Everyone spent the rest of the night chatting and having fun. At around midnight, nearly everyone took off for the night, leaving Buffy, Giles, Willow, Tara, Xander and Dawn alone at the Summers's house.

"Well, this has probably been the best birthday I've had in quite a while." Giles said with a grin as he looked down at Buffy.

"Happy birthday again, G-Man" Xander said, grinning.

Giles glared playfully at Xander, and Xander chuckled at that.

"Happy birthday, Giles." Willow and Tara said together.

"Happy birthday, Rupert" Buffy said, gazing up at Giles with a smile.

"Thank you all." Giles said, and smiled as he wrapped his arms around Buffy.

"Well, it's getting late. We should head home, and leave the happy couple to each other." Willow said.

"Yeah, good plan. I'm sleepy Buffy over here." Buffy said playfully as she leaned into Giles.

"Congrats you two, and goodnight." Xander said as he headed towards the door, followed by Willow and Tara.

"Not so fast!" Buffy said, grinning as she ran over to them, pulling Giles with her. "I wanna go shopping for wedding dresses and all that tomorrow, and you guys are coming with me."

"Great, so Giles, Wes and I will have some 'guy time', right?" Xander asked, grinning as he looked at Giles.

"Nuh uh. You boys are coming with us." Buffy said, which recieved a groan from Xander in reply.

Willow whacked Xander on the arm, playfully. "Sure, no problem, Buff! I can't wait!" She said, grinning.

"Great!" Buffy said, leaning into Giles again.

"We'll see you tomorrow, then" Tara said softly, smiling.

"Yep! Night everyone!" Buffy said and waved as everyone walked out, leaving Buffy, Giles and Dawn alone.

"Right.. I'll just be up in my room now." Dawn said, and smiled before she took off upstairs.

Buffy and Giles smiled as Dawn took off, and looked at each other happily.

"Well, this has probably been the best day of my life. Thank you for setting all of this up" Giles said, grinning.

"No problem, G-Man." Buffy said, teasingly.

Giles glared at her playfully. "Well, I for one am quite tired. I'm heading to bed. Are you going to join me?" He said.

"Of course." Buffy smiled as she took Giles's hand, and practically dragged him upstairs to bed.

Buffy layed down in bed, pulling Giles down with her. She pulled the covers over them, and snuggled close to Giles.

"I love you" She whispered softly.

"I love you too" He whispered back softly.

The two fell asleep in each others arms within seconds.

And that was the end to Giles's best birthday ever.

THE END