Part Twelve
Faith stepped outside the back of the Bronze and looked for Lindsey, “If you even think about scaring me or anything I guarantee that you’ll be missing two very important things.”
Lindsey laughed and pushed off the wall, “I wouldn’t even think about because as sad as it sounds you could probably take me down.”
“Damn right I could baby,” Faith jumped to Lindsey’s back, “What’s my present?”
Lindsey smiled, “Come on, I’ll show you.”
He walked to his car, which was parked slightly down the alley, and leaned against the passenger side to let Faith slide in. He walked around to the driver’s side, got in, and started up his black 1966 Pontiac GTO. Lindsey backed out of the alley and headed south out of town towards the mini-golf course and go-kart track.
“Do we get to go racing cause I’ll totally run you into the ground.”
“Sorry babe, you’re just going to have to wait on that one. The place we’re headed to is about another ten minutes away,” explained Lindsey.
Faith sat back in the leather seat and turned on the radio, blasting SHeDAISY’s ‘Passenger Seat’. She bobbed her head along to the beat and sang just under her breath. Lindsey smiled at the amazing picture Faith made in his own passenger seat with her head back and her hair blowing all over the place.
Faith smiled when she felt Lindsey’s eyes looking her over, “Keep your eyes on the road cowboy.”
Lindsey pulled over into the parking lot, “I will when we’re driving but if you would open your eyes you’d see we are at the store.”
Faith sat up in her seat and looked around. They were sitting in the parking lot of a store called ‘Spiegler’s Gifts and Tokens’. The little store was made of bricks and had a green door.
Faith and Lindsey walked slowly up to the place. “Ya know this is kinda weird. I mean who has a gift store about an hour outside of Sunnydale. Does anybody really stop to shop here?”
Lindsey held open the door, “I don’t actually know, but this is where I intend to get your present so shut up and get in there.”
Faith laughed and walked in the store. She stopped short though when she saw all the shelves lined with beautiful glass boxes, jeweled necklaces, mini jade Buddhas, pewter crosses, diamond rings, and many other pieces of works of art. A small laugh came from Faith’s right and Faith looked over in surprise at a tall woman with red hair and sparkling blue eyes since she didn’t hear anyone enter the shop.
“I can always appreciate the look on a person’s face when they walk in here. Welcome, my name is Gwen Spiegler and you must be Faith.”
Faith smiled, “Yes, nice to meet you.”
“Yes, it’s nice to meet you too. Lindsey, dear, you look wonderful and it seems that you’ve gotten taller.”
“Yeah, a bit, thanks Gwen. We’re here to pick up the gift I ordered.”
Gwen nodded and headed around the counter, “I should hope so otherwise it might just sit here,” she reached under the counter and pulled out a package that was about a foot in length, “Here you are dear. I hope that it is the right size for your hand.”
Faith looked suspiciously at Gwen and then at Lindsey, “What did you buy me?”
Lindsey smiled and tweaked an eyebrow, “I’m not telling you and neither is Gwen so you’re just going to have to open it.”
Faith nodded and slowly unwrapped the brown wrapping somewhat scared to see what was inside.
“Oh. My. God,” Faith pulled out a hunting knife that felt as deadly as it looked. It had a fitted brown handle and a shining blade. At the bottom of the handle, on both sides, was implanted a diamond stud with her name engraved underneath it, “Lindsey, it’s … um… it’s beautiful.”
Lindsey stepped up behind Faith and kissed the back of her neck, “I’m glad you like it.”
Faith nodded, still somewhat overwhelmed by everything, and let Gwen take the knife out of her hand, rewrap it, and put it into a bag. She handed it back to Faith.
“I hope that you will come to visit me again and bring your friends. It’ll be nice to see Willow again, such a sweet child. Now you both have a wonderful night,” Gwen nodded to both of them and headed through a purple curtain on the back wall.
Lindsey led Faith outside and into the car. Lindsey kept looking over at Faith the whole way back to the Bronze. Even when he pulled back into the parking lot she still had not said a word. Lindsey turned the car off, got out, walked around to Faith’s door and opened it for her. Lindsey gently pulled Faith out of the car and led her back into the Bronze where everyone was still partying the night away. Lindsey nodded at Angel who was dancing with Buffy to indicate that everything had gone well. Angel nodded back as Lindsey and Faith started dancing.
“Are you going to start talking to me again?”
Faith sighed and lifted her head off of his shoulder, “I don’t know what to say and that’s not normal. I always have some kind of retort or sarcastic remark, but this time I don’t know what I’m even doing. I mean, all I’ve ever had that is constant in my life is Buffy and then mom and dad and now I have everyone here and you. I just don’t know how to react to all of this.”
“All of this?”
“Yeah, all of this. Actually having people who care about me and who actually worry about me if I don’t complain about something Cordelia didn’t do or something she did.”
Lindsey chuckled, “If we didn’t worry about you that don’t mean that Buffy, Jenny, or Rupert would stop worrying. You got the worst of it babe, you have a twin sister that can basically read everything that crosses your face in a heartbeat,” Lindsey looked Faith in the face, “You’re screwed for life.”
Faith laughed and shrugged her shoulders, “Yeah, dammit. Oh well, I guess I wouldn’t have it any other way.”
Faith grabbed Lindsey around the neck and pulled him down for a heart stopping kiss.
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