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Where do we go from here? Why is the path unclear?

-From the Buffy musical episode 'Once More with Feeling'

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He went to go find his father, they were going to have a talk.

Unsurprisingly, Angel was in his office.

"How could you do that!" Connor yelled at him.

"There is a prophecy," Angel began slowly, not looking at Connor, "You and Dawn are to give birth to a very powerful child that will save the world,"

"Oh," Connor said, taken aback, "Lordy,"

There was a silence.

"I should go tell Dawn," Connor said exiting the room.

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Dawn was still sleeping, Connor decided to let her sleep. Taking off his shirt, he got into bed with her.

When Dawn woke up, she found Connor laying in bed, staring up at the ceiling.

"What's up?" She asked.

"We have to talk," he told her.

"What is it?" She asked worriedly.

"You're pregnant,"

Dawn laughed, "What? No,"

"Dawn, there was a prophecy,"

Dawn's face fell, last time she had seen a prophecy, her sister died, "Connor! I can't be pregnant! I'm 16! You're 19! We can't be parents!" Dawn started crying.

"No, no. It'll be ok. Don't worry, I'll take care of you," Connor promised.

"What are we going to do?" She asked

"Well," He said holding her, "You're going to be the best mom in the word and I'm going to be the best daddy," He said puffing out his chest, making Dawn laugh at his silliness, "And we're going to live happily ever after,"

"Lets do it," She said smiling. They held each other for a long time.

"Lets eat," Dawn told him. Connor looked at her and chuckled. If she was hungry half the time when she wasn't pregnant, what would it be like later?

"Nothing,"

They went down to the lounge area and Connor asked her,

"Macaroni or bologna?"

"Definitely macaroni,"

Connor made them both a bowl of macaroni and they sat eating it in silence.

Then Dawn asked, "So where do we go from here?"

"Well, I suppose we get ready for the baby. You and I, we're special so we don't exactly know what the baby will be like,"

"Yeah. And we'll need to think about names,"

"Of course," Connor agreed, nodding.

"Do we tell Buffy?"

"Of course, she is your sister,"

"Yeah, but over there I'm everyone's little sister, not just Buffy's. So I'm more worried about what they'll do to you,"

"Oh,"

"Yeah, so maybe I should tell them alone,"
"What about Glory?"

"We'll wait until that's over,"

"Ok, so we wait,"

"We wait," She confirmed.

"Oh, god,"

"What?"

"We need to get married,"

"What!"

Connor started pacing, "We need to, or else people are going to think I'm a worthless bum who doesn't want to take care of his pregnant girlfriend,"

"Connor. Connor!" He stopped pacing, "We don't have to get married. Don't worry about what other people think. The only ones who matter are me, you and, the baby,"

"Yeah, you're right. We can do this,"

"Yeah, we can,"

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Connor and Dawn went back to his room and were watching "Dracula."

"Don't you think vampire movies are lame after actually getting to know one?" Dawn asked.

"Yeah, most of the stuff isn't remotely true,"

They watched the movie awhile then Dawn said, "I'm worried for our baby. I mean if W+H want us on the operating table, what'll they do to the baby?"

"I don't know," Connor said in a low voice.

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Angel knocked on Connor's door the next day.

"Come in," Connor called.

"Hey," Angel said coming in, Lorne followed.

"Where's Dawn?" Angel asked looking around.

"In the shower," Connor answered.

"Oh," Angel said distractedly.

"What do you want?" Connor asked, already having a pretty good idea what the answer would be.

"I want Lorne to read the two of you,"

Dawn stepped out of the bathroom, fully clothed, hair dripping.

She sat beside Connor and took his hand, "What's going on?" She asked hesitantly.

"Lorne's going to read us,"

"How does he do that?" Dawn asked, not quite keeping the fear out of her voice.

"Just sing to me babycakes," Lorne told her jovially.

"Are you serious?" She asked, Angel nodded, "What should I sing?"

"Anything,"

Dawn started singing the first song that came into her head, a Fall Out Boy song.

"Are we growing up or just going down? It's just a matter of time until we're all found out. Take our tears and put them on ice Cause I swear I'd burn this city down to show you the light,"

Lorne stopped her and shook his head, "Things are foggy. You have some big choices ahead of you, kiddo. Nothing is set in stone as of yet. You next Tiger," Lorne told Connor. He chose a song by the Counting Crows, "Started in New Amsterdam, started with this yellow-haired girl-," Lorne cut him off, "It's the same with him. I just can't get a clear read. We're shooting in the dark here, Angelface,"

Angel sighed, "Great,"

"Uh, dad?"

"Yeah?" Angel asked.

"Could me and Dawn go out today?"

"No," Angel paused, "In fact the both of you are no longer allowed to leave the building. I'll call your parents and tell them…something," Angel told the two, looking at them straight in the eye.

"What?" Connor asked, raising his voice, "Why can't I leave?"

"Because I said so," Angel said in the infuriating way only parents can pull off.

"What if I need something?" Connor argued.

"Tell Harmony, she'll get you whatever you need,"

"You can't keep us here forever," Connor told him. Angel looked at him, "We need to keep the two of you safe," Then he and Lorne left.

Dawn sighed, "That went well,"

"Pack your stuff," Connor told her, looking under his bed for his suitcase.

"Why?" She asked bewilderedly.

"We're going. Why are we staying at a place that wants to cut us and our baby open?"

"Good point," And with that Dawn started gathering her belongings. Then she moved on to her own room and came back with a suitcase. When she came back to Connor's room, he was already done.

"What about money?" She asked.

"Got it covered. And when we run out, I can get a job, maybe a bouncer," He answered, showing her a roll of $20's.

"Ever thought of running away before?"
Connor shrugged, "Maybe a couple of times,"

They left that night, using Dawn's method of tying a rope to the balcony and scaling the wall.