XANDER: Who's that? Spike? What are you doing out here? I hope you're not going to start your little obsession now that she's around again.

(teary-eyed & angry, Spike slams Xander up against a tree)

ANYA: Hey!

SPIKE: You didn't tell me. You brought her back and you didn't tell me.

XANDER: Well, now you know.

SPIKE: I worked beside you all summer.

XANDER: We didn't tell you. It was just ... we didn't, okay?

SPIKE: Listen. I've figured it out. Maybe you haven't, but I have. Willow knew there was a chance that she'd come back wrong. So wrong that you'd have ... that she would have to get rid of what came back. And I wouldn't let her. If any part of that was Buffy, I wouldn't let her. And that's why she shut me out.

XANDER: What are you talking about? Willow wouldn't do that.

SPIKE: (sarcastic) Oh. Is that right?

XANDER: Look. You're just covering. Don't tell me you're not happy. Look me in the eyes, and tell me when you saw Buffy alive, that wasn't the happiest moment of your entire existence.

SPIKE: (stalks off) That's the thing about magic. There's always consequences. Always!

• Buffy & Spike
• Spike's uneasy truce with the gang
• Xander & Spike

written by: Jane Espenson; transcribed by Joan the English Chick; action descriptions condensed by me. . Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/103afterlife.html