(Buffy rushes over and begins shaking Joyce by the shoulders.)

BUFFY: Mom! Mom! Mom Mom Mom-

(Buffy dials 911. She fidgets anxiously while it rings. )

911 OPERATOR: 911 emergency.

BUFFY: Hello?

911 OPERATOR: Do you have...

BUFFY: My mom, she, she's not breathing.

911 OPERATOR: Is she conscious?

BUFFY: No. I-I-I can't, she, she's not breathing.

911 OPERATOR: OK, I need you to give me your address.

BUFFY: What?

911 OPERATOR: I'm gonna send an ambulance over.

BUFFY: Si-Sixteen thirty Rivelo, it-it's a house, Rivelo near Hadley.

911 OPERATOR: I'm sending a unit right away. Are you alone in the house?

BUFFY: Yes.

911 OPERATOR: Well, did you see what happened, did she fall?

BUFFY: No, no, I-I came home and she-what should I do?

911 OPERATOR: Do you know how to administer CPR?

BUFFY: (upset) No, I don't remember.

911 OPERATOR: Okay, it's very simple. You wanna tilt your mother's head back. Cover her mouth with yours, and breathe into her mouth.

BUFFY: I know this. I know this. God. I can do this. Okay. Okay. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight... One, two, three... (We hear a cracking noise) Oh! Oh god.

BUFFY: I, are you there? I, I broke something.

911 OPERATOR: Hello?

BUFFY: It cracked.

911 OPERATOR: Is she breathing?

BUFFY: No.

911 OPERATOR: Paramedics should be there in a moment. You might have cracked a rib. It's not important.

BUFFY: She's cold.

911 OPERATOR: The body's cold?

BUFFY: No, my mom! Sh-should I make her warm?

911 OPERATOR: No ... if she's not responding to CPR, the best thing is to wait for the paramedics, okay?

BUFFY: (angry) When will they be here?

911 OPERATOR: They're very nearby.

(Buffy drops the phone to her side and looks up at the window, stands up. Bright sunshine streams in the window. It's totally quiet except the faint sound of the 911 operator's voice. Buffy brings the phone back up to her ear. )

BUFFY: (very quietly) I have to make a call.

(she hangs up on 911)

written by: Joss Whedon; transcribed by Joan the English Chick . Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/94thebody.html