(Cafeteria)

SCOTT: Buffy. Over here.

(She comes over to him sitting with Debbie and Pete, and sets down her plate.)

BUFFY: Hey.

(Scott sees what's on her plate.)

Scott: Hey. Uh... I can't, I can't back you on that lunch. Nutritional demerits.

BUFFY: Oh. My stomach doesn't want hard food today. (re: green Jell-O) But there's fruit in it.

Scott: Those are marshmallows.

BUFFY: Oh. I'm... I'm really out of it today. I didn't sleep well last night.

Debbie: Just don't tell Mr. Platt you have insomnia. He'll make you start a dream journal.

Pete: Oh, what's that, like, a Barbie thing? Dear Dream Journal, how come Ken hasn't come around since he got that earring?

Debbie: I never did it. He's a quack.

BUFFY: I kinda liked him.

Debbie: Really? I guess, I guess he's kinda funny and stuff. It's just... sometimes I just don't like the things he says.

BUFFY: Oh, he definitely... marches to the beat of his own drummer. A- actually, I think he makes his own drums.

Scott: Well, my mom says that therapy can be completely helpful.

Pete: Yeah, but your mom has the wattage of a Zippo lighter, Scott.

Scott: (to Buffy) I hope you realize I don't actually know these people. I just... I thought you would like me better if I had friends, so I hired them. So... I, uh, I wanted to tell you that you look great today. But now I wanna raise that to amazing because you didn't sleep well.

BUFFY: Uh... That's really sweet. Um... And I-I wish I didn't have to, but I just remembered that I do, so, uh, I'll see you later.

(she leaves)

Scott: Uh, yeah.

Pete: Check out Scotty liking the manic-depressive chick.

• Buffy & Scott

written by: Marti Noxon; Transcribed by: AleXander Thompson . Full transcript at:
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