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

The Big Deal

A rather firm knock is heard on Faith's door and she gets up to answer it.

"Yeah...?"

"One eyed maid service, guaranteed to clean your room without depth perception."

Faith smiles at Xander's greeting and goes over to open it. The door swings open and Xander is standing on the other side with a slightly serious smile on his face.

"Hey Faith, how's it going?"

The way Xander seems intently interested in the answer as if finding out would determine anything he might say next has Faith raising one eyebrow at him.

"Uh, can't complain, I guess..."

He seems happy with the answer.

"Well, you could, but I don't think it would do much good."

Faith sorta half grins at Xander's joke and shrugs.

"Yeah you're probably right. So what's up? Is there something to kill creeping around somewhere?"

Xander smiles without any of the nervousness of earlier.

"Nope, just me and the one armed man, and I'd appreciate it if you didn't kill the Cyclops."

He points to his good eye to make his point.

"Don't worry, you're safe."

"Okay, cool, but uh... the reason I came by is because Buffy's kinda hoping that she could speak to you about something."

Faith's curious look finds itself more curiosity.

"And you've gone back to being B's errand boy?"

Xander's slightly offended by the implication but shrugs it off.

"I made an exception in this case because Buffy's kinda hoping to talk to Satsu too and she thought the idea of coming to get both of you herself might make things look bad. Willow's off looking for Satsu."

Faith makes an attempt at being confused.

"Why would B need to talk to me and Satsu? We barely know each other."

Xander smiles at Faith's attempt to protect what's going on between the three slayers.

"Buffy told me all about what's been going on and it's okay. I wanna put it out there between us that I don't hold it against you for what happened and I'm not gonna come down on any of ya. I've made my fair share of colossal relationship mistakes. Better the three of you and not me."

The dark slayer can't help but agree with his logic on the subject and sorta shrugs.

"Guess that makes sense."

Xander motions towards outside with his head.

"So, you gonna come with me to see Buffy or am I gonna have to call in a few slayers to carry you?"

Faith smiles and shoves Xander gently to try and get him out of the way. He gets the message and steps out of the doorway so that Faith can walk through and then Xander starts leading the way. A few moments of not really uncomfortable silence pass as they walk down the hall together.

"So, since you know everything and all that. I'm guessing you're okay with Buffy going muffy diving?"

Xander shrugs and sorta smiles.

"Hey, if I can live with my best friend who I've known from when we were in footy pajamas and broken yellow crayons doing it, then I think I can deal with my other best friend who it feels like I've known just as long doing it."