BUFFY: All right, talk. What's the deal?

SPIKE: Simple. You let me and Dru skip town, I help you kill Angel.

JOYCE: (confused) Angel? Your boyfriend?

BUFFY: (to Spike) Forget about Drusilla. She doesn't walk.

SPIKE: There's no deal without Dru.

BUFFY: She killed Kendra.

SPIKE: (surprised) Dru bagged a Slayer? She didn't tell me! (to Joyce, smiling) Hey, good for her! (gets a look from Buffy and loses the smile) Though not from your perspective, I suppose.

BUFFY: (with contempt) I can't believe I invited you into my house.

JOYCE: (relieved) So you didn't kill that girl.

BUFFY: Of course not.

JOYCE: Did she explode like that man out there?

BUFFY: She was a Slayer, Mom.

JOYCE: Like what you are.

SPIKE: Look. This deal works for me one way. Full stop. Me and Dru for Angel.

JOYCE: Honey, a-are you sure you're a Vampire Slayer?

SPIKE: I'll take her out of the country. You'll never hear from us again, I *bloody* well hope.

BUFFY: Fine. Get back to the mansion. Make sure Giles is all right.

JOYCE: I-I mean, have you tried *not* being a Slayer?

BUFFY: Mom! (to Spike) Be ready to back me up when I make my move. If Giles dies... she dies.

• Buffy & her mom
• Buffy & Spike

written by: Joss Whedon; Transcribed by: AleXander Thompson. Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/34becoming2.html