Hi, I'm really, really liking this story, but just want to point out a bit of a grammar thing, I hope you don't mind.

When it comes to your use of quotes, don't forget the punctuation at the end. When the quote is part of a larger sentence, it needs to have a comma inside it.

For example, you have: "Genius actually” Buffy answered and turned so that she could see him while they danced.

This should be: "Genius actually," Buffy answered etc etc

And when you have a quote that's all on its own, it still needs a full stop.
For example, you have lots of single lines like: “I thought about you too”

These need a full stop inside the quotation ("I thought about you too.")

Similarly, when a quote is at the end of a sentence, there still needs to be a full stop, but this time outside of the quotation mark.

For example, you have lots of lines like: He ran his tongue over his canine, “I know”

These should read: He ran his tongue over his canine, "I know".

I know this seems really anal and nit-picky of me, but I'm a sucker for punctuation and hate to see a great story get muddled with simple mistakes... please don't take offense!

Looking forward to reading more!

Author's Response: Firstly - I take no offense whatsoever. One of the main reasons I lack punctuation - which I do on purpose and forget to rectify - most of the time at least I am in no way near perfect grammatically - is because it capitalizes the word immediately afterwords and that's my pet peeve lol. I will do my best to remember to go through the chappy before I post but I have quite a few stories going so I may forget. Thanks for taking the time to read and to care enough to point this out, Again, no offense has been taken, I appreciate it :)

Author's Response: LOL I am so retarded, no wonder I always get capitals, I'm hitting the period key instead of the comma, thanks so much for your help, really! I can't guarantee total satisfaction for you but I will make an effort.

Heh :) I like Anya, she spoke only the truth (about Xander's comment).
I like the twists and turns that happened in this chapter. And the lesson Buffy learned about herself (and her friends including her new friend).

Any riley beating or bashing i'm always in for. spike was just protecting his girl , of course he doesn't realixe she's his yet but he'll get there . I'm curious to why he considers her poison though , what happened to him to make him so cynical.