What could have been.
By: kelle24
Connor ran up to the Hotel where his father and the others were staying. He knew from early childhood that his father was a vampire, but he didn't care. He loved his father and his father loved him. He had just gotten home from school and wanted to get some training in with his father.
Angel watched as his son ran into the hotel and into the lobby. He smiled at him as the young boy skidded to a stop mere inches from him.
"Dad, you promised that you were going to teach me how to fight."
"Well, then lets go."
They both walked to the room that was designed for fighting and training. An hour or so later they stopped and walked into the hotel room where Cordelia was waiting for them.
"How was your training?"
"It was great, Cordy."
"He's a natural and he has good reflexes."
"Well, he is your son."
Angel smiled with pride at his son. "Yes, yes he is."
The boy grinned back at his father and then picked up his backpack and ran up to his room to finish his homework. He had promised his father that he would do his homework if his father would teach him how to fight.
After putting his folder, book and pen inside his bag he zipped it up and went back downstairs. It was almost dinnertime and he was hungry.
"I know you're hungry," said Lorne.
"Yes."
"We're having pizza tonight." Replied Fred as she carried boxes of pizza in.
"I love pizza." He said as he helped Fred carry some of the boxes to hotel lobby's desk and then he opened one and started eating a slice.
Connor woke up and blinked into the darkness. Tears started to run down his face as he realized what could have been, but there was no time to dwell in what ifs and could have beens. He was raised where no child should have been raised and that made him who he was today.
The End
