"Um, Giles, we were actually heading to the Halloween Frat party on campus that night. I mean, can't we push off a day of training so we can have some fun?" Buffy said.

"Well, you really haven't been training much lately, Buffy. Since Maia seems to literally run into every vampire in town--you haven't had a real need to kill," Giles said slowly.

"Please! Maia, hasn't even been to a Halloween party! Let her be normal for a night," Willow said.

"Really? You haven't been to a Halloween party?" Giles asked surprised.

"No, I haven't. I'm actually working anyway, so not much training was going to happen. I'm usually free on Sunday and Monday nights for that kind of thing otherwise it will be fairly late at night or super early in the morning when I have free time to train."

"I see, well, I guess there isn't any harm if you guys go on a holiday that day, but November first I expect you both ready and raring to go," he said sternly.

"Yay! Party!" Buffy exclaimed.

"Party!" Xander chorused.

"Shopping tomorrow!" Willow cheered.
"Yay," Maia said uncertainly, she looked over at Spike for help but he merely shrugged.

She went home alone as Spike had to help Buffy patrol for the night. She finished homework for the week and decided that she needed a costume of some sort, only she couldn't figure out what she wanted to be.

The next morning, she went on her routine run and yoga before showering. She was