They were home, and they discovered they weren't the only ones, the bus had arrived an hour before they came back. Faith was lounging on the couch, twisting her strands of hair. The slayerettes played and did makeovers with Lis. Everyone lingered around the house, idle, quiet, lazy, it was boring. Finally, Buffy felt the need to break up the quiet.

"I'm going to go nuts if we're quiet any longer! You all know you're never this quiet!" Buffy was yelling, Riley tried to quiet her down.

"Buffy, shh, we can do something else, don't ruin their time." He said softly.

"Okay, what do you want to do?" Buffy asked, already knowing what he meant. "OH, we still have to take our luggage to that hotel, I got ya." Buffy winked. He winked back. They got up, scurried upstairs, soon, they were gone.

"You know what they're doing, right?" Faith asked quietly.

The girls nodded, and giggled.

They were in the car, driving with their loaded bags chock-full of goods, T-shirts, pants, sandals, and such. They finally arrived at their hotel, The Huxley Heart Hotel.

"You booked us a room at The Huxley Heart Hotel? This place is...." Riley thinking Buffy was going to say something rude and criticizing about it he replied ", mediocre?"

"NO! I was going to say it was huge! God, Riley, you did well." She leaned over and kissed him softly on the cheek.

"Don't I always?" He grinned. It was a rhetorical question. She smiled back. He said ", There's a hot tub and pool, that's why I chose here instead of the Huxley Holiday Hotel."

"Hmm, a lot of water loving in the plan?" Buffy joked.

"Maybe a tad." He grinned.

"Well, we better load our room with our luggage before they get a little suspicious." Buffy raised an eyebrow mischievously. They parked, signed in, and went to their room upstairs.

"WOW! You went all out with the reservations! It's beautiful." Buffy exclaimed.

"Only the best, for you, I mean." He smiled as Buffy came over to him, and hugged him.

"Very cozy and homely, I like it." She grinned. They napped and napped, but by four o' clock, they had to leave. Buffy dressed herself in a lavender mini dress, the bottom part of the dress went to half her calf. Riley wore a nice gray shirt and some blue jeans. They were off to the chapel. They arrived shortly at The Huxley All Saints Catholic Church where they were to practice the ceremony, the actual ceremony would be held in the field behind the Finn household. The church was large, it had stunning stained glass windows, and beautiful stone work.

"You went here? It's b-e-a-utiful! I love it, now I'm regretting having a outdoor wedding." Buffy smiled.

"Yes, I went here every Sunday for eighteen years, and after that, on occasional Sundays, but the sermons are awesome." Riley grinned while he remembered his past at the cathedral.

"Well, I am very impressed, c'mon, we have to go in sometime." Buffy urged. Riley parked the car in an open parking spot. Buffy and Riley got out and began to walk to the doors of the church.They noticed the large yellow bus parked in four parking spaces, Buffy grinned and he chuckled a little. They entered to find everyone there, the church all ready as if the wedding was to take place within the hour to come. Dawn wore her green gown, Willow her pink, and Faith a pleasant peach color that looked amazing against her skin. Faith had her brunette locks up in a nice soft bun with a faux orange rose clip in her hair. Willow had her hair cut and curled in little spirals. Dawn's simply was in a glamorous ponytail, very neat, and good for her age, even if it was only a few years or so, her human growth age. Lis sat quietly, but sulky on the pews next to her parents and the sleyerettes, she was fixing a ribbon rose that had come loose on her dress. Mr. and Mrs. Finn sat patiently, while Mr. Finn gazed at his wristwatch. Xander stood by Graham and Riley's brothers, Craig and Jeff on the stairs to the top level where the sermons were heard. Giles and Hank stood by the opening to the aisle, nobody noticed the two standing there.

"Eh-Hemm?" Buffy coughed to alert them of their prescense. They looked and realized the couple had been standing in the back for the past five minutes or so. Pink tinges ended up on everybody's faces.

"Uh, can we start? Because, I'm really hungry." Riley joked as he went up front, leaving Buffy in her spot. Giles and Hank slipped their arms between Buffy's and the wedding march began.

DUH-DUH-DA-DUH-DUH-DUH-DA-DUH-HMM-HMM-HM-HMM-HMM-HMM-HM. Buffy strolled slowly down the aisle, quietly, pretending she was holding her bouquet of lilys, she teared up, and let those tears bead down her face, Riley saw them and let his own roll down. As if they shared a silent secret, they smiled tenderly to one another, a secret and a always secretive grin. She finally ended up in the front, where Giles and Hank let go of her and both split to the separate sides of the aisle. Riley gazed into Buffy's eyes, and she swam in them, she wasn't drowning, the wind had stopped, the storm had ceased, she was safe. The pre-ceremony began, it worked, it was perfect, as rehearsals go anyway. It went onto 5:30 in the afternoon, when the rain beated upon the windows, though not ruining their splendor, it reminded Dawn of the Hilary Duff song "Come Clean", she even softly hummed a few verses of it, and kind of smirked.

The rehearsal ended, they went to the special communion room where fried chicken was served, soem mashed potatoes. They sat, giggling, at everything, the giddiness and feeling of a wedding. Buffy felt something was amiss, there was an otherworldly stirring within the building. Riley noticed she was distracted, he asked what was wrong.

"I feel something..." Buffy anwered.

"Sub-terrestrial? What?" He whispered.

"Yea, a little demonic, like a.." Buffy whispered and then mouthed vampire.

"You got a stake?" He asked quietly.

"What do you think? I'm wearing a dress. What are the possibilities I'd have one on me?" Buffy replied sarcastically.

"We'll make do with a knife from the church kitchen, de-capitation do?" He asked softly.

"C'mon." Buffy said, they got up and went to the kitchen and snatched a knife, no one noticed.

They ended up in the storage room. Someone lit a light, and a shimmer came off the vampire's hair, it appeared to be a bleached blonde.

"SPIKE! What the heck are you doing here?" Buffy shouted loudly, but not loudly enough for the guests to hear. Riley rolled his eyes.

"Oh, I just thought I'd wish you and that bloke of yours a happy wedding, because I can't make it to the wedding." He grinned.

"Who invited you anyway?" Riley asked jokedly.

"Nobody in particular, I'd be no fun, being a big ol' pile of dust and all." He smiled.

"Get out. NOW! Before you're seen, you weren't even invited to this." Buffy said angrily.

"GEEZ! Don't be such a pooper, I'll leave." He left and turned back getting his last glimpse of her, then he continued to go.

"Just like him, isn't it?" Riley shrugged. Buffy nodded. They walked back and enjoyed their food.