Chapter 7

Buffy was waiting for Dawn to show up after Spike and Angel's fight. Dawn had some more work to finish in Rome so she took a later flight and would be there soon. She noticed that Spike and Angel kept sending glares at each other and she started to feel a little guilty for being the cause of that, but she shook it off. She just put on a smile and walked over to them. "Hey, guys. I was wondering where I would be staying. Does anyone wanna show me?" She asked them.

"I'll show you." Spike said.

"No, I will." Angel replied as he sent Spike a glare. Buffy rolled her eyes.

"I'll do it." Connor said as he walked over to her and she gave him a smile in relief. Angel sighed and knew what he had to do.

"Buffy, go with Spike. I need to talk to Connor." Buffy nodded and went to grab her bag that she left there earlier. Spike smiled when she walked back over to him. He grabbed her hand and led her up the stairs. Angel watched them go and then turned back to Connor. "We need to talk." He told him and Connor nodded.

"Okay, what about?" Angel took an unneeded breath before he spoke again.

"I see how you are around Buffy and I'm a little worried about it." Connor shrugged.

"I haven't done anything." He explained.

"I can tell that you like her, but I don't think it's a good idea." Connor crossed his arms over his chest.

"Why, because you used to date her? Which was a long time ago by the way. She's pretty cool and to be honest I can't believe you left someone like that, but you did leave her so technically she's not your girl anymore." Angel rubbed his eyes.

"I know she's not, but she's not a girl. She's an older woman and I think you seriously need to get out of that phase after what happened last time. You need to start getting interested in girls your own age, Connor." Connor sighed and then looked behind Angel to see a pretty brunette walk out of the elevators. She looked around his age and she had long hair with blonde highlights. Connor kept his eyes on her as he answered Angel.

"I think you may be right." Angel turned around to see what he was staring at when he noticed the girl. She smiled when she saw him and walked over to them.

"Hey, Angel. This place is huge. How do you manage it?" Angel smiled at the girl.

"I do what I can. This is my son, Connor. Connor, this is Dawn. She's Buffy's sister." Dawn seemed surprised that he had a son and smiled at Connor.

"Hey, it's nice to meet you." She said and he also gave her a smile.

"You too, you're Buffy's sister?" Dawn nodded. "Yeah, I can see the resemblance." Angel smiled at them. He could tell that Dawn was already starting to take his mind off of Buffy.

"I'll let you two talk." He said as he walked away from them and headed back to his office.