(Dawn overhears)

JOCK FRIEND: I talked with the coach.

RJ: Yeah? I told you man?all those fumbles in practice?he was gonna come down on you.

JOCK FRIEND: I'm starting on Saturday.

RJ: Great. Who knew fumbling all the time was the key?

JOCK FRIEND: It's just time to let someone else have a turn, man. And you knew this was coming.

RJ: Yeah. Sure.

(Dawn pursues the Jock)

DAWN: You can't do this to RJ:

JOCK FRIEND: Oh, hey, it's you. Nice cheering the other day.

DAWN: It isn't fair. He works so hard.

JOCK FRIEND: What do you care? I mean, this is how the game is played. It's dog eat dog, may the best man win.

DAWN: But nobody's better than RJ:

JOCK FRIEND: Yeah, well, that's not really up to you, is it? Hmm?

(Dawn pushes him down the stairs. Later in the principals office....)

DAWN: It all happened so fast. I mean, one minute he was walking, and the next he stumbled, and then he fell.

PRINCIPAL WOOD: Why would he say you pushed him down the stairs?

DAWN: I don't know. Maybe he was just embarrassed. It's hard being clumsy, especially when you're popular and athletic. I'd bet.

PRINCIPAL WOOD: Yeah, well, to be candid, it wouldn't be the first time I caught O'Donnell in a lie.

BUFFY: It'd be nice if his lies didn't involve my sister, though.

PRINCIPAL WOOD: Anyway, I'm gonna have to call Coach Wheeler and, uh, tell him the bad news. Not a conversation I really want to have.

DAWN: At least you still got R.J. to take over.

PRINCIPAL WOOD: Yeah. Well, I think we have everything we need for now. I'm sorry you had to get involved in this, Dawn.

DAWN: That's OK. I'm just really sorry it happened.

written by: Drew Z. Greenberg; Transcribed by: CariCranberry. Edited by me. . Full transcript at:
http://www.buffyworld.com/buffy/season7/transcripts/128_tran.php