When Dawn entered the lobby the next day, she was surprised to see Fred and Cordelia hard at work, looking very well rested. Dawn admired their stamina. Even though she had been helping her sister fight evil for a little while now, she still tired easily and was surprised that they clearly didn't.

"Hey guys." She said, they two them looked up at her in surprise and with something that Dawn could only identify as mild guilt. She didn't question it, instead she just smiled at them. "Did you get any good information out of that file?"

"We're still working on it." Fred confessed, "but believe me it's certainly helpful. Helpful and terrifying if what I think this guy is doing is correct. We just need some more time."

"No problem, I'll get out of your way." Dawn went to leave them but Cordelia spoke up, obviously fearing she had offended Dawn.

"You're welcome to stay. We're certainly not telling you to get lost or anything, you know that right Dawn?"
"I know." She replied with a nod. "It's cool, believe me it's just...I can't do anything helpful here, and it's a really nice day outside, and I thought if Connor was up....you guys haven't seen him have you?" She tried to sound casual, but feared that she failed one hundred percent.

Cordelia looked to Fred and gave her a knowing wink. The two of them had been observing the looks exchanged between Connor and Dawn for quite some time now. To them it was cute, although they would never tell Dawn that. She would think they were trying to downplay it.

"As far as we know he is still asleep." Fred admitted.

"No I'm not." Connor's voice echoed amid the lobby and Dawn watched him in anticipation as he descended the stairs and headed towards her, where she stood near the door.

The sunlight streamed in and touched her hair in all the right places, bringing out its brilliance and shine. To Connor she looked like an angel and he was momentarily awestruck by her beauty as well as the ear to ear grin she had reserved just for him.

"I was thinking that if they are going to be going through that file all day and there's really nothing else we can do...do you want to go for ice cream Connor?"

"Ice cream?" Connor echoed, slightly confused.

"Yea, ice cream!" Dawn replied with a laugh. He was so cute when he didn't know how to react to something. "You know, tasty and creamy frozen treat?"

"I've never had ice cream." Connor admitted, looking at his shoes and feeling like an idiot for not being aware of something so simple.

"All the more reason for you to come with me and try it!" She encouraged. He looked at her, still evidently confused.

"Shouldn't we be working?"

"You can't work all the time Connor," Dawn replied matter-of-factly. "It just so happens that nobody has anything specific for us to do today...what a better time to go out and have some fun? When was the last time you did that?"

"Well never." Connor admitted. "Not that the breaking into Wolfram and Hart thing wasn't fun...well it wasn't, but the after thing and the...."

"Connor..." She interrupted, her eyes twinkling in a teasing fashion that made Connor want to kiss her all over again. "Come on let's leave these two to their research OK?"

"You sure you don't need us?" He wondered, feeling like he was doing something he shouldn't by allowing himself to relax for once and just be an eighteen year old kid. He looked to Cordelia and Fred for conformation.

"Angel is going to sleep most of the day away, and all we'll be doing is research. Its fine, get out, have some fun." Cordelia smiled and Connor knew it was OK. Looking tentatively at Dawn he took her hand and the two of them headed out into the sunlight for a day of relaxation.