5.04 Out of My Mind
Buffy: Of course not. I-I was just ... startled. And, you know I don't ... love the idea of you patrolling alone.Riley: Not much for bench-warming.
Buffy: Mm, that was relaxing.
Riley: You, uh ... wanna relax some more?
Buffy: Again? Right away again?
Riley: Maybe you're too tired.
Buffy: Hey. I have the endurance of ten men.
Riley: Let's make it women, okay? Just for the imagery.
Buffy: Whatever. You know, it takes a lot to wear me out.
Riley: Oh, I love a challenge.
Buffy: Mm.
Buffy: What's going on? What are you doing? What if you have a heart attack?
Riley: Listen to me. Calm down.
Buffy: Me calm down? I'm not the one with a pulse of a hundred and fifty.
Riley: My heart's different than yours, Buffy. It works differently now, but it's okay.
Buffy: But you're still a human, Riley. You could still have a heart attack.
Buffy: Riley? Riley, answer me. Please.
Buffy: Riley?
Riley: You know, this doesn't even hurt.
Buffy: Your hand is bleeding.
Riley: Don't feel a thing.
Buffy: This stops now. I'm taking you to the doctor.
Riley: The one from the government, you mean? Like the ones who did this to me in the first place?
Buffy: He's the only one that understands what's wrong with you. He's the only one that can help.
Riley: What's wrong with me? I'm more powerful than I've ever been, Buffy. Most people would kill to feel this way.
Buffy: Yeah, and this feeling is going to kill you. Riley, your body was not built for this kind of strength-
Riley: I can handle it. This is my deal, Buffy, just ... back off.
Buffy: What is this? What's happening to you?
Riley: I go back ... let the government get whimsical with my innards again ... They could do anything that- Best-case scenario, they turn me into Joe Normal, just... Just another guy.
Buffy: And that's not enough for you?
Riley: It's not enough for you.
Buffy: Why would you say that?
Riley: Come on. Your last boyfriend wasn't exactly a civilian.
Buffy: So that's what this is about? You're going to die, all over some macho pissing contest.
Riley: It's not about him. It's about us. You're getting stronger every day, more powerful. I can't touch you. Every day, you're just ... a little further out of my reach.
Buffy: You wanna touch me? I'm right here. I'm not the one running away.
Riley: Not yet.
Buffy: So you have this all figured out? I'm bailing because you're not in the super club.
Riley: It's human nature.
Buffy: Don't Psych 101 me. Not now. Not after everything that ... Nobody has ever known me the way you do. Nobody. I've opened up to you in ways that I've never opened up to ... God, you're just sitting back there thinking that none of this means anything to me.
Riley: I never said that.
Buffy: Because it obviously doesn't mean anything to you. Do you really think so little of me-
Riley: Buffy.
Buffy: No! No. Do you think that I spent the last year with you because you had super powers? If that's what I wanted, then I'd be dating Spike. Riley, I need you. I need you with me ... and I need you healthy. But if you wanna throw it all away because you don't trust me, then ... then I'm still gonna make you go to that doctor.
Riley: Take me to him.
Buffy: We have to hurry.
Riley: Loving you is the scariest thing I've ever done, Buffy.
Buffy: I don't know why.
Buffy: You are *not* going to die.
Riley: Bet you say that to all the boys.
Buffy: How's it goin' in there?
Riley: Good. Back to normal.
Buffy: Yep.
Buffy: And see ... I'm still touchable.
Riley: Give me a week or so to heal, and ... I'll take full advantage of that fact.
Graham: It's a good thing Buffy found you when she did, 'cause you were about to detonate big-time. Always said she's pretty impressive.
Riley: You know, she really is.
Graham: But you know you don't belong here, right? This town? I mean, you're nothin' here.
Riley: Hey. What are you saying?
Graham: Come on, man. You know it's true. There's nothing for you here.
Riley: There's her.
Graham: Okay, right, there's her. And? You used to have a mission, and now you're what? The mission's boyfriend? Mission's true love? You belong with us.