JONATHAN: Hi. I wasn't sure you'd come over. Everyone's mostly forgetting. But, I think some people are kind of angry.

BUFFY: Yeah!

JONATHAN: Nobody's even talking to me. And.. the twins moved out.

BUFFY: Why did you do it anyway? No. I get why. How?

JONATHAN: After the thing with the bell tower and the gun, I went to counseling. You know other kids with problems a-and one of them had this spell. He glossed right over the monster. Well, anyway I just - I-I just wanted to apologize. Nobody was supposed to get hurt.

BUFFY: Jonathan you get why everyone is angry though, right? It's not just the monster. People didn't like being the little actors in your sock puppet theater.

JONATHAN: You weren't! You weren't socks! We were friends.

BUFFY: Jonathan you can't keep trying to make everything work out with some big gesture all at once. Things are complicated. They take time and work.

JONATHAN: Yeah, right.

JONATHAN: Hey. Hey Buffy. You remember I gave you some advice?

Buffy : Watch out for southpaws?

JONATHAN: Uh, no about you and Riley. I mean things are starting to blur but this cool thing I said, um, that I don't really remember... I think it's right. I think it's kind of the same thing you just said to me. (Pause.) About things taking work.

Buffy : Yeah, I remember.

JONATHAN: Good because it's true. What you have is really complicated but it's worth it. I think that's what I said.

(He walks away.)

• Buffy & Riley

written by: Jane Espenson; Transcribed by Corwin2. Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/73superstar.html