “Keep talking I’m gonna get us something to eat.”

“Well when I was meditating I would try to pick out something, like a smell or a taste, even the smallest of noises, and I would try to work out which direction it was coming from, then after time I was able to pick out what was happening on the other end of the block, I could hear guards talking when they woul in in their office, it was quite handy I can tell ya.” Faith grinned at the thought.

“Well once I’d started on that the next thing I tried was to feel you, I know it’s sounds ridiculous now that I think about it, but I was really missing the slay, and couldn’t exactly pick a fight with the inmates, I was trying to reform so I thought if I could you you then maybe I could get the thrill of the hunt and the slay through you.” Faith looked at her girlfriend hoping she would understand.

“Did it work?” Buffy asked amazed.

“Yeah it did, I could tap into it when I wanted it was cool, the only problem was that I could feel everything from you not just the slaying deal, I felt you’re pain when you’re mom died, B I was so scared for you then, she was a great mom and I really wish I had the chance to apologise for all the shit I put her through.” Faith fought back the tears that were once again burning the back of her eyes.

“It’s ok Faith she knew how sorry you were, but the strange thing is she told me once that she had nothing to forgive you for that the things you did were not of your choice, I couldn’t understand her at the time but now I think I do.” Buffy smiled at her lover who returned it genuinely.

“So anyways, I could sense there was this big battle gonna happen and I wanted in on it, I wanted to somehow help you, I tried to give you my strength, I couldn’t see what was happening but I could feel it, I could feel you when you realised what it was you had to do, I screamed out to you not to do it, that this world needs you, I was just a screw up in jail I couldn’t save the world, you had to live. Then you jumped, it felt like waves of electricity coursing through my body but the strange thing was it didn’t hurt there was no pain, then I felt it I felt you die, I felt your heart stop and then came the pain, it was unbearable it felt like part of me was being ripped away from the inside out, I was catatonic for almost a week, the guards didn’t know what had happened there was no fight they couldn’t see any wounds on me.”

Buffy approached with two plates filled with sandwiches for them. “Wow, you really felt all that, I mean when I jumped I was expecting there to be, I dunno, lots of pain and stuff but there wasn’t I felt the ripples of electricity much like you, but when that stopped everything was just peaceful.” Buffy tried to explain, she hadn’t talked to anyone about the true happenings of that night.

“Yeah I felt it all, I thought it was cos of the slayer connection that I was tapping into, but when you came back the part of me that was ripped away came back, I can’t really explain it but I didn’t come to you that time, you came to me.” Faith spoke while trying to eat.

“Can you still tap into it, I mean can you still feel what I’m feeling?” Buffy enquired she was intrigued by this revelation.

“Don’t know, since I came to Sunnydale, I haven’t needed to, I can see you now, I can go and slay now, plus I didn’t wanna ya know ‘violate’ you if you know what I mean.” Faith replied sheepishly.
“Could you try, I mean if you can still do it then maybe you could teach me, and if well one of us is in trouble then the other would know and be able to come to help.” Buffy asked.

“I can try, but you’d have to go somewhere else and like I dunno do something that would get an emotional response or something.” Faith replied happy to try Buffy’s theory, at least it meant that they could protect each other if they needed to.

“Ok, you stay here and finish your food and I’ll go upstairs, when you think you know what I’m doing then come get me.” Buffy bounced excitedly on her stool, raising quickly she kissed Faith and ran out of the room, she had a cunning plan and one she hoped Faith would like.

Finishing her sandwich Faith retreated he bhe back of the house and sat on the veranda, she slowed her breathing and cleared her mind and thought of only Buffy, just as she had done in prison.

At first she couldn’t really feel anything, then she felt a nervous tension in her stomach, she concentrated harder, she could feel feather touches across her skin, but couldn’t quite make out what was happening, she gasped as she felt her nipples become hard, ‘what the hell is she doing?’ she thought to herself. That thought was soon answered as she felt a growing wetness between her thighs and what seemed like feather touches along her sensitive centre.

“Oh fuck!” She exclaimed standing quickly, without thinking she ran into the house and up the many flights of stairs, just as she was going to knock at Buffy’s door it swung open to reveal Buffy standing with just a white rose in her hand and absolutely no clothes on, Faith’s jaw dropped as she took in the wondrous sight before her.

“What took you so long?” Buffy asked shyly.

“Shit B, do you have any idea what you do to me?” Faith asked as she entered the apartment.

“I have a fair idea.” The blond replied with a smirk, she motioned to Faith to follow her into the bedroom, which she dutifully did watching Buffy’s pert butt as she walked away, almost memorized by the sight.

“You’re a little over dressed for this party.” Buffy stated turning once again to look at the dumbfounded look on her lovers face.

“Huh!” Faith replied realising that she had been spoken to, she could not process any thought other than ‘Buffy naked, naked Buffy in front of me, no clothes wow’.

“I said you’re a little over dressed for this party.” Buffy replied walking toward her lover gesturing with her hand at the clothes that Faith was wearing.

“Um, oh, yeah, right um, yeah clothes, no clothes.” Faith stumbled making Buffy chuckle.

Soon enough Faith had managed to strip with a little help from her partner, Buffy lay Faith on the bed but did not follow her, she stood and took in every curve every mark every scar, she wanted to burn this beautiful image into her mind. Slowly she walked around the side of the bed, never loosing eye contact with the other slayer, she climbed onto the bed and almost cat like crawled up so she was now laying by the side of her lover.

“I love you.” She stated as she gently placed a kiss on Faith waiting lips.

“I love you too B.” Faith replied looking into the lust filled eyes of her lover.

Buffy began to lightly trace patterns across Faith’s body with the rose she still held. “That’s what you were doing.” Faith said realising what Buffy must have been doing to herself.

“Yep.” Buffy replied but continued on her journey, she did this for some time. She soon had Faith writhing around on the bed from the soft and gentle caresses of the rose, she was not going to touch her she wanted her lovers senses to go into overload, she wanted Faith’s body to be alive from the tip of her toes to the top of her head.

“Mmm, B that feels so good.” Faith spoke through parched lips.

Faith couldn’t believe how she was feeling, this was completely new to her, sure she’d had her fair share of fucks but this was different, she had never really believed that there was a difference between fucking and making love, but here now with Buffy she knew what it meant it was a whole thing, body mind and soul taking part and giving all to someone who was giving all to you. As this realisation rushed through her she was sent crashing over the edge, lights flashed behind her eyes as her body played out it’s ritualistic dance.

“Wow.” Faith spoke as she managed to get her breathe back, blinking a few times to try and focus she looked up at the angelic face above her and smiled.

“You like?” Buffy almost purred her question.

“Oh yeah, I like, what the hell made you think of that?” Faith asked still in shock at how Buffy had just made her feel.

“I wanted to show you how much I love you, and that by loving you I can make you feel good even without touching you, and by the way you turned up at the door, I can make you feel like that even if we’re not together.” Buffy replied.

“Well I’ve heard of phone sex but telepathic sex, wow.” Faith laughed.

Buffy joined in her laughter and they both snuggled into each other, they needed some sleep before the evening, they had to make sure they made an appearance at least to dinner with the others as a sort of welcome back to Anya.

The rest of the day was fairly uneventful, everyone had gathered in the large dinning room for dinner and had welcomed back Anya, even Andrew had put in an appearance, though he looked a little subdued.


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