 Meeting Sweet at The Bronze , Buffy offers a deal to Sweet to take the place of her sister if she can 't kill him . When asked by Sweet what she thinks about life , Buffy gives her pessimistic take on its meaning ( " Something to Sing About " ) . When the others arrive , she divulges that Willow took her from heaven and Willow reacts with horror at finding out what she 's done . Upon divulging this truth , Buffy gives up on singing and dances so frenetically that she begins to smoke , on the verge of combusting as other victims of Sweet have been shown to have done , until Spike stops her , telling her that the only way to go forward is to just keep living her life . Xander then reveals that he , not Dawn , called Sweet , hoping he would be shown a happy ending for his marriage plans . Sweet tells the group how much fun they have been ( " What You Feel — Reprise " ) and disappears . The Scoobies realize that their relationships have been changed irreversibly by the secrets revealed in their songs ( " Where Do We Go from Here ? " ) . Spike leaves The Bronze , but Buffy follows him out and they kiss ( " Coda " ) . 
