Hi everyone! Thanx for all the reviews! This is my most successful story.  I'm glad you all like it.  I'm trying to make the chapters longer and more detailed. It just looks like so much more than it actually is on Word.  Anyways, here it is…

Chapter Nine~ Good-bye, For a Week At Least

Buffy, Xander, Willow, Tara and Spike spent that night at the Hyperion. They were going to leave in the morning and take Dawn back to Sunnydale for the wedding, even though it was a week away.  Cordelia, Angel, Connor, Fred, Gunn and Wesley were coming to Sunnydale in a week for Xander and Anya's wedding. 

Buffy walked down the stairs to see Angel reading the paper behind the counter.  It was still really early or for Angel really late, so they were the only one's that were up. 

"Hey", Buffy said.

"Oh hey. Sleep well?"

"Like a rock", Buffy said. She sat down on a soft chair in the lobby.  Looking around.  She had actually slept very well on the account that Dawn was still freaking out from the events of last night. I guess that could be expected after all she was kidnapped by evil lawyers.  Buffy still didn't get that whole evil law firm thing.  But as soon as Dawn had calmed down and said good night to Buffy she had gone to see Connor and then went to sleep.  Connor, there was obviously going on there and Buffy knew it.  They weren't in love…yet. But, they were definitely close to it. Buffy still didn't know if that was a good thing or a bad thing.

"Coffee?" Angel asked.

"Yes, thank God", Buffy said taking the coffee gratefully.  There was a moment of silence between the two of them and then Buffy said, "Angel, I'm sorry I was so hard on you last night.  I mean, I shouldn't have yelled."

"You're not the only one. I owe you an apology too, I guess I got a little out of control."

"We both did and we really upset Dawn and that's even worse." Buffy said slowly sipping her black coffee.

"And I should have told you about Connor. I should explain…"

"No, Angel. You don't need to explain.  And I should've told you why Spike was here."

"No, you don't have to explain anything Buffy." Angel said. 

Buffy smiled and said, "So, what do think about Connor and Dawn?"

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Dawn yawned and looked at the clock by her bed. In bright red letter it said 10:30.  Sunlight poured through her window. She had no idea she'd slept that late.  She got out of bed and got in the shower and got dressed. She put on a pair of flare jeans, a black tank top and her gray zip-up sweater.  She put her hair in a ponytail and packed a few essential things for her trip back to Sunnydale. She left most of her stuff because after the wedding she was coming back to L.A. for the rest of the summer.

She grabbed her small bag and walked over to Connor's room before going downstairs.  She opened the door. He was still sleeping she thought and then he opened his eyes. 

"Oh, did I wake you?" She whispered.

"No, sweetie I was getting up anyways." Connor said sitting up.

"Well I'm leaving soon and I wanted to say good-bye."

"Don't leave yet. I'll be down in a few minutes." Connor said.

"Okay", Dawn said closing the door.

She walked downstairs to find Buffy and Angel and Cordelia talking. Together. Without fighting. Huge shock.  She looked around and saw Willow, Tara and Xander sitting on the couch sipping some coffee and Fred and Gunn cuddling in a chair and Wesley was reading the paper.  Spike was smoking a cigarette, standing by the door. He wanted to leave, no doubt.

"Hey guys!" Dawn said.

"Dawnie!" Buffy said. "You ready to go?"

"In just a minute, Connor wanted to come down and say good-bye."

"Okay, we can wait", Buffy said slouching back in the chair.

"Well Dawnie", Cordy started, "We will see you in a week." She said giving her a hug. "When you get back we can do all the things we haven't done yet. Go to the beach, and go see the Hollywood sign like I promised, k?"

"Okay", Dawn said returning the hug. 

"Take care kid", Angel said giving her a hug as well.  Dawn continued to hug everyone good-bye and then Connor came downstairs.

"Why don't you guys go in the office?" Cordelia suggested. "Have some privacy."

Dawn and Connor went into the office and stood there for a few minutes.  "Well, I guess I'll see you soon." Dawn said.

"Very soon", Connor added, "A week isn't that long."

"No, I guess it's not." Dawn said.

Connor leaned in and gave Dawn a kiss.  "I'll see ya okay."

"Okay", Dawn said giving him a hug and another kiss.  They exited the office and went back out into the lobby.

"You ready to go Dawnie?" Willow asked.

"Yep. Let's go", Dawn looked around. "You guys, don't look so somber, I'll see you all in a week at the wedding."

"Okay", they all said cheerily and smiled and continued about their day as Dawn headed back to Sunnydale.

What'd ya think? I thought I added a little more detail so it wasn't really all dialogue. Did you think so?