[ i swear that this is the last time i pull 'oh that was just a dream' in a chapter. but you can't be mad because i'm warning you and spike also dreams in the actual episode. i just wanted to compare his horrified buffy reaction to this slightly different kitty dream ]
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KITTY'S A GENIUS!
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[ 5.04 ]
Kitty was severely regretting her decision to meet Buffy and Willow on campus after their classes. The two girls were going on and on about some old dead guys that she didn't care about, acting like it was the most interesting thing in the world. She was just silently following them through the hall, eating the bag of Cheez-Its that Willow gave her to keep her pleased.
"You can't possibly be arguing that Marat didn't betray the French Revolutionaries. This was the guy who declared the rights of man, and then the next thing you know he's killing Girondin like it's going out of style."
"Will, you're totally missing my point. Now, I agree that Marat wasn't a real martyr, but the death in the tub — the neck wound, all that blood, just a little more fang-y than knife-y. I mean, Charlotte Corday wasn't a real martyr either, but—"
"Buffy!" Willow suddenly interrupted, coming to a stop as she grabbed Buffy's hand.
"What?" she asked.
Willow had a huge smile on her face. "Listen to us! We - we're arguing! We're having a debate about a college lecture! I have dreamt of this day since... forever! You are turning into quite the student."
"More like nerd," Kitty mumbled under her breath.
"Should I be watching my occipital lobe?" Willow asked, earning confused looks from the other two.
"Your what?" Buffy asked.
"Occipital," she said, pointing to the back of her head. "The lobe in the back of your brain. You know, like, 'should I be watching my back?' But, you know, the back of your brain."
"Apparently not," Buffy said. "Don't worry, Will, you still wear the smarty-pants in the family."
"I don't know. You've been studying with Teddy a lot."
"We're both trying. But they're really piling on the reading, and Giles fills any free time I have with extra training," she told them. "I'm starting to think this working hard is hard work."
"Isn't it crazy like that?" Willow asked sarcastically.
"I thought it was gonna be like in the movies," she said. "You know, inspirational music, a montage, me sharpening my pencils, me reading, writing, falling asleep on a big pile of books with my glasses all crooked, 'cause in my montage I have glasses. But real life is slow, and it's starting to hurt my occipital lobe."
