BUFFY: Owen! Hi!

GILES: What do you want?

Owen: A book?

GILES: Oh!

BUFFY: (to Giles) See, this is a school, and we have students, and they check out books, and then they learn things.

GILES: I was beginning to suspect that was a myth.

Owen: I lost my Emily. Dickinson. It's dumb, but I like her around. Kind of a security blanket.

BUFFY: (awkwardly) I have something like that. Well, it's an actual blanket. Uh, and I don't really carry it around anym-more... So! Emily Dickens, huh? She's great!

Owen: Dickinson.

BUFFY: She's good also.

GILES: (points at the stacks) Poetry.

Owen: (to Buffy) I didn't think I'd find you here.

BUFFY: W... Why not?

Owen: I, I didn't mean... I mean... I think you can read.

BUFFY: Thanks.

Owen: But you don't seem bookwormy. (finds his book) The type of person to lock themselves in a dark room with a lotta musty old books. Oh, and I've offended you.

BUFFY: No! No, I'm just surprised you gave any thought to what I'm like.

Owen: You shouldn't be.

BUFFY: Oh, well, I *love* books. I mean, I really *love* books.

Owen: What's this?

BUFFY: (gets between him and the book) Not this one.

GILES: (picks the book up) This one she doesn't love.

(He walks around Buffy, takes Owen's book and heads to the checkout station.)

GILES: Oh, Emily Dickinson.

BUFFY: We're both fans.

GILES: Yes, uh, she's quite a good poet, I mean for a...

BUFFY: A girl?

GILES: For an American.

Owen: (to Buffy) I'll, uh, see you in math... if I open my eyes at some point.

BUFFY: Cool...

(Owen leaves. Buffy stares after him.)

GILES: The Order of Aurelius is a very old and venerated sect. If they're here, it's for a good reason.

BUFFY: That was Owen!

GILES: Yes, I remember.

BUFFY: Do you have any more copies of Emily Dickinson? I need one.

GILES: (exasperated) Buffy, while the mere fact of you wanting to check out a book would be grounds for a national holiday, I think we should focus on the problem at hand.

BUFFY: Right. I'm sorry, you're right. Vampires. (looks down at her dress) Oh. (looks inquisitively at Giles) Does this outfit make me look fat?

written by: Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali; Transcribed by: AleXander Thompson. Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/05never.html