ACT II
The doorbell rings.
INT. FONTAINE HOUSE - FOYER - Evening
Lucy, dressed in black, opens the door to reveal
Maya, who is also dressed for a funeral.
LUCY
Damn it!
MAYA
Nice to see you too.
Lucy frowns and motions Maya inside.
LUCY
Sorry sweetie. The caterer hasn't shown
up yet and I've been trying to stretch
raw vegetables and Kool aid for over an
hour.
MAYA
Anything I can do?
LUCY
Check my pantry. I think I have a couple
of cans of cocktail wieners someplace.
MAYA
I'm not going to run into Andrew am I?
'Cuz if he starts up with that damn
Picard vs. Kirk debate...
LUCY
He and the girls left this morning, but
as you can see....
Lucy motions to the living room which is jam
packed with various slayers and watchers.
MAYA
You better have a lot of cocktail
wieners.
LUCY
Shoo. Go find food.
Maya hustles to the kitchen. The doorbell rings
again. Lucy sighs and opens the door to reveal a
pissed off Dawn and a large set of luggage.
LUCY
Dawn?
DAWN
Is your boyfriend here? 'Cuz he must
die.
Lucy starts helping Dawn move luggage inside.
LUCY
(calling out)
Xander!
(To Dawn)
What happened?
DAWN
Someone was supposed to pick me up at
the airport two hours ago.
Xander is walking down the hallway, sees Dawn's
pissed off expression and turns 180 degrees.
DAWN
Harris! Get your sorry butt over here!
Xander puts on a happy grin.
XANDER
Dawn! So good to see you.
DAWN
You were supposed to pick me up.
XANDER
I was?
DAWN
I've spent the last hour in a cab
because you also didn't tell me your
firehouse was in rubble condition and
where the wake was supposed to be.
XANDER
I didn't?
DAWN
You're a dead man Harris.
XANDER
Before I'm totally dead, Lucy I want you
to meet Dawn.
LUCY
We've met.
XANDER
You have?
DAWN
I was kidnapped by the Vizier?
LUCY
She was rescued by Liv and Willow?
Xander's drawing a blank.
LUCY
(menacing)
Our first date.
XANDER
Right! Right! I remember.
Lucy and Dawn are both giving Xander a steely
glare.
XANDER
Um... I'm just going to be...
Xander takes off like a shot. Dawn grins.
DAWN
He's so skittish. I love that.
LUCY
I'm glad you made it. Willow will be
happy to see you.
DAWN
How's she doing?
LUCY
Well everyone keeps commenting on the
fact that her hair isn't black and that
there are no visible veins on her face
so....
DAWN
...it's a good sign. Where is she?
LUCY
Living room.
DAWN
I better...
LUCY
Yeah, I know. Go be comforting.
Maya comes out of the kitchen with a tray of food.
LUCY
What's that?
MAYA
Mini-pizza bagels. Found them in the
freezer and I nuked the hell out of
them. I found the cocktail wieners, but
have you ever seen what they are packed
in? Ewww.
Lucy grins and takes the tray.
LUCY
Thanks, I'll take it from here.
MAYA
Where's Liv?
LUCY
Someplace in the throng.
Maya disappears into the throng. Xander comes up
to her.
LUCY
Hey.
XANDER
Hey. Can you get Liv into the kitchen
without a big scene?
LUCY
Why?
XANDER
Trouble.
LUCY
What kind?
XANDER
Usual stuff.
Xander heads off to the kitchen.
LUCY
(to Liv OS)
Sweetie? Can you help me in the kitchen?
LIV
(OS)Sure Mom!
Liv bounces ahead of Lucy into the kitchen. Lucy
enters the living room.
LUCY
Hey guys. A little snack food to tide
you over until the caterer shows up!
BUFFY
Thanks Lisa.
Dawn makes a coughing noise and nudges Buffy.
BUFFY
(quickly)
I mean Lucy.
LUCY
It's okay.
BUFFY
No. I'm so-
Buffy's expression goes blank. Suddenly the room
goes very quiet.
LUCY
"So" what?
BUFFY
Spike.
LUCY
What?
Lucy turns and sees Spike standing motionless in
the doorway. Dawn pulls a Giles and starts rubbing
the bridge of her nose.
DAWN
Oh boy. Here we go again.
GILES
(Sighs)
Do tell.
Buffy and Spike square off in the living room.
BUFFY
I didn't expect to see you here.
SPIKE
What *did* you expect?
Willow leans in to Lucy.
WILLOW
(sotto)
If you have anything breakable in here,
you might want to move it.
Lucy frowns; grabs a couple of valuables and beats a hasty exit to the kitchen.
END ACT II
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