GILES: They should be back by now.

WILLOW: Maybe Buffy needed a few minutes to pull herself together. Poor Buffy, on her birthday and everything.

XANDER: Hmm, it's sad, granted. But let's look at the upside for a moment. I mean, what kind of a future would she've really had with him? She's got 2 jobs -- Denny's waitress by day, Slayer by night -- and Angel's always in front of the TV with a big blood belly, and he's dreamin' of the glory days when Buffy still thought this whole creature of the night routine was a big turnon.

WILLOW: You've thought way too much about this.

XANDER: No, no. That's just the beginning. Have I told you the part where I fly into town in my private jet and take Buffy out for prime rib?

WILLOW: Xander...

XANDER: And she cries?

• Xander & Buffy
• Xander vs Angel

written by: Marti Noxon; . Full transcript at:
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