Love the interaction between Spike and Willow .
Not looking forward to Xander's arrival though (never been a Xander fan ) .

Author's Response: I think Xander showed some signs of maturing at the end of S7 (except the "toss Buffy out of her house to the things trying to kill her" moment). He even seemed to offer some comfort to Spike in LMPTM before the prokryte stone was going to go in. Thanks. k