AN: Deciding that was a weird place to leave it I'm coming back with a second chapter. More on the idea of love coming from Connor. That should be fun. BTW: This is based after 'Not Fade Away', Wes, Lorne and unfortunately Spike are gone.

"What is love and what has been your past experience?" Illyria asked in such a manner that you would expect it from an official taking a poll. Connor looked up from the old, well thumbed copy of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' which had secretly become his favourite book after they read it for high school in sophomore year. He had a look of bewilderment on his face.

Illyria was standing just inside the door to his room, having given up on Angel who had taken to brooding downstairs about love and Buffy. This was induced by Illyria and her questioning of course but she couldn't get anything out of him after he'd confessed what he'd seen in Buffy's eyes. He was off in broody land.

"What?" He said and then after getting a look from a passing Gunn revised that to say, "Pardon?" But with the same facial expression so it didn't make much of a difference especially to Illyria who was wanting an answer.

"Did you know hear me?" Illyria asked and Connor looked at her for a second before answering.

"Yes, I heard you. I just didn't understand you."

"It is a simple concept." Illyria said and Connor just looked at her. He shifted uncomfortably in his chair and Illyria began explaining herself, "After asking Angel the same question I got a an answer but then he went off into quietness and I want to know more about love. So, what is love and what has been your past experience?" Connor blinked and then started hesitantly.

"Uh, love. Love is an emotion." He said and Illyria just looked at him, expecting him to continue and he just sighed and did so.

"Love is something that can make us forget who we are and what we know. A person in love's home is with the person that they love." Connor said, finally letting rip. Illyria looked at him expectantly and he shrugged, "I don't have any experience."

"You must have experience." Illyria insisted and Connor sighed heavily.

"I did go out with this girl last year. But she had to move to New York."

"Was it love?" Illyria demanded and Connor shrugged.

"Well did you say it?" She asked and he shrugged and she glared at him so he answered.

"Yes…"

"Well that means it was love." Illyria came to a conclusion.

"Not really…" Connor trailed off and Illyria glared at him for having the nerve to disagree with her theory.

"Well then why did you lie?" She asked and he just shrugged. She huffed., "Very well then. Perhaps someone else can help me who doesn't ignore me or knows nothing."

At the 'knows nothing' Connor opened his mouth to disagree at her summation of him but just gave up and sat back on his bed. She left the room and he just stared after her before shrugging and going back to 'To Kill a Mockingbird'. Then after a minute he put down the book, he'd been attempting to read the same page five times but he couldn't concentrate. He was thinking about what Illyria had questioned about why he lied.

TBC

Illyria so far has captured two victims, just one to go. An unsuspecting Gunn.