It’s time

“OK… this is weird,” Buffy said looking across the plane at Kennedy and Faith. Kennedy was lying with her head in Faith’s lap, looking up at her and giggling about something Faith had said. Faith’s concerns about Kennedy backing away from her around their friends faded when Kennedy made sure to be touching her at all times. They were sometimes small gestures, but Faith knew they were intentional. At Buffy’s comment, they both looked at the blond Slayer.

“The last time I saw the two of you together, you…” Buffy pointed at Faith. “… were giving her crap about being all over Willow and how it was indecent and stuff… this is just weird.”

“Well…,” Kennedy said slowly sitting up. “I guess you’ll just have to get used to it.” Kennedy then smiled and kissed Faith.

“Ewwww… and gross too!” Buffy said making a face. Hearing this… Kennedy laughed, jumped to her feet, and ran over to Buffy. She jumped onto Buffy’s lap and pretended to place kisses all over Buffy’s face.

“You think my kisses are gross huh? I’ll show you…” Kennedy and Buffy were both laughing and Buffy managed to push Kennedy off of her and to the floor. Faith was rolling with laughter and the witch that Buffy had brought along with her was laughing and clapping her hands together. Buffy suddenly turned serious.

“We shouldn’t be laughing and joking around at a time like this!” Buffy admonished the younger Slayer.

“But this is good,” the witch interjected. “Laughter brings positive energy and we need that right now.”

“Yeah… listen to Giselle… it’s Giselle right?” Faith asked the witch who nodded a yes. “She knows more about energy than you do!” Faith stuck her tongue out at Buffy as Kennedy rejoined her on the couch.

“We will be landing in fifteen minutes. Please return to your seats and fasten your seatbelts.” A male voice said from the intercom. Each person did as they were instructed and Buffy began to speak again.

“You never told me how you guys got this plane.”

“Let’s just say that Kennedy has friends in high places,” Faith responded quickly. Kennedy gave her an appreciative look and squeezed the hand she was holding.

“Is it a guy? Is he cute and single?” Buffy asked smiling.