*Is this really happening?? Or is this some kinda cruel dream?* Faith thought as the blond slipped her white tank top over her head and tossed it over the couch. The once rogue slayer couldn�t help but think how *un*Buffy like is was for the petite to just all up and jump her, but Faith wasn�t one to complain.

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"Did anyone else want to jump in with the �who-are-you-and-what-have-you-done-with-our-slayer� when we saw Buff tonight?" Xander asked, plopping himself on Gile�s couch. Anya cuddled up next to him while across the room Willow was sitting in Tara�s lap.

"I know what you mean." Willow said. "It�s like she went all bad-girl on us."

"Not that that�s anything to complain about." Xander said and then drifted off into his own private fantasy land. Anya must have known exactly what he was thinking because she swatted him for not the first time that night.

"Owe!! What was that for?!" Xander whimpered.

"For dirty thoughts that don�t include me." Anya answered.

"You know, you keep doing that and I�ll end up with one heck of a bruise." Xander complained.

"Be quite Xander. Besides, you never complain when I slap you in bed." Anya said.

Xander blushed and cleared his throat while Willow and Tara just stared at him.

At that moment Giles came into the room holding a mug of coffee. He leaned against a wall and knit his brow.

"So, you say that Buffy came dressed in leather and was drinking beer?" Giles asked.

"Yeah. She was acting�well not like Buffy" Willow said.

"W-what do you think is wrong with her?" Tara asked the group.

"Well I�d say she�s acting rather like a normal teenager." Giles said, taking a sip of his coffee.

"No, but she was different. I got a vibe from her. I-I don�t know how to describe it, but it was so, you know, different?" Willow said.

Giles sat down on the couch and placed the mug on the coffee table. He took off his glasses and pinched the bridge of his nose with his thumb and forefinger, considering the situation seriously.

"All right, let�s think about this. Buffy didn�t act like this before she was�staked," Gile�s hesitated saying the word. Buffy was like a daughter to him and the thought of loosing her�well it wasn�t a thought he wanted to consider as a possibility.

"So I suspect her newly found attitude could be contrived from the ultimate fear of the very real possibility of loosing her life." Giles finished.

"Sssooo, in dummy terms�Buffy chooses to go all bad ass on us because she almost died?" Xander asked.

"Yes, I believe so." Giles said.

"Well, whatever it is do you think she�s doing ok now? I mean, I hope she�s not at home dealing with this on her own. Poor Buffy, what if she�s alone and having a miserable time by herself?" Willow said frowning.

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Buffy laughed seductively and smiled as she placed the bottle back on the table and pushed Faith back onto the couch.

"We�ll save that for a little later." Buffy said. She slowly ran her hands up the brunette�s stomach, across her breasts and finally hooking them around her back. The blonde squeezed her legs tighter around Faith�s thigh to increase the enormously pleasurable amount of feeling she was already having. Faith tried to reach up to touch her partner, but Buffy was the one that wanted to be in control�for the moment anyway. She gently wrapped her hands around Faith�s wrists and guided them back to the brunette�s own body.

"Not yet. I want to show you how much you�ve meant to me for so long�so long" she whispered the last part to herself.

She bent down and kissed Faith passionately, sliding her tongue in-between the brunette�s lips to explore every inch of her mouth. Faith whimpered into the touch while Buffy managed to take her partner�s own tank top off and only lost contact with Faith�s lips for a second before returning with an even deeper kiss. The younger girl broke the contact only to gasp for air, then brought her mouth back to Buffy�s and moaned into her deliciously warm mouth. She desperately tried to caress the blonde�s own body, but again Buffy teasingly entwined her fingers with the other slayer and casually pinned her hands behind Faith�s head. Now, with their hands clasped together, Buffy broke the hot kiss and started trailing kisses down Faith�s neck. Faith tilted her head back until it was resting up against the couch and moaned. Buffy licked her way down Faith�s collar bone and when she finally got to the other girl�s breasts, she showed now mercy.

The blonde took the delicate round nub into her mouth and teasingly ran her tongue around it, nipping at it, biting it, exploring it, tasting it. Her golden hair spilled over Faith�s body and she could feel Faith shudder under her touch and grinned before continuing to suck the dark-haired girl.

"Oh god�Buffy" Faith breathed as she felt her center begin to throb for release. She pushed her chest further into Buffy�s mouth.

The brunette felt an extreme amount of pleasure and swore that she had never felt this way before; it had never been this good with anyone else. She knew it was because she loved the blonde with every ounce of her heart and soul, and she wondered if Buffy was feeling this way too.

*No, that�s stupid. It�s just because her hormones are raging after the slaying* Faith managed to think as the petite made her way over to her other breast.

*God I love her so much* Buffy thought *does she even know how beautiful she is? I don�t think anyone has made me feel this good before�I love her so much* And that last phrase was the phrase that Buffy thought of over and over while she reeked divine havoc on Faith�s hard body.

Once again the brunette couldn�t help but unclasp her fingers from Buffy�s and reach out to caress her soft curves, only this time Buffy didn�t stop her as pleasure took over and she couldn�t wait for Faith�s touch any longer. The other slayer swiftly ran her hands down Buffy�s back and slipped them under her boxers, squeezing her ass and bringing her closer to her thigh.

"Mmmm, Faith" Buffy moaned softly.

With a new spurt of energy, Faith sat up and drove her leg up into Buffy�s wet core. The blonde let go of Faith�s breast only to throw her head back and cry out her partner�s name again. Faith held Buffy�s back as she began her own assault on the slayer�s breast. Buffy moaned and started panting, her head tilting back while her hips worked Faith�s thigh. She let her head fall to the side and that�s when she noticed that the bottle of whipped cream had gone unused�up until now anyway. She smiled and reached her arm behind her to grab the cold bottle. She held it up and lightly shook it in front of Faith.

"Wow, didn�t picture you for a girl who�s into kink B." Faith grinned.

"Well then I guess you didn�t look at the whole picture *F*." Buffy smiled back.

She shook the bottle hard and bent down. Grinning up at Faith, she never lost contact with the brunette�s chocolate brown eyes as she began to spray a trial of whipped cream from Faith�s neck down to her chest, around each breast and finally a big happy face on her stomach. Faith gasped at the cold contact of the cream to her skin, and looked down to see an upside-down happy face frowning back up at her. She laughed and the face shook, making both girls giggle in unison.

After she was finished, Buffy looked at her art work satisfied. She shook her head in amazement.

"I can�t believe how hard I�m going to make love to you" Buffy said. "And I won�t stop until your eyes buckle shut and your voice is screaming my name."

Faith looked at Buffy with amazement. She had *never* heard the girl be so outspoken, let alone even talk about sex with her. The brunette swallowed hard when something struck her.

"Make�*love*�to me?" She asked hesitantly.

Buffy blushed and looked around uncomfortably for a few seconds. She didn�t mean for her words to slip, because she didn�t want to confess her true feelings for Faith, not yet. She regained her composure and smiled down at her fellow slayer. She decided to simply lower her head and slowly lick and suck the whipped cream from Faith�s body. She kissed the cream off of her neck and licked her way back down her Faith�s breasts.

Faith sighed and moved her hand inside of Buffy�s boxers to the core of the blonde�s arousal. The brunette pushed her palm in-between Buffy�s legs and began a circular rhythm. Buffy hissed with pleasure and sucked the whipped cream off of Faith more roughly.

It was at that inconvenient moment, at the almost height of both girl�s pleasure, when both the slayers heard someone mumbling and a large object drop to the ground across the living room. Buffy hastily pried her mouth from her partner�s chest while Faith took her hand away from underneath Buffy�s boxers with lightning seed. Buffy grabbed Faith�s arms and the two froze where they were, frantically trying to catch their breaths. They both were scared shitless.

"I-I thought you said you�re mom was out of town" Faith hissed.

"She *is*." Buffy hissed back.

"Then what the hell was that?!!?" Faith asked.

"Am I all knowing girl here? No, I don�t think so. Did you hear what it said?"

"Um, something like an �oh..my..god� type deal. I don�t really know B, I was kinda preoccupied if you know what I mean."

"Shit!!" Buffy cursed as she quickly got off of Faith�s lap and leapt for her shirt. Shaking, Buffy shoved her tank top back on afraid for her life. What if it really *was* her mom?? *Oh my God, what if it�s Riley* Buffy thought, finally remembering that she did indeed have a boyfriend. But why would her mom or Riley be lurking in the shadows? Faith got off the couch and went to Buffy�s side.

"Go see what it is." Faith whispered.

"What? Why me, why don�t *you* go?" Buffy asked.

Here were the two most powerful fighters in Sunnydale, possibly the world, and they were now feeling sick with fear at the thought of Buffy�s mother being the one to witness their version of dessert.

"Cuz I don�t want to get my ass beat by your mom!!"

"How do you even know it�s my mom?"

"I don�t" Faith answered.

"So, then why don�t you go see what it is. After all, you *are* the butch one."

"What? Since when was I the butch one. You�re just as butch as me." Faith hissed.

"I am not butch, I�m strong and stealthy!"

"Same difference."

"Well you have the throaty voice!"

"Throaty?? Whoa B hold it. I like to think of it as low and sexy�"

"Ok ok, stop. This is ridiculous!! *I�ll* go see what it was." Buffy said.

The blonde glared at Faith before inching her way over to the curtain that was rustling with the fallen object next to it. With each step Buffy slipped deeper into slayer mode. She looked back at Faith who had eventually gotten her clothes on and gave her a mock glare. The other slayer grinned and picked up the whipped cream can, spinning around like a ballerina and ending with a gesture to keep going. Buffy tried to hold in her laughter and shook her head in disbelief.

Even in the most intense situations, Faith knew exactly how to calm the other girl down; to make her feel safe. *Faith is such a dork* Buffy thought. But that perhaps was one of the reasons she loved the girl so much. Faith always knew how to be a dork in the coolest way. Buffy snapped out of her thought process when she heard someone cursing. She quickly turned her head back to the intruder.

The curtain rustled again and Buffy�s brief feeling of calm washed away. She tensed and finally came face to face with the draperies. She hesitantly reached up to push the drape away, stopping right before she did so. She was still dreading to see either her mother�s or Riley�s face. Closing her eyes for a moment in silent prayer, she pushed the drapes away hard and immediately assumed a defensive position. What she found shocked both the slayers.

"SPIKE???!!" Buffy yelled.

Spike stood there paralyzed, still numb from shock. He had gone to Buffy�s house to do the usual lurking when he had seen the two girls fighting, and that�s what bothered him: TWO girls fighting. He recognized the brunette as the one that had shoed him away earlier that night, and was intrigued to discover that she appeared to be a slayer as well.

He had slipped into Buffy�s house before the fight had ended and decided to snoop around to see if anything of the slayer�s was worth taking. He had spotted a few things to his liking and was on his way out when the two girls had come into the house laughing and holding hands.

He had quickly ducked behind the curtain to wait for them to go to bed so he could run out, but instead found himself becoming hard watching the two girls go at it. He would have been insanely jealous and ready to rip a throat out had it been anyone *other* than another girl, and his amazement only added to his arousal.

So that�s where he stood now, unmasked and blatantly aroused, frozen with embarrassment and fear of getting his ass whooped for interrupting the two lovers.

"Oh, uhhh...yeah�well I was uh�bloody hell." Spike cursed.

"What in gods name are you doing here!!??" Buffy cried out.

Spike flailed his arms trying to make excuses.

"I was just�well you know I was going to�I came by�" Spike became flustered.

"Cat got your tongue there vampire?" Faith mocked.

"A couple of pussies got more than that, yeah" Spike snickered.

Buffy pinned Spike up against the large window and stared him down, talking very slowing in a voice that held the bleached blonde in contempt.

"I�m not going to ask this again. Why are you here?"

Spike looked at Buffy and then at Faith. The brunette shrugged and crossed her arms over her chest, equally angry at the vampire for spoiling her and Buffy�s fun. There was no way out.

"Look I just came to grab something I bloody forgot the last time I was here ok? Now, get your slayer hands off the leather!!" Spike growled.

Buffy looked at him skeptically and pushed him hard against the window before letting him go. The bleached blond vampire dusted off his jacket and straighten himself with conviction. Buffy looked around, remembering the thump she had heard and spotted the possession Spike had "forgotten". She picked up the box and noticed it was the one she used to keep her Barbies in when she was a little girl. The box was pink and had Barbie winking at the viewer with sunglasses attacked to her hand. Buffy opened it, glaring at the objects inside. She looked back at Spike.

"So, you forgot my panties, lipstick, perfume, a picture of me, and to top it all off my old Barbie box the last time you were here?" Buffy asked flatly.

Spike grabbed the box and held it to him tightly.

"Well yeah. Harm sent me to get some feminine stuff or what not...sooo, so I forgot to bring it back with me the last time. What can I say? She likes your style." Spike said, looking the blonde up and down. Faith noticed his expression and became increasingly pissed off. She was already jealous.

"That still doesn�t explain the container" Faith sneered.

"I had to find something to put the buggers into. *I* didn�t bring it along for the ride you know." Spike said offended.

Buffy just stood there and stared at him while Faith walked over and stood beside her, grabbing her arm and pulling her close.

"Get out!" Faith ordered.

"Now wait a Goddamn minute. You can�t go telling me what to do every time you and I meet. I have a right to be here!"

"Actually you don�t! It�s Buffy�s house *William*"

"Willy�I like it." Buffy said smiling up at her partner.

"You, slayer, piss me off." Spike said shaking Buffy�s panties at her. He realized what he was doing and quickly threw them back in the box. He looked up trying to regain his composure and pretended to be confident and apathetic toward the entire situation.

Faith looked at him harshly.

"How�d you know that I was--?"

"A slayer? I saw you broads fighting with Harm earlier. Looked like you gave the bitch one hell of a scare too. No doubt she�ll come crying to me about there being *two* slayers now�wanting to kill her a lot" Spike said the last part irritably, remembering the last time Harmony came crying to him.

"So now you know. Good, that means you know what I can do and you know not to mess with me, so go." Faith growled.

Spike stood his ground and looked at Buffy. The blonde had a curious and playful look on her face. Faith noticed and spun her around to face her.

"B, don�t you want this sicko outa your house??" Faith asked.

"Actually," Buffy began, "I think it�s kinda sweet." She said with a slight grin.

"What?!" The vampire and vampire slayer echoed.

"Well in a weirdo way of course." She finished quickly.

She turned to Faith.

"Look, Spike is harmless. He can�t bite anyone, he can�t even poke anyone unless it�s a demon, and he sure as hell can�t scare anyone. Face if Faith, the boy�s limp."

Faith smirked and looked at the vampire�s lower regions. She knew that�s not what Buffy meant, but did so anyway to piss Spike off.

"That a fact?" Faith grinned.

"Wow, thanks for that recap. I feel like a real tough guy now, you know? Pure evil." Spike said sarcastically. He noticed Faith leering at him and growled.

"Oh come off it slayer."

"Well don�t know if I can with you being a harmless wet noodle and all, but I can try." Faith smiled, fully knowing she had come away with the last word.

Buffy looked uncertain and addressed Faith.

"You will not try I if I have anything to say about it."

Faith�s expression of victory over the vampire turned to one of surprise as she made a dismissive gesture with her hands.

"Oh, don�t worry about it B�there�s only you." Faith said, winning the blonde over with her wide, dimpley smile.

Buffy smiled back and cupped the girl�s face with her hands, starting to kiss Faith passionately.

Spike cleared his throat loudly.

"Hello, still me in the room, watching." He said

"I can fix that." Faith said breaking the kiss and turning her head to glare at Spike while Buffy continued to suck lightly on the girl�s neck. There was no stopping to slayer once she put her mind to something.

Spike growled and gave Faith his famous death stare. Yep. He definitely hated this one.

"Oh please, I could snap you in two."

"Oh really? I�d like to see you try" Faith challenged.

Buffy pried her mouth from Faith�s skin and spoke up, a little flushed from her new sense of arousal.

"You guys stop." Buffy intervened, afraid that the situation might get ugly. She turned back to Faith.

"It�s ok, let it go for now."

"Whatever B." Faith said annoyed. "Just---I�m goin to bed"

And with that the pissed brunette made her way up the stares to brood and think about what just happened. Buffy turned angrily to Spike.

"*You* just completely messed up my whole night!! I hope your happy. You�re lucky I�m too warn and horny right now to kill you right here. Just�take my panties and go for all I care." Buffy yelled and sprinted up the stairs to talk to Faith; she knew that her fellow slayer was pissed.

Spike stood where he had been cornered the entire confrontation and watched the retreating blonde until she was out of sight. He looked down at the box and curled his lip in disgust. He cursed himself for being so stupid as to be found out and put the lid on roughly.

"Someday slayer. You�ll be screaming *my* name until those angry eyes of yours buckle up in your pretty little head. I�ve got muscles *you�ve* never dreamt of you beautiful bitch." He mumbled to himself.

Without another word, Spike angrily walked out the door, slamming it hard behind him. He knew they would meet again, and very soon if he could help it.

*****
Part 5: Uh oh!

As the sun began to rise the slayers slept soundly in Buffy�s bed. The happenings of the previous night had worn both the slayers out, even before they had a change to finish what they had started. After some smooth talk done on Buffy�s part, Faith had drifted off into peaceful rest while Buffy stayed up contemplating her feelings for Riley. She knew that she cared for him�only the spark wasn�t there anymore�not while Faith was back in town. He was more of a comfort pillow than a soul mate. Finally Buffy had decided to just forget about her problems to join Faith in the sanctuary known as sleep.

Now, well into the morning, the blonde started to violently shift in her sleep.

"No�stop�I-I need to live." Buffy whimpered. Faith heard her in the depths of her own slumber and slowly blinked her eyes open. She groggily looked over at Buffy and noticed that she was tossing her head from side to side.

"NOO!!" Buffy screamed and bolted upright. She was fully awake now and tears started to drip from her eyes. Immediately, Faith sat up and wrapped her arms around the blonde. Buffy jumped at the contact, forgetting that the other slayer was there and tensed even in Faith�s grasp.

"Ssshh. Buffy it�s ok. I�m here. I�m here calm down." Faith soothed the girl. Buffy knit her brow and her eyes widened at the remembrance of the dream. Her nightmares had been getting worse. She shuddered one last time before finally starting to relax. She began to register Faith�s soothing voice and circular motion the brunette had begun on her back. Faith was here. That�s all she needed to know to calm her down from any situation. Buffy wiped her tear stricken face and pulled her body away from Faith.

"Sorry. I didn�t realize�."

"It�s ok, it�s not like you had control over your dream."

"It was just really real is all." Buffy said frowning.

"What was it about?"

"Graveyard. Vamps. Getting staked and escaping death, the usual." Buffy said sarcastically as she sniffed.

Faith sighed and turned her head away frowning. She hated this. She hated the thought of Buffy almost dying without her so much as being there.

"Buffy, I�m sorry."

"Hey, do we have to go through this again? It�s not your fault Faith. Ok?"

Faith began another protest but saw the look Buffy was giving her and thought otherwise.

"Ok." The brunette agreed.

"Good" Buffy said nodding her head. A couple of seconds passed before she spoke again.

"So�you still mad at me?"

"For what?" Faith asked

"For last night. I mean I had no idea Spike was going to go all peeping tom on me. I�m just sorry we never got the chance to finish what we started." Buffy said with a grin.

"Look B. First off, I was never mad at you, I was pissed at William for spying on us. But I guess I have to get over it. It�s not like I can blame the guy for being in love with you." Faith said, a tinge of jealousy coating her last words.

"What?" Buffy asked alarmed.

"Oh c�mon B."

Buffy just stared at her confused.

"You�re kidding. It�s as plain as vanilla! The vamps got a crush."

Buffy�s eyes widened and she curled her lip.

"How do you even know?"

"It was so obvious the way he looked at me�well you�when I ran into him at the bronze."

Buffy understood what Faith had meant by "you" instead of her, but decided not to pursue the painful memory.

"Eeeww. Spike�s not allowed to like me, we�re destined enemies.�not that he�s not studly or anything�" Buffy trailed off. Faith again noticed the blonde�s submission to the thought of Spike and quickly changed the subject before Buffy could delve any further into her fantasies.

"And I was also pissed for you. You never got to finish your dessert." The brunette grinned.

Buffy looked up and saw the implication on her fellow slayer�s face. She rose her body up so she was kneeling on the bed and grinned seductively down at Faith.

"Well I can fix that y�know." Buffy said, sliding her hand up the other girl�s thighs.

"Can you?" Faith teased.

Buffy giggled and dove beneath the covers. Faith laughed as she felt the blonde slide her sweats off and begin to tickle her. She looked down at the shifting bedspread and pushed her hands beneath the sheet to try and stop Buffy from making her laugh so hard. The petite managed to guess exactly where Faith�s most ticklish spot was, and once her suspicions were confirmed she took full advantage of making the brunette beauty bust out with laughter. She never could get enough of that deep, throaty, wholehearted sound.

"I�M GONNA PEE!!" Faith screamed in-between gasps. Buffy showed no mercy.

"Fine B" Faith laughed, "It�s your bed. Here I go."

Buffy abruptly took her hands away and sat up to pull the covers from her body. She now stared at Faith with her bedspread draped over her head and her hair a static mess.

"You wouldn�t have." Buffy glared.

"Oh I would." Faith teased as she bent over the bed to kiss Buffy. The slayers deepened the kiss while one hand reached up to entwine its fingers in a main of gold while the other twisted her own fingers in soft, dark, velvety brown waves. Buffy wrapped the bedspread around Faith so a blonde and brunette head were poking out the top of the blanket. The slayer began to tread kisses along Faith necks while the brunette explored Buffy�s breasts. They were on their way to finishing last night�s interruption when they heard a door slam.

"BUFFY? I�M HOME!!" Joyce called to her daughter from downstairs.

The two girls froze in mid kiss, feeling an odd sense of dejavu, and after a few moments broke away from each other.

"Fuck me!!" Buffy whispered frantically.

"That�s gonna have to wait." Faith said, equally frantic and terrified.

The two girls shot out of the bed and Faith searched it for the sweats.

"Shit! Where�d you put �em??" She hissed.

"I don�t know, I wasn�t paying attention!!"

"Fuck." Faith mouthed silently and began to throw all the sheets around.

"BUFFY?" Joyce called again and the two girls could tell she was ascending the stairs.

"Hurry up!!" Buffy called waving her hands around.

"I *am*!!" Faith said irritably.

She finally spotted the sweats in a small heap at the corner of the bed and hastily began putting them on.

"HONEY ARE YOU UP?" Joyce yelled, now noticeably at the top of the stairs.

Faith hopped on one foot to finish putting the sweats on and lost her balance, falling face first onto the bed. Buffy ran over to her and picked her up.

"I�m so sorry, but you have to go!"

"Yeah no shit!" Faith said, her fear getting the better part of her.

"Will you meet me at 5 o�clock at the graveyard?" Buffy pleaded.

"Will do." Faith said. She ran to the window and kissed Buffy quickly before stepping out to descend the tree outside the window. She hopped to the ground and looked up at the room. Buffy grabbed Faith�s clothes and threw them down to her. The brunette caught them, blew a kiss and grinned at up at Buffy. The blonde did the same thing.

"Buffy? What are you doing?" Joyce asked, standing in the doorway and holding the knob to her daughter�s room.

"I�m, uh, I�m saying good morning to the birds mom. Do it every day." Buffy smiled.

"Oh." Joyce said, not fully believing her daughter�s explanation. "Well how�s your arm sweety?" She said walking over to her daughter and feeling her shoulder lightly.

"It�s fine mom, like it has been for the last two days now. I�m a quick healer. Already explained that to ya. So, how was your trip?"

"Ugh, exhausting. I�m just glad I made it home in one piece. Later on I�m looking forward to a nice warm bath and some cucumber slices." Joyce said.

"That sounds nice." Buffy said disinterested. "Look, mom. I need the car for tonight. Is that cool with you?"

"Where are you going?"

"I wanna take Fa�fake flowers to Riley. You know, as sort of a thank you. I�m too cheap to buy him real ones." She grinned. Joyce laughed and shook her head.

"Ok then, that shouldn�t be a problem. Don�t be home too late ok honey?"

"A-ok mom. Thanks." Buffy said and gave her mom a kiss on the cheek. "Welcome home."

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After Buffy finished putting on her makeup, she slipped on a black denim jacket over her red spaghetti strap shirt and finished buttoning her tight black pants. She smiled. *I�m getting used to these clothes* Buffy thought while grinning at the mirror. She headed down stairs. She could here her mother running the water for a long awaited bath as she looked around the room for something. Buffy glanced at the clock---5:30. *Damn it, I hope she�s not pissed* she thought.

The petite blonde jogged into the kitchen and found the item she was searching for. Buffy picked up her mom�s purse and quietly dug around to find Joyce�s wallet. She shuffled through at least eighty dollars before swiftly taking the crisp bills out of the wallet .

"Hey, you gotta have money if you want to have fun." Buffy said to herself while fanning through the money. *Besides, I�ll put it back.* she thought as she looked around her shoulder before carefully placing the wallet back into her mother�s purse and then sighed with a smile.

She quickly grabbed a piece of paper and a pen and scribbled a note to her mother telling her that she had gone to Riley�s. She threw the pen back onto the counter and started to leave when something struck her.

Riley.

She had forgotten about her boyfriend in the midst of her excitement for Faith. He had been nothing but good to her all the time she had been with him, and this is how she decided to repay him? By almost sleeping with Faith? And that�s another thing: she had almost slept with a girl!

Buffy had never considered herself to be gay. After all, she wasn�t attracted to every woman who passed by�just Faith. There was something about that girl that had captured Buffy�s attention from the beginning. The very fist time she even noticed her future partner dancing in the bronze, she had been drawn to her. Faith had seized Buffy�s heart from the beginning. *Who knows, maybe it�s a slayer type deal* Buffy thought.

She couldn�t help but smile at the thought of Faith; her warm body pressed up against hers---Buffy remembered how good it felt. Her features softened and her eyes seemed to glaze over with affection. She wouldn�t worry about Riley right now---not while Faith was waiting for Buffy to show her a night of fun. The blonde shook away any negative thoughts before heading out the door with a pocket full of her mother�s cash.

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The dark beauty raised an eyebrow and tapped her wrist as Buffy strolled up to her.

"You really know how to keep a girl waiting you know that?" Faith said.

"I�m sooo sorry. I just wanted to look perfect for you." Buffy said with a childlike humor.

Faith looked her up and down.

"You don�t have to try very hard. And I like this new style you got goin B�very me." Faith said as she dipped her head to give Buffy a light kiss. "So why am I here?"

"Well, I want to make last night up to you"

"Here? Well if you wanted to do the PDA thing I�m sure we could�ve found a nice park or somethin�"

"No, not like that you walking hormone. I�m kidnapping you. We�re going on a field trip." Buffy said playfully, grabbing Faith�s arm.

"Cool. We headin to the planetarium or something�cuz I�m not one for shooting stars and meteors." Faith said.

"Those are the same thing hun."

"Huh?"

Buffy smiled, "Never mind." She said with a dismissive gesture.

"Now no more talking till we get where we are going. C�mon, I have my mom�s car."

"I can deal with no talking B, it�s just the touching part that�s killing me." Faith grinned.

"Well too bad, I don�t have that planned till *much* later on." Buffy said as she continued to tug at Faith�s jacket. The brunette gave Buffy a mock pout as she willingly hopped into the passenger seat of the car.

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By the time the slayers had arrived to where they were headed, night had fallen upon them. Buffy parked the car and pulled the keys from the ignition, lifting her hips up to shove them tightly into her pocket. She got out and scrambled to the other side of the car in order to let Faith out.

"K, now close your eyes." Buffy said, taking the brunette�s hand.

"Aaw, don�t go all mysterious on me." Faith complained.

"Faith, could you just ever once humor me?" Buffy pleaded.

Faith sighed and closed her eyes as she took the blonde�s hand. Buffy smiled and pulled her out of the car. She then circled around the brunette and covered her hand over Faith�s eyes. All Faith could hear was a bunch of kids laughing and some screaming as what sounded like a roller coaster whizzed by. Her face lit up and she began to get excited.

"Sweet B!! You took me to Magic Mountain???" The brunette almost squealed with anticipation�something Faith had never done before. She pushed Buffy�s hand from her eyes, but her smile quickly faded as she realized where she really was. Her face fell into a slightly disgusted manner and she slowly turned her head to look at Buffy.

"You took me to the SunnyD kiddy Fair?" Faith said flatly with a curled lip.

"Oh no Faith, it�s ok, really. I didn�t mind dragging your ass out here to show you a good time." Buffy said sarcastically. Faith just stared at her and Buffy sighed, again taking the other slayer�s hand.

"Look, it�s not a *kiddy* fair�it�s a cheap knock off an amusement park." Buffy grinned. Faith didn�t seem to be smiling so she continued.

"When do we ever get a night off, us being the saviors of the world and all? C�mon silly, everyone loves the Fair. And, if I can remember correctly, it was only a few months ago when *you* were the one coaxing *me* into a situation I did not want to be in."

"Yeah, but that was fun stuff, like slaying a nest of vamps. Not some coaster that�ll end up being broken right when we get to the front of the line because some kid puked on it. And besides, we did have fun then I went all Helen Keller on your ass." Faith mumbled.

"Huh? When did you become deaf and blind?"

"No, member? She went psycho and tried to stab her teacher once."

"Oh." Buffy said, a bit hurt at the memory. She took a couple of moments before answering Faith.

"Faith�please? Just try and live a little. I noticed that ever since you came back to me, you�ve been different. I�m not saying I like you running around, trying to hurt me all the time--"

Faith frowned and looked at the ground. Buffy took her hand and gently lifted the girl�s head up to connect with her eyes as she continued.

"And that�s all in the past now. I�m saying that your wild-streak that had become kinda like your trade mark�is gone. Where�s the girl who blatantly told me that slaying wasn�t a job, it was fun? Where�s the girl that had the power to make me blush every time she said she was wicked horny after a good slay?" Buffy paused and then continued.

"What happened to my bad girl?"

Faith stared into Buffy�s eyes and listened to the message they were trying to put across. The blonde was actually disappointed that Faith was no longer the untamed beauty she used to be. The brunette had always figured that that side of her was her downfall when it came to her fellow slayer, but looking at Buffy�s expression right now, Faith realized that that side was the reason Buffy had fallen for her. It was because the brunette carried with her a hint of danger; she was spontaneous and kept Buffy on her toes. Like Spike once said, Buffy needed a bad side to her mate.

Faith knew it all along. She knew from the moment she had heard about Angel that this girl was one to be attracted to the danger; that�s why Buffy held a secret pleasure for slaying that only Faith recognized and tried to surface. The dark-haired girl had gone too far with herself the last time, but this time she swore it would be different---they could be wild together. She reached her arm out to Buffy and grasped her around the waist, pulling her close so their bodies were sharing one heat.

"She�s right here." Faith said with a grin. Buffy grinned back and kissed Faith hard. The brunette eagerly returned the kiss and mock-growled at her fellow slayer when they finally broke.

"Now let�s go in there and raise some hell." Faith said.

The two girls hooked arms and sauntered their way into the Fair.

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Willow sat in the magic shop and fiddled with a book, not really paying attention to its contents. She looked across at Xander who was trying to touch his tongue to his nose, but he stopped and smiled sheepishly when he caught Willow staring at him. The red-head tossed the book down onto the table and pouted.

"I�m bored."

Anya looked up from behind the sale�s counter.

"That�s because what we are doing is boring�which is nothing! Hence the boring feeling. Why don�t we go out and do something?"

"W-what�s there to do?" Tara asked hesitantly, absent-mindedly browsing one of the shelves stalked with different herbs for conjuring up some spells she wanted to try later on.

"Well, we could go to the movies." Willow suggested.

"No good Will. Nothing worth seeing is out yet. But you can bet I�ll be there, first row center with a buttery bucket of popcorn, when that Soul Survivors movie comes out. Eliza Dushku�s in it. Now *there�s* a sexpot." Xander said with a boyish grin.

"Oh and I�m not?" Anya whined.

"No, no I didn�t mean it like that. You�re more of a�sexbucket." Xander smiled. Anya shook her head, seemingly satisfied.

"Who�s Eliza Dushku?" Willow asked.

"Oh come on Will, you don�t remember? We saw that cheerleader movie where she came into the gym and did all those cool flips."

"Ooohhh yeah�" Willow said, finally realizing who Xander was talking about.

"Say," The red-head continued, "doesn�t she kinda remind you of Faith?" she asked the group. Everyone nodded their heads in silent agreement, mentally comparing the two girls.

"I�m glad we�re rid of that slayer mess." Xander spoke up.

"Yeah. You know I realized that one can only take so much attempted murder before it starts getting old." Willow joked sarcastically.

"That�s the one that switched Buffy�s body with hers right?" Tara asked, emerging from behind the shelve.

"Yep, that�d be the demented one." Xander quipped.

"Who exactly is s-she anyway?" Tara asked.

"She�s the other slayer. When Buffy died, Faith took her place for like a microsecond, only she kinda turned evil and tried to kill us all." Willow explained.

Tara nodded her head with an unsure expression on her face. She remembered Willow telling her about when Buffy had drowned, but her girlfriend had never mentioned another slayer being called. She guessed from the way Willow spoke that it was a painful memory. She also remembered experiencing Faith first hand, only she was in Buffy�s body�not liking the encounter one bit. Tara walked over to the table and smiled shyly at her girlfriend, trying not to act too confused. She sat next to Willow.

"W-what do you think happened to her after�well�you know?" Tara asked. Willow shrugged.

"I don�t know. Buffy said she ran off right after the fight. I�m guessing it was rough because Buffy came back almost in tears. It�s this whole slayer-hatred thing. They used to be really good friends," Willow said with some jealously, "but Faith turned on her and I still don�t think Buffy�s gotten over it."

"Well wherever she is, I think I speak for everyone when I say I don�t want her back." Xander frowned, remembering his last confrontation with the rogue slayer.

"Excuse me? Hello? Still being bored over here." Anya called, waving her hand around. "Where are we going?"

"The f-fair�s in town. How bout w-we go there." Tara stuttered. She still wasn�t conformable around Willow�s friends, feeling more like an outsider rather than an active Scooby member.

"The Fair. That�s where obnoxious little kids run around and eat candy, throwing up on people�s shoes. I don�t like it." Anya stated.

"What else are we gonna do?" Xander asked. Anya pouted and stayed silent. Xander clapped his hands together. "Fair it is!!"

The group stood up and left the Magic Box.

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After conquering ever single game at the Fair, not to mention pissing a lot of people off in the process, Buffy now held a giant Taz stuffed animal while Faith held a pair of blue and pink cotton candies. Faith shoved a medium sized stuffed animal under her shirt and poked Buffy so she would look at her.

"Guess what B? IT�S A GIRL!!" She said with an overly exaggerated smile. She shoved the stuffed animal out of her shirt quickly and held out the pink cotton candy to Buffy. The blonde laughed.

"She can be a little slayerette. Then we�ll teach her to grow big and strong so she can fight the big bad and let us have a break!" Buffy laughed. Faith took the little Martian she had stuck under her now slightly stretched shirt and moved it�s mouth, providing it with a squeaky high voice.

"Buffy love me, LOVE ME!!" Faith said through the stuffed animal while chasing her around. The blonde ran around laughing until she got tired and plopped down on a bench. She sighed and held her stomach, dropping the giant Taz on the ground next to her.

"Faith�you are such a dork"

"I know," Faith grinned, "But you love it."

Buffy giggled deep within her throat and reached over to give Faith a quick kiss. Faith smiled warmly at her. She fed a piece of the cotton candy to Buffy, who leaned over and willingly took the sweet substance in her mouth while laughing, letting it dissolve instantly. She quickly swallowed the candy and waved her hand when Faith held out some more.

"Ugh, I can�t eat anymore of this stuff."

"Neither can I" Faith said. She threw the cotton-covered sticks in a near by trash can.

"You know, I never thought I could have this much fun at a kiddy Fair. Thanks B for showing me the fun again." Faith said in all sincerity after a few moments of silence. Buffy blinked her eyes slowly and caressed Faith�s cheek.

"Your welcome." She said. The two girls sat on the moonlit bench and stared at each other for what seemed like forever. They both caught themselves lost in the moment, dragged away by the silent love for one another. They looked away quickly and Buffy now blinked her eyes more rapidly.

"So, what�s been your favorite part of night?" She asked.

"Well, I�m gonna go with the pics we took in that booth." Faith pointed to the booth they had somehow come back to. "Wicked sexy poses." She winked. Buffy produced the column of pictures from her pocket, protected by a small envelope, and studied them before crinkling her nose.

"I don�t know, my face looks weird. Especially this one." She pointed to a picture near the bottom row. Faith rolled her eyes and nudged her partner.

"That�s because your face is squished up against mine. We�re kissing you nerd."

Buffy looked up, pretending to be shocked.

"Oh *I�m* the nerd after you just got through chasing me around with a stuffed Martian??"

Faith just flashed Buffy her most winning smile, fulling showing her dimples in the moonlight. The blonde�s smile faded as the awe of Faith�s beauty finally struck her. She studied Faith�s face carefully. The slayer had never looked closer, or perhaps never had gotten the chance to really look at Faith. She noticed that the moonlight shined magnificently off of Faith�s now softened features. Her skin was smooth, almost perfect. Her lips were full implying a velvety, petal-like touch while her eyes shined with a certain fire that made Buffy want to be burned over and over again. Faith was�.perfect.

"God, you are so beautiful." Buffy said with a shuddering breath. She took her hand and traced Faith�s every feature with a feather light touch, merely studying her face rather than going in for a kiss. Faith leaned into the touch, swallowing hard and closing her eyes. She never knew if Buffy would know how much she actually did love her. However, the two girls knew they both would be eternally content just staying there on the bench, looking at each other in the moonlight.

A couple of kids suddenly ran by screaming widely. They had startled the two slayers and their satisfying trance was broken instantly. Buffy cleared her throat and picked up her giant Taz. She held out the single row of pictures to Faith.

"No, you take �em. I want you to have them." Faith said. Buffy gently nodded her head and put the pictures carefully back into her pocket.

"So, you wanna take off? Hit a club or something?" Buffy asked.

"Nuh uh, not so fast. We still have one ride left." Faith said. She pointed straight ahead of her to the huge, white wooden roller coaster that was dubbed the �Giant Dipper�. She looked back over at Buffy and grinned.

"No way, I�m not going on that thing!" Buffy said alarmed.

"Oh c�mon B�I thought you wanted to live."

Buffy�s face faltered for just a second before returning with a determined pout.

"Fine, let�s go." She said. She threw the giant Taz at Faith and sprung from the bench. "Last one there doesn�t get kissed for the rest of the night!!!" Buffy laughed, fully knowing that she was getting to the empty ride first.

"Not fair you nerd!!" Faith yelled, running after Buffy.

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"So, what are we doing first?" Xander asked. Anya just stood there with her arms crossed while Willow and Tara finally caught up with the couple.

"Ooook, that�s a big vote for nothing. Come on guys, we�re in the happiest place on earth!" He said with forced enthusiasm. Willow looked at him and smiled weakly.

"Disney Land is one thing, and this is definitely not it." Anya complained.

"How bout we ride the �Giant Dipper�? I love that one." Willow said with a giant smile. Xander returned the smile enjoying the fact the someone was actually taking an interest in something. He looked around waiting for any objections before answering.

"Ok, �Giant Dipper it is!" He said. The gang hurried over to the roller coaster.

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Faith and Buffy easily slipped into the seat of the empty train. The coaster clerk fastened the bar onto their laps and the girls rolled their eyes at the same time as the redundant instructions of the coaster were spoken through a crackling speaker. How many times did one have to say "keep your hand and arms inside the train?". The ride started up and as the coaster approached the dark tunnel, Buffy grabbed Faith�s hand and placed it on her lap.

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Xander ran up to the front of the deserted line only to see the last train of carts take off with only two girls occupying the middle row.

"Damn it! I hate that!" Xander said as he banged the solid metal bar ahead of him. He opened his mouth and silently shouted with pain, grabbing his hand.

"Oh well, that�s sad. Let�s go to the arcade and try to win tickets in order to exchange them for useless, plastic items!" Anya said excitedly. The group shrugged, wanting to do anything but wait for something to do. They left the �Giant Dipper� line and headed over to the arcade.

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Buffy smiled shyly, looking at Faith and dragged the brunette�s hand further up her thigh. Faith understood the implication and smiled seductively as she let Buffy guide her hand. The coaster began it�s upward flight to the top of the dip.

Buffy covered Faith�s hand with her own, bringing it between her legs and slightly opening them to allow for more room. She looked at Faith one more time before closing her eyes. Buffy began to rub against Faith�s fingers, working them with her own. The coaster remained constant with its slow, upward pace as Buffy began to shudder with pleasure.

The blonde�s breathing increased to short gasps and light moans. Faith studied the girl, getting hot just by looking at her. The other slayer couldn�t help but take an active interest in Buffy�s center. She began to press her fingers more forcefully in between her legs, against her pants while leaning over and sucking lightly on her neck. Buffy moved her hips more rapidly against Faith�s hand, letting go with her own and giving into to shear pleasure of Faith�s mouth against her soft skin. The blonde gripped the bar that had been forced onto their laps as she bucked her hips more wildly, now moaning loudly at the dull sensation that had begun deep inside her core. The dark beauty knew she was close to spilling over--so close to being dragged away by pure ecstasy. She moved her fingers faster, up and down.

"Oh god�.mmm Faith." Buffy gasped.

The coaster finally reached the top of its destination, and as it took the plunge back down to earth, Buffy spilled over the edge. The feeling of the falling coaster only intensified her feeling of happiness. Buffy shuddered again and cried out, surrendering to the most pleasurable, long and intense orgasm of her entire life. Her body went stiff and her thighs squeezed Faith�s hand hard. The whole time the blonde had kept her eyes shut, images of Faith flashed before her mind. The ride had finally slowed to a stop, and the slayers shared a passionate kiss before being pulled into the starting base of the �Giant Dipper. Faith got out first and held out her hand to help Buffy off the coaster.

Buffy thanked her partner, grateful that she was there to help her out because her knees were still weak from the "ride".

"You ready to get goin now? I�m thinking we can just go back to your house." Faith whispered. Buffy�s eyes darkened with desire and she was aroused all over again.

"My house it is." She said quietly, somehow mustering up enough strength to speak.

The two guys that had been working at the roller coaster nudged each other and shook their hands, implying to wave themselves off from the heat the slayers were admitting as the girls walked away.

The blonde wobbled to the car as Faith wrapped her arm around her waist.

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After 10 minutes worth of losing at ski ball, Anya threw the puck on top of the table furiously.

"Ok I�m done here! Let�s go. We can go back home and play Life!" She said happily.

"Yeah, I�m thinkin we better go too. I wanna check up on Buffy before it gets too late." Xander sighed.

"Willow? Tara? We�re leaving." Anya called.

After a few seconds, the two wiccan girls came rushing to Xander and Anya�s side, blushing.

"We�re here, yes right here. Here is where we are." Willow babbled. Xander looked at her curiously.

"What were you two doing this whole time?" He asked. Tara looked at Willow and smiled before looking at the floor. Willow just looked around the arcade.

"You too were doing �spell� stuff weren�t you??" Xander asked, pointing his finger at the two girls. Anya got frustrated and rolled her eyes as she started pulling Xander out of the arcade.

"Because it�s really ok if you want to tell me *how* you were doing the spell." He yelled over his shoulder.

Willow and Tara exchanged a bashful grin as they grasped hands and followed the couple out of the arcade.

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Buffy pulled the car into the driveway and turned it off. She unfastened her seat belt and turned her body so she was facing Faith.

"I had a really good time tonight." She smiled

"Ditto" Faith said, stroking the blonde�s hair. Buffy touched her hand and the two girls were once again caught up in a staring contest. Faith leaned in for a kiss and was just about to brush Buffy�s lips with her own when a pair of headlight�s pulled up behind the car.

"What the hell?" Buffy said, twisting around in the leather seat to try to see what car had just pulled up.

"Who is it?" Faith asked. Buffy tried to shadow her eyes with her hand

"I don�t know, I can�t see whose car it is. Stay here." Buffy told Faith. She opened her door and got out of the car.

"Hey there Buffy! Feeling better?" Willow said, walking up to her friend and smiling. When Buffy realized who the group of people were inquiring about her health, she opened her eyes in horror.

"W-what are you guys doing here?"

"Ah, y�know, we came to see how you were. Check up on the old Buffster. Plus, the Fair was getting old." Xander said.

"Fair?! You guys were at the Fair?" Buffy asked alarmed. *What if they saw Faith? Oh god what if they�re here to send her away?* she thought.

"Yeah, w-we just got back." Tara said.

"Well that�s good. Thanks for checking up on me, bye!" Buffy said, trying to push Willow back to their car.

"Buffy, what�s wrong with you? What are you doing?" Willow said flustered at her friend�s movements.

"Hey did you go to the Fair too? I see a giant stuffed animal in your mom�s car." Xander said excitedly.

"How come she won the games. It�s not fare" Anya pouted.

"U-umm no! No I didn�t go anywhere tonight. Just�seeing how the car is doing." She smiled.

Xander paid no attention and managed to push his way passed Willow and Buffy. He ran up to the passenger seat of the door and opened it. What he found almost made him sick.

There, crouching down in the seat, was Faith.

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