WAAAAAAH.
Poor Buffy and Spike.
And, yeah, conflict and jealousy is good 'n all -- some masochist part of me keeps insisting that -- but WAAAAH.

*sigh*

Love the story so far. Glad to know it's not always rainbows & butterflies for our favorite couple (tho complete angst would suck too, truth be told).

Riley's the right thing to do and thing's will be better when Spike moves out, this girl has got to get her world priorities back in order. My goodness, why does she let common, emotionaless sense make all of her decisions... and that is going against the financial assistence that she really does need. But I will hang on tight and enjoy the ride because everything working out is always way more fulfilling when it all falls apart first. Great chapter. Loved the whole monotony of the date with Riley, too.

shit now i have to take back the voodoo doll i had made of you so you get rid of Riley *LAUGHS* this is good. i hope she comes to her senses quickly. oh can we have harmony fall off a cliff too. *laughs*

she just is sooo scared to love again....This is one of my absolutely fav. of her songs so if you need a song Sarah McLachlan's Fumbling towards Ecstasy talks fearing love; here are the lyrics...jic: Fumbling towards Ecstasy Sarah Mclachlan All the fear has left me now I'm not frightened anymore It's my heart that pounds beneath my flesh It's my mouth that pushes out this breath And if I shed a tear I won't cage it I won't fear love And if I feel a rage I won't deny it I won't fear love Companion to our demons They will dance, and we will play With chairs, candles, and cloth Making darkness in the day It will be easy to look in or out Upstream or down without a thought And if I shed a tear I won't cage it I won't fear love And if I feel a rage I won't deny it I won't fear love Peace in the struggle To find peace Comfort on the way To comfort And if I shed a tear I won't cage it I won't fear love And if I feel a rage I won't deny it I won't fear love I won't fear love I won't fear love...

ACK! I hate when people want to know where your future is going, and why you picked your major, and blah blah blah. RElaly liked the scene between Buffy and Spike after the date! Little cruel to each other, aren't they? Looking forward to more!

Great story cant wait to see what happens next

just wanted to say how much i enjoy ur writing. and poor buffy and spike =(

Oh my - this is going to be hard - for Buffy and for Spike... I wished he had had the courage yet to fall for Spike... Hope you'll update soon - bad place to leave for a reader :)

I'm loving this fic, love the pace you're setting, love the characterizations and how you're meshing canon into this AU. Can't wait for more!

I like this. Buffy is going to have to FACE things and not run and hide like she has done up to now.

Oh.... awful place to leave it. I'm sending you peaceful, "lots of free time to write" thoughts so that you can hurry up and update. I love this story so much. Why are they so mean to each other? And Riley, why is that man EVER an option... at least compared to Spike?