"Everything okay now?" Cordy asked when the two exited Angel's office.
"Yeah." Buffy said with a sad smile,
"Buffy, you alright?" Gunn asked. Cordy had told him and Wesley about Dawn.
"Yeah. I'm fine." She told him.
Gunn didn't believe her but he didn't want to push the subject any further. By the looks of it, she didn't feel like talking right now, so he shrugged it off. "Okay."
"I.. I umm. I need to go." Buffy said to them.
"What? Buffy, what's wrong?" Angel asked, bewildered by her announcement.
"I need to go see my dad. He should know." She said.
"Do you want someone to go with you?" Angel asked.
"No. I'll be fine. Actually can I use your computer for a few? I need to find him first." She asked Cordy.
"Yeah no problem. When was the last time you saw your dad?" She asked moving from her seat in front of her computer so that Buffy could get on.
"Ummm. The summer after I died. I think." She thought about it. "Yeah that's it."
"That was like four years ago. Jeez." Cordy replied.
"Yup. I don't even know if he's even in the country. When my mom died I called him but his secretary said he was away on business in Spain." She told them.
"That was like two months ago. You still haven't heard from him?" Angel asked.
"Nope." She answered. "You know what? Screw him!" She said loudly.
Everyone just looked at her shocked. No one had ever heard her speak like that, not even when she was killing demons.
"What?" Angel asked.
"Fuck him. He doesn't need to know, Dawn's dead. Shit, he didn't care about her well being when she WAS alive, why should he care now?" She said. "Besides it ain't like that's her REAL father." She continued. "Lucky her." She mumbled.
"Buffy, real or not, he should know." Angel told her putting a hand on her shoulder.
"Why? He wouldn't care anyways." She told him.
"I'm sure he would, Buffy." Wesley interjected. "That is after all his daughter."
"Hank doesn't give a fuck about ME, and I'm his REAL daughter, why would her care about Dawn?"
"Yeah but he doesn't know that Dawn's not his real daughter." Wesley pointed out.
"Yes he does." She said solemnly.
"Huh?" Gunn asked confused.
"Dawn is the result of my moms affair." She told them.
"Your mom cheated on your dad?" Cordy asked shocked.
"Yeah. Mom caught dad having sex with his secretary in their bed and went out and got plastered. She had a one night stand with some random guy she met at a bar and Dawn was the result of that. Dad was furious. At first mom told him that it was HIS child she was carrying, but Dawn's blue eyes made dad suspicious, no one in either of my parents families has ever had blue eyes, so he asked to have a paternity test done. Turned out that Dawn wasn't Hanks. Mom explained to Hank that she thought it was his, even though she had had an affair. She explained how she found him sleeping with some slut and they patched things up. They swore never to tell Dawn that Hank wasn't her REAL father. Couple years later they got divorced and me and Dawn went with mom's to Sunnydale." She explained.
"Oh man. Poor Dawn. She never knew her real dad." Cordy said sadly.
"Yeah what sucks even more is that the dad she did have was never much of a dad to begin with. Man was ALWAYS drunk. Always getting home at ridiculous hours. Away on business trips for weeks at a time. He was constantly yelling at us, telling us that we were spoiled, and I'll admit, we where, but what the hell did he expect when he gave us everything we asked for. I mean how do you expect your kids not to be spoiled if you give them everything they want, when they want it? He just wasn't cut out to be a dad is all."
"Yeah." Buffy said with a sad smile,
"Buffy, you alright?" Gunn asked. Cordy had told him and Wesley about Dawn.
"Yeah. I'm fine." She told him.
Gunn didn't believe her but he didn't want to push the subject any further. By the looks of it, she didn't feel like talking right now, so he shrugged it off. "Okay."
"I.. I umm. I need to go." Buffy said to them.
"What? Buffy, what's wrong?" Angel asked, bewildered by her announcement.
"I need to go see my dad. He should know." She said.
"Do you want someone to go with you?" Angel asked.
"No. I'll be fine. Actually can I use your computer for a few? I need to find him first." She asked Cordy.
"Yeah no problem. When was the last time you saw your dad?" She asked moving from her seat in front of her computer so that Buffy could get on.
"Ummm. The summer after I died. I think." She thought about it. "Yeah that's it."
"That was like four years ago. Jeez." Cordy replied.
"Yup. I don't even know if he's even in the country. When my mom died I called him but his secretary said he was away on business in Spain." She told them.
"That was like two months ago. You still haven't heard from him?" Angel asked.
"Nope." She answered. "You know what? Screw him!" She said loudly.
Everyone just looked at her shocked. No one had ever heard her speak like that, not even when she was killing demons.
"What?" Angel asked.
"Fuck him. He doesn't need to know, Dawn's dead. Shit, he didn't care about her well being when she WAS alive, why should he care now?" She said. "Besides it ain't like that's her REAL father." She continued. "Lucky her." She mumbled.
"Buffy, real or not, he should know." Angel told her putting a hand on her shoulder.
"Why? He wouldn't care anyways." She told him.
"I'm sure he would, Buffy." Wesley interjected. "That is after all his daughter."
"Hank doesn't give a fuck about ME, and I'm his REAL daughter, why would her care about Dawn?"
"Yeah but he doesn't know that Dawn's not his real daughter." Wesley pointed out.
"Yes he does." She said solemnly.
"Huh?" Gunn asked confused.
"Dawn is the result of my moms affair." She told them.
"Your mom cheated on your dad?" Cordy asked shocked.
"Yeah. Mom caught dad having sex with his secretary in their bed and went out and got plastered. She had a one night stand with some random guy she met at a bar and Dawn was the result of that. Dad was furious. At first mom told him that it was HIS child she was carrying, but Dawn's blue eyes made dad suspicious, no one in either of my parents families has ever had blue eyes, so he asked to have a paternity test done. Turned out that Dawn wasn't Hanks. Mom explained to Hank that she thought it was his, even though she had had an affair. She explained how she found him sleeping with some slut and they patched things up. They swore never to tell Dawn that Hank wasn't her REAL father. Couple years later they got divorced and me and Dawn went with mom's to Sunnydale." She explained.
"Oh man. Poor Dawn. She never knew her real dad." Cordy said sadly.
"Yeah what sucks even more is that the dad she did have was never much of a dad to begin with. Man was ALWAYS drunk. Always getting home at ridiculous hours. Away on business trips for weeks at a time. He was constantly yelling at us, telling us that we were spoiled, and I'll admit, we where, but what the hell did he expect when he gave us everything we asked for. I mean how do you expect your kids not to be spoiled if you give them everything they want, when they want it? He just wasn't cut out to be a dad is all."