Chapter 2

"Come on, Dawn! We have to go!" Buffy called up the stairs as her sister finally came down. She was a little taller than Buffy and had long, dark hair with blonde highlights.

"I'm coming; I had to pick out something good to wear." Buffy rolled her eyes.

"We're only going to the school for parent teacher night. You don't have to dress up for that." Dawn shrugged.

"It makes me feel good to look nice." Dawn said with a smile as she looked away from Buffy and she knew that look on her younger sister's face.

"Oh god, don't tell me you're dressing up to impress Spike?" Dawn smiled at her sister.

"Fine, I won't tell you." Buffy rolled her eyes again.

"Dawn, we talked about this. You have to get over this obsession you have with him. He's your teacher, not to mention too old for you." She tried to explain to her.

"Age is nothing but a number and it might be cool to date a teacher. I've seen him give me looks in class. Spike and I are definitely meant to be." Buffy sighed.

"First of all, you're not supposed to call him Spike. He's your teacher so it's Mr. Wallace." Dawn rolled her eyes.

"That doesn't suit him." Buffy rolled her eyes also.

"Okay, I don't have time for this. Let's go and when we get there try to leave Spike alone." They got into Buffy's car and Dawn crossed her arms over her chest as Buffy started the car and drove away.

"You're just saying that because you want him for yourself." Buffy shook her head.

"A world of no, we're just friends. I'm saying that because it's illegal. You're only 16, why can't you be interested in guys your own age?" Dawn shrugged.

"Guys my age are losers, they're so immature. I need someone that doesn't know how to burp the alphabet." Buffy shook her head again; the rest of the drive was done in silence. They got to the school and Buffy spent time talking to Dawn's teachers and her sister seemed to be doing well in school. Buffy got annoyed when they were talking to Spike. Dawn was flirting with him right in front of her and she didn't even care to hide it. Buffy could tell that Spike was flattered by the attention, but that he was also a little uncomfortable. Buffy then had enough and dragged her out of his classroom before she could embarrass herself anymore. "Hey, we were just getting into a good conversation." Buffy stopped and looked at her.

"I think you've said enough for one night. Why don't you go talk to some of your friends while I talk to some of the parents. Think you can handle that?" Dawn rolled her eyes and walked away from Buffy without saying anything. Buffy sighed and ran her fingers through her hair. She then saw Connor in the distance talking with a tall brunette man. She walked over to them with a smile on her face. "Connor, how are you doing?" Connor smiled when she walked over to them.

"I'm doing okay, Ms. Summers. This is my dad." He said as he pointed to the man that she saw him talking to and the man looked at Buffy.

"So, you're the Ms. Summers I've been hearing a lot about." He said as he shook her hand. "My son has told me a lot about you. My name's Angel." He told her with a smile and she smiled in return.

"I'm Buffy; it's nice to meet you." They then dropped hands and Angel nodded.

"It's nice to meet you, too. You're a lot prettier than I imagined." Buffy blushed at the compliment.

"Thank you," she replied and Connor looked at both of them. He couldn't believe that his dad was flirting with her and he realized that he didn't like it. They were caught up in each other when Buffy saw Spike walk over to them with a smile on his face.

"Hey, there you are." He said as he then messed with Connor's hair and the boy laughed.

"Uncle Spike, quit it." He stated as he pulled away from him. Spike smiled at him and then looked at Buffy.

"I take it you all know each other." Buffy said and Spike nodded.

"This is my brother, Angel and you already know this one." He said referring to Connor.

"Yeah, I didn't know that you two were related." Spike nodded again and put his arm around Connor.

"Come on, kid. Let's see what your teachers have to say about you." Connor groaned as Spike pulled him away from Buffy and Angel. Buffy seemed shy about being left alone with him and he smiled warmly at her and decided to be the one to make conversation.

"I know that we just met, but I would like to get to know you better. You've been a pretty good influence on my son. I was wondering if you would like to go out with me sometime." Buffy was surprised that he was asking her out.

"I don't know, I haven't really gone out in a while. I've been busy with work and taking care of my sister. I have an idea though. Why don't you and Connor come over to my house for dinner this weekend? That is if you don't have any plans or anything." Angel smiled at her.

"We would love to come over, if it's not too much trouble." Buffy shook her head.

"No trouble at all." She then reached into her pocket and pulled out a pen when she realized she didn't have any paper. "Do you have something I can write on?" Angel smiled again and held out his hand to her. She looked at his hand for a second and then wrote down her number. When she was done she put her pen back in her pocket and looked up at him. "You can call me and I'll give you the address. How does Saturday at 7 sound?" Angel nodded.

"That would be fine; I guess I'll see you then." Buffy nodded also as Angel walked away and headed back to Connor. Buffy watched him go and smiled as she then went to look for Dawn.