BUFFY: You guys, stop this! What happened to you today?

WILLOW: It's not today! Buffy, things have been wrong for a while! Don't you see that?

BUFFY: What do you mean wrong?

WILLOW: Well, they certainly haven't been right, since Tara. We have to face it. You can't handle Tara being my girlfriend.

XANDER: No! It was bad before that! Since you two went off to college and forgot about me! Just left me in the basement to-- (turns on Willow in shock) Tara's your girlfriend?

GILES: (from upstairs) Bloody hellll!

BUFFY: Enough! All I know is you want to help, right? Be part of the team?

WILLOW: (unison) I don't know anymore.

XANDER: (unison) Really not wanted.

BUFFY: No! No, you said you wanted to go. So let's go! All of us. We'll walk into that cave with you two attacking me and the funny drunk drooling on my shoe! Hey! Hey, maybe that's the secret way of killing Adam?!

XANDER: Buffy . . .

BUFFY: Is that it? Is that how you can help? (a beat) You're not answering me! How can you possibly help?(beat) So . . . I guess I'm starting to understand why there's no ancient prophecy about a Chosen One . . and her friends. If I need help, I'll go to someone I can count on.

(They don't move as she slams the door, leaving them behind.)

• Angsty Traumatic Confrontations
• Scoobies

written by: Douglas Petrie; Transcribed by Joseph B. Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/76theyokofactor.html