The Courtship of Buffy Summers

I know I said I was going to take a break, but I couldn't help myself. I hope you enjoy.
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The morning light shines in through the sightly open window and onto the two sleeping bodies. Their positions changed during their sleep. The brunette had been holding the blonde gently yet securely but that isn’t the case anymore. Now they lay with the blonde on her back, the brunette’s head resting on her shoulder, arms wrapped tightly around her, and one leg thrown over the small girl’s thighs.


Faith is the fist to wake. She slowly starts to stir as the morning sun shines brightly on her face. She barely opens her eyes and starts to stretch until she realizes she’s snuggled up against someone. The events of the previous night start to flood her memory and she gets a small smile on her face. ‘I was right about her being tight. I almost came when I felt it,’ she thinks and slowly sits up.


‘She’s even more beautiful when she’s asleep,’ she thinks as she slowly leans down and places a gentle kiss on the blonde girl’s forehead. Then as carefully as she can she gets off the bed and prays that Buffy doesn’t wake up. She walks around to the other side of the bed and puts on her shirt and jeans. She tiptoes across the room and looks back at the sleeping form before she leave the room.


After a minute or two the blonde wakes up and not as pleasantly as the brunette had. She’s startled awake and sits up as soon as her eyes are open. She looks around the room and knows that something is wrong but she isn’t sure what. The blankets fall from her naked torso and her warm skin is assaulted with the cool air of the room. She wrinkles her eyebrows as she tires to remember what happened the night before. She takes a deep breath and smells the remains of what took place in her bed.


‘Faith and I slept together, as in we made love,’ she thinks and a small smile graces her lips. ‘Damn straight we did. God she was so amazing, she made me feel so amazing, and inside of her feels so amazing. But where is she?’ She takes another looks around the room but doesn’t see the other girl anywhere.


‘Ok Buffy don’t jump to any conclusions. Maybe her foster parents called and said she had to go back early and she didn’t want to wake me. I’m sure she left a note or something.’ She looks around to all of the places that the brunette would have left a note. There’s nothing on her night stands, nothing on the bed next to her, and nothing taped to the door. She even gets up and takes a closer look around the room. But she doesn’t come up with anything.


‘So she just left? Why would she just leave? I thought we both had a good time last night. She told me that she never slept over at any other person’s house, but she spent the night here. Was it all just a scam? Was she with me for this long just to take my virginity?’ She lays back down on the bed and covers herself up. She feels cold, but not just on the outside. Inside she’s filled with confusion, and dread.


She holds the blankets tightly to her body, and her eyes fill with tears. She feels dirty, and it’s not because of the dried sweat on her skin. She’s trying so hard not to let her emotions and insecurities get the best of her, but she’s failing miserably. She was expecting to wake up next to Faith, and have the brunette reassure her with her sweetness that what they did last night wasn’t a mistake. But now she isn’t so sure.


She hears the door creak open very slowly but she doesn’t look up. ‘Probably just Dawn coming to tell me that breakfast is ready, and then complain about Sasha. She’s nice and all but she’s not a good cook.’ She wipes at her eyes and pulls the blankets a little tighter around her body. She tries not to move too much or else Dawn will know that she’s fully awake and the younger girl won’t leave her alone if she knows that.


‘I don’t want to get up. I just want to stay in here and die.’ She closes her eyes and tries to disappear by sheer willpower. Her eyebrows furrow a little when she feels very soft lips lightly kissing her tears away. She slowly opens her eyes and sees that Faith is the one kissing her tears away. ‘Wait, I thought she left? What the hell is going on?’


“Babe, what’s with the tears?” the brunette whispers and sits up so she can look at the blonde. Buffy looks at her with some confusion. ‘She’s dressed, and she left, but she came back? Did she start to leave and then change her mind or something? She definitely has some explaining to do.’ “Ok, B, I’m gonna need an answer. I’m starting to feel a little insecure.” The blonde sits up and clutches the blankets to her chest.


“I woke up and you were gone. I thought you left me,” she says in a small whisper. Even though the volume is low, there’s an enormous amount of emotion in those words. The blonde watches as her words register inside the brunette’s mind. Faster then the blink of an eye she’s swept up in Faith’s arms, the brunette is holding her and rubbing her back.


“I would never do that to you. I just had to go to the bathroom,” Faith tells her and pulls back from the hug just enough to look at Buffy’s face. She places little kisses all over the blonde’s impish face. Buffy’s face blushes about three different shades of red. ‘She just went to the bathroom? How come I didn’t think of that?’ Buffy pulls away from the other girl so she can look at her face. She’s still very embarrassed and her cheeks are still a little pink.


“I’m sorry,” she says and wipes at her eyes. She smiles a nervous, very embarrassed smile and tries to shake the feeling off. “I didn’t mean to get all depresso-girl, but I woke up and you were gone, and I panicked a little.” She sighs when Faith starts to gently caress the soft skin of her arms. She looks into Faith’s eyes and she sees nothing but love, and it makes her skin tingle a little and she doesn’t feel cold anymore.


“I’d never leave without telling you,” Faith says and brings her hands up so she’s gently massaging Buffy’s shoulders. “I gotta admit it is kinda nice knowing you’d be that upset if I did leave.” She has a cocky smirk on her face now and Buffy just shakes her head and rolls her eyes. “Oh come on, tell me you don’t want me again. You can’t do it, it’s impossible. Go ahead, say it.” Buffy makes her face completely blank and she looks Faith dead in the eyes.


“I don’t want you again,” she says in an emotionless voice. The brunette gets a mock-wounded look on her face and it makes the blonde smile. She watches as Faith gets a look on her face that she recognizes and the hair on the back of her neck stands up. She tenses up a little and gets a playful smile on her face when she sees Faith move into a very predatory like stance. Buffy tries to make her face go blank but it doesn’t work very well. “I don’t want you again.” She can’t help but giggle as she says it.


“That’s it,” Faith says and pounces. She pushes Buffy onto her back and pulls the blanket down. She starts tickling the blonde’s very ticklish stomach. “Take it back B, take it back and I’ll stop.” Buffy squirms and laughs and yells out for the brunette to stop, but she doesn’t. She’s bucking her legs and grabbing at Faith’s hands, but the brunette will not be denied. She straddles the blonde’s thighs, and flips her hair to one side so she can keep up her attach on the blonde.


“No! Faith, stop!” Buffy screeches and grabs at Faith’s hands. She kicks her legs and her back arches unintentionally. “Faith I’m gonna pee! Stop it! Stop it!” But Faith doesn’t stop. She keeps tickling her girlfriend and she has to admit that it’s mostly because she’s still naked, and seeing her squirming around and getting all flushed and breathless is really hot. “Ok, I admit it! I want you again! I want you right now!” That makes Faith stop and just stare at the other girl.


The brunette’s body is hovering just inches above the blonde’s. Their faces are close enough that they can feel each other’s labored breathing. Buffy is suddenly very aware of the fact that she’s naked, and all Faith has on is a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. She feels the heat between her legs grow, and her nipples harden. She stretches her neck and lightly kisses Faith on the lips. She ignore the icky taste of morning mouth and kisses the girl deeper.


“Baby,” the blonde whispers when she pulls back from the kiss. She gently caresses Faith’s cheek and then runs a hand through the dark tousled hair. “Baby, take off your clothes.” Buffy watches with some amusement as Faith gets off the bed and strips down in a matter of seconds. She giggles a little bit and her eyes travel up and down Faith’s toned, gorgeous body. Her mouth waters a little as Faith crawls back on the bed and hovers only an inch above the other girl.


“Well, you got me just how you wanted me,” she whispers and her eyes wander all over Buffy’s face. “What do you want to do with me?” Buffy smiles and softly kisses the brunette’s soft lips. The kiss lingers for a few moments and both girls pull back at the same time. Buffy’s leg spread further apart to allow Faith more room. She moans deeply when the brunette gently presses her body against each other with every breath that is taken.


‘This progressed really fast,’ Buffy thinks as Faith starts to lightly kiss her neck. ‘One minute she’s tickling me, and now she’s on top of me, and making me all hot and bothered. God, I love her.’ She hisses in a breath when Faith lightly nips at her collarbone. She can feel the other girl’s warm and wet crotch pressed against the own.


“Faith,” the blonde moans deeply and wraps her arms around Faith’s back. She brushes her fingertips along the hot skin and she can feel the damage she caused last night. But the brunette moans at the feeling of the tiny scabs being caressed so Buffy doesn’t stop.


“Faith, I need you,” Buffy moans and slowly thrusts her hips so there will be no confusion about her meaning. She feel the other girl smile against her warm, wanting flesh and she knows that she won’t need to say it twice. She wraps her legs around Faith’s waist and moans as the other girl kisses her deeply. They start up a teasingly slow rhythm and Buffy feels like she’s already about to pop.


“Hey Buffy breakfast is ready. Oh my God My eyes My eyes ” Dawn screams at the top of her lungs. Buffy panics when she hears her sister’s voice and pushes Faith off of her. The other girl hits the floor hard, and unfortunately her feet get tangled up in the comforter and it goes down with her leaving Buffy exposed.


She grabs for the blanket but Faith already pulled it up around her naked body. Buffy pulls with all her strength but Faith isn’t willing to give it up so easy. They start fighting over it, unaware that Dawn has already run away. The struggle for the large, pink blanket is about to get violent when Buffy hears a door slam and the walls shake. She looks over at the doorway and sees that Dawn is gone. She sighs a little in relief and then cold fear runs down her back.


“Get in the closet,” she says quickly and jumps off the bed. She picks up all of Faith’s clothes and throws them into her bedroom closet. Faith stands up, looking a little confused, until she hears footsteps walking down the hall. “Get in the closet, please. If Sasha sees you she’ll tell my dad and he’ll tell my mom and she’ll skin us both alive.” Faith nods her head and makes a mad dash for the closet. Once she’s in there Buffy sits down on the bed and covers herself up with the comforter.


“Buffy, what in the world is going on in here?” the sleepy redhead asks with a big yawn. ‘Good, she’s still tired. Dawn must’ve made breakfast then. I’ll take her cooking over Sasha’s any day. Ok, Buffy I think you’re missing the point. Sasha is really tired so she isn’t going to question you too much. Hopefully she’ll just wander back to the kitchen and zone out over a hot cup of coffee.’


“It got really hot last night so I slept in my birthday suit,” she says with a small blush. ‘Ok so not a complete lie.’ “I must’ve kicked the blankets off in my sleep because when Dawn came in here she kind of got an eye full.” The redhead just nods and yawns again. ‘Please leave, please leave, please leave.’ She does everything in her power not to look over at the closet because she knows that will be a dead give away.


“Next time just turn the air conditioner on,” she says and walks away. ‘Oh thank God for stupid people,’ she thinks and gets up. She slips on her pink bathrobe and walks over to the closet door. She opens it a little and smiles when she sees Faith quietly going through all of her clothes.


“I can’t believe you wear this stuff. Pink ruffles, are you serious?” she asks with mock judgment and gives the blonde a little smile. She tries to step forward but Buffy stops her. “Um, ok, you wanna tell me what’s up? I came out of the closet when I was in eighth grade, really don’t like being back in it.” ‘She always has a joke. Does she ever take anything serious?’


“You need to stay in here, at least until Sasha goes to work. She leaves in,” she looks over at the clock on her wall and sighs a little. “In twenty minutes. I owe you so much.” The brunette gives her a little ‘fuck yeah you do’ type of look and the blonde just nods her head. She leans in and plants a little peck on the brunette’s lips. “I just need to go talk to Dawn and make sure she isn’t going to rat us out. I’ll be back in a little bit. I’ll bring you some breakfast.”


“Alright, but hurry. I don’t like sitting in small, dark places.” Buffy takes a step back and opens the drawer of her desk. She pulls out a small purple flashlight and hands it to the disgruntled brunette. “Ha, ha, very funny.” Buffy smiles and gives Faith one more kiss on the lips before she closes the door. She sighs a heavy ‘how the hell did this get so out of hand’ sigh and makes her way towards her sister’s room. She can’t hear anything on the other side of the door and she doesn’t know if that’s a good thing or not.


“Dawnie, can I come in?” she asks and there’s no answer. She knows that Dawn came in here. She’d recognize this door slamming anywhere. “Dawn please we need to talk.” She opens the door a little and sees her sister laying on her bed, and staring up at the ceiling. ‘Ok, this is really weird. She never acts like this. Why is she being quiet?’


“Dawnie, are you ok?” The younger girl nods her head and sighs, but she doesn’t say anything, doesn’t even look at her sister. Buffy walks over to the edge of the bed and sits down. Dawn looks a little pale, almost like she’s going to be sick, and she has a blank expression on her face. “I know you don’t want to but we need to talk.” Buffy watches as Dawn’s big blue eyes travel from the ceiling to her own hazel ones.


“I’m not going to tell Dad or Mom if that’s what you’re worried about.” Buffy sighs and goes to say something but the younger girl interrupts. “I’m fine, really. I just never thought I’d ever see you two doing that. I mean, I heard you last night, but I didn’t think you’d be doing it again.” Buffy blushes a little and tries to think of something to say, but again the younger girl keeps talking before she can. “So, you and Faith really love each other?”


“Yes, we do love each other very much. I know you’re still a little unsure about Faith, but she isn’t going to hurt me. This isn’t some scheme to get into my pants and then take off. She loves me, and what we have is real. I don’t know what’s going to happen in the future but I can honestly say that I can’t imagine my life without her in it.” The youngest Summers looks up at her big sister and gets a little smile on her face.


“Ok,” she says and then sighs. “Just do me a favor?” Buffy gets a questioning look on her face and Dawn blushes a little. “The next time you two, ya know?” Buffy nods her head and can’t help but smile at the blush on Dawn’s face. “Will you make sure to cover up? I mean, I’m sure there are people out there who would like to see Faith’s ass, but I’m not one of them.” Buffy can’t help but laugh and Dawn joins in. They calm down after a minute or two and Buffy takes a moment to catch her breath.


“I’ll keep that in mind. I need to get back to Faith, I sort of have her trapped in the closet. Ok, so not trapped, but I think that’s how she feels. I better get back to her before she freaks out and writes a song about it or something.” Dawn giggles and Buffy smiles back. She gets up and heads back to her bedroom.


Now that she’s fully awake she takes a moment to herself to really think about what happened last night. ‘I’m not a virgin anymore, and it still kind of hurts. But she was so gentle, and I love her so much. But what if she changes? Is she going to expect me to have sex all the time now? Just because we did it once it doesn’t mean I’m going to want it every time we’re alone. Ok, stop wigging. This is just the insecurities talking. Take a breath, calm down. I don’t regret it. I am so far from regretting it. But that was one hell of a morning after. Hopefully the next one will go smoother.’