(Buffy's room. A knock. Riley enters.)

RILEY: Hi.

BUFFY: Hi.

(Riley sits on Willow's bed.)

RILEY: Well, I guess we have to talk.

(Buffy sits on her bed.)

BUFFY: I guess we do.

(They sit silently, facing each other, hands folded in their laps, not knowing how to start or what to say.)

• Buffy & Riley

written by: Joss Whedon; corrections made & some descriptions added based on the shooting script at http://www.mustreadtv.com/buffyscripts/hush1.html.. Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/66hush.html;