DAWN: My friend Sharon's older brother knows a girl who died because she choked on her boyfriend's tongue.

BUFFY: (annoyed) Go away, Dawn.

(Riley looks amused)

DAWN: I'm not in your room. I'm in the hallway. The hallway doesn't belong to you.

(We see Joyce coming out of the room across the hall.)

BUFFY: (moving toward the door) Get *out* of here.

DAWN: Mom, I can stand in the hallway, right?

BUFFY: She's watching us like a big freak!

JOYCE: (sighs, puts hand to her forehead) This must be my "two teenage girls in the house" headache. I thought it felt familiar.

BUFFY: Good work, Dawn. You gave her a headache.

DAWN: I did not! (to Joyce) Did I give you a headache, Mom? I'm sure part of it is Buffy's.

BUFFY: But part of it is Dawn's.

JOYCE: It's so nice you've learned to share. You girls, sort this out yourselves. It's good for you.

(she Exits. Buffy looks annoyed.)

DAWN: (smiling smugly) She didn't say I couldn't stand here.

BUFFY: (smiling smugly) Hmm.

(Buffy shuts the door in Dawn's face.)

• Buffy & Dawn
• Joyce's Illness

written by: Jane Espenson; Transcribed by Joan the English Chick (pisces@englishchick.com).. Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/81thereplacement.html