Fic: My Slayer Lady (4/4)

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TITLE: My Slayer Lady
AUTHOR: Angelina 
DISCLAIMER: All characters belong to Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy. 
SUMMARY: The dance arrives!
SPOILERS: None really, set quite near the beginning of Season 3 and 
doesn't fit in with the time line at all. Sort of in the same 
universe as Girls Interrupted (same relationships going on here)
DISTRIBUTION ? You want it? It's yours, just drop me an e-mail.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: All feedback welcome. "Mochas?" "Yes please!" 
Finally got around to finishing this thing - it's defintely more a 
F/C thing than a B/W thing now - funny, I started this off without 
the intention of a F/C relationship but the feedback convinced me 
otherwise. Hope you like.


Cordelia stood by the refreshment table, keeping an eye on the door.  
Xander hovered nearby, unsure why Cordelia was acting so strangely.

"You OK Cordy?"

"What? Oh, yeah, I'm fine."

"If it's the vote you're worried about then don't be ? you're a shoo-
in."

Cordelia smiled at him. He could be so sweet sometimes, when he 
wasn't being infuriating. And he looked pretty damn hot in his tux.  
She wished the vote was all she had to worry about. All thoughts of 
Xander suddenly flew out of her head when the cause of her nerves 
swept into the room on Scott Hope's arm looking like a million 
dollars. Faith caught Cordelia's eye and winked causing her stomach 
even more turmoil. Cordelia attempted a casual smile in return.  
This little exchange went unnoticed by their respective partners and 
Scott whisked Faith towards the table where his friends were 
sitting. Cordelia didn't know whether she was relieved or 
disappointed.

As the night progressed Faith found herself becoming very bored with 
Scott. He was a nice guy and all, but insipid? He redefined the 
word. Faith's eyes wandered to a certain brunette who was returning 
her stare. Again Faith found herself contemplating things she hadn't 
considered up till this point. As Scott rambled on about some guy 
called Buster Keaton, Faith was wondering how it would feel to kiss 
Cordelia. She shook her head and forced herself to listen to Scott, 
which was probably a good thing as he was asking her to dance. She 
allowed him to lead her onto the dance floor. She tried to remember 
Cordelia's dance lesson but for some reason the only parts she could 
remember were Cordelia's arms around her and the feel of her body 
pressed against her own. She stole a glance at the girl in question 
and saw her dancing with Xander but looking over his shoulder, 
watching Scott and Faith.. They remained this way ? locked in each 
other's gaze until the song ended. Scott went off to get himself 
some punch after Faith had declined his offer to get her some. She 
steeled herself and walked over to join Xander and Cordelia. 

"Soooooo, how's it going with you and Scott?" asked Cordelia, not 
sure of how she wanted Faith to answer.

"It's?not really going at all," said Faith, looking earnestly into 
Cordelia's eyes. "Guess he's not my type after all." Cordelia's 
heart was in her mouth. Was Faith hinting at what she seemed to be 
hinting at?

"Where the heck are Buffy and Will?" asked Xander, scouring the crowd 
for them.

"Speak of the horny devils." Faith muttered, as Buffy entered 
dragging Willow by the hand. Willow was wearing a stunning long 
black dress and a frown. Buffy was overcompensating by smiling so 
wide she was afraid her lips would split. She spotted her friends 
and heaed towards them.

"Hey!" she said, a little too brightly.

"Hey B, hey Red. You look great tonight." Faith winked 
surreptitiously at Buffy. Cordelia meanwhile had tilted her head to 
the side and was looking closely at Willow.

"Is that a rash on your neck?" Willow immediately slapped a hand 
over the blemish, shot Buffy a withering look and stomped off in the 
direction of the punch bowl.

"Thanks Cordelia." Buffy said before running after Willow 
shouting. "It's OK honey, no-one else would have noticed it ? you 
know what Cordelia's like."

"Maybe I should go make sure they don't kill each other" said 
Xander. "Anybody want any punch while I'm there?" Cordelia and Faith 
both shook their heads. Finding themselves alone, both girls 
suddenly felt acutely uncomfortable.

"Soooooo?" Faith began.

"Good music huh?" Cordelia said quickly.

"Yeah?yeah." Faith said, turning her attention to the band. For a 
few moments they stood side by side desperately trying to think of 
something to say.

"Cordelia?"

"Yes?" asked Cordelia in a voice 2 octaves higher than her normal 
one. She cleared her throat. "I mean, yes?"

"I just wanted to say thanks again, you know, for takin' me shopping 
and pickin' the dress and stuff?and for what you said on the phone." 
Faith shuffled her feet and looked down at them. Cordelia was 
momentarily lost for words. Mainly because she was mesmerised by how 
adorable Faith looked standing like that. But she gathered her wits, 
remembering who she was ? Cordelia Chase does not go gooey over girls 
just because they have big brown eyes to die for. 

"Faith, I was just telling you to be yourself. Everyone should be 
able to be themselves, you should never be ashamed of who you are."  
She reached out and touched Faith's forearm lightly causing Faith to 
look up. When their eyes met Cordelia was shocked at the 
vulnerability evident in Faith's eyes ? obviously not many people had 
encouraged Faith to believe in herself before. Faith smiled.

"I gotta pee."

Cordelia laughed, the tension was broken. "Me too." After a 
second's consideration, Faith grabbed Cordelia's hand.

"Well hurry up coz I gotta go bad!"

And they ran off, giggling like a pair of schoolgirls. When in 
reality, one was a schoolgirl and one was a slayer?who was beginning 
to see the merits of staying in school.


After waiting in a huge line for the bathroom, in which Cordelia had 
had to restrain Faith to prevent her form clobbering the people who 
kept bumping into her or brushing against her, or looking at her 
funny, they returned to the gym to find an extraordinary amount of 
people crowded around the punch bowls. Xander was staggering towards 
them with his arms outstretched. He grabbed both of them and hugged 
them, mumbling something about hot brunettes. Faith disentangled 
herself from the embrace and only just managed to keep the other two 
on their feet. She grabbed Xander by the front of his shirt and 
wound an arm around Cordy's stomach. Cordelia unconsciously leaned 
back into Faith's arms before collecting herself and standing up 
straight.

"OK X-man, what's up?"

"Up?" Xander tried to think. "Up, up and away!" he exclaimed striking 
a superman pose before collapsing in a heap and curling up with a 
thumb in his mouth. Cordelia raised a questioning eyebrow at Faith.

"Judging from his breath, I'd say there's some wicked strong liquor 
in that punch."

"Fabulous!"  

Looking around, the girls observed that Xander wasn't the only one 
who had overindulged in the punch. Jonathan was sitting holding an 
in depth conversation with a potato chip. Larry was teaching the 
YMCA dance to the football team, this was taking some time as their 
spelling was atrocious. Harmony had removed her top and was using 
two pointy party hats to show off her Madonna impression to a number 
of youths with glazed expressions and tongues hanging out. The band 
had long since abandoned their positions on stage, leaving a cassette 
of 80s songs playing in their place. They were now doing punch shots 
and a few members had lost consciousness. Faith looked around for 
her date and spotted him wearing his trousers on his head and chasing 
after Harmony, begging to be one of her dancers.  

"What is it about alcohol that makes people want to take their 
clothes off and sing?" asked Cordelia. Faith just shrugged and 
smiled. "And then of course we have people who don't need to be 
under the influence to get naked." Faith followed her gaze and saw 
Buffy and Willow coming out of the room where the sports equipment 
was kept. Lipstick was smeared over both their faces and Willow's 
dress was on backwards. As they drew nearer Faith noticed that 
Willow had returned Buffy's earlier compliment. Buffy's neck now 
sported a huge, dark mark. But she appeared unperturbed. Teachers 
were running around like mad people forcing people back into clothes 
and confiscating glasses of red punch. Buffy and Willow approached 
Cordelia and Faith wearing matching inane grins.

"I luv Willow!" Buffy announced triumphantly. Faith and Cordelia 
were unsure quite how to respond so they settled for nodding.

"Awwww, I wuv you too!" Willow slurred, leaning heavily on Buffy for 
support. They started to kiss but as their co-ordination was not at 
its best the kisses were very awkward and slobbery?and not at all 
attractive to watch so Faith intervened.

"OK girlies, I think it's about time you went home to bed don't you?"

"Bed?"

"Bed?" Buffy and Willow grinned at each other lewdly. They 
staggered off together but they didn't get any further than the stack 
of gymnastic mats piled in the corner before they fell on top of each 
other and started getting it on. Faith thanked whoever was listening 
that people were too preoccupied to notice the live sex show in the 
corner.  

After helping the teachers get the drunkest of students into the 
waiting cars of irate parents faith returned to the gymnasium. She 
saw Cordelia standing in the middle of the dance floor, string into 
space.

"Hey C, you OK?"

"Hmmm? Oh, yeah, fine." Cordelia smiled wistfully. "It's just, 
this was supposed to be one of the best nights of my life. I was 
going to look gorgeous, win homecoming queen and dance the night 
away." She sighed. "And what did I do instead? I helped to scrape 
drunken idiots off the floor and tried to convince my date that he's 
not Superman."

Faith looked at her coyly. "Well, as far as the first part goes C, 
you were the hottest person in this hall tonight. And as for the 
second part?I know for a fact that you would've won Homecoming queen."

"Oh yeah? Slayers are psychic now huh?"

"Nope, but I did swipe this from the chairman of the Homecoming 
committee." Faith held up the envelope that contained the winner's 
name. Slowly she opened it and pulled out the card. She looked at 
the name and turned it around so Cordelia could read her name, in 
golden lettering. Cordelia gasped and took the card from Faith. She 
stared at it for a long time. When she looked up her eyes were 
shining. But before she could speak, Faith reached under her sash 
and produced something she'd had concealed there. It was the queen's 
tiara. She placed it gently on Cordelia's head, arranging a few 
stray hairs around her face.

"I hope you appreciate this ? I had to fight Larry for it on the way 
out the door!" Faith grinned and Cordelia made a sound that was half 
laugh, half sob. She took Faith's hand and squeezed it tightly, 
unable to speak. They stood silently, staring at each other, 
listening to the lyrics of the song that had started to play.

"I've been meaning to tell you,
I got this feeling that won't subside,
I look at you and I fantasise, 
You're mine tonight,
Now I've got you in my sights"

Without realising it, both girls had started to sway in time with the 
music. Still holding hands it was a natural progression for them to 
move closer.

"With these hungry eyes,
One look at you and I can't disguise
I got hungry eyes
I feel the magic between you and I."

Faith's arms made their way around Cordelia's waist, drawing her in 
so their bodies were moving together, in synch. Cordelia reached up 
and clasped her hands behind Faith's neck. Their eyes remained 
locked.

"I wanna hold you so hear me out, 
I wanna show you what love's all about,
Darlin' tonight,
Now I've got you in my sights."

They were nose to nose. They felt each other's breath become quick 
and erratic.

"With these hungry eyes,
One look at you and I can't disguise
I got hungry eyes
I feel the magic between you and I."

They saw the need and the hunger in each other's eyes. As they 
danced on the deserted floor they forgot that they weren't really 
friends. They forgot that they weren't attracted to girls. They 
forgot everything.

"Not I've got you in my sights 
With these hungry eyes
Now did I take you by surprise?
I need you to see
This love was meant to be."

Slowly, two pairs of hungry eyes closed as tentative lips connected.  
As the saxophone swelled the kiss deepened. All previous doubts were 
swept away by the emotions coursing through the two bodies 
intertwined on the dance floor. As the song came to an end so did 
the kiss. But neither Faith nor Cordelia made a move to break the 
embrace. Eyes opened again and were reassured by the desire mirrored 
in the eyes before them. Cordelia was the first to speak.

"What I was saying earlier? About this not being the best night of 
my life?"

"Mmmm hmmm?"

"Forget it."

"You got it."

"And the night is still young." Cordelia looked up at Faith through 
her dark lashes. "You think it could get better still?"

"Well, Queen C, I don't know, but I'll do my damnedest to make sure 
it gets better."

"I know you will. And you can start by kissing me like that again." 
Cordelia blushed at how brazen she sounded. Faith just smiled.

"Your wish is my command my queen" And the rest of the night was 
dedicated to making all of Cordelia's wishes come true.

THE END!!

Hungry eyes - Eric Carmen
Copyright: 1987 Knockout Music Inc. From the Dirty Dancing OST