A Little Easier, Maybe Not

Author: Pumpkin Belly

Previously:  Just as he was about to sign he heard his name being called out, anguish laced with fury coming at him in one word.

"No!"

He's Awake

Angel stopped, pen midair, and turned to see Dawn coming at him, anger pouring off of her. 

"Angel, don't sign the paper." Behind all the anger she was feeling, there was fear in her eyes.  Fear that Angel may not listen to her.

"Dawn, I have to think of Connor.  I have to do what's best for him. Nothing has changed." Angel said looking back at the two men and then the paper.

"Things have changed though.  Connor's awake." Dawn was on the brink of tears, "Please, Angel, he's awake and ok now."

The men from Wolfram and Hart looked ready to run.  Angel noticed.

"Did you know that he would wake up? That's why you needed me to sign the paper so soon.  You didn't want to help me, you just wanted to have me in your clutches." He said turning towards the men. 

"Sir, Mr. Angel, we didn't know anything like this.  All they told us was to have you sign the paper." He gave a nervous laugh, "I guess you won't be needing this." He snatched up the paper before Angel had a chance to stop him. 

"Well since that is all taken care of there's nothing for us to do here." The two men stood up and quickly exited the hospital.  Angel thought about going after them but changed his mind, his son was more important. 

"I should probably go get a doctor." Dawn said hurrying off to the nurses' station. 

"Yeah," Angel nodded absently, already moving to Connor's room.  At the door he paused.  How much had Dawn told Connor?  Should he be preparing himself for a fight with yelling and punching or was this going to be a happy reconcile?

"Maybe I should wait for Dawn?' He thought before dismissing the idea.  He was Connor's father he could handle this. Well that's what he told himself. 

TBC

A/N: I'm sorry for such the short chapter but I didn't have a lot of time and I wanted to get this out because of the reviews I got telling me I had to update because they needed to know what happens.  

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