The Black Rose

Chapter 4

Faith signed over the deeds that evening but held off handing them over to Buffy for a while. She stared at the pile of papers on her desk, smiling to herself, her decision to wait to give Buffy the deeds had worked how she had hoped.

The blonde rang her constantly since she agreed on the sale of the house, not always to discuss the sale. Buffy had been inquisitive about the local area and where the best places to hang out were. Faith had made time in her schedule to meet with them for coffee and took them both out to local restaurants, introducing them to the more sophisticated side of Sunnydale. Even arranging for Alex to start work with the company when she finished her work on the house. The phone ringing jerked her back to reality. “Yeah?”

“I have a Miss Summers on the line shall I put her through?”

“Yes Gloria thank you.” The phone clicked as the call connected “Buffy.”

“Hi.”

“I was just about to call you, I have the deeds to your house right here in front of me, all finalised.”

“I guess we’ll have to make it a double celebration then?”

“Sorry?”

“I was actually calling to tell you we’ve finished the house and well we wanted to know if you would like to join us for dinner tonight?”

“Erm I dunno…”

“Please. You’ve done so much for us since we got here, it’s our way of saying thanks. You can bring someone with you if you don’t wanna be third wheel.”

“Ok. What time?”

“Eight would be great, and don’t worry I’m not cooking. Alex insisted she’s cooking so least it’ll be a good meal.” Buffy chuckled

“I’ll bring the wine.”

“Great. See you later then.”

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Buffy greeted her guests out on the porch, she dressed in a light cotton shirt and tight fitting brown trousers “Hi. Alex is still busy whipping up the grub, so how bout I give you a tour. Show you what we’ve done with the place since you were last here.” Buffy eyes flickered over Faith’s attire, the fitted leather pants and tight white vest moulding themselves to her athletic frame.