BUFFY: Dawn. I have to talk to you.

DAWN: Um...

BUFFY: (OS) What?

DAWN: Can it wait? I'm in the middle of a class.

BUFFY: I know. Please come with me.

DAWN: I thought Mom was picking me up.

Buffy closes the classroom door behind them as they exit into the hall.

DAWN: What's going on? Something's going on.

BUFFY: Let's go outside.

DAWN: No. Tell me what's going on.

BUFFY: It's ... bad ... news.

DAWN: Well, what is it? What happened?

BUFFY: It's bad. Please, can we-

DAWN: (loudly) Where's Mom?

BUFFY: (teary) Mom ... had an accident. Or, um... ...something went ... wrong from the tumor.

DAWN: Is she okay? Is she ... but she's okay? But ... it's, it's serious, but...

BUFFY: Dawn...

We can hear Dawn, but very faintly, as we hear it through the glass:

DAWN: (faintly) No. No, it's not true. No, you're a liar, she's fine!

• Buffy & Dawn
• Dealing with Joyce's death

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