The Courtship of Buffy Summers

The very happy blonde smiles a very goofy smile and leans into the body that’s wrapped around hers. She feels like she’s on top of the world, and she loves this feeling. What she loves more is the girl who’s sitting behind her, with her strong arms around the blonde’s waist, and her chin resting on the soft shoulder that’s covered with golden hair.


“I can’t believe we got away with it,” Buffy says and turns her head a little to give Faith a kiss on the cheek. She loves it when Faith holds her from behind like this. They’re outside, on the porch swing, which is a place they come to a lot whenever Faith comes over. “We only had five minutes before we had to get to class. If we were late and my mom found out about it she would have killed us both.” She smiles and sighs when Faith lightly kisses along her neck.


“Yeah, she probably would have. So I take it she doesn’t know what happened in LA?” Faith asks and moves Buffy’s hair out of the way to expose more skin. “I mean, she’s been nice to me and you’re not grounded, so Dawn didn’t tell her what she walked in on?” Buffy smiles and tries not to moan when Faith starts to gently suck on her earlobe. ‘God, she knows my ears are very sensitive and she knows we can’t do anything here. So she’s doing this to torture me.’


“Dawnie promised she wouldn’t tell. I know she’s a pain, but it’s very rare for her to break a promise. She drives me crazy sometimes, but she’s a good person. Or at least she’s turning out to be a good person. I’m still not sure how it works.” Her breath hitches in her chest and she arches her back a little when Faith gently nibbles on her earlobe. “Ok, you should really stop. You know we can’t do anything here and you’re only making the temptation worst.” Faith gives one last tug on the soft flesh and then she lets go.


“Ok, I’ll stop. But you know how much I love touching you, and tasting you, and kissing you.” ‘Yeah, I don’t need reminding,’ the blonde thinks and tries not to sigh. ‘I’m not trying to be mean. It’s just that ever since we…you know? It’s like all she wants to do when we’re alone is get in my pants. Before what happened at my dad’s we would make out a lot, but we talked too. We used to talk way more then we would make out. And when we talked we would sit like this but she wouldn’t try to get me worked up.’


“Yeah, I know but if you keep doing it then we might do something we’ll regret later on.” ‘Ok, so I didn’t mean to use the word regret, but whatever. She just needs to know that she isn’t getting any. She already got some today. I think that’s enough for now.’ “So, what are you going to do when you leave here?” ‘I think a change of subject would be nice. I don’t want her to think I mean anything by the word regret. I just meant that if my mom walks in on us making love then all hell will break loose and I’ll never see the light of day again.’


“I’m going to hang out with the guys.” ‘Of course you are, because I think it would kill you to have friends who are girls.’ “We’re gonna go to the Bronze and have a few drinks.” ‘Have a few drinks? I didn’t know Faith drinks.’ “Then we’ll probably go back to Mike’s and hang out there for a while.” Ok, so she’s going to get drunk with a bunch of guys and then hang out alone with a bunch of guys. And she thinks that’s a good idea?’


“I didn’t know you drank,” she says and tries to make it as casual as possible. “Do your foster parents care that you go out and drink with the guys?” Her voice is betraying her though, and she knows she needs to be careful. Faith can be very defensive when it comes to her friends. Buffy has never really pushed the issue before because when her boyfriends used to talk trash about her friends behind their backs to her she would get really upset. It’s the reason why she dumped Joey Erickson in her freshmen year.


“They don’t know about it. We always head back to Mike’s after the Bronze, but I always stay over at Brian’s and sleep on the couch.” There’s a very long moment of silence as they both just sit and think of something to say. Something is bothering the brunette and even though she thinks it would be better to stay silent she isn’t going to let the blonde accuse her of something. “Do you have a problem with it?”


“No,” Buffy says but Faith can tell she’s lying. “Why would I have a problem with my underage girlfriend going out and drinking and then staying the night at some guy’s house?” Faith sits up straight and pulls away from the blonde. Buffy furrows her eyebrows at the move and turns around to see what Faith is doing.


“So you think I’m going to cheat on you?” She doesn’t give Buffy a chance to answer. She’s so irritated now that she’s losing her sense of judgment. “You don’t trust me, after everything that’s happened between us and you still don’t trust me?” Her voice rises and Buffy looks towards the back door. Dawn is in the house and probably spying on them. Buffy really doesn’t want her sister hearing this.


“I trust you, I do. What I don’t trust is a bunch of drunk guys alone with a drunk girl.” Buffy watches as Faith gets this look on her face like she thinks the blonde is going insane. She starts to get very defensive even though there’s a little voice in the back of her mind tell her she calm down.


“I didn’t say we were going to get drunk. I said we were gonna have a few drinks. Getting a little buzzed doesn’t qualify as getting drunk. And even if we did get drunk they would never try to do anything with me. We’ve been friends for way too long to even consider it.” Now it’s the brunette’s turn to watch as the other girl’s expression dramatically changes.


“So if you didn’t know one of them for very long you’d consider it?” She watches as Faith sighs and then goes to say something. She decides to interrupt her. She just wants this disagreement to end. “I just don’t think you drinking is a good idea, especially on a school night. I don’t want you to do it.” Now the brunette looks downright pissed off. Buffy’s never seen that particular look in her eyes before and she’s a little afraid. But she isn’t going to back down. There’s nothing more stubborn then a Summers’ woman that thinks she’s right.


“That’s not your decision. Look, I get that we’re in a relationship and we make decisions together but you don’t get to tell me what I can and can’t do. I’m going out with my friends tonight, and I’m going to have a drink or two whether you like it or not.” She doesn’t wait for the blonde to say anything. She gets up off the swing and storms off. She walks around the side of the house and slams the gate closed. Buffy listens with tears in her eyes and she hears the truck door slam close and then Faith starts the engine and drives off.


She forces her tears to go away, which takes a couple of minutes. ‘I can’t believe she yelled at me like that. Who does she think she is? Ok, so maybe I was a little out of line, but that doesn’t give her the right to talk to me like I’m some kind of lower being. Well if she thinks she can talk to me like that then fuck her.’ She stands up and stomps off into the house. She knows she’s acting a little over the top but she doesn’t care. This is her first fight with Faith and she doesn’t like it one bit. Her first fight with Faith wasn’t supposed to be about something slightly serious. It was supposed to be over something stupid. She finds Dawn sitting in the living room, watching TV, and acting like she didn’t hear the fight.


“When Mom gets home tell her I don’t have any homework, and I went to Willow’s,” she says and walks out the door before her sister can say anything. She talked to Willow at break, and then again at lunch but they weren’t able to really talk because Xander was there. The last thing she’s going to do is talk to a guy about her sex life. Just the fact that she now has a sex life is something that still blows her mind. ‘I’ve had sex twice. Not just oral, but actual sex. Ok, why are you freaking out about it? I don’t regret sleeping with her. I love her and I wanted it to happen. Maybe this morning in the back of her truck was a little much, but I don’t regret that either.’


She gets to Willow’s house in no time. She’s so angry that she’s walking faster then she normally would. She knows that her mother isn’t going to be happy with her, but she doesn’t really care right now. She just needs to talk to Willow, to get all of this rage off of her chest. She also knows that when this anger goes away she’s probably going to cry, and she’d rather be at Willow’s then at home where Dawn will bug her. No, she needs to spend some time with her best friend, even if she does get grounded because of it.


She walks up the pathway to Willow’s house and she sighs a little breath of relief when she sees there are no cars in the driveway. She really doesn’t think she can handle a run in with Willow’s mom right now. ‘Why can’t she ever get my name right? My name is Buffy, not Bunny. I will never understand some people,’ she thinks and rings the doorbell. ‘Please be home, please be home, please be home.’ She waits on pins and needles for Willow to answer the door. She feels her body relax a little when the door opens and she’s staring back at the ginger girl. At the sight of her friend most of her anger washes away and is replaced with hurt, and sadness. Her eyes well up with tears and she tries really hard not to cry.


“Buffy, what happened?” Willow asks and steps aside to let the blonde in. Buffy doesn’t say anything because she’s afraid she’s going to have a melt down right here on the porch if she does. She walks into the foyer and looks over towards Willow’s bedroom. She isn’t so sure what she should do, and she doesn’t know why she feels so uncomfortable. “No one else is here. We can talk in my room if you want.” She nods her head and follows Willow.


She’s always liked Willow’s bedroom. It has a very calming vibe and as soon as she sits down on the bed she feels a little better. She watches as Willow closes the door and then sits in the chair at her desk. She turns it so she’s facing the blonde, and Buffy has no idea what to say. Being in the redhead’s calming presence is making her want to talk about anything but the fight. She doesn’t want to bring that ugliness into this sanctuary. She can tell by the look in Willow’s eyes that she’s going to say something so she beats her to the punch.


“Faith and I had a fight, that’s why I came over. But I don’t want to talk about that. Can we talk about something else?” she sounds almost desperate. She sighs a large sigh of relief when Willow nods her head yes. Buffy knows exactly what she wants to talk about. Just thinking back on that night in LA makes her smile. ‘Faith was so tender and loving, and she made me feel so special. How come she couldn’t be like that twenty minutes ago?’ She looks into Willow’s big green eyes and she can’t help but smile a little bigger at the confusion on the other girls’ face.


“Faith came to visit me at my dad’s a couple times, once a month for a week. And the last night she was there in July my dad went out of town. He had to go to San Diego for a couple of days for his work. So Faith snuck in through my window because my dad’s girlfriend doesn’t check on us at night like my dad normally does. She was going to leave but I told her not to go. We talked for a little bit, and then we started kissing again, and we ended up sleeping together.” Her face blushes with a little embarrassment at the admission, and she looks away from Willow.


“Wow,” the redhead says, sounding a little stunned. “I have to admit I wasn’t expecting that.” Buffy chances a glance at the other girl and she smiles a little a Willow’s shocked expression. Then she watches as the shock goes away and is replaced by genuine curiosity. “What was it like being with her like that?” Buffy blushes and Willow can’t help but giggle a little. She takes a minute to think about how she wants to word her thoughts but she’s still struggling.


“She was so…gentle, and loving. She made me feel so special. I know this is going to sound incredibly cheesy, but it was almost like we were using our bodies to show just how much we love each other. God that is so lame.” She hides her face in her hands out of embarrassment. She doesn’t look up until she hears Willow laughing a little. She sends the other girl a nasty death glare which only makes her laugh harder.


“I’m sorry, but you’re it was really lame.” She laughs a little harder and holds her hands up to block as Buffy grabs onto her pillow and swings it at her head. “Jeez, there’s no need to get violent. So it was everything you wanted it to be except for the dinner at the fancy restaurant and the getting all dressed up?” Buffy just nods her head and continues to blush as she thinks about everything Faith did to her that night. “What about the morning after? Was she a little rougher like you wanted?” Her blush instantly disappears and she gets a little frown on her face.


“I don’t know. We never got to that part. We were going to but Dawn walked in on us. She starting screaming something about her eyes and then she ran back into her room. I had a little talk with her and she promised not to rat on us. But God it was so embarrassing. Faith had pulled the covers off us so she could tickle me and Dawnie got an eyeful. When I was talking to her she made some joke about the next time we do it to cover up because there are plenty of people who want to see Faith’s ass but she isn’t one of them.” Both girls laugh a little and then Buffy blushes again when she thinks about earlier that day.


“And this morning I did something kind of slutty,” she says and Willow raises and eyebrow. Buffy blushes even more and chuckles a little bit. She can’t help it, she’s a little nervous about telling this story, but she isn’t too sure why. She knows Willow isn’t going to judge her, at least she won’t judge her harshly. She should have nothing to be afraid of. ‘So why am I?’ “When Faith picked me up it was the first time we’ve seen each other in three weeks. She looked so amazing, and after I said bye to Mom we left. She took us to our spot, and we started kissing because that’s what we normally do when we go there.


“But this morning we were so…excited to see each other, and after a few minutes kissing her just wasn’t enough. So we got in the bed of the truck, and we, you know.” Her face gets so bright with embarrassment it could probably light up a room. She looks over at Willow’s face to see her reaction and it’s one of shock and amusement. “It was different then last time though. In LA when we were together she used her fingers on me. I figured that’s just how two girls do it, but she pressed her clit against mine. I can’t even describe how good it felt.” When she’s done talking her eyes refocus, and she looks over at the other girl.


“Wow. So that’s why you were almost late for our first class?” Buffy nods her head and the blush slowly starts to go away. “No wonder you were smiling all day. I’m sure if everyone started their mornings like that people wouldn’t hate Mondays as much.” Both girls laugh and Buffy starts to relax a little. The laughter starts to die down and Buffy finds herself actually relaxing here with her redheaded friend. Out of nowhere they start laughing harder again and Buffy starts clutching at her chest, trying to calm herself down so she can get some oxygen. ‘This is exactly what I needed. How did the day get so shitty when it started off so good?’