That Thing That Happened That Time (girlxgirl) (Book 1)

That thing that happened that time that's really no big deal

"You did what?"

Buffy stares over at Faith from her reaction.

"You were probably gonna find out sooner or later, this place isn't exactly the Fort Knox of secrets so I figured I'd better tell you myself and save everyone the trouble."

"Right, right, thanks, appreciate it. Let's go back to the part about the gay sex."

The blonde slayer shrugs calmly.

"It's really no big deal. It's just something that happened one night a while back."

A smile creeps onto Faith's face.

"Yeah, sure it is. You know, Spike told me one time, before the crater formerly known as Sunnydale, that you'd somehow learned to melt that block of ice in your libido and gotten your naughty on but I didn't really believe him. I guess when you go somewhere you don't really go half way with anything do you?"

Buffy's sudden frown becomes a glare before she turns away from Faith and starts walking.

"I knew bringing you in for extra support with Twilight was a bad idea. I just KNEW it."

The grinning brunette slayer is quick to follow behind.

"Hey, come on. You asked me to come and I came... that may have been a bad choice of words, what with your sudden revelation."

Buffy's hand clenches into a fist but she resists the urge to use it, grunting in frustration instead.

"Faith, I told you, it's just something that happened and it's really no big deal."

"Yeah, I know. I know. So does this mean you're all 'Meow, out of the bag' and 'Skeletons emptied out of the closet' now? Are you the big shot lesbian around here now? Are you the new redheaded Wicca?"

Buffy stops and faces Faith, the frustration clear as day on her face.

"FAITH! You..."

The blonde slayer growls between her teeth and ends it with a frustrated grunt. Faith's grin gets even more obvious on her face.

"Again with the grunting B, you realize I'm not comfortable with this anymore?"

Buffy resists the urge to use her clenched fist again.

"Look, Faith, I really don't know what this is for you, but it's not anywhere near funny for me anymore. I can't tell you much more than what I've already said because I haven't taken the time to actually think about it beyond the 'it's just something that happened one night and it's really no big deal' line that I gave you earlier. So will you please lay off with the questions?"

Faith's grin quickly goes away and she holds up her hands in mock surrender.

"Okay, okay. Sorry... it's just, this is all sorta coming completely out of left field for me since the girl I met a couple years ago would've never even considered the big wide opening you've apparently gone diving into since we were last within fisting distance of each other. It's a little much."

This time nothing stops Buffy from swinging her fist right into Faith's chin, knocking the dark slayer onto her butt. Strangely, Buffy seems calm when Faith recovers and looks up at the puncher to her punchee.

"Stop making jokes about this Faith. It's not funny. It's just..."

"Something that happened and it's not really a big deal, yeah I got that. Sorry..."

Faith gets up slowly and faces Buffy without punching back. There's a few moments of silence between them before Faith speaks again.

"Well, I know this might be a new concept for us, but maybe I can do something to help."