B is for Buffy

"And today we're learning about the alphabet, so I brought in this book, and we're all going to read it together" the teacher talked softly and slowly down to the small students as she opened up the large book to the first page, placing her pointer finger beneath the first word. The children looked up, narrowing their eyes to try and read the large bolded text, followed by a large illustration.

"A is for Apple" they class chorused, slightly out of time with one and other as the copied the teacher. She smiled, nodding and flipped over to the next page, "B is for Bear, C is for Car, D is for Door, E is for Elephant, F is for Fence…" and on they went, slowly making their way through the book till they got to Z is for Zebra. As the teacher closed the book, having reached the last page, she placed it down beside her chair and looked out across the sea of small eyes staring up at her impatiently.

"Now class, we're all going to go back you our desks. Not yet Alex, sit back down" she instructed as a boy already began to stand up "and when you get their, your all going to get out your work books and write your own A is for Apple books, come up with some different objects and animals to represent each letter" she told them. The class nodded enthusiastically and the moment she allowed them to get up, the young children began to scramble back to their seats. The teacher watched them happily as she walked over to the white board and began to write up all the letters of the alphabet in order, just so they wouldn't forget.

Half an hour later, the class was all finally finished and seated back on the floor with their work books clasped in their small sweaty hands. All the children where looking up at the teacher, waiting in eagerness that would soon be gone by the time they reached high school. Eagerness about learning anyway. All the children waited silently, except for two girls up the back, giggling quietly and whispering to each other.

"Now, let's hear what some of you have written. Put your hands up if you want to tell us your favourite one" she asked them and found seventeen hands stretched towards the ceiling, waving to get her attention. A smile spread over her red lips as she looked around, "Willow?". The red head grinned and showed her pearly whites in an adorable smile, looking up at the teacher from her position right at the lady's feet.

"X is for Xylophone" she told the teacher, showing off her smarts by using s large word she rattled off with ease. Some of the other children looked at her slightly confused, wondering if it was a real word or something the girl had made up. The teacher nodded approvingly, giving the Willow a proud smile before looking round for the next person to answer. Her eyes fell upon the giggling girls up the back, brow furrowing as she eyed the two girls who where obviously not paying any attention.

"Faith", the brunette looked up worriedly as she realized she'd been caught out, quickly sitting up straight and looking at the teacher questioningly "pick one of the ones you wrote. Which is your favourite?" the teacher asked. Faith looked confused for a moment before the blonde beside her gave her a sharp nudge and pointed to the exercise book in her lap. The brunette blushed, flipping it open to the right page and scrunching her nose as she read over it again. Her eye lit up however when she saw the one she wanted and looked back up with a smirk.

"B is for Buffy" she said before closing her book again. The girl beside her grinned sheepishly, cheeks slightly pink. The rest of the class giggled, and the teacher just sighed, shaking her head with both eye brows raised at the small girl.

"Faith, I said an animal or object". Faith nodded like 'yea, and?' "Buffy is neither an object nor an animal" the teacher said with a sigh and the small brunette's smirk only widened as she answered.

"Buffy's an animal". The moment the words left her mouth she received a sharp wack over the back of the head from the small girl beside her, who was now glaring at Faith angrily "what? Come on, the way you eat?" she added, earning herself another hard wack. "Owww…" she rubbed her head, but couldn't hold in the grin still spread across her face.

XxXxX

"B, get your ass down hear or we're going to be late" Faith shouted up the stairs. They where always late, it was inevitable with Buffy and her long showers in the morning, and the time she took just to get dressed. The brunette sighed and jogged up the carpeted stairs. The blonde probably wouldn't be out of the shower for another five minutes, so Faith let herself in the other girls room and made herself comfortable on the bed, picking up Mr Gordo and tossing him the air boredly as she lay there. Today was looking good, there was just a feeling in the air like it was going to be a good day. She looked round, yawning as she scanned over the objects on the shelves and a top the dresser.

The room had changed a little over the years, but there where some things that never changed. Like the photo's stuck around the mirror of her dresser, or the birthday cards (all from Faith) lined up along the window sill. The brunette grinned, chucking down the soft toy and jumping back to her feet to walk over to them. In each card it read an almost identical message, as the years went on in slightly more legible hand writing. Running her finger along the ledge she wandered across to the dresser, looking over the photographs stuck their. Most of them where of her and Buffy, some from when they where real little and lot a fairly recent ones. She reached up to touch one from back at the beginning of high school.

Their first day, Faith trying to play it cool in her denim jacket and tight red singlet and Buffy looking all shy in a long sleeved white shirt, clutching the straps of her school bag nervously. the blonde had been completely terrified of going to a new school, she'd clung to Faith most of the time for the whole first two days. Much to the brunette's annoyance, or so she said over and over, deep down she loved it though. She looked over at the other side, a bunch pictures of them with a red head girl and a brunette boy, Faith grinned. 'Good old Xander and Willow' she thought to herself happily, hands planted firmly on the dresser and she leaned up on the tip of her toes examining some more higher up photo's.

"Hey, you better not be stealing my lips stick again, cos pastel pink isn't a good look for you" came an accusing voice from the door way. Faith laughed as she turned around to greet the blonde walking in, towel wrapped around her wet body. The brunette sat back down on the edge of Buffy's bed as the other girl got dressed, looking out the window.

"I aint stealin' your lip stick again. You don't got that great taste anyway" Faith replied with a smirk "honestly, it's like pastel everything with you. Put a bit of colour in your life girl" she laughed, playing with the bottom of her black singlet top boredly as she waited. They where going to be late now, there was no doubt about it, and Willow wasn't gunna be so happy. Though you'd think by now she'd be used to Buffy being late for everything. As much as the red head had become a little cooler and less nerdy since hanging out with them, she was still a bit up tight sometimes. Old habits are hard to break.

"Done" the blonde called out, throwing her bag over her shoulder and heading towards the door. The brunette grinned, flicking her soft, tangle of chocolate brown hair over her shoulder as she stood up, looking Buffy up and down. The other girl smiled, blushing slightly and running her hand over the front of her pastel pink shirt self consciously.

"About time!" Faith teased as they exited the room and made their way down the hall, and the small set of stairs to the front door where they found Buffy's father waiting. The brunette grinned as they reached him, punching his upper arm lightly. "Hey Giles". The older man gave Faith a smile before turning back to his daughter, placing a hand upon her shoulder.

"Buffy. Now, do stay safe and we will see you tonight, okay? And if you need to be picked up, just call home, either me or your mother will be here and we're happy to come get you, at any time" he smiled before pulling the small blonde into a hug. Buffy smiled, hugging her father back. The night before, her parents had this big talk about how she was growing up so fast, turning eighteen in two days, and they'd gotten all teary. They where just glad that their 'little girl' had good friends like Willow, Xander and Faith to keep an eye on and look out for her.

"I'll be fine. I have Faith" she told him firmly as he released her from the hug "I'll see you tonight daddy" she added, reaching up on her the tip of her toes to plant a quick kiss on his cheek. And with that, the two girls bid Giles farewell and headed out the front door. The sky outside was clear and blue, just as fine and sunny as the weather report had stated. Buffy grinned as she hurried over to jet black, top less car parked in the drive way of the large house next door.

"God I wish I had a car like yours Faith" she muttered, running her hand over is slick, smooth exterior in awe. The brunette laughed, pulling keys out of her pocket and jumping in the drivers seat with a shrug. She'd had the car two weeks now and every time the other girls saw it she went weak at the knee's. Only, Faith wished that the blonde would go weak at the knee's for another reason, not some stupid car.

"Yea well, another present from Daddy" she retorted as she started up the engine "you getting in or what Blondie?". Buffy rolled her eyes and walked round to the other side of the car to get in, loving the feel of leather beneath her. As the pulled out onto the road the blonde sighed, relaxing back into the comfortable seat with a smile.

"I wish my father was the Mayor of Sunnydale!".

XxXxX

"Happy birthday, for tomorrow!" Xander greeted Buffy as the two girls as the entered the small restaurant. The both smiled warmly as they followed him over to a table in the corner where Oz and Willow waited. The red head waved at them even as they reached the table, her excitement bubbling over as they sat down.

"Happy birthday Buff. And just cos it's your birthday day, I forgive you for being late" Willow smiled at her friend as the waitress walked over with the cake, candles already alight as she placed it on the table in front of the blonde. Buffy blushed, looking round at them all and smiling. She really did have the best friends ever. After she'd finally gotten over the mushy moment, she took the knife and made the first cut in the cake.

"Oh, you pulled it out dirty. Now you've got to tell us who you like, or is it kiss the nearest person?..." Xander trailed off in though. Buffy laughed, shaking her head at him before turning and planting a quick kiss upon the girl beside her's lips. The brunette blushed, looking intently at the cake as the blonde continued to cut it, passing out each slice. After minutes of silence filled only the painfully quiet sound of chewing, Oz spoke.

"Vanilla, my favourite" he nodded in approval as he finished the last of his cake and scrunched his napkin up into a small ball. The others smiled and nodded, finishing off the last of their cake. Faith sighed, burping and putting up her feet comfortably. Buffy laughed at her best friend, nudging the other girl lightly.

"Yea, I'm the animal" she said, eyeing the way the brunette was slouching down lazily. Faith looked back up at her, both eye brows raised as she sat back up a little.

"And exactly how much cake did you have missy?" she asked, making the blonde blush furiously, not answering the other girls question. Willow giggled as she watched the two of them. Faith and Buffy where the kind of friends that you always wished you where a part of. The kind of friends that you'd watch and you couldn't help but just smile. They where the cutest couple and they didn't even realize it.

"It was really good cake… and as it was my birthday, I felt obliged to eat a lot of it" Buffy argued back huffily, though a small smile was tugging at her lips. Faith laughed and shook her head in disbelief, looking the blonde in the eyes as she replied.

"Well how come I've seen you eat that much cake or more when it aint your birthday too? And that time we ordered three pizza's, and I wasn't that hungry so…" Faith never finished her story as Buffy's hand covered her mouth, the blonde blushing deep red. The brunette grinned, though her smile was hidden behind the other girls hand. A second later though, Buffy let out a small squeal and snatched her hand away again.

"Ewww, Faith. You licked me!" she scrunched up her face in mock disgust, wiping her hand down Faith's sleeve to get rid of the saliva. Xander smiled at the two of them, before deciding it was probably time to break it up, before they started really fighting.

"Okay, present time". Buffy immediately stopped and looked up, grinning broadly.

"Gimmie" she commanded with out stretched arms. Her friends laughed, shaking their heads a her child like actions. Xander went first, passing down his present. He fiddled nervously as she unwrapped it. He wished he had more money, to get her something nicer. The blonde quickly tore through the wrapping paper to reach her gift, pulling out a stuffed toy pig with a soft pink bow atop her head. Xander looked down at his feet.

"I just thought, Mr Gordo might want a Misses" he muttered shyly. Buffy's smile grew till it was stretched from ear to ear as she hugged the toy and then leant over Faith to hug Xander as well.

"Oh, Xander I love it!!" she exclaimed, squeezing her toy happily. The next present was from Willow. The blonde smiled as she carefully unwrapped it, knowing the red head hated it when people just ripped wrapping paper so it could never be reused again. Finally she finished unwrapping it, carefully peeling off the last pieces of tape to peel back the paper and reveal her present. The moment she saw it she smiled, that was so Willow. Two picture books, very cute, and Willow totally making a statement about Buffy's intellect. She picked them up, giggling, before she saw the present underneath them. The shirt she'd seen at the mall the other day and said she'd wanted but couldn't afford.

"Awww… thanks Will" she smiled, leaning over the table to hug the red head "okay, hand in over Oz" she grinned as she sat back down. He nodded, almost smiling for a second as he passed it over to her. When they'd first met, when him and Willow had first started going out, he'd promised her a good musical education. She unwrapped the present, already knowing what it was, but was excited none the less. With a grin she pulled out four CD's holding them up triumphantly be fore leaning over to hive five Oz.

"You're the man" Buffy giggled, looking through them happily. She collected all her presents up happily, carefully placing them all into her bag before looking back up and smiling. "Okay, ice cream time!". Willow and Xander exchanged a confused look before turning back to her.

"What about Faith's present?" they both asked in unison. The blonde smiled, looking over to the brunette sitting next to her.

"Oh, she'll be getting my present later" the brunette stated in her most suggestive tone, wiggling her eye brows at the girl beside her and smirking. Buffy laughed, hitting her friend playfully as she looked over the dessert menu and shook her head. Willow giggled and scooted closer to Oz to share her menu with him. 'When will those to finally just get together' she wondered in amusement.

A/N: So I wrote this to try and clear my writers block. I mean, not just the first chapter, the whole story. I will post the next chapter tomorrow and the last chapter the day after. Only three chapters long sorry. - Short and sweet I always say.

Or at least it should be, unless between now and then I go mad and decide to add a giant bit in between the second and third chapters. :) Dont worry, its not likely. I hope. Okay, this last two lines I just wrote should probably be ignored. me babbling, never a good thing. I always come of really weird and possibly a little crazy XT

xoxo Hope you liked it.