Chapter 2: Showtime At the Garden
"Damn, that was some good eats!" I say as we hail another cab.
I'm not too full, just in case that luxury box has some more food, I've never been in one but I've heard they're pretty stocked.
We get to the Garden and Willow's all awestruck, she's never been inside it. It's round when most people think it would be square because of the name. Fuckin' New York, always gotta be different. I love it though. Shhhh don't tell.
As we make our way to the luxury box the staff seems to know who we are.
"Buffy and Faith?" The attendant says.
"Yes," B hands over the tickets. "and these are our friends Willow and Xander."
"Wonderful. There's food and drinks inside, help yourself. I'll be in the attendant's room right next door, all you have to do is ring for me and I'll get you whatever you need. There's also a restroom inside, no need to come out here to use the facilities."
Wow, we're all impressed, especially with the view of the court. I thought it might be too high up to see, but it's almost like we're suspended right above it. Plus, there are two big screen T.V.'s on either side of the box.
Xander skips over to the fully stocked bar.
"We've got alchohooooool!" He sing-songs.
"What the...? Who let Andrew in here?" I joke and he laughs. I notice all the booze and get excited, too. "Shit dude, we could get fuckin' tore up in this mug."
"You best check yo'self befo you wriggity wriggity wreck yo'self...fool." Willow sounds like the whitest of the white girls while sayin' that, it's too fuckin' funny.
I look at her like she's crazy and she gets all embarrassed. "I just meant you shouldn't get too drunk."
"Yeah, ‘cause drivin' drunk in the backseat of a cab could be totally fuckin' dangerous."
"Frog wouldn't look good on you, Faith. You best ‘step off'. Now." She glares.
Buffy steps in between us as Willow and I pretend to circle around each other for a luxury box fight.
Finally, we crack up and sandwich B in for a bear hug. Xander comes up behind Willow and gets in on the huggin' action. Suddenly, we hear cheerin' and laughin' and I look at the TV in the box and can see us all hugged up. They've got a camera on us. The caption says "Winners of the WMOP Valentine's Day contest."
They probably think we're swingers.
"Uh guys, I think we're on candid camera."
"Gaaah! We're on TV!!" Xander jumps back.
Willow gives a little wave and B's fixin' her hair.
"You look fine, beautiful. Just smile and wave."
"Like the Queen."
"How come you keep bringin' up Andrew?"
We laugh and finally the camera bothers someone else in the crowd.
All of a sudden the arena goes dark and hip hop music starts blarin' out of the sound system.
"Are you ready NY?!!!!" The announcer yells over the intercom. The crowd is goin' fuckin' apeshit and the strobe lights are twirlin' all over the place. "I said are you ready NY!??!?!?!?!!!"
More apeshit yellin' and cheerin' from the crowd.
I've never seen anything like it. Well, except for that time my Uncle John took me to see the Ringling Bros. circus at the Boston Garden. I had a special flashlight that hung around my neck that he bought me from the souvenir stand. Sometime durin' the show the Master of Ceremonies or Ring Leader or somethin' asked us to twirl our flashlights and I was fuckin' stunned at the lightshow we created. It made me feel like I was a part of somethin'.
That makes me think of B and I look over at her and her eyes are just as big as mine are takin' it all in.
I love her so fuckin' much that it feels like I'm gonna die when I look at her sometimes. She finally looks at me and cracks the fuck up.
She's just noticed the huge clover that I have on my head. The radio station must have put these in here for me after I told them I was a Boston fan. There's some Knick hats in here too, just in case the others are Knicks fans.
They've covered all the bases.
"Oh baby, that hat looks totally adorable on you." Buffy says loudly close to my ear.
"I know, right?! These are fuckin' cool as shit." I say back. We can hardly hear each other even bein' so close. I bet if you went to a game almost every night you'd probably be deaf after a while.
"Here are your 2008 Newwwww Yooooooooork Kniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiickssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Again the crowd erupts into a frenzy and the lights are still goin', I notice there's smoke billowin' out near the sides of the court and they have lights with the Knick colors trained on it so the smoke's all colorful.
My heart feels full, I don't know why shit like this makes me feel like cryin' but it does. Always has. I especially tear up on the Fourth of July. Don't fuckin' say anything.
Buffy notices the look on my face and hugs me close to her. "I'm so happy, baby. I love you Faith."
I pull back a little and can't help but layin' a deep kiss on her. We break apart when the music stops and the lights come back up. They're introducin' the Celtics.
I go to the front of the box and I'm cheerin' and yellin' my head off. Some people are booin' and they're lucky I don't have my fuckin' crossbow here.
It's ok cause they're just upset that their precious Knicks suck. B's tellin' a guy near our box to shut the fuck up, except she didn't say ‘the fuck' like I would have, and then she's joinin' me at cheerin' and Will and Xander are joinin' in.
Finally, they start to play. B and Will pay attention a bit, but a lot of the time they're talkin' amongst themselves. Me and Xander are mixin' drinks and eatin' the food in between cheerin' and yellin' for my boys.
They're kickin' Knick ass!
Kevin Garnett is out with a knee injury but Paul Pierce and Ray Allen are keepin' the rest of the team in check.
All too soon it's half time, and after the Knick Dancers do their thing, some poor shmo is brought out to try to sink a basket from half court for $500,000. Shit, sign me up, I could do that blindfolded.
The atmosphere in our booth is relaxed and happy, we're all havin' such a good time, no skeletons runnin' around here.
Xander holds up this really big shrimp and starts makin' it talk. He's fuckin' funny, just like always. I'm so glad he and Will agreed to come with us, I'm havin' a blast. And gettin' a little tipsy.
B's had a couple of glasses of wine and I know she must be feelin' it too. She's got that gleam in her eyes that's a little bit horny mixed in with a side of liquored up.
Tonight is gonna be interestin' to say the least.
I go sit next to her as Will and Xander are gettin' their groove on with the Snoopy dance because they're playin' that ‘Linus and Lucy' song over the sound system.
"Hey, are you having a good time?" She asks as she snuggles in close to me, I put my arm around her and try to get her closer.
"I'm havin' a fuckin' awesome time, B!"
She smiles big. This girl really loves to see me happy, I can't describe how that makes me feel. It's better than winnin' the lottery.
"I'm glad. You have no idea how much I needed to make forgetting Valentine's Day up to you, I'm hoping this puts a dent in it at least."
"Buffy, you don't need to make up nothin' to me, I told you, if it weren't for you leavin' the alarm on and that Tanker dude sayin' it was Valentine's Day, I would have been in the same boat you were in."
She smiles again and leans in to kiss me, it goes hot and heavy in about a second.
"Hey look! That's Spike Lee!" Xander announces.
Me and B pull apart and stare into each other's eyes. Her chest is heavin' and if I was aware of anything else but her I'm sure I'd realize I was breathin' heavy too.
"Hey, I think that's Dave Chappelle!" He's pointin' to someone else in the crowd. Willow pulls his arm down.
"Xander, it's not nice to point."
"Will my girl," He puts his arm around Willow. "My girl named Will. Hey, wasn't there a movie named that?" Xander's had more than his share of the Long Island Ice Teas I whipped up.
"I think it was called ‘My Name is Bill' and it was about the guy who started AA, which is what you're gonna need if you don't lay off the sauce, boozy."
"Awww Will, ya know I love ya. At one point I loved ya enough to suck face with ya behind Cordy's back. Ya wanna do that again?"
That makes me and B look over.
Willow's starin' at him with her mouth open and I think the look on her face sobers him up a little.
"No? How about a thumb wrestle then?"
Willow laughs and shoves him. "You're such a dork, Xand"
"Let's watch the half-time show, Willie. Hey, anyone ever know what happened to that Willie guy?"
She cracks up again and pulls him over to a chair so they can sit and watch the half-time show.
B and I go back to starin' each other in the eyes, we're both on the verge of jumpin' each other's bones, I can feel that delicious anticipation like it's gonna happen any second now.
Buffy has a little more self control than I do and breaks our eye contact in an effort to cool the mood.
"We can't yet, not until we get home." She pants against my lips.
Shit, there's about an hour or so before the game ends. I look over at the door to the rest room and get an idea.
I lean in and whisper in her ear, "Come with me to the can, B."
She chuckles, "Oh, that's so romantic and not at all obvious to our friends as to why we're going in there."
"Girls go to the bathroom in pairs, hell they even go in groups, ya wanna ask Will to join us?"
Buffy slaps my arm, she's gettin' all jealous. "What's with everyone wanting to jump Will's bones tonight?"
"I was only jokin', yours are the only bones I'd like to jump." I look pleadingly into her eyes. "I need you so much right now. I don't think I can make it to the end of the game."
I can feel the shiver go through Buffy, she's feelin' it too, the hunger and the heat.
"Me neither," She finally admits and I can see the intense need in her eyes flare up, "you go in first."
I jump up so fast that it almost knocks her off the couch, and make a b-line for the toilet.
I wait anxiously for about a minute before the door opens and Buffy comes rushin' in. She locks the door behind her and stares at me. Somethin' in me snaps and I jump forward catchin' her in a hungry kiss. I'm fumblin' with her top and almost rip it off when she puts her hands over mine, stoppin' me.
"Calm down, Faith. We only have a little time and you ripping my top to shreds will not be helping nor happening."
Why the fuck is she wastin' our time by talkin'?
She takes my hand, pulls it under her shirt and puts it on her breast over her bra. I moan.
"Baby, you have to be quiet, Willow and Xander will hear." She whispers.
Fuck ‘em. I wouldn't care right now if they had this bathroom mic'ed and we were heard over the PA system.
I snap her bra open with my other hand and palm her breast. A jolt of electricity runs straight to my groin and my pussy contracts, makin' me moan again.
Shit, this is hotter than I can ever remember bein' and I have to be careful because my moanin' might have Buffy walkin' out the door all mad. I have to think of somethin' to make me stop moanin'.
She plunges her tongue in my mouth to shut me up. Good, I'm glad at least one of us is thinkin' straight. Ha, well not straight but well, ya know.
I push up Buffy's shirt and bra and lean down to take her nipple in my mouth. It's so hard and pebbled that it looks like she has no aureola, god she's so turned on. I fuckin' love her!
As I'm toungin' and bitin' her nipple lightly, I can hear her moanin' even though she's got her hands over my ears pullin' my face closer to her chest. I reach up with one of my hands and offer her a finger or two to suck, she pulls them into her mouth and my pussy contracts again after another jolt. Fuck I have to have her now!
I stand up and she groans in protest at the loss of my mouth on her tits. I try to lift her up so I can wrap her legs around my waist but she won't give me the leverage I need.
Fuck! Why's she stoppin' me?
"Faith, I need you so bad."
I must have that ‘Yeah, I need ya too, so why'd ya stop me?' look on my face.
"I need to be in you, while you're in me." She pleads.
Fuck, that's hot! I calm down enough to let her get the front of my jeans undone, then it's her turn. As soon as that's out of the way we've both got our hands down each other's pants.
God damn, I've never, ever needed it this much, and if someone knocks at that door they're gonna get fuckin' slayed.
Fuck, she's so wet and her gasp is lettin' me know that I'm on the right track. I can feel her clit peakin' out between her lips and I know that it got hard because of me. I get a surge of love pangs to the heart again and feel this strong urge to get down on my knees and worship her.
Pinchin' her clit between my thumb and fore finger I rip my mouth away from hers and whisper raggedly into her ear, "I wanna suck it, baby." That has her groanin' and I can feel her clit twitch. The thought of me on my knees suckin' her off has her so hot she can't think right.
"We c-can't...d-don't have time f-for both of us." Ok, so maybe she's thinkin' a little right. I know we can't do that, we have to be quick, efficient and quiet. Head would be slow, messy and loud as fuck.
I growl and move my hand lower to rub the entrance to her hole, "Tell me, baby, tell me." I rest my forehead against hers.
"Put yourself inside me, Faith, please."
Oh god, how am I still conscious?
I rub her clit a couple of times then plunge two fingers into her, her walls immediately suck my fingers in. She lets out a gasp and she moans low in her throat.
I immediately pick up a blindin' rhythm that has her frenzied, we're wedged up against a wall and I briefly wonder if the noise can be heard in the other room. Again, I say fuck ‘em, this is about a strong need, not somethin' that can be helped.
B's hand has been in my pants just restin' over my mound, I don't really care that she's not doin' much, I'm gettin' a hell of a lot of satisfaction out of takin' her fast and furious.
Somethin' seems to click in her brain and she plunges three fingers into me.
"Oh, fuck, Buffy!" I yelp as she picks up the pace and she smashes our mouths together to silence my yellin'.
If people could see us they'd see two hot chicks with their pants down slightly passed their hips fuckin' each other for all they were worth. I'm sure the radio station didn't have this in mind when they gave us those tickets.
Or maybe they did, damn, whatever. I'm just glad they gave us this booth. I'd hate to be arrested for public indecency ‘cause I was fuckin' B in the stands.
I can feel her walls strongly contract and I know she's right on the edge. I move my mouth off hers and bring it up to her ear. I nibble lightly and suck at her lobe.
"Do it, B. Come for me, c'mon, give me what I want." My voice is so full of need it's unreal. She moans and I know she's not long for this world. I rub my thumb on her clit and feel the fucker almost explode.
She lets out a strangled moan and that's it: She's comin' like a mother fucker with her fingers still in my snatch. I pick up the pace of my thrustin' hips and fuck myself on her fingers. I can feel her walls contract strongly again and I know she's comin' for a second time. I can feel her clit throbbin' and twitchin' and just plain goin' nuts.
"Faith, yessss fuck, fuck, fuuuuuck!" She rasps out. Then I feel her thumb on my clit and she's rubbin' like she wants me to come with her.
Gladly!
I capture her lips in another hungry kiss and moan into her mouth as I come, hard.
My hips are pumpin' into hers and it makes her grunt as she sucks on my tongue.
She keeps her thumb on my clit and that coaxes out another good one from deep within me. I'm pressin' so close to her I hope I'm not breakin' any body parts, especially those talented fingers of hers.
Man, I feel like I'm gonna have a fuckin' heart attack; my beats per minute must be un-recordable. I rest my head in the crook of her neck and wait until my breath becomes semi-normal before speakin'. It gives me time for all the crazy thoughts to come floodin' into my mind. I think of some weird shit right after sex.
I used to be ashamed immediately after an orgasm, like God was gonna smite me. Fuckin' cuckoo, dude.
Right now, I think about wantin' to find the person who taught Buffy how to love a woman ‘in that way' and give them a big kiss of gratitude. I think she's still in Scotland, Satsimu or somethin'. Heh.
At first I wanted to find her and rearrange her body parts so her arm was comin' out of her ass when I heard that they got together. But now I've learned to appreciate that whole thing, because I doubt there would have been an us without her. Doesn't even matter that I wasn't her first.
Well, maybe it matters a little. But some things matter more. Like now.
I feel Buffy's hand strokin' my bicep and I come down from cloud 'crazy thoughts'.
"Jesus Christ, B."
"Baby, w-what was that?" She gasps out.
"Dunno, sweets, I think we just got hit by the 34th Street express."
She laughs and I can feel her chuckles through her snatch where my hand is still buried. Weird when you think about it. I should ask her to cough or somethin', try to detect a hernia.
I gingerly pull out of her and she does the same to me.
We share another steamy kiss and I feel the breeze from the air vent blowin' on my ass. It makes me want to laugh, but Buffy wouldn't get the joke.
Come to think of it, I dunno what the joke would have been about, her kiss and the after affects of the two huge orgasms I had are makin' me lightheaded.
"I think we need to get back out there, Faith." Buffy says as we break for air.
"I know. I'm just waitin' for the feelin' to come back in my legs, don't want to go out there and fall on my fuckin' face."
"I know what you mean." She leans more fully into to me as I lean closer into her.
After we calm down, sort our clothes out, get cleaned up and stuff we decide to leave the bathroom one after the other.
We play rock-paper-scissors to see who gets to go out first. B always starts with scissors and I bust ‘em with my rock. I can't believe she hasn't switched that shit up.
"Two outta three, Faith." She really doesn't want to go out there first.
"Nah, don't worry. I'll go out first, you fix your hair and I'll get your bag. Seems some fuckin' douche bag asshole gave you a hickey."
"Faith! Stop putting down my fiancée!"
"Yeah, yeah, you and that precious fiancée of yours." I mumble as I make sure she's ready for me to open the door.
Here goes nothin'.
I slowly open the door, step quietly into the room and then close the door without makin' a sound, don't wanna call attention to myself. I turn around to accept the stares and embarrassed looks from Will and Xand.
Ohhhhh FUCK!!!!
What I see makes me wanna pass out. I just stand there dumbstruck for a minute as I watch Willow and Xander suckin' face like there's no tomorrow.
Buffy finally comes out of the bathroom and stumbles into my back. I quickly turn around and rush her back into the bathroom.
"What's wrong Faith?!"
"Uh, I don't think we should go out there. In fact why don't we stay in here forever?"
"Faith, what's going on? Why're you acting so weird?"
"B," I start undoin' my fly again. "I just need you so bad, B!"
She knows it's all bullshit, but I'm pretty sure she doesn't know what's up. She wasn't expectin' me to be standin' right outside the door when she came out so her face kinda smashed into my back.
She must've bumped her nose ‘cause she's lookin' annoyed as she rubs the tip. I move her hand away and place a soft kiss on it.
"All better, sweets?"
She can't resist when I'm actin' all soft and sweet. She's got a huge smile on her face.
"I guess." She tilts her head to the side to think about it. "I think I need some more kisses, just to make sure."
Brat.
I go to kiss her nose again and she stands on her tip toes and captures my mouth in a slow, wet and hot as fuck kiss.
What the fuck am I supposed to be distractin' her from?
Oh yeah, Red and Xand makin' with the hot sex on the couch. Well not exactly hot sex, but they were goin' at each other's mouths like they each had the last Hershey's Kiss on earth hidden under their tongues. They both love the shit outta those things.
I feel her hop up and hook her legs around my waist.
"Tell me why we left the house today?"
"Because you're the best girlfriend in the world and you won me tickets to this game. Which we really should be getting back to."
She sighs and slumps a little against me. She thinks she's gonna get down when I keep her legs in place.
"You're not goin' anywhere, not for the rest of the night. I'm carryin' you around everywhere."
"Everywhere?" She giggles.
"Yep, everywhere! You got a problem with that? Take it up with your precious fiancée. She laughs and squeals as I lightly touch her sides. I get her squealin' more as I feel behind me to open the door.
"Faith, no! No more tickles!!" She's laughin' and tryin' to fight me.
The point of me doin' this to her is really to announce to Will and Xand that we're comin' back into the room. But I wouldn't mind bein' this way with B for every moment of my life, I just get so happy when we're like this.
I spy Willow and Xander on totally opposite sides of the room. Xander's lookin' like I just caught him with Buffy and Willow's lookin' at everything but me and Xander.
Jesus, nothin' screams, ‘We did something we weren't supposed to', more than the guilty looks and the distance between them. I decide to help put them out of their misery. I put Buffy down and she pouts.
"I thought you were carrying me everywhere tonight?"
"When I get back, B. I want to go get something from the souvenir stand. Will, would you mind comin' with me?"
Willow perks up and looks relieved. "S-sure Faith, you wanna foam finger or something? Those squeezy basketballs looked really cool, and oh! who can resist those big glasses we saw?!"
Oh yeah, she's so guilt ridden she's babblin' herself into a frenzy.
"Yeah, I saw something else there I wanted. B, would you mind makin' me some popcorn in about 10 minutes?"
"Sure thing, sweety, but hurry back!"
I know why she wants me to hurry, she loves post lovin' snuggles and we haven't really done those yet. Yeah there was the time right after when we were catchin' our breath and then when I was tryin' to distract her, but if I know my woman, it's gonna take her a lot longer to have her fill of the snuggles. She gets fuckin' pissed if she goes too long without ‘em or doesn't get enough.
Lemme tell ya, she would be happier than a pig in slop if I carry her around everywhere tonight.
Will and I leave and I can hear Buffy talkin' to Xander. "Xander! How's the game going?" She sounds nervous about him potentially hearin' us doin' the diddy. She has nothin' to worry about, he'll be just as nervous and they'll be fine.
Willow awkwardly smiles at me. I know she's wonderin' what the fuck she's in for.
"So, you and Xander havin' a good time?" The smart-ass tone in my voice can't be mistaken for anything other than she's busted.
"Faith! I... i-it wasn't what you think!"
"Oh, no? So you and Xander with your tongues down each other's throats was what? You two playin' Scrabble?"
She looks like she's about to get sick and I put my arm around her shoulders.
"Look Red, I'm not out to make ya squirm. I just want to know what's up."
"D-did Buffy see?"
"Nah, I was blockin' her view."
"Phew," She's relieved and looks less like she's gonna yark.
"Oh, so I can be blessed with this knowledge but if Buffy knows you'd be upset?"
"No, you've got it all wrong, Faith. Buffy would never understand, except possibly after a few Tequilas."
Somehow that makes me feel good. Like I'm the cool big sister or somethin'.
"So spill, Will. What was all that about?"
She sighs a big huge sigh and doesn't say nothin' for a while. She needs some time. I totally get that.
Finally, when we're near the souvenir stand she's ready to talk.
"I'm not sure what that was. But it doesn't mean that I want to get with Xander. He...." She's havin' a hard time gettin' her mind around it enough to explain it to another person.
Somethin' else I'm familiar with. Lots of times when I try to explain somethin' to Buffy she thinks I'm tryin' to lie, when really I'm not sure how to explain it. She's gotten a lot more understandin' about stuff like that. That tends to happen after you go through the same thing about 500 times.
"It was a little bit of everything. Xander was drunk and feeling frisky, then there were the good feelings in general brought on by the great time we're having. Part of it also had to do with the fight with Kennedy and the fact that I haven't had sex in two months making me so sexually frustrated I can't even see straight. And you probably didn't need to know that."
She looks at me all embarrassed and shy.
"What's a little sexual frustration between friends, Will?"
"A lot more then Xander and I bargained for."
I laugh, that was a good one.
"Plus, we- we kinda heard you and Buffy uhhh ya know....in the bathroom."
Oh, shit, so much for bein' quiet. I manage to look sorry, when really I'm so happy I could do back handsprings around the hallway.
"Sorry, about that, we tried but neither of us could last until the end of the game."
"I understand. Ya know, I have been with a slayer for almost 5 years running."
"Speakin' of that slayer..."
"What?! Is she here?!" Willow looks around panicked.
"No, ya nut. I was sayin' speakin' of that slayer, what's goin' on with that?"
She sighs and looks like I'm gonna be pissed at what she's about to say.
"I-in a way that kiss with Xander was my revenge."
"For what?" Now I'm really am gettin' pissed.
"For Ken cheating." She says quietly while she looks away.
I fuckin' knew it!!!!
Will gets upset because my face must look like I'm about to blow a gasket.
"Faith, wait, don't get upset. I'm dealing with it!"
"How exactly? By suckin' the face offa Xander?"
That was mean but I'm mad and I can't help what comes out of my mouth when I'm like that.
She looks hurt, kinda like I slapped her. That turns to pissed in 2.2 seconds.
"It really isn't any of your business whose face I suck off, unless it's Buffy's and I don't wanna suck Buffy off!"
I have to bite my tongue, I can't help it, that shit was funny. I'm tryin' not to laugh but she can see it in my face.
"I didn't really run that one by my internal editor before letting it out." She smirks. Her face is a shade darker than her hair.
Now I do laugh.
But damn, I feel bad, she must be goin' through some tough shit. The no sex thing must be drivin' her nutty.
"Willow, first things first, I'm not gonna rat you out to anyone, includin' Buffy. You wanna tell her on your own that's fine but she won't hear it from me. And I don't know what's goin' on with you and K, ‘cause Buffy hasn't said anything, but I wouldn't tell her either. Again, that's your business, just like ya said."
She looks relieved.
"What I brought ya out here for was to see what was goin' on, I mean, you gettin' ready to bat for the other team again? Gotta say, I don't hate the idea of you with Xander."
"Oh, god no! It's nothing like that. It was a one time thing." She looks at me sheepishly. "Well, a two-time thing."
I snort, "Yeah, too bad Cordy's not around to witness this."
Willow laughs then gets quiet.
"So, what's gonna happen between you and Ken?"
"I don't know, probably nothing for a while."
"How come?"
"Well, Giles says that there might be some really bad trouble brewing and I think Kennedy would be a big help for that."
Oh, really? What the fuck? What the fuckin' fuck kinda shit is that?!
My eyes narrow at her and then I look away to the wall beside Red. She must be able to see what's written all over my face.
She grabs onto my arm pullin' me to face her. "Oh, no! Faith, don't even think like that!!"
"Like what?" My tone's a little harsh.
"Like Buffy would ever keep you around just because some big bad was brewing."
"That's not what I'm thinkin' of Red." I lie. "How come I can't just be thinkin' about which foam finger to buy?"
"Because I've learned to read ‘Faith' after all these years, and I can see exactly what's written on your face. Besides, it's not like Ken and I are even together like that, I'm not pretending everything's alright to get her to stay, in fact she knows exactly why I haven't kicked her out. She's just thinking that by the time the big evil rolls around I'll have fallen in love with her again. She knows she can go live wherever or do whatever she wants I'm not gonna stop her. In a way I'm using the big brewing evil to see if there's anything that can be salvaged between us."
"Oh." Well that's different then.
Ow!! She punched my arm.
"The fuck was that for?" I rub at the spot, it's not like she really hurt me, it's just the spot that Buffy usually hits me and it's kinda sore. A little.
Aw fuck it! Red can punch almost as hard as Dawn, which sometimes is almost as hard as a slayer.
"That was for thinking Buffy would ever do something as underhanded as let you propose and act all snuggly and get all wriggly just because there was evil to fight. I mean, hello! Buffy sent Riley away right before the big showdown with Glory! And that was because he let vampires feed off of him."
That makes me shiver.
"Yuck is right!" She looks all concerned and puts a hand on my shoulder. "Faith, you still have some abandonment issues, don'tcha?"
Oh great, another shrink. B tries every once in awhile to outright get me to tell her all my issues and Giles has tried once or two hundred times to get me to open up. He thinly disguises them as "tea breaks" between one of our marathon training sessions. Point is he usually has some really nice pastries and I eat the shit out of ‘em while I let him think he's gettin' somewhere.
Fuck, I'm such a bitch. I shouldn't sound like it's that bad, he's helped me more than I'll let him know.
"I'm not gonna try and shrink you, I just think you need to actually deal with that, otherwise down the line it could spell trouble."
"I guess."
"Well, I know that was a big thing in why my relationship with Kennedy is going bad."
"Because I have abandonment issues?" I give her my puzzled face.
"No, silly! Because she wouldn't deal with the fact that no matter what I felt for Tara, that she's number one in my life, and that I wasn't secretly wishing it were her that died from Warren's bullet." She looks like that was the stupidest thing she ever said, then adds, "So to speak."
"That's fuckin' stupid. Kennedy wasn't even with us back then. Hell, even I wasn't here when Tara died."
"Right, but if the powers that be had somehow killed Kennedy instead of Tara then I'd be happy."
"She's one messed up chick." I shake my head.
"Yeah, and if you don't watch it that could be you."
"I get your point, Red. I'll go see someone. It's just I don't see how they're gonna be able to help me."
"You'd be surprised. It wouldn't kill you to just get a consultation and see what it's like."
"I know, thanks, Will."
"No, it's me who needs to be thanking you, Faith."
"Never! The way I see it you've done so much for B that it's time I start helpin' to repay you. I mean we're gettin' married in a year or so, her debts become mine."
She laughs and swats at the same spot she hit earlier. I grab her hand before it connects and bring her knuckles to my lips. She'll never know how much I owe her for bringin' B back to life. I probably woulda hung myself in my cell if she hadn't.
Fuck, I shouldn't be thinkin' of that right now.
"So, what should we get?" Willow says after silently thankin' me for the kiss.
"Oh, look at that Celtics baby-tee. You think Buffy would like that?"
"For you, yes. She likes to see your boobs when they're in a tiny tee-shirt."
HA!
"Oh, really? Damn I'd love to be a fly on the wall durin' one of your ‘get togethers'."
"Oh, the things you'd love to know, wouldn't you?"
"Fuckin' A! You know I would."
"Ah, ah, ah, not gonna happen. Tell ya what though, maybe one day you'll have some really juicy gossip about me that you're just dying to spill. Who knows maybe I'll have to be bribed into telling so you won't reveal my secret." She wiggles her eyebrows.
"Damn!! I wish I had some good shit on ya, Will!" We look at each other and laugh like two crazy people.
She knows I'd never tell, I gave my word. There was a time when that used to not mean much, but fuck if I'll be that person ever again.
You'd think we were at the Boston Garden with all the Celtics gear they got. I guess the souvenir people got smart and realized there are a lot of us ex-Bostonians in NYC and also about the fact that half the people in Boston come down for the games.
I decide on the baby-tee in my size and a tank and panties with a clover leaf and the words, ‘Celtics girl', on them for, B. Plus a couple of shot glasses and coffee mugs. I get Xander a Celtics Bear that has a kiss imprinted on it's face, it's not Will's shade but he'd still get the joke and I wanna make him squirm a little. I get Willow a really nice necklace with a clover leaf, for luck, she's gonna need it. Especially if B finds out. Come to think of it, I need all the luck I can get, too. Buffy'd kill me if she knew I knew and didn't tell her. Oh well, I always was a bit dumb.
I really enjoyed my talk with Will, I think she was grateful for it, too. She made me promise I wouldn't break Ken's legs, and I made her promise if she wanted to suck face with Xander again to video tape it for me. It was a pretty hot kiss! Heh.
"Baby!!"
Oh, shit, I hope Buffy didn't get into the tequila.
"Hey guys, what were ya doing out there for so long?" Xander looks really rattled.
"Just gettin' some gear X-man, don't get your manties in a wad. We weren't even gone that long."
"Longer than my non-snuggled body is able to stand." B jumps into my arms.
Shit, I fuckin' love this girl so much. It suddenly feels like a million years since I saw her last. I scoop her up and she giggles.
"Mmmm," She says after she plants a sweet kiss on my lips. "I missed that so much."
"Mmmmm, is fuckin' right." I lean in for another kiss and sit down with her in my lap. "Who's winnin'?"
"The Celtics, by 12." Xander says nervously.
"Yeah, baby!!!"
B hops up from my lap and gets my popcorn and another Long Island that looks freshly poured. She's such a fuckin' sweetheart, I don't know how I could have thought she'd be placatin' me just to get me to help her with the slayin'. I hope Red does the same for me as I'm doin' for her and forgets I ever said that shit.
Even if I didn't actually say it.
