BUFFY: So ... what'd you get her?

XANDER: Huh?

BUFFY: Tara. You said you got a present already.

XANDER: Yeah, that was a tangled web of lies, sweetie. I'm not really sure what kind of thing she'd ... I mean, I don't really know her that well.

BUFFY: (nods) I know.

XANDER: (quickly) I mean, she's nice.

BUFFY: (quickly) Yeah! Yeah, nice ... nice. I-it's just, I-I sort of...

XANDER: I don't necessarily get her ... but she's really nice.

BUFFY: Yeah. There's ... just that thing.

XANDER: (agreeing) That thing.

BUFFY: That ... thing of not understanding-

XANDER: Half of what she says?

BUFFY: As for example. But she's super nice.

XANDER: You betcha.

BUFFY: Think there'll be a lot of Wiccas there, heavy Wiccan crowd?

XANDER: Well, that's sort of her deal. Her and Willow are all Wiccie. Swingin' with the Wiccan lifestyle.

BUFFY: Which is cool.

XANDER: Well, yeah.

BUFFY: I just hope we fit in, not awkward.

XANDER: With Willow it's like, she's got this ... whole new thing in her life. But she's still Willow, so I can always figure her out. But Tara, I just know she likes Willow, and she already has one of those.

BUFFY: Ugh! I have a present-buying headache. Tara's damn birthday is just one too many things for me to worry about.

XANDER: Relax. You should take a few minutes. (jerks his thumb toward the training room in the back) Train or stretch out. You should do something to ... work off the tension.

• Willow & Tara

written by: Joss Whedon; Transcribed by Joan the English Chick (pisces@englishchick.com).. Full transcript at:
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