BUFFY: You are going to be in so much trouble when we get home.

(Strikes at her chains with an axe)

DAWN: Yeah, well ... I'm telling Mom you slayed in front of me.

BUFFY: Fine. I'll just tell her that you ran out of the house in the middle of the night, (another strike at the chains) that you got Anya hurt, (another strike) invited a vampire in, (strike) got kidnapped....

(at home)

JOYCE: Sorry it ran so late. Everything, uh, go okay?

BUFFY: Yeah. Yeah, you know ... I got the vamps and we watched some TV.

JOYCE: (smiles) Well, I know at least one of us who's supposed to be in bed by now.

(Dawn obediently kisses Joyce and exits.)

JOYCE: Night.

BUFFY: So how was the exhibit?

JOYCE: Oh, it was fantastic.

DAWN: (voiceover) Buffy probably would've gotten in way more trouble than me anyway.

(Cut to the magic shop, day. Dawn is sitting at a table writing in her diary. )

DAWN: (voiceover) But I guess it was pretty okay of her not to say anything to mom. Anya's gonna be okay, and Xander wasn't mad at me. So stuff mostly worked out.

• Buffy & Dawn

written by: David Fury; transcribed by Joan the English Chick (pisces@englishchick.com). Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/80realme.html