I'm sure he thought alot about his sister after meeting Gunn...

I can't believe I never even thought about that. Now I want to see a fic.

I think Connor could get Angel to go back to his old village.

Yeah, I think Angel and confiding in others, no mixy. And I agree that he might've gotten to the point one day where he could've opened up to Buffy, but I think it'd take a whole lot of doing if either of them were ever to get to the point of really opening up again. Oh, that makes me sad, too!