Message in a Bottle:
2 weeks pass...
NY Restaurant: Xander and Spike are sitting in a booth talking and eating.
Xander: Come on Spike...doesn't she sound nice?
Spike: She's not my type.
Xander: Oh...so you have a type now? Since when did you get a type?
(Spike doesn't answer him)
Xander: Go out with her! Please! Anya really wants me to set you two up.
Spike: You and Anya huh?
Xander: What? She's nice...she's cute...
Spike: That girl talks more about money than Donald Trump.
Xander: Well I like her. So...what do you say? Double date tomorrow with us with some girl?
Spike: Some girl...wow Xand you really know how to sell a date to me. You don't even know the girl's name?
Xander: Sorry.
Spike: Well I'm not going. Besides, I don't need you to get me dates.
Xander: Oh...Drusilla!
Spike: What?
Xander: That's her name...Drusilla.
Spike: What kind of name is that?
Xander: What? It's exotic...nothing is wrong with her name and don't use that as an excuse to get out of this.
Spike: That name is not exotic...its weird.
Xander: Your name is weird, SPIKE. What are you? A dog?
Spike: How about you XANDER? You could use Alexander you know?
Xander: (Makes a disguising face) I hate that. So...Captain Peroxide will you go out with her?
Spike: Well...
Xander: Please...for me.
Spike: (Sighs) FINE.
Library: Buffy is putting books away in the quiet library when her mind starts to daydream.
Spike: I love mystery stories.
(Buffy looks over and sees Spike leaning against the book shelf looking in a book)
Buffy: (Quietly) I love the romantic novels.
Spike: Those are so fake luv...don't know why you waste your time with those stories.
Buffy: Well...mysteries are stupid too.
Spike: Not this one.
(Buffy starts to walk towards Spike)
Buffy: (Whispering) What's it about?
Spike: About three people on a road trip.
Buffy: (Looks down) Sounds familiar...(Looks back up) where's the mystery?
Spike: One of the people left...
Buffy: It's not a mystery if the person just left. It's just...leaving.
Spike: Yeah but one of the people of the three is in love with that girl that left and he doesn't understand why she left. That seems like a mystery.
(Buffy looks guilty and looks down)
Buffy: (Softly) Do you miss me?
Spike: (Softly) Yes...do you miss me?
Buffy: (Softly) Yes.
Spike: (Whispers) I'm not real you know. You're dreaming love.
(Passes by her and Buffy snaps out of her dream and looks around and sees theirs no one around)
Dinner Restaurant: Anya, Xander, and Spike are dressed up and waiting.
Spike: (Whispering to Xander) Where is she?
Xander: Don't worry.
Waiter: Would you like to be seated now?
Xander: Not yet we're waiting for someone.
Waiter: Alright I'll be back in a few minutes.
Anya: (Trying to calm Spike) She'll be here William. Don't worry.
Spike: I'm not worried it just—
Lady: Hello? (She entered through the door and had long dark hair and came up to Anya)
Anya: Dru! (Anya squealed and hugged Drusilla)
Drusilla: Anya honey, how are you?
Anya: Fine. Fine. Money is great. Met Xander and William (She pointed out William and took Xander's arm)
Drusilla: Xander...William (She nodded to both of them)
Xander: Nice to meet you Drusilla.
Spike: Dido. (Xander gave him an eye for just saying that)
Drusilla: Well William, don't you look handsome (She smiles)...love the hair.
Spike: Oh...thanks. (He was unsure if she was telling the truth or lying.)
Waiter: (Walking up to them again) Ready?
Anya: Yes.
(They follow the waiter and go to their table)
During dinner Spike was playing a little game inside his head called "Comparing Her to Buffy". Drusilla was not winning. Spike concluded that this girl was nothing like Buffy and he didn't like it. He pointed out specific things: 1) Drusilla had black hair and looked gothic 2) She cared more about herself and her own life than anyone else's 3) She thought the most important thing in the world is work 4) She's not a good listener and had no sense of humor
At the end of dinner Spike realized that he was like Drusilla just a few months ago. Before the tip he would probably would like Drusilla and get along wit her but after the summer, after Buffy, he became a new man. After Buffy, everything changed him.
Outside the Restaurant: Everyone was getting ready to say their goodbyes
Drusilla: Are you alright William? You seem quiet tonight.
Spike: Yeah...I- I'm just trying to get over a girl.
Drusilla: I see...trying to move on. (She nods her head and understands)
Spike: Yeah...sorry Drusilla but it's going to take me a while.
Drusilla: Must have been a very special girl.
Spike: Yeah she was...
Drusilla: Well...if you change your mind...I'm in the book, so give me a call.
Spike: Okay. Night.
Drusilla/ Anya/ Xander: Night. (They all got in the same taxi and left)
Spike walked down the sidewalk and thought how his life has changed. Tomorrow he didn't want to go to work. He didn't want to know what he wanted to eat tomorrow or how he would spend his weekend. He wanted to play the day by seizing every moment, like Buffy would.
Buffy's Apartment: Buffy walks in her apartment with her mail. One piece mail was in a big envelope. She looks at it and sees the return address says 'New York City'. She gasps and just stands there and slowly rips the envelope open and pulls out a tape player. She looks confused. She goes over to her couch and set the rest of her things down and sets the tape player on the couch sit next to her. She stares at the tape for a while until she reaches over and presses play. The first voice she heard was Xander's.
Xander: So let's talk.
Spike: It's pretty simple...I'm going insane.
When Buffy heard Spike's voice she became a little tense.
Xander: You miss her.
Spike: (Softly) Yes.
Xander: I do to.
(Buffy smiles at Xander's comment and hears some scratching come for the tape and then it cleared up)
Spike: I can't concentrate...I can't...I can't do anything without thinking about her.
Xander: It's a hard time but it will get better.
Spike: She haunts me Xander...she haunts me every time I close my eyes...
(At the end of the tape Buffy was crying. The whole night she replayed the tape, to hear Spike's voice, and every time the tape stopped she was dying to hear more of him. She cried herself to sleep.)
Spike's Apartment: Spike enters his apartment and shuts the door and puts his stuff away. He goes into the living room and sits down. Theirs a knock on the door and Spike ignores. Soon he hears his front door open, which makes him jump and head to the door. Standing before him was a tired Buffy with a bag on her shoulder.
2 weeks pass...
NY Restaurant: Xander and Spike are sitting in a booth talking and eating.
Xander: Come on Spike...doesn't she sound nice?
Spike: She's not my type.
Xander: Oh...so you have a type now? Since when did you get a type?
(Spike doesn't answer him)
Xander: Go out with her! Please! Anya really wants me to set you two up.
Spike: You and Anya huh?
Xander: What? She's nice...she's cute...
Spike: That girl talks more about money than Donald Trump.
Xander: Well I like her. So...what do you say? Double date tomorrow with us with some girl?
Spike: Some girl...wow Xand you really know how to sell a date to me. You don't even know the girl's name?
Xander: Sorry.
Spike: Well I'm not going. Besides, I don't need you to get me dates.
Xander: Oh...Drusilla!
Spike: What?
Xander: That's her name...Drusilla.
Spike: What kind of name is that?
Xander: What? It's exotic...nothing is wrong with her name and don't use that as an excuse to get out of this.
Spike: That name is not exotic...its weird.
Xander: Your name is weird, SPIKE. What are you? A dog?
Spike: How about you XANDER? You could use Alexander you know?
Xander: (Makes a disguising face) I hate that. So...Captain Peroxide will you go out with her?
Spike: Well...
Xander: Please...for me.
Spike: (Sighs) FINE.
Library: Buffy is putting books away in the quiet library when her mind starts to daydream.
Spike: I love mystery stories.
(Buffy looks over and sees Spike leaning against the book shelf looking in a book)
Buffy: (Quietly) I love the romantic novels.
Spike: Those are so fake luv...don't know why you waste your time with those stories.
Buffy: Well...mysteries are stupid too.
Spike: Not this one.
(Buffy starts to walk towards Spike)
Buffy: (Whispering) What's it about?
Spike: About three people on a road trip.
Buffy: (Looks down) Sounds familiar...(Looks back up) where's the mystery?
Spike: One of the people left...
Buffy: It's not a mystery if the person just left. It's just...leaving.
Spike: Yeah but one of the people of the three is in love with that girl that left and he doesn't understand why she left. That seems like a mystery.
(Buffy looks guilty and looks down)
Buffy: (Softly) Do you miss me?
Spike: (Softly) Yes...do you miss me?
Buffy: (Softly) Yes.
Spike: (Whispers) I'm not real you know. You're dreaming love.
(Passes by her and Buffy snaps out of her dream and looks around and sees theirs no one around)
Dinner Restaurant: Anya, Xander, and Spike are dressed up and waiting.
Spike: (Whispering to Xander) Where is she?
Xander: Don't worry.
Waiter: Would you like to be seated now?
Xander: Not yet we're waiting for someone.
Waiter: Alright I'll be back in a few minutes.
Anya: (Trying to calm Spike) She'll be here William. Don't worry.
Spike: I'm not worried it just—
Lady: Hello? (She entered through the door and had long dark hair and came up to Anya)
Anya: Dru! (Anya squealed and hugged Drusilla)
Drusilla: Anya honey, how are you?
Anya: Fine. Fine. Money is great. Met Xander and William (She pointed out William and took Xander's arm)
Drusilla: Xander...William (She nodded to both of them)
Xander: Nice to meet you Drusilla.
Spike: Dido. (Xander gave him an eye for just saying that)
Drusilla: Well William, don't you look handsome (She smiles)...love the hair.
Spike: Oh...thanks. (He was unsure if she was telling the truth or lying.)
Waiter: (Walking up to them again) Ready?
Anya: Yes.
(They follow the waiter and go to their table)
During dinner Spike was playing a little game inside his head called "Comparing Her to Buffy". Drusilla was not winning. Spike concluded that this girl was nothing like Buffy and he didn't like it. He pointed out specific things: 1) Drusilla had black hair and looked gothic 2) She cared more about herself and her own life than anyone else's 3) She thought the most important thing in the world is work 4) She's not a good listener and had no sense of humor
At the end of dinner Spike realized that he was like Drusilla just a few months ago. Before the tip he would probably would like Drusilla and get along wit her but after the summer, after Buffy, he became a new man. After Buffy, everything changed him.
Outside the Restaurant: Everyone was getting ready to say their goodbyes
Drusilla: Are you alright William? You seem quiet tonight.
Spike: Yeah...I- I'm just trying to get over a girl.
Drusilla: I see...trying to move on. (She nods her head and understands)
Spike: Yeah...sorry Drusilla but it's going to take me a while.
Drusilla: Must have been a very special girl.
Spike: Yeah she was...
Drusilla: Well...if you change your mind...I'm in the book, so give me a call.
Spike: Okay. Night.
Drusilla/ Anya/ Xander: Night. (They all got in the same taxi and left)
Spike walked down the sidewalk and thought how his life has changed. Tomorrow he didn't want to go to work. He didn't want to know what he wanted to eat tomorrow or how he would spend his weekend. He wanted to play the day by seizing every moment, like Buffy would.
Buffy's Apartment: Buffy walks in her apartment with her mail. One piece mail was in a big envelope. She looks at it and sees the return address says 'New York City'. She gasps and just stands there and slowly rips the envelope open and pulls out a tape player. She looks confused. She goes over to her couch and set the rest of her things down and sets the tape player on the couch sit next to her. She stares at the tape for a while until she reaches over and presses play. The first voice she heard was Xander's.
Xander: So let's talk.
Spike: It's pretty simple...I'm going insane.
When Buffy heard Spike's voice she became a little tense.
Xander: You miss her.
Spike: (Softly) Yes.
Xander: I do to.
(Buffy smiles at Xander's comment and hears some scratching come for the tape and then it cleared up)
Spike: I can't concentrate...I can't...I can't do anything without thinking about her.
Xander: It's a hard time but it will get better.
Spike: She haunts me Xander...she haunts me every time I close my eyes...
(At the end of the tape Buffy was crying. The whole night she replayed the tape, to hear Spike's voice, and every time the tape stopped she was dying to hear more of him. She cried herself to sleep.)
Spike's Apartment: Spike enters his apartment and shuts the door and puts his stuff away. He goes into the living room and sits down. Theirs a knock on the door and Spike ignores. Soon he hears his front door open, which makes him jump and head to the door. Standing before him was a tired Buffy with a bag on her shoulder.