Wasn't able to read this story (too many chapters) but I thought I should at last start now :)
So Spike is an artist? Not a good first meeting with Buffy, finding her so brassed off. ;)
I'll bet she didn't expect to find him in her mum's gallery either.

Author's Response: Okay, I'm finally trying to catch up on my review-responses for this story, so here goes... Yeah, that was definitely a surprise. And he really caught her at the worst of times ;)