I have to say your an excellent writer. One thing though I found it going into the story the situations and the "believing what really happened" slowly coming out. LOL I think I have never ever been on the edge this bad. Like its all coming out very slowly where Buffy and Dawn truly were. I have to say when I started to read this it gave me that feeling of oh I hate this where he is with someone else but...not to the degree of when I read it with this other writer who did you tube vids for her story. Don't remember her name because well I freaked after starting to read it that Spike was having a child with another girl. So yeah when you started at the beginning I was oh god not another one...but then I went and did the same thing in my own that I am currently writing and have not posted yet. So I understood how you went about the beginning.
Now about this latest. I hope that it wasn't going straight away to the sex. I was hoping with my thinking it was more along making him hers and having the sexual tension and missing him that had her zero in on his sire's mark. Was I reading that they were still clothed? I mean yeah she was dry humping and all but still clothed. I really hope that Spike gets his head out of his ass because umm not liking him so much in this story. Although I have my own separate issues with Buffy but in this story I am jumping up and down saying ok tell him already you were in Florida with Dawn...God I'm so like pre-soul Spike...patience was never my thing lol....
I so hope that bright flash is Tara. That would be awesome! Only reason I said that was there was so much reference to her. Can't wait for the next chapter. I will catch it in between working on my own. Awesome job, love to read more. :)

I was hoping they wouldn't get it on until he knew the truth so then Buffy could rebuff him (only for a little while) but looks like you want a hot intense encounter instead of a loving one, hope that comes later after Spike's done being an ass. Was that the immortal or Giles popping in at the end there? can't wait for Andrew , Giles and the Immortal to get some of Buffy fist in their faces. This fic is really pissing me off , I feel so bad for Buffy, I think your intention was to have sympathy for Spike but it's not working.