Dawn awoke the next morning to the smells of bacon coming from the kitchen, she rolled over to check the time and came face to face with her sister asleep next to her.
Slowly she slid out of the bed careful not to wake Buffy, grabbed some clothes and quietly entered the bathroom to use the toilet and brush her teeth and get dressed. When she came out she dropped a quick kiss on her sisters cheek and left the room. Closing the door behind her she turned around and found Willow standing there.
"Buffy still asleep?"
"Yeah" Dawn said, "Didn't wanna wake her, you coming down for breakfast?"
"Yeah, I heard someone in the bathroom figured I'd wait for them."
"Do you need the bathroom?"
"Nah, I've already used it." Willow replied.
"So that's what that door was. I thought it was another closet."
Willow grinned at her. "And they reckon Buffy's the blonde in the family."
Dawn poked her tongue out at her. "Shut up"
"You ready to go down Dawnie?"
"Yup let's go"
Angel was placing a plate of pancakes on the table when the two girls walked in. They looked at the table and saw that it was surrounded by nearly every breakfast food you could imagine.
"I didn't know what you liked" He said sheepishly.
Willow smiled at him. "You didn't have to go to all this trouble Angel, we could have just eaten cereal."
Cordelia looked up at her. "Don't say that, I like it when he does this, though not to often. I'll get so fat you'll just have to roll me at the bad guys and I'll knock em over like bowling pins."
Angel leaned over and gave her a kiss. "I'll still love you anyway."
"Pffft, yeah right" But she smiled at him.
"I wouldn't say no if you cooked like this every morning." Connor mumbled, his mouth full of sausages.
Angel ruffled his hair as he walked past on his way to the sink. "I bet you wouldn't"
Connor scowled and tried to flatten his hair, well that was until Dawn sat down next to him with a wide smile and a "Good morning"
Connor grinned back at her. "You wanna do some more training this morning before you go home?"
Dawn nodded as she put some eggs on her plate. "Would love to" She said ignoring the teasing grins that came from the two other women at the table. She said a quick "Thanks" to Angel as he put a cup of coffee in front of her before starting to eat.
Willow shared a knowing grin with Cordelia, giving her own "Thanks" to Angel as he did the same for her before grabbing some pancakes.
Half an hour later, Willow and Cordelia were the only ones still in the kitchen.
"Remind me never to eat that much again, now I feel sick" Cordelia groaned leaning back in her chair and rubbing her stomach.
Willow laughed. "That'll teach you, you almost eat as much as Xander"
Cordelia looked offended. "I do not, you take that back."
Willow just shook her head, a smile on her face as she finished the last of her own breakfast. "So what's up with Dawnie and Connor" She asked.
"I don't know." Cordelia replied. "But Connor was showing her some moves yesterday and you would have sworn it was Buffy and Angel, the next generation. They had that look between them. I said as much to Angel, and even he agreed."
"Dawnie's got a boyfriend, wow, Buffy's barely letting her out of the house alone, I don't know how she's gonna deal with this."
"How I'm gonna deal with what?" Buffy asked entering the kitchen. She spotted the coffee machine. "Ooooh caffeine." Grabbing a mug off the bench she poured herself a cup and turned around. She noticed both women had the 'deer in headlights' look. "What?" She asked worriedly.
"Nothing"
"Nothing"
Giving them a strange look, Buffy just nodded her head. "Ok... then, where's Dawnie?"
"Uhh, she's in the training room." Cordelia mumbled.
Buffy put her cup down and folded her arms across her chest. "Ok, what's going on?"
Cordelia stood up. "Maybe you should come have a look." She said before walking out of the room.
Buffy looked questionably at Willow who just shrugged before following her out the door.
"Oh my god." Buffy whispered, from the corner of her eye she could see Willow had a similar reaction. They were standing in the same place that Cordelia and Angel found themselves yesterday. They watched as Connor lead Dawn though a series of Tai Chi exercises, and although Dawn's movements were a little jerkier than Connor's she followed his lead almost flawlessly. But what surprised Buffy the most was she could see that Dawn's eyes followed every movement Connor made and had a small smile on her face while she did it.
A smile that Buffy could remember looking at in the mirror when she was 16 every time she thought of Angel. Though a part of her wanted to go down their and rip his arms off so he could never touch her baby sister, another part remembered the feeling of being in love for the first time, and the fact that with everything that came after, she wouldn't change it for the world.
She turned around and went back into the lobby so they wouldn't disturb the teenagers from their workout.
The other two women followed her. Each were expecting her to rush down there and pull Dawn out by her hair, picture their stunned looks when Buffy turned around with a smile on her face.
"I'm happy for them."
Willow shook off her stupor. "Ok, who are you and what have you done with Buffy?"
Buffy laughed. "No, I'm serious, I'm not saying I wont feed him his feet while there still attached if he breaks her heart. But Dawn turns 17 next week and if she's found someone that makes her happy, I'm happy for her." She looked over at Cordelia and her face turned serious. "Though if I become an aunt anytime soon, it wont be his feet he'll get fed."
"And as much as I would love to be a grandfather, I can guarantee it won't happen anytime soon" Angel said coming out of his office. "So don't worry Buffy." His eyes shifted to the training room door. "I don't think either of them have even really acknowledged how they feel yet."
She gave another short laugh. "Yeah and how long do you think that'll last."
He just smirked at her before changing the subject. "So are you doing anything for Dawn's birthday next week?"
"Yesterday I didn't think I was going to be able to afford much, so we just planned on having a night out at the Bronze, now we have money I dunno." She thought for a moment. "We'll probably just have a night out at the Bronze"
Willow giggled. "There's not a whole lot to do in Sunnydale."
"Some things never change" Cordelia said.
"We'd love for you to come though, if you can make it?" Buffy asked.
Angel looked over to Cordelia who nodded. "We'll be there, Connor will probably drag us there anyway. I'll talk to the rest of the gang when they arrive and call you."
"Cool" Buffy agreed. She looked over at Willow. "We better get on the road soon, if we wanna avoid traffic."
Willow nodded. "Do you wanna go tell Dawnie?"
Buffy shook her head, "I'll leave her for a bit, I'll go pack her bag and we'll grab her right before we leave. She turned to the others. "I'll be back down in a bit." When they acknowledged her she left the room and went upstairs.
"Thank you so much" Dawn said as she took a drink out of the water bottle.
"I've already told you it's no problem, you catch on quick."
'Oh there's that smile again' Dawn had to focus to keep standing and not melt into a little puddle. 'Being that cute should be a crime' she thought as she put the training sword away. "So do you think you can get Cordy or Angel to bring you down?" She asked trying to focus on anything but how good he looked standing there in only a pair of sweat pants.
Connor nodded. "I'm sure one of them will take me, they might even be coming down themselves, I thought I heard you sister say something about it earlier."
"How could yo... Oh super powers, handy."
He came up beside her and put his own training sword away. He grinned at her. "It has it's moments"
Dawn turned to face him and suddenly found herself lost in his eyes. Slowly they leant forward until their lips were centimeters apart.
"Dawn, we heading off in a minute, are you finished?" Buffy called through the door.
They both jumped apart. "Uh yeah, I'm coming." She gave him a smile before nearly running for the stairs.
Connor shook his head. "Damn it" He muttered before slowly following.
"So we'll see you guys next week?" Dawn asked putting her bag in the back of Xander's car. Both Cordelia and Connor had come out to say goodbye. they'd said their goodbyes to Angel inside as it was late in morning the sun was glaring brightly.
"We'll be there Dawnie." Cordelia said giving her a hug before moving on to Willow and Buffy.
Still feeling embarrassed about before Dawn gave Connor a quick hug, a light kiss on the cheek and jumped in the car. She missed him place his hand where she had kissed him and smile, though the other hadn't. Sharing a grin, Buffy and Willowclimbed in the car. "We'll see you next week." Buffy called before Willow pulled away from the curb and entered the traffic.
Spinning around in the back seat Dawn watched Connor until they turned a corner and she could no longer see him. She frowned until she remembered she would see him again in a few day.
Smiling she couldn't help but think. 'It's been one hell of a weekend.'
The End.
A/N: Thanks to everyone who reviewed this story, it's because of you guys that this fic didn't end up unfinished like all my others. So thank you.
A/N 2: I know I said I'd get the first chapter of the sequel up tomorrow but as it's my sister's birthday I won't be home, I will put 2 up on Monday instead. Only if your interested in a sequel though, so review and let me know.
Here's the summary: When the Fang Gang and the Scoobies head to the Bronze for Dawn's birthday expecting a band or even a D.J, imagine their surprise when they enter and find a karaoke system instead...
