(A figure crashes through a glass door at Rebecca's house. It's Angel. He charges past her to kick a guy in a black ski mask coming up behind her. They exchange a few blows then the guy pulls a shelving unit down on top of Angel and runs out through the broken door.)

REBECCA: Are you...

(Her eyes go past him to the huge mirror behind her sofa. She is alone in the reflection. Angel sees the mirror. They look at each other, then there is a banging on the door.)

BODYGUARD: Ms. Lowell, are you alright in there? I'm gonna call the police.

(Rebecca looks towards the door, when she looks back, Angel is gone.)

REBECCA: Yes, Oliver, I *am* sure. I'd rather be alone tonight.

OLIVER: Alone though? After all this? Don't you at least want someone in the house?

REBECCA: Half the LAPD is camped out on my front lawn. He won't be back tonight.

OLIVER: All right. I should probably go deal with the press.

REBECCA: You do that, Oliver.

OLIVER: (hugging her) I love you kiddo. You know that.

REBECCA: I know.

(... later...)

REBECCA: I know you're still here.

ANGEL: I'm not what you think.

REBECCA: You're not? Because... no reflection, dark, private office, instantly knowing those letters weren't written in blood, I guess what I would think is vampire.

ANGEL: Then again...

REBECCA: Which is impossible. Bela Lugosi, Gary Oldman, they're vampires.

ANGEL: Frank Langella was the only performance I believed but...

REBECCA: This is real. You're real. Do you drink blood?

ANGEL: Yeah. But not people.

REBECCA: You're not a killer.

ANGEL: I gave that up.

REBECCA: Well, there's a support group for everything in this town, I guess.

ANGEL: It's a long story.

REBECCA: How long? A hundred years?

ANGEL: Two hundred, and some change.

REBECCA: 200 years! But you look... If I touch you, will you be cold? (she touches his cheek) I've felt colder.

ANGEL: You're really not afraid.

REBECCA: No.

ANGEL: Most people who saw what you saw...

REBECCA: I'm not most people. I lied to Oliver. I don't really want to be alone tonight.

• Angel's vampiric nature/past

written by: Tracey Stern; Original transcript by anonymous. Edited and formatted for this site by chicken_cem. Checked against source by chicken_cem and me.. Full transcript at:
http://www.buffyworld.com/angel/season1/transcripts/17_tran.shtml