(Spike vents on a punching bag; Buffy comes down the basement stairs)

SPIKE: So? where?s tall, dark and forehead?

BUFFY: Let me guess. You can smell him.

SPIKE: Yeah, that and I also used my enhanced vampire eyeballs to watch you kissing him.

BUFFY: It was? a hello.

SPIKE: Most people don?t use their tongues to say hello. (beat) Or I guess they do but?

BUFFY: There were no tongues. Besides, he?s gone.

SPIKE: Oh, just popped by for a quickie, then?

BUFFY: Good, good! I haven?t had quite enough jealous vampire crap for one night.

SPIKE: He wears lifts, you know.

(Buffy leans up against the punching bag, then notices a cartoon picture of a vampire with spiky brown hair taped to it and rolls her eyes)

BUFFY: You know, one of these days I?m just going to put you two in a room and let you wrastle it out.

SPIKE: No problem at this end.

BUFFY: (daydreaming) There could be oil of some kind involved?

SPIKE: Where?s the trinket?

BUFFY: The who-ket?

SPIKE: The pretty necklace your sweetie-bear gave you. The one with all the power. I believe it?s mine now.

BUFFY: How do you figure?

SPIKE: Someone with a soul but more than human? Angel meant to wear it. That means I?m the qualified party.

(He holds out his hand for it.)

BUFFY: It?s volatile. We don?t know?

SPIKE: You?ll be needing someone strong to bear it, then. You plan on giving it to Andrew?

BUFFY: Angel said the amulet was meant to be worn by a champion.

(Spike's hand drops, defeated, but Buffy advances and gives it to him)

SPIKE: (touched) Been called a lot of things in my time...

BUFFY: (hinty) Faith still has my room?

SPIKE: (indignant) Well, you?re not staying here! You can?t buy me off with shiny beads and sweet talk. You?ve got Angel-breath. I?m not going to just let you whack me back and forth like a rubber ball. I got my pride, you know.

BUFFY: I understand.

(She turns to go but Spike runs around in front of her, blocking her way.)

SPIKE: Clearly you don?t, ?cause the whole ?having my pride? thing was just a smokescreen.

BUFFY: Oh, thank god!

SPIKE: I don?t know what I would have done if you?d gone up those stairs.

• Buffy & Spike

written by: Joss Whedon; original transcript by Buffy vs Angel. Edited by me.. Full transcript at:
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