Faye: The Therapy Sessions *Chapter 11*

[Red Ninja]

Chapter 11 - In Other Words -

It was one of those kind of mornings that I didn't even want to get out of bed, hell I didn't even want to open my eyes. But unfortunately I had to, I had to see him off. My eyes flittered open to see to mismatched brown eyes staring down at me. I sat up with a start and I slammed foreheads with Spike.

"Good morning to you too Faye."

I rubbed my forehead, glanced over at his standing figure. He was wearing a pink apron of Jet's and holding a bowl of batter. He was furiously rubbing his head as well.

"Damn that hurt Faye"

"You shouldn't hover over people's beds like some angel of death."

"So I'm an angel of death am I?"

"Yes, the worst kind of angel."

"As opposed to what other kinds of angels?"

"Good angels, ya know, with the harps dressed all in white"

"Oh, well I'd much rather be an angel of death. I hate harps....and white"

He laughed at his own wittiness, then leaned down and kissed me on the cheek.

"You can be the angel that plays the harp."

"I don't want a harp!"

"Sorry, you're stuck with it. Now get yer ass outta bed missy and help me with this stuff."

"Alright Alright"

He turned and walked out of the room, mumbling

"I thought this was suppose to be your job anyway."

"I'm coming okay! Hold your horses cowboy!"

I joined him a few minutes later, still in my pajamas. I had decided to brush my teeth in case...well in case. I entered the kitchen just in time to see him flip the entire bowl of batter on to his pants.

"For Christ sakes!"

He turned around to see me with the biggest grin on my face.

"Don't you say a word"

"I...hehe...wouldn't dream...hehe....of it Spike."

And with that I burst out laughing. He looked slightly pissed off then looked down to further examine the mess on his pants. Within a few seconds I was on the floor laughing so hard I was crying. Jet then decided to make an appearance in the kitchen.

"What the hell is so.....oh my God......"

Jet started sniggering, which turned into a full laugh within seconds.

"Thanks for the support Jet."

"No problem, God Spike you really are a dumbass"

"A what!?!"

"Now don't be so hard on him Jet, he's not a dumbass just a klutz"

"I suppose you're right on that one"

We continued making cracks at Spike's expense until he abruptly turned towards the counter. He made this girly 'Huff' noise, the kind little girls use when they're upset because the boys keep teasing her.

"Aww don't be that way Spike"

I walked over still slightly chuckling and wrapped my arms around him from the
back. I gave him a light kiss on the cheek as well.

"I'm sorry little girl I didn't mean to hurt your feelings"

"Little touchy this morning eh Spike?"

I rested my head on his chin and whispered in his ear.

"Aww don't be this way little girl...."

And with that I got a face full of batter and it was Spike's turn to laugh at me.
After our meager breakfast of cereal, I hit the shower to get all of the remaining batter out of my hair.

I was putting my make-up and I heard someone enter the dock. My head was screaming 'No....not yet, not yet!' I ran from the bathroom, only to run into Spike carrying his bags."

"Spike...."

"Faye...."

We looked at each other, not sure what to say. Not sure what the appropriate thing was to say. On any normal day he would have made a crack about it being the second time I'd ran into him today. But today wasn't a normal day, therefore jokes just didn't seem right. Jet finally broke the silence between the two of us.

"Spike your..um 'guest' is here."

We both started to walk slowly down the corridor of the ship into the living room. He hesitantly reached out and took my hand in his. And somehow that spoke the thousands of words between us that we couldn't say. We entered the living area to see her there, I couldn't help but notice what a beautiful woman she really was. Any man would find her absolutely breathtaking. It upset me to know that out of all the men in the universe to cling to she had to choose mine.

"About time, let's go Spike."

She was a lot calmer today, like the first time I met her. Calm, cool, and collected the perfect match for Spike.

"Sorry, rough morning."

Jet and I couldn't help but snigger at the reference to the batter incident.

"Well Jet, I'll be seein' ya"

With that Spike reached out and shook Jet's hand.

"Leave my room open, k?"

"Wouldn't dream of giving it away. Though I might clean it, it reeks in there."

"Better you than me."

He turned with those brown eyes of his a gazed at me. He walked over, took both my hands in his, and kissed lightly kissed cheek then my lips. He leaned over to whisper in my ear. But surprised me and sang in a low, husky voice that was barely above a whisper.

"Goodnight moonlight ladies
Rock-a-bye sweet baby James
Deep greens and blues are the colors I'd choose
Won't you let me go down in my dreams
and rock-a-bye sweet baby James"

He pulled back and walked up the stairs to the docks. He gave the both of us one last grin and closed the door. Jet and I stood in total silence as we listened to the cruisers leave the ship. Jet patted me on the shoulder, he looked at me with glossy eyes searching for words. He looked for anything he could say that would help me make sense of all of this, I didn't know why he felt the need to do that. I wasn't crying, maybe it was some kind of instinct, or just flat out common sense.

"He'll be back"

Jet kept walking and continued on into his room. I sat there looking for answers. I touched my cheek where he had kissed me only to feel a stream of wetness. 'I am crying.'

"And rock-a-bye sweet baby James"

[TigerQueen]

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!! want MORE!!! Want Spike BACK!!! NOW, DAMMIT!!!!

Of course, I could always hunt you down on fanfiction.net...but this gives me an excuse to write my English paper so I will be patient... ...patient... ...THIS IS TQ BEING PATIENT...

*sigh* how I adore Spike/Faye fics. If I were an anime character, I'd love to be Faye. I WOULDN'T be Faye...but she's sure got guts. It's such a pity that Cowboy Bebop leaves her sort of...untied? Oi.

I also kind of like the way you make Julia a bitch. She's just so...mwa...nothing-y in the anime. Sure, she's pretty, but...she has no spunk. OK, maybe SOME spunk...but not Spike spunk. And Spike's death is so empty. I can't stand the way it insinuates that his soul died the first time. :x People should always be able to move on.

Anyway, great job!!! -- TQ