4.10 Hush

Buffy: This feels very strange.
Riley: Don't worry. If I kiss you it'll make the sun go down.

Willow: So were you dreaming?
Buffy: yeah, it was kind of intense
Riley: Intense, really? cause you seemed so peaceful.
Buffy: Of course it was only for a moment.

Riley: So tell me about your dream.
Riley: As a psyche major I'm qualified to go 'hmmm'
Buffy: I don't really remember it
Riley: Well, did I appear at all in this dream?
Buffy: There might have been a cameo
Riley: Is that right?
Buffy: Maybe more like a featured role
Riley: Romantically?
Buffy: I'm not saying a word.

Riley: So what have you got going on for tonight?
Buffy: Oh Patrolling
Riley: Patrolling?
Buffy: Eh, Petroleum
Riley: Petroleum?
Buffy: uh huh
Riley: Tonight you have crude oil
Buffy: and homework. What about you?
Riley: Oh you know grading papers.
Buffy: Ah, that'll be fun.
Riley: Not petroleum fun but it passes the time.
Buffy: So I uh...
Riley: Yeah...
Riley: I guess I won't see you until... Buffy: Yeah...
Buffy: What papers?
Riley: Papers?
Buffy: Um, grading, what papers? We only have the final.
Riley: Oh, yeah. Um, no, I... Late, Late papers I gotta look at
Buffy: Oh. Ok. Neat.
Riley: So...
Buffy: Class.
Riley: I'll see you then.
Buffy: Yeah.
Buffy: Fortune favors the brave.

Willow: Hey, how's with you and Riley. You two seemed pretty snugly after class.
Buffy: See above re: talk, all talk
Willow: Do I have to tie you two together?
Buffy: We almost, but...
Willow: Well, get with it - I need my vicarious smoochies.
Buffy: I don't know...
Buffy: I get nervous and I start babbling and he starts babbling and it's a babblefest. Plus, everytime we talk I have to lie. The slayer thing comes up one way or another. I wish could just come clean.

Riley: But its just... Buffy's special
Forrest: You think she's special. Wow. The first 486 times you told me it didn't register but now I 'see' that you think she's special.
Riley: See, you're naturally inclined to talk too much I don't have that
Forrest: Then get with the kissing

Riley: *mimes* Are you ok? Buffy nods
Buffy: *mimes* You?
Riley indicates he has to go
Buffy points in the other direction.
They start to go, but then Riley holds on to her.
They kiss. They each go on.
A siren sounds.

Riley: Hi.
Buffy: Hi.
Riley: Well, I guess we have to talk.
Buffy: I guess we do.
*They sit silently, facing each other, hands folded in their laps.*