"I said no."

"Oh come on, it's not even gonna hurt."

"You've been on this off and on for months now, I said no I mean no how many times--"

"I'm certain this would work!"

"Which part of no do you not understand?"

"Please?"

"No!"

"I promise you nothing bad's gonna happen."

"Yeah she's like Gandalf the White now."

"Oh stop it Kennedy I'll blush!"

"No really I was there! She was excellent! All-"

"Yeah yeah we've heard it a million times." Xander stood up and crossed the cobblestone like floor to where the girls were standing, "She glowed white and that's when some couple hundred girls worldwide got all tingly. A lesbo wet dream. It's been almost a year and you're still going on about it!"

Kennedy rolled her eyes and looked at Willow, who was blushing but fighting a smile, which caused Kennedy to beam.

Dawn had up until this moment been trying to read, sitting at the big oaken table, actually doing the research like Giles asked them to do, but she was the only one. She looked over her book at them and chimed in her own retort. "Unlike the yellow crayon speech which you STILL harp on about to this very day!"

"HEY!" Xander pointed at Dawn defensively and gave her a good stare with his good eye, "I saved the world alright!? With my mouth. Willow's slicin' and dicin' me with her mysticks--"

"And again with the sorry," interjected Willow.

"Hey no sweat," Xander glanced at her with a shrug, and then back to Dawnie with the pointing, "the only thing standing between complete and utter destruction is me. I saved the world!"

"That was like two or three YEARS ago!" Dawnie huffed and returned to her reading.

Kennedy put her hands on Will's shoulders, noticing her girlfriend getting all crawl-in-a-shell-and-hide-ish. She looked at Xander ruefully, "What do you want? A medal?"

"No I'm just sayin'.. This is different."

Willow had looked down at the stone floor. Without moving her head, she moved her eyes up to meet his, "Xander. I love you."

"I know