That night Dawn and the rest of the team sat down to do some MAJOR research on some kind of demon. Gunn suggested he and Angel just go find it and kill it, but Wesley managed to stop them because he wanted to know what they were fighting first. You know, before they threw themselves at a demon they hadn't encountered before.
Dawn had made several characterizations of all the people at Angel Investigations during her stay so far.
Angel: Brooding a lot. But that wasn't anything new. Yet, he seemed a lot more upbeat here in Los Angeles with friends then he ever did in Sunnydale with Buffy. He smiled more and wasn't always Mr. Dark and Mysterious. He seemed really comfortable around Cordelia though. Dawn just knew there was something going on between them. The way they acted around each other seemed like way more than just friendship. Even though every time Dawn even mentioned something to Angel about him and Cordelia being more than just friends and co-workers, he either changed the subject or decided to go on patrol. Dawn decided she'd just have to ask him during the day so then patrolling was out.
Cordelia: Super cool. Will take you shopping. Totally has feelings for Angel. Although she denies it as well. Cordelia also gets these visions, that Dawn found to be very interesting. Sometimes she even floats. Dawn didn't know that Cordelia could float. Buffy had always described Cordelia as the mean, horrible, Ice Queen of Sunnydale. But, Cordelia was nothing like that. Maybe she'd always been cool and nice and Buffy and just said those things because of her own reasons or maybe working with Angel had changed Cordelia. Anyways, Dawn was happy to learn that Cordelia was in no way mean or horrible.
Wesley: Freakishly similar to Giles. Never wants to jump right into things, has to always plan things out and figure out everything little detail before anyone does anything. Like with this new demon they were researching, they knew enough about it to go find it and be able to kill it. But Wesley insisted that we learn everything about it before we make a move.
Gunn: Very tough and a little bit intimidating, but Dawn had gotten comfortable around him. I guess when you used to be a vampire hunter you toughen up a bit. He was very spur-of-the-moment and the exact opposite of Wesley. Nevertheless the two seemed to be civil. What really convinced Dawn that Gunn was not so intimidating was the way he was around Fred. He was always so sweet and nice to her. Constantly making sure she was okay. And Dawn liked that.
Fred: Fred is a little bit shy. The first day that Dawn had arrived in Sunnydale, Fred didn't say much at all, but by the middle of the week the two had been chatting like they had been friends forever. And she would talk and talk and well, talk. A lot. She's worse than Cordelia with the talking!
Connor: Too much to say about Connor. Nice. Sweet. Cute. Interesting. Kind. Considerate. Cute. Likes Dawn. Good person. Cute. That about summed it up in Dawn's opinion.
"Wes! We have enough info. We can go kill it now!" Gunn said impatiently.
"Charles, I insist that you…"
"No, you're done insisting. We know where to find it, we know what it is, and we KNOW what to kill it with! What else do we need to know?" Gunn shouted.
"He's right Wes, we've got enough information", Angel said.
"Alright, fine. But if you get an arm cut off or even a leg, don't come running to me. Of course without a leg you couldn't run."
Angel and Gunn grabbed some weapons and headed off before Wesley could say anymore.
"Well, now that that's all over, I'm going home, to get my beauty rest", Cordelia said. "I'll see you all tomorrow."
After Cordelia had left and Wesley retreated into more books, Dawn and Connor decided to go for a walk. They ended up sitting at a table in a Coffee house a couple of blocks from the hotel.
"So, Dawn, my Dad tells me that you're the slayer's little sister." Connor said.
"Yeah", Dawn said.
"What's it like? I mean having the slayer for a sister."
"It didn't used to be as weird having Buffy as a sister. It didn't used to be hard. You know, she'd go out to patrol, come back at dawn and that was that. It wasn't weird or hard because when she went out I wasn't alone. My mom was there. A lot of times I wish my mom would come back so I wouldn't be alone every time Buffy goes out all night and doesn't come back until the next morning. Of course there's Willow and Tara, but it's not the same. Having mom around was different, and when she died it was like nothing was every going to be easy again."
Connor looked at Dawn, he had no idea she had felt this way. "What about your dad?"
Dawn laughed. "Please, My dad doesn't give a crap about me or Buffy. You know he didn't even come to my Mom's funeral. No, he was off somewhere in Europe or Australia. I haven't seen him in over 3 years, and I can't say I even want to. A couple months ago when it was my 16th birthday, he sent me card and that was it. I get one card a year and that's it. Nothing else, not a phone call or letter or visit, nothing."
There was silence between them.
"Connor, don't feel sorry for me or anything, I'm fine. I've gotten over it all." Dawn said.
Connor just smiled and took Dawn's hand. That was when he leaned across the table and kissed her for the very first time.
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