No, I don't want to slap you! This chapter was a perfect blend of nerve-tingling suspense in Spike's part and the quiet before the storm for Buffy. I liked Josh's pretentiousness and Buffy's non-reaction. I guess Faith thought he was classy and not looking to score on the first date with poor Buffy, so they'd fit.

I have to admit, even after the great writing and the real emotion moving the earlier chapters, I was worried the cliche of misunderstanding--where Spike would walk in on Buffy smiling at another man during a cozy date--would take over and ruin the reunion. It's been used far too many times and wrung dry. I'd much rather see them meet with all the confusion and mixed up feelings of just the facts that they had loved each other as Buffy and William and now have changed so much being the main problems.

Wonderful look into Spike's head and the perfect teaser. I am definitely looking forward to the next chapter!

Author's Response: Awww, you're so kind! :) Spike is getting so close to figuring out who the Slayer really is and I hope you'll find his reaction believable. Buffy will get more clues that something's amiss too. Hee... the date was fun for me to write and Josh was a total douche, which was my intention all along. Faith meant well, but her definition of classy differs from that of Buffy's. ;) But at least she didn't fix Buffy up with someone dressed in leather! Thank you for the compliment of great writing... I'm doing my best! :) And see? You needn't have worried. The thought didn't even cross my mind because as you said the misunderstanding of that kind has been used one too many times and I don't really like it as a reader. Their meeting will go much in the way of mixed feelings... you'll see. ;) More soon and thank you for the wonderful review!!! :D

Ahhhh so close and still they do not know of each other how much longer do you plan on teasing us. Plus I know he's evil but did he have to kill the girl who was kind enough to give him a ride that just seems wrong. I know he's the big bad.

Author's Response: I am so sorry for making you frustrated and teasing you so mercilessly! Spike will find out very very soon who the Slayer really is. ;) It seems wrong because it is wrong. Spike has no reason to try to act as a human, and all the crimes he's committed will hit him that much harder when he realizes that through his actions, he put himself into a position of Buffy's enemy. Poor Spuffy. :( But you know I'll make it better. Thank you so much for the lovely review, it means a lot!!!! :))

Heh ... so Giles noticed his missing Scotch after all. *gg*
The date - Buffy can be lucky that she can't die of boredom. ;)
No slapping the author, I'd thought you'd like to tease us again. I was right. :)
Spike will be surprised if he recognizes her. But maybe he knows already even without knowing that this was Buffy. -> Something deep inside him roared unexpectedly to life--a primal impulse yanking onto his very core. Wanting. Needing.
Looking forward to more.

Author's Response: LOL That he did, Giles is a tough one to fool when it comes to scotch. But at least they tried! :D Hee... I enjoyed writing the blind date so much, Josh was a complete douche! So glad I won't get metaphorically slapped. lol You know me and my affinity to tease too well. He'll find out who she is soon... very soon! But yeah, something in him recognized her by instinct even if he doesn't realize it yet. :) More soon and thank you for the delicious review!!! :D