The Black Rose
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Adult +
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10
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4
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Chapter 4
The Black Rose
Chapter 4
Faith signed over the deeds that evening but held off handing them over to Buffy for a while. She stared at the pile of papers on her desk, smiling to herself, her decision to wait to give Buffy the deeds had worked how she had hoped.
The blonde rang her constantly since she agreed on the sale of the house, not always to discuss the sale. Buffy had been inquisitive about the local area and where the best places to hang out were. Faith had made time in her schedule to meet with them for coffee and took them both out to local restaurants, introducing them to the more sophisticated side of Sunnydale. Even arranging for Alex to start work with the company when she finished her work on the house. The phone ringing jerked her back to reality. “Yeah?”
“I have a Miss Summers on the line shall I put her through?”
“Yes Gloria thank you.” The phone clicked as the call connected “Buffy.”
“Hi.”
“I was just about to call you, I have the deeds to your house right here in front of me, all finalised.”
“I guess we’ll have to make it a double celebration then?”
“Sorry?”
“I was actually calling to tell you we’ve finished the house and well we wanted to know if you would like to join us for dinner tonight?”
“Erm I dunno…”
“Please. You’ve done so much for us since we got here, it's our way of saying thanks. You can bring someone with you if you don’t wanna be third wheel.”
“Ok. What time?”
“Eight would be great, and don’t worry I'm not cooking. Alex insisted she’s cooking so least it’ll be a good meal.” Buffy chuckled
“I’ll bring the wine.”
“Great. See you later then.”
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Buffy greeted her guests out on the porch, she dressed in a light cotton shirt and tight fitting brown trousers “Hi. Alex is still busy whipping up the grub, so how bout I give you a tour. Show you what we’ve done with the place since you were last here.” Buffy eyes flickered over Faith’s attire, the fitted leather pants and tight white vest moulding themselves to her athletic frame.
Faith admired the pretty blonde before responding “Sure. We’re a little early.” she handed over the bottle of wine “Wasn’t sure what we were eating so I brought a good all rounder.”
Buffy took the bottle as she looked to Saskia. “I'm Buffy.” She forced a smile to her guest, now she had seconds to decide whether to invite the vamp into the house, and pretend everything was normal for the evening. Or stake the vamp now and have a lot of explaining to do. Decision made she invited them both into the house. “Go take a look at what we’ve done in there, I’ll just check how the foods coming along.” Buffy said as she disappeared into the kitchen.
With Buffy gone Faith took the opportunity to put her subordinate in her place “Sass you best play nice tonight, the only thing here on the menu is what’s served so eyes off.”
Sass smirked “What? The thought never crossed my mind. Anyway even if it had probably wouldn’t be a bad thing. I got a bad feeling about this one boss.”
“I saw the way you looked at her.”
“Yeah well she is a hottie, bet she tastes as good as she smells.”
“Maybe but your never gonna know. *Understand*”
“Sure you’re the boss. Still it’s not what’s on the menu got me bugging out. Something’s not quite right here, with Buffy I mean.”
“Regardless of your gut, your gonna be a good little puppy dog tonight. The perfect guest.”
“Why’s this one so important boss?”
“I have my reasons of which you don’t need to know.” Faith sat in the old rocking chair she used to own. Even with the restoration work Alex had done to it, it felt as comfortable as it always had.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
In the kitchen Alex busied herself finishing the starters as Buffy reached around her to the drawer “We still keep a spare stake in here right?”
Alex looked at her confused “Yeah why? Dinner’s not gonna be that bad.”
Buffy found what she was looking for, stepping back she tucked the stake into her boot covering the top with her trouser leg. Faith’s guest is a vamp.”
“And you invited her in anyway.”
“Well yeah it was awkward! I didn’t wanna have to explain why I just stabbed her date with a pointy wooden stick and why the date then blew away in the breeze.”
“So your not worried that maybe Faith is going to be dinner soon as she leaves here? If she’s not already been someone’s dinner.”
“I never said I thought it out. I’ll deal with it, lets just get dinner over with. Anyway Faith's not been turned yet so I got some time, better not leave them alone too long though.”
“You’re the slayer.” Alex smiled as Buffy kissed her cheek and returned to give her guests the tour of the rest of the house.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The four of them made it successfully through dinner making idle chit chat and general conversation. Tension came periodically in waves from Buffy and Saskia as they stared across the table at each other, smiling politely when caught in the silent standoff. Saskia’s paranoia getting the better of her she had to be excused to the bathroom to collect herself.
Buffy took the opportunity to move her seat and sit next to Faith. “I’m not sure how to say this in the short time we have but your date Saskia? She's not human.”
Faith put on her best puzzled face “What?”
“Saskia she's… a vampire.”
Faith laughed “Like in the movies vampire, I want to suck your blood like vampire?”
“Yes.” Buffy looked to Alex for help.
“Trust us, she’s a blood sucking, night walking vampire.” Alex offered.
Faith looked between the two “You’re serious?”
Buffy reached out to Faith gently touching her arm “I’m sorry.”
“How’d you know?”
They all heard the toilet flush and the bathroom door unlocking “I’ll explain all of it soon trust me, this is what I do. I wont let anything happen to you.”
Saskia rounded the bottom of the stairs entering the dining room “I love what you’ve done with the upstairs.”
Buffy moved swiftly from her seat catching Saskia by the throat with one hand she forced her back against the wall. “Games up.” With her free hand she pulled the stake from her boot.
“What the fuck…” Saskia changed to her demon form as she struggled against the blondes grip.
Swiftly Buffy slammed the stake into her heart. Faith leapt from her chair, moving slowly backwards away from the blonde and the cloud of dust and ash that now surrounded her. Alex caught hold of her “Faith. It's alright, everything’s ok now.”
Faith turned to look at her, keeping up the pretence of an innocent; she looked back to Buffy shaking her head. Buffy slowly moved closer, placing the stake on the table she held her hands up and out in submission “I won’t hurt you Faith. Sit down let me explain.” Faith continued to look between the two.
“What just happened?”
“Sit down, I’ll explain. I'm sorry I had to do that in front of you but I couldn’t take the chance of you leaving here with her and being dessert.” Buffy smiled trying to put the brunette at ease “You’re a good friend Faith and I wouldn’t be fulfilling my duties if I had let you leave knowing what she was.”
Faith slowly pulled out her chair and sat down, taking the glass of wine in front of her she downed it in one gulp. “What's going on?”
“I think she might need something a bit stronger.” Alex looked to Buffy “I’ll get the JD, you start explaining.”
Buffy took a seat opposite Faith “You really want to know? When you hear what I have to tell you nothing will ever be the same.”
“I want to know. I want to know why you just shoved a pointy stick into my date.” Faith took the bottle of bourbon from Alex pouring herself a large glass.
“Ok.” Buffy took a deep breath and explained everything to Faith. When she finished Faith looked exhausted and a little drunk. “I’d feel better if you stayed here tonight.”
“S’ok I’ll call a cab.” Faith slurred her words “Don’t think I'm ever gonna sleep soundly ever again thanks to your little tale.” Faith tried to stand and stumbled forward into the table “Whoops.”
Buffy and Alex helped her to stand “You’re staying here, no arguments.” They carried her to one of the guest rooms, sitting her on the bed “You need help undressing?”
Faith smirked “You offering?”
Buffy smiled “You’ll be fine here. I’ll see you in the morning.” she closed the door as she left.
Faith shook off the act and sat up on the bed. She looked into the mirror opposite, talking softly to herself “Sorry Sas, I had to be sure she was the slayer.” The last few weeks spent with Buffy had aroused her suspicions, Saskia’s death not only confirmed them but gave Faith the feeling that Buffy's demise would not be as easy as the slayer before her.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
“She alright?” Alex was sweeping up the dust and ash from the floor.
“She will be. She’s a lot tougher than she looks. There's something about her Alex, I’m not sure what it is, I’ve just got this weird feeling there's something more to Faith than what we see.”
“Hey, thought you only had eyes for me?” Alex stood in front of Buffy.
“You’re the only woman for me baby, it’s not that kind of feeling it's more like a slayer tingling. Like when vamps are around which is bad, this is like a good tingle.”
Alex looked at her “A good tingle?” and smiled
Buffy tutted at her “You know what I mean. Stop teasing. I just feel like Faith’s part of something. I don’t know, I'm sure fate will let us in on what’s going on soon enough.”
TBC…
Jx
Chapter 4
Faith signed over the deeds that evening but held off handing them over to Buffy for a while. She stared at the pile of papers on her desk, smiling to herself, her decision to wait to give Buffy the deeds had worked how she had hoped.
The blonde rang her constantly since she agreed on the sale of the house, not always to discuss the sale. Buffy had been inquisitive about the local area and where the best places to hang out were. Faith had made time in her schedule to meet with them for coffee and took them both out to local restaurants, introducing them to the more sophisticated side of Sunnydale. Even arranging for Alex to start work with the company when she finished her work on the house. The phone ringing jerked her back to reality. “Yeah?”
“I have a Miss Summers on the line shall I put her through?”
“Yes Gloria thank you.” The phone clicked as the call connected “Buffy.”
“Hi.”
“I was just about to call you, I have the deeds to your house right here in front of me, all finalised.”
“I guess we’ll have to make it a double celebration then?”
“Sorry?”
“I was actually calling to tell you we’ve finished the house and well we wanted to know if you would like to join us for dinner tonight?”
“Erm I dunno…”
“Please. You’ve done so much for us since we got here, it's our way of saying thanks. You can bring someone with you if you don’t wanna be third wheel.”
“Ok. What time?”
“Eight would be great, and don’t worry I'm not cooking. Alex insisted she’s cooking so least it’ll be a good meal.” Buffy chuckled
“I’ll bring the wine.”
“Great. See you later then.”
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Buffy greeted her guests out on the porch, she dressed in a light cotton shirt and tight fitting brown trousers “Hi. Alex is still busy whipping up the grub, so how bout I give you a tour. Show you what we’ve done with the place since you were last here.” Buffy eyes flickered over Faith’s attire, the fitted leather pants and tight white vest moulding themselves to her athletic frame.
Faith admired the pretty blonde before responding “Sure. We’re a little early.” she handed over the bottle of wine “Wasn’t sure what we were eating so I brought a good all rounder.”
Buffy took the bottle as she looked to Saskia. “I'm Buffy.” She forced a smile to her guest, now she had seconds to decide whether to invite the vamp into the house, and pretend everything was normal for the evening. Or stake the vamp now and have a lot of explaining to do. Decision made she invited them both into the house. “Go take a look at what we’ve done in there, I’ll just check how the foods coming along.” Buffy said as she disappeared into the kitchen.
With Buffy gone Faith took the opportunity to put her subordinate in her place “Sass you best play nice tonight, the only thing here on the menu is what’s served so eyes off.”
Sass smirked “What? The thought never crossed my mind. Anyway even if it had probably wouldn’t be a bad thing. I got a bad feeling about this one boss.”
“I saw the way you looked at her.”
“Yeah well she is a hottie, bet she tastes as good as she smells.”
“Maybe but your never gonna know. *Understand*”
“Sure you’re the boss. Still it’s not what’s on the menu got me bugging out. Something’s not quite right here, with Buffy I mean.”
“Regardless of your gut, your gonna be a good little puppy dog tonight. The perfect guest.”
“Why’s this one so important boss?”
“I have my reasons of which you don’t need to know.” Faith sat in the old rocking chair she used to own. Even with the restoration work Alex had done to it, it felt as comfortable as it always had.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
In the kitchen Alex busied herself finishing the starters as Buffy reached around her to the drawer “We still keep a spare stake in here right?”
Alex looked at her confused “Yeah why? Dinner’s not gonna be that bad.”
Buffy found what she was looking for, stepping back she tucked the stake into her boot covering the top with her trouser leg. Faith’s guest is a vamp.”
“And you invited her in anyway.”
“Well yeah it was awkward! I didn’t wanna have to explain why I just stabbed her date with a pointy wooden stick and why the date then blew away in the breeze.”
“So your not worried that maybe Faith is going to be dinner soon as she leaves here? If she’s not already been someone’s dinner.”
“I never said I thought it out. I’ll deal with it, lets just get dinner over with. Anyway Faith's not been turned yet so I got some time, better not leave them alone too long though.”
“You’re the slayer.” Alex smiled as Buffy kissed her cheek and returned to give her guests the tour of the rest of the house.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The four of them made it successfully through dinner making idle chit chat and general conversation. Tension came periodically in waves from Buffy and Saskia as they stared across the table at each other, smiling politely when caught in the silent standoff. Saskia’s paranoia getting the better of her she had to be excused to the bathroom to collect herself.
Buffy took the opportunity to move her seat and sit next to Faith. “I’m not sure how to say this in the short time we have but your date Saskia? She's not human.”
Faith put on her best puzzled face “What?”
“Saskia she's… a vampire.”
Faith laughed “Like in the movies vampire, I want to suck your blood like vampire?”
“Yes.” Buffy looked to Alex for help.
“Trust us, she’s a blood sucking, night walking vampire.” Alex offered.
Faith looked between the two “You’re serious?”
Buffy reached out to Faith gently touching her arm “I’m sorry.”
“How’d you know?”
They all heard the toilet flush and the bathroom door unlocking “I’ll explain all of it soon trust me, this is what I do. I wont let anything happen to you.”
Saskia rounded the bottom of the stairs entering the dining room “I love what you’ve done with the upstairs.”
Buffy moved swiftly from her seat catching Saskia by the throat with one hand she forced her back against the wall. “Games up.” With her free hand she pulled the stake from her boot.
“What the fuck…” Saskia changed to her demon form as she struggled against the blondes grip.
Swiftly Buffy slammed the stake into her heart. Faith leapt from her chair, moving slowly backwards away from the blonde and the cloud of dust and ash that now surrounded her. Alex caught hold of her “Faith. It's alright, everything’s ok now.”
Faith turned to look at her, keeping up the pretence of an innocent; she looked back to Buffy shaking her head. Buffy slowly moved closer, placing the stake on the table she held her hands up and out in submission “I won’t hurt you Faith. Sit down let me explain.” Faith continued to look between the two.
“What just happened?”
“Sit down, I’ll explain. I'm sorry I had to do that in front of you but I couldn’t take the chance of you leaving here with her and being dessert.” Buffy smiled trying to put the brunette at ease “You’re a good friend Faith and I wouldn’t be fulfilling my duties if I had let you leave knowing what she was.”
Faith slowly pulled out her chair and sat down, taking the glass of wine in front of her she downed it in one gulp. “What's going on?”
“I think she might need something a bit stronger.” Alex looked to Buffy “I’ll get the JD, you start explaining.”
Buffy took a seat opposite Faith “You really want to know? When you hear what I have to tell you nothing will ever be the same.”
“I want to know. I want to know why you just shoved a pointy stick into my date.” Faith took the bottle of bourbon from Alex pouring herself a large glass.
“Ok.” Buffy took a deep breath and explained everything to Faith. When she finished Faith looked exhausted and a little drunk. “I’d feel better if you stayed here tonight.”
“S’ok I’ll call a cab.” Faith slurred her words “Don’t think I'm ever gonna sleep soundly ever again thanks to your little tale.” Faith tried to stand and stumbled forward into the table “Whoops.”
Buffy and Alex helped her to stand “You’re staying here, no arguments.” They carried her to one of the guest rooms, sitting her on the bed “You need help undressing?”
Faith smirked “You offering?”
Buffy smiled “You’ll be fine here. I’ll see you in the morning.” she closed the door as she left.
Faith shook off the act and sat up on the bed. She looked into the mirror opposite, talking softly to herself “Sorry Sas, I had to be sure she was the slayer.” The last few weeks spent with Buffy had aroused her suspicions, Saskia’s death not only confirmed them but gave Faith the feeling that Buffy's demise would not be as easy as the slayer before her.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
“She alright?” Alex was sweeping up the dust and ash from the floor.
“She will be. She’s a lot tougher than she looks. There's something about her Alex, I’m not sure what it is, I’ve just got this weird feeling there's something more to Faith than what we see.”
“Hey, thought you only had eyes for me?” Alex stood in front of Buffy.
“You’re the only woman for me baby, it’s not that kind of feeling it's more like a slayer tingling. Like when vamps are around which is bad, this is like a good tingle.”
Alex looked at her “A good tingle?” and smiled
Buffy tutted at her “You know what I mean. Stop teasing. I just feel like Faith’s part of something. I don’t know, I'm sure fate will let us in on what’s going on soon enough.”
TBC…
Jx