WESLEY: Are you alright? I mean, two close calls like that ... (Sits down beside Virginia)

VIRGINIA: I guess so. I don't know. Are we safe now?

WESLEY: I don't know.

VIRGINIA: Sometimes I think about running away. Isn't that ridiculous, a 24 year old runaway?

WESLEY: We all want to escape our lives sometimes.

VIRGINIA: I think about getting my own place, a little apartment. A job, something silly like, um, a perfume sprayer, or working at a tire store. (They both laugh.)

WESLEY: A tire store?

VIRGINIA: I told you it was ridiculous.

WESLEY: No, no. It sounds wonderful! Rotating tires and inflating -- things ... Your father would not allow it I'd imagine.

VIRGINIA: Oh, no. It's too dangerous. He says they would grab me in a second and use me to get to him. If you think about it, he's saying that if I moved out, it would kill him. I'd be responsible.

WESLEY: That's a huge burden to put on you.

VIRGINIA: I just -- (she leans her head on his shoulder) I just want out.

(She looks up at him then leans in and lightly kisses him on the lips.)

WESLEY: Virginia ... (They kiss again.)

VIRGINIA: (while still kissing him) I'm sorry -- I know we can't.

WESLEY: Yeah. Why?

VIRGINIA: Well, you're a pretty famous guy, Angel. I hear the guards talk sometimes. I know.

WESLEY: Know?

VIRGINIA: About the curse.

WESLEY: Ah. The curse. (Laughs and shakes his head, not looking at her.)

WESLEY: Perfect happiness. Yes, of course. Mustn't ... (He leans in and kisses her) Mustn't -- mustn't let oneself (Virginia pulls off his glasses) let oneself forget (she nibbles at his ear) diabolical consequences. I should ... You know this whole curse thing has been *widely* misinterpreted.

VIRGINIA: Really?

WESLEY: Oh, yes! Yes, it's less of a curse and more of a hex, actually (she continues to kiss him) Barely that (he kisses her back) a recommendation ...

VIRGINIA: (pulls back) Are you -- sure you're telling the truth?

WESLEY: Virginia, I wanna be honest with you. I wanna tell you everything. I'm not (She kisses him) actually ... (the rest becomes muffled by her kisses)

• Angel, Angelus & The Curse
• Wesley & Virginia

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