(Beth meets Tara walking across campus)

BETH: Tara.

TARA: Beth, what are you-

BETH: I-I was looking for you.

TARA: I'm sorry we didn't get to have dinner.

BETH: I just ... wanted to see if everything was okay. See if you needed any help with anything. Packing.

TARA: Beth, I'm not, I'm n-not (stutters) coming back with you.

BETH: You're not?

TARA: I-I don't think so.

BETH: You ... selfish bitch!

TARA: What?!

BETH: You don't care the slightest bitty bit about your family, do you? Your dad's been worried sick about you every day since you've been gone. There's a, a house that needs taking care of ... Donny and your dad having to do for themselves while you're down here living god knows what kind of lifestyle. I can't wait till your little friends find out the truth about you. And they will, you know. No matter how innocent you act, they'll see.

TARA: (firmly) No they won't.

BETH: They will. Unless you ... do some kind of spell on them .... (sees Tara's face) You did!

TARA: N-no!

BETH: You did something to them. I'm telling your father.

(She starts to turn away. Tara grabs her arm. )

TARA: No! No, it wasn't anything!

BETH: You think you can just go around cursing people? Your dad's gonna pop.

TARA: It was just so they wouldn't see. So-so-so they wouldn't see the demon part of me. (teary) Please don't tell Dad. It's harmless.

(Cut to Buffy in her workout room, doing some stretches on the floor. Cut to Willow in the magic shop, taking a book off a shelf. There's a knock on the door.)

WILLOW: Tara?

(Willow goes to the door and opens it. We see three Lei-Ach demons standing there, snarling. Willow doesn't see them. She looks around the doorway in confusion, then closes the door and turns away.)

WILLOW: (to herself) I thought I heard something. (Shrugs and walks off)

(Shot of the lead Lei-Ach demon grinning. Blackout. )

written by: Joss Whedon; Transcribed by Joan the English Chick (pisces@englishchick.com).. Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/84family.html