ANGEL: Well, umm, it's good to... Can I get you anything?

BUFFY: How about an explanation? Who do you think you are coming to my town and following me around behind my back?

ANGEL: I'm sorry.

BUFFY: What is this? Some new torment you cooked up just for me?

ANGEL: No, I didn't want to torment you..

BUFFY: You can see me, but I can't see you? What are we playing here?

ANGEL: We're not. I'm not playing anything. I wrestled with this decision.

BUFFY: Which you made without me.

ANGEL: I tried to do what I thought was right. It's complicated how this all happened, Buffy, you know? It's kind of a long story.

BUFFY: You're new sidekick had a vision, I was in it, you came to Sunnydale?

ANGEL: Okay, maybe not that long.

BUFFY: You didn't feel that I was important enough to even tell me that you were there.

ANGEL: I'm trying to explain. It's because I felt that you're important that I didn't tell you.

BUFFY: I'm a big girl now, Angel. I'm not in High School anymore. A lot has happened in my life since you left.

ANGEL: I know. I respect that.

BUFFY: And I don't need you skulking around, trying to protect me. Unless, of course, I'm in some gigantic fight to the death, which I was last night. That was you, helping me, wasn't it?

ANGEL: I was in the neighborhood... skulking.

(...)

ANGEL: I'm sorry if I handled it wrong. What else was I supposed to do?

BUFFY: I don't know. I just know that when you're around, whether I see you or not, I feel you. Inside. And it throws me.

ANGEL: Throws me, too.

BUFFY: So let's just stick to the plan. We'll keep our distance until a lot of time has passed. Given enough time we should be able to...

ANGEL: Forget?

BUFFY: Yeah. So, I'm gonna go, start forgetting.

(demon crashes through the window, attacks)

BUFFY: Angel!

(they wound it, it escapes)

BUFFY: Friend of yours?

ANGEL: Never saw it before.

BUFFY: It was rude. We should go kill it.

ANGEL: I'm free.

BUFFY: Got somewhere I can change?

• Buffy & Angel

written by: David Greenwalt and Jeanne Renshaw; Originally transcribed by anonymous. Edited, formatted for this site and checked against source by me.. Full transcript at:
http://www.buffyworld.com/angel/season1/transcripts/08_tran.shtml