"…and then I stake her and go and help Giles and I bring him back here," Willow told the group. They were all in the magic shop listening to Willow tell the story of how she defeated Malo. Except for Giles who was on the phone.
"Well
I could have killed her if I had some shield to stop her stupid floating tricks,"
said Spike defensively.
"But
the point is you didn't have a shield and…and are you ever going to stop
staring at her?" asked Xander.
"I
wasn't!"
"You
were!"
"Well
she's covered in blood! What did you expect?! I'm a vampire!"
Willow
was suddenly feeling very self-conscious and wished she had washed off the
blood before starting her story.
"I
knew you could do it," Tara told her. She smiled at the Slayer.
"Nice
one Will, not to steal your limelight but me and Anya have a little announcement
of our own to make." Said Xander, he and Anya had decided it was time to tell
the group. Anya produced a small box and opened it to reveal a ring.
"We're
engaged!" announced Anya.
"That's
fantastic!" Willow exclaimed. She ran to Xander and hugged him as Anya put on
her ring. Tara felt a pang of jealousy, as she knew Willow had once had a crush
on Xander. But the jealousy didn't last long, after all he had just gotten
engaged. Willow then congratulated Anya and admired her ring as Tara and even
Spike started to congratulate the couple.
Giles
walked into the room, still holding an icepack to the side of his head. "What's
all the noise about?" he asked.
"Xander
and I have gotten engaged!" exclaimed Anya as she showed Giles her ring.
"Congratulations,"
he replied with a smile on his face. He went to shake Xander's hand, but Xander
pulled him into a hug. No one had expected the relationship to last, but they
had proved everyone wrong and Giles was proud of them.
"So
what did the Watchers Council have to say?" Asked Willow. It was them who Giles
had been on the phone to.
"They
want me to be your Watcher," said Giles.
"I
wouldn't of had it any other way," replied the Slayer, smiling at her new
Watcher.