This is really pretty and has a lot of thought and drama put into it. I cannot wait till they have to come face to face again. Knowing Buffy there will be a punched nose or a sign of temper. Cant wait to see more!!!!

Author's Response: Thanks so much. :) I appreciate your taking the time to review.

William is sinking in guilt and Elizabeth is in the depths of despair. I felt so bad for her at the table with Ann you could tell she was barely holding it together. And he didn't even leave her a note and knowing Buffy's issues this will send her on a downward spiral cause she does not take rejection well. And there is not much else she can do given the times then stare out the window and wait for his return I just hope he doesn't stay longer then a month away because Buffy will get stir crazy in that house and start thinking the worst about herself, well she already is but now mixed with the Slayer dreams she will think he's off on the farm being turned by Dru or worse.
This is such a great story I love it more as it goes on.


Author's Response: Thank you so much, Kalahara. I always look forward to your reviews because of the detail you add. I'm so glad you continue to enjoy the story. :)

Poor Elizabeth
Anne with her motherly advice and questions drove her to tears. But I'm sure some time apart will be good for them both to think and sort things out.

Author's Response: You are right about that, bloodykitten. Some space is probably a good thing. Although it would certainly have been better for Buffy if William had said goodbye first. Thanks for reading and reviewing! :)

:(
Poor things they are both freaked out and unhappy.

Author's Response: Yes. They love each other so much but are so different it makes a relationship all the more difficult. Thanks so much for reading and reviewing. :)

oh i just love this story too much! and thank you for updating so frequently. William is just so sweet, although a bit uptight. hope to see more soon!

Author's Response: Thank you guys for reading and reviewing it. :) I can't tell you how much it means to me that so many people are enjoying something I've written.

And delicious though that be, it could really create a problem. Perhaps a fortnight will be a good thing for them, though that whole running away without talking always created quite enough fun. They always come back from such things, I can only wonder how long it will take. A great chapter filled with yet another turning point. I await what happens next. Please, update soon.

Author's Response: I'm glad you continue to enjoy it. Thank you, as always, for reviewing. :)

this is a great story
very well written
please continue

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

Does William now that feel that Buffy might be what Archer and the others are insinuating that she is - a woman with "loose morals"? I love your writing soooooo much. Please update very soon.


Author's Response: As soon as possible, I promise. I'm glad you like it. :)

Loved this update but I wonder what he is hiding maybe it's something to do with the estate or his fear of maybe asking Elizabeth to marry him but he is hiding something and I'm dying to see now what it is he is hiding. Can't be a vampire thing she would have noticed so it's got to be something or someone. Humm.......

Author's Response: Very astute of you to realize he is keeping something from her. He isn't a vampire, but there is certainly a secret between them. Thanks so much for the review. :)

Yes!~
Ok now more more more more!

Author's Response: Soon. I promise. :)

Oh yes! A late lunch and a update! Juicy! Gosh he wants her so badly and how he struggles to hold back his own feelings and to try to do what is proper when everything inside of him is saying another and him really not knowing what to do and just for once allowing himself to feel. I think I get why he left I mean with nothing said between them after and neither of then knowing what to say he probably snuck away cause he didn't know how to face given they sort of broke all the codes. So much to like in this new chapter and you know with this there will be fallout and a little heartbreak with him going away.

Author's Response: For a passionate person like William, living in such rigid social constraints would be torture. Even harder to do would be turn his back on those same constraints; after all he's lived with them 30 years. You hit the nail on the head when you said he doesn't know how to face her now. Thanks so much for the lovely review. I'm glad you are still enjoying the story. :)

I think in many ways it was sweet he put off and feared leaving her like if he left and returned the whole thing would have been a dream. And he was opening himself up to her like no one else, maybe she did leap ahead in their relationship but in Buffy time it would have been different and trying to hold yourself back cause your in a different place had to be driving her crazy. Just please don't Vamp while your out of town and this whole other thing is going on. Ok now I'm reviewing like I'm talking to actual people lol such is the telling of the talents of the writer :D

Author's Response: Thank you so much for the nice review! :) Poor Buffy just wanted to show him she loved him. She thought if she persisted she could make him relax and enjoy himself. Unfortunately, 30 years of training can't be abolished in a single night...

I'm confused?
(even Matthew, who was usually so outspoken on all subjects whether they were his business or not. They were careful not to speak of Elizabeth Summers at all for he was so pathologically jealous of her even the barest hint of a relationship of any kind between her and another man would send him into a terrible temper. Even her on-again off-again friendship with Matthew was a carefully guarded secret between them, though she did not know it."

Matthew has a crush on Elizabeth?


Author's Response: You are confused. ;) Buffy and Matthew are friends, but because William is not secure in his retionship with Buffy, he is jealous of other men talking/interacting with her. So Matthew, not wanting to upset his boss, does not speak to Buffy within his hearing. Matthew doesn't have a crush on Buffy; he is married. Does that make sense? :P