"I don't trust him." Buffy's words cut through the silence that had lasted all the way back to the hotel room. "There's something about him that's just weird."

"He saved my life," Dawn countered. "That vampire could have killed me....would have killed me, if Connor hadn't shown up."

"So that just means you follow him home? You don't know who or what he is Dawn! Did you ever think of that? I mean if he could fight off a vampire..."

"Xander can fight off a vampire Buffy!" She interrupted angrily. "No offense, but you're not the only one who knows how to do that!"

"No, but I'm the only one who truly has to." Was Buffy's answer. "What's his excuse?"

"Maybe he just wants to help." Dawn said with a sigh. "Did you ever think of that? He fights vampires, what more proof do you need?"

"We don't even know if he's human Dawn. You didn't even consider that when you went off with him. What would you have done if he had been a demon?"

"Not all demons are evil Buffy and we both know that." Dawn replied levelly. She looked away, unsure of weather or not she should share the information that Connor had shared with her sister. "Besides, I know he's human."

"How?" Buffy questioned.

"I just know, OK?" Dawn burst out. "Look, can we stop fighting about this and find this demon and kill it already? It's not like I'm ever going to see him again anyway, why does it matter?"

"Because you're my sister." Buffy exclaimed, her entire face looking incredibly drained all of a sudden. "Do you know how scared I was when Willow told me you came here? I mean, Brillcrall demon aside, there are so many things in this town that..."

"I'm OK," she insisted. Then, noticing her sister's face, added, "but thanks for caring."

"I don't want to bark orders and tell you what to do Dawn, I really don't. Sometimes thing are just too dangerous. Why can't you understand that?"

"Because I'm too much like you Buffy," Dawn replied with a humourless smile. "Whether you like it or not, that's the truth. Didn't you invite a mysterious man who turned out to be a vampire into your home after he saved your life once upon a time?"

Buffy turned away from Dawn, thrown by the sudden mention of Angel. She had been keeping her thoughts as far away from him as possible, ever since she arrived in L.A. Although she had told the others she wouldn't, every second that passed made her want to run to him for help as fast as she could.

"Yes I did," she answered, "and it didn't end well if you recall. I've got a demon to find." She headed towards the door, and Dawn followed. Buffy turned around, but Dawn spoke before she got the chance.

"We have a demon to find Buffy. I didn't come to L.A. to sit alone in this hotel room. Now you have one of two choices. You can let me come with you and let me help, or you can go off on your own and I can eventually follow you without your permission and possibly get into more trouble. The choice is yours."

Buffy sighed, and for the first time since arriving there, found herself smile slightly at her sister's determination. Realizing that now that she was here it would be safer to have her sister where she could keep an eye on her, Buffy nodded and motioned for Dawn to follow.

"You know," she said as they left the room, "you can be a real pain in the ass sometimes."

"Told you we were a lot alike."