Richard: Cordelia.

CORDELIA: Hi, Richard. Nice car.

Richard: So, uh, we're having a little get-together tomorrow night at the house, and it's gonna be a really special evening. (Cordelia does her fake laugh) Excuse me?

CORDELIA: Oh! I would, I would love, *love* to go!

Richard: So, who's your friend? (indicates Buffy)

CORDELIA: Her? Oh, she's not my friend.

Tom: She's amazing!

CORDELIA: She's more like a sister, really! We're that close.

Richard: Well, why don't you introduce us?

CORDELIA: Okay.

XANDER: (to Buffy & Willow) Okay, so tonight, channel fifty-nine, Indian TV, sex, lies, incomprehensible story lines. I'll bring the betel nuts.

CORDELIA: (to Buffy) Come on. Richard and his fraternity brother wanna meet you.

BUFFY: Well, I don't really wanna meet any fraternity boys.

CORDELIA: (pulls her) And if there was a God, don't you think he'd keep it that way?

XANDER: Uh, I-I believe we were dawdling here!

Richard: Hi, sweetheart. I'm Richard. And you are?

BUFFY: *So* not interested. (tries to leave)

CORDELIA: Heh, she's such a little comedienne.

Richard: What, she likes to play hard to get?

Tom: No, Richard. I think you're playing easy to resist.

Tom: Ah, feel free to ignore him. I do all the time. I'm Tom Warner. I'm a senior at Crestwood College, and I... and I just feel like a complete dolt meeting you this way, so... here I stand in all my doltishness.

XANDER: Huh-huh-huh, right. Like she's gonna fall for that.

BUFFY: I'm Buffy Summers.

Tom: Oh, nice to meet you. Are you a senior here?

BUFFY: Junior.

Tom: Oh, me, too. Except that I'm a senior and I'm in college. So we have that in common, and... I major in history.

BUFFY: Mm. History stumps me. I have a hard enough time remembering what happened last week.

Tom: No, nothin' happened last week, don't worry, I was there.

XANDER: She's gonna walk away. (pauses) Now.

Tom: So, uh, my friend invited your friend to a party we're having this weekend. You know, actually he's not even really my friend. I only joined the fraternity because my father and grandpa were in it before me. Y'know, it meant a lot to them.

XANDER: Okay, boots, start a-walking.

Tom: Oh, I know, I talk too much anyway. They're really dull parties full of really dull people, so... would you like to come and save me from a really dull fate?

BUFFY: Oh, I wish I could, but I'm sort of involved.

Tom: Well, sure, of course you are. Well, thanks for letting me ramble.

BUFFY: Y'know, people underestimate the value of a good ramble.

GILES: Buffy!

BUFFY: Oh, I gotta go. It was nice to meet you.

Tom: Oh. Same here.

XANDER: I hate these guys. Whatever they want just falls into their laps. Don't you hate these guys?

WILLOW: Yeah, with their charmed lives and their movie star good looks and more money than you can count? I'm hating.

written by: David Greenwalt; Transcribed by: AleXander Thompson. Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/17reptile.html