"She drove him crazy?" Conner said the corners of his mouth turning up into
a sly smile. A million thoughts were running through his mind and it was
written all over his face. Dawn was too busy with her own millions of
different thoughts to notice. Unlike his father Conner had yet to perfect
his blank face look.
"Completely!" Dawn said gesturing widely and just narrowly missing knocking a pile of books off her desk. She didn't look at Conner she simply stared off into the space in front of her. Still trying to figure out what had happened, how could the world be that twisted? "Cordelia was totally lusty for Angel making all sorts of icky comments. Angel never wanted to be around her. Especially not alone with him, not even for a second. She wigged him out, he didn't like her."
Conner wasn't really listening to Dawn's rant, he was still focused on what she said before. "How?" he asked seemingly out of thin air.
"How what?" Dawn asked only vaguely aware of Conner's question. She had dozens of her own that she was afraid to ask.
"How did she drive him crazy? How did she bug him?" Conner asked back to the face of a broody teenage boy.
"Why?" Dawn asked looking up. Suddenly she was very interested in what Conner had to say.
"I'm curious. I came here to learn more about Angel. Buffy too, who's supposed to be his true love. Isn't she?" Conner asked looking up at Dawn.
"I always thought so. I know they did too at one point." Dawn said sitting down close to Conner. She could feel the heat from his body. Dawn took a shallow breath. "So about the Cordy driving Angel crazy thing. What is it you're curious about?"
"Maybe we can change things." Conner said quietly, not looking at Dawn anymore. "We could make things they way they're supposed to be." His face gave away nothing.
"You really think so?" Dawn asked smiling slightly. Conner looked at her and couldn't help but smile back. She really was pretty but he had other things on his mind.
"Maybe." Conner said, not sounding quite as sure as he did a minute ago. "We're not really normal teenagers. We know things and been places most people don't even know exist. The two of us together can do a lot."
"Yeah." Dawn smiled in agreement. Together sounded nice to her. "The two of us supernatural freaks should be able to figure out something."
Conner smiled back, a genuine smile which was rare for him. He was getting used to Dawn's joking manner, he felt at ease with her. Something he didn't feel with anyone else most of the time. "At least we're freaks together. We're not alone."
"Not anymore." Dawn said out loud. She blushed slightly and looked down. "So how do we get Buffy and Angel together again?" Dawn questioned, back to being serious. As a member of the Scooby gang she was used to switching gears from joking to seriousness in nanoseconds
"Not sure yet." Conner admitted. "I need to know more. You've been around them, you know more then I do."
"Yeah but most of it is from reading Buffy's diary or overhearing conversations. She didn't exactly let me into the supernatural stuff in the beginning. What is it you want to know? More about Buffy and Angel?" Dawn asked.
"Tell me what she did that drove Angel crazy." Conner said getting serious as well. His face was once again a mask. Dawn silently wished that he'd take his mask off more often, underneath it he was beautiful. Conner never noticed that Dawn was gazing at him.
"Well she'd try anything to get his attention. That's what she wanted from everyone, attention." She looked at Conner, he was certainly paying attention to her. She was momentarily distracted.
"What did she do?" Conner asked pressing her for more information.
Dawn blushed before continuing, "She'd trick him into giving her rides. I think maybe she just wanted to make Buffy jealous. Angel was really good looking though. Well I guess he still is since he never changes." Conner was staring at her. Dawn blinked and went on. "Cordelia was always making fun of Buffy and everyone else. All she cared about was looking good and Angel never even noticed those things. Cordy made totally obvious passes at Angel but he never even noticed. Oh! This one time on Halloween there was this costume shop. Everyone went there and bought costumes, but they were magick and they all turned into their costumes. Everyone except Cordy and me she was in this weird cat outfit, way skanky. I was a princess, wore the same costume as the year before so I was fine. Angel came and helped out and then when the spell on the costumes ended everyone remembered what happened. Xander said it was like he was there but couldn't get out. Cordelia cozied up to Angel and said that she knew what it felt like her outfit was skin tight." Dawn rolled her eyes. "Then Angel ignored her and talked to Buffy. Cordelia was so mad. 'Hello?! It felt like I was talking, my lips were moving..'" Dawn said imitating Cordelia's whine.
"She was really like that?" Conner asked, less surprised by Cordy's bitchy side then he thought.
"Yup oh I haven't gotten to the best part yet. Xander told Cordy to give up on Angel, you can't get between him and Buffy. I still think it's true. If one of them wanted to start it up again the other one would drop whoever they were with." Dawn told Conner.
"Then that's it all we have to do to get them back together. Get Buffy to want Angel again."
"Oh she wants him. But there's no way to get her to admit it or do anything about it. It's easier said then done. Wait, I think I have an idea. You could tell her Angel's been thinking about her and sent you to check up on her." Dawn said looking to Conner's face to see if he liked her plan.
"You're better at this then I am." Conner said and Dawn beamed at the praise. "When does Buffy come home?" he asked.
Dawn looked at the clock on her nightstand. "She's been coming home early lately. Should be just another two hours, maybe more. Could be less. It's never the same time."
"That gives us time to go over our plans." Conner said.
"We're partners in crime." Dawn grinned.
"Partners." Conner said sticking out his hand to Dawn as a way of sealing their agreement.
"Partners." Dawn said quietly slipping her hand into Conners. Her entire arm tingled, sparks shooting up from her hand. Her heart pounded and she was sure Conner could hear it. She stared at him and he stared back, their hands still clasped together. For a moment neither one moved. Then Conner looked away and the spell was broken. Each retracted their hand. Dawn was excited and Conner was confused but they had a lot to prepare for. "I could tell you more stories if you want."
Conner nodded, "I'm learning more then I ever thought from you."
"Completely!" Dawn said gesturing widely and just narrowly missing knocking a pile of books off her desk. She didn't look at Conner she simply stared off into the space in front of her. Still trying to figure out what had happened, how could the world be that twisted? "Cordelia was totally lusty for Angel making all sorts of icky comments. Angel never wanted to be around her. Especially not alone with him, not even for a second. She wigged him out, he didn't like her."
Conner wasn't really listening to Dawn's rant, he was still focused on what she said before. "How?" he asked seemingly out of thin air.
"How what?" Dawn asked only vaguely aware of Conner's question. She had dozens of her own that she was afraid to ask.
"How did she drive him crazy? How did she bug him?" Conner asked back to the face of a broody teenage boy.
"Why?" Dawn asked looking up. Suddenly she was very interested in what Conner had to say.
"I'm curious. I came here to learn more about Angel. Buffy too, who's supposed to be his true love. Isn't she?" Conner asked looking up at Dawn.
"I always thought so. I know they did too at one point." Dawn said sitting down close to Conner. She could feel the heat from his body. Dawn took a shallow breath. "So about the Cordy driving Angel crazy thing. What is it you're curious about?"
"Maybe we can change things." Conner said quietly, not looking at Dawn anymore. "We could make things they way they're supposed to be." His face gave away nothing.
"You really think so?" Dawn asked smiling slightly. Conner looked at her and couldn't help but smile back. She really was pretty but he had other things on his mind.
"Maybe." Conner said, not sounding quite as sure as he did a minute ago. "We're not really normal teenagers. We know things and been places most people don't even know exist. The two of us together can do a lot."
"Yeah." Dawn smiled in agreement. Together sounded nice to her. "The two of us supernatural freaks should be able to figure out something."
Conner smiled back, a genuine smile which was rare for him. He was getting used to Dawn's joking manner, he felt at ease with her. Something he didn't feel with anyone else most of the time. "At least we're freaks together. We're not alone."
"Not anymore." Dawn said out loud. She blushed slightly and looked down. "So how do we get Buffy and Angel together again?" Dawn questioned, back to being serious. As a member of the Scooby gang she was used to switching gears from joking to seriousness in nanoseconds
"Not sure yet." Conner admitted. "I need to know more. You've been around them, you know more then I do."
"Yeah but most of it is from reading Buffy's diary or overhearing conversations. She didn't exactly let me into the supernatural stuff in the beginning. What is it you want to know? More about Buffy and Angel?" Dawn asked.
"Tell me what she did that drove Angel crazy." Conner said getting serious as well. His face was once again a mask. Dawn silently wished that he'd take his mask off more often, underneath it he was beautiful. Conner never noticed that Dawn was gazing at him.
"Well she'd try anything to get his attention. That's what she wanted from everyone, attention." She looked at Conner, he was certainly paying attention to her. She was momentarily distracted.
"What did she do?" Conner asked pressing her for more information.
Dawn blushed before continuing, "She'd trick him into giving her rides. I think maybe she just wanted to make Buffy jealous. Angel was really good looking though. Well I guess he still is since he never changes." Conner was staring at her. Dawn blinked and went on. "Cordelia was always making fun of Buffy and everyone else. All she cared about was looking good and Angel never even noticed those things. Cordy made totally obvious passes at Angel but he never even noticed. Oh! This one time on Halloween there was this costume shop. Everyone went there and bought costumes, but they were magick and they all turned into their costumes. Everyone except Cordy and me she was in this weird cat outfit, way skanky. I was a princess, wore the same costume as the year before so I was fine. Angel came and helped out and then when the spell on the costumes ended everyone remembered what happened. Xander said it was like he was there but couldn't get out. Cordelia cozied up to Angel and said that she knew what it felt like her outfit was skin tight." Dawn rolled her eyes. "Then Angel ignored her and talked to Buffy. Cordelia was so mad. 'Hello?! It felt like I was talking, my lips were moving..'" Dawn said imitating Cordelia's whine.
"She was really like that?" Conner asked, less surprised by Cordy's bitchy side then he thought.
"Yup oh I haven't gotten to the best part yet. Xander told Cordy to give up on Angel, you can't get between him and Buffy. I still think it's true. If one of them wanted to start it up again the other one would drop whoever they were with." Dawn told Conner.
"Then that's it all we have to do to get them back together. Get Buffy to want Angel again."
"Oh she wants him. But there's no way to get her to admit it or do anything about it. It's easier said then done. Wait, I think I have an idea. You could tell her Angel's been thinking about her and sent you to check up on her." Dawn said looking to Conner's face to see if he liked her plan.
"You're better at this then I am." Conner said and Dawn beamed at the praise. "When does Buffy come home?" he asked.
Dawn looked at the clock on her nightstand. "She's been coming home early lately. Should be just another two hours, maybe more. Could be less. It's never the same time."
"That gives us time to go over our plans." Conner said.
"We're partners in crime." Dawn grinned.
"Partners." Conner said sticking out his hand to Dawn as a way of sealing their agreement.
"Partners." Dawn said quietly slipping her hand into Conners. Her entire arm tingled, sparks shooting up from her hand. Her heart pounded and she was sure Conner could hear it. She stared at him and he stared back, their hands still clasped together. For a moment neither one moved. Then Conner looked away and the spell was broken. Each retracted their hand. Dawn was excited and Conner was confused but they had a lot to prepare for. "I could tell you more stories if you want."
Conner nodded, "I'm learning more then I ever thought from you."