What is going on with the site here it keeps not letting me read my favorite fic updates! Grr! bad Spuffy Realm bad!

Well anyway this was a tear jerker but I knew at some point it have to happen to get to the next part in the story but I loved how you wrote his reactions to losing her. Him rushing home and running up the stair to give her his ring and then the wave of dread over taking him and then the anger over the loss. Simply breathtaking this chapter I just wanted to jump in and give him a hug and tell him it would be ok. I am dying to see what happens next with him and Buffy.

Author's Response: I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for reviewing. :)

Hey UB. Haven't reviewed for awhile (I know - spank me NOW for being a dirty rotten lurker) but felt compelled to tell you...you've brought this piece along perfectly. After so much story and character development we get to the end of chapter 27 and it feels like our story's only about to begin. I mean SERIOUSLY - Buffy's gone home (right?) with a true and sincere love for William, Dru's arrived (to turn him yeah?) at his lowest and most vulnerable moment, and the possibilities for what their future (please say impending) reunion could bring are just mind-boggling! Love, hate, lust, joy, denial, feelings of betrayal. They're all very distinct possibilities. Whatever you choose I just can't wait for the ride and must thank you for a consistently engaging read.

Author's Response: Well, I suppose that by reviewing now, you have redeemed yourself for your lurkery ways. So I won't spank you. :P I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter, and I hope you continue to in the future. Thanks for reviewing!

clever, and sooo sad. looking forward to the next bit.
no wonder Spike adores Buffy so much

Author's Response: I'm glad you liked it. Thank you. :)

I can't wait for the next chapter. I think I'm one of the few people who wanted this story to continue in the future. But I guess that remains to be seen.

Author's Response: I hope you enjoy the next chapter, and thank you for reviewing. :)

oh boy.

Author's Response: lol. I hope that's a good "oh boy."

I absolutly love this story. I like the way you had William blame himself for her disapperance. I thought that he would have been livid with her and then would have ran into the arms of Drusilla. How long are we going to have to wait till Will/Spike will see Buffy? I hope you don't make us wait too long for another update.

Author's Response: Well, I hope it won't be too long for another update, either. We'll just have to hope that the Muse continues to obey. Thanks for reading and reviewing!

Oh My! Can't wait to see what happens now in the future! Please write more soon!

Author's Response: Soon, I promise. I'm working on the next chapter now and so far, it seems to be coming along nicely. Thanks for the review!

I've never read your work before but honestly you should be published or Joss should beg you to work for him because you just rock. I mean this blew me away and I mean blew me away Ive laughed and cried on reading this and feel like these are real people this site should name a award after you and this story it has it all.
I hope i catch your next page of this cause I want to see where Elizabeth ends up or if her time Spike reconizes her dressed as his lost Elizabeth I'm betting he freaks out.

This story is a 10 every reader here should and better read this.

Author's Response: What a kind and very flattering thing to say; you have honestly just made my day with your review. Thank you!

I dont know about anyone else but I burst nto tears with him holding her nightgown. I thought Matthew would get a beating I really felt bad for him too. I love this fic case it sucks me right in. Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee put more up as soon as you can cause Buffy is still outthere somewhere!!!!

Author's Response: It was really painful for me to write that scene with Matthew, since Matthew is the character of my creation and I like him so well. Still, one can't really blame William. He was in agony at the time and looking for something to lash out at, and Matthew just happened to be the most likely target. I'm glad you liked the story, and thank you so much for taking the time to review!

Call me terrible here but I want Spike on the other side of this time portal when Buffy comes thru and she's wearing Elizabeth's dress, in the last thing he saw her in and he does sees who she is. Cause that's gonna be a show!!!
Hot damn this story kicks all kinds of ass!

Author's Response: Thanks for saying that, Delta. I'm so flattered that you think so. :) Buffy and Spike will, of course, meet again. However, I'm not sure it will be as soon as most people hope. But I promise, this story will continue to be a romance in each chapter. True love, after all, is eternal.

Well I am crying and its a good cry too best story ever wriiten as far as I am concerned.

Author's Response: What a lovely thing to say, Ague. Thank you! :)

New chapter, yah! ohhh, poor William. I was afraid you would pull a "Gone with the Wind" and have William shoot the pony. then when Matthew went to check on it, I was afraid he would shoot it.

I don't get why the cook would think William was spoil. He seemed responsible and undemanding. Though I was interrested in he opinions of the servents about Buffy; I like the bit where the cook told Mtthew to press charages. since it gave a look of the working class.

And then Dru. Though I don't remember Dru says "dashing"; could be my faulty memory or you making the time line different. Great chap!

Author's Response: Dru did in fact call him dashing. I kept that one line exactly as it was in the episode, because I thought it was beautiful in an eerie sort of way. The cook was mainly angry because of William's abuse of Matthew. Yes, William treated the servants extremely well, but in Victorian London a lot of servants were mistreated by employers who saw them as little more than cattle (it was a very class based society). When she saw Matthew's face, I think she became disillusioned with her own boss. What she didn't take into account was the extreme circumstances in which it occured. Shooting the pony never really occured to me, although now that you mention it, that was one of the most tragic scenes in "Gone with the Wind." I just think William was more inclined to blame the people involved, rather than the animal. And Matthew works closely with the horses every day, so he is very attached to them. I'm glad you liked the chapter. Thank you for reviewing! :)

As much as I knew I should expect Drusilla to show up, it was still so heartbreaking to see William in the alley, wanting to die! Are you going to stay with William/Spike for now and let us see whether/how his unlife as a vampire has been altered because of his love for Elizabeth and blaming himself for her "death"? Or are you taking us immediately back to the present to see if/how Buffy's trip to the past has affected the timeline? How is Buffy doing???? Please update soon!!!!!!!

Author's Response: To answer your question, Part Two will be dealing with William and the aftermath of his turning. Buffy will reappear in Part Three. I hope this won't discourage you from reading, because despite the new focus on William/Spike, there will be no lack of romance. I don't think anything would affect or alter his love for her. Thanks for reading and reviewing!