RONALD: Hi. Getting some rest?

MELISSA: I ? What are you?

RONALD: More than meets the eye. But you never bothered to find out, did you? You just took advantage of my kindness. (Pulls a surgeon?s scalpel out of his jacket) Led me on until you could find yourself a vacuous LA pretty boy.

RONALD: You disappoint me, Melissa.

MELISSA: I know. I know... I didn?t mean.

RONALD: No, no, no. no. Stop now. You?re babbling.

MELISSA: I think ? I think you disappoint yourself. I think you gave up on being loved a long time ago and now you?re just another creep who gets off on pain.

RONALD: Oh don?t try and use some childish...

MELISSA: (cuts him of) And you know that I'd be crazy to wanna touch you, to wake up next to... little pieces of whatever you are.

RONALD: Shut up.

MELISSA: You turned yourself into a freak, Ronald, a vile, repulsive freak. And I am done being afraid of you. You can cut me and you can kill me, but it still won?t change what you are. Angel was right. You?re weak!

RONALD: I?m weak? Then how is it I killed him?

ANGEL: (arriving) Inefficiently.

RONALD: You can?t be alive. You ? you?re not human!

MELISSA: You should talk.

RONALD: (to Melissa) We could have been so happy.

ANGEL: Ronald.

(Angelbats his head across the room )

ANGEL: (to Melissa) Are you all right?

(She gasps, he holds her carefully.)

written by: David Greenwalt; Originally transcribed by anonymous. Edited and formatted for this site by Ann. Checked against source by me.. Full transcript at:
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