That was how it was for the Scooby Gang over the next few months. Willow and Giles eventually broke down and began seeing each other soon after that day and the gang slowly adjusted to the new couple, but it wasn't always an easy transition. The two tried to keep their relationship as private as possible, but things rarely work that way on a Hellmouth. Buffy and Riley, who had been attacked by a particularly messy chaos demon and needed to check in with Giles, interrupted their first dinner date, and the tales only got more interesting from there. Everyone was very chagrined as Willow and Giles began to spend more and more of each other's time together. Xander even took to referring to them as the dynamic duo after seeing them taking off together in the Gilesmobile one evening. The balance of the gang was as normal as possible and that was the way they wanted it.

The new couple spent those months stealing what private moments they could together and savoring the ones they found. By June, the Scooby Gang had settled back into a comfortable routine and life in Sunnydale had calmed down, relatively speaking. As June wore one, Giles decided to take Willow on a secluded picnic at a clearing in Breaker's Woods, intending to make a romantic evening of it. Xander, Anya, Riley, and Buffy had all pitched in to make the night special. Anya, Riley and Buffy had helped Willow cook the dinner they had planned and Xander had helped Giles procure Willow's favorite music. It was dark and the cloudless sky was filled with an unmarred panorama of stars as the two lay out on their blanket shortly after dusk that evening.

"Isn't this dangerous, Giles," Willow ventured. "The whole in the woods, alone, late at night thing, cause I know more than a few horror movies that start that way. The couple always gets mauled by some horrible creature of the night and then the brave detective has to drag their tattered remains back to the morgue in body bags." Giles gave Willow a pointed glance.

"While it may not be the safest place to be right now, we're not totally unprepared and you know that, Willow. Besides, it's no more dangerous than anything else we've done so far," Giles pointed out.

"I suppose so," Willow said wistfully as she picked a flower from the grass beside their blanket and began to examine it. Giles just stared at the redhead, enraptured by her innocent charm. She broke his reverie when she turned her attention from the flower in her hands to him. "How did you find this place anyway?" Giles gave her a wicked grin.

"I can't divulge all my secrets, love," he said coyly.

"Cad," she teased.

"Tease," he shot back. She gently reached over and gently pressed her mouth to his in a kiss. After a few moments, they broke the kiss and looked into each other's eyes.

"Maybe now would be a good time for some music," Willow ventured. Giles nodded and began to reach for the controls to the portable player Xander had leant him for the evening. "I'm almost scared to see what kind of music Xander advised you to use," the hacker added. Giles suddenly turned to face her in surprise.

"How did you know he helped me," he asked.

"Buffy," Willow stated matter-of-factly. "No secret is safe between friends. She had to tell me." Giles shook his head.

"I will never understand that," he muttered as he went back to the controls. Almost as soon as he turned, the air began to fill with the passionate cords of the music he had chosen for her.

{It doesn't mean much}
{It doesn't mean anything at all.}
{The life I left behind me}
{Is a cold room}
{I crossed the last line}
{From where I can't return}
{Where every step I took in faith}
{Betrayed me}
{And lead me from my home}

{Sweet surrender}
{Is all that I have to give}

"What are you trying to say, Mr. Giles," Willow asked with her brow arched as they listened to the music.

"Absolutely nothing, Willow," Giles replied innocently.

"That's a good try, mister, but not good enough," Willow told him.

"Oh," Giles returned, somewhat sadly, not getting what Willow had meant.

"Haven't you learned not to play innocent with me, Mr. Giles?" The former Watcher took notice when she said that.

"Willow," Giles began, preparing to make a quick explanation. She hastily flung her face to his to catch his mouth in a kiss and silence him.

{You take me in}
{No questions asked}
{You strip away the ugliness}
{That surrounds me}
{Are you an angel}
{Am I already that gone}
{I only hope I won't disappoint you}
{When I'm down here on my knees}

"That was bracing," Giles said has they broke off their kiss.

"Just wait and see what I've got in store for you," Willow purred. Giles glanced at the fiery eyes of the woman beside him.

"I must really ask Xander for a copy of this song," the ex-Watcher commented.

"Why do you think I requested it," Willow said nonchalantly. Giles chuckled.

"I should have known. He picked it out too easily. Setting this up was all too easy."

"Yeah, but that was the whole point," Willow pointed out.

"Was it now," Giles said, intrigued.

"Want me to show you," Willow said with a glimmer in her eyes.

"Are you sure," the older man asked as he began to stroke her silky hair.

"Try me, Giles," she whispered suggestively as she began to push him back against the blanket.

{Sweet surrender}
{Is all I have to give}

{I don't understand}
{How by the touch of your hand}
{I would be the one to fall}
{I miss the little things}
{I miss everything}
{It doesn't mean much}
{It doesn't mean anything at all}
{The life I left behind me}
{Is a cold room}

{Sweet surrender}
{Is all I have to give}
{Sweet surrender}
{Is all I have to give}

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