12. Prophecy Girl
Buffy: How are you doing there Giles? Get much sleep last night?
Giles: I…I’ve been working.
Buffy: Me too! I went hunting last night, and it’s awfully sweet of you to ask.
Buffy: I’m putting my life on the line, battling the undead! Look, I broke a nail, ok? I’m wearing a press-on. The least you could do is exhibit some casual interest. You could go “hmm”.
Giles: Hmm? Sorry…I’m very glad to you are all right. I need to verify…this…I can’t really talk now…
Buffy: Fine. That’s ok. I can’t put it off any longer. I have to meet my terrible fate.
Giles: What?!
Buffy: Biology.
*After biology.*
Buffy: Wow, that was boring!
Xander: I don’t feel that boring covers it.
Buffy: No, boring falls short.
Willow. Even I was bored, and I’m a science nerd.
Buffy: Don’t say that.
Willow: I’m not ashamed. It’s the computer age, nerds are in.
Giles: But this is the Codex. There is nothing in it that will not come to pass.
Angel: Then you’re reading it wrong.
Giles: I wish to God I were! But it’s very plain. Tomorrow night Buffy will face the Master…and she will die.
Buffy: Were you gonna tell me?
Giles: I was hoping I wouldn’t have to . That there were some way around it.
Buffy: I got a way around it. I quit.
Angel: It’s not that simple.
Buffy: I’m making it that simple. I quit! I resign! I’m fired! You can find someone else to stop the Master from taking over.
Giles: I’m not sure anyone else can. The signs indicate that…
Buffy: The signs? Read me the signs! Tell me my fortune! You’re so useful sitting here with all your book! You’re really a lot of help!
Giles: I don’t suppose I am…
Angel: I know this is hard.
Buffy: You know about it this?! You’re never gonna die!
Angel: Do you think I want anything to happen to you? Do you think I could stand it? We just have to figure out a way…
Buffy: I already did. I quit, remember? Pay attention!
Giles: Buffy, if the Master rises…
Buffy: I don’t care! I don’t care…Giles, I’m sixteen years old. I don’t want to die.
Giles: Buffy, I’m not going to send you out there to die. You were right, I’ve waited about these old books for so long, I’ve forgotten what the real world is all about. It’s time I found out.
Buffy: You’re still not going up against the Master.
Giles: I’ve made up my mind.
Buffy: So have I.
Giles: I made up mine first. I’m older and wiser than you so…just do what you’re told for once! All right?
Buffy: That’s not how it goes. I’m the slayer.
Buffy: When he wakes up, tell him…I don’t know, think of something cool and tell him I said it.
Xander: You were looking at my neck.
Angel: What?
Xander: You checked out my neck! I saw it.
Angel: No, I wasn’t.
Xander: Just keep your distance, pal.
Angel: I wasn’t looking at your neck.
Xander: I told you to eat before we left.
The Master: You’re dead!
Buffy: I may be dead, but I’m still pretty. Which is more than I can say for you.
The Master: You were destined to die. It was written.
Buffy: What can I say? I flunked the written.
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