I wonder how it will go when they meet again

damn cliff hanger! anyway please update soon!

Author's Response: Thanks for reading. spuf

I am so happy to hear about your plans. Thank you so much! Now that I know you're going to try, I feel like I can wade in and enjoy the goodness, knowing that future chapters will have less errors than previously. Like I said, I really like your stories. Oh, and don't be mean to Riley. He wasn't the right guy for Buffy, but he's a perfectly nice person. Shades of grey, not black and white. Remember how you did that, in the story where Spike was a total control freak and frankly scary as hell, but conflicted and trying to do what he thought at the time was right for their relationship? He was not a good man at all a lot of the time, abusive and dominating, but you brought out the internal conflict and ambivilence he felt also. It worked really well because of that. Gratuitous character bashing may make some people happy in the short term, but it hurts the integrity of the story as a whole and turns other people away. Just a thought. (And yay! again!) :-)

Author's Response: I'm glad you will give my fic another go! I have to admit, I pretty much nagged my husband into buying and upgrading Windows 2003 so I could get the spell check with it! (I tend to walk softly and carry a big stick at home!) Anyway, about Riley. I never disliked him either. Just, as you say, I didn't feel he was right for Buffy. The problem with my fics is that I usually have a plot that 'needs' a bad guy. Sometimes I get tired of using poor Angel in that capacity so I'll use Xander, Riley or even maybe Parker. In MHOW Riley was briefly in it, as a pretty good guy. In Buffy's Revenge, he starts out kind of snarky, but in the end he will be redeemed. Xander is 'fun' to use as a bad guy, but I've enjoyed having him be a friend to both Buffy and Spike too. Angel is fun to use and redeem, most of the time. Anyway, I'm just using Riley this time, because he did have such an impact on Buffy's life. In the show. Thanks again, Luv, spuf

Spuf - I didn't say to take your stories off the site, I said to start paying attention to what you're writing. Find a beta if you can't use spellcheck, there are a lot of them out there. And spellcheck is a simple program in every word processing program on any computer. Just click the icon and the thing starts up, finds the incorrectly spelled word or word that isn't in it's program, and offers you choices of correctly spelled words to replace the incorrectly spelled word with. You just look over the offered words and choose the word you were trying to spell and replace the right one in place of your original wrong one. It's simple, it's fast, it's better than just ignoring it. I love your ideas, and that's the only reason I'm bothering you about this. It's killing me to have to pass over your stories for this reason. Obviously some others aren't as bothered by it and you're gettng reviews from people who like what you're writing, so don't remove them or get all depressed or anything. What's that saying? Don't be sorry, be right. This is a kick in the pants to do better, not a kick to the curb. Please have a wonderful memorial day today, eat lots of barbecue, and be happy. Please? :-)

Author's Response: Thank you. I have 'bribed' my hubby (who is the real computer genious) to re-program my computer. He just installed the new Office Program that includes the updated spelling check. I'm hoping that this new program, if I utilize it properly, will make my fictions more enjoyable for readers and for me to write. Thank you, Luv, Spuf

GOOD SO FAR

You have my attention. I'm looking forward to the next chapter.

Ready for Chpt. 1 - I'm interested !!

It sounds like a very cool and creative idea- I'm excited to read more! You always write really great twists and what-not, so I'm ready to see what awaits us readers with this one:) Sometimes it's nice to see Riley be a wretched person, and having Buffy be a tough, clever woman will be nice, too. And Spike going under the covers...woops, undercover, I mean:)...will be awesome!