that evening, xander comes home from work and finds anya at his apartment waiting for him. xander tries to apologize for walking away from their wedding. there is a glimmer of hope for them until xander says he wanted to stop the wedding before it happened. taken aback, anya asks xander what he meant by that remark. xander, as he's done before, tries to change the subject by telling a sarcastic story until anya cuts him off by asking if he still wants to marry her. xander admits to loving her dearly and wanting to be back with her, but he's still too afraid of himself to marry her. with her back turned to xander, she reveals her vengeance demon face and angrily begins to wish him physical harm – but nothing happens. anya morphs back into her human face and, upset that her powers didn't work, she leaves while a confused xander looks on.