Trials and Complications

Part 7: Party

"J!” Faith called up the stairs of her home. “Kiddo, you ready?"

When met with no answer, the brunette looked to Xander, sat in the living room. "Jeez, she takes almost as long as B to get ready," she complained.

"Must be in the gene pool," Xander offered.

Faith smiled. She returned her attention to the stairs as Joyce made her way down. "You got everything?" the slayer asked the young girl.

Joyce nodded, trundling downstairs carrying a rucksack on her back.

"Cool, let's go," Faith told her, grabbing the child's coat and handing it to her. She opened the door, turning to Xander. "If Buffy ever gets done, tell her I've gone to drop J off across the road."

"Will do," the brunette agreed with a nod. He watched as the two females left the house and continued to watch TV.

"So, what are you and Tyler are gonna do?" Faith asked Joyce, as the two of them crossed the road.

"Tyler said he was going to let me play with his new games," the seven year old answered.

"Cool," Faith replied. "If you get bored or you wanna come home, ask Tyler's mom to call me, ok?"

Joyce nodded as they reached their destination and Faith pressed the bell of her best friend's house. Looking up, she watched as Mrs Thompson opened the door.


"Hey Mrs T," Faith greeted, when Tyler's mother opened the front door.

"Hello Faith. Hello Joyce, Tyler's upstairs," she told the blonde, opening the door and allowing her to walk past and inside.

"Have fun, kiddo!" Faith called after the child.

"Ok," Joyce replied, running up the stairs.

Faith returned her attention to the middle-aged woman in front of her. "Thanks again for doing this, Mrs T. Buffy and I'll try to get back before too late."

"Oh, don't worry about it, pick her up in the morning," the woman told her.

"Yeah?" Faith asked.

"Of course. You two enjoy yourselves."

"We'll try," the slayer replied, grinning.

Mrs Thompson smiled. "Bye Faith."

"Yeah," the slayer replied, leaving the woman's doorstep. She walked back across the street and let herself back into her home.

"B still not down yet?" she asked Xander, upon entering.

"Nope," the brunette replied.

"Fuckin' hell, what's taking her so long?" Faith asked, exasperated. She called up the stairs. "Buffy!"

"I'll be ready in a minute!" the slayer called back.

Faith huffed walking to the kitchen. She grabbed two bottles of beer and an opener and took them into the living room. Sitting besides Xander, she opened one and offered it to him.

"Thanks," the brunette told her, taking and drinking it.

"What's on?" Faith asked, looking towards the TV set.

Xander followed her gaze. "Funnily enough," he replied. "I dunno. They've been doing infomercials for about a half hour."

Faith sighed. About to stand up and charge upstairs, she calmed as she heard footsteps descending the stairs. She looked towards the doorway as Buffy appeared, wearing a chic black skirt and top with a plunging neckline. Both brunettes stared, gaping at the vision in front of them.

"Fuck, you look hot," Faith finally observed.

"Yeah Buff," Xander agreed. "What she said."

"Thanks," Buffy replied. "Sorry I took so long."

"I'm not," Faith told her, standing. She walked towards her lover and kissed her fully. Breaking the kiss, she asked her, "How `bout we stay home and see Red in the morning?"

"We said we were coming," Buffy reminded her partner.

Faith groaned. "Fine," she replied. "Let's go."

"Do you have the present?" the older slayer remembered.

"It's in the car," Faith replied, grabbing her keys. She walked behind the blonde, besotted, as the three of them left the house.

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Willow opened the door.
"Buffy, Faith, you made it," she announced.

"Wouldn't have missed it for the world, Will," Buffy told her, handing her a present and entering. "Happy birthday."

"Thanks," Willow replied, hugging her first and then Faith.

"Nice crib," the brunette slayer announced, before pointing behind herself and entering. "Yeah, this guy followed us here," she informed the wicca.

Willow peered behind the taller woman. "Oh my God, Xander!" she exclaimed, hugging him on sight. "You're back!"

"Yeah," Xander replied. "Happy birthday."

"Thank you," Willow replied again.

The man looked down excitedly at the gift in Willow's hand. "Open your present," he told her. "I'm dying to know what it is; Faith won't tell us."

"Oh," Willow replied, about to open the gift, but stopping when the youngest slayer placed her hand on top of it.

"I wouldn't open that just yet," Faith told her, grinning cheekily. "At least not with all of these people around."

"And why not?" Kennedy asked, arriving to meet with the ensemble in her foyer. "Hey Faith, Buffy, Xander."

"'Cause he picked it," Buffy answered the question, glad for an intermission.

"I see," Kennedy replied, giving the brunette a knowing look.

Faith winked at her. "You'll enjoy it too, K," she told her.

Buffy rolled her eyes as Willow blushed. "Why don't I introduce you to everyone?" the wicca asked her friends.

"Good idea," Buffy agreed. "C'mon, gutter mind," she added, taking Faith's hand.

The three of them were led into the back room of the four bedroom house, inside which a party was in full swing.

Faith nodded her head, dancing to the blaring music. "Nice," she commented, pulling Buffy onto the dance floor.

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Kennedy looked over at Willow, stood across the room introducing Xander to the other guests. She looked in front of her, seeing Buffy sat on Faith's lap. She watched as the two of them sat talking, laughing and kissing and she sighed.

Faith laughed. "Sure," she answered, running her fingers up and down Buffy's thigh, stopping just underneath the hem of her skirt.

Buffy kissed her in response. "I'm gonna go to the bathroom," she notifed, standing up. "Be right back."

The brunette nodded and watched her lover leave. She grabbed her drink and took a sip. Looking around the room, she noticed Kennedy sat alone. Carrying her drink, the slayer stood and casually made her way across the room, sitting next to the lonely brunette. "Hey Ken," she said. "'Sup?"

Kennedy looked towards Willow, who was still talking with others. She turned to Faith. "How do you do it?" she asked.

"What?" Faith replied.

"You and Buffy. You guys have been together forever and you still…" she motioned with her eyes. "You're still...You...Y'know."

Understanding, the slayer almost choked on her drink. "You don't?" she asked, wiping her mouth with the back of her hand.

Kennedy shook her head.

"Oh man," Faith sympathised. She took another sip of her drink. "Uh…I dunno," she answered. She thought about it. "I guess it's 'cause we never stop surprising each other. B, keeps me on my toes and I have to do the same, y'know? Plus, I never know what she's gonna do next and she's sexy like that."

"You're lucky," Kennedy decided.

"Tell me about it." Faith took another sip of her beer. "Have you tried talkin' to Red about it?" she asked the other woman.

"No," Kennedy replied. "I don't want her to think I'm not satisfied with the way things are."

"Screw that. No matter how great a relationship is, if you're not having sex, one of you is gonna start lookin' for it elsewhere."

"How often do you and Buffy…?"

Faith thought about it. "Once, sometimes twice," she answered.

"A week?" Kennedy asked.

"A night," the slayer answered, smiling at the younger woman's innocence. She looked up as Buffy returned and resumed her position on her lap.

"Hey Kennedy. What are we talking about?" the blonde asked.

"We.. I," the brunette replied, apparently shy about her situation.

"Nothing," Faith answered for the younger woman. "I was just about to go take a leak myself." She attempted to stand.

"I'll show you where the bathrooms are," Buffy offered, getting up and off the other slayer.

Faith stood up and gestured for her girlfriend to lead the way. She mouthed 'later' to Kennedy and followed Buffy upstairs. The brunette walked behind Buffy, stopping outside the room she was led to.

"Thanks," Faith told her, opening the door. She paused, confronted with a scenario adverse to the one she had had in mind. "Huh," she stated, looking at the room's content. "Willow and Kennedy sure have a funny looking bathroom, 'cause it looks a lot like a bedroom."

Buffy smiled. "Y'know, I thought the exact same thing," she replied, entering and sitting on the bed.

Faith returned her smile. She scanned the outside of the room for witnesses, before entering. She removed her jacket and grinned at Buffy sat on the double bed. Walking over to the blonde, she bent to capture the slayer's lips with her own. Grabbing the hem of her top, Faith pulled it over her head. Admiring the blonde's bra with an appreciative look, she removed that too and kissed her again. Her tongue caressing Buffy's she ran her hands down the slayer's toned body and unzipped her skirt.

Buffy stood and allowed the garment to fall to a pool on the floor

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"Faith!" Buffy cried.

"Shit, Buffy, you're so wet," Faith observed, gliding her fingers out of the slayer's dripping channel.

"Oh, God….that feels… so good," Buffy managed.

Faith added a third finger, matching the rhythm Buffy had created. She leant in and kissed the slayer, who could hardly find the energy to respond.

"Mmmm," she moaned into Faith's mouth.

The brunette's mouth left the blonde slayer's, working its way down her body. She stopped at Buffy's dripping cunt. Grabbing her lover’s thighs, she separated them and drank from it.

Upon feeling Faith's tongue inside her Buffy immediately rose to allow it more access. She grabbed at the sheets of the bed with one hand, whilst the other entangled itself in Faith's hair.

"F…aith," Buffy moaned, thrusting to meet the brunette's skilled mouth. "Oh God…Faith"

Faith licked along Buffy's slit, clamping her mouth on her girlfriend’s clitoris and lightly biting it.

Buffy moaned louder, almost chanting her lover's name with each thrust. She felt as the younger slayer added her fingers into her body again and could no longer hold on. Gasping as she came, she allowed herself to fall back onto the bed and relax, releasing her grip on her lover’s tresses.

Faith smiled, as she felt Buffy cum onto her fingers. She slowly removed them from inside the slayer, proceeding to lick the fluid from her hand. The brunette lay beside the older slayer and cuddled her.

The two of them lay together, silently and with their eyes closed. Tired, Faith idly ran her fingers up and down Buffy's naked arm.

After some time, the blonde opened her eyes. "What are you thinking about?" she asked.

"You," Faith answered, looking down at the Buffy and tenderly kissing her on the forehead.

"Mmmm," Buffy replied. "Not that I'm complaining, but what was that for?"

"For bein' you. For makin' me happy. Y'know, that sorta shit."

"Oooh, romantic," the older slayer teased.

"I'm serious, B," Faith told her, prompting the blonde to look up at her and into her eyes. "I love you."

Buffy appreciated the tone in her l's 's voice. "I love you too, Faith," she replied. "What brought all this on?"

"I dunno," the brunette replied, in earnest. "Something Ken said got me thinkin'."

Buffy smiled. "I should get Kennedy to talk to you more often," she decided resting her head. She suddenly stilled her movement, listening out. "Wait, do you hear that?" she asked.

"What?" Faith replied, unable to hear anything.

"The music," Buffy replied. "It's stopped."

"Shit!" the brunette exclaimed, hurriedly getting up. "The party's over."

Both slayers quickly left the bed and began searching for their clothing.

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Xander said his goodbyes and left the house ahead of the slayers.

"Great party, guys," Faith told Willow and Kennedy, leaving behind him.

"Yeah, happy birthday again and sorry we couldn't talk more tonight," Buffy added. "Call me tomorrow and we'll do something," she told Willow.

"Ok," Willow agreed, letting the blonde past her and outside.

"Remember what I said, Ken," Faith called, opening her car door with its remote, allowing Xander to enter. "Oh and enjoy the present." About to leave, she added. "Oh and guys, you might wanna change your sheets."

Buffy blushed, swatting Faith's arm.

"What?" Faith asked her.

"Bye," Buffy said, grabbing the brunette and pulling her from the doorstep.

TBC…..