BUFFY: You shredded my outfit.

DAWN: I'll buy you a new one.

BUFFY: That's not the point. I don't want a new cheerleading outfit.

XANDER: Now, now, let's not be hasty. (Buffy glares at him) Not the right time.

BUFFY: Dawn, I'm sorry that you feel so bad. OK, but in the morning this won't seem so terrible. You don't even know this R.J. Not really.

DAWN: I do know him. I know his soul.

BUFFY: Really? Dawn, he wasn't even on your radar yesterday.

XANDER: It's the jacket. It's true. Something about the big letter on the chest makes girls get all swoony and crushy. I saw it all the time in school. And you couldn't just pin any old felt letter to your coat and get play? not that I tried.

DAWN: It isn't a crush. It's love. I love RJ:

BUFFY: Again, since yesterday. Dawn, it's awfully fast.

DAWN: (incensed) What? You're telling me I don't feel what I feel?

BUFFY: No, of course not. I believe that you think it's real. It seems real... to you.

DAWN: You know what? Maybe I don't want advice from the Dysfunction Queen. You have no idea how I feel. You have no idea what real love is. Maybe if you did, you wouldn't make fun of me this way.

BUFFY: Dawn, I'm not making fun of you.

DAWN: Just go. Leave me alone.

• Buffy & Dawn

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