ACT III
INT. FONTAINE HOUSE - KITCHEN
Shouts from Buffy and Spikes argument can be heard
as Lucy walks into the kitchen carrying some
breakable items from the living room. Xander and
Liv are talking.
XANDER
...so go suit up.
LUCY
What's wrong?
XANDER
Vision. Couple of Gnarl demons are
plaguing the west side.
LUCY
A what kind of demon?
Liv scrunches her face in disgust.
LIV
Eye-pokey demons.
LUCY
Ewww. Are you going to get anyone...?
Lucy motions to the living room
XANDER
No. This is about Kennedy tonight. I
don't want them to think about anything
else. C'mon Liv, let's get a move on.
Liv runs upstairs to change. Xander grabs his
coat.
XANDER
You okay?
LUCY
I'm fine.
XANDER
You look tired. Have you eaten anything?
Because you look like you have that low
blood sugary thing going on.
LUCY
I'm fine.
XANDER
Think you'll be all right with this
bunch for a couple of hours?
SPIKE
(OS) Bloody hell!
Lucy gives Xander a half-hearted smile.
LUCY
No problem.
Spike stomps in from the other room. Buffy is
trailing after him.
BUFFY
Don't you walk away from me!
SPIKE
I'll walk where I'll bloody well want
to!!
XANDER
Guys!
Spike and Buffy look at Xander in surprise.
XANDER
Hello! Wake! This is about Kennedy. This
is about Willow. You think you two can
stop bickering like children for a
couple of hours and pay them some
respect?
Spike and Buffy hang their heads in embarrassment.
SPIKE
(quiet)
She started it.
Buffy sighs in exasperation and then notices
Xander with his coat on.
BUFFY
Where are you going?
XANDER
Couple of demons need to be taken care
of.
Liv walks into the room dressed in her patrol
gear.
BUFFY
Need any help?
XANDER
No, we can handle it. Go take care of
Willow. Spike... you can just go.
SPIKE
What'd I do?
Buffy gives Spike a glare and walks out of the
room.
XANDER
You ready Livster?
LIV
Yes. And please stop calling me that.
XANDER
Perhaps you prefer "Olivia Oil"?
Xander and Liv head for the door. Liv gives Lucy a
peck on the cheek before heading out.
LUCY
Be careful.
LIV
We will.
XANDER
Or perhaps "Fabulous Fontaine"?
LIV
Yeah. Really. Stop it.
Xander and Liv head out the back door. Lucy gives
them a sad smile and tries to put together another
appetizer tray.
SPIKE
It's a bum rap you know.
LUCY
What is?
SPIKE
Your situation.
Spike reaches for a cocktail wiener. Lucy smacks his
hand away.
SPIKE
Being a girlfriend to the watcher and a
mother to a slayer.
LUCY
My situation is just... fine.
SPIKE
You remind me a lot of Joyce.
LUCY
Who's Joyce?
SPIKE
Buffy's Mom. Except for the sarcasm and
snarky exterior, you're dead on. It was
bad enough before she knew Buffy was the
slayer. What with Buffy burning down
schools and the slaying and all. Even
after she found out she was all milk and
cookies... for the most part. She kept
it all bottled too. I don't know how you do
it.
LUCY
Do what? You mean how I deal with the
fact that the people I love the most are
always in mortal danger?
SPIKE
No. How you deal with the fact that one
day whelp and half-pint are going to
meet something nasty they can't handle.
Lucy gives Spike a withering look.
SPIKE
What? You think everyone here is going
to have a happily-ever-after? The group
out there's been living on borrowed time
for years now. Your daughter will
probably-
LUCY
Get out.
Spike registers the look on Lucy's face and starts
to head for the back door. He turns and looks back
at Lucy.
SPIKE
If you haven't thought about it luv, I
suggest you do. No one here is going to
die of old age.
LUCY
Get. Out.
SPIKE
Suit yourself.
Spike exits through the back door. Lucy looks
around at the crappy appetizers in front of her.
LUCY
"Have the wake here." It won't be a
problem at all! When am I going to think
before I speak?
There's a knock at the door. Lucy opens the door
to see a woman and two men carrying trays of food.
Lucy motions them to come in.
LUCY
Oh thank God, you made it.
WOMAN
I'm sorry we're late. Our van broke
down.
LUCY
That's okay, you can set up the food in
the dining room through there.
WOMAN
Guys? Get to it. My name's Chloe. If you
need anything ask me. I'll talk to my
boss about getting your bill reduced for
the lateness. Go take care of your
guests, I'll take care of anything else.
Without a word the crew goes to work setting
things up. Lucy watches them for a moment and then
peers through the door to the living room.
The sheer number of watchers and hot-to-trot
slayers boggles the mind.
INT. FONTAINE LIVING ROOM
Lucy enters the room and sees Buffy talking with
Dawn and Giles. Buffy waves Lucy over.
BUFFY
Lisa!
Dawn rolls her eyes and nudges Buffy again. Giles
coughs emphatically.
BUFFY
Lucy! God! I'm soooo sorry.
Lucy smiles.
LUCY
It's okay. I just wanted to thank you
and Giles for talking with Liv.
BUFFY
Oh! Not a problem. It's not like we
haven't all gone through it before.
GILES
Yes and Liv is quite the resilient one.
I expect she'll be back to her old self
in no time.
DAWN
Not everyone does. Remember when you
told Mom and I that you died the first
time?
Lucy frowns.
LUCY
Died?
BUFFY
It was only for a minute.
(to Dawn)
You were there when I told Mom?
DAWN
Hello! I didn't come out of my room for
a week.
Lucy doesn't like what she's hearing at all.
LUCY
I'm sorry did you say the first time? As
in there was a second?
BUFFY
Yeah, that time it was for a lot longer.
Willow had to bring on some major dark
mojo to bring me back that time.
Lucy really doesn't like the sound of that. Giles
notices and tries to intervene.
GILES
Yes. Well perhaps now's not the time to-
Chloe approaches Lucy.
CHLOE
Ms. Fontaine? The food is all set up.
BUFFY
Oh thank God! I'm starved.
DAWN
When aren't you?
GILES
I have to admit at being a bit peckish.
DAWN
Having the crap beaten out of you tends
to do that.
GILES
Hey now-
LUCY
Why don't you guys get a head start?
I'll make the announcement after you get
there.
BUFFY
Oh! First in line!
Buffy, Dawn and Giles move on in front of the
crowd.
LUCY
Hey everyone! The caterer is finally
here and are set up in the dining room.
So when you guys are ready to eat...
The mob of people head toward the dining room.
Lucy notices Willow sitting in a chair by herself
and approaches her.
LUCY
How you holding up?
WILLOW
Oh. You know. Stiff upper lip and all
that. Well actually it's more like a
limp upper lip since I burst into tears
at random and without warning..
Lucy gives Willow a sympathetic pat on the back.
LUCY
I know how that is. Everyone keeps
commenting on how well you are taking
it.
WILLOW
Yeah well when the person you love dies
and your hair doesn't go black and you
don't start down the road of a
apocalypse, it's usually a plus.
Willow tries to laugh but fails. Lucy gives her a
small smile. Willow sighs.
WILLOW
I don't know. It's different this time
too, you know? When Tara died she was...
well almost an innocent. Of the fray
adjacent crowd. With Kennedy... she was
a slayer.
Lucy swallows hard at the comment.
WILLOW
Danger is part of the job. I always knew
there could always be a possibility that
when I kissed her goodbye before she
went off on a mission that it could be
her-
Lucy starts tearing up.
LUCY
Excuse me I-
Lucy starts heading toward the kitchen. Willow
realizes what she just said.
WILLOW
Oh! Lucy! I'm sorry I-
LUCY
Don't worry about it. I'm just going to-
Tears start rolling down Lucy's face. She rushes
into the kitchen. Willow stands there crestfallen.
Dawn and Giles approach with plates of food.
DAWN
Hey Wills. Brought you some munchies.
What's wrong?
Willow takes some food from the plate and takes a bite. She frowns.
WILLOW
Just tasting the foot in my mouth.
GILES
Actually that's a pig in a blanket.
Buffy approaches with a enormous amount of food
stacked on her plate.
BUFFY
(mouth full)
Where's Lisa?
INT. FONTAINE KITCHEN
Lucy is leaning up against the counter sobbing her
eyes out. Chloe enters the kitchen.
CHLOE
Ms. Fontaine? Are you okay?
Lucy clamps down and wipes away the tears.
LUCY
I'm okay.
CHLOE
So the runny mascara thing is the new
look?
Lucy starts tearing up again.
CHLOE
Are you sure you're okay?
LUCY
It's just that the person who died. The
girl whose wake this is for... It could
have been my daughter.
CHLOE
Whoa.
LUCY
The girl who died saved my daughter and
my boyfriend's life and I feel horrible
but I can't help think...
CHLOE
"What would have happened if she wasn't
there?"
Lucy nods.
LUCY
To top it off, my daughter was so upset,
and so I tried to comfort her but in the
end she turned to this bimbo for help
instead of me.
CHLOE
Wow that's harsh.
LUCY
I just don't know what to do. The two
people I care most for in this world
almost died and I... I don't know how to
handle this anymore...
CHLOE
You know most cultures in this world
don't think of death as an ending. In
fact there are those who think that
death is just the beginning of many
different possibilities. There are those
who say that the dead have even stronger
ties to their love ones after they pass
on.
Lucy is strangely comforted by this.
LUCY
Really?
CHLOE
One tribe in South America believes that
when a soul passes on where a true loved
one is left behind, that soul will
remain with the loved one until they
join him or her in the afterlife.
LUCY
Really? How do you know so much about
this?
CHLOE
I work a lot of these things. Plus I
happen to be dead myself.
Lucy does a double and then a triple take
LUCY
You're what?
CHLOE
Dead. Well undead really.
LUCY
What?
The two men who came in with Chloe enter the room.
CHLOE
Are they all ready?
The two men nod and then vamp out. Lucy's mouth
drops open in shock. Chloe turns and smirks at
Lucy.
CHLOE
Well then. Time to snack.
Lucy screams in horror and runs from the room
INT. FONTAINE HOUSE - LIVING ROOM
Lucy runs out of the kitchen in a panic looking
for help-
Only to find everyone on the floor asleep.
CHLOE(OS)
Sleeping potion.
Lucy turns to see Chloe and her two vamps sneering
at her. Chloe smirks.
CHLOE
Not all vampires like the chase.
Lucy makes a dash for the door but is easily
caught by Chloe's hench-pires.
CHLOE
Don't worry. This will only hurt-
Chloe puts her game face on. She shrugs
CHLOE
-a lot.
Chloe leans into the Lucy's neck. Lucy tries to
get away from the hold the vampires have on her
but it is no use. Chloe licks Lucy's neck. Lucy
whimpers in fear and scrunches her eyes shut.
Chloe slowly takes a bite.
END ACT III
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