Why did Riley have to show up?! Oh well... Poor Spike. Can't wait for the next chapter! Waiting eagerly for Spuffy goodness... :)

Author's Response: I am in desperate need of some Spuffy myself. Can't wait until I get those crazy kids together again! Riley has got to go...for good this time! Thanks for the review! :)

Poor Xander.. and I would probably be ticked with the situation and Xander's death..

And surely that is Spike ready to save the damsel in distress..

Enjoyed..

Author's Response: Glad you enjoyed it! That was an emotional chapter. Next chapter will most likely be action! Hope you like what I come up with! Thanks for reviewing! :)

So that's what happened , eww ,that story gave me the chills, no wonder Willow won't speak to him,can't say I would either. Why is Buffy so worried , that there will be a fight or Riley will think she's a slut or something , who cares what he think's .
can;t wait for next update, love this fic.

Author's Response: I think she's mostly concerned that there will be some sort of altercation given her knowledge of Riley's pleasant personality. That story was kinda ick for me to write (not that I'm not prone to writing ick stuff anyway, apparently), but I'd been pretty well determined that would be the back story since the beginning. I hope it makes it pretty believable that someone as nice as Willow would cut off communication with Spike. So glad you're diggin' this fic! Thanks for the review! :)

Oh, what a horrible thing for Spike to have gone through, and I can understand Willow's inability to forgive him. I like how Buffy isn't the perfect listener---her reactions are totally realistic and make her seem like such a...normal girl. Can't wait to see what happens with Riley!

Author's Response: At the same time I have them referring to each other as angel and devil, I've been trying to show how they both go against those labels. Buffy has had her own unique life experiences, but she's also just a normal faulted young woman. Like you say, she doesn't always choose her words wisely or fully think things through before she speaks and sometimes she just doesn't notice how she might come across. She's ultimately a 'good' person, but she's far from perfect. Glad you liked it! I imagine Riley's appearance will shake things up a bit. Large pissed off man equals not good. Thanks for the review! :)

Very intense but a great chapter.

Author's Response: Thanks! The events Spike was talking about happened two years prior, so I wanted him to appear still quite affected but without totally losing it. Hope I pulled it off! Thanks for the review! :)

I just read the last couple of chapters. Yeah, it got me a little upset that you wrote Spike the devil and Buffy the angel. But I understand why Spike might feel that way. I just get a little tired of Spike not being worthy of her in stories and Buffy can do no wrong in stories. But I do like this story.

Again, I just hope Spike changes for himself. Like the way my friend did and not because of Buffy. Like Spike on the show. A lot of people are all like he changed for Buffy and everything. Which he did but they act like it is Buffy who is the one who did all the work to change Spike. That the pureness and goodness (roll eyes) that is Buffy turned this evil monster into a good man. Which is far from the truth. Spike did the work. Spike was the one who turned against his nature. Spike did the good things and help out the scoobies. Spike took care of Dawn when Buffy was dead. Spike got his soul. Spike did all of this when nobody believed in him. But some people take that away from Spike when they act like it was Buffy who did the work to make Spike the better person. That is the way when someone is addicted to drugs. You can say to them that they need to get help. You can be there for them and everything. But they are the ones who have to stop themselves. They are the ones who have to want to stop. And to those people who have stopped like my friend. It was them who stopped and nobody else. Just the way it was them who started it and nobody else. And my best friend he is the greatest friend I ever had. He has always been there for me. He is a good person. He just had an addiction. And now he is in such a great place. He has a pretty decent job and everything. I am so proud of him that he is the ONE to get himself there.

Sorry, for my rant.

But I just got tired of reading that it was Buffy who is the one that did the work on making Spike a better person. She wasn't the one. Spike is the one who made himself a better person. Not Buffy.

I can't wait to read more.

Author's Response: I appreciate all of your comments! I'm really not exactly sure how I'm going to go about things, but I hope however it is, you do enjoy the story. Despite their personal views of themselves and one another (the whole devil/angel thing), I've tried to show them both as the imperfect people they are. Obviously, Spike has a lot on his plate right now and not a lot of places to turn. I'm hoping to explore more of Buffy's issues in future chapters. I think there is a lot going on in Spike's head and aside from the fact that Buffy is something new in his life and he's developing this attraction and affection for her, she really is only one item amongst many, many other items floating around in his mind. I absolutely agree with you that to kick an addiction, one needs to do it for themselves. Though, I believe that people and events can be catalysts for change. I've worked with a lot of clients in the past with addictions to a wide variety of different substances. It's tough stuff. Even at the facilities I've worked at in the past, it comes down to them wanting to quit. The people that clean up at the treatment centers but don't have any real drive behind it, well those have been the people that I've seen back at the centers over and over again in the past. It makes me ecstatic to hear about your friend. He sounds like a wonderful person, and he must be a pretty strong person as well. Anyway, I really hope however I write this story, you don't find it disappointing. Thank you very much for the review! :)