That was a short chapter ;) Beautifully written :)

Author's Response: Compared to rest it was, but an epi usually is and hey, happy spuffy ending with a touch of smut, that's all the muse had left for it, giggles. Thanks for the review darling. Hugs.

That last paragraph. Writing doesn't get any better, any more beautiful than that. A reunion well worth waitng for.

Author's Response: Oh wow, thank you sweety, I really appreciate it. Smooches to you.

I've been a bad, bad girl. I was leaving for the weekend, so I printed all the chapters I hadn't had time to read yet, and read them while I was away. As a writer who loves reviews, I know the right thing to do would be to go back and leave a review for every chapter, but I didn't write notes about what I wanted to say so I'd have to reread the whole thing in order to make sense. I figured I'd just leave you a long one instead. So here it is. Wow, you really uped the angst level since the last review I left. But it's all good because the rollercoaster ride was fun. Wesley made me nervous. I was wondering if you would "go there" if you know what I mean. I'm too big a Spuffy freak to enjoy "Buffy/Other" or "Spike/Other" My poor heart gets really unhappy. But thank God you ended the thing with Wesley pretty quickly. And it was a funny nod to BtVS too :) The infamous kiss between Wesley and Cordelia lol. Loved it. Too bad Spike had to see Buffy kissing Wesley. Poor baby. I just adored Giles and Jenny. They were so sweet and well intentioned. I'm glad they didn't blame Buffy for their nephew's condition and instead, tried to help her. Too bad it blew up in her face in the end. God Spike can be stubborn! Drunk Spike is even worse. What he said to Buffy in the pub was really harsh. That poor girl. Can't blame her for giving up and going back to California. I was a little disappointed that you decided to buy into the non-canon trend of calling Buffy "Elizabeth" Sorry, just being honest. It didn't take away from the fic, but it did make me pause. Oh well, my issues. I loved how Oz played a part in getting Buffy and Spike back together after Angelus showed up. God that man is an ass. The things that comes out of his mouth... Talking about Angelus here, not Oz lol. Oh yeah, and the first date after they got back together. So amazingly sweet! When she said "Happy birthday, baby" I almost melted lol. So, I think that covers it. Very impressive fic. I don't usually read all human fics. I did once upon a time, but got sick of it. But this one is just fabulous my dear. I really hope it's not over yet because I need more. Update soon.

Author's Response: No worries at all hon - I adored this giant review from you. Yeah, I kinda don't care for spike or buffy/other myself. That doesn't mean I may not write it in the future in another fic, but for now, no - I hate seeing that. Glad you got thru the angst - I so hated writing that. I guess I'm not sure what you mean by the 'Elizabeth' thing since she's mostly refered to as Buffy... bad memory here when I'm trying to focus on future chapters I suppose. But it's all good - all spuffy in the end. And yes, enter Angelus and then Oz to (verbally) knock some sense into Spike - lol. I'm really glad you gave my little AU a try and are still enjoying it sweety. I love getting your reviews, its like a fresh pair of eyes. THank you so much. Hugs.

Loved it! Can't wait to read more!

Author's Response: Thank you sweety.

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*hugs* for the perfectionist

Author's Response: So what's your point? ROFL - just kidding, I had a great chuckle to see how much you loved it and of course blushed. THank you so much sweety. Huggles.

Yup, saw other review response. I wish this place had a notifier when authors respond to your reviews, like BSV and other places *sigh* And you want to read MY craptastic fics? *dies*

And fire away - my email is blood_faerie@night-bites.com

Author's Response: That would be interesting to have that sort of alert. I never thought about it before. Well I'm glad we had a chance to connect now via email - and we'll just have to keep the secret until I'm ready, *winks*. Thank you hon. Smoochies to you.

loved it lots and lots. this chapter was a nice break away from my crazy life. i thank you so much for sharing and hope that u post soon, cuz damn, if the next few chapters are as hot and sweet as this one was, you gotta post soon!!!! great job.

Author's Response: HAhahahha, I'll try to update soon. There's definetely more spuffy luvin in their future before calling it a day. Glad you liked the chappy sweety, thanks so much for the review. Smoochies.

Just checking in. RL still being a pain in the neck. However, I will always make an exception for your marvellous stories. I am so sad that TE had to end you will never know how much it has helped me in my private life. From the first chapter I was totally enthralled. I hope some day you can take up writing as a 'career' as I can't wait for the day I can buy and read books written by you. I look eagerly to your next fanfic.

Author's Response: Sorry to hear RL is being tough on you right now... but of course glad I could bring you some entertainment to hopefully cheer you up/take your mind off things for awhile. As for a career in writing - that would be simply lovely, a dream come true. I'll be focusing on epublishing first thoug, giggles, baby steps as it were. Thanks for the lovely review my friend - hugs you tight and don't let RL wear you down too much.

mmmmmmmmmm, make up sex! It's always so, so good. And with you writing it? Explosive ;)

Author's Response: Giggles - makeup sex is always great. Awww, thanks for the lovely compliment hon, *blushes*. Hugs you tight my friend, and still gnawing away slowly at your twinlets. I can only take so much hotness in one sitting, giggles.

Woot! New chapter!

Aww, it's all good from now......finally making a good foundation, these two.

Love the way you write romance, hon!



Author's Response: Yup - they finally made it. Romance, wheww, it's tougher than I thought - thus going through about 5 drafts until I was comfortable enough with it. Thanks for the review darling. Huggles.

What a nice surprise! I came here to finally read the chapters of IAN, but what do I find; a new chapter of TE, one of my favorite stories! I guess IAN has to wait, because this took all the time I have before I need to log of again :(

This was really sweet :) . Nice contrast between this and the earlier love-scenes (or should I say earlier sex-scenes...) The poetic style made this more romantic and less rough. What I especially love about your writing is that the emotions are always clear, whether they are good or bad, I always know and understand why people do the things they do. I mean that even when I'm cursing the stupidity of Buffy and Spike, I still know WHY they are being stupid *hee*. Did that make any sense to you? I'm really tired, so it's kind of a miracle that I can put two words together, let alone make sentenses out of them *lol* Umm, back to the review for a bit...
You have nice balance here! This could have easily slipped into cheesy and "harlequin-like", but you master the loving, sweet passion as well as you do the hot, desperate, semi-violent thing... *applause,applause*... and speaking of hot, wild spuffy-luvin; do we get some of that in the next chapter of TE? *hint, hint...nudge, nudge...*batting her eyelashes at the muse coyly*
Yup, I'm going to bed now before I continue flirting with your muse any further *LOL*
-Katriina-


Author's Response: You read whatever you like hon - I know your time is limited. It'll still be here whenever your ready. Indeed - this chapter was very different from their earlier shagathons. They needed it though - something sweet and yet profoundly deep. I'm so happy you liked it - squeeee! That's really nice to hear - that you do understand what's going on with my characters at any one given time. I don't like to go crytpic without good reason. Giggles - stupidity - there was plenty of that on both their parts throughout the fic. I totally get what you're saying hon. Ickkk - so not taking the cheesy route here - I found it rather difficult in the first few drafts to get a balance, so I'm glad to see you didn't think it went down that road. Hmmmm, more hot spuffy luvin you want in TE's future - *winks* - I always have a bit more of that planned. It's in their nature after all, lol. Thanks for the lovely review my friend. Hope to talk to you soon. Smooches.

This was a perfect coming together for these two. After their torturous, angsty journey, finally giving in to their love and longing was blissful relief. You built the tension beautifully, and the lovemaking was erotic and romantic. Their connection was palpable, and the chapter left me feeling these two have finally come home.

Thank you for taking such care with these characters. You breathe life into them with your attention to detail and characterizations. This chapter was a delightful, emotional read.

Author's Response: Oh good - I'm glad you really enjoyed their reunion. They needed a deep emotional connection to be made/re-amde and just having plain old sex didn't feel right to me at this point. It was a rough road to get here - ughhhh how I hated writing that angsty part. Awwww, such a wonderful compliment, about taking care of their characters, I do try my best. Thank you so much for the review that has my cheeks burning and face grinning like mad. Hugs and kisses my friend.