Eric is well aware that Buffy doesn't like Dawn dating him, but it's Dawn's life and if she chose to be turned, Eric would fight Buffy over that right. Eric likes that she's alive as well. He would miss so many things about her humanness if she weren't alive: her warmth, her blood, the way he makes her flush and her very human emotions.

Like it or not, it's one of the things that make them work.

He nods. "You should be alright, but stay close to me and let me know if you start seeing anything odder than usual. You're definitely not going to die."