Another excellent chapter - no holds barred on all fronts!

The best part of this chapter was Buffy throwing back Gile's own lies in his face. Well worth the wait!

great job showing, in very few words, how knowledgeable anya is; how caring tara is; and how egocentric red and xander are. giles is still an ass. very good read, thank you.

Damn, I was hoping just as much as Spike, that she was pregnant but you know that's something I've been hoping from the beginning. Now that he knoews that she wanted to go back to him, can't help but wonder how this is going to go. Will this lead him to get his soul, if it's the only way to bring them closer or will she final see that William's still within him? Glad Giles is seeing the whole picture now. Excellent chapter, thanks for the update. Have a safe and happy holiday, just in case you don't get to update before then.

Wow! I've just finished reading from the beginning to this point pretty much straight through. Just amazing. I want to pick out something specific I liked, but I just don't know where to begin. Everything is just tremendous.

Once again the scoobies just can't stay out of someone's business. I do feel so bad for Spike. And for him to now think that Dawn is just another scoobie. I hope that Buffy and Giles can work through this. I just hope that Buffy and Spike can work through all of the assumptions and figure things out.

Argh, Spike! Couldn't you catch that crumb you were hoping for in Dawn's message that Buffy wanted to be sent back, that she'd turn her back on her own Watcher to get back to William, and that she wanted to BE with William and keep 'something terrible' from happening to him? She wanted to be his wife and stay with him like she promised!

I hope Spike realizes Buffy isn't lying, but she is hurting and really believes William is completely dead. Spike could try to show her that he still is William, tho changed, instead of getting all defensive and hiding behind being a totally anti-William jerk.

Gotta read more! Great work as always.

Fantastic as usual. The best fanfic ever.
I´m a little dissapointed that she might not be pregnant. Call me romantic, but I thought it so sad that William never had a family and the possibility of a part of William living on... But if Spike says she can´t be pregnant...
I love the way you make Spike get the information he needs, vía Dawn. It´s just great. Please, please, update soon!!!!!!

Poor Spike. The scene between him and Dawn is great but incredibly sad. Giles is killing me with his whole Spike isn't William but he's someone who would take advantage of Buffy thing. I hope she can make all of them see that William's a good man, and I hope she's sees that he's still around.

Great writing, as usual. Very much looking forward to the next update.

Great chapter UB. I wonder how Spike will handle it when he finds out the truth?

Loving every second...but I kinda hope Spike is wrong about the scent thing. I loved how you inserted that trickle of doubt when Giles pauses in answering her question about personality pre and post turning...both subtly and effectively done.

Ooooo, good last line!!

Arrrrrrgh, Giles and Buffy are frustrating me so much!!! I was yelling at the monitor, you know. Darla would so be laughing her ass off if they gave her that line about the man and the demon being completely different people. She explained things to Angelus way back when....who we are informs what we become, which makes total sense, because, same brain!!

But I was cackling hysterically that she's being taken to a doctor for the tests. HEEEEE!!!!! Ooo, but those rotten Scoobies, being so mean about the thought of an innocent baby. Funny how everyone seems to be thinking that Spike was the same as a human, though their party line has been the opposite. They don't know anything about William, yet they're sure that he wasn't worth their Buffy. Blech!

At least Spike has Dawn.

Wowsa! very good chapter. I can't wait for more!

oh god. please keep writing. this is the best fic i've read in a really long time. love it.

I don't know who the Scoobies and the distrust and the guilt are going to destroy first--Spike or Buffy.

*beams proudly*

Continue to love this story; it's just so sad. Really looking forward to seeing what happens next. Thanks!

I am so glad this story updated! I don't know about the pregnancy, but maybe it was too early for Spike to be able to detect anything. A fetus doesn't get a heartbeat for months, right? I almost want their to be a baby, something of William's Buffy can hold onto, just so she can show how much she loves it to those interfering Scoobies who are so sure she'll destroy any life connected to Spike in disgust.
I get that Giles is making an effort, but he's too sure he's in the right. I really hope that at least Dawn and Buffy learn the truth about what happened with William's mother, because Dawn cares about Spike even when she was faced with all the things he did. No wonder she thought he was capable of killing a pregnant woman. I'm kind of looking forward to Giles or Xander ranting about how disgusting Spike is and William was, how William meant to take advantage of Buffy, only to have Buffy go off and tell them that she was happy, engaged, and loved. That she loved him and that he was nothing like the sanctimonious jerk so self-righteously believes. I am very protective of Spike, I think that's coming across, but who he is is so much more than the thug vampire people assume. I love the doubt he placed in Angel right after he got the soul that is still affecting him about the Angelus sitch. Man, this story is just going in so many different ways and I hope for so much but worry about the pain Spike and Buffy will probably have to go through.
Please update soon! By the way, I voted for you in the Feeling Love Awards and hope others do too so word of this great story will be spread and your fans will grow!

Okay, first off, when I saw the update I squeed, did a happy dance then sat down to read.

I really enjoyed this chapter, Giles redemed himself in the car. But he should have controlled himself the night before. And Buffy, if she's not pregnant then what is wrong with her? i hope she doesn't have TB or something else. Maybe Spike's wrong. And besides how does he know all that about pregnancy women and their blood? hmmmm? Well I'm looking foward to your next update. This was a nice post birthday present, lol.

Crap! I was kinda hopin' she would be pregnant!! Oh well! Poor Spike; I just want to give him a cuddle and pat his poor head!! *Grin* Awesome chappie; please update again soon!

Buffy had cut your picture out of that book—I think that hacked him off almost as much as the other. - LOL - Buffy commits the ultimate sacrilege.

Myabe Spike is wrong, I was hoping Buffy would turn up with a bun in the oven.

Another wonderful chapter.

I just love you, you know that right? What an amazing chapter! Every scene and every word/action just ran so true. The scoobies were wonderful, I love Anya. From her innocent questions to her truthful statements. Giles and Buffy. He's always trying to do what he thinks is right for his slayer, even if it brings him to being a bit controlling. And Dawn and Spike, I love every scene you've written with these two and this one I think was by far the best yet. The dialog was superb and very cannon. I enjoy how you can make it your own but yet give them words that are true to the character.

Favorite lines: The one from Dawn about the Indian mounds made me laugh, along with her kicking his butt. Though it was Spikes line *
“Of course, I’m sure. Jesus, I’m a vampire aren’t I?” He was weary now.* That was another cannon type line that I picked as one I enjoyed. As for the pregnancy/non pregnancy, well what can I say? The vamp would know and you never eluded to him knowing..so unless you have an ace up your sleve, I guess I'll just have to be disappointed for Spike and his lost dream.

Ohhh I am loving this story more and more! Everytime I see an update I squeal!!
Excellent work on this chapter, cannot wait for the next update!!
Loved it!

First, for some strange reason, the Buffy/Giles interaction had me well up with tears. It was weird. Please don't make me cry the next chapter--I just find it utterly detestable. But good on you--the writing touched me :D

As for Giles' pause, well, Kralik came to mind--a vampire who was exactly the same pre-turning. Or hey--Harmony. Besides the change in diet, she was exactly the same. I think Giles knows on some level that the soul business was kinda B.S. And William trying to mack on some girl? Totally absurd! Not that I'd expect Giles to know, but still...

oh dear. I hope Spike's wrong. I generally don't do for the pregnant Buffy stories, but I was hoping this time.
You are, however, one amazing writer.

Oh, no! You can't stop there! Noooo....Nuh-Uh!!! Please!!! We don't even know what the doc says!!! (Despite Spike's enhanced senses, perhaps he dost protest too much; denial much? Hey, the Great Poof's spermal success as a positive example aside, this might be their only chance!!!)PLEASE!!! Update MORE!!! And, Soon! Really, REALLY SOON!
Have been awaiting updates with truly bated breath...
Thanks!
~~K.~~
~~fyreburned~~
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Awwww, and there goes more of Spike's dreams. And why do I get the feeling that Giles knows that the nonsense he taught really is nonsense? If he just mentioned that, would it change things for Buffy?

Wonderful atop of wonderful, as always. Very excited by the chapter.

And she comes back swinging! Wow, the suspense in this chapter is extremely well-done--the first scene is medium, the second is intense, and then the third scene with Spike and Dawn just pushes it to the next level. Can't wait to see what happens in the next chapter! And I also have to say that Spike's self-loathing in this chapter is so perfectly shown in his actions and thoughts. That last line just breaks my heart all over again. Which, ya know, is the effect a writer wants in a reader, so yay!