“As opposed to the less popular ‘hang out with a dead student’ thing,” replied the Slayer.

Xander looked up. “You know, if it were any other town, that would be funny.”

hee!

oh brother. droping the issue that Willow is manipulating people with magic is one thing, but leaving Dawn home alone raises Buffy to a whole 'nother level of stupidity.
And weren't there TWO demon attacks at her house?

I think I want to hit Buffy over the head right now. Blah blah blah NORMAL blah blahhdy blah feel my pain. GRRRR

is this going to be a long story? it's going to take a lot of works to have Buffy falls for Spike, or never will.. maybe a trilogy or something later.. hopefully.. thanks!

Always thrilled to see you've updated!

Great chapter. Nice transition here; and good look at the scoobies at work. Really enjoying watching the plot unfold!

Poor Buffy. I'd feel pretty awkward around Spike for a while, too!

Nice friendship moments there.

very good chapter, thank you. nice to see buffy reach the “I don’t know” stage.

Yes and being an astronaut is so very normal too, Buffy *G*.

I can sort of see her point but still her view of "normal" is so off the mark not to mention impossible for her ever.

Excellent update. Glad she found out Spike really WAS trying to stop the unwanted feelings.

Kathleen

Willow's being a great BFF, so supportive and all. So happy she broke it off with Jacob, of course. It will be interesting to see who's behind all this mayhem against Buffy. Hey, she's at least looking at Spike as something more. Great work, thanks. Guess it's a good thing he didn't complete that spell after all.

I'm glad Buffy sort of admittet what had happened with Spike to Willow, and that she was understanding.

Yeah.. Willow the Astronaut =PPP/ Watch out, Gagarin!

I love this fic! You've got such a great handle on Buffy's frustration and quagmire of emotions; Willow's "helpful" magics; Tara's compassion; Xander's annoying bias; Anya's thoughtless directive; Dawn's perkiness; and a fabulous handle on Spike's passionate emotions. There's enough plot twists and action to keep us interested in more than just the relationship follies. Do love the Spuffy though, and you've got us angsting pretty hard. Excellent work. Can't wait to see your updates.

Good for Willow, owning up like that.

Brilliant update!

Oh. Plot. I'd almost forgotten about that. I like plot. It means oppurtunities for Spike to be the hero. The Buffy-pity is a little thick in this chapter. I sorta wanna smack the girl, not 'cause I don't sympathize but, geeze, melodramatic much? But Willow/Buffy bonding, yay! I always thought that there should have been more of that in season six. Especially since they were determined to draw that crazy addiction parallel between them.

I'm glad that in your fic, you've explored Buffy and Willow's friendship. Tara was cool as a replacement friend for Buffy, but I didn't like how the show never explored the problems with Buffy and Willow's friendship. Things weren't the same between them after Willow brought Buffy back, and the show never confronted those issues. I like how you've faced the problems, and allowed them to move on as best as could be expected. Thank you for this chapter :) .

I'm enjoying this so much.

Thanks, Willow!

And why am I thinking that something really bad will go after Dawn?

I have a bad feeling about Dawn being left by herself....

So are we going to get more Spuffy soon, more please.

It's nice to see a less touchy, more understanding Willow. And, now that she's admitted that Spike hadn't lied about what the spell was supposed to do...

I really, really loved this chapter. Readers can get so mad at Buffy for not seeing how perfect Spike is for her, but it would actually be pretty bizarre if she just waltzed off into the sunset with him. You've given us one of the reasons why: she's dreamed of a "normal" life for so long, and she has to mourn the loss of that dream as much as she had to mourn the loss of heaven. Lovely work!

yay cute Budffy Willow moment .

oh i hope she's right about dawn, but something tells me she's not *sigh* great chapter, great job of expressing where buffy's at emotionally right now...excellent work, and i'm looking forward to the next chappie, love ;)