Author's Note: Hey, here's chapter 4. Sorry for the wait, I got caught up in The Buffyverse's Island. I hope everyone had a safe and fun 4th of July. I love this chapter, it turned out really cute. I also love the movie, it's one of my favorites. Sorry it's kind of short. There will be 3 more chapters after this, then two more stories, because I decided to make this into a 3 story series. Yay, huh? Well, R&R!

Chapter 4: Sparring and a Movie

Monday, Los Angeles

Dawn collapsed onto the floor, wiping the sweat off her forehead. "Wow. That was some workout."

Connor collapsed beside her, panting. "You are starting to give me a run for my money."

Dawn smiled. "I'm a fast learner."

The duo had been downstairs sparring for over an hour now. They had also been squeezing in kisses from time to time, pleased with the new twist in their relationship.

"That you are." He leaned in and kissed her again. They only broke apart due to a sudden mutual need for oxygen.

Dawn grinned at him. "This is really nice. This us thing."

He smiled back. "I am enjoying this 'us thing' too." He sprung back up to his feet. "Ready to go again?"

With a groan Dawn stood up. "One more time. Then I'm spent."

Then the two began "fighting," each playfully throwing punches and kicks at the other. Dawn was really getting the moves down, executing a complicated duck and roll to avoid one of Connor's blows. But finally Connor got the best of her and tackled her to the ground.

Dawn panted, enjoying the close contact. "Well I guess you beat me."

Without speaking Connor kissed her again, more passionately this time, relieving the tension between them. They continued to make out, rolling over so that Dawn was on top. After several minutes they broke apart.

"I want to take you out tonight," Connor said suddenly, sitting up. "On a real date."

Dawn smiled, slightly surprised. "I'd like that a lot. "

Connor stood up, suddenly feeling nervous. "Do you want to see a movie? I can probably get Cordy to drive us."

Dawn smiled. "Yes, but I get to pick the movie."

He raised an eyebrow. "What do you want to see?"

Dawn giggled. "How are you with scary movies? Because there is this one called The Ring out that looks really good."

Connor smiled. "Sounds fine to me. I guess we have enough scary in our lives that it will seem like nothing."

Dawn nodded. "So it's a date."

Connor grinned. "Yup. I'll talk to Cordy now, and then I'll come by around 7."

Dawn smiled. "I can't wait." They kissed one more time. "I should really go shower now. I have a hot date tonight."

Connor smirked. "So do I." And with one last kiss she ran upstairs, daydreaming of their date that night.

At seven o clock that night, Dawn, Connor, and Cordelia were in Angel's car en route to the movie theater. They had run into Angel when they were about to leave. His reaction to the two of them had been a little weird. He seemed slightly pleased by it, especially the fact that his son was now around more often, but looked like he had a slight sense of dread. He was probably thinking about what Buffy was going to do to him when she found out her sister had spent the week making out in the basement of Angel's hotel with his son.

"Well here we go," Cordelia said, pulling to a stop at the entrance to the movie theater. "I'll be back when the movie ends. Have a great time!"

Dawn and Connor both thanked her, and she drove away. "Shall we?" Connor said, holding out his arm. Dawn smiled and took his hand.

They bought popcorn and soda from the snack bar, then headed into the theater. There was already a decent crowd. "Where do you want to sit?" Connor asked. He had never actually been in a real movie theater before, just to the drive in that one time.

"In the back," Dawn said matter-of-factly, climbing the stairs and munching on popcorn. "That way, if it turns out the movie totally sucks, we can just make out," she said, flashing a smile back at him. Connor smiled and followed her, now secretly hoping that the movie would suck.

They settled in their seats and watched the previews. A few times their hands brushed while reaching for more popcorn and they would smile and kiss.

When the movie started they settled back in their seats to watch. It was surprisingly engrossing, but there were some scary parts, during which Dawn would squeeze Connor's hand. Finally he just put his arm around her, and she settled back against him.

Two hours later the credits began to roll, while everyone sat there in shocked silence. "Oh, my God," Dawn said. "That was great!"

Connor tried to smile, but he was still kind of freaked out from the end of the movie. "More like extremely freaky."

Dawn grinned at him. "You were scared, weren't you?"

Connor threw a piece of leftover popcorn at her. "Maybe a little. But it was scary, with the killing, and the TVs and everything! Besides you were scared too, you kept squeezing my hand!"

Dawn grinned. "Are you complaining?"

Connor smiled back. "Of course not." He kissed her. When they came up for air, they noticed that they were the only people left in the theater.

"We'd better go, Cordy's waiting," Connor said. "That was really nice."

Dawn smiled. "It was." They stood up and slowly walked out of the theater. "I had an idea for what we could do tomorrow," she said hesitantly.

Connor looked at her. "What?"

She smiled nervously. "I thought maybe we could go down to the pier. We could go on the rides, and eat junk food, and you could win me a big stuffed animal," Dawn said.

Connor smiled. "That sounds nice."

Dawn smiled back, relieved. "Great! I'm glad you like the idea. It's just something that boyfriends and girlfriends do a lot."

Connor straightened up as they approached the car. "Boyfriends and girlfriends, huh?"

Dawn grinned. "I love the sound of that."

Connor smiled back, and squeezed her hand. "So do I."