Dawn woke up feeling groggy and noticed a slight pain on her forehead. She looked around and realized she was in a hospital. She tried moving but felt a hand press her down onto the pillow. Looking up she realized it was Connor. "Hi," she said hoarsely. "Well, nice of you to join us, beautiful." he said the last of the statement hesitantly, as if unsure of how she would react. She smiled at him and he realized it was the right thing to do. "Where's Buffy?" Dawn asked. "She went to take care of something and to call Willow and the rest of the…" He left off trying to think of the word she had used to describe her friends, "Scoobies," Dawn said trying not to laugh at the look on Connor's face. "Yeah, Scoobies."

"Will you stay with me then?" she asked, hating hospitals with the same passion Buffy did. "Yeah, sure, what can I do?" he asked. "Will you just hold my hand," Dawn asked feeling like a child but knowing it would be comforting. "I think I can do that," he got a chair from the corner of the room and pulled it towards the bed, sitting in it he took her hand and caressed the top of it with his fingers. Dawn lay back and before she knew it, fell back asleep.

Buffy walked into the hospital room to find Connor holding Dawn's hand with his head on the side of her bed sleeping. Angel walked in behind her and smiled at the scene before them. He took Buffy's arm and led her to the other bed in the room. "You need some sleep," he stated, "I'll stay up and watch Dawn, I'm sure Connor will be more then willing to help me… when he wakes up." Angel then went to the other chair in the room, sitting and stretching his long legs out. He grabbed the closest magazine getting ready to entertain himself during the long day that awaited them all.

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I just want to let my readers know that I do like Angel but I want Spike and Buffy to get together, so in this story, Angel will be present but in a good way. He's a nice guy. So sorry but no Angel Bashing.