I can see some of why Buffy would think like she has....but I think she is a bitch to do what she is doing......for what she has done was tear something special apart.....and to be honest.......I'm not sure I want it fixed......I think he needs someone that wants to be with him experience everything with him....for with out her being in his life he wouldn't be who he was today that she came to love.......if what she is seeing she thinks is due to gratitude then she doesn't love him, not really........but now she's putting a black mark on his heart and soul that wil always be there......it will take years for their trust to come a tad close to what it once was.....for that is what she really through back at him....all those years of caring and trusting one another......he'd experience Dru and still came back to her......that should have been enough. I'm stopping now....

Author's Response: The one line you said there about him being who he was because of her, he didn't necessarily like who he was then. That was the whole reason for his change in the first place.. and yet, it was for her. Buffy wants his change to be for him and for him to find his own place in the world without her mucking it up.

Wise Willow - silly Buffy.
I didn't like the chapter - because of how Buffy acted. Sorry - but that is how I feel about the chapter.

I have this litle chant going, "i have faith in Brat, I have faith in Brat" ..... cause you gonna fix this, right? OK back to chanting

Author's Response: lol yes I will fix this. Keep chanting! :)

I hope this isn't taken in a negative way, but this relationship (and story) is becoming like a car wreck; you don't want to look at because it's tragic, but you can't help but drive by to see what's going on. As much as I've enjoyed this story, these last two chapters have been depressing, this one especially...and she hasn't even moved out yet! I'll continue reading 'cause I don't believe in giving up on a story just because something happened that I don't like. It's the author's vision and I'll follow as long at the writing remains the excellent quality that it is, but don't expect a lot of happy reviews whilst Buffy's selfishness ensues. Just not in me.

Author's Response: Thank you forstaying with it and it's okay to tell me how you feel about it --well, as long as its not nasty lol--it helps me to write the story believe it or not.

poor spuffy! Its hard to accept ppl when u find out they have facets u never knew about...mebbe they do need to be apart for awile!

Damn that was heavy...I was definitely feeling the angst in this chapter. Spike is tore up. It makes me want to hate Buffy because I love my Spike but he'll see its for the best. In a way I'm thinking he is going to go down the wrong path due to Buffy's rejection. Another excellent chapter...more please

Author's Response: I think of Buffy as some kind of pioneer right now. She's got these radical ideas that not everyone quite gets, but she sees the big picture in the grand scheme of it all. And, she knows she's crazy for hurting him despite the good she feels she's doing.

god fucking damnit i cant believe buffy is being such a bitch, i understand were shes coming from but i think shes doing it more for her then him. shes afraid he will leave her obe day so shes pushing him away thats so stupid. i feel so bad for william i no his feeling are real and its so sad wat she did for him. i love this story and am so happy that u keep updating that kicks ass. i really hope that they work it out and get together aventually. please update as soon as u can, i cant wait to read wat happens next. thanx

Author's Response: She really does love William, and I think the more she thinks about what she's done, the more she a)hates it , but also b) knows it for the best and that c) it extends beyond just protecting her heart.

ugh, i don't like this anymore, i don't understand it. her reasons are stupid and it doesn't make any sense, but maybe that's just me.

Author's Response: I hope you stay with it even if you don't like it though. I understand though if you don't. Not that you need my understanding lol.

Ditto what 'ace' said. There is no way for this to end well. Buffy has to stop it now. Can you imagine how horrible it would be for William to date someone just to make Buffy happy or even worse lose his virginity to someone he doesn't love just so Buffy will take him back? If he does that, he will probably end up hating Buffy more than he does now and rightfully so.

Author's Response: Trust me :)

more please...but less with the crying i really need a happy ending

I believe there is a song that is entitled 'Smack My Bitch Up' by the Wu Tang Gang? I could be wrong. Sigh...okay, Buffy is really on a path to self-destruction now. I have to admit something, when I broke up with my fiance, back when I was about 18, it was for my own selfish motives. Is Buffy making this same mistake? My fiance and I got back together, within like, uhm, a week? But...it was painful and stupid to do in the first place. Sigh, I hope William/Spike does not end up sleeping with a woman (especially Drusilla or Harmony big yuck there) just to hurt Buffy. It's stupid, immature and doesn't do a thing for the future relationship, I assure you. Anyway, long review, sorry. I do believe, totally, the reactions that these two are revealing to each other. I just wish they would listen to each other. spuf

Give me a break. Buffy is obviously forgetting that when he "changed" with Dru he also was still with Buffy. He had the ability to decide he wanted to change and than did so even without Buffy's permission. William is not the idiot that Buffy thinks he is. He can function without her - he just wants to be with her. At this point, if Buffy does move out, I can't see them ever getting together. Buffy won't approach Spike because she has put him in "time out" and Spike won't approach Buffy because he will never know when Buffy has decided that he has had enough time apart from her. She is being a horrible controlling bitch and trying to pretend it's for his own good. Buffy needs to grow up fast.

Author's Response: When William 'changed', he and Buffy had been on the outs which was why she felt he was doing all the changing without her. She knows he can function without her, that's why she's letting him go the way she has so that HE can see that he can. All he did was for her and b/c of her. She wants him to do it for him, not for her. In some bizarre way, she's actually trying not to be selfish.