Thank YOU for being kind enough to say so. I love when people come back and read the series over. It's a real compliment.

Thanks, honey! I'm glad you liked it.

Thank you!

And depending how things go today I may get the first few chapters of Angels and Demons proofed and posted. You must be nearly finished Ring of Fire by now, and once that's gone there's only 68 chapters of Fumbling Towards Ecstasy and you'll be all caught up... At the rate you're going that's probably less than a week's reading.

Thanks, honey!

I'm really glad you enjoyed it. I just hope that you continue to enjoy the rest of the series at least as much if not more.

Thank you, honey!

So many claiming fics seem to owe more to Anne Rice than BtVS, so I wanted to draw as much as possible on the hints in Buffy vs. Dracula, though since hints is all there is, so from there on out I did the usual and made it up.

Thanks! I'm so glad you've enjoyed it. I think you'll find there's still a fair amount of this story for you to catch up on. Always_jbj has very kindly been posting 'Book 3' in the series, 'Ring of Fire' a few chapters at a time when she can, so that people can keep up with the updates. However, if you care to visit my own site, http://www.he-s-no-angel.net then you'll find not only 'Ring of Fire', but 'Fumbling Towards Ecstasy' and 80+ chapters of 'Angels and Demons' the fifth and concluding (when I finish it, which I hope will be Feb/Mar) book in the series... and some other fics.

Hope in the meantime that the studying goes well.

Thank you! I tried to pick points from their relationship, both canon and from SWBD and TC that defined the way their relationship had evolved over the years. I'm glad you liked them. I hope you enjoy Ring of Fire.

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Hopefully, you'll enjoy the next three books, too.

Lol! Well, I've kind of given up on finishing that last Harry Potter ficlet before I get on with my beta's birthday fic, and I'm all out of procrastinating time, so hopefully I'll make some real progress on refreshing my memory over the weekend... though I doubt I'll manage to catch up.

Thanks again.

I think it's a pretty safe bet that, consciously or subconsciously, Dawn's found her own human Spike. And one more chapter and I'm all caught up on replies... Then I just need to update the review pages at He's No Angel... lol. Glad you liked it.

Thanks, honey!

Thanks, honey.

Spike is just like your typical protective big brother figure.

Thank you, honey! I'm glad you liked it.

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Hopefully the next book will live up to your expectations.

Lol! No, but I think she really needed to see things from a different perspective before she'd understand.

Thanks again.

Yep, the writers seemed to have this idea that Buffy could do anything she wanted to Spike because she was the hero and he was a vampire, but it doesn't matter who you are or who the victim is, abuse is abuse. It's never acceptable... and Buffy knew that, even when she did it, she just chose not to accept responsibiolity for what she did and blame it on coming back wrong. Glad you liked it.

Thanks, honey!

Thanks, honey!

The only thing I can say in response to your comments is, "I agree." I'm glad you enjoyed the story.

Thank you!

If any friend of mine was treated the way Buffy treated Spike, I would tell them to get the hell out of the relationship no matter how much they said they loved them. I figure Lily would be of the same mind.

Thanks! I'm glad you liked them. Only a couple more chapters now before we move on to the next "book".

Spike has a tendency to brush off everything that Buffy has done to hurt him, so it's nice to have someone who isn't about to let Buffy off so easily. As for wanting Spike to herself, who wouldn't?

Buffy is finally learning how to deal with him.

Thanks again.

Yep, I think it's safe to say that they'll never have a quiet life, but at least thay have each other to lean on when the trouble hits. Glad you liked it.

Thanks, honey!

Thanks!

I think Spike's worries are not unjustified. As for Lily and Buffy, you should have seen it all by now.

I just know this is going to turn out bad.

Yep, The Initiative are not the sort of people you want knowing about The Key but it looks like it's too late to do anything about it.

Thanks!

Thanks, honey!

Hee! Well, I suspect the statues were partly what happened to be convenient, and part the sort of thing where Spike would say 'Can't Hurt', though I don't think he would actually expect them to contirbute to any pregnancy.

And, yeah, it probably did Spike a world of good to hear Dawn and Anya stick up for him. Glad you liked it.

Thanks, honey!

Thanks again.

Yep, that's pretty much your average teen.

Thanks, honey!

I think it might really be time I read this again myself LOL 'cause I don't remember what Dawn's reaction was.

Glad you liked it, anyway. And Dawn was due to learn a little bit about looking after herself.

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it and I think C may have posted another couple of chapters now.

Hee! I love Lily.

Thanks!

I think any empath who was roped in to help look after Spike after Dead Things would have damn good reason to hate her... And, yeah, I doubt I would be put off shopping there by Spike's half-naked body... Glad you liked it.

Thanks, honey!

Thanks!

Hopefully you'll like Lily when you get to meet her.

Hee! Thank you! Spike is very good at distracting Buffy.

Yep, the time is coming for Buffy to pay for her sins (at least a little). Spike can generally distract her though (provided he's not busy putting his own foot in it).

Looking that way...

Thanks again.

Well, I would have put Xander in a dress if I had thought Buffy would let Spike get away with it, but... Nappies are indeed the same as diapers. Yep, the church wedding is on, and provided at the end of the course of lessons Dawn decides to join the church she'll be 'covered', as far as confirmation is concerned. Of course, she'd still have 'couples counselling' but that's generally not so onerous. And, yep, she has a date, though unbelievably we're at the opening chapters of Angels and Demons before she finally gets to go... Glad you liked it.

Thanks, honey!

Thanks, honey!

I think he could well be getting there.

Thanks! Dawn's date is an OC. I shall let you form your own opinion of him as the series progresses.

As for the wedding, we weren't married in a church, but my mum dragged me there kicking and screaming for enough years when I was a kid that I kinda know the rules and most ministers expect some sort of understanding of the faith they're purportedly getting married in.

The furniture etc from the apartment will eventually make its way to S & B's subterranean hideaway in the basement, but there's a long way to go between here and there.

Well, I was just never overly keen on making up a surname for him when Joss could turn around and screw it up at a later date... And when he finally gave him a surname in the comics, Joss really did screw it up. In the US, Pratt might be a big name in aviation. Over here, it has very different connotations.

Thanks again.

Lol! Sorry about the 10CC distractions, and, yeah, Dawn would definitely like to see Janice driven to distraction. I've always felt that though there have been times that they really haven't got on, that Spike probably has a grudging respect for Giles (when he's not being an idiot)...and for Buffy, well... Glad you liked it.

Thanks, honey!

Thanks, honey!

It just seemed appropriate. Glad you approved.

Thanks, honey!

I think I'm permanently mad at Xander, and as you say Buffy Giles seems quite fitting.

She can be on occasion. Glad you liked it.

Lol! Well, I guess that depends on whether Xander still had the orbs active... and it's so long now that I can't remember if he did or not.

Thanks again.

hee! Especially if it was before he realised she was the slayer... And, hey, for Buffy to even consider someone else for that long is a major breakthrough...Glad you liked it.

Thanks, honey!

Thanks, honey!

Xander is pretty much of a creep, but he does think he has Buffy's best interests at heart.

Hee! Thanks!

There are relatively few constants in my writing, but Xander is an ass is generally right up there on the list.

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed the updates. I hope you feel better soon.

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it.

As you say, the bloody nose was long overdue. It was a pleasure to write. I'm glad that you enjoyed reading it as well.

Lol! He's playing safe because he doesn't know what he's done to upset her...

Thanks again.

Thanks, honey! A lot of the selections are my own personal and rather eclectic(sp?) taste, and hubby and I spent a lot of Friday and Saturday nights at what used to be the local rock club back in the day. On the other hand there are others that are chosen just because the lyrics seemed appropriate, like Barbara Dickson/Andrew Lloyd Webber... and, shh, don't tell anyone, I'm probably getting old, too.

Spot on with the flowers, and if I remember right, that'd be one of the visions they get more or less whenever they renew the claim... Sort of like shared slayer dreams. Sort of not... Glad you liked it.

Thanks, honey!

Thanks, honey!

Xander was doing his usual react first think later routine... but yeah, he's can be a jerk.

Thank you, honey!

Xander always manages to put his foot in his mouth. Glad you liked it.

Willow occasionally makes sense.

Thanks again.

I'd imagine that when Spike is there and in her face, he's such a forceful personality that the doubts pretty much disappear... When he's not around, she's bound to have an odd panic attack and wonder if she's doing the right thing much like any bride to be. Glad you liked it.

Thanks, honey!

Thanks, honey!

I'm glad you enjoyed it. There are still hints of high school Willow in there under all the S6 power mania.

Thank you, sweetie!

As you say there are still bits of high school Willow in there. Just sometimes they get sort of smothered.

Thanks, honey! There's still a bit of the old Willow and the old Buffy in there, it just gets harder to find as time goes on.

There might be a few. Sorry for the late response. I couldn't access the site for a while and then I forgot until the next review came in.

Thanks, honey!

Yeah, it's a good job Spike likes Dawn.

Xander's problem is that his mouth works faster than his brain. When he thinks things through he knows that he needs to try to get along, but then as soon as he stops concentrating, he just comes out and says something downright offensive.

Spike and his girls... Yup, whipped and for the most part quite happy to be that way. Glad you liked it.

Thanks, honey!

Thanks, honey!

Xander's realist enough to know when refusal will get him nowhere other than distanced even further from Buffy and Dawn.

Thanks, honey! Between Buffy and Dawn they totally own that guy. Sigh... Wants to own some of him too..

You do such a nice job of showing the progression of their every days lives and the integration of each of them into those lives. That's why it's taken me three and a half years to cover the couple of months to the wedding... I must be insane. I'm glad you're enjoying it still. Thanks!

Thanks again.

Yeah, there's the idea that he might once have been Dru's sweet William, and the whole flowers are girly thing.

Actually, you can blame Dru... She called Spike 'My Sweet William' on more than one occasion... and from there it's a very short leap.

Tara is around to stay. In my version of the 'verse she's there all the way.

Thanks, honey!

Yep, I figure Spike wouldn't be in a hurry to let Buffy have that little gem of information.

Glad you're enjoying it.

Thanks, honey!

Buffy will get her revenge... eventually right around the end of the series.

Glad you liked it, honey. As for what Spike asked Giles about, that'll become clear with a little more time.

Hee! Well, it won't do too much harm to skip a night here and there.

Thanks!

Lol, yeah, I loved Joyce and while she always managed to have things quite tastefully done, brown/beige is something I tend to associate with old people (I know their are probably young people who would decorate like that too, but it probably just makes me think of my parents.) Of course, even though they rebuilt the set and ended up with a slightly different green striped wallpaper in Buffy's room in the later series compared with the earlier, I get the impression that the assumption was meant to be that they never redecorated her room after they moved in, in which case the same may go for the rest of the house (except Dawn's room) and maybe none of it is Joyce's taste at all... Okay, I'm waffling again... Glad you liked it.

Thanks, honey!

Thanks, honey!

I'm glad you're enjoying it. You should have got there by now.

Thanks again, honey! As I say, Dawn pretty much has two modes brat/cool kid.

Thanks, honey! It seems to me as if they still have a few rooms to go.

Thanks, honey! You get time for all the domestic stuff when you're writing fic that they don't get to show on screen.

Lol, well, especially the earlier parts of the fic have been around for a very long time... I imagine there are quite a few people who read SWBD back in 2002 but wouldn't necessarily remember it now.

I don't think Spike will have a problem with Buffy, Dawn or Tara. Glad you liked it.

Thanks, honey!

Thanks again!

Spike and Dawn's relationship is just the way I would like to have hoped that it would have gone if Buffy had dated him openly. Glad you like it.

Thanks, honey! Dawn was due a treat.

Thanks! The regularity of the updates is down to always jbj, rather than me, since she is so kindly posting the fic for me. I just compiled a backlog of chapters for her to post over the course of three and a bit years.

Lol! Finally back to reading this, and therefore answering comments.

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks!

Thanks, honey! I think it's easy to let things go when you're 'dating', but when you've made a commitment and you're looking at being together forever then you have to make it clear early on what you will and won't accept. Glad you liked it.

Thanks, honey!

Thanks, honey!

Buffy can push things too far. She's become very used to getting her own way in everything, but hopefully Spike can convince her that she needs to break herself of the habit.

Thank you again!

It's really good to get a fresh perspective on the story every now and then, and I'm enjoying finding out what you like.

Thanks, honey! I'm really glad you enjoyed it.

Hee! Well, I'm currently working on the closing chapters of the fifth book and with less than a week to go Buffy is still worrying about the wedding... and the latest apocalypse that needs averting. As for telling the truth... This is Giles. He knows that Buffy will probably do her own thing in the end anyway so there's no point in lying.

Thanks! Buffy and Spike both still have a few rough edges here and there to work on.

Lol! I'm sure you'll find out within a chapter or two.

Thanks again. I'm signing off for the night now, but you might get some more replies tomorrow.

Glad you liked it.

Thanks, honey!

Thanks, honey!

That's just what I wanted to give the pair of them, in between the arguments that are inevitable when you have two strong personalities.

Thanks again!

I figure with something this long there's room for those touches of characterisation... even if you do eventually seem to end up with a cast of thousands LOL.

Thanks, honey! I'm glad you're still enjoying them. More soon, I'm sure. It's not as if there's any imminent danger of running out.

Hee! Fun for everyone. Yeah, it's definitely good when Spike has enough money that no one has to worry about it.

Thank you! Loans you fan.

Thanks again. I quite like him, too.

It always bugged me that in the show they never really had Willow come off the fence. She wasn't particularly nice in the aftermath of Crush but that could be seen as trying to defend her friend, and really up until the Glory torture thing, the Scoobies could be forgiven for thinking that any change of attitude was purely cosmetic, but after that she just never seems to say or do anything one way or another. Far prefer Cordy's outlook. Glad you liked it.

Thanks, honey!

Thanks, honey!

There was always a certain amount of sparkage between Spike and Cordy (think of how she almost responded to his flattery in Into the Dark).

It was nothing to the sparkage between him and Buffy, though. Glad you're enjoying it.

Thank you! If I recall rightly from when True Colours was originally posted there were more amateur gardeners having a quiet giggle than Latin scholars, but then Latin scholars are becoming a rare breed these days.

wish I had that kinda spare change!

Don't we all. Even back in In/Into The Dark (can never remember which it is) Spike seems to be flirting with Cordy. And one thing you could always say for her was that she always said what she meant.

Thanks again!

Thanks! And, yep, Xander is the last person they'd want to ask for help.

Glad you liked it.

Thanks, honey!

Thanks!

LOL! i want my own Spike!! :)
Don't we all!

I'd sure like to wake up with Spike.

Thanks again, honey!

Hey, there! I'm always glad to hear I've got my readers hooked in. If you really want more, you can always check out the rest of the story at www.he-s-no-angel.net. As for your wishes 1 out of 2 isn't so bad?

I think most of us could cope with that picnic. Way better than brown apples *snicker*. As for all the rest, keep reading...

Thanks, honey. It seemed a reasonable scenario when I wrote it, before TGiQ aired.

Kinda weird, but all part of the vamp package... and look at all the wonderful positives that come with. Glad you liked it.

Thanks, honey!

Thank you, honey!

Of course this bit was written long before AtS S5 and the "one time" line. I'm glad it moved you.

Thank you, sweetie! Of course, that bit got kind of Jossed in GiQ, but at the time I wrote it, it made perfect sense.

Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Of course, since this was written there has been a little more light on the subject as far as canon goes, but hopefully any differences won't be enough to spoil anyone's enjoyment.

Thank you, honey!

I thought if they really wanted Angel not to interfere then she would have to make him understand how things are.

Anything had to be an improvement on that mustard yellow duffle coat, but you just know Spike would go for black leather! Glad you liked it.

Thanks, honey!

Thank you, again!

I have to admit that the last scene in that chapter is another personal favourite.

Thank you, honey!

The whole thing with Angel had to finally be laid to rest so she could get on with the rest of her life. And with SPike as an incentive...

Thanks, honey! I'm glad you're continuing to enjoy them. Buffy was overdue for some closure on the whole Angel deal. Now, she can move on.

Glad you liked it, sweetie. It was the truth for an awful long time before she would admit it, though. Now she's wising up.

Thanks! Yeah, Buffy needed to realise that Angel might have determined her life up to that point, but her future was down to her and Spike... and so did Angel.

Thanks again! And I suspect that if Angel had been in hearing distance Spike would have left him to defend himself.

Hee! It's always hard for Buffy to accept that not everyone's world revolves around her... Glad you liked it.

Thanks, honey!

Thanks again, honey!

Glad you're still enjoying it.

Thanks, honey! Again just another step on the road of putting the wrong things right.

I don't think it's giving away too much to say that, no, Angel doesn't end up at the bottom of the ocean. I will, however, have Spike poke fun at him at almost every available opportunity to make up for it.

Lol! They really might. Hence my re-reading the series because my beta wanted a Spike & Wes fic for her birthday this year.

Hee! Well Buffy always was a bit of a 'do what I say not what I do' type, but even she forgave Giles for the cruciamentum and in general, though she tends to have her strops they don't normally last that long. Glad you liked it.

Thanks, honey!

Thanks, honey!

This was written way back while Angel was soujorning at the bottom of the ocean, and it didn't seem likely that things would work out well for him in LA, so I gave him another alternative. With luck, you'll approve of how it all works out in the end.

Thanks! As I say, that's why I started writing fanfic in the first place.

Hopefully as the series progresses you'll find that Wes keeps his edge, without having to end up as miserable as he did in AtS S4.

Thanks, honey!

It probably helps that he knows just how Angel's mind works.

Have to say that this is another fave section of the saga. Glad you liked it.

Thanks, honey!

Thanks honey!

but i think buffy needs to punish the bad alcohol-stealing vamp :P hehe
With whips and chains by any chance?

Glad you're still enjoying it.

Thank you!

I hated the Wes story line in canon AtS, especially the callous way Fred treated him. Angel decided he didn't like him so everyone at AI acts like he's an untouchable.

Strange thing was that as a group they did exactly the same to Spike when he arrived in S5...

But then that's why we write fanfic, to make these horrible things they did better.

Thanks, I'm glad you're still enjoying this and it's funny because reposting means I end up re-reading to see what people's reviews are referring to, so it's kinda like seeing an old friend.

Thanks! That fight has to be one of my favourite scenes from the series.

Have to agree. I love the slo-mo fight sequence with him leading the way as the Scoobies fight their way out of The Initiative, too. Hate to think how horrible it would have been if they hadn't rewritten the end of Destiny.

I can't blame SMG for not wanting to sign up for more of S6/7 type crap. They were painful enough to watch... To get up and film that day in day out must have been horrendous and I'm sure the writers would have screwed things up between them even more if they had thought they had another season to come and SMG looked ill by the time shooting finished... Can't blame her for going for more money and a less frantic and emotionally draining shooting schedule.

Can't say slash is my thing either... As a rule I generally think female writers just shouldn't. I always have this 'If a gay guy picked this up and read it would he collapse in fits of laughter?' floating round at the back of my mind and it's not really conducive to the mood the writer is generally trying to convey... Which is probably why I had Connor make a convenient entrance, though as Spike will explain later, that particular situation would have had very little to do with sex, and everything to do with power. Glad you liked it.

Thanks, honey!

Thanks, honey!

Let's put it this way... Angel would probably argue that he didn't, but in some ways that might bode better for their future relationship than if he'd made Angel submit. This way they come a lot closer to meeting as equals.

Thank you!

Angel is really just a spoiled kid when it comes right down to it. He's never had a real caring relationship with give and take and he doesn't understand how they work.

I think you guess right. Connor's intervention gave Amgel an out as far as saving face goes, but I don't think he'll be in a hurry to start round 2 either. I'm sure Always will post a few more chapters soon and you can see how the LA visit pans out for everyone.

I'm glad you're enjoying it. Yeah, Angel quite often needs taking down a peg or two, and I just love doing it, repeatedly and often.

I'm glad you're enjoying 'the ride'. Alwaysjbj is helping me out by posting up the story a few chapters at a time when she can, but I'm sure there'll be more soon.

Lol! not long now.

Thanks again.

Lol, well, I don't get American bed sizes, but I'd say her bed was already a double... Of course, over here a queen is 4' wide a double is 4'6 a king is 5'6 and a superking is exceedingly rare and hard (and expensive) to get bedding for... I've worked on the theory that after being locked out for so long Spike kinda likes the idea of being let into her little girl room... Glad it's keeping you interested.

Thank you!

Thanks honey!

And yeah, red hot pokers not withstanding Spike is due a hell of a lot of payback...

Glad you're enjoying it.

Hee! Thank you!

Angel throw a hissy fit? Why on earth would you think that? :)

I'm afraid that it's almost always true that in my fics Angel is an ass. Most of the time he's an ass I make a fool out of and sometimes even a likeable ass, but almost always an ass.

Lol! Well, I'm guessing you must be that far along by now...

Thanks again!

Lol! Well, they tried the unpaid sex slave thing in canon and it really didn't work out all that well, so now they're doing things properly. And, yeah, Joyce and Spike's relationship could definitely have stood a bunch more screen time. If you like that sort of thing you might want to check out http://www.he-s-no-angel.net/9BS/BS0.htm and/or http://www.he-s-no-angel.net/9BS/BST.htm at my own site.

I wrote a series of Giles/Anya ficlets based on the premise that instead of becoming a vengeance demon again, Anya took Giles up on the offer of a trip to Paris. Then, I wrote a 4 chapter fic about what had been happening in Sunnydale while Anya was away, which of course spawned more ficlets, and I'm sure you're wondering where the Spike/Joyce comes in, but believe me, especially in the 4 chapter fic, "A Better Reality", it's there, it'd just give away too much of the plot to explain... I can't see me posting them here, because although you could read the Spuffy fics without reading the Ganya fics, it probably works better if you know what's happening in both, and the Ganya wouldn't meet the site parameters here.

I'm glad you're enjoying it.

Thank you!

Thank you!

I'm glad you like the 'Joyce' bits. I always thought that Spike's relationship with her was vastly underused by ME.

When all is said and done, Giles still loves Buffy and approve or not he wouldn't do anything to deliberately hurt her.

Thanks, honey!

As you probably know Buffy doesn't claim him back until right at the end of TC, and you've only just scratched the surface of the changes that happen from there on out, but I hope you keep enjoying them.

Giles was ever an optimist. Hee hee! Glad you're enjoying it still.

Lol! Well, Spike's been trying to convince everyone that he's still evil for years.

Thanks again.

Lol! Yep, that sounds like you just found one of my personal favourite chapters.

And, yeah, Groo's around for the earlier parts of the series. As for Spike making the call, you do have to bear in mind that it means they have time for 'seconds'.

Thank you, honey!

That's still one of my fave scenes from the series.

Okay, mostly with the amount of detail you put in your comments I can work out exactly where you are in the fic without going back to re-read. This time I'm stumped, so I'm just gonna say thank you again!

The scene in the car was always one of my favourites. Gives Buffy an innocent look... Well, of course she couldn't go in with her neck all bitten.

Lol! Well, she already used the beat to death with a shovel threat on Riley so she needed something new.

Thanks, honey!

Lol, Riley and Sam will be making an appearance at a later date.

Thank you!

I'm really glad you're enjoying it.

Hee! Thanks! Well, I figured if Riley got the shovel speech, she wouldn't let Spike off with a free pass. Glad you liked the explanation. There really was no excuse for the special effects department to pass those things off as babies of the big demon, unless they did it deliberately to allow wiggle room later. There was just no way those baby 'crabs' were going to grow into adults that looked like the ones we saw.

Thanks, honey!

Xander always did wear rose coloured spectacles when it came to Riley... so much so that long before he was inviting Willow to 'gay him up'... well, you know what I mean.

And hopefully you'll approve of what happens with Willow as the story progresses.

Thank you! I'm glad you see it that way.

Eventually, somewhere around the fifth book maybe... He does gradually improve as the series goes on, but if the progress was too rapid it wouldn't be believable.

Xander takes a little time to fully absorb anything that changes his world view, especially when it comes to those people he's chosen to place on a pedestal. He'll learn.

Well, yeah, he can be on occasion. Lots more to come in a similar vein as the series progresses.

Lol! There's really only one possible candidate in that room.

Thanks, honey!

Thanks, honey!

Making everything official is a big step for this pair.

Glad you liked it.

Thanks!

Hmm... Who might upset Buffy? I wonder.

Hee! I worked on theory that when she and Tara started spending the money Joyce left and working all the finances out that her living there would be seen as her doing a favour, obviously less convenient than living on campus, more travelling expenses and the assumption would be that she was in effect 'working' taking care of Dawn. Of course, when Tara left Willow was help at all and was still occupying the largest bedroom in the house.

I'm really glad you're still enjoying it.

Thanks!

How right you are! Xander is definitely going to make an ass of himself (repeatedly and often). Thanks for reviewing.

Thanks, honey!

Lol, well, so far there are 175 chapters posted here and there are another 100 still to post, so I think it's safe to say you're just beginning to scratch the surface.

And, yep, all the changes are for the better, but Buffy will take a little time to adjust.

Thanks, honey!

Thanks, honey.

Well, it's not like he'd ever ask Xander...

Thank you!

Just answering these is giving me a huge smile on my face. Everything has changed for her overnight, but she'll adjust...

People don't always react logically to situations, but believe me, they'll work it all out... eventually.

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it. There's plenty more to come. If you don't want to wait until they're posted here you can find the rest of the series at http://www.he-s-no-angel.net.

Thanks! I hope you'll enjoy the sequels just as much.

Lol! Well, Spike seems to think it's worth it...

Thanks, honey

Lol, well under normal circumstances I'm not so sure about Buffy's negotiating skills, but then Spike would do anything for her and, rather late, she may have picked up on the fact.

Thanks, honey!

Thanks!

I've really got to cure myself of the habit of reading chapters to see what people are commenting on.

Glad you liked it, sweetie!

With those two, I just couldn't believe that it would be moonlight, roses, dinner and dancing. I'm so glad you liked it.

Thank you, yet again!

Thanks, honey! Glad you liked it. Somehow I couldn't imagine things coming out all moonlight and roses for those two even if they started with the best of intentions.

All the "books" are complete. However, I have one more chapter of my beta's birthday fic to post on LJ and at my own site, which is set in the same 'verse about five years on. It should be posted tomorrow, though, so by the time you finish the rest of the series, if I haven't got around to posting it here, you'll find it at http://www.he-s-no-angel.net/9TI/TI1T.htm.

I'm glad you're enjoying the series second time atound. Thanks!

That would be him peeling off his skin-tight jeans, at least in the version I'm reading... Sometimes when I spot typos I'll update it on my own site, but I don't trawl round all the archives. Either that or you've just misread it.

Thanks, honey. Had me going for a while.