Things that go bump in the night

Faith sat on the couch at the Bronze, watching the gang dance with abandon...not well but they did try. It had been nearly three months since Raya had come into there lives.
At first things had been okay. She had had the hotel to go to whenever Raya had gotten on her nerves. Which had started happening less and less. Her fascination with the simplest things enchanted her like the microwave or cameras. Cameras freaked her out. So did the toilet. Laughing softly she remembered the look of utter amazement when they explained the mechanics of it. Her favorite was when she discovered the internet. Red had thought itd be good for her to have something to keep her busy, of course once Raya discovered the internet she wasnt seen for nearly a week in her human form. It had made even Giles laugh when Willow had made an attempt to reclaim the computer and just encountered a snarling Raya who everyone discovered was addicted to SIMS.

But back to the present...her hotel that rat palace had been condemned, so now she was living at Buffy's. Which Raya figured out REAL fast meant she could keep this courting thing going. Sure at first it was all she could do not to just deck the woman. But after awhile the 'gifts' which varied from flowers to unconscious vampires and once even a small pile of diamonds...that one had been Anya's fault. She had gone out one night slaying with Buffy and left Raya with Anya and the ex-demon made the mistake of telling Raya that 'Diamonds were a girls best friend' and Anya raving about how many orgasms Xander had gotten for the beautiful engagement ring he had gotten her which of course led to a small string unsolved jewelry store robberies in Sunnydale. Imagine Faiths surprise to walk into her room after a long night of slaying and dancing to find a pile of diamonds on her bed.

The fight that ensued after that sweet but mis-guided escapade had only confused and throughly pissed off Raya who had seen nothing wrong with her actions...it didn't help that Anya backed her up and by default Xander as well...even Willow and Dawn defended her. Buffy seemed to be the only voice of reason.

However after that Faith had slowly begun to see Raya in a new light. A light that scared the fuck out of her...it had started with a few scattered wet dreams. Then this annoying desire to see Raya all the time. Lingering glances of the woman when she strolled around the house naked. That is until Buffy had set rules against it unless she had just transformed. Sometimes B could be such a fun-sucker.

Then the sparring had started. Raya had insisted that she need to brush up on her fighting skills. Which after an hour match that barely even winded the girl, proved she didn't need brushing up at all. But god what the sight of seeing her all hot and sweaty had done to her. She had been caught by knowing feral eyes after tracking a drop of sweat down the side of her face before it disappeared into her cleavage. What made it worse is she couldn't seem to stop herself when she grabbed the wolf by her arms and pulled her down into a hot almost violent kiss. Feeling Raya pull her close, feeling her hair in between her fingers, Raya's hands move down to pull her ass into her groin. God she'd nearly passed out from arousal. When they had pulled apart needing to breathe. She had looked up into Raya's eyes and felt something she had never felt in her life. So she pushed her away and stalked into the house. That night she began bringing 'dates' home. Why couldn't the girl just want a nice long fuck? Seriously was that so hard? One nice long...hot...sweaty...god she looked good in that skirt.

Faith was pulled out of her mental ramble after spotting Raya leaning over the bar buying a drink from the bartender. She was suddenly assaulted by the sight of that tight firm ass in a dark brown leather skirt, that did nothing but flatter her legs that seemed to go on forever. She wore a cream colored blouse that offset her coloring well. Knee high boots and some sort of stylish hat that covered her slightly pointed ears. God she was hot. A nice long fuck...why not? Faith stood to make her way over to Raya, weaving her way into the crowd when she was about to reach out and touch her shoulder she was cut off by a small petite redhead in a mini-skirt and halter.

The girl put her hand on Rayas waist and leaned in and whispered something into the wolfs ear. Raya smiled...she fucking smiled. Okay whatever she said couldn't have been smile-worthy. It was wicked hard to get a smile out of the tall woman especially lately. Why was she just grinning down at the redhead? Pinning the iciest glare on the redhead she stepped into Rayas line of vision. Raya turned and smiled at her. Immediately flutters filled her chest and she almost felt dizzy.

"Faith, this is my date...Jessica." Faith was floored. Okay flutters gone. 'DATE!' seemed to be the only word her mind could process at the moment. Raya "Miss your my mate" was on a date with another woman. Ignoring the urge to punch the little redheaded bitch 'Okay maybe that was a little over the top' in favor for the much more mature and familiar one, turned and grabbed the nearest hottie nearly causing the poor guy to trip. She pulled him to her side.

"This is MY date. Nice to meet you Jessica."Faith turned to her 'date' who looked confused and a little on the drunk side.

"Whats his name?" Rays asked in a strangely icy tone.'Aw she does care' Faith smirked.

"My names Tom." Faith smiled up at the man. Smart boy...even a little drunk. He was her height. With sun-bleached hair and tanned skin. Surfer maybe? Oh well who cared. He was doing a nice job of putting that steely look of jealousy in those gorgeous yellow eyes. God her eyes got brighter when she was pissed. Wonder what else makes them that color?

After an awkward pause Raya excused herself and led Jessica onto the dance floor. Faith could do nothing but stand there. Turning to the guy. 'Tom...thats right.'

"Hey you wanna get out of here?" Faith said as she leaned in making sure her breasts rubbed his arm. Smiling like he had won the lottery Faith led him out and into the alley and back towards the house.

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Raya grinds and moves against the smaller woman careful not to make it obvious she was watching Faith lead that arrogant child out of the club. Sighing she accepted that Faith was going to sleep with this man. She wasn't giving up. She was doing this thing Dawn had told her about...'Playing it cool' she was happy to see it had been working earlier when Faith saw her with Jessica.

She had originally been more in favor of scaring off any men and even the occasional woman that came stumbling in with HER mate but after nearly going mad with blood lust Buffy had taken her aside and explained why that couldn't happen and that she was also running out of excuses as to why Faiths 'dates' clothes and other things went missing and would turn up in scattered holes in her garden. So she and Dawn had sat her down and they had organized a plan.

She was to imitate Faiths actions which she was starting tonight with Jessica and slowly begin to stop her insistence about her being her mate, even though she was they weren't joined as of yet so she had no grounds to kill her 'competition.'She wanted to at least make them bleed a little bit. But Buffy had placed a firm no on that one. So she settled for burying there clothes and even taking a chunk out of ones tire, something shell never do again because rubber leaves a nasty after-taste and the whiny little fucker had stuck around for an additional two hours. Of course no one but Faith seemed to care about what happened to her 'dates' clothes or the obvious reasons why it was pointless to yell at her in front of her 'dates' because she was after all to the outside world...the family pet...God just thinking about those 'friends' of Faith made Raya want snarl and bare her fangs.

Buffy and Dawn both swore that this would either get a reaction out of the dark slayer or it wouldn't. Of course it had taken the realization that she was running out of options. The Moon Fever was approaching, and if she didn't mate with Faith by that point. She was remain trapped in this curse forever. It was not bad, she enjoyed both forms. But hated that she had no control over changing during the day and if she chose to change at night she couldn't change back into a human till the next night. She also could not deny that she had fallen in love with the girl.

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Faith turned and looked at...Tim?no...Tom? Yes thats it. He was sleeping peacefully. He hadn't been bad. In fact his stamina was impressive given his drunken state. And he had done his job. She had had 'fun' but looking at him. She had to finally admit. It just wasn't what it used to be.

And she missed Raya...'bet that little redhead has her hands all over her right now.oh well...you snooze you lose. And you don't deserve someone like Raya anyway. Besides you don't even know IF you want Raya like that.' feeling utterly shitty after yet again another mental ramble she closed her eyes and prayed for sleep. Deciding to let Tom stay, she didn't have the energy to kick him out and it would be nice to have someone share her bed.


TBC

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