Chapter 6

Connor walked into Buffy's office later that day and sat down. Buffy smiled at him. "I'm glad you're here, I wanted to talk to you about something." Connor just nodded and waited for her to continue. "I don't know how you will feel about this, but I figured it would be appropriate if I talked with you before I did anything. You know that your father asked me out and I wanted to know how you would feel if I decided to go out with him?" Connor thought about what she said for a minute before answering.

"I don't know, I guess it would be a bit weird. I would be okay with it though." Buffy felt a little relieved.

"You would?" Connor nodded.

"My dad hasn't dated a lot since my mom died and when he did I never liked any of them. I like you Ms. Summers and I think you could be good for him." She smiled at him.

"You could call me Buffy, but it's our little secret." He smiled at her also.

"I think I can do that. I also wanted to talk to you about something." Buffy nodded.

"You know you can talk to me about anything." Connor nodded also.

"I know, I was just wondering if Dawn has said anything about me. I really like her." Buffy smiled at that.

"You would have to ask her that, but I think it's looking pretty good." Connor nodded.

"Okay, that's good then. Do you think I should ask her out?" He asked her.

"I think you should do whatever you want, no one can make that decision for you." Connor stood up and was about to head out of her office when he turned to look at her one more time.

"I don't know if this helps any with your decision, but I know that my dad really likes you." He told her as he walked out. Buffy smiled at that and went back to the papers on her desk. Connor saw Dawn at her locker and decided to walk over to her. "Hey, Dawn." He said when he got to her and she looked at him and gave him a smile.

"Hey, Connor. I think this is the first time we've ever talked in school. Why do you suppose that is?" She asked him and he shrugged.

"Maybe because we don't exactly hang out with the same people." Dawn agreed.

"Yeah, that could be it." Connor paused for a moment before speaking again.

"Can I walk you to your next class?" Dawn smiled at him.

"Sure, I see that you were just in my sister's office. Talk about anything interesting?" Connor shook his head.

"Nothing important, I wanted to ask you something though. You know the dance that's coming up?" Dawn nodded. "Well, I was wondering if you maybe wanted to go with me?" Dawn seemed surprised that he asked her out and gave him another smile.

"Yeah, I would love to. I didn't think you were the dance type." She told him.

"I'm not really. I'm not even sure if I can dance, but I'm willing to try and I would like to get to know you better." Dawn nodded.

"That sounds good. I would like to get to know you better, too. Why don't you come over to my house with me after school? We could just study and do our homework together. Buffy is working longer today so she won't be home until later." Connor nodded also.

"Yeah, that would be fine." With that said they both walked to their classes.