NINA: So, the entourage. All this for me?

FRED: Um, no... yeah, kind of. I mean, it's just in case you, you know.

NINA: Run away.

FRED: It's not like you're a prisoner. You're totally not. It's just... really important that you stay with us tonight.

NINA: This is just so... I should be in ceramic's class right now. We're learning raku. Seems like somebody else's life.

FRED: Nina, it's just 3 nights a month, not even days. Your life doesn't have to change...much.

NINA: How would you... you're not a monster, too, are you?

FRED: Nope. Standard-issue science nerd. I did spend 5 years in a demon dimension. Til Angel saved me.

NINA: Guess he saves a lot of girls, huh?

FRED: Girls, guys, puppies. He's pretty much an equal-opportunity saver.

NINA: So, you two are like a couple?

FRED: Uh, me and Angel? Oh, God, no. He—he was seeing someone, sort of... but she... Angel doesn't date much—at all. 'Cause of his circumstances.

NINA: 'Cause he's a vampire.

FRED: Kind of. But that doesn't mean... his situation's just complicated.

NINA: Must be lonely.

FRED: Sometimes, maybe. But it's not like he doesn't have anyone. We all... we try to be there for each other.

NINA: Like a family.

FRED: Yeah. A demon-hunting, helpless-helping, dysfunctional family.

• Angel & Fred
• Angel & Nina

written by: Elizabeth Craft & Sarah Fain; Original transcript by CariCranberry. Edited, formatted & checked against source by me.. Full transcript at:
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