Unexpected Visitors
by LynX
And Then There Was 3
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Disclaimer: You know the usual, everything belongs to Joss and Mutant Enemy, I own nothing except for Andariel, which unexpectedly I got the idea for her name from Diablo II. But be guaranteed, it's not the same character, I just unknowingly used her name.
Feedback: email me with comments at: lc_4_gohan@hotmail.com
Plot: Buffy insists on taking a sickly Willow to the doctors for a checkup. Faith has a talk with Andariel.
Warning: This story contains female/female relationships. If you find that disturbing or just plain don't like it, (unlike me) then please get the fudge out. Straight homophobes will not be tolerated. :-P Joking. But seriously, it's a fact of life, so learn to live with it. Either that or get the fudge out.
AN: As you have hopefully noticed, I had to update my other stories because I used Sunnydale instead of California, but I needed a scenery change and wanted it to be set after the 7th season, so sorry if you thought I'd added to my other stories because I hadn't. I might do that sometimes to try and make the whole story make sense and fit together nicely. So I hope it does so far.
Willow awoke to the sound of a slayer snoring in her ear. She woozily sat up straight from her sitting position on Buffy's lap and rubbed her eyes. The TV was turned off and the sun was starting to rise. She hadn't realised she'd been asleep that long.
Willow turned her head to see the beautiful Buffy asleep behind her on the recliner. She smiled. Buffy made a great pillow.
Willow turned so she was straddling Buffy's lap and she leaned down for a soft kiss on the lips. The slayer sensed the kiss and instantly groaned, awakening. She stretched like a panther, flexing it's powerful muscles and yawning, giving off the sense of it's power without even trying. It always fascinated Willow to watch her waking lover stretch and uncurl herself in the mornings.
"Hey sleepy head." Willow said softly as she smiled, her face millimetres away form Buffy's. Buffy smiled, her eyes still partly closed.
"Hey Wills." Buffy replied as she yawned.
Once the yawn was over Buffy let her lips be taken by Willow's in a slow, sensous kiss. Buffy smiled.
"What a way to wake up in the morning." Buffy joked, grinning lghtly. Willow smiled back before continuing her ministrations. Buffy groaned, still trying to stretch out her relaxed muscles, filling her lungs with oxygen.
As Willow kissed her neck, Buffy got a chance to look over at the sofa where Faith was lying partly on her back, partly on her side, with Dawn lying snoozing in her arms. Buffy was sure Faith was asleep until she saw the way the raven slayer's fingers were gently stroking the back of Dawn's hands and tracing small patterns over her skin. Buffy didn't mind the fact that there was a reasonable age difference, or even that they were both women. For some strange reason Buffy was happy that the once inprisoned slayer was taking good care of her sister, and Buffy just couldn't explain why.
Buffy smiled, unaware that Willow had been softly saying her name.
"Buffy?" Willow asked persistantly. The blonde slayer finally looked at her lover, who had a strange expression on her face.
"Hmm?" Buffy asked. Willow noticed the overly happy and mellow expression on her face and put on her resolve face.
"Buffy what is it?" Willow asked. Buffy sighed and motioned with her head towards the two lovebirds. Willow turned her head to look, then looked back to Buffy.
"So?" Willow asked, clearly confused as to why Buffy would be so happy about her sister and Faith cuddling on the couch. Buffy smiled and decided that the raven slayer's acute sense of hearing would hear them, so she used her thoughts.
'Faith is being so gentle with Dawn. It just amazes me.'
Willow turned to look at them again and finally slowly turned her head back.
'Faith's awake. She's stroking Dawn.' Willow thought slowly, as if unsure of what she should say. Buffy nodded.
'She hasn't pushed her away, she hasn't pulled her close and demanded sex, she's just holding her and loving her.' Buffy smiled as she saw Willow's face soften. Willow smiled.
'Is that what you're so happy about? Because Faith loves Dawn?' Willow asked. Buffy nodded and let Willow kiss her on the lips.
Willow happily sunk into her lover's embrace and held her gently, snuggling her head into Buffy's collarbone and closing her eyes. She savoured the touch of the slayer's hands running softly over her back.
"Erggh....." Willow suddenly sat back from Buffy and her face paled. Buffy looked at her worriedly.
"Willow are you ok?" She asked quickly. Willow got up and ran to the bathroom. Buffy shot up and followed her lover only to be confronted by the red head throwing up in the bathroom toilet. The slayer came up behind Willow and placed a hand on her back.
As Willow finished being sick, Buffy grabbed a hand towel and ran it under the tap, then handed it to her lover.
"Thanks." Willow said, wiping her mouth and coughing a few times. Buffy rubbed Willow's back and continued her concerned gaze.
"What happened?" Buffy asked. Willow finished wiping her mouth and stood up slowly, making her way to the basin and rinsing her mouth out. She leant on it for a few moments.
"I don't know Buffy, I just suddenly got all queezy.....and....I got sick." Willow replied. Buffy continued being worried.
"Are you ok now?" Buffy asked her. Willow nodded after taking a few deep breaths. She looked up at her lover and smiled.
"Yeah I think I'm fine." Willow reassured her, but Buffy still didn't seem convinced.
"I hope you didn't get anything after last night...." Buffy recalled their long love making session. Willow looked shocked that her lover would suggest such a thing.
"No Buffy! It's not and STD, or......STI.....I just...got a bit sick, that's all." Willow tried to counter the slayer's comment. Buffy took Willow in her arms.
"I want to take you to a doctor, just in case." Buffy told her. Willow winced.
"But Buffy...." She tried to argue, but knew the slayer wouldn't have any of it. Buffy held her tighter.
"No arguing Will. You're going to see a doctor and that's final." Buffy told her firmly. Willow sighed. Her lover cared for her so much, under all conditions.
"Come on, let's get you some breakfast." Buffy let go of Willow but put an arm around her shoulder as she guided her to the kitchen.
* * * * *
Faith groaned at the sound of clanging and frying coming from the kitchen. She hoped it was just a dream and that she was really just asleep with the love of her life. Well, she got the second part right, except she wasn't asleep.
She felt the girl shift slightly in her arms and reach up to rub her eyes. Faith allowed for this movement, but didn't let Dawn go.
"Mmphh.....what time is it?" Dawn asked sleepily as she yawned. Faith kissed her on the nape of her neck.
"No idea. Breakfast time I guess." Faith replied, alerting Dawn to the ruckuss coming from the kitchen. Dawn groaned.
"Food good, sleep better, sleep with you even better." Dawn said as she snuggled back into Faith's warm embrace. Faith smiled at the girl's joke, even though she knew part of it was serious. Faith managed to get her head over Dawn's shoulder and waited for Dawn to turn her head to face her, then she placed a warm, sultry kiss on her lips.
Dawn couldn't hide a small giggle and she turned in Faith's embrace so that they were facing each other. Dawn wrapped her legs around Faith's waist and moved in for a long make-out session.
"I'd bet you'd taste even better after we've had some breakfast." Faith teased lightly as she ran her tongue over the girl's lips. Dawn gave her a sultry look.
"I'd bet I'd taste even better...." Dawn didn't finish her sentence as she moved in for a long wet kiss, but Faith almost jumped through the roof as the girl slid her hand between her legs and let it stay between there for a few moments, allowing Faith time to understand what it was Dawn had meant by her sentence. Faith blushed slightly, realising that Dawn meant she'd taste even better downstairs.
Faith let out a breath she'd been holding as the hand moved away and wrapped around her waist.
Dawn left Faith with one last, teasing kiss as she got up and made her way to the kitchen to see what was cooking. Faith ran a hand through her messy hair and slowly got up.
"That girl....." she said as she gathered her energy and traipsed into the kitchen after her girlfriend. Buffy was making pancakes at the stove, with Willow's help of course, Buffy had lost count of how many times she'd set the fire alarm off while cooking toast. She was a terrible cook.
Buffy turned to see the dissheveled slayer entering through the doorway and couldn't help but grin.
"Sleep well Faith?" Buffy teased. Faith opened the fridge and pulled out the carton of orange juice, giving Buffy a glare before sculling some juice from the container. Buffy's mouth dropped open. She'd lost this time.
'Faith germs.' Buffy thought. Willow grinned at this thought.
'Dawn seems to like them.' Willow replied. Buffy gave her a warning look. She knew her lover was only teasing her.
"I had a great sleep." Dawn said enthusiastically as she watched the two slayer's going back to their old ways again. Faith looked at Dawn.
"Yeah....me too." Faith decided with a smile as she turned to Buffy. She held out the carton of juice. "Want some B?" she asked, grinning. Buffy turned away and flipped the pancakes onto a dish, handing it to Dawn and then pouring more batter into the pan.
Faith shook her head and poured some juice into a glass for Dawn.
"Thanks." Dawn said happily to both her sister and her girlfriend. Faith sat down next to Dawn after putting away the container of juice and leaned over her shoulder hungrily. Let's just say she wasn't just hungry for food.
Dawn took a forkfull of pancakes and ate it before getting some more on the fork and placing it into Faith's mouth. Dawn giggled as Faith chewed the pancakes, making a yummy noise.
"You've got some on your face...." Faith told her and lent in to lick off the stray peice of pancake. Dawn shivered. Buffy cleared her throat, Faith looked up to see the slayer holding out a plate of pancakes for her.
Faith took the plate, grinning, before digging in.
Buffy made some pancakes for her and Willow before they all finally sat down for a meal at the table. Dawn was very chatty and the others found themselves happy to have the girl there to break what would have been uneasy silences and provide topics other than those concerning certain relationships in the house.
"Well I'm done." Faith finally said as she got up from the table. Dawn looked up at her.
"I'm gonna go take a shower if that's ok." Faith left the room before any of them could respond. Dawn quickly got up.
"You know I better go see if she's got clothes to change into. Buffy she might have to borrow some of your clothes, that's ok, I'll go get them for her." Dawn rushed off, not allowing for any interruptions in her hurried sentence. Buffy was baffled.
"Is she going to do what I think she's going to do?" Buffy asked her lover. Willow took a forkful of pancakes, acting completely innoccent.
"What? Have a shower with Faith?" Willow asked casually through a mouthful of breakfasty goodness. Buffy scowled at her.
"Yes, exactly." Buffy replied. Willow swallowed her food.
"No big deal Buffy, I mean, we've done it before." Willow smiled slightly at one memory of her and Buffy making love while in the shower. Buffy looked away.
"That's not the point." she returned her gaze to Willow, her eyes glistening slightly.
"Then what's the point?" Willow asked. Buffy grinned mischeivously.
"That we'll have to wait for our turn." Buffy leaned in on the now blushing red head and passionately kissed her.
Just when Buffy thought their kissing session would lead to further kissing upstairs and in a bed, Willow broke away.
"Buffy! I just realised, Andariel never came home last night. Do you think she's ok?" Willow asked worriedly. Buffy looked at her lover. She guessed that their daughter's welfare was important to her, no matter how powerful and capable of handling herself Andariel might have been. Buffy sighed.
"Willow I'm sure she's fine...." Buffy started but saw the expression on her lover's face.
"I have to call Xander and get him to come over and fix that window." Buffy said and moved away from her lover, making her way to the phone. Willow pouted.
"Tell Faith when she comes out of the shower to go find her." Buffy said as she picked up the receiver and dialled in Xander's number.
Willow rolled her eyes and went to the fridge for some orange juice, knowing that Faith was probably going to take her time.
* * * * *
The raven slayer entered the kitchen, towelling her hair dry. Willow looked up, instantly noticing Buffy's clothes on her. The wiccan gulped.
Faith was wearing black leather pants, boots, a loose white lace top and a towel draped around her neck. Dawn entered the kitchen after her, unable to keep her eyes off of the sultry and sexy slayer that belonged to her.
"Uhh...Faith...." Willow started quietly, then she shook the cobwebs out of her head. Faith looked at the wiccan.
"Uhh, Buffy wants you to look for Andariel. She didn't come back last night and we're kinda' worried about her, well I am anyway. Buffy thinks she can handle herself, but I think it's better safe than sorry, don't you?" Willow started to babble. Faith smiled.
"No problem Red, I'll just comb my hair and I'll go out on my little mission." Faith winked at her before leaving the room. Dawn sighed and leaned on the kitchen counter. Willow smiled, detecting the romance in the girl's sigh and also in her eyes.
"So was the shower nice and hot?" Willow said, unable to keep herself from grinning and teasing Dawn. She turned to Dawn who instantly blushed, then sat down accross from her sister's lover.
"You could say that." She said as she looked at an interesting pattern on the wooden table-top.
"So I take it you and Faith are getting all serious?" Willow asked. Dawn smiled.
"I think so. She hasn't said those 3 words yet though." Dawn replied as she was unable to take her mind off of her shower love-making session.
"Don't worry. They'll come in good time. I think Faith is really trying hard to make up for all the bad things she's done, and having someone like you who cares for her so much is helping alot." Willow explained to the girl. Dawn smiled, blushing slightly.
"I like to think that." The girl replied quietly. She then shrugged her shoulders.
"But who knows, maybe she really does love me and she's just afraid to say it. I mean, we only got together last night." Dawn sighed, thinking that she'd be stupid to assume that Faith could love her after only 24 hours.
"Or maybe it's like me and Buffy. We loved each other for like 7 years before we were able to say anything." Willow remembered the night she and Buffy had confessed their love for each other. She smiled.
Suddenly the sound of footsteps interrupted their conversation.
"Xander will be here in a while. He said he'll have the window fixed as soon as he can." Buffy said as she went over to Willow and planted a soft kiss on the top of her head. Dawn looked away, suddenly longing for her slayer. But it was as if Faith had read her thoughts because at that moment, the raven slayer entered, hair still slightly damp but otherwise neatly brushed and tangle free.
The slayer went over to Dawn and wrapped her arms around her shoulder's from behind.
"Well I'll be off. Find Andariel and bring her back. You be ok here Dawnie?" Faith asked, more concerned of her girlfriend's welfare than anything else. Dawn nodded.
"I'll be fine." Dawn reassured her, and after Faith gave her a lingering kiss on the lips, she left the kitchen.
Dawn sat at the table for a few moments, but then, unable to restrain herself, she bolted for the front door. She caught Faith by the sleeve just as she was about to exit the house.
"Faith wait!" Dawn told her, stopping the surprised slayer in her tracks. Faith turned to her.
"What is it?" Faith asked. Dawn seemed unsure of herself, and couldn't find the words, so she wrapped her arms tightly around Faith in a warm embrace. The slayer was taken slightly by surprise, but other than that was more than happy at the show of affection from her lover.
"I love you." Dawn told Faith, shocking the raven slayer, who found herself unable to reply at all until Dawn grasped her more tightly.
"I love you too......Dawnie." Faith said, sure that it was what the girl wanted, and sure that it's what she wanted too. She suddenly felt happier somehow after saying that, and could sense the girl's relief too.
When Dawn finally let her go, Faith saw how happy the girl was. She had a beautiful smile on her face as she looked into her lover's eyes. Faith blushed slightly.
Dawn lent forwards and planted a soft kiss on Faith's lips, before moving away.
"You better go find Andariel." Dawn told her, and Faith nodded in reply. Without further hesitation, a very happy slayer left the house to find a very grumpy slayer.
* * * * *
The sun was up as Faith entered the cemetary, and she knew there was no way Andariel could be slaying vampires if it was daylight, but she had a feeling that she would be here anyway.
Faith wandered accross the grounds, passing various headstones, not paying much attention to anything in particular, just thinking of what she'd said to Dawn this morning. Suddenly her senses went off and she spun around just in time to block a head bound punch from Andariel.
They both stared intently at each other before Andariel eased up. She grinned.
"Not too bad slayer." Andariel mocked her slightly. Faith put her arm down.
"Andariel what are you doing here. It's daytime, you know vampires don't hang around long enough to become fried goods." Faith informed her. Andariel laughed slightly.
"I had an all nighter. I needed to pound the crap out of more than one vamp. Come morning I didn't feel in the mood for going back to Buffy's place." Andariel explained as she looked away and started to move accross the grounds. Faith followed her, arms crossed.
"What's up with you Andariel? Who are you anyway?" Faith asked her. Andariel laughed again.
"Oh you know, the usual. Buffy and Willow do a spell, I'm born as their daughter, in the future i have an intimate raltionship with Dawn, I try to make up for what I did, I get sent back in time to protect my own self when Willow gives birth." Andariel explained in a sing song voice. Faith was aghast.
"But....Willow's not pregnant." Faith finally found the strength to speak. Andariel tuned to her, the expression on her face a laughing one.
"Yeah, she is now." Andariel told her. Faith was confused. Andariel turned away from her again.
"She read the spell from the book last night. I could feel it." She entered the last past more quietly. Faith was still in slight shock.
"So.......you're their daughter?" Faith asked.
"Yup." Andariel said as she crossed her arms over her chest. Faith thought of what to say next.
"So that's why you're mad at me for having a relationship with her?" Faith asked. Andariel stopped in her tracks and looked at the raven slayer.
"How did you......" but before Andariel could finish her sentence Faith cut her off.
"I'm a slayer too ok Andariel? I can sense these things. The way you're acting expecially." Faith told her. Andariel looked away and they started walking again.
"I do love her you know. And I wouldn't do anything to ever hurt her." Faith explained. Andariel didn't reply.
"And I want you to be happy for us." the last part made Andariel stop where she was, and Faith could sense the hurt that she was going through right now.
"It's just so hard. Seeing her with someone. I mean......I know.......I have someone back home, and right now I'm missing her terribly......but just seeing someone I care for so much with another, it does cause alot of pain, y'know?" Andariel looked at Faith with an expression that gave away the fact that she was close to tears. Faith nodded understandingly.
"But I have to live with the fact that Dawn and I can never be.....after all I went through......." Andariel's voice caught in her throat and she had to take a calming breath.
"I've seen things worse than anything you could ever imagine. I went to hell for what I did. And you have no idea how grateful I was when I was pulled from there by my family and friends. But when I think of it now......" Andariel let a small tear trickle down her right cheek. Faith prepared herself for what was to come.
"Maybe I would have been better off staying in there." Andariel finished. Faith couldn't hide the shock of hearing Andariel's statement.
"But then.......I see my parents, how much they love each other, and me, and my sister, and then Dawn and Xander.......and I'm glad I'm here." Andariel added. Faith took a deep breath.
"Well you're parents really care for you, obviously. Dawnie definately cares about you, you know, even though I only got here yesterday. Hey.....by the way, did you end up finding that guy that was after me?" Faith suddenly remembered. Andariel looked at her.
"Yeah. Took care of him easily enough." Andariel replied. Faith grinned at Andariel's over-confident-not-so-modest-smart-arse reply.
"Come on, Buffy and Willow are waiting. You don' want to worry your parents now do you?" Faith asked, motioning for Andariel to follow her home. Andariel raised an eyebrow.
"Buffy was never really one to worry, it was always Willow." Andariel replied. Faith gave Andariel a look, and the slayer turned to follow Faith home.
* * * * *
Willow was sitting on the loungeroom couch, half listening to Xander banging away as he repaired the window, half listening to Buffy's phone conversation as she made a doctor's appointment for her. Xander had arrived shortly after Faith had left the house to find Andariel.
"Ok thanks, I appreciate it. Bye." Buffy hung up the phone and Willow turned as her lover entered the room, smiling.
"Appointment is for 3:30 this afternoon." Buffy said as she flopped down onto the couch next to her lover. Willow pouted slightly.
"I still don't see what all the hullabaloo is, I was just a little sick, that's all." Willow tried to argue. Buffy lifted an eyebrow.
"So yeah, it's not really out of the usual for you to suddenly get the urge to throw up during a make-out session." Buffy said sarcastically. Xander cried out and cursed as he momentarily lost concentration and hit his thumb with his hammer. Buffy gave him a lopsided grin before turning back to her now pouty Willow. She put an arm around her shoulders.
"Come on Wills, it's for you own good." Buffy told her as she gave her a quick kiss on the mouth. She tickled Willow's ear lobe with her lips.
"And besides, if you go to the doctor's for me, I'll give you a VERY special reward.....later on tonight...." the lust and desire was evident in Buffy's whisper, and it was enough to turn Willow from pouty to speechless and blushing. Buffy smiled and kissed Willow again, this time it was just as there was a knock at the front door.
Buffy rolled her eyes and got up to answer it. She swung the door open and gave a very grumpy look to whoever it was standing on her doorstep. Faith was grinning lopsidedly and Andariel rolled her eyes, pushing past the slayer into the house.
"Andariel the great, as you requested oh Buffy one Kanobi." Faith announced, her grin somehow getting wider. Buffy lifted an eyebrow as Faith strolled past her into the house, allowing Buffy to close the door behind her.
"Andariel!" Willow said and quickly got up to check on the slayer, looking her up and down to make sure she wasn't injured. Andariel did a half roll of her eyes.
"I'm fine mom, really, it's just....." Andariel started but was cut off.
"Look at you, you're all covered in gooey demony entrails and vampire dust." Willow said, beggining to get into her babble mode.
"Mom seriously...." but once again Willow cut her off again before she could finish.
"And where have you been all night? I mean, all nighters aren't good. I mean, I know you had to go on patrol, but we were worried 'cos you didn't come back a-a-and you have to be careful 'cos what if one of those 'nasties' caught you off guard because you were so tired after not sleeping all night a-a-and......you're all covered in gooey slimy demony entrails." Willow finally finished. Andariel couldn't help but smile at the way Willow had accentuated the word 'nasties' and made a little face and did hand actions to go along with it.
Andariel put her hands on the wiccan's shoulders and looked into her eyes.
"Mom.....I'm fine." Andariel told her carefully. Willow's brow furrowed, and after a few moments of processing this she nodded slowly.
"Well.....ok.....I guess if you say you're fine, then you are." Willow replied quietly. She looked at Andariel's clothing.
"But you really could do with a spare change of clothes 'cos I kinda' wanted to hug you, but y'know, demon goo." Willow smiled lopsidedly. Andariel smiled in reply and gave her mom a kiss on the forehead.
"Sure thing mom." Andariel said and then backed away from Willow. Everyone watched, except for Xander who was back to hammering, as Andariel pointed at herself and magically put on a new set of clothes. Willow smiled in wonder, but also had a nagging thought in the back of her head that Andariel might one day loose control like she did.
Andariel grinned at her new outfit, but saw the worried look on Willow's face.
"What's wrong?" she asked. Willow hesitated a bit.
"Well....it's just that....don't you have to be careful about over using the majicks?" Willow asked her. Andariel smiled lightly.
"Don't worry, you already taught me everything I needed to know. Plus, with being a slayer as well makes me stronger and more capable of handling stronger majicks. But even in my time, you're still pretty worried about me using them. That's why I only ever use them for things like new outfits, 'cos I swear, you run up a hell of a clothing bill being a slayer." Andariel explained.
"I'll second that." Buffy said as she stepped up behind her daughter, who was at least several inches taller than her. Andariel gave her other mother a pleased smile, before scratching her head.
"Well anyways I better be off, get back to my apartment and get some rest I guess." Andariel said sheepishly. Buffy gave her a pat on the back and a warm smile.
"Well as long as you're ok...." Willow said and stepped forwards to embrace her daughter in a hug. Andariel turned to Buffy and gave her a quick grin.
"Too sentimental for ya' ma'?" Andariel joked. Buffy gave her a roll of her eyes.
"Just get your ass outta here and get some rest, before I knock you out myself." Buffy warned, but her tone was light and joking. Andariel gave a quick nod of her head, smiling brightly, before she went to the front door and left the house.
"Well that was certainly eventful." Faith said as she entered the loungeroom from the kitchen, chowing down on some potato crisps. Buffy and Willow hadn't even realised the raven slayer had gone into their kitchen, and Buffy couldn't help but want to scorn the slayer for taking her crisps.
"Enjoying your afternoon snack....Faith?" Buffy asked. Faith looked at the packet of chips in her hand and then looked up af Buffy, grinning.
"Yup! You want some B?" She asked. Buffy shook her head and turned to Willow.
"She stole my crisps!!" Buffy whined to her lover. Faith rolled her eyes.
"Buffy, you can get another packet." Willow retorted, thinking Buffy was acting like a little kid. She could feel a pout coming on.
Buffy pouted.
'You are such a pouter.'
'Am not' Buffy pouted.
'Pouter'
'Babbler'
They locked eyes suddenly, and Faith could suddenly see the flame's of desire and lust swimming in their eyes as they gazed at each other.
"Uh uh....not while I'm eating. Why don't you to go out for lunch or something, relax, wind-down, whatever. Anything so that I can raid your fridge." Faith grinned at the last part. Buffy glared at her.
"You keep your hands of my Salt 'n Vinegar rice crackers." Buffy warned her. Faith pulled a face.
"Yuck, anything with rice in it HAS to be good for your health, and that's never good for me." Faith replied, crunching on some more crisps.
"Faith has a point, why don't we go get some lunch before we go to the doctors, maybe It'll help to calm my nerves a bit." Willow said to Buffy. Buffy stopped pouting but looked all sheepish and soppy like a little kid who had been convinced by her mother to do something she liked the idea of, but didn't want to give the impression that she gave in easily.
"Do we HAVE to?" Buffy asked. Willow put on her resolve face.
"Yes, now come one, we're going out for lunch." Willow replied triumphantly. Buffy sighed and went to get her purse.
"Ok, just let me get my purse." Buffy grumbled. Willow shook her head.
Faith watched as the two finally left the house together. She turned to the kitchen, looking at her now empty packet of chips.
"Wonder where those rice crackers are?" she pondered.
* * * * *
The lunch had been more than filling, but with Willow being sick, Buffy didn't want her overeating anyway.
Now they were sitting in the doctor's office, waiting nervously for the doctor to call in Willow. Buffy tapped her foot nervously and Willow tried not to think babblish thoughts, knowing that Buffy would be able to hear them and she might just drive her insane.
The door to the doctor's room finally opened and the doctor stepped out into the waiting room.
"Miss Rosenberg?" he called out. Willow stood up, followed by Buffy. Willow turned to her lover and smiled.
"It's ok Buffy I'm a big girl now. You can wait out here while I see the doctor." Willow reassured her. Buffy hesistated for a moment, but then complied, nodding, smiling and sitting back down.
Willow entered the doctor's room and took a seat in front of his desk. The doctor sat behind his desk and folded his hands on the desk's surface.
"So, what appears to be the problem?" the doctor asked her. Willow took a deep breath.
"Well....I'm not sure but.....well I think....I-I think I might be pregnant." Willow said. The doctor sat up straight.
"Do you have reason to worry you might be pregnant?" he asked.
"Well....me and my lover.....well.....we made love....and I got sick today.....so I thought....well I might be." Willow answered. The doctor nodded.
"Well if the sex was unprotected then you have every reason to worry that you might be pregnant. It was unprotected, wasn't it?" the doctor asked. Willow nodded.
"Well then it's most probable that you are, however I can give you a blood test just to be sure." the doctor said getting up to go over to Willow, momentarily feeling her glands for soreness and checking her pupils for light sensitivity.
"It would be much appreciated Dr. Gallsworth." Willow replied.
The doctor went over to his supplies cuppoard and retrieved a syringe which he then used to retrieve blood from Willow's veins.
"I should have the test results for you in several days, until then make sure you get plenty of rest, eat well and perhaps even take some vitamin supplements." the doctor said as he injected the blood into some labelled tubes. Willow nodded.
"Thank you doctor." Willow replied and got up as the doctor led her out the room.
Buffy stood up as her lover came over to her.
"Everything go ok?" Buffy asked her. Willow nodded.
"Yeah everything went fine. He'll have the blood test results in a few days." Willow explained. Buffy smiled and rubbed her lovers arm before leading the way out of the waiting room so they could make their way home.
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Faith was just returning from the kitchen with some more chips and sat down on the couch when suddenly someone took her by surprise and sent her collapsing onto the couch on a big heap of human flesh, clothing and cooked potato crisps.
"What the....?!?!" Faith yelled as she suddenly saw the grinning face of Dawn staring down at her cheekily. Faith took a breath and laughed.
"What are you trying to do, break one of my nails?" Faith teased as she quickly flipped the younger girl onto her back and straddled her hips. Dawn wasn't phased.
"No, just trying to have some fun." Dawn giggled.
"So now I'm a source of entertainment huh?" Faith asked her, gripping her wrists with her hand and drawing her face up close to Dawn's. Dawn grinned somewhat evilly as Faith suddenly felt the girl's firm thigh press between her legs.
"Well I'd be lying if I said I didn't find what we did yesterday extremely entertaining on only the highest level." Dawn said matter of factly. Faith grinned and lent down, allowing for the girl to capture her lips in a needy kiss.
"Good thing Buffy and Willow aren't home." Faith teased.
"I'll second that." Dawn replied.
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Buffy turned the key in the lock for their front door and stepped inside, followed closely by Willow.
"Faith, we're........" Buffy stepped into the loungeroom and stopped dead at the sight of Faith and Dawn making out pasionately on the sofa, Dawn on top, giggling as Faith did God only knows what to her that she couldn't actually see from her current position.
"Home......" Buffy finished as the two suddenly jumped up.
Willow came up behind Buffy and laid a reassuring hand on her lover's shoulder.
'Buffy it's ok.' came Willow's thoughts. Buffy nodded.
"You better not have touched my rice crackers." Buffy warned as she went to the kitchen. Everyone else in the room let out a breath they didn't know they'd all been holding.
"No, I didn't." Faith replied. Dawn stood up and helped Faith up as well.
"Hey Faith, are you going to stay for dinner tonight?" Dawn askedm instantly feeling the tension in the air. Faith scratched the back of her head.
"Actually Dawnie I gotta get back to my apartment for a few things before I go out patrolling tonight, so I probably wont see you till tommorrow morning." Faith told her. Dawn nodded.
"Oh ok. Slayer duties. I understand." Dawn replied. Faith instantly felt bad but this time she had to leave for real, not just because she was afraid of being in love with someone.
"Well I better be off now, so I'll see you all tomorrow ok?" Faith said.
"Yeah sure, have a good night Faith." Willow said warmly.
"Yeah Faith, don't let the bed bugs bite." Buffy teased lightly from the kitchen. Dawn walked Faith to the door, holding onto her arm tightly.
"I'll miss you." Dawn told her as she opened the front door. Faith smiled.
"I'll miss you too, but don't worry, it's only about 12 hours." Faith told her. Dawn smiled half heartedly.
"Ok. See you tommorow then." Dawn said and pulled her lover in for a passionate kiss. Faith hated to break their precious moment, but she had to get going. She finally broke their kiss.
"I love you Dawn." she said sincerely, smiling warmly. Dawn blushed.
"I love you too Faith." Dawn leant up for another quicky kiss before Faith slowly left the closeness between them and left the house. Dawn let the front door close, then she sighed, a slightly dreamy look on her face. Willow noticed this instantly and grinned.
"It's nice isn't it?" Willow asked. Dawn turned to her.
"Huh?" she asked slightly dopily.
"Having someone who loves you as much as you love them." Willow filled in the gaps for Dawn. Dawn smiled.
"Oh yeah. It's really great." she said. Willow smiled.
"Well I'm going to go upstairs for a while, y'know, and do teenagery stuff." Dawn grinned and then ran up the stairs.
Willow sighed and went to the kitchen where she found her lover searching for her rice crackers. She came up behind her and wrapped her arms around her, kissing the back of her neck.
"Hey beautiful." she told Buffy who grinned and turned around in her lover's embrace.
"Hey yourself, cutie." Buffy replied.
Willow giggle before they engaged in passionate kissing. Buffy's hands wandered freely as they shared their intimacies. They were just starting to get more frisky when the phone rang. Willow growled.
"I'll get it." she said and stomped over to answer the ringing nuisance.
"Hello?" she snapped into the receiver. Buffy came up to her lover to listen in to the conversation.
"Oh, you already did the blood test? I didn't expect you to do it today.....what was the result?" Willow said suddenly focussing all her attention on the conversation with the person on the other line. Willow's face suddenly paled.
"A-are you s-sure?" she asked. Buffy kissed her lover's neck reassuringly.
"Well ok then. Thank's for the new's doctor. Bye." Willow finally finished and hung up the phone, looking as if she'd just seen, or heard, a ghost.
"What is it?" Buffy asked. Willow turned to her lover.
"T-the doctor managed to do my bloodtest today because someone cancelled an appointment, and that gave him some free time. He said normally he would have rung me tommorrow, but decided to do it today to avoid rushing it at a later time." Willow explained. Buffy looked into her lover's eyes.
"Willow what did he say?" Buffy asked seriously. Willow was silent for a moment before she met her lover's gaze.
"I-I'm pregnant." Willow replied.
TBC!!!!
AN: Ok I REALLY had to rush this chapter, I'm soooo sorry to keep you guys waiting but here it is ok? Now remember plenty of feedback I want ppppllleeennttyy of feedback. :-):-)