(Willow comes bounding cheerfully towards Oz's cage. She sees him lying naked and entwined with Veruca and drops her thermos and breakfast bag. fade to commercial)

[10]

(Resume. Oz scrambles to put on pants and come out to Willow. Meanwhile, Veruca leisurely finds her clothes.)

OZ: Willow...

WILLOW: Oh, my god. Oh, my god.

OZ: I know what you saw. It wasn't-- I had to. I had to lock her in there with me.

WILLOW: I bet.

OZ: She's like me. A wolf.

WILLOW: Well, I knew you two had a lot in common, but... Don't touch me! (She jerks back.)

OZ: She was gonna hurt somebody. I didn't have a choice.

WILLOW: But you did. You could've told somebody. Your solution... Just put you two together in a room all night?

Veruca: Girl's got a point.

OZ: (Angrily.) Leave.

Veruca: I'm just saying--

OZ: (Shouts) Now!

(she does)

OZ: I'm sorry. I know.

WILLOW: I knew, you jerk. And you sat there, and you told me everything was fine? And that's as bad as... As... (Now crying.)

OZ: I know how it feels. I remember.

WILLOW: Oh. So what, this is payback? I had this coming?

OZ: No. It's not--

WILLOW: Because I thought that was behind us. And you know, what happened with Xander, it doesn't compare. Not with what you and I had. Not with whatever you've been doing with her.

OZ: I don't know what Veruca and I have done. When I change, it's like, it's like I'm gone and the wolf takes over.

WILLOW: But before this, when you were regular Oz, you had feelings for her, didn't you?

OZ: No. I could sense something, but...

WILLOW: But you wanted her... Like in an animal way? Like...More than you wanted me?

(She runs off, tears streaming down her face.)

OZ: Willow!

• Angsty Traumatic Confrontations
• Willow & Oz

written by: Marti Noxon; Transcribed by: Jillian Tatterton . Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/62wildatheart.html