Willow opens the door.
CONNOR: Hi Willow. May I come in?
Willow is at first frightened by Connor's politeness. It's so out of character.
WILLOW: You want to be INVITED in? Isn't that . . . um, uh . . . Buffy?
Willow looks nervously at Buffy. Buffy says nothing.
CONNOR: Where's Dawn?
WILLOW: She's in the shower.
Connor smiles. Willow answered without thinking about the consequences. Now she wishes she hadn't been so forthright. Connor's dirty little imagination causes Buffy to walk into the living room. She opens up the weapons chest and pulls out a short sword and a metal file. Giles uses it to sharpen the weapons.
WILLOW: Well, now, isn't this, uh . . .
Willow's nerves kick in. She walks back into the kitchen, determined not to get in the middle of this. Connor enters. He goes into the kitchen for something to eat.
CONNOR: What smells so good?
ANDREW: That would be me. I mean, my chocolate chip pancakes. Thank you. Connor? You don't usually ever come here for breakfast.
CONNOR: You can put chocolate in pancakes? Cool.
Connor sits down at the table. Willow's sitting across from him, drinking her coffee and trying her best not to be freaked out by scary nice Connor. Andrew gives him a plate of pancakes. Connor eats a couple.
CONNOR: These are very good.
ANDREW: Thank you. Thank you very much.
Now Willow's really wigged. Connor's being nice to Andrew! At that moment, Andrew thinks it's just because Connor finally appreciates his efforts. Kennedy comes into the kitchen wearing her pajamas.
KENNEDY: Morning guys. Connor???
She turns away from Connor, looks at Willow, and mouths the words "what's going on?" She knows the futility of trying to whisper around Connor.
CONNOR: Hi Kennedy. How are you today?
Kennedy sits down next to Willow and inches her seat away from Connor. She looks at Willow, mouthing "what the hell!?"
CONNOR: Can I have some more pancakes?
Andrew smiles and gives him another plate. Connor ASKING for food? This has gone too far.
KENNEDY: Willow, tell me you didn't do a spell on him.
WILLOW: No. The black arts have nothing at all to do with this. At least, I mean, I hope they don't. [thoughts of Dawny and Connor make her a little queasy.]
Buffy walks into the kitchen, staring at Connor, sharpening her sword. Large sparks fly off the surface of the weapon.
CONNOR: Buffy, I'm sorry for what I did to you last night. I wasn't myself. Something was controlling me. But I'm better now. And I don't want to hurt you. Ever again. I feel really bad about what happened.
BUFFY: Just don't let it happen again. Cause next time —
She points the sword at Connor from 10 feet away. He gets the message.
CONNOR: I know. I don't want to hurt people. Especially not people Dawn cares about.
Connor really was killing Buffy with kindness. She didn't know how much more of this she could take. Buffy assumed it was a trick. After all, he was nice to her yesterday when he was plotting to kill her. No way she was going to trust Connor. Dawn comes down for breakfast.
DAWN: Morning guys. Connor!
CONNOR: I told you I'd come and see you.
DAWN: R-r-right. I didn't know that meant here. In the same room as Buffy. Why are you holding a weapon!?
Buffy puts the sword on the kitchen counter. Dawn gets a bowl of cereal and sits to Connor's right. They look at each, smile and hold hands. Kennedy jumps back in her chair when she realizes what happened. She looks at Willow.
KENNEDY: So they've?
WILLOW: Uh-huh.
KENNEDY: Oh dear.
Kennedy looks at Buffy behind her and Connor in front of her. Dawn entwines her left leg with Connor's right leg. Connor puts his right hand on her leg. Dawn puts her left hand on his knee. Andrew finally understands what's up. He thinks it's adorable.
Buffy is pouring herself a glass of orange juice.
DAWN: Buffy, since you're up, could you get me one too?
Buffy takes out an empty glass from the cupboard and holds it in her right hand. When she sees how cozy Dawn and Connor are, she squeezes the glass and shatters it in her hand.
ANDREW: Okay. No more coffee for you.
Dawn gets the idea, and decides to get Connor away from Buffy.
DAWN: I don't want to be late for school.
She gets up from the table and grabs her book bag. Connor takes it and carries it for her. They hold hands and walk out the front door. Willow and Kennedy go into the hallway and look out the open door, watching them walk away for a few seconds. Then they close the door and walk back into the kitchen.
KENNEDY: Do guys usually act this nice the morning after? And Connor was never nice. It's like he's become a whole different person.
WILLOW: Sleep with him and he goes good? Wouldn't that be ironic.
BUFFY: He's not good. He's faking. Connor's trying to fool us. That's what he does. It's just a trick.
KENNEDY: Is the part where he couldn't stop making moon eyes at Dawn part of the trick?
BUFFY: I don't know how he really feels about her. I don't want to know. I don't even want to think about it. But I know we can't trust him. He has a history of getting people to trust him and then trying to kill them.
WILLOW: A very recent history. Wait. Connor tries to kill you, and Dawny sleeps with him that very night! That's just makes it so much more disgusting that it probably already was.
KENNEDY: You think there's a connection, like she was rewarding him?
WILLOW: No! What I meant was, your boyfriend tries to kill your sister, that should put you out of the mood. It's just so wrong. In so many ways.
KENNEDY: It was wrong even before Connor tried to murder Dawn's family.
WILLOW: I'm sorry, Buffy. I know how horrible this must be.
BUFFY: She's never even had a boyfriend. Never even been out on a real date. And now, all of a sudden, out of nowhere, she's practically living with the guy. This can only end badly. I just wish she could see that.
ANDREW: I think they're a very cute couple. Like Anakin and Padme, but with chemistry, and better hair.
WILLOW: That's a ridiculous and ominous analogy.
ANDREW: It's deeply imperfect. I'm not saying Connor will turn evil, or that Spike is Obi Won. No, wait. That would be cool! Obi Spike, not evil Connor. Non-evil Connor says nice things to me about my cooking.
Xander comes through the back door.
XANDER: I fixed the deck up. Good as new. Buffy, what's wrong? Did something happen? Let me guess: Connor. What did that little twerp do now?
BUFFY: Dawn.
XANDER: Dawn? With Angel's, Angel's, Angel's son? Dawn and Angel's . . . I'm gonna kill him. I need air.
Xander rushes back outside.
KENNEDY: Buffy, why is he taking this worse than you? "I'm gonna kill him"? That's what a dad would say.
WILLOW: No, it's not a daddy thing at all.
BUFFY: Thanks for that flashback, Willow. As if I wasn't sick enough already.
Anya enters.
ANYA: Why has Xander forgotten how to breathe?
WILLOW: Dawn and Connor . . . had sex last night.
ANYA: Lucky Dawny.
Buffy looks furious.
ANYA: I mean . . . lucky Dawny. [Xander comes back in] I'm sorry. But get over yourselves! Is this why Xander nearly asphyxiated? This is not about you! You don't even have a right to be upset. You're not her family. I HOPE you're not jealous. The only one of you who has a right to — how do you always put it? — wig out, is Buffy. But she's just doing that for selfish, petty reasons.
BUFFY: Anya, I am really not in the mood for your wacky, off-the-mark bluntness.
ANYA: Good. Because I'm right on the mark. You're jealous.
BUFFY: WHAT??? Connor's the last guy I'd want. I would sleep with Xander first.
XANDER: Thak you. Wait! I'm only SECOND-to-last in your book?
BUFFY: That's not what I meant.
ANYA: And it's not what I meant. You're jealous of Dawn because she can have with Connor what you couldn't have with Angel. He's mortal. He ages. He can go out in the sun. And he's not Cursed. It's natural for you to be filled with raging resentment at how unfair your life continues to be. But it doesn't matter whether their relationship makes you happy. What matters is whether it makes Dawn happy.
BUFFY: I know. I worry that he's going to hurt her.
ANYA: I think I know Connor better than you do.
BUFFY: Better than I ever want to.
ANYA: Connor's lovesick and lonely. Desperately wants someone to love him. He's not the sort who strays. He's the type who clings. That's why Dawn's lucky. That, and the fact that Connor's a volcano in the sack.
BUFFY: Anya, please stop it.
Giles walks into the kitchen in his bathrobe, groggy and bleary-eyed. He pours himself a cup of coffee.
ANYA: I'm just saying maybe we should be happy for Dawn. There are a lot worse men than Connor to lose your virginity to.
Giles is about to sip the coffee. Instead he pours it down the drain.
GILES: That jolted me out of semi-consciousness. Can't say we didn't see this coming.
XANDER: We should have neutered him when we had the chance.
GILES: Connor?
XANDER: Angel. You know, the source of the problem. Funny how you always let him off the hook.
BUFFY: I'm going into work now.
Buffy leaves. She's not in the mood for Xander's Angel bashing.
After the school day started, Connor walked back to his house. He was startled to find a little girl inside.
MARIGOLD: Hi Connor. My name's Marigold. Will you play with me? He said you would play with me.
CONNOR: Where did you come from?
MARIGOLD: I was playing with my mommy and he took me from her. But he said it would be alright because now you would play with me.
Connor slowly backs away. This whole thing makes his stomach crawl. He didn't find any more bodies in the basement. When he walked through the house earlier that morning, Marigold hid in the fireplace. She smiles and holds her arms out.
CONNOR: Okay. We'll play outside.
MARIGOLD: No! Then my pretty new dress will get dirty. Let's play in here. There's plenty of room. This house is so big. Much bigger than my mommy's and daddy's house.
Innocent-looking, yet full of evil. Angelus loved the classics. Maybe he wanted to give Connor a tiny taste of what Holtz had to do. Connor picks up little Marigold. She screams and cries and begs. He runs to the door, opens it and tosses her out into the yard. She looks back at him, growls and puts on her demon face. Her back catches fire. Marigold runs back towards Connor, who's standing on the porch. She disintegrates less than three feet in front of him, and her ashes fell at his feet. Connor decides it's not a good idea to stay home during the daytime.
Dawn steps out of the classroom at the end of second period. She is shocked to see Connor standing there waiting for her.
CONNOR: Hello lover.
He kisses her.
DAWN: What are you doing here?
CONNOR: I missed you.
Standing down the hall, watching it all, is Drusilla. She wears a long black cloth coat with a hood. She laughs.
DRU: Just loik his mum.
She walks away and strolls past the guidance office, glimpsing Buffy at her desk. Then she stops at the door to the Principal's office and looks through the window in the door.
DRU: Little boys. All grown up.
Robin thinks there's someone outside his office. He opens the door and looks up and down the hall. No one is there. Dru had already ducked down into the basement.
Giles takes Chao-Ahn, Madari, Ariella, Fadila, Izora and Joan to the mall for some clothes shopping. These girls fled to Sunnydale with little or nothing, so the excursion is more about necessity than fashion. Giles reminds them of this every time a Potential wants to buy something Giles considers outrageously overpriced. Giles calls Wesley several times, but gets no answer. When they are all at the food court eating lunch, he decides to call again. It is 12:30.
Lindsey walks into the command center. He hears a phone ringing and answers it.
LINDSEY: Hello? [he sits down and puts the phone to his left ear]
GILES: Who is this?
Lindsey looks at the phone.
LINDSEY: Are you calling for Wesley?
Faith walks in. She goes over to Lindsey and bites his right ear.
GILES: Tell him this is Rupert Giles.
Faith's kissing Lindsey's neck.
FAITH: Who is it? Someone important? [she nibbles on his earlobe.]
LINDSEY: It's for Wes. Guy says his name is Rupert Giles.
Faith grabs the phone and stands up.
FAITH: Hey G-man! It's been a while.
GILES: Faith? Faith, is that you?
FAITH: The one and only.
GILES: How have you been?
FAITH: Never better. Vamps are running in fear.
GILES: Is Wesley around?
FAITH: Yeah. I'll go find him. He's probably still recovering from last night.
GILES: Last night was busy for you guys?
FAITH: Action-packed. Bad guys went down hard.
She enters Lindsey's suite, where Wes and Gunn are still sleeping it off. Wesley is snoring. Faith closes his nostrils and he awakes, startled and a little hungover.
FAITH: It's Giles.
Wesley takes the phone and sits up. He rubs his eyes.
WES: Hello Rupert. [his voice is a little hoarse]
GILES: I have some news for you about Connor.
Heather and Erica are in the hallway, walking from the living room to the dining room, when they hear two light taps at the front door. Heather opens the door. Standing outside is a woman dressed as a nun.
DRU: Is Mista Rupert Giles here? I'm the Seer. The one who helped him save you precious lovely girlies.
HEATHER: He's not here right now. He'll be back in a little while.
DRU: Bless you, deary. I have travelled a long way to be here. If I could only sit down and rest my weary bones.
HEATHER: Sure. Come in.
Dru steps inside and bites Heather. She grabs Erica's throat with her left hand to keep the girl from screaming. When Heather has been weakened, Dru stops biting her and bites Erica. When she drops Erica to the floor, Dru sees Vi standing in the doorway between the living room and the hallway. Vi is trembling and hyperventilating. Dru puts her left index finger across Vi's lips.
DRU: There, there. Nothing to fear. Mummy's going to make everything awl betta.
Dru grabs the back of Vi's head with her right hand and pulls her in, biting her.
WES: There has been an unforeseen development.
Gunn and Fred sit on either end one couch. Lindsey and Faith sit next to each other on another couch. Lorne stands in back drinking seltzer. Wes stands in front.
WES: It appears that Connor has fallen in love. With Buffy's sister.
FAITH: Dawny! Little Dawny? No!!!
FRED: You mean Angel's Buffy?
GUNN: Connor's in love with his father's ex-girlfriend's kid sister?
FRED: Why are all his relationships incestuous?
LORNE: Does this mean he's over Cordy?
WES: That would be the assumption.
LORNE: Hallelujah to that.
FAITH: When you say the boy's "in love," does that mean they've been screwing?
WES: In this case, yes.
FAITH: Boning B's sister right under her nose. Damn, that kid's got a pair on him.
FRED: Is this good news, bad news or just weird, creepy news?
LORNE: And when you say "kid," how young are we talking?
WES: Dawn is 16. Or she's two-and-a-half, depending on how you look at it. It's complicated. Faith and I think we have met her, but in reality we haven't.
LORNE: Is Dawn the big ball of universe-destroying energy who was turned into a little girl?
GUNN: Another destroyer?
FRED: To Connor, that's probably a turn-on.
Dawn walks into Buffy's office.
DAWN: Can we go outside and talk?
They do that. Buffy wants a one-on-one as well.
BUFFY: We do need to talk. Things with you and Connor have been moving so fast. I hope you're not under any illusions.
DAWN: You don't think he loves me? You're wrong.
BUFFY: That's not what I meant. You are aware that sooner of later, and probably sooner, he'll have to go home.
DAWN: And you probably wish he left yesterday.
BUFFY: You're putting words in my mouth. I just want you to be prepared. When he leaves, it's gonna hurt. And if you're not prepared, it's going to hurt even more.
DAWN: Don't get your hopes up. It's not like we'll be apart forever. But this isn't what I want to talk about. Angel sired Janice. Also Mike and Pete. They attacked us when we were in bed.
BUFFY: Oh Dawn. I'm so sorry.
DAWN: He killed them because they knew me. He sent them after me.
BUFFY: He did the same thing to me.
DAWN: No he didn't. Not like this. Not while you were . . . You've never been attacked like that.
BUFFY: I'm sorry about Janice. I know it must have been horrible. I'm so glad you weren't hurt.
DAWN: Who knows? Connor's in the shower. They attack. By the time he gets back . . . I mean, three of them and one of me. Maybe I would have lucked out and they'd kill me quick, but I doubt it. They seemed to take after their sire.
BUFFY: The important thing is you're all right.
DAWN: I don't want your sympathy. I want you to tell Willow to uninvite Angel. Because when he gets his soul back, if he comes to visit, I might do something. Throw a glass of holy water in his face. Set him on fire.
BUFFY: You can't hold Angel responsible for what he does when he doesn't have a soul. It's not him. It's a demon who wears his face.
DAWN: Funny how I don't remember you EVER saying that about Spike. Sure, you say he's changed. But it's still him. Soul, no soul, it's still Spike. But Angel gets a free pass.
BUFFY: What you're talking about, it's vengeance and it's wrong.
DAWN: I don't want to hurt Angel. I just want him to know that he's not welcome until I say he's welcome.
BUFFY: That's not fair to him.
DAWN: Because it might hurt his feelings? What about my feelings? Do his feelings matter more to you that mine? I'm your sister! You defend HIM, and tell me to just get over it?
BUFFY: You have every right to be mad at him.
DAWN: It's my house too.
BUFFY: Fine. I don't bring in people who tried to kill you, and you don't bring in people who tried to kill me.
DAWN: You and Connor, that's not the same.
BUFFY: You're right. Connor came over the very next day.
DAWN: Ever had to fight a vampire naked? Cause if you can't see the difference —
BUFFY: I do. But staying mad at him doesn't change anything.
DAWN: I'm not asking for vengeance. Just respect.
BUFFY: Okay. You win. If he comes to town, I'll tell Angel not to drop by the house. He probably wouldn't want to see me there anyway. Too crowded. Especially these days. By the way, how did you know where Connor and I were that night? Did he tell you?
DAWN: Giles told me you two were down by the water. I knew that meant trouble.
BUFFY: I know I should have said it last night, but thank you.
DAWN: Don't mention it. I owed you. I still do. Connor knows this now. He knows I love you. He knows what you've done for me. He won't hurt you again. I promise.
BUFFY: He's lucky to have you. Sure, he doesn't deserve you. Hes not good enough for you. But I hope he understands how special and amazing you are.
DAWN: Trust me. He does.
School just got out. Connor and Dawn are walking down the street.
DAWN: So . . . what do you want to you?
CONNOR: Let's go see a movie.
DAWN: I've already seen everything playing there.
CONNOR: So have I. [Connor smiles. As does Dawn.]
Just after dark, Vi, Heather and Erica wake up in Buffy's closet. They break down the door.
HEATHER: What happened? How did we end up here?
The three of them look into Buffy's mirror and see nothing. They feel their faces. All of them smile.
ERICA: Can you feel it? All that energy inside of us? The freedom!
VI: I'm thinking we should have gone shopping. Let's go now.
The three of them go back to their human faces, leave the room and head downstairs. Vi stops just in front of the door.
VI: We should pay our last respects to the basement. And to whoever's down there.
Heather and Erica like this idea. They head into the kitchen and walk down to the basement without anyone noticing. It's the beginning of dinner. People are milling around, talking and eating in the kitchen, dining and living rooms. Buffy is in the dining room with Willow, Xander, Dawn and Anya.
Rebecca, Rose and Theresa are downstairs doing a little target practice with the crossbow. Vi walks in front of the target an instant before Rose shoots. The bolt whizzes by her.
ERICA: You should be careful with those things.
HEATHER: I think it's time to stop practicing.
Vi, Heather and Erica approach Rose, Rebecca and Theresa, cornering them in the back of the basement. The victims aren't sure why these girls are acting so odd.
VI: After all, you never know when danger will come.
After finishing off their first meal, the new vampires exit through the basement windows and head for a clothing store on Main Street. Drusilla stands on the sidewalk, waiting to greet them.
DRU: Come along dears.
They follow her into the store. Dru snaps the cashier's neck and rushes to block the rear exit. She bites one customer who tries to flee. The girls work their way to the back, killing an employee and three customers.
DRU: Enjoy your supper. I have to play with dessert.
After the movie, Dawn went home for dinner and Connor headed back to his place. He napped for an hour, then changed his clothes, putting on black leather pants and a green t-shirt. Connor goes downstairs. As he walks to the front door, Drusilla comes in from the courtyard. She is wearing a long black skirt and a red sleeveless top with black dots.
DRU: Hello brother.