XANDER: You know how I feel about you. It's, uh, pretty obvious, isn't it? There's never been anyone else for me... but you. And we're good friends, and it's time to take the next step. Would you, um... date me? Oh that's good! Date me! It's terrible, right?

WILLOW: Huh? Oh, no! Oh, yes, 'date me' is silly...

XANDER: See, what I should do is I should just start with talking about the dance. Y'know, Buffy, Spring Fling just isn't any dance. It's a time for students to choose, um... a mate and then we can... observe their... mating rituals and tag them before they migrate. Just kill me!

WILLOW: You're doing fine!

XANDER: Why's it so hard? I should just walk up to her and say, 'Hey, I like you. Let's go to the dance together.'

WILLOW: Direct and to the point.

XANDER: I'm ready. I wanna do it now. I *gotta* do it now.

WILLOW: Oh, Buffy's not here. You can practice on me some more.

XANDER: No, no, I can't wait until tomorrow, I-I'll be thinking about it too much. Why didn't Buffy show up tonight? What's she doing?

WILLOW: Oh, you know, the usual.

• Xander & Buffy
• Xander & Willow

written by: Joss Whedon; Transcribed by: AleXander Thompson. Full transcript at:
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