Wonderful series - I only wish it were much longer.

Fantastic!

 

I like it I like it a lot

good eneding love the telling off of them - they deserved it!

excellent read, thank you. shame the writers did not go in that direction. wait, no, that would not have been good. then there would have been no reason for an wonderful rewrite, such as this. thanks for the fun read.

Great rewrite. Loved that she about Spike and the love that she feels for him. To hell with all of them but her new family, Dawn and Spike. Of course Dawn's cool with it, she's always let her feelings for Spike be known. Love this fic, thanks.

I love how Spike laid into Buffy’s friends and pointed out some truths. I’m glad that they figured out what they possibly did to her and that they realized what Willow hadn’t done before doing the spell. I loved that Buffy reclaimed her life and decided to live it for herself and not to give meaning to the Scoobies lives. The ending with her leaving with Spike and Dawn, making it clear that they were the important people in her life was great. I really enjoyed this fic, thanks.

i loved seeing her slap xander, and tell them all off...wonderfully done chapter, thoroughly enjoyed it...so sweet the way spike was willing to sacrifice himself for her...an excellent job here, love :)

really great fic. loved it. And spike was so characteristically spike willing to sacrifice himself for them. It'd be interesting to see an epilogue of scooby reactions or a sequel. Nicely done!

awesome! loved Buffy telling them all off, great little story! *hugs*

Damn good! You put them in their places, and I loved the things Buffy said to Spike!

Loved it! So glad you gave the Scoobies the smack down they so richly deserved.

AWESOME third part to this. I'm clapping and cheering over here for this one. WOOT!! HOORAY! Again I say awesome. This would have been a great variation on OMWF. Her slapping Xander was priceless. I loved that she told Willow that all magic and Willow herself needed to get her butt out of Buffy's house. HOOT!!

Awww a lovely AU... if only Buffy had had more back bone with Xander & Willow for real. Slapping Xander has been a dream of mine for so long now *big grin*

Absolutely one of the best written erotic scenes!

ahhh very cool spike is moving in!

wonderful read, thank you. spike guarded, as usual; buffy frighteningly honest, scary.

Sorry I lost track of this fantastic fic. He's moving in and I couldn't be happier, yup, cuddleing with Spike! Sounds great to me! Fantastic chapter, thanks.

awww...that last bit, where he actually still wondered if she was serious....just heart-breaking, poor spike...but a very sweet, moving chapter :)

This was really sweet. I like that Spike wanted honesty and that Buffy gave it to him and I love that Buffy has no intention of keeping their relationship a secret but that she asked him to move in.

oh very sweet. I love her admitting the darker things she wants with him, and knowing that he's the one who can give her that.

This is awesome to see more of this one. I see we have the part 3 as well. I'm rushing off to read it.

I just wanted to say that I loved this part though. You touched on their feelings and insecurities very well. You tied in many things from the shows over the years and molded it to make sense here too with these changes. Nicely done!

It is the rare fic in which Buffy opens up her heart.  Love it!

It is the rare fic in which Buffy opens up her heart.  Love it!

ahhh how sweet! I really liked this

A great chapter-- and what a lovely cliffhanger. Can't wait to read the next chapter!

Very nice. I don't usually like anything at all schmoopy...maybe it's reading and writing too much darker stuff, but this is a pleasant change.

awesome pet! i loved this story! so glad to read it again

AWESOME fic. This would have been a MUCH better fic for this time frame. I look forward to the next chapter!!

Great story. If only it had happened this way on the show. I am glad that you had Buffy doing the majority of the talking. I wonder what will happen when they go public.

Love the Xander putdown!

Wow, I loved this. You did a fantastic job of showing Buffy's loneliness and her being disconnected with those around her. I love that she told Xander to but out, that she realized how poorly they had been treating Spike, and that her happiness was important. Thanks for posting this here. :)

excellent read, thank you

awwww...that was beautiful...and perfectly in character, too...very sweet without being sappy...very much enjoyed it :)

Very nice beginning. Hope Buffy continues to hold steady when Xander or the other Scoobies start passing judgement. I'll be looking for the updates to this one.

Yup - big oversight cause that was just sweet! Nice story. Thanks for posting it.

Very nice start - looking forward to more!

So glad that you posted here. It's easier to read the larger print here. Haven't been to DS in a few weeks *bad me* but reading everyones stuff here. Great beginning! Update as soon as you can. LOL

Great chapter. I love how she told Xander to butt out. She would have been a whole lot happier in canon if she'd done that.

Buffy finally made a ver simple decision.. to be happy instead of doing what she thinks will make her friends happy.

Spectacular.