After Angel was satisfied finding Harmony and Spike actually working on bills instead of snogging behind the desk he went down to the lab to check on his son. Fred was responsible for supervising his biology lesson and today she was letting Connor dissect a frog. It was the first thing since Angel instituted daily lessons for Connor to study in hopes he would be interested in going off to college that he had really been interested in. Angel watched from behind the glass doors as the scalpel pierced the deceased creature's skin and split open its abdomen. Connor's eyes grew wide as Fred began pointing out the organ structures and having Connor extract them one by one. Angel sighed as he walked away. There were forms to sign and a few more calls to make before his meeting. He met with Gunn, went over the moctavian birthing ritual with Lorne, and called Wesley to make sure Connor had shown up for his history lesson all before preparing to meet with Spike and Connor. The car estimate had arrived at 11 and Angel thought he was hallucinating when he looked at the cost of repairing the damage. The chief of police had also called in to check on the status of a case and inquired how Spike was considering the officer who was responsible for stopping them now had a broken nose and lost two teeth caps from a wild punch Spike threw. When the page came at three to three from Harmony Angel was more than ready to face the two wayward boys.

"So we've all had some time to think about this incident and I've been informed of I believe all the facts of the case now so now we're starting with you two. What do you think would be an appropriate punishment for this?"

Connor looked bewildered and near tears when he finally spoke. " Do...do you want me to leave again?"

Angel reached over and embraced his. "Connor, you made a mistake and your going to be punished but I'm certainly not sending you away. When that happened we both needed space and we shouldn't have been around each other. This is totally different. Do you understand that?" Connor nodded slowly and Angel stepped back to look at Spike who looked broken by the display he'd seen. "You either Spike. The powers put you here and here is where you'll stay no matter how crazy you may make me."

Spike sighed audibly with relief. It had been bothering him all day. Being tossed out on your ass was typical Angelus style but a guaranteed home was something he hadn't had since he died. He had been trying to mentally cess out where he'd go. "So I guess I'll start then. I guess I'll be making myself comfortable in the invoice office."

Angel smiled. "Good start. Keep going."

"And I'll be handing over the keys."

"Alright but keep thinking. Connor?"

"Ugh...no HBO?"

"And how about no TV until at least 2 hours of studying are done. Lets keep it coming boys."

"And I'm grounded to the penthouse for a week?"

"Try a month. And your are too Spike."

"What? Come on Angel."

"Hey who crashed who's car here? Now you both also are under no circumstance to leave the building. Oh and you'll both be washing and waxing all other eleven cars every day for the next month. Now depending how the week goes will determine any weekend suspension of this grounding. Now I want you both to listen very closely to this part. I can extend this for as long as necessary if you two refuse to cooperate and make my words if I ever get another call for the police about either of you I will not hesitate to turn you over my knee and spank you. Do you understand?"

Bother Connor and Spike sat in a state of stock for a moment before replying. "Yes dad."

"Yes Angel."

"Alright then. I hope this is the last time we have to have this talk. Now Connor I want you to go to your room and study until in come up. Spike I expect you to help Gunn sort through depositions until five. I'll be by with your dinner later. I'll see you this evening."

After Angel had shown the troublesome duo out he went off to find Lorne to go over that ritual one more time.