Surprises

Part 5
After an insanely long, and scary day Buf Buffy, Willow, and Dawn, Kennedy and Faith were near tears. They had been to every shop, store, boutique and mall within a sixty mile radius. If Faith had to look at anymore shoes, shirts, skirts (for god's sake) or goofy little purses, she was going to scream. Kennedy had begged, going so far as to get on her knees at one point, if they would just hurry up. Apparently it did no good, and Faith was saved the shame of having to join her, when the three girls just ignored them and walked into another shop. After hours of this excruciating torture, of which Faith, at one point likened to be whipped with a bullwhip and caused a few raised eyebrows, they were at last back at the hotel.

Faith sat in the lobby and propped her feet on the nearest table, "God, my fucking feet are killing me. Add shopping to the list of reasons to commit you," she said to Buffy.

Buffy plopped down in Faith's lap, causing stares from the rest of the group, "Come on, Faith, you had fun, admit it?"

Faith sat back, looking at Buffy, "well, no, but if you wiggle around a little, like you did this morning," she made sure to add for the benefit of the others, "I'll quit complaining."

Xander, Willow, and Andrew were all in the lobby. Xander and Willow looked at each other shocked. Andrew, oblivious to the display, was whining about the new shoes he and Xander had purchased.

Buffy saw the questioning glances of her friends, and hopped up, "Quit being so vile Faith, it's really unattractive," the other two looked away, trying now to assure Andrew that his shoes weren't 'dorky'. Buffy leaned in and whispered in Faith's ear when they had turned around, "I would, you know, cause at least I would know what it felt like, being the one who's pantyless now ." She raised up, lifting her skirt a tiny bit, before giggling and then smirking at Faith's open mouth and bounced into the kitchen, "Shopping makes me hungry. Willow?"

"Me too. I'm famished," Willow said, following Buff out.

The shower Faith took, before their little foray into the nightlife, was much colder than normal. She's just flirting, she told herself. It's what she does. Flirting, no big deal. I can't really expect her to be any different, I mean, we're all coming off the high of defeating the First, and it's nothing, plain and simple. Still, she thought, if she had known how close I came to lifting that skirt up and...ok, no thinking about Buffy without panties. Oh, who the hell am I kidding, like it matters. If I had my way, I'd just rip them off, and..."Fuck," she shouted.

Buffy, who had been walking by the room heard the shout and peered in the bathroom, "Faith? Are you okay?"

Faith pulled the shower door back enough to peer around and look at Buffy, "Yep, right as rain."

"I heard you scream."

"Oh, that was nothing, a little shampoo in my eyes, no big deal," she said. What the fuck, she thought., and stepped out of the shower, "Can you hand me that towel, Buffy?" she asked the stunned girl, whilst running her fingers through her hair, "I seemed to have grabbed the hand towel instead."

"Here," Buffy said, hurriedly shoving the towel into Faith's waiting hand.

"What's up, B? I thought you'd love to see me au natural. It takes the pain of you having to talk me out of my clothes later," Faith said, wrapping the towel around herself, and turning to face Buffy.

Buffy had already started heading out the door, but turned her head around, "Faith, I'm pretty sure, no make that fucking one hundred percent without a doubt sure, that if I wanted to get you naked, I wouldn't have to ask twice, cause you don't seem like the type a girl to put up much of a fight," She said, walking out of the room.

"You're right," Faith agreed, toweling her hair in the steamed mirror.

"On the other hand," Buffy said, as she paused at the door, "you'd have to do a little more than ask, if you wanted me to reciprocate."

"Oh, is that right?" Faith asked, sticking her head around the side of the bathroom door, as Buffy was about to leave the room, "and what else would that entail?"

Buffy shook her head, and without looking back said, "If you don't know, Faith, I'm certainly not going to tell you."

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