The Tara and Willow convo in the beginning was very interesting, and the Sex and the City thing was a nice detail! Fred's little part is kind of interesting, too- I wonder what her involvement will be in the future... poor girl, to be sent away. It's very cool she came upon Lorne, though, and that he talked to Spike. Spike practically coming onto Willow made me giggle:) The fact they kissed surprises me, and is she planning on having a threesome with Spike and Tara?! Parker being around bothers me- he was such an evil man, even though he's human. Interesting twist throwing in the commando boys- those guys sucked, too, on the show. Season 4 involved a lot of human monsters, didn't it? LOL Great update, and I can't wait to see what Buffy says to Spike!

Author's Response: Tara, Willow and Fred will all play important parts in Spike's life;) As Buffy will do, of course;) Spike coming into Willow depends on deep loneliness on his part (more or less it's what happens to Angel toward Kate): she was welcoming, with the blood and all, and he was just being rejected by Buffy as usual... Willow seems much murkier about that, on the contrary, especially in not telling Buffy that Spike was back ;) We'll see what this leads to, but it won't be roses and hearts, I warn you. Don't worry about Parker: he's over in our little universe... Riley, on the contrary...but I promise no chipped Spike;) Thanks for the terrific support! Kisses, Roberta and Franca