I kind of feel sorry for Willow. She tries her best and people chew her out.
Oh, wow, Elizabeth/William first time sex. I liked how you wrote it the first time, but being the perv I am (at least I'm not a pedo, hee) I kind of wanted more. Poor Spike.
Nice Dawn, take care of Spike.
The Angel might be funny. He didn't seem like a total dick.;



Author's Response: Yeah, I think Willow's heart is in the right place here. Then again, so is Xander's. He may be biased against Angel and Spike ... but that's because he's seen them both do terrible things. He and Willow are both just trying to look out for their friend in different ways. I'm glad you liked the chapter. Thank you! :)

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Well, those look more like hershey kisses than a muffin basket, but I think you get the idea!

You are building up some delicious tension right now. Love it.

Author's Response: Mmm ... muffins! The Muse thanks you. :-)

Call Angel? I do not fault the story, but what is that girl thinking. It is amazing to me how through all of their trying to help, they really don't seem to have any clue what they should be doing. Though I do forget that at this time, Spike was not hardly an ally, nor do they seem even willing to consider time travel. So much more drama to come, and I look forward to all of it.

Author's Response: Nope, you're right. They're pretty dimwitted at times. Thanks for the review. :-)

What days do you update?

Author's Response: Oh, goodness. That's an interesting question. lol. I guess the only way to answer is that I update when I finish the chapter. Sometimes (like now) it will be every couple of days. But I've also been known to leave it a week - or two - while I'm trying to suss out a particular scene. So, there's really no telling when an update might pop up. :-)

Oh I love this whole new Chapter 8 that you've written.

It's soooooooo goooood!!!!

I love reading how they've reacted to eachother in this chapter. When I first read this story I always kept wondering how William must feel or what his point of views would be since I'd noticed it didn't really show up. Very interesting to finally know what's going on from his side!!!!

It's so interesting seeing Buffy trying to resist his charms. You really notice more differences in this chapter between the man, William, and the future man he turns into, Spike. Woah!!! Big difference between the two...amazing how a century plus has changed him.

Awesome job on adding the little bit on Buffy inquiring
time travel. That really showed she was making an effort to try to get back home because I also noticed as you had that she never really made an effort to do anything about her sitation.

Also when she returns hom and says the tears were from the rain....awwwww poor thing. That part also shows how caring William is that he spent the night pacing. Good to know that how much he cares won't change in the century plus that he lives. While we're on that subject, I also love how you've put into Williams side his dreams of a family of his own and of course how much of a nurturer and protector he is. It's so good to know that at least that part of himself, the nurturer, proctector side doesn't change at all as he turns into Spike in the future.


Thank You so much for the new revisions....

This is one huge fic but once you start on it it is like a drug and you just cant put it down.
I didn't review every page cause that would have taken me forever but I just wanted to say this is a very great story and a real testament to Buffy and Spikes love.
Please add more it is a great fic.

Author's Response: Thank you so much for the kind review. I've finished chapter 43, and I'm just waiting for my beta to send it back. Won't be long now. :-D

great chpter!
apparently, William continues existing of the mind of Spike, everything indicates that the insecurities continue existing
seriously:HE NEEDS THERAPY!!!!!!!!!!!
nobody can live feeling so low, taking the blame of everything, feeling that is not valuable, that nobody can have a positive feeling towards him!
when he was William, was understandable, but after 120 years he must have done something about his self-confidence
it is a good thing that your musa follows so active! many congratulations! this makes all your readers really happy, in special to my


Author's Response: I think he could have used some serious therapy on the show, too. If he'd had a healthy sense of self-worth, he would never have allowed Buffy to treat him so badly in season six. I think that's one of the reasons I'm drawn to Spike ... no matter how good or evil he is, there is just this inherent vulnerability there. Thanks for reading and reviewing. :-)

I started on this last week and then saw there was some additions to a few cgapters so I went back and rereaded it. I love the new added parts of the story they were like finding cookie along with what was already a delicious read. Love your style and I fell in love with Spike and Buffy all over again reading this. Evey other page I either laugh or I cry or go awww.
I'm hooked on your work please more!!

Author's Response: I'm so happy to hear that you liked the revisions! I was hoping the readers would, but so far it doesn't seem like a lot of people went back to look at them. It's great to know that you did and that you liked them. Thank you. :-)

okay, i just read all of this in one day. and im inlove! please update... Im fat and pregnant.. and this is all i have!!! lol

Author's Response: lol. Glad I could help keep you entertained. :-) And congratulations on the pregnancy!

Woah!!!!!

This chapter is just so full of everything. Don't know quite where to begin....love how Spike realizes who she is from the bracelet and all the feelings and thoughts he's goin through, poor Spike.

Amazing, you even threw in that Dawn notices Buffy's the mark on Buffy while helping her.....

I really feel sad for Buffy and Spike. I feel sad that it seems Buffy's lost the man she loved and wanted to marry and sad that now Spike, realizing who she really was along, now thinks she wasn't really in love with him, she'd just played with him..awww.

I'm so eager to see how things will turn out for Buffy and Spike. Will Buffy be able to love him now as the man he has become, Spike.....or will things not work out because she'd fallen so in love with him as William. Spike had already chained her up before she left, claiming his love for her and demanding she return it....but now that everything has been revealed as to who she is, William's Elizabeth, will Spike still feel love for her at all or will he feel the need to take revenge on her for thinking she'd played with him as William?

Man!!!!!! This chapter is so so so so awesome!!!!

The last thing I expected ever was that they'd call Angel!!!!! You're full of surprises. Thank You, I can't wait to see what will happen next...especially now that you've thrown Angel in to the mix.
You really did an awesome job on this chapter.



Author's Response: Yay, I'm glad to know that I'm keeping you guessing and that you liked the chapter. Thanks so much for the review! :-D

How perfectly reasonable - well, for a vampire not in tune with reason, but still - to feel betrayed by the girl he has just seen, who had looked at him with eyes from over one hundred years ago, with the eyes of Elizabeth. He doesn't know yet that the interim period when he first came to Sunnydayle up to when she disappeared, that Buffy had not yet lived the life of Elizabeth and was completely unaware. All he knows now is that it wasn't just a 'resemblance' thing: it was real. The Buffy he has been fighting with, blood and fists and spiteful confrontation, has been his girl, William;s girl, all along. For him, she had just been a memory dragged back by familiar features; for her there had been no connection ....... until now.

Oh, what tangled tales you weave ...... and how interesting is their next encounter going to be?

Lovely.

Author's Response: You're so right, Sue. Inasmuch as she loved William, Buffy also lied to him. She justified it by telling herself that she didn't want to burden him with the information, but now, for Spike, it feels like the worst sort of betrayal. He's held her on a pedestal for over a century, and now he's afraid that all those memories he held dear were just a sham. You're right ... bumpy waters are ahead. Thanks for the review. :-D

Come on Spike remember things remember how when she first met you as William she seemed afraid of you and didn't talk to you unless she had to. Come on she's seen you look dead'er, she freaked out that time you were late and out after dark, she almost called you Spi- on accident one time, she called you Frodo, she could not drive a car much less a horse, you knew she was sad. She was not out to hurt you in his human self do the math here boy. Sorry he seems so down I had to give him a pep talk.
Ok now I can stop poking at a fictional character and say how much I love this story in the way you tell it you bring them all to life. I just love how you have designed Spike and his innocence in William it is a real joy to read something where the writer knows exactly how to play him and his inner voice you just channel him so well.

Author's Response: Thank you so much! I love William/Spike, so it pleases me to no end to hear that I'm doing the character justice. :-)