RETURN
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CHAPTER 4The next couple of days were a big adjustment. Connor was bored a lot at the hotel. He never asked to go on a case with anyone or participate in anything enjoyable. He mostly hid out in his bedroom.
On one of his "brooding" days a knock came at his door. Connor looked up from where he was lying on his bed.
"Who is it?" he asked softly.
"Um, it's me," said Angel, from the other side of the door. Only Angel could hear his son's low tone of voice. "Can I come in?"
"Yes," Connor replied even lower.
Angel entered the room. He looked his son over. The twelve-year-old looked really sad and depressed. In fact, Angel thought that it was a good impersonation of him.
"Aren't you bored up here?" Angel asked.
"No."
"OK. Well, do you want to do anything? We could do something with Fred and Gunn or… well, we could just hang out."
"No thanks."
"OK. Well, school starts tomorrow. You remember the rules right?"
"Yes!"
"All right. Talk to you later then."
The tall vampire left out of the room and headed downstairs. Fred was reading a large text down in the lobby. Gunn was channel surfing. Angel parked himself in front of the front desk.
"Hey," said Fred, looking up. She took off her reading glasses. "How's Connor doing?"
"He's fine. He's completely miserable and depressed but he's… fine," Angel replied.
"You sure you want to send that kid to public school? Around normal kids?" Gunn asked.
"We can't keep him caged, Gunn," said Angel. "If we want him to have a normal life and be rid of the memory that was Quor-Toth then he has to do this."
"Are you sure?" Fred asked. "Because I can always home school him."
"No. It's fine, Fred. I told him not to say anything about us or what we do," said Angel.
"I doubt the kid will be very chatty, anyway," said Gunn.
From up above, unknown to them, Cordelia was watching them. She was very aggravated in the heavenly dimension.
"I cannot believe I'm missing this. Well, sort of," she was grumbling. "Would you people get off your butts and save me?!"
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