(Kathy shows up and starts to sit down without being invited.)

Kathy: Hi, everybody. Squeeze in.

BUFFY: You all know my roomie, Kathy?

WILLOW: Hi.

OZ: Hey, Kath.

BUFFY: Is that my sweater?

Kathy: I didn't think you'd mind, I mean you got mine all muddy.

BUFFY: I was saving you from a...

WILLOW: Bear!

BUFFY: (Giving Willow a look.) Mugger.

Kathy: It's not a problem, is it? I mean, I figured we're almost like sisters now, living together and everything.

BUFFY: No, it's... it's fine. I just wished you'd asked.

XANDER: So, where're you from, Kathy?

Kathy: Nebraska, originally.

(She picks up a big, sloppy hamburger from her tray.)

XANDER: Ahh, yes. Big sky country.

(Kathy bites into her sandwich. Buffy's senses intensify, focusing in on a blob of ketchup oozing out of the hamburger. She watches it as it drops onto her sweater. Buffy's eyes narrow.)

written by: Marti Noxon; Transcribed by: Diov Llun . Full transcript at:
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