Angelus: Fun fact about wasps. They have no taste for the undead. Not that a sting would do me any damage, it's just... tonight's special. I wanted to look my best for you.

BUFFY: (quietly) You're the only one. The only person I can talk to.

Angelus: Gosh, Buff. That's really pathetic.

BUFFY: You can't make me disappear just because you say it's over.

Angelus: Actually... I can. In fact... I just want you to be able to have some kind of normal life. We can never have that, don't you see?

BUFFY: I don't give a *damn* about a normal life! I'm going crazy not seeing you. I think about you every minute.

He raises his hand to her cheek. Cut to 1955. Grace puts her hand on James' cheek. He looks down sadly.

Ms. Newman: I know. But it's over. It has to be!

She turns around and starts to leave. He looks up again and starts to chase after her. Cut to 1998. Buffy chases after Angelus.

BUFFY: Come back here! We're not finished! You don't care anymore, is that it?

Angelus: (sobbing) It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter what I feel.

BUFFY: Then tell me you don't love me!

Cut to 1955.

James: Say it!

Ms. Newman: Is that what you need to hear? Will that help? I don't.

Cut to 1998.

Angelus: I don't. Now let me go.

BUFFY: No. A person doesn't just wake up and stop loving somebody!

Cut to 1955. Grace looks at James. He takes a step back, raises a revolver, pulls the hammer back and aims it at her. Cut to 1998. Angelus looks at the gun and then at Buffy, frightened.

BUFFY: Love is forever. I'm not afraid to use it, I swear! If I can't be with you...

Angelus: Oh, my God!

He turns around and starts running out of the hall toward the balcony. Cut to 1955. Grace runs from the hall.

James: DON'T WALK AWAY FROM ME...

Cut to 1998.

BUFFY: ...BITCH!

Angelus runs out of the hall. She runs after him. Cut to 1955. James runs after Grace. Cut to 1998. Angelus barges through the door out onto the balcony.

BUFFY: Stop it! Stop it! Don't make me!

Angelus: (breathing heavily with fear) All right. Just... (turns around)

Cut to 1955. Grace turns around to face James.

Ms. Newman: You know you don't want to do this. Let's both... just calm down. Now give me the gun. (holds out her hand)

James: Don't. Don't do that, damn it!

Cut to 1998.

BUFFY: Don't talk to me like I'm some stupid...

The gun goes off. Angelus flinches from the wound. Cut outside the school. Giles and the others hear the gunshot. Willow draws a worried breath. Cut to the balcony. Angelus has his hand clutched to his chest. He pulls it away and sees the blood. He looks up at Buffy. She stares back in open-mouthed shock at what she just did.

Angelus: James.

Cut to 1955. Grace goes into shock from the bullet wound and begins to fall backward. She tumbles over the balcony railing down to the base of the stairs below. Cut to 1998. Buffy just stares in shock. Cut to 1955. James sees Grace below lying dead with her eyes closed. He slowly goes back into the hall. Cut to 1998. Angelus lies prone at the base of the stairs below. Cut to the music room. Buffy slowly comes in. Cut to Angelus. His eyes suddenly open. He props himself up on his elbows and looks up at the balcony. Cut to the music room. Buffy walks to the record player at the back of the room. She turns it on and begins playing the record.

Lyrics: My love must be a kind of blind love

She looks over into a mirror, and James looks back at her. Her eyes are full of tears as she looks at him. He looks down at the gun in his hand.

Lyrics: I can't see anyone but you

The camera pans down from Buffy's face to the gun in her hand. She raises it slowly, but a hand takes it and pushes it back down. She turns and finds herself face to face with Angelus.

BUFFY: Grace!

Angelus: Don't do this.

BUFFY: But-but I killed you.

Angelus: It was an accident. It wasn't your fault.

BUFFY: Oh, it *is* my fault. How could I...

Angelus: Shhh. I'm the one who should be sorry, James. You thought I stopped loving you. But I never did. I loved you with my last breath.

Buffy lets out a few sobs.

Angelus: Shhh... No more tears.

Cut to 1955. Grace and James kiss. Cut to 1998. Angelus and Buffy kiss. They hold each other tightly as they continue kissing for a long time. Above them in the ceiling a bright light appears, and the spirits of Grace and James leave this world for the next. As quickly as it appeared the light is gone. Buffy and Angelus gently break off their kiss and open their eyes.

BUFFY: (softly) Angel.

Suddenly he growls, pushes her away and runs from the room, leaving Buffy there in shock.

• Buffy & Angel
• the life & times of Angelus

written by: Marti Noxon; Transcribed by: AleXander Thompson. Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/31eyes4u.html