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Connor Kisses
Disclaimer: 'Kiss Me' is owned by Sixpence None the Richer
"We're back!" Cordelia shouted as they stepped into the hotel. Her and Dawn were both loaded with shopping bags. When Angel stepped into the lobby his eyes became wide and his mouth dropped. Connor walked in saw all the bags, saw Angel's face, and started laughing.
"How, much did you spend?" Angel gasped.
"Dad, I don't think you want to know." Connor said breathing hard from all the laughing.
"Well, Dawn and I have got many new clothes in a while. Here this is yours." Cordelia said picking up one of the packages and handing it to Angel.
"This is yours. I picked out the pair of tennis shoes for you." Dawn said handing Connor a package. "I was wondering if you could show me around today some of the places teens hang out. Or at least somewhere we could just hang out, you know? It's really pretty outside."
"Umm, okay." Connor said.
"Well, I'm going to go change into some of my new clothes. I'll back right back, in like two minutes." Dawn said.
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10 minutes later
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Connor sat on the round couch in the middle of the lobby. He wondered what the time difference was between a woman's watch to a man's. He was getting more nervous by the minute. He really didn't know anywhere that teens like to go to except like to an ice cream parlor.
"Connor?" Angel asked walking into the lobby. He sat next to Connor and handed him a piece of paper.
"This is a map, and I have places circled where you can take her that teens like to go." Angel explained. Connor sighed in relief and thanked Angel.
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Upstairs
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"Where ya going, lil bit." Spike said walking into Dawn's room and seeing her apply makeup. He knew something was going on, because Dawn didn't put anything other than base on unless she was going somewhere special.
"Connor is going to take me to some places where teens hang out." Dawn explained putting the last touches on her eye shadow.
"Well, maybe I want to bloody do something with you. Did you ever think about that." Spike said not wanting Connor and Dawn to hook up.
"Jeez Spike, relax a little. I spend everyday with you." Dawn said rolling her eyes. "Maybe you and
Angel can spend some time together."
Dawn stayed only long enough to laugh at the face Spike made to that suggestion. She walked down the stairs wearing a casual blue dress with a pair of sandals. She noticed that Connor was wearing the pair of shoes she had picked out for him.
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Kiss me out of the bearded barley.
Nightly, beside the green, green grass.
Swing, swing, swing the spinning step.
You wear those shoes
and I will wear that dress.
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"So where are we going?" Dawn asked as they walked out of the hotel. It looked to be about half an hour till sundown.
"Well I was thinking that maybe we could go to a park." Connor answered. He pulled the map out of his pocket and showed Dawn where he was talking about. Dawn smiled liking the idea.
They walked for about fifteen minutes in silence before they reached it. The park was beautiful. There was broken tree house this still looked a bit sturdy, there was a slide, benches, and a tire swing. No one was there because the sun was almost down. Everyone stayed in their house for they didn't know what was out there, but that wasn't the case for Dawn and Connor, they could handle it.
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Kiss me down by the broken tree house.
Swing me upon the hanging tire.
Bring, bring, bring your flowered hat.
We'll take the trail marked
on you father's map.
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Connor and Dawn felt like kids again. They played in the tree house, and took turns on the tire swing. Then they realized that the sun had completely gone away.
"Look fireflies." Dawn said pointing to the lightning bugs. "When I was younger Buffy and I would see how many we could catch. I bet I can catch more than you." Dawn smiled jumped off the swing and started after them and Connor joined in.
After several minutes of trying they had scared all the bugs off except one. The both jumped for it and knocked into each other. They feel to the ground, Dawn on top of Connor. They looked at each other, and then it happened. They kissed!
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Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight.
Lead me out on the moonlit floor.
Lift your open hand.
Strike open the band
and make the fireflies dance,
silver moon's sparkling.
So kiss me.
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They stayed that way until Dawn was torn off of Connor and thrown across the park. There stood a hungry fledgling ready to make a snake out of the couple.
"Times like this I wish my life was normal!" Connor groaned getting up and preparing for a fight.