A/N~ I am so sorry it has taken such a long time to get this chapter up. But I've been having a real writers block on this story. I think that I'm going to wrap this story up in probably this chapter. So I hope you like it!

Chapter 12~ Forgiving

Dawn Summers lie back in her bed as she thought about what had happened that day. Her fight with Connor had been really bad. How could he ever forgive her for saying those things to him? On the one hand Dawn was completely correct in all her assumptions that Connor just didn't get it. But, on the other hand she had been a little harsh.

She sat up in her bed and got dressed. She grabbed her jacket and climbed out the window of her second story bedroom, using the roof to get to the ground. She'd grabbed some stakes before she left, just incase she ran into any badies.

She walked a little bit to the hotel that Connor and everyone from L.A. was staying in. She walked up to Connor's room. She knocked lightly on the door. She heard a rustling from within the room before someone opened the door.

Connor stood there in front of Dawn. "What do you want?" He said.

"Can we talk?" Dawn said.

"Sure", Connor said stepping out of the door and into the hall where Dawn was.

"I'm sorry", Dawn began, "For the stuff I said tonight."

Connor remained silent.

Dawn cleared her throat. "It was wrong of me to say those things and I…"

"Dawn", Connor began, "I owe you an apology too. You're not a child. You're 16, and you deserve to be treated like you are."

"Thanks", Dawn said. "So do you wanna hug now or something?"

"I'm cool with that." They two embraced. Their faces were only inches apart when Connor leaned in and kissed her right on the lips.

After the kiss was over Dawn said, "Connor, I've uh decided to stay in Sunnydale for the rest of the summer."

"But, I thought…"

"I know, but I think Buffy needs me here you know?" Dawn said. "Sorta the family comes first thing."

"I gotcha", he said. "But I'm gonna miss you."

"I'll miss you too", she said hugging him.

"And you'll keep in touch?" He said.

"Of course", Dawn said. "I love you", she whispered.

Connor was shocked at what he'd heard.

"That's the first time I've ever said that to someone other than family", Dawn added on embarrassed.

"I love you too", Connor said.

"What?"

"I said I love you", he repeated.

Dawn smiled and gave him a spur of the moment kiss.

"Dawn?"

"Yeah?"

"Where'd you get that necklace?"

The next day…

"Oh Dawnie!" Cordelia said hugging Dawn. "I'm gonna miss you."

"I'll miss you too Cordy", Dawn said.

"I'll have your stuff sent from L.A. right away", Cordelia said.

Gunn, Fred and Wesley all said their good-byes and hugged Dawn.

"Dawn. I'm gonna miss not having you around", Angel said.

"Thank you", Dawn whispered.

"For what?" Angel said.

"Everything. Taking me in, teaching me things, all of it."

"You're very welcome", he said pulling Dawn into a hug.

Dawn then came to Connor.

"I love you", He said.

"I love you too", said Dawn. The two kissed before saying good-bye. Who knows when they would meet again.

And that was it. Angel, Cordelia, Fred, Gunn, Wesley and Connor were on their way back to Los Angeles.

And everything turned out all right, thought Dawn.

THE END!

A/N~ WOW! Finally the end of this story!  I really hope you liked it. I'm probably going to do a sequel that takes place when Dawn is in college. I know the ending was a little short, but I had to end this story somehow. So, hope you liked it and please review! Constructive criticism, always welcome :)