CHAPTER 1
Historical Note: By now, the story takes place in the end of the fifth season of Buffy, and the fourth season of Angel.
Author's Note: Ok, in advance, It may be a little longer posting new parts. It's true, a few chapters on this one have been pre-written as well, but I still have to go through and edit, and sometimes make a few changes. Plus, Mid-terms are coming up, so I may be kinda busy, but I'll try my best!! Please come back every few days and see if I've posted more tho! I just got another opinion, thanks soo much! But that only brings me up to 2 opinions about the Cordy/Connor thing. One says yes cause it'd be interesting, one says no cause it was gross to see the first time around. I need people's advice here. I'm begging you, I mean, on my knees! Lol. PLEASE e-mail me and met me know!
Author's Note/Historical Note: This part takes place three months after where the second one left off. Angel is still missing, leaving Buffy to deal with the Hyperion Hotel, and to raise Connor. Cordelia has also gone missing, and the crew is searching for her as well. Also, Joyce gets terminally ill, forcing Buffy to go back to Sunnydale and take care of things for awhile not knowing she'd end up doing it permanently.
"No Connor, It's not that I don't appreciate what you did back there, it's just; you can't keep disappearing," Buffy told Connor as they walked into the room.
"I didn't disappear, I was tracking them from a far," Connor explained as he followed her.
"Connor, look. I just don't want you disappearing while were still in the middle of trying to find your father," Buffy explained. Connor nodded.
"I'm sorry I scared you," he told her. Buffy smiled as she walked over to him.
"It's alright. It's not you, I've just had a lot on my mind," she explained. She looked at Connor's features and noticed; as she always had; just how much Connor's features resembled Angel's.
"You look so much like him," Buffy told him as she smiled. "Why don't you get some rest?" she told him.
"It's alright. I'm not tired," he told her. Buffy smiled at him again and ruffled his dark blond hair with her hand.
"Your a good kid, you know that?" she told him. Connor smiled before heading upstairs. Buffy waited until she heard the sound of Connor's door shut before turning towards Gunn, who had just walked into the room. Fred was sitting behind the computer.
"Did you find anything yet?" Buffy asked in a hushed voice as she walked over to Fred and Gunn. Buffy couldn't help but think how much this seemed like old times back in Sunnydale...sort of. Fred had just as much knowledge with computers and the net as Willow had. Thinking of Willow reminded Buffy that she hadn't called her in a while. She felt bad for not calling her friend as much as she should, but she had had a lot on her mind lately with Angel's sudden disappearance.
After Angel disappeared, she was not only faced with raising Connor alone, but she also had to deal with the Hotel, and to keep up on the monster population in L.A.
Fred looked up from the computer. "Ah yeah, actually I think we found the buildings layouts," Fred told her.
"Good. We'll check it out tomorrow night. See if this Marissa girl's there," Buffy said. She then looked over at Gunn.
"Why don't you guys get some sleep? It's been a tiring day, and we've done good," she told them. Fred nodded.
"Alright. Thanks," she said before she shut down the computer. They were half way up the stairs when Buffy spoke up once more.
"Oh, guys? Please don't say anything to Connor about this lead yet. I don't want to get his hopes up," she told them.
"Alright," Gunn said before the two of them disappeared upstairs. Buffy looked around the lobby and sighed. She had just found out that they were closer to eviction then finding Angel. It was also hard for the group to come up with leads to their friend, Cordy. They had realized Cordelia had gone missing that night as well, and they had been looking for her as well ever since. Buffy hugged herself as she thought of all the things that she was left to do now that Angel was gone. She felt as if she was going to cry at the thought of Angel. She couldn't understand why Angel had vanished so suddenly.
"Mom, are you ok?" Connor asked as he walked into the room. He walked over to Buffy and put his hand on her shoulder. Buffy snapped out of her thoughts of Angel and turned towards Connor.
"Yeah, I-I'm ok," she said as she smiled at her son. At least I still have our son, she thought to herself as she looked at Connor. She had given up so much, being pregnant at a young age. She was eighteen when she had Connor. And juggling school with slaying as well as being pregnant was too much at the time. So she was forced to drop out. But Connor was worth it, Buffy thought as she looked at him.
"I'm just tired," she told him. "I'm, I'm going to bed. Are you..." she trailed off.
"Yeah, I'm headed there myself," he assured her.
"Alright, Goodnight Connor. I love you," she said as she hugged him.
"Goodnight," Connor said as he hugged her back. Buffy gave him another smile before going upstairs to bed.