A/N: I'm so sorry about the shortness, but my life has been hell lately and

if I don't get another chapter up in a few days I'm sorry! This time I wrote this during geometry, we never use that either, right? Thanks again to my beta-reader, JSlayerUK, now on with the story.



Chapter 5: Angel's Son

At about midnight, Buffy and Connor walked into Buffy's house.

"Hi Buffy! Who's this?" Willow asked, pointing at Connor.

"Willow, this is Connor. He's *Angel's* son," Buffy said.

Willow stared wide-eyed. "Oh..." was all she could say.

"So, I thought he would take my room and I would take the couch." Buffy said.

"No," Connor said.

"What?" Buffy questioned.

"You can stay in your room, I'll sleep on the couch," Connor said, rather bluntly.

"Okay." Buffy said.



The next morning Dawn came running down the stairs and she saw Connor. He was inspecting Buffy's weapons, and so naturally Dawn screamed. Buffy came running out of the kitchen.

"What's wrong?" Buffy asked worried.

"What's wrong?! There's a stranger in our house looking at weapons!" Dawn exclaimed.

"Dawn, this is Connor. He's going to stay with us for a little while." Buffy explained.

"How do you know he's not a monster?" Dawn asked.

"My parents are monsters, I don't know what I am," Connor responded in a monotone voice.

"Connor, listen to me. Your parents are not monsters. Sure, your mother was a bitch and a resurrected vampire, yes. Monster? No. And your dad is not a monster either." Buffy said.

"Angelus is a monster." Connor said.

Dawn interrupted their conversation. "This is Angel's son?" Dawn said more than asked.

"Yes," Buffy answered, and she would had said more had she not have been interrupted by the doorbell ringing. "It's Xander, I'll get it."

"Hey Buff! So is Angel's son here?" Xander asked.

"Yeah he is. And I think I'm going to have to take him to work with me. I really don't want him wandering off." Buffy said.

"Yeah."

"Come on! Time to go!" Buffy yelled.

Buffy took Connor aside. "Connor, I'm sorry about this, but you're going to

have to come to work with me today. The thing is, you can't mention vampires or demons or anything like that, okay?" Buffy said.

"Okay." Connor replied.



A/N: Please R&R!