Chapter 3- Normal
Cordy and Dawn got back about an hour before sunset and got settled in the hotel.
"So what do you have planned for us today?" Dawn said sneaking up on Connor.
"Huh?" He asked then her words registered in his mind full of thoughts of the one and only- Dawn. "Oh. it's a surprise" he said mysteriously.
"Really?" she asked a little flirtatiously.
The place he thought of was perfect. He knew she'd love it. "Yup. And you're not gonna weasel it out of me" he said strongly.
"Is that so?" Dawn replied challenging him while 'subtly' twirling her hair.
"Yeah and what you're doing now isn't working" he said but starting to lose is composure.
"Really? But I'm not doing anything." She stated innocently while adding a pout to the end.
"That's not w-working my lips are sealed." He said weaker than he was a minute ago. She practically had him wrapped around her finger. But being son of a infamous vampire he's not gonna give up- not that easily.
"Fine" She said while putting him out of his misery.
"I'll just tell dad. "cause if he doesn't know where we are he'd go all HYSTERICAL." Ha said joking around.
"Sure" she replied while chuckling
Then Connor went to the basement while Dawn was having a little problem in her head.
'This isn't such a good idea' the voice inside her of her sister suddenly said. 'He's Angel's son' the voice proclaimed. 'Really? I just thought he was a thing that was brought into earth like me.' She thought VERY sarcastically. 'I dated Angel and it's gonna be weird' the voice said 'oh. I'm sorry if this is making you uncomfortable. Get out of my head Buffy! This is MY life NOT YOURS!'
"Dad?" Connor called out. He didn't want to go down so suddenly in fear of catching Cordy and his dad and Cordy in a very comfortable position- let's just leave it at that. The last time terrorized him enough he didn't want another memory.
"Connor? Come down here. Cordy's not here." Angel replied while trying to hold back a laugh. He knew his son learned not to walk in a room meaning basement without checking after that little incident.
"'Kay." He replied while going down the stairs.
"So. what'd you come here for?" Angel asked.
"Well, Dawn asked me to show her 'round meaning places that TEENS go to so we're gonna be gone for a couple of hours. Just telling you so your not gonna go all insane because your son and your ex-girlfriend's sister who is the Key is missing." He said lightly.
Angel's lips curved into a smile. "What?" Connor asked curious as to why his dad was smiling.
"Well, it's nice that my son is going out on a date it relieves the feeling inside of me that tells me your only interested in demons and vampires. One problem though Connor YOU'RE suppose to ask her out." Angel replied as he chuckled.
"Hey! This is not a date! And I am not obsessed with demons." He replied defensively.
"Oh I beg to differ. You'd be in a perfect bliss if ever you found a place of demons. You ARE obsessed with demons my dear. And Dawn, good job, you got the girl dude." Cordy said as she stepped down the stairs.
"This is not a date! It's just a friend thing." He replied starting to get annoyed 'cause they were ganging up on him.
Angel turned to Connor and said "You keep telling yourself that 'cause like it or not this IS a date."
"Sounds familiar." Cordy said looking at Angel.
"Hey I was never in denial when I started things out with us" Angel said smiling.
"Yeah right, is that why it took you almost a year to tell me you loved me. Fred told me about kyerumption and that you were denying it. You had to wait 'til I was a higher being before telling me you love me" She said accusingly.
"You want to talk about denial, how about you, you didn't tell me you loved me until I was about to die because of that demon." He relied doing his own round of accusations.
"Hey! When I realized I had feelings for you I wanted to tell you right away but the PTB got me." She said to him.
Then Angel grabbed her and pulled her to him and whispered I love you to her and kissed her.
"Hey! Hey! Hey! No kissing in front of child. Rule number one in Parent Handbook! You really want to screw me up don't you?" He said disgusted by how they were acting.
"Fine. Enjoy your date. I mean 'friend outing'" Angel said looking at his son though still holding Cordy. "Connor has a girlfriend! Connor has a girlfriend!" Angel and Cordy sang in chorus.
"You two deserve each other! You're both really mean. Bye" He said glaring at his parents who now, were dancing while singing. Then he climbed the stairs into the lobby.
"Hey. Let's go" Connor said as he eyed Dawn sitting on the couch in the middle of the lobby with a coat in hand. Then she saw him and they walked out of the hotel together.
"So tour guide, where are we off to?" she said glancing at him.
"It's a surprise." He replied mysteriously yet mischievously.
"Whatever but this place better be AWESOME or you'll be branded as the suckiest tour guide in the planet!" she said in a bitchy tone but she couldn't pull it off 'cause she started giggling. "Sorry, was trying to pull an old Cordy. couldn't do it."
"Got that right" he replied as a round of laughs escaped his mouth.
Connor told Dawn to close her eyes before they reached the place so the element of surprise would still be there but he could see in Dawn's face that her patience was slipping by as the seconds passed. "It's just a few more minutes" he said trying to bring back some patience in her.
"Better be" Dawn replied grumpily. She heard him sigh so she apologized "Sorry, its just patience is SO not my virtue."
"It's Ok we wont be needing it 'cause were here." He said taking her hand off her face.
She opened her eyes and took in her surroundings. It felt like the wind was taken from beneath her. The place looked so enchanted- there was a bench that faced the sea and flowers surrounding it and as the sun was setting it added more magic. "Wow" was the only thing that escaped her lips.
"I know, I go here a lot and as Cordy says, brood. I go here when I want to escape the world and now I can escape it with you." He said as he gazed deeply into her bright blue eyes.
Then she did the inevitable, she kissed him though the voice in her head kept on telling her no.
She kissed him and he stiffened but quickly retaliated by pulling her closer to him as he deepened the kiss. Then they both parted slowly still savoring each other.
They were looking into each other's eyes like their eyes were the gates into their souls. And for the first time Dawn felt accepted, she felt like maybe she had another purpose in life and that was to be with Connor. Finally after existing for 2 years she felt like she was human, like she was just a girl, a normal girl contented with the simple pleasures of life like being in the arms of someone who accepted her 100 percent.
He pulled her closer to him and he felt her snuggle to his neck as she wrapped her arms around him.
Then he led them to the bench and they watched the sky as the sun set.
Dawn felt like she was in utopia. She never wanted to leave it for if she did this would just be a memory nothing but something that happened in her past wherein for the first time she felt like she belonged like the world just froze for her to feel perfect bliss something she hasn't felt since her mom died.
TBC
Cordy and Dawn got back about an hour before sunset and got settled in the hotel.
"So what do you have planned for us today?" Dawn said sneaking up on Connor.
"Huh?" He asked then her words registered in his mind full of thoughts of the one and only- Dawn. "Oh. it's a surprise" he said mysteriously.
"Really?" she asked a little flirtatiously.
The place he thought of was perfect. He knew she'd love it. "Yup. And you're not gonna weasel it out of me" he said strongly.
"Is that so?" Dawn replied challenging him while 'subtly' twirling her hair.
"Yeah and what you're doing now isn't working" he said but starting to lose is composure.
"Really? But I'm not doing anything." She stated innocently while adding a pout to the end.
"That's not w-working my lips are sealed." He said weaker than he was a minute ago. She practically had him wrapped around her finger. But being son of a infamous vampire he's not gonna give up- not that easily.
"Fine" She said while putting him out of his misery.
"I'll just tell dad. "cause if he doesn't know where we are he'd go all HYSTERICAL." Ha said joking around.
"Sure" she replied while chuckling
Then Connor went to the basement while Dawn was having a little problem in her head.
'This isn't such a good idea' the voice inside her of her sister suddenly said. 'He's Angel's son' the voice proclaimed. 'Really? I just thought he was a thing that was brought into earth like me.' She thought VERY sarcastically. 'I dated Angel and it's gonna be weird' the voice said 'oh. I'm sorry if this is making you uncomfortable. Get out of my head Buffy! This is MY life NOT YOURS!'
"Dad?" Connor called out. He didn't want to go down so suddenly in fear of catching Cordy and his dad and Cordy in a very comfortable position- let's just leave it at that. The last time terrorized him enough he didn't want another memory.
"Connor? Come down here. Cordy's not here." Angel replied while trying to hold back a laugh. He knew his son learned not to walk in a room meaning basement without checking after that little incident.
"'Kay." He replied while going down the stairs.
"So. what'd you come here for?" Angel asked.
"Well, Dawn asked me to show her 'round meaning places that TEENS go to so we're gonna be gone for a couple of hours. Just telling you so your not gonna go all insane because your son and your ex-girlfriend's sister who is the Key is missing." He said lightly.
Angel's lips curved into a smile. "What?" Connor asked curious as to why his dad was smiling.
"Well, it's nice that my son is going out on a date it relieves the feeling inside of me that tells me your only interested in demons and vampires. One problem though Connor YOU'RE suppose to ask her out." Angel replied as he chuckled.
"Hey! This is not a date! And I am not obsessed with demons." He replied defensively.
"Oh I beg to differ. You'd be in a perfect bliss if ever you found a place of demons. You ARE obsessed with demons my dear. And Dawn, good job, you got the girl dude." Cordy said as she stepped down the stairs.
"This is not a date! It's just a friend thing." He replied starting to get annoyed 'cause they were ganging up on him.
Angel turned to Connor and said "You keep telling yourself that 'cause like it or not this IS a date."
"Sounds familiar." Cordy said looking at Angel.
"Hey I was never in denial when I started things out with us" Angel said smiling.
"Yeah right, is that why it took you almost a year to tell me you loved me. Fred told me about kyerumption and that you were denying it. You had to wait 'til I was a higher being before telling me you love me" She said accusingly.
"You want to talk about denial, how about you, you didn't tell me you loved me until I was about to die because of that demon." He relied doing his own round of accusations.
"Hey! When I realized I had feelings for you I wanted to tell you right away but the PTB got me." She said to him.
Then Angel grabbed her and pulled her to him and whispered I love you to her and kissed her.
"Hey! Hey! Hey! No kissing in front of child. Rule number one in Parent Handbook! You really want to screw me up don't you?" He said disgusted by how they were acting.
"Fine. Enjoy your date. I mean 'friend outing'" Angel said looking at his son though still holding Cordy. "Connor has a girlfriend! Connor has a girlfriend!" Angel and Cordy sang in chorus.
"You two deserve each other! You're both really mean. Bye" He said glaring at his parents who now, were dancing while singing. Then he climbed the stairs into the lobby.
"Hey. Let's go" Connor said as he eyed Dawn sitting on the couch in the middle of the lobby with a coat in hand. Then she saw him and they walked out of the hotel together.
"So tour guide, where are we off to?" she said glancing at him.
"It's a surprise." He replied mysteriously yet mischievously.
"Whatever but this place better be AWESOME or you'll be branded as the suckiest tour guide in the planet!" she said in a bitchy tone but she couldn't pull it off 'cause she started giggling. "Sorry, was trying to pull an old Cordy. couldn't do it."
"Got that right" he replied as a round of laughs escaped his mouth.
Connor told Dawn to close her eyes before they reached the place so the element of surprise would still be there but he could see in Dawn's face that her patience was slipping by as the seconds passed. "It's just a few more minutes" he said trying to bring back some patience in her.
"Better be" Dawn replied grumpily. She heard him sigh so she apologized "Sorry, its just patience is SO not my virtue."
"It's Ok we wont be needing it 'cause were here." He said taking her hand off her face.
She opened her eyes and took in her surroundings. It felt like the wind was taken from beneath her. The place looked so enchanted- there was a bench that faced the sea and flowers surrounding it and as the sun was setting it added more magic. "Wow" was the only thing that escaped her lips.
"I know, I go here a lot and as Cordy says, brood. I go here when I want to escape the world and now I can escape it with you." He said as he gazed deeply into her bright blue eyes.
Then she did the inevitable, she kissed him though the voice in her head kept on telling her no.
She kissed him and he stiffened but quickly retaliated by pulling her closer to him as he deepened the kiss. Then they both parted slowly still savoring each other.
They were looking into each other's eyes like their eyes were the gates into their souls. And for the first time Dawn felt accepted, she felt like maybe she had another purpose in life and that was to be with Connor. Finally after existing for 2 years she felt like she was human, like she was just a girl, a normal girl contented with the simple pleasures of life like being in the arms of someone who accepted her 100 percent.
He pulled her closer to him and he felt her snuggle to his neck as she wrapped her arms around him.
Then he led them to the bench and they watched the sky as the sun set.
Dawn felt like she was in utopia. She never wanted to leave it for if she did this would just be a memory nothing but something that happened in her past wherein for the first time she felt like she belonged like the world just froze for her to feel perfect bliss something she hasn't felt since her mom died.
TBC