urg, Buffy's dating Riley? no!!! well, at least she's listening to Spike's argument.

Excellent chapter. I really love the way you're writing Doyle in this story. Now for Spike's explanation...

Bad cliffhanger! I can't wait for more it's like heroin i just can't stop reading... such a good story!

Riley? *sigh* Buffy could do better. But if she did it to make Spike jealous (I doubt it) it did work. Looking forward what Spike will say :)

Five whole minutes? Whatever will he say? Can't wait for it. Great chapter by the way. Please update soon.

No you can't leave it like that! I have to know what they talked about before I go to bed or else I will be up all night wondering if they made up or not. Good enough gilt trip yet, LOL. But seriously, you have to update first thing in the morning so I can find out what happened. Great post! Kuddos kid!

Thank you for another great chapter. I just love the Buffy - Doyle friendship. I said it before but I had to say it again because their chemistry in this story as friends is wonderful. I can't wait for the next update. Hopefully Spike will finally open up some to Buffy.

excellent chapter and cant wait for them to talk things out

ok, I'm sorry, but I think she still needs to get the hell over it. It bugs the hell out of me that she wants to know everything about Spike's past with Dru this second, not cause she says it'll make him feel better but because she is that damn nosey. The thing with Harmony she blew out of proportion, and if she really wanted to know what the hell is going on then she should just confront him, but no, she avoids him and when he finally gets some time with her..its all "you've got five minutes". I guess what just bugs me the most is the way Buffy is being portrayed...she's winey and quite selfish and she is doing to Spike what she is claiming he is doing to her. It just bugs me is that Spike is the one going through all the turmoil about his love for Buffy and has been for years...but Buffy is made to get all the sympathy cause he didn't tell her who blew him the other night. Bugs the heck out of me.

Author's Response: H! The reason why Buffy wants to know about Spike's past with Dru is because she thinks its key to why he seems like something is troubling him a great deal. All she's wanted to do is be there for him and help him. She has no clue about how long he's had these feelings for her. From her perspective, all she sees is Spike being unhappy and her wanting to help. He shut her out for four years and she saw him coming back as a chance for them to get close and for her to be there for him and have this great relationship with him. Then he just continued to shut her out. When she started having feelings for him and saw him with harmony, she was hurt. And jealous. He'd gone on to her about how sex was this sacred thing and that she should wait and that he had done the same thing, then she finds out he went with the first girl that came along. Still, she has no clue how he really feels about her. I'm just trying to explain her perspective here. You can hate her or not hate her, that's not up to me at this point. Just trying to explain it a little better in case it didn't come across in the story. In Buffy's defense, it's difficult to understand a situation when you don't know the whole story and the person who does, keeps it from you.