Amazing what a good night's sleep might do!

Buffy, honey, you *are* in heaven.You've got Spike, heaven can't beat that!

spike wanted to trust Buffy from the begining

YES! this was fantastic and great and truly wonderful!!! I hope it isn't finished, is it? What a beautiful story! You go girl!
I can't wait for the next installment.
Kim

I really like the update on each of the relationships and that Buffy has realized that she needs the emotional intimacy with Spike before they can have the physical intimacy. Her joy at realizing that Spike does trust her again was so sweet. Thanks so much for the updates, I have really enjoyed them.

I really like this fic I'm glad that buffy really had to earn his trust again cos at the bit where she'd done what she did to him in your fic I didn't want her to get him back but like how you've had her earn his trust and I like the fact that they haven't jumped straight back into bed together.
Saying that though I hope there is some good spuffy make up scenes in the next chap.

That was so sweet! =)

Lovely chapter. It's a truly unique pov to have Buffy wooing Spike with hope to regain his love her only incentive.

Awwwwwww, YAY!

slow sweet progress. good read, thanks.

Yay. People's lives are getting better.

That was a nice chapter, very well done. Sweet and also answered a lot of questions about the other's relationships. I hope they get to where Buffy wants them to be, but I gotta ask. You brought in the Scoobies, are you going to be bringing Riley in too? I can certainly see a few rewrites of As You Were fitting in to the story. Either way, excellent update, can't wait for more.

Ahh! Stop right there Buffy! He may trust her right now, but I don't think that having sex is a good thing yet. Who knows what could happen if they do; Buffy could have gotten out of bed to use the toilet when Spike wakes up, and here comes another emotional break-down. I was (and am) so happy about their taking it slow, I really hope that it will take them a bit longer to have sex again (...even if it is just the *end* of the next chapter considering the changes in this one).

Great chappy JL, and I am glad that, despite the *look* of things in the past, there truly has been changes with this relationship. I finally believe that it will continue well, if not greatly:D

Nice way to quickly pass through time, yet cover a lot of territory. I agree with all the decisions made, too.

I can't help but think what a different group Giles will come back to come First Evil time. They'll all have grown up, and he missed it.