The Courtship of Buffy Summers

A/N: I know this chapter might seem a little far-fetched, but it's actually based on something that happened to my ex. Anyway, I hope you enjoy.
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“Buffy, can I talk to you for a minute?” the blonde hears her mother ask. She looks up from the magazine she was flipping through and nods her head. And that’s right ladies and gentlemen, I’m back. Little miss stick-up-her-ass didn’t last a week before crawling back to me. The other narrator was a preppy chick who said the word ‘like’ way too much, and only talked about herself. Anyway, let’s get back to the story.


“Is this about that English test? I know I only got a D+, but I studied really hard Mom. I’m just not good at English,” she says and sits up. She watches her mom walk further into her room and then sit down on the edge of her bed. She has a pensive look on her face, and Buffy is starting to get very worried.


“No, sweetheart, it’s not about that. I remember how hard you and Willow studied. I know you did your best and that’s all I can ask of you,” she says and folds her hands across a one of her knees and Buffy tries not to panic. She only does that when she has some bad news.


“Ok Mom you’re really freaking me out here. Did someone die or something? Did you lose your job? Are we going lose the house?” All of the worst case scenarios start to play through Buffy’s mind. Her mom reaches out and gently rests her hand on one of her daughter’s.


“No, Buffy no one died, and I’m not going to lose my job. I know this is going to sound…a little crazy but I think this is important so please just hear me out.” Buffy nods her head and watches as her mother tries to put her thoughts into words. “You and Faith have been dating for a year and a half now, right?” Buffy very slowly nods her head and gets a very bad feeling in the pit of her stomach.


“I’m a little concerned about it,” she says and Buffy’s eyebrows wrinkle as far as they’ll go. She has no idea what her mother is talking about. “You two are only seventeen, Buffy, and I know how much you care about Faith, but sweetie this isn’t going to last forever.” ‘How can she say that? Where the hell is this conversation going?’ “I just think maybe you need to take some time to really think about your relationship with her.” Buffy thinks very carefully about what she wants to say. The last thing she needs now is to accidentally insult her mother and get grounded for a couple of weeks.


“Why would I need to think about my relationship with her? Why are you saying all of this?” she asks, sounding lost and a little angry. Joyce sighs and takes a minute to think about how she wants to put this next part. She knows she needs to be very careful because Buffy has always been a sensitive girl, especially when it comes to the people she cares about.


“In four months you’re going to be a senior and then you’re going off to college. I just think it would be easier for you to make that adjustment if you weren’t tied down to someone.” ‘Oh my fucking God! I can’t believe she just said that.’ “Now Buffy, please don’t look at me like that. I’m not trying to be harsh. I’m just telling you what I think would be best.” All bets are off now, and Buffy doesn’t care if she insults her mother or hurts her feelings.


“Well what you think is wrong. I love Faith and I’m not going to break up with her just because you want me to.” Her tone is harsh, and her voice is low. There’s so much anger running through her right now she can barely see straight. And she has a feeling it’s about to get much, much worst.


“Honey, I’m not tying to be mean, but you’re only seventeen, you don’t know what real love is like.” Buffy stops breathing, she stops thinking, the only thing she can focus on right now is fighting against the extremely strong urge to reach out and slap her mother. “I know it seems like you love her but she’s just a high school sweetheart. When you’re in college, or after you graduate you’ll meet someone who’ll fall in love with.” There’s a long silence as mother and daughter just stare at each other.


“You need to leave,” Buffy says and her voice is as hard as titanium steel. “You’re not me. You don’t know how I feel. I love Faith, it doesn’t matter what you say. I do love her. And I’m going to be with her for as we want. If it doesn’t last forever then it doesn’t last forever but I’m not going to end our relationship sooner just because you think it’ll make things easier. And I don’t even know if I want to go to college so it doesn’t really matter.”


“Of course you’re going to college, Buffy. You’re a smart, very capable young lady and with a college diploma you can be whatever you want.” Buffy’s heard about enough of this but she’s going to argue you her side. She really just wants her mom to leave before she says something she’ll regret later. She knows if this conversation isn’t over soon then that will happen. Even if she doesn’t care now it doesn’t she won’t care if her mom cries because of something stupid, and mean that she might say.


“And if I want to marry Faith, and get artificially inseminated, and be a housewife while Faith gets a job and supports me, then that’s what I’ll do.” She knows deep down that’s not what she really wants, but that doesn’t matter. That decision is for her to make, not her mother. “I don’t know what I want to be, or do with the rest of my life. You don’t get to decide it for me, Mom. If I want to go to college and Faith and I are still dating at the end of our senior year then I’ll go to Sunnydale University. It’s a good school where I can get a good education.” Her mother shakes her head a little bit and it only frustrates the younger blonde even more.


“It’s a good school, but you can get into a great school if you set your mind to it. Maybe not any of the ivy leagues because those are really expensive, but you can get into a better school then Sunnydale University.” Buffy’s face is starting to turn red, and she has tears in her eyes, not just from the anger, but because of a strong feeling of sadness. She can’t believe her mother is disregarding her feelings like this. “I just think your relationship with Faith won’t be able to last a long separation, and you should get out before you get too involved.”


“Too involved, you mean like sleeping together?” Buffy asks and feels just a little embarrassed for asking that. If she wasn’t so angry and she would be even more embarrassed then this, but the anger is making less room for other emotions and brain functions, like her judgment just to give an example. She watches her mother nod her head a couple of times, and she scoffs. “We already slept together. We’ve been dating for a year and a half, and we’re in love, did you honestly think I would still be a virgin after all this time?”


Buffy watches as her mother face pales at the shocking news. But it shouldn’t have been that shocking. After all Buffy doesn’t have a very valid point. The two are young and in love, and after all this time it isn’t insane to think they would have been together at least once. ‘It’s not like we’re sex crazed. Sure the first day of school we did something a little crazy, but we hadn’t seen each other for three weeks, we really missed each other. We haven’t had a lot of sex. Sure we do a lot of oral, but that’s just oral, it doesn’t really count as sex.’


“I don’t know what to say,” Joyce says and runs a hand through her hair. Buffy is completely confused by the reaction. She understands why her mom is getting upset. ‘I’m her baby and she doesn’t want her baby having sex,’ she thinks and has to stop herself from rolling her eyes.


“Wait a minute, weren’t you the one who called me downstairs and told me that you wouldn’t stop me from being with her? That it was ok for me to…be intimate with her as long as I was sure I was ready? That’s what you said, so why are you wigging?” she asks with lots of irritation in her voice. She wants to end this conversation now. She wants her other to leave the room so she can sneak out and go see Faith.


“I honestly didn’t think you two would be together that long.” Buffy’s jaw clenches and her hands ball up into fists. She just can’t believe her mother is acting this way. Then she notices her expression change. Her mom doesn’t look so shocked anymore, but a little curious, and…embarrassed? “How was it before you two were first…together?” ‘Why does she want to know that? It’s none of her business.’


“That’s not really any of your business.” Her mom gives her what Buffy can only describe as a death glare, and she caves. “Six months, it was in July. She came to visit me, and she wanted to leave because it was getting late but I asked her to stay. I was ready Mom, a hundred percent sure. There was no doubt, and I don’t regret it at all.” ‘Ok, things have gotten very uncomfortable in here. I don’t want to talk about it anymore.’


“Were you safe?” Joyce asks but Buffy can tell just by the sound of her voice she only said it because she doesn’t know what else to say. She does have to give her mom a little credit for not completely wigging out on her. Still, that doesn’t stop the younger blonde from making a very sarcastic comment.


“Yeah, she made sure to wear a condom, and I’m on the pill.” Her mom gives her a very disapproving look and Buffy gets very frustrated. “I don’t want to talk about it anymore, ok? It’s private, and talking about it with you is really weird since you’re my mom. We were…safe, I guess. I don’t what we need to be safe from. We can’t get each other pregnant, and neither of us have a contagious disease, or non-contagious for that matter.” Buffy quiets down when her mom puts a hand on one of her knees and gently squeezes.


“That’s not what I mean, dear. I meant, she didn’t try to make you do anything you didn’t want to do?” ‘When are people going to learn that Faith isn’t a monster?’ “Don’t you dare give me that look, young lady. I would be asking this question regardless of who your first…partner is. I just want you safe, and if you were uncomfortable with anything that happened, or if she tried to pressure you into doing something-”


“She didn’t,” Buffy quickly interrupts before her mom could go any further with that line of thinking. “She was…gentle and loving, and kept telling me I didn’t have to do anything I didn’t want to. She’s one of the sweetest people I’ve ever met. And I’m not going to leave her.” Buffy is dead set on that, and it doesn’t matter how much her mother wants her to, she isn’t going to dump Faith just because senior year is coming up.


“Ok, dear, I was just voicing my concerns. But please Buffy, think about what I said. College won’t be so hard if your heart has time to heal before you go, then having to deal with everything at once.” Buffy nods her head even though she knows she isn’t going to think about it. She wants to be with Faith, Faith wants to be with her, there’s no sense ruining something great just because an outside party has concerns. Joyce leans over and gives her daughter a kiss on the forehead. She gently strokes the side of her head before she gets up and leaves the room, leaving a still very pissed off daughter to sit and brood.