Buffy exits the magic store but is entranced by a store-window mannequin in a wedding dress. Fairy-tale music plays as she peers into the shop window, but the fairy tale must be an original unsanitized Grimm's version with all the bad parts left in, because Riley chooses this moment to appear on the scene. Buffy reverently shows him the dresses. He makes a lame joke about them being too dressy for school, and hold on to your seats, kids, because we now enter the Magical-Comical Misunderstanding portion of the show. Buffy starts talking about how she really does like Riley and hopes he can be there on "The Day." When he asks what day, she excitedly tells him that she's getting married. Riley looks mildly confounded, perhaps distracted by trying to catch a glimpse of Buffy around his lumpy nose. Buffy goes on about her fiancé being someone she fought with for years and then looked at and "just knew," and as she blathers on, Riley becomes more and more agitated. Buffy chirps, "You'll really like him. Well -- nobody really likes him. I don't even really like him, but I love him." Riley wants to know the groom's name and Buffy answers, "Spike!" and then worries that Riley is mad at her. Riley inquires if Spike attends UC Sunnydale, and Buffy ditzily says, "Oh, no. He's totally old. Well, not as old as my last boyfriend was." Riley wussily makes his exit, his tail between his legs. Buffy stands and looks pouty, then whines, "They're ruining my happy day."













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