He had come to her after Giles had told him about Willow.  He listened in his normal silence as she told him that her best friend and his ex-lover had tried to destroy the world.  She talked about the fact that Xander had been the one to talk her out of it.  She talked to him about her failed love life and how she wished that just once she could find a guy that would love her for what she was, the slayer and the girl.  He didn't say anything; instead his hand covered hers and didn't move.  She smiled