Buffy the Vampire Slayer Page #17

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INT. SCHOOL - DAY

Buffy in class, taking a test. Nicole leaning over, trying to

cheat off her when she falls forward onto the desk, asleep.

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INT. SCHOOL HALL - DAY

Buffy being ushered into Gary Murray's office.

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INT. GARY MURRAY'S OFFICE - DAY

Buffy sits in his chair. Gary moves about his desk, sitting

behind it, leaning on it, talking to her. A FLY BUZZES

annoyingly about his head.

GARY MURRAY:

Well, I think we can safely say

that something's going on with you,

Buffy. Now, there's nothing to be

nervous about; you're not in any

trouble. I just hoped maybe we

could talk. Don't think of me as

Gary Murray, administrator. Think

of me as Gary Murray, party guy!

Happening dude who can talk to the

young. Me and you. It's open...

Tell me. It's drugs, isn't it?

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EXT. FOREST - AFTERNOON

Buffy stands under a tree, blindfolded. Merrick stands a ways

apart, watching. Buffy stands very still, neck craned, waiting.

Silently, a leaf falls. It wafts gently down. Buffy hurls a

knife at it with easy precision.

ANGLE - ANOTHER TREE

The knife stick deep into the trunk, the leaf perfectly pinned.

Merrick looks at it. Buffy smiles, knowing she has hit the

target. Blindfold still on, she turns toward Merrick and walks

into a branch, falls heavily backwards.

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INT. GARY MURRAY'S OFFICE - DAY

The same session, continuing. Buffy still sits, expressionless,

in the chair. The FLY still BUZZES.

GARY MURRAY:

Hey, there's nothing to be afraid

of! I know where you're coming

from. Believe me. I'll tell you

the truth. I've had my drug

experiences, too. I did a lot -- I

did some acid in the Sixties. Well,

the late Seventies, actually. It

was at a Doobie Brother's concert.

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INT. THE MALL - DAY

Buffy at the mall with Kimberly, Nicole and Jennifer. For the

first time, we really see how she stands out against her

friends. She is wearing much more functional, cool garb, and

less makeup, while they still sport the same dainty sh*t from

the beginning.

They stop to look at some dresses. Something in the next store

catches Buffy's eye; she wanders off.

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INT. GARY MURRAY'S OFFICE - SAME TIME

Gary Murray is crouching on his desk. Buffy still sits. The

FLY still BUZZES.

As Gary talks, Buffy picks up a push pin from the table beside

her, holds it.

GARY MURRAY:

... and I could see the music flowing

into me, it was bright red and

electric, and I felt like a big

toaster, and I thought, maybe I am

a toaster, we're all molecules, and

my friend Melissa, her head looked

like a big party balloon, and that

scared me, I started to freak out...

Buffy surreptitiously puts the push pin in her mouth.

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INT. THE MALL - DAY

The other girls are moving on from the dress shop, notice Buffy

is not with them. They spot her in the next shop, urge her to

come on. Buffy puts back the chain saw she was looking at,

follows them.

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INT. GARY MURRAY'S OFFICE - DAY

Buffy hasn't moved, or opened her mouth. The FLY BUZZES on.

Gary Murray now sits behind his desk.

GARY MURRAY:

I guess you're surprised. Well,

you know, there's more to most people

than meets the eye. Everybody's

got a secret. I just want you to

know that you can always share your

secrets with me. What you say in

this office, it will stay in this

office. I'm your pal.

Buffy smiles at Gary. As he looks away for a second, Buffy

spits out the push pin. The BUZZING STOPS.

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INT. WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

Buffy sparring with Merrick again. She holds a stake. This

time she ends up pinning him, the stake at his solar plexus.

He moves the point to where his heart would be.

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INT. PIKE'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

The room is a shambles. Outside the first floor window, it is

dark night. "Help Yourself" by the Posies blasts from Pike's

STEREO. Pike lies on his bed.

Through the window we see Benny approach, slowly fading up to

the pane. He's floating, really. (He's a vampire.) He scrapes

his fingers on the glass.

BENNY:

Pike...

Pike sits up, turns down the music. He goes to the window,

begins to try to open it. It's stuck.

PIKE:

Benny, man, where you been? You

bailed on me, I passed out, man, I

almost did a Jimi Hendrix!

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