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Challenge!!!
I've written the beginning of a scene in script
form. Here's the challenge.
1. Don't continue the script. . .turn it into a
fic
2. Set before "Conversations With Dead
People"
3. MUST include the following:
Dawn, Xander and Anya interrupting
their conversation one at a time at key points
Buffy trying to comfort Willow, and
Willow pushing her away
A conversation about their fight at the
end of "Grave"
Buffy saying, "How can I forgive you
when I can't even forgive myself for letting it go that far?"
Willow's eyes turning
black
Buffy running out on the conversation,
getting into a brawl with vamps in a cemetary and Willow saving
her.
it starts raining (Buffy or Willow use
it as a metaphor for cleansing)
Two 'almost' kisses (one is interrupted
by someone walking in but that person is clueless about what's
happening)
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INTERIOR NIGHT. SUMMERS HOME. WILLOW IS
SITTING AT THE DESK IN HER ROOM WITH A BOOK IN
FRONT OF HER.
[PHONE RINGS]
WILLOW: Hello? Yes. . . [A FEW SECONDS
PASS. HER FACE CHANGES FROM CONFUSION TO BEING UPSET] Oh, hi.
Yes, I-I no I can't. . .I appreciate the offer but no. . .[BECOMES MORE UPSET]
No. That's not how it happened, I. . .I can't because it's gone a-and I
wouldn't anyway! I don't owe you an explanantion. [HANGS UP
PHONE]
WILLOW SIGHS AND RISES FROM HER CHAIR. SHE MOVES TO
LEAN ON THE DESK AND LOOK OUT THE WINDOW.
WILLOW: [WHISPERS] That's not how it
happened.
BUFFY IS STANDING JUST OUTSIDE WILLOW'S ROOM. SHE
OVERHEARD THE PHONE CALL AND STANDS IN THE DOORWAY.
BUFFY: [QUIETLY] Will? [SHE MOVES INTO THE
ROOM WHEN THERE IS NO RESPONSE.] Hey. You okay?
WILLOW: That was Amy. She wanted to know if I
was free tonight. [SHE SHRUGS] She, um, heard about [PAUSES] . .
.about the temple. [SMILES BITTERLY] She wanted me to show it to
her.
BUFFY: [CONFUSED] Proserpexa?
WILLOW: [NODS] Yeah. She wanted to know if I could
go have some fun [ROLLS EYES], you know, since I'm this big bad uber-witch
now. [SHAKES HEAD] She doesn't get it, Buffy.
BUFFY: I know, Will.
WILLOW: See, that's the thing. [TURNS TO FACE
BUFFY] You don't. [QUIETLY] No one does.
BUFFY: Willow. I want to. [REACHES TO
TOUCH WILLOW'S ARM. WILLOW PULLS AWAY. BUFFY LOOKS WOUNDED.] I
can't understand if you you don't talk to me. How long have you been
back? How many conversations have we had that *didn't* involve some baddy
of the week? [WILLOW TURNS BACK TO THE WINDOW] Will. [QUIETLY] Why won't
you let us in? *Me* in?
[WILLOW IS QUIET FOR A LONG TIME]
WILLOW: It's complicated.
BUFFY: Will, I. . .
WILLOW: [SHAKES HEAD] No, I-I can't. The
power I have inside of me [PAUSES] it's there all the time. Now I know how
Oz felt. [PAUSES] I feel it humming inside me. Some days, it's
better than others. It's the 'others' part that [STOPS AND SIGHS] I
miss her. So. Much. If she were here. . .
BUFFY: [QUIETLY] I'm sorry I couldn't stop
him. . .[MEEK VOICE] I'm sorry I couldn't save her for you.
WILLOW: [MONOTONE] I don't blame you, Buffy. I
blame myself.
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