I'm so giggling right now......can't we all just agree to disagree.......for all our opinons are RIGHT....we judge my our own belief of things and how the story affects us.....be true to your feelings and just let it be.

I have one thing to add, Career is that, only a job. It will not keep you warm at night, grow old with you, hold you up when you feel sick and tired and can't go on, it will not laugh with you or cry with you.....but it can make all those things not happen if you put the career before the one you wish to be with.....be it whoever.....and as for things that has happened, well they did and before they can more on they need to figure out why, and how to keep it from happening again. I can see that Beasleymom is working to get us there, and unitl then we can just agree to disagree and leave her pretty reviews......It took two to rush into the marriage, it took two to break it......it will take two to make something out of te relationship they are trying to work out....and no one can put expections on the other without expecting some in return...I just hope when Spike is enlightened, so is Buffy.......Buffy can move to the west coast without hurting her career right now.......William would have a harder time with building back his practice and have to start over.......Buffy's life might be hectic, but I find it hard she wouldn't be able to make time to keep intouch with the man she claims to love when he is wiliing to work on a schedule......I too felt it was a brush off at first.......if there is a will there is a way, or all the recording artists would be divorced, single and looking for love in all the wrong places....LOL...... there really is no right or wrong is how people review, it's just a difference of opinion that comes from our hearts and life experinces, and beliefs......nothing more. Both are different people now, and they are both going to learn that in order to love and be together not one, but both of them are going to have to change a few things about their lives........and as for Lindsey, he needs to go, gone , goodbye......mostly for his sake really. It's like Angel and Buffy in the magic shop and Spike going on about they could never be just friends......but that is just my opinion.....and not meant to persuade the writer in any way or form .....so read, but don't listen to Kimber, LOL........

What I meant to say was one doesn't have to make more sacrifices than the other. I hope most of you thought that was what I meant to say.

Meagan, thanks for sharing your thoughts on this story. I don't usually get so worked up about fan fiction, but this story and the reviews left behind have gotten me into a mild fit. It's frustrating for me and I have to keep tell myself to chill out because it IS just a piece of fiction.

I would just like to clarify that I didn't mean to imply that Buffy's career SHOULD have come first to anyone, nor should have William's. What should have come first (on both Buffy's and William's part) was respect and support. I was so angered by William walking away and proclaiming Buffy's "little" dream frivilous by expecting her to fail. That just doesn't speak to me of love and support. Generally when I read fanfic, I try very much to identify with the characters' emotions. I either pull from experience (as we all do, I'm sure) or simply pretend. This time, while pretending, I got overly pissed and am now emotionally invested in this. Argh..

I do agree that Buffy is immature at times, but I also feel that way about Spike and folks seem to just ignore that, just like I feel that his fault in this whole mess is being dismissed by some. Here I go with my chant, "It does not matter, it is just fiction."

I do agree with your statement that it is not very mature of Buffy to get angry with William being with another woman. It is hypocrytical, albeit human. She still hasn't come to terms with that, and I feel that she does need to make that consession at some point. William does need to call her on it. But he needs to be called out on a few things as well. For the sake of my emotional state I hope that they can act like mature adults from here on out. I have a feeling though that we are in for a lot more angst (which is ok, because it does make the story more believable to me...just not less painful, argh!)

Thanks again, Meagan, for taking the time to share with me how you feel. It actually helps lessen my frustration. :)

Author's Response: Okay I am going to take advantage of my limited internet time by responing to these very emotinal reviews. I am so blown away that y'all have put so much into reading this fic. I will however apologize if I have frustrated y'all with it, that was never my intention. When I got the idea for this fic I wanted a fic that I could relate to this song that i heard on the radio and then it turned into the monster we have here today. Buffy and Spike are both at fault here adn yes everyone is going to lay more of the blame on one more so than the other. As far as Buffy goes I know you are all havign a hard time with her and think she is the biggest hypocrite ever but she is reacting with ehr emotions. Yes she was with soemone else but just think about how you felt the first time you saw the person you loved more than life itself with someone else. It hurt s and you get jealous even though you may or may not have been with some one else, so that is why BUffy reacted the way she did about Dru. Yes it wasn't rational, but you don't always go with rational on matters of the heart. Now on to Will. Yes he spit on her dreams and told her it was going to blow up in her face, but he was upset because his wife was telling him that she wasn't going to follow him, so hence the lashing out. No not nice, but again with the human emotions. William is not perfect in this fic and he will find out some things latter on that will change his perception on the entire situation, you just have to bare with me adn give it a bit of time. I know everyone wants the spuffily ever after but it is a process. As far as the whole why didn't William go after Buffy and why didn't Buffy try and find Willl, well we wouldn't have much of a story if that had happened right, LOL! Yes the press will be involved but it won't be the focus of the story so please stick with me and enjoy the bumpy ride. I love you all for your reviews and I hope you continue to leanve them. Kuddos and much luv, Angela aka beasleysmom

Okay, I'm going to be shallow and simply say....close your eyes and picture William in a Towel fresh out of the shower......Yum!

oh wow.. i'm at work rite now and u have no idea how much it sucks at this moment... i scrolled down the updated list to find the prize and here it is... i really only had time to read one story and i am in love with this one so of course i chose it!! lol keep up the great work!

Great interaction between William and Buffy in this chapter. Good update!

Man, just like William to be the one making all the accepting and bending.......I hope he dosen't give into buffy all the time.......as much as he loves her he shouldn't be the one having to always compromise..........

Pleasantly suprised that they didn't run screaming from each other the next morning. : ) Very realistic though. There are things that are going to have to be worked out...and they both are going to have to compromise. Right? You have set the right mood though..Everything feels very tentative..and it's almost like you can't trust that they are going to be together..

Sorry to hear about your computer..I hate when the PC craps out. Happened to me last year, and I thought I was going to go crazy! Luckily, I'm the one in my house who does the set up. I kept the husband and kids away for a whole three days before they caught on that everything was a go ; D

And soon, he should come out for a day or two so she can show him how she works. He's clueless to that kind of life, so she is going to have to do a lot of demonstrating. Call him on her lunch breaks for 5 minutes, just to show that she's trying.

Have I mentioned that I love this fic....cause I do!! Loved the chapter!

So cute.

I liked the scene with the boy groupies!

It is going to be hard, however I have a question:

How could William not have known 'who' Blue was? That it was Buffy?

That' kind of confused me, and why didn't he try to find her?

Anyway, wonderful chapter,
spuf