SUNNYDALE, MIDDLE OF 'OMWF'

Park Exterior Shot

(Sweet skulks about a bit, surveying what he thinks will soon be his new domain, if only until he burns it out)

(He sees Buffy and Xander smiling at each other)

Sweet: Do I espy the Slayer and her little pal? But didn't I just see them each on separate sides of this little town? Doesn't make any...

(He stops immediately as they begin singing)

(Think third-tier 70's ballad; Nothing schlocky or horrible, though--'It Never Rains In Southern California', 'Oh Babe What Would You Say', 'The Last Song' - the bottom of a good barrel, so to speak)

Xander (Looking at Buffy in a nod-along way):

*When you first showed up I said I knew you*

Buffy: (Pleased; She's one more step away from being as alone as she feels) *Though we'd never met I knew it felt true*

Xander: (Awed) *Sometimes I think I saw the little girl who would one day hold the Earth*

Buffy (Eyes a little ashamed; She loved her mother, and she loves Dawn--but this one was born with her, and that makes him precious beyond words):

*Sometimes I think I saw the little boy who could never know his worth*

X: (Now looking a bit angry) *Where were you, while my ears blocked out, all their drunken shouts?*

B: (Angry, too, and angrier for his not getting it) *Where were you, while I lived alone in a silenced house?*

X: *To them, I quickly became just a noisy doll they stole*

B: *To them, I was someone left behind to fulfill a good girl role*

X: *When you came here, my life went on a tear*

B: *Your faith in me----

(She stops singing; speaks briefly)

B: Errr--no faith. (sings anew) *Your belief in me made me feel I could go most anywhere*

(They speak, while shaking their index fingers at one another in unison)

B+X: But we mustn't ever, ever go

(Their separate gazes go briefly crotchward, then back up rapidly; Singing resumes; Arms raise as they stand side by side)

B+X: *THERE!*

(Bouncy, early Olivia Newton-John country-esque begins to play)

B: (Moving around a bit frenetically) Secrets, secrets--who's got one?
But don't those secrets ruin
all the fun?

X: (stays still in contrast to Buffy's movements)
AngelOzJennyFaithCouncilRileyMaggieTaraDawn
--and then we four, who never know how to keep a proper lie score

B: Secrets, secrets-we've got some--when you count our wombs--you only count one.

X: Harrises stole lied, and died--Summerses---well their marriage fried--and I brought you back all those times you died.

B: Secrets, secrets--here they come. You can't stop them and each one weighs a ton

X: I wanted her--she wanted me (speaks)---around---(resumes song) and that dead lady isn't our Mom in the ground.

(He pauses)

X: And we've outlived the usefulness of this town...

(They look at the ground beneath them--image flashes to a statue of Dick Wilkins; The implication of the possible series finale is foreshadowed)

B+X: (Switches to traditional 'musical' kind of music as they finish up) This town--this town; It isn't like your town; Or at least that's what you like to tell yourself; But every town has secrets--and every town has demons--and every town has that one (They look at each other as they fade out) you thought you knew....

(Sweet looks confused)

Sweet: That wasn't on the list. But I guess some songs get played, eventually. But will our heroes live to hear the demo? My opinion?

(He grins)

Sweet: Never Gonna Happen.