Chapter 16

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Okay , first I want to say I'm sorry it took so long. I didn't get a chance to work on this before I went to Chicago and then it just seemed really hard to write this chapter.

Thanks to everyone for reviewing and I hope you like this chapter too.

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Angel and Buffy turned their attention back to the group. Connor explained about everyone else, now only Angel was left.

Connor looked nervously around the library, unsure of how much he should tell them. "Well, he works in L.A. now, he's my father, and he's not with Cordelia."

"Uh huh." Willow nodded. "But he didn't raise you, this, um other guy did. And you said you don't get along that well, why not? What happened?"

"I was taken to another dimension and raised then I came back 18 years older. Not really hard to explain why we aren't close." Connor said shifting uncomfortably.

"Yeah, but you've been back for months right? I mean, I'm not the greatest fan of Dead Boy's but it seems like you would have gotten to be somewhat friends by now."

"Well, I wasn't really interested in being friends."

"Why not?"

"Because of Holtz." Angel answered looking at Connor with the all knowing look that Connor had grown to hate.

"Yes. He taught me about you. Told me of what you did to him, his family."

"I don't know what he did, but it wasn't Angel. It was Angelus." Buffy jumped in.

"Yes. But I wasn't told about that. Holtz always referred to him as Angelus, told me 'Angel' was just an act to get people on his side before he turned on them."

"So, you didn't get with the father-son bonding, but you know each other, so you know Angel and Angelus are different now."

"At first I wasn't sure. Then I began to believe, but then my fath-,Holtz was killed. Neck wounds. J-Someone told me it was Angelus and I believed them."

"So, you think Angel killed your, Holtz."

"I did."

"You don't anymore?"

"I found out the truth…later."

Angel looked closely at his son. He recognized the emotion he was feeling. Guilt. "Later?"

"After I tried to make you pay."

"Make him pay? How?"

Connor looked down, fidgeting as he tried to explain. "I put him in a box, in the ocean. So he could live forever."

"You did what?!"

"Are you insane?!"

"Why would you do that?!"

Everyone turned on the boy as he revealed his actions. Everyone except one. Angel stood back, starring at Connor, unable to believe he had done something like that too him. But unlike the others, Angel also watched Connor, noticed his remorse.

"I thought he deserved it."

"Well, he didn't."

"Maybe I did."

Everyone turned to look at Angel. "I'm not saying it was right, but I've earned worse."

"Angel, that wasn't you."

"Maybe not, but he knows that now too. Right?"

Connor looked at his father. "I think so. And you're back now. You kicked me out."

Angel smiled at his son. "Well, I was probably cranky."

"Excuse me, but he tells you he dropped you in the ocean and you kicked him out and you find this amusing?"

"No, but I understand it. I've had a lot more experience with guilt and vengeance than any of you."

"So, Angel kicked you out after an adventure in the sea, courtesy of you and Cordelia now lives with you after losing her memory when she was a higher being. Boy, are your lives confusing."

Connor smiled at him. "Yes, they are. But I really want to get back there."

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Okay, I'm sorry if you didn't like this chapter. I've tried a few different ways and this one seemed the best, so here it is. Next chapter will be about getting Connor home. I have decided that the future will only be mentioned at the very end of this story and only a little. So you get to wait for that, plus if everyone ends up liking this story and it's ending I may do a sequel.

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