Ff: Not Like TV 3

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Title: Not Like TV
Rating: NC- 17. 
Chapter Three: The Glory of Softball
Disclaimer: All BTVS characters belong to Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy.
Summary: Elizabeth Summers tells about her real life. 
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The Glory of Softball

I was still worried about Eek as Kate drove us to the ballpark. Kate had
made a couple of comments about my mom not being home and us just leaving
Jenny and Willow in the house. I had to tell Kate the standard lie, which
seemed to make her happy. 

Officially Jenny is listed as my aunt by marriage. Jenny isn't really
related to me it just makes it easier to explain stuff, like at school.
Jenny can sign stuff to send me home or whatever. And if mom ever died or
something Dawn and I would live with Jenny. The lie is that Jenny was dad's
sister. Since my father has been dead since I was seven nobody really
checked up on the facts. My dad was killed fighting demons. At least that is
the official story. 

But that's not really true either. I read the truth in one of Giles
journals. My father did fight demons that part was true, but that wasn't
exactly how he died. It seems he started hanging out at Willies, the local
demon bar in town. Anyway some humans get off on being bitten by vamps.
William never has to kill anyone, they line up to be bitten by him or Dru
and Darla at his club. So bottom-line my dad was like one of those people
into the scene. Only when I was little William didn't have his club in
Sunnydale so Willie's was the place to go to be munched on by the undead. 

Dad had a vampire girlfriend he liked to let suck on him. Anyway his
girlfriend had a boyfriend, a Vagmire demon. He got drunk they started
fighting, Dad didn't win. Giles journal was pretty explicit about the whole
thing mostly because dad worked for the counsel. Not really sure how I
should feel about the whole thing. And I am not supposed to know so I can't
talk to anyone. Giles really hates it when I read his journals. "I am too
young to be reading that kind of material." He screams at me. 

Ok back to the story, Kate knew something weird was up at the house because
Jenny and Willow were hanging out there. Thank god she didn't see Eek tied
to the kitchen table. Kate doesn't know about the dark world yet. Her dad
does. Mr. Lockley knew that I was a slayer the first time he met me. Still
don't know how he knew. Faith said she had seen him take money from a
vampire on 3rd street several times but she never knew what the deal was at
the time, she was still really little and it was right after her mother
died. But she said that her father knew the guy was a vampire. I always
wanted to ask him how he knew I was a slayer but then there were the whole
'you made my daughter gay' issues he was shouting at me when he kicked Faith
out of the house. He doesn't talk to her ever. He won't even send Faith a
birthday card or anything. Anyway Kate like totally tries to make up for her
stupid father. Kate really is ok she is just not good with people. 

We get to the park and Faith jumps out and runs over to the rest of her
team. I kind of just walk off to the side. I really wish I could play too
but being the slayer there is no way. Kate follows Faith over to the team.
She coaches third base during the game and helps out on the team most of the
time. Watching them walk off you can tell they're sisters. Kate's hair is
lighter, a light brown but they look a lot alike. I go off to find a spot to
smoke a few cigarettes. I still have half a pack that Danny gave me. Smoking
calms my nerves and I was really nervous. It was more than seeing Eek's back
that made me nervous. The Tony thing was just getting out of hand. I hated
the way he treated mom. I really hated the way he treated me. And I had this
feeling that things were just about ready to go all atom bomb time. 

So I was behind the bathrooms smoking and just trying not to think about
anything when I hear Kate say, "Funny you don't look eighteen." 

I have no idea what the hell she is taking about so I say, "What?"

"The last time I checked you had to be eighteen to buy cigarettes." She says
in full policewoman mode.

"I didn't buy them." I say honestly before I turn my head away from her and
exhale.

"Beth I know your mother doesn't want you to smoke." She says evenly.

"Yeah well my mother isn't here now." I say all tough girl. Ok so I can try
and act all butch once in a while. Faith may have the tattoo but I can be
tough too. Who am I kidding, Faith and I have a fem fem relationship. We
both have to really work at butch to almost pull it off. I think it is the
only reason Faith got the tattoo on her arm, she was just too fem otherwise.
I love the way Faith tries to be all tough girl and then goes all save me
there is a spider in the room. She bought this pair of leather pants to try
and look more butch, when I saw them I laughed for an hour. Ok I'll get back
to the story. 

"So want to tell me what is bothering you?" Kate asks suddenly cutting
through all the bullshit she knows I'll probably tell her. 

"Tony and Mom had a fight this morning." Which was true but what the hell
was I doing just blurting it out to Kate like that. Sometimes I wonder if I
have a brain cell left in my head. Anyway I stomped out my cigarette and
turned back around to look at Kate.

"That why your aunt and her friend were at the house?" Kate asks quietly.
The woman is a detective so I guess I should expect her to do stuff like add
up the evidence at hand.

"My aunt is straight. Willow is just her friend." I say. I know you're
thinking what the hell does that have to do with her question. I don't know
why I said it. It was just something in the way she said aunt and her
'friend'. 

"That is good to know but it doesn't have anything to do with what I asked
you." Kate replies. 

"Sorry, yeah Jenny and Willow came over because of the fight." It wasn't the
complete truth but sometimes the lies I tell feel like the truth. Strangely
this one felt true. 

"Tony was pissed because one of my friends came over this morning. You know
Eek? Well she came over and Tony went all parental and he got mad and said
my friends and I were bad for Dawn. He called me a dyke again." I explain.
It was as close to the truth as I could tell her. And she had met the human
appearing version of Eek several times. Kate knew Eek and I were good
friends. I guess what really bothered me was the way Tony called me a dyke.
I know I am a dyke and all, but it's the way he used the word. I shouldn't
let it bother me but it really did. 

Anyway I lit up another cigarette and started to smoke it. Kate just looks
at me and I expect her to grab the cigarette and stomp it out. It's not like
she hasn't done that to me before. This time she just looks at me and says,
"The world isn't a nice place. People are not going to always except you." 

"Tell me about." I say turning my head and blowing out smoke. I am careful
not blow it into Kate's face.

"If you're going to smoke you might as well do it in the stands. Come on the
game is going to start soon." She says and starts toward the stands. 

The game gets started and Kate goes into the dugout. She is a great 3rd base
coach. She and Mr. Wilson the team's coach work well together. 

So Faith's team, the Roadrunners, are ahead by 3 and it's the fourth inning
and I am all into watching the game when my spider senses go off. Even
though I have been chain smoking throughout the game I can still smell there
is a demon present. So I start to turn my head and like bam Glory is sitting
right next to me. 

Glory can move faster than the speed of light. I mean literally she can move
faster than light. Normally a demon can't get that close to me without me
reacting. But with Glory I just haven't got much of a chance. So I turn and
look at her and say the first thing that comes into my head. "Want a
cigarette, I got a couple left." 

She laughs really hard at that. It's always good to make Glory laugh. She is
a mean son of a bitch. I really hate her. 

"I believe those are bad for your health slayer." She replies still
laughing.

"So maybe you will buy me a few packs, help me along the way." I say
lighting my next to last cigarette.

"I would even throw in a couple of six packs if I really wanted to get rid
of you, but I like having you around. Keep your friends close but your
enemies closer" She says to me with that half insane smile she has.

"Keep your enemies close, but your friends bullwhipped." I tell her. I wish
I were like one of those people on TV. The ones with the witty comebacks.
But I am not on TV and most of the time I just say lame stuff or nothing at
all. I am not really very bright. I wonder if God or whoever is in charge of
things didn't make a mistake making me a slayer. I feel like I should be
more intelligent or something. I should at least have better comebacks or
something.

"I would love to whip your pretty little back. Such beautiful skin. But I am
not here about pleasure. How is Eek?" She asked me. This is probably the
sanest conversation I have ever had with Glory. The woman tends to be...
well she is completely nuts. 

"You whipped her and then dumped a bunch of Grisstrell worms on the wounds.
She is in a hell of a lot of pain what do you expect." I say raising my
voice a little too loud because people are staring at us.

"Are your witches treating her?" She asked. Why she always thinks the team
is like under me is beyond me. I am just the strong arm, I am not in charge
or anything but she always refers to any member of the team like they are my
personal slaves or something. Truth is most of the time Giles sends me out
of the room so "the adults can handle things form here."

"Yes, no thanks to you. You should treat her better." I tell her. Ok this is
really weird. I know part of the reason Eek stays with Glory is because the
bitch would kill her or worse if she ever tried to leave but that isn't the
whole story. Eek loves Glory. I don't know why but she does. And I think
Glory actually loves Eek in some misguided S and M abusive relationship way.


One time Glory caught me. She beat me up pretty bad and when I woke up I was
chained in her house. Being hung from the ceiling really hurts your
shoulders. Anyway Eek was there and going crazy. Eek really is my friend. I
know we are on opposite teams and all but I really like her. And she is
really afraid of Glory, that part isn't a lie. So Eek is really upset.
Anyway she begs Glory to let me go. She tries all kinds of arguments. She
tells her that whole 'you harm her and the counsel would just bring in
another slayer, a tougher one' argument. I mean she really tried every thing
and Glory just said no. I figured I was going to die. Then Eek leaves the
room and when she come back in she has Glory's bullwhip and the biggest
dildo I have ever seen. 

Faith and I have never used anything other than our tongues and fingers and
stuff. We have talked about it, but were both under eighteen so it's not
like we can hit the adult bookstores or anything. To be honest it was the
first dildo I had ever seen. But damn it was big.

So Eek just strips. And there I was hung from the ceiling in a hell of a lot
of pain and I didn't have a clue what to think. Glory gets this glazed over
look on her face and smiles. Her eyes go all purple and I can smell her
lust.

Eek goes over to the wall and leans her body out and puts her hands on the
wall. Glory strips, and she does have a great body, sorry but she really
does. Anyway she puts the dildo on and snaps the whip. Then she whips the
hell out of Eek. Bullwhips don't have to cut you when they are used. I know
in the movies you may think that they cut you all the time but they really
don't have to cut you. I know Glory cuts Eek a lot but this time she whips
her but she doesn't cut her. Still she really whipped her hard. 

I can smell the lust from both of them. It surprised me that Eek was into
being whipped. It had never occurred to me she might like being whipped. I
should have guessed, she is a demon after all. Anyway they both smell like
they are ready to pop. Right at the edge of Orgasm City. 

Well Glory snaps the whip two more times. This time she cuts Eek right
across her ass. Then she attacks Eek. It was really animalistic. It was
savage the way she pinned Eek to the floor. And where she put the dildo in,
I don't think it was in Eek's pussy. I am not sure, all I know is Eek
screamed that stupid high-pitched scream she has and I wanted to cover my
ears really bad. And I could smell Eeks pain and arousal. I knew Glory was
really hurting her and that Eek really liked it. Glory was really turned on
as well. Me, I wanted to throw up. Mostly because Glory had beat the hell
out of me and it didn't turn me on at all. 

Anyway they both came screaming like crazy. I really wish I could have
covered my ears. And then when they were both lying on the floor cuddling,
yeah they cuddled afterwards, Eek leans over and looks at Glory and tells
her, "Beth is going home." 

I mean Eek just told Glory. No more begging, no arguments, she just told
her. I was more shocked by that than the crazed sex I witnessed. And Eek got
up off the floor, lowered me to the ground, got dressed and drove me to the
hospital. She called Giles and mom to come get me. And Glory didn't do
anything to stop her. I really don't get their relationship. 

Back to the story, Glory turns around and looks and me with her blue human
eyes. Like I am fooled by her blond California girl fake appearance, and
says, "Eshara likes the way I treat her." 

I just look at her like she is crazy. I mean I know the Hell Goddess is nuts
but this is well just out there nuts. Anyway after a few minutes or what
feels like a few minutes I say, " Oh she really liked the worms, what the
hell did you do that for?" 

"She was bad I had to punish her." Glory replies like that makes any sense. 

"You could have really hurt her." I know lame response. Glory always hurts
Eek. But the worms could become permanent. And they are hard to get out. You
can't miss a single one or they just breed. I have seen a few demons with
Grisstrell worms. They are a miserable in the extreme. Most of them begged
me to off them. I couldn't stand it if Eek ended up like that. Something
told me Glory wasn't really happy at the prospect either.

"I sent her to you slayer." She tells me like that makes up for it.

"I don't know if you noticed but it isn't my job to see that demons get
emergency medical care. What if Jenny can't get them all out? It's not like
humans have this problem." I tell her. I am angry as 'all get out'. I have
no idea what angry as 'all get out' really means but I am damn mad. 

"I had to do it." She says to me, and I can tell she is really upset and
worried. I know right away there is more to the story than she is saying.
And when I think about it I start to wonder. Glory beats Eek nearly to death
a lot of the times but she has never broken any bones or hurt Eek beyond
what she can heal in a few weeks. And Glory is careful with Eek. She never
sends Eeks out to kill. Eek does her errands and body part gathering from
dead bodies. But Eek doesn't kill, ever. If she were a killer I wouldn't be
friends with her. 
Glory never makes Eek do the really evil stuff. Glory saves that for her
other minions. 

"Why?" I ask. I mean I need more information. Shouting what I really feel
isn't going to help here. Honestly I wanted to just bet the bitch into small
pieces and pour worms into her wounds. Willow says I have anger management
problems. I said I wanted to do it, but I just glared at her and listened. 

"My place in town was questioned. Have you heard of Angelus?" She asked.
Angelus is the latest master vampire to move to Sunnydale. At this point all
I really knew is that he was taking over. When a master moves to town there
is usually a turf war until the lines are clearly laid out. I knew this
Angelus guy was making waves but I didn't think it was anything outside of
normal vampire behavior. 

"New master vamp." I answer her quickly. It is never wise to let Glory have
the upper hand.

"He is more than a master vampire, he is dangerous. And he questioned my
place. I had to prove myself, Eek was the chosen example I needed to set."
Glory said all serious. Now I know things are really fucked up. Glory really
does love Eek. For her to do something like this to quote un quote prove her
place must mean that Angelus has her scared. That alone had me scared. 

And that meant Glory's visit to the ballpark was a two-part message. One she
honestly wanted to know Eek was being treated and two she wanted to make
damn sure we knew this Angelus was the real deal. In a way it made sense. If
Angelus asked for proof of her bad-ass-ness he would want her to really hurt
the one thing she loved and that would be Eek. I didn't like the picture it
was painting at all. 

"No promises but Jenny and Willow are doing their best." I say slowly still
glazing at her. It was all fake vibrator I was way out of my depth. 

"They'd better otherwise..." She says and then she is gone. I go back to
watching the game what else can I do. Faith's team wins by 5 runs. I get up
to go meet Faith and Kate when one of Glory's more human looking minions
comes up to me in the stands. He hands me two packs of cigarettes and says,
"The goddess wanted you to have these, she says they will shorten your life
most exceptionally." And then he runs off. I just laughed; Glory is really
weird sometimes. 

I put the cigarettes in my jacket pocket and jog toward Faith. I want to
kiss her but there is the whole public display of affection problem. Plus
her team is really freaking about us being a couple. Talk about a load of
closeted people. So I always try and not touch her or stand too close when
she is with her friends. I bet if I was on TV we would get to hold hands.
Hell I would get to hold my friends' hands even if we weren't fucking. On
TV, people can be all touchy feelie and nobody thinks anything about it. All
those actresses do that fake kiss thing all the time on those talk shows and
stuff. Doesn't happen in real life. People are always too damn careful about
touching and stuff. I really wanted to just touch my girlfriend. Hold her
and stuff like normal people. Jenny says slayers have a possessive nature
and when I feel like this I am just expressing the primitive slayer inside.
Jenny has a lot of strange theories. 

After I congratulate Faith I kind of stand off to the side while the team
does their whole we're cool we won thing. Then Faith and a few of her friend
make plans for the movies and stuff. I am so not invited. Some times I get
really jealous of Faith and her friends. The only friends I have are Danny,
Cordy, Xander and Eek. And most of them are like work friends. It's not like
I know people from school to go to the movie with, if I didn't tag along
with Faith and her friends I wouldn't really get to go out much. Not that I
have that much time saving the Earth and all. 

We finally get away and head off to the mall. Kate takes us to the mall
before we go out to eat. This is Kate's idea of quality time with her
sister. I am so glad to be away from Faith's friends. I know I shouldn't
feel that way but I do. They make me want to be a normal girl really bad.
Sometimes I think if I was just straight it would be easier, then I remember
mom and Tony. 

I still had to go home and deal with mom, Tony and hopefully Eek. Plus I
needed to tell Giles everything Glory had said. I was really glad I had more
smokes, I was going to need them. Well got to go, more later.


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