The Proposal of Buffy Summers

A/N: My muse must've kicked me in the ass this morning, 'cause I am on a roll. I'll try to have the next one posted as soon as possible. And for those of you who read So Damn Domestic, I'm working on the next chapter but it's not so smooth sailing. I still have some writer's block for that one, so I don't know when I'm going to update it. Anyway, I hope you enjoy your update.
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“So Buffy Summers, you only have one month left before you and Faith road trip it across the country to Illinois, do you have any thoughts about that?” Xander asks and holds a French fry close to Buffy’s face as if it were a microphone. Last night went way better then expected, and now that her family knows about her engagement she’s now going to tell her best friends. Faith is also off hanging out with the guys.


“I’m a little nervous actually. I know it’s going to be fun, but Faith is going to have to do most of the driving, and I’m afraid it’s going to be too exhausting for her.” She takes a bite out of her burger and watches the little look that falls over Willow’s face. Buffy and Faith have been dating for two and a half years now, and Willow has come to like the brunette girl, but would it kill Buffy to talk about something else for five minutes?


“Are you two taking a video camera to record those ‘special moments’? And if so can I see the tapes?” Buffy reaches over the table and gives him a little punch on the arm. He pulls his appendage back, and rubs the now sore spot. “You know for a skinny girl you hit pretty hard.” Both Buffy and Willow glare at him and he put his hands up in mock surrender. “Ok, I didn’t realize you two had become feminists while I was in LA.” He picks up his cheeseburger, and takes out half of it in one bite.


“We’re not feminists. We’re just pro active women who don’t believe in gender roles,” Buffy says and then starts to zone out. ‘Although I think falling into a gender role wouldn’t be so bad. Faith off at work bringing home the thinly cut slabs of pork, while I stay at home with our kids. I’d totally dress like Donna Reed every day, and Faith would be in nicely tailored suits. She’d come home to me cooking dinner. We’d kiss each other hello and talk about the goings on at the office, and I’d tell her all about my day.


‘Then we’d sit down to eat, and afterwards give the kids a bath. Then we’d read them bedtime stories, and tuck them in. Then we’d go downstairs and relax. We’d cuddle up on the couch and share a glass of wine or two, and watch the fire make the room glow. Then after a little while when we’re both sure the kids are in bed, I’d unzip her pants and give her head. That’s what a marriage is supposed to be like,’ she thinks and gets a dreamy smile on her face.


“Ok, now I would have told you guys this sooner, but Faith and I went on our camping trip the day after it happened, and we had to tell our families first, or we would have burned in hell. At least that’s what Faith said, so I’m sorry it took me this long to tell you,” the blonde babbles and her friends become incredibly serious. “You both know that Faith and I have had some problems, and we got into a huge fight, and she took off for three days.” The two teenagers nod their heads and Xander pops another fry in his mouth.


“Well, the night Faith came back she climbed through my bedroom window, and apologized to me for all of things she said, and all of the stress she put me through. She said that the thought of losing me was just too much, and it was ripping her up inside.” ‘Ok, so maybe she didn’t say that exactly, but they get the general idea.’ “She told me that she knows I’m supposed to go to Northwestern because it’s a great school and if I go there then I’ll have a really bright future.” She pauses to figure out how she’s going to say the next part, but the other two misinterpret her actions.


“Buff, you don’t need to say anything else. I’m so sorry. You must be hurting so bad right now. But it’s good that you two went on that camping trip. You had a whole weekend to say goodbye,” Willow says in a sympathetic tone, and gently rubs Buffy on the back. ‘Say goodbye, what the fuck is she talking about?’ she thinks, and gives the redhead a strange look.


“Will, we didn’t break up. She said that I belong at Northwestern, but then she said that she wants to go with me. Then she got down on one knee, and opened up this little black box, and said ‘Buffy Anne Summers will you marry me?’” She gets a big smile on her face and she holds out her left hand for the other two to see. “I said yes, obviously. Faith and I are engaged!” She lets out a very girlish squeal that catches the attention of a few other people. But they go ignore as the two friends try to recover from this shocking news.


“You two are getting married?” Willow asks. She sounds stunned, and she doesn’t know what to say. Buffy nods her head, and smiles when Xander gently holds onto her hand so he can pull it a little closer and get a better look at the ring. “But, but you’re going to college in a month Buffy. You can’t be married and be in college. College is a time for schoolwork, and learning, and exams, and term papers, and meeting new people. How are you going to fully experience college if you’re tied down to someone?” ‘Ok, I expected this from Mom. What the hell is wrong with her?’


“We’re not getting married yet, Willow. We’re going to wait a few years after I graduate to get married. That way we can save up enough money to pay for our own wedding. I have no idea how my dad is going to react to it, and he wasn’t very supportive of me when I went to LA so I doubt he’ll be willing to shell out a couple thousand dollars to pay for a wedding that he doesn’t think should be happening.” ‘Did any of that make sense?’ I don’t know, I wasn’t paying attention.


“What is the big deal? It’s not like people never marry their high school sweethearts,” the now angry blonde says and pulls her hand back. She’s feeling a little defensive and is tired of having to defend this. ‘It’s like we’re back at square one. First they hate Faith, and I have to defend my decision to date her. Then they start to like Faith, and they get along better once they get to know her. And now they hate Faith, and I have to defend my decision to be engaged to her. What is wrong with them?’


“It’s not a big deal,” Xander says and gives a ‘what gives?’ look to Willow. “If this makes you and Faith happy then I say congratulations. You two have your problems but I’m sure you’ll work them out.” Buffy looks into his eyes expecting him to be thinking off all the different ways they can ‘work things out’ but all she sees is sincerity. She turns to goo inside, and a very warm smile creeps onto her face. ‘Well, at least I have Xander’s support,’ she thinks and reaches across the table and gently rubs his arm.


“Thanks Xander. That really means a lot.” She glances over at the redhead, and she still looks upset. ‘I don’t get it, why is she so upset? I thought this was a good thing. Everyone else but her thinks it’s a good thing. Well, Willow and Bill, but he’s an ass sometimes.’ She doesn’t know exactly what she’s going to say to her friend now but someone needs to say something before Willow’s ears explode. ‘They are getting really red, aren’t they?’ “Willow, why are you getting so…angry?”


“Sorry, I just don’t think people our age are old enough to make a decision like this. Look at the divorce rate, Buffy. Most of the marriages that end are couples aged from eighteen to twenty-four. But you said you’re going to wait, so that’s good. As long as you’re not rushing into anything.” Buffy can’t help but feel slightly offended by that, and also relieved that Willow isn’t going to argue with her about this. “Sorry for the freak out. It was just a shock. I never really thought of Faith as the marrying type of girl. And I’m not trying to say anything bad about her. There are just some people who don’t want to get married, and I thought Faith was one of them.”


“Well you thought wrong. Faith wants to get married. She already has designs for what her dress is going to look like, and she already has a bunch of ideas about the wedding. She thinks we should have matching bouquets, and we’re both going to walk down the isle. She’s going to go first, and her brother is going to walk her down it, and then I’m going to go next, and hopefully my dad will give me away. We agreed on having it in the summer, and we’re going to have it outside, like in a park or something. She wants to have it in a church because she was raised catholic, and that’s important to her, but like that’ll ever happen.”


“So I take it Faith is a lot different with you then she is around us?” Xander asks, and Buffy nods her head. She would verbally answer, but she has a large amount of cow, bread, and condiments in her mouth at the moment. Before he can say anything else the brunette boy spots someone walking towards them, and he leans a little closer to the blonde. “Heads up, here comes Scott Hope.” Everybody knows that Scott has a huge crush on Buffy. He doesn’t believe that Buffy and Faith are actually dating since he’s only heard rumors, he’s never seen the two together.


“Hey,” he says and looks at the blonde girl. “I’m not sure if you remember me but I’m Scott. We had a few classes together.” Buffy nods her head and starts chewing very slowly. The slower she chews the less she’ll have to talk to this guy. “I know this is going to seem out of nowhere, but I was wondering if you’d like to go out sometime.” ‘He’s got balls I’ll give him that,’ she thinks, and holds up her left hand. He looks very confused and she’s about to swallow her bite of food and explain but someone else speaks up before she can.


“Hey, buddy, are you blind or something? Don’t you see the engagement ring on her finger? How many people have to tell you that she’s already dating someone before you’ll understand the meaning of the words? She’s already taken. You better get out of here, and pray Faith’s doesn’t find out about this or she’ll beat you senseless,” Xander barks and Scott’s eyes become very large. He mumbles out an apology and scampers off back to the table with his friends. Buffy smiles at Xander and just smiles right back.


“Thank you for that. I really didn’t want to talk to him. I hate telling guys that I’m dating another girl. They either think I’m lying and I just don’t want to hurt their feelings, they want to have a threesome, or they think they can cure lesbianism. I really hope it’s just this town because if guys in Evanston act like this I might go insane,” she complains and looks into Xander’s brown eyes. “Please don’t ever become that big of a pig.” Ha, that rhymed.


“Don’t worry Buff, I won’t. What a woman chooses is her own right, and I shouldn’t get butt hurt about it,” he says in a very serious tone. Buffy nods her head a little, and takes the last bite of her burger. Then Xander gets a playful smile on his face and he just can’t resister. “Although if you and Faith ever feel the need to experiment I really won’t mind being the filling in a Fuffy sandwich.” Buffy picks up a handful of fries and throws them at the boy. He blocks as many of them as he can, and starts laughing.


“I’m gonna tell Faith you said that,” she says and tries not to smile at the look of fear on Xander’s face.


“Please don’t. I really don’t want to be in a body cast for the rest of the summer. Besides I really don’t think I’ll be able to hand out the hotdogs on a stick if I can’t move any of my body parts.” Both Buffy and Willow start to laugh at his fear, and he calms down when he realizes the blonde is just joking around. The rest of the afternoon is spent goofing around, and talking about nothing in particular.