The Seed Of Good & Evil Chapter 20 Part 1
That Four-Letter Word
~L is for Loathe and O is for Ouch, V is for. . ~
(Scene 1: It nighttime. Willow and Xander are at the house watching TV.)
Willow: So how does it feel? I mean this being your last day of single manhood and all.
Xander: Do you have to say it like that? My last day, you make it sound like I'm dying.
Willow: Well that's because apart of you is.
Xander: Ok, I know you and Anya aren't chummy, but. . .
Willow: I don't mean it like that Xander, I mean that part of you that feared a life alone is going to die. You are going to have someone forever. You're going to have Anya forever.
Xander: Forever, that word just won't stop being freaky. To tell you the truth Will, a few years ago when I pictured my wedding day, well it was fast mostly a prelude to the wet. .
Willow: Your point, I'm hoping this has a point.
Xander: When I picture the woman walking down aisle I saw you. (Willow looks at Xander.) I always saw you. (There's a silence.) But a lot has changed since then.
Willow: You were my first love.
Xander: And look at you now. You know I'd like to think I didn't have much to do with the whole lesbian thing.
Willow: You didn't. I fell in love with Tara, not with what she was or who she was supposed to be. Love is so blind like that. You can just freefall, so fast, that sometimes you don't even realize your in it until you just are.
(Scene 2: The next mourning. Buffy is curled up to Spike in his bed. He looks down at her. She opens her eyes.)
Buffy: I better leave before mourning.
Spike: You're a little late, love.
Buffy: What?
Spike: It's dawn, I'd check for certain but I have a thing about burning to my death.
Buffy: Oh, no, oh I, I, have to go. (Buffy gets out of bed.) Anya is going to kill me.
Spike: Anya? Oh, right the mind numbing nuptials are today, it must have slipped my mind.
Buffy: How convenient? (Buffy puts on her shirt and pants. Spike gets up.)
Spike: Wait. (Buffy turns to him. Spike walks up to her. ) Aren't you forgetting something?
Buffy: Maybe, refresh my memory. (They kiss.)
Spike: I love you. .
Buffy: I. . . (Buffy looks down.) have to go. (Buffy starts to walk away but Spike grabs Buffy's arm and turns her back to him.) What are you doing?
Spike: Why won't you say it? What are you so bloody afraid of?
Buffy: Why are you pushing me to feel something that maybe I don't feel yet.
Spike: I don't believe you. If you followed your heart you know where you would be.
Buffy: I do. (Buffy looks up at Spike.) But LA is just really not my scene anymore. (Spike looks down. Buffy can tell she hurt him.) Good-bye Spike. (Buffy yanks her arm away from him and leaves him standing there.)
(Scene 3: Buffy walks into the house, she looks around to make sure no ones there. When she hears voices she acts like she is about to walk out.)
Willow: Buffy!
Buffy: Will, hey. (Buffy closes the door.) I, um, I was going to go get something. (Willow walks up to Buffy.)
Willow: In the same clothes you wore yesterday? I'm no fashion guru, hints the un-guruness, but cleanliness is usually a must have when your going out among people. You were at Spike's weren't you?
Buffy: Yeah, and he doesn't have many clocks or the natural light to wake someone up at sunrise so, sorry.
Willow: Don't apologize to me, but if Anya asks, you're just about to put on your dress.
Buffy: Got it. This is sort or exciting isn't it, I mean Xander's getting married. I'm so happy for them, aren't you?
Willow: (Unenthusiastic.) Yah.
(Scene 4: In the sewers. The hiploid demon walks over to Harmony, he grabs her by her arm.)
Harmony: Ow, bruising.
Hiploid Demon: Where's the weapon?
Harmony: She's asleep. (The hiploid demon pushes Harmony down.) Ow!
Hiploid Demon: Well WAKE HER UP! Time is short. I need her energy and I need it NOW!
Harmony: (Harmony stands back up.) You don't have to yell you know! I'm two feet away, and Hippy, are sure you should be doing this whole power sucky thing? You've been slurping her up like she cola, but she's not, she's a baby. You could kill her.
Hiploid Demon: How many times must I say this? SHE IS NOT A CHILD! She's a weapon of mass destruction! You know Harmony next time, I'll choose a mate worthy of this experience. (The Hiploid demon walks away.)
Harmony: Worthy, I'll show you just how worth something I am.
(Scene 5: Buffy is dressed in her bridesmaid dress. Willow is doing the finishing touches on her hair.)
Willow: So how's Spike?
Buffy: Dead.
Willow: Oh, so he's fine then. It's strange how saying that, is like, the norm for me.
Buffy: I hurt him. (Buffy looks down.)
Willow: Well as long as you didn't stab him in the heart or decapitate his head I'm sure he'll heal just fine.
Buffy: I didn't physically hurt him. It probably would have been better if I did, but I said something, a really stupid, cruel something. I basically told him that after everything we've been through: a baby, the end of the world, de-chipping, that my heart was still with Angel. Will, I killed him when I said that. (Buffy's eyes start watering, Willow kneels next to her.) The look he gave me, I didn't want to hurt him like that, but I can't.
Willow: Can't what?
Buffy: I can't admit it. (Buffy sniffles.)
Willow: Admit to him that you don't love him?
Buffy: No.... admit to myself that I do. (Willow hugs Buffy.)
Willow: It's OK, I know how that is.
(Scene 6: Xander walks outside to go to the alter. He's a little taken back by all the demons. Giles is waiting at the alter when Xander walks up.)
Xander: Personally I take this complement whenever I can so, is it me or are we the most handsome males out here? (Xander looks over at a pack of demons.) The horns and unsightly slime guys over there have nothing on us.
Giles: Actually I believe the pack of demons you're referring to are females.
Xander: Really. Video gals they are not. (Xander shudders.) Any way, pretty man number two, I'm glad your marrying us and not just because you're the only guy who would do it and the only guy who could, well that might have a little to do with it, but that doesn't cheapen the sentimental value of this moment.
Giles: It doesn't?
Xander: Just a tad, but on a scale this huge a tad is like this small. (Xander positions his fingers close together. Tara speaks on the microphone from the porch.)
Tara: If every one could take their seats. The wedding is about to begin. (Everyone settles down and finds their seats. A few of the demons start playing their instruments.)
Xander: (Xander whispers.) My God what is that?
Giles: Traditional sloth demon music.
Xander: What? I thought I specifically told Anya no sloth demon music.
Giles: Right, of course you did. (Dawn walks down the aisle tossing flower petals. When she gets to the end of the aisle she tosses a slug with a grimace. Willow, Tara, Buffy and some of Anya's friends follow behind Dawn. Buffy smiles and looks out on the crowd. She looks over at a woman who looks suspicious, but she tries not to be too concerned. Then Anya walks out. She smiles at all her friends and eventually reaches Xander. Xander and Anya hold hands and then look to Giles.)
Giles: Dearly beloved, we're gathered here today to join Anyanka and Alexander in holy matrimony. If anyone here has a reason why these two should not be wed, speak now or forever hold your peace. (Willow looks down, she looks back up and looks as if she's about to speak, but is interrupted by a scream. The woman from the crowd has shed her skin and become the Hiploid demon. He walks to the middle of the aisle.)
Hiploid Demon: SLAYER!
Xander: Hey, you weren't invited!
Anya: Well actually his skin was.
Xander: Oh.
Hiploid Demon: TIME TO DIE SLAYER (Everyone looks at Buffy.)
Buffy: Funny, cause dying really wasn't on my to do list. (Buffy takes off her heels and walks down the aisle to the Hiploid demon.) You want me, (Buffy puts her fist up.) come and get me.
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That Four-Letter Word
~L is for Loathe and O is for Ouch, V is for. . ~
(Scene 1: It nighttime. Willow and Xander are at the house watching TV.)
Willow: So how does it feel? I mean this being your last day of single manhood and all.
Xander: Do you have to say it like that? My last day, you make it sound like I'm dying.
Willow: Well that's because apart of you is.
Xander: Ok, I know you and Anya aren't chummy, but. . .
Willow: I don't mean it like that Xander, I mean that part of you that feared a life alone is going to die. You are going to have someone forever. You're going to have Anya forever.
Xander: Forever, that word just won't stop being freaky. To tell you the truth Will, a few years ago when I pictured my wedding day, well it was fast mostly a prelude to the wet. .
Willow: Your point, I'm hoping this has a point.
Xander: When I picture the woman walking down aisle I saw you. (Willow looks at Xander.) I always saw you. (There's a silence.) But a lot has changed since then.
Willow: You were my first love.
Xander: And look at you now. You know I'd like to think I didn't have much to do with the whole lesbian thing.
Willow: You didn't. I fell in love with Tara, not with what she was or who she was supposed to be. Love is so blind like that. You can just freefall, so fast, that sometimes you don't even realize your in it until you just are.
(Scene 2: The next mourning. Buffy is curled up to Spike in his bed. He looks down at her. She opens her eyes.)
Buffy: I better leave before mourning.
Spike: You're a little late, love.
Buffy: What?
Spike: It's dawn, I'd check for certain but I have a thing about burning to my death.
Buffy: Oh, no, oh I, I, have to go. (Buffy gets out of bed.) Anya is going to kill me.
Spike: Anya? Oh, right the mind numbing nuptials are today, it must have slipped my mind.
Buffy: How convenient? (Buffy puts on her shirt and pants. Spike gets up.)
Spike: Wait. (Buffy turns to him. Spike walks up to her. ) Aren't you forgetting something?
Buffy: Maybe, refresh my memory. (They kiss.)
Spike: I love you. .
Buffy: I. . . (Buffy looks down.) have to go. (Buffy starts to walk away but Spike grabs Buffy's arm and turns her back to him.) What are you doing?
Spike: Why won't you say it? What are you so bloody afraid of?
Buffy: Why are you pushing me to feel something that maybe I don't feel yet.
Spike: I don't believe you. If you followed your heart you know where you would be.
Buffy: I do. (Buffy looks up at Spike.) But LA is just really not my scene anymore. (Spike looks down. Buffy can tell she hurt him.) Good-bye Spike. (Buffy yanks her arm away from him and leaves him standing there.)
(Scene 3: Buffy walks into the house, she looks around to make sure no ones there. When she hears voices she acts like she is about to walk out.)
Willow: Buffy!
Buffy: Will, hey. (Buffy closes the door.) I, um, I was going to go get something. (Willow walks up to Buffy.)
Willow: In the same clothes you wore yesterday? I'm no fashion guru, hints the un-guruness, but cleanliness is usually a must have when your going out among people. You were at Spike's weren't you?
Buffy: Yeah, and he doesn't have many clocks or the natural light to wake someone up at sunrise so, sorry.
Willow: Don't apologize to me, but if Anya asks, you're just about to put on your dress.
Buffy: Got it. This is sort or exciting isn't it, I mean Xander's getting married. I'm so happy for them, aren't you?
Willow: (Unenthusiastic.) Yah.
(Scene 4: In the sewers. The hiploid demon walks over to Harmony, he grabs her by her arm.)
Harmony: Ow, bruising.
Hiploid Demon: Where's the weapon?
Harmony: She's asleep. (The hiploid demon pushes Harmony down.) Ow!
Hiploid Demon: Well WAKE HER UP! Time is short. I need her energy and I need it NOW!
Harmony: (Harmony stands back up.) You don't have to yell you know! I'm two feet away, and Hippy, are sure you should be doing this whole power sucky thing? You've been slurping her up like she cola, but she's not, she's a baby. You could kill her.
Hiploid Demon: How many times must I say this? SHE IS NOT A CHILD! She's a weapon of mass destruction! You know Harmony next time, I'll choose a mate worthy of this experience. (The Hiploid demon walks away.)
Harmony: Worthy, I'll show you just how worth something I am.
(Scene 5: Buffy is dressed in her bridesmaid dress. Willow is doing the finishing touches on her hair.)
Willow: So how's Spike?
Buffy: Dead.
Willow: Oh, so he's fine then. It's strange how saying that, is like, the norm for me.
Buffy: I hurt him. (Buffy looks down.)
Willow: Well as long as you didn't stab him in the heart or decapitate his head I'm sure he'll heal just fine.
Buffy: I didn't physically hurt him. It probably would have been better if I did, but I said something, a really stupid, cruel something. I basically told him that after everything we've been through: a baby, the end of the world, de-chipping, that my heart was still with Angel. Will, I killed him when I said that. (Buffy's eyes start watering, Willow kneels next to her.) The look he gave me, I didn't want to hurt him like that, but I can't.
Willow: Can't what?
Buffy: I can't admit it. (Buffy sniffles.)
Willow: Admit to him that you don't love him?
Buffy: No.... admit to myself that I do. (Willow hugs Buffy.)
Willow: It's OK, I know how that is.
(Scene 6: Xander walks outside to go to the alter. He's a little taken back by all the demons. Giles is waiting at the alter when Xander walks up.)
Xander: Personally I take this complement whenever I can so, is it me or are we the most handsome males out here? (Xander looks over at a pack of demons.) The horns and unsightly slime guys over there have nothing on us.
Giles: Actually I believe the pack of demons you're referring to are females.
Xander: Really. Video gals they are not. (Xander shudders.) Any way, pretty man number two, I'm glad your marrying us and not just because you're the only guy who would do it and the only guy who could, well that might have a little to do with it, but that doesn't cheapen the sentimental value of this moment.
Giles: It doesn't?
Xander: Just a tad, but on a scale this huge a tad is like this small. (Xander positions his fingers close together. Tara speaks on the microphone from the porch.)
Tara: If every one could take their seats. The wedding is about to begin. (Everyone settles down and finds their seats. A few of the demons start playing their instruments.)
Xander: (Xander whispers.) My God what is that?
Giles: Traditional sloth demon music.
Xander: What? I thought I specifically told Anya no sloth demon music.
Giles: Right, of course you did. (Dawn walks down the aisle tossing flower petals. When she gets to the end of the aisle she tosses a slug with a grimace. Willow, Tara, Buffy and some of Anya's friends follow behind Dawn. Buffy smiles and looks out on the crowd. She looks over at a woman who looks suspicious, but she tries not to be too concerned. Then Anya walks out. She smiles at all her friends and eventually reaches Xander. Xander and Anya hold hands and then look to Giles.)
Giles: Dearly beloved, we're gathered here today to join Anyanka and Alexander in holy matrimony. If anyone here has a reason why these two should not be wed, speak now or forever hold your peace. (Willow looks down, she looks back up and looks as if she's about to speak, but is interrupted by a scream. The woman from the crowd has shed her skin and become the Hiploid demon. He walks to the middle of the aisle.)
Hiploid Demon: SLAYER!
Xander: Hey, you weren't invited!
Anya: Well actually his skin was.
Xander: Oh.
Hiploid Demon: TIME TO DIE SLAYER (Everyone looks at Buffy.)
Buffy: Funny, cause dying really wasn't on my to do list. (Buffy takes off her heels and walks down the aisle to the Hiploid demon.) You want me, (Buffy puts her fist up.) come and get me.
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