A/N: I know some of us can't wait to find out what Lorne saw in the little Slayer. It will be for the next chapter or the one after next. ^_^
ConnorI have not seen my father in five days. Well not since I went to the hospital with Cordelia and Gunn. Angel has not left the Slayer's side ever since. I had been surprise to hear about to hear about her. I had wanted to meet her but never like this.
When we had gotten to the room where she was healing, I had found my father supporting two young women. I had recognized the red head as Willow. I had seen her a few hours before at the Hotel. She had come for a celebration dinner for Angel's wedding. The other one, I had never seen. She was tall. Well compared to the other woman around me she was. She looked small and frail. She was cute if you dismissed the runny nose and the puffy eyes.
I had been checking out the sister of the girl that had sent my father to hell I found out when my father introduced us. I also got the chance to meet the Slayer. Not the way I had thought I would meet her. Angel rarely spoke of her and I couldn't help be a little curious about her. He would get those expressions that let me know that she meant a lot more than what he let on. And by the way he was looking at the hospital I am not so sure if she isn't still very important to him.
A while back I had found some drawing of her. They had been discarded in a room we used as storage at the hotel. I had thought the girl had been pretty. The girl in the portraits had been full of light and happiness. The young woman on that bed had looked like a very pale imitation of those portraits. I wonder what had happened in her life to change her that much. But my thoughts about the slayer had disappeared when I had seen Cordelia looking at Angel. My future stepmother had been furious. She had over heard a doctor refer to him as the husband of the Slayer. I guess I would have been mad too. I mean the blond girl was pretty. Her sister was also.
I am not saying that Cordelia is not pretty. The woman is beautiful and I know I had my share of romantic thoughts about her a while back. When she didn't have her memory we had hung out for a while but when it had come back and she had found out about what I had done to Angel she had been much colder with me. It seems that Cordelia is not as forgiving as my father is. Not that my father hadn't punish me.
I had thought they would have gotten in an argument. But they hadn't. So I had gone to sit with Dawn. I had tried my best to talk to her but all I had gotten out of her were sobs and a few leave me alone. After a while I had given up.
Now Dawn was sleeping in the room next to mine. I had spent most of the day and the night hearing her cry. I had thought of going in and comforting her but I know what to do, or say in such occasions. I have dealt with death but I am not keen in emotional sharing. A warrior had no time for sentimentality. I had learned that from the man I had thought was my father a long time ago. Vengeance was more my game.
I am restless. I wish I had something to do. My thoughts keep going back to the slayer. She had been attacked in Caritas. I wonder what she had been doing there. Chances are she didn't even know that it was a demon bar. She wasn't from around here to know that. I wonder if Lorne had known that she had been the Slayer when the blond had walked in to his club. I am almost positive that he would have known. And if he had known, wouldn't he have called Angel? I mean considering my father's history with her and knowing how much Lorne liked to put his nose in to other people's business, he would have called. And if he didn't there had to be a reason.
I am bored so why not pay him a little visit and who knows maybe he might tell me a little bit more about her. Anyway something felt wrong about this. Time to do some investigating.
I head down the corridor heading to the stairway to the lobby. I stop when I hear Angel's voice. What is he doing here? I thought he would be in the hospital. He is in the middle of the lobby helping Cordy walk towards the stairs. Is something wrong with her? Or is she craving attention? No Cordelia is not the type. I know this must be hard for her though. I don't think anyone likes the idea of his or her fiancé playing-nurse for another person. I wonder if Angel is not making the wrong decision in marrying Cordy. This was the first time he was away from the Slayer. Maybe it's just my jealousy talking.
As they come up the stairs, I hide myself in the shadow. Angel looks exhausted. I am not even sure if he can sense me or not. If he does he ignores my presence. After a few minutes I watch them disappear into the room they share.
"What are you doing?" Asks a voice behind me. I jump at least a feet, surprised. How long had Dawn been behind me? How did she sneak behind me?
"What are you doing? Why are you spying on people?" She asks me again. Her voice is a little hoarse. She looks rested at least I think.
" I am sorry." I am finally able to say.
"Well everyone is lately" She lets out bitterly. Way to go man. It seems you can't say anything good to the girl.
"I…"
"Never mind," she says brushing me off. What is wrong with that girl? What is wrong with me? I should ask her what she was doing sneaking up on me. I almost want to tell her off. I know better. She is not angry with me, I am almost positive that whatever is going is mostly about her.
" Where you going?" She asks me noticing my jacket.
"Did anyone ever tell me you ask too many questions?" I answer back.
"I ask you something first." She interjects.
"If you need to know I am going to Caritas." I don't even know why I told her this. I can see pain flash on her face when I mention the bar.
"Aren't you kind of young to be going to bars?"
" Do you want to come?" Did I just say that? One of her eyebrows goes up. She looks cute like that. I am hitting on her aren't I?
"Sure, why not?" She answers. Well I could think of a few reason why we shouldn't go but I am not going to tell her. I am not even sure why I am dragging her behind me. I expect her to head to her room for her coat but than I notice that she had it already with her.
"I was going to go for a walk anyway." She answers me as if she could read my mind. I think I really like this girl.
DawnWow! So this is Caritas. I haven't seen that many demons since…wait a minute I have never seen that many demons. Of course this is not the ideal place that I would have wanted to go with a handsome over here.
I have to say that there must be something about Angel's gene because his son is hot. Okay so I have a sister in a coma and I am thinking that her ex's son is yummy. Connor is nice too. As far as I can remember, I've been a bitch to him the entire time I had been in L.A. To him and to everyone else that is.
On our way here, Connor had told me that he was coming here to talk ot a demon called the Host. He wanted to ask him a few questions about my sister and also about what had happened. No one had bothered to come and talk to the host because they had all been busy either morning the Slayer like I was or been at her side hoping that if they talked to her enough she would wake up. I am not sure I want to know what Buffy was doing here. Is there even anything to find out? Buffy fought a demon, killed it and got hurt. Other than the part that she had been drunk that was mostly the routine of my sister life. I had tried to explain that to mini-Angel but he told me there was something fishy about the whole situation.
I know that my main fear is that I will find out that she wanted to die. It wouldn't be the first time. When Willow had brought her back from heaven, all she had wanted was to go back. She hadn't wanted to be here. I just had her back. Buffy and I, we were finally getting along. This is so not fair.
According to Connor, Lorne or the Host would have recognized the Slayer because he works for the Powers That Be. I wonder who came up with such a silly name. If he had seen my sister he would have automatically called Angel, unless something had occurred. I wonder if Lorne knew something that we might not want to pry in. I look Connor's set face and I know that it would be a waist of my time to try to dissuade him.
I look around from the stool where I am sitting. Some very ugly demon is giving a rendition of Britney Spears "I am not a girl, not yet a woman." That is disturbing. I don't think I will ever be able to hear this song again on the radio. My eyes continue to wander till they set on a green skinned demon. He is wearing a very flashy yellow suit that complement is skin tone. Green monkey in a suit flashes in my mind. I think Buffy would think that that was funny. Green monkey seems to have notice me staring at him. I look away.
"There 's Lorne," says Connor pointing at the green monkey.
" Hey handsome, fancy seeing you here" says Lorne as he approaches us. He is staring straight at me. "Brought a date, I notice." At these words I turn red.
" We are not on a date." Answers Connor. " By the way this is Dawn Summers, and this Is the Host of Caritas."
"But you can call me Lorne little Sunshine." He says shaking my head. " You are the Slayers sister right? How is she doing? I have been waiting for Angel to give me a call about her condition but he hasn't called yet."
"Buffy is in a coma and Angel has kind of been by her side during the whole ordeal, it might have slipped his mind. " Answered Connor. Lorne made a face at those words but I couldn't tell what had made him flinch. Was it because my sister was in a coma or was it because Angel was at her side? I wonder.
"What was my sister doing here?" I can't believe I just ask that question. I thought I didn't want to know.
" She came to get a drink. She sang a little…"
"Buffy sang? Does that mean you read her soul?" cuts in Connor. What does he mean by reading souls. Lorne reads souls. What kind of power is that.
"Why didn't you contact Angel about her presence here?" I ask. He looks at me startle.
"I did call Angel. That is why he came. It took him longer than I expected though." I shake my head. That was not what happened. Angel hadn't known that my sister was at Caritas when he had gotten there that night. I had heard him tell Willow that it had been coincidence that he had gotten there while she was. He had told her about feeling a pull at his soul and it had woke him up. He couldn't explain it and was afraid that he might be loosing it so he had gone to the Host in hopes that he could give him some answers but when he had gotten there he had found Buffy. Angel had even asked Willow to look into the soul-pulling thing for him while he was at Buffy 's side.
"Angel hadn't known, it was all a coincidence that he had gotten here when he did." Connor looks at me. I can practically hear him think "and the mystery thickens!"
" I did," said Lorne. He pauses thinking about something and than ads: "Or at least I thought I did. I must have dialed the wrong number than. It was a coincidence you say that he had come here that night. "
Lorne goes back into deep concentration. I interrupt him and recount to him what I had overheard between Angel and Willow about the reason he had been there last night. Lorne gasp. He is looking at me and I can almost see the wheels of his brain turning and processing what I had told him.
"I don't understand, I thought Angel's soul was permanent?" Connor asks.
"Sometimes there are loop holes to this type of things" I answer thinking about the Angel curse. When the Gypsies had cursed him the first time they had put a loophole in his curse and they had kept him in the dark about it. What if it was the same for his permanent soul? I look at Lorne, lost deep in thought and wonder if by any chance he might know the loophole in spell. If there was one.
TBC
AN: I am sorry to announce that I do not intend to do a C/D romance so this is as much as you are going to get from those two …friendship yes…romance I am not so sure.
And as promise ….the next one is Lorne
Is there a loophole to Angel's permanent soul?
Is Lorne going to tell on Cordelia for not relaying the message?
What did the Host see when he read Buffy?
All these will be answered in the next one ^^
AN2: Please be so kind to review …and if there are any aspiring beta readers here…please let me know the position is still open. And also excuse this chapter. It's about 4 am and I am like wicked tired. I just wanted to give you guys something before I went on my trip without my laptop. I am not sure when I will be able to update so I thought I would give all of you a treat. Hope you like it …^^