This version of Buffy is just the best. So Buffy-like and delightful. It's just like her to buy an ice-cream for the ship's employee George. Always a rebel not concerned with what's 'supposed to be done'. Love it! :)

Author's Response: Glad you like her. She has plenty more impolite moments ahead :) As an American in the UK I always felt like I didn't know ANY of the rules for how to behave in public :)

“Apparently your mother could.” William bit out. “Twice.”

LOL!!! Go William! Oh, I love how you've corrupted him! Bravo!

That Pullman car bed looks like a head-injury waiting to happen! LOL! Two people are supposed to sleep in that bunk? Esp the upper? OMG! They best not move or kick or turn over in their sleep! Very enlightening! Of course, Buffy and William will have no problem - they only need one spot on the bed ... :)

Of all the wonderful words in this chapter, I must pick tarnation as the CREAM OF THE CROP! LOL! Loved BtK's voice you have. You've been living in the south or midwest longer than you let on, yeah? Uh-huh. .. just PRETENDING to not like tractor songs ... now we know the truth!

Second best line: Being dead was no excuse to ignore good hygiene. LOL! Very true!

And then, of course, you must leave us worried and fearful ....

“We have a train to catch, my William. We have to kill a slayer and fulfill our date with destiny,” she said, as incomprehensible as ever.

Hopefully, Dru & William will eat the Walrus brothers by mistake. They would stick in their gullets.

Great update!



Author's Response: P4Spike - well I grew up in Wyoming so that cowboy mindset is pretty accessible. When talking to my sister on the phone, I hear lots of "gol-dangs" etc :) She isn't a vampire nor a gunslinger (THAT I KNOW OF!) So glad you're enjoying Billy. I loved the idea of him picking his teeth with a knife and feeling kind of classy for doing so :) To ease your fears, maybe that train isn't headed where you think it is. I don't believe Buffy is the slayer any longer...

Really enjoyable story. Not sure if I reviewed this before -or the equally sweet and riveting Yours William- but wanted to say I always enjoy instalments of this verse.

Author's Response: Thank you very much secret :)

...honestly? I read Miss Cleo's part in the accent of Sebastian, the crab from The Little Mermaid...
*sigh* i'm too in love with this story to stop reading even though i'm so tired, and must have sleep...
Oh, William... :]

Author's Response: Thank you! I'm so sorry to be so late getting to this. Clearly the name Puddinhead was given for non-food related reasons!

Get out ....Tumbleweeds are Old World? What the fuck? :)

Author's Response: Tell me about it! Also tomatoes are new world! Poor Italy!

Love the history. And Billy the Kid glad to die with his boots on. Shame our pair got no nookie in the am. Wonder if they will find new and interesting ways to offend the walrus brothers. :) Pretty marvelous. Update soon!

Author's Response: It was originally written with morning sex but I took it out. Just ... too much sex all at once! I know! Who'd a thunk that could happen?

love the story but i am the only one to feel like his cheating on his wife?i don't know if it's my french point of view but she's ten years old younger albeit not at all the same please tell me she's gonna recover her memory i miss Elizabeth!!!(have little enough of ungrateful and undecisive buffy)but i admit I LOVE YOUR STORIES please give us more!!!

Author's Response: Eve, I'm really glad you said something about that and I'm glad that you feel protective about "Elizabeth". I do think that (to William) she is the same woman, just younger. The issue of her recovering her memories is a sticky one and I can't give away any spoilers.! Thanks so much for the feedback

Yeah! I'm so glad Buffy finally tells William she loves him.

So does this mean that in this world you've invented Dru gets her William, but it's not William Pratt but Billy the Kid? That's an interesting prospect.

I'm looking forward to the train trip!

Author's Response: You ask great questions Leanne. I think that Dru + Billy the Kid would be more formidable enemies than Dru alone. Hopefully I have a few surprises up my sleeve yet

Great update! I really loved this line: "The shy man she thought she knew had devolved into a sheet-stealing card cheat in the last twenty-four hours." Also loved "Before William unpacked their picnic, he untucked two cloth napkins from his pocket, pilfered from the breakfast buffet no doubt; her formerly innocent husband’s proclivities towards criminal activities caught her off guard once again".

Both of these lines really reminded me of Spike. Of course, I'm sure that William has every intention of returning these items.... unlike his vampire counterpart.

I really, really LOVE your development of William. Starting with the forward-ness he acquired during 'Yours William', to the remarkable transformation he's made in his fic, you've made a great William character. Often, in time-travel fics when William becomes more 'bold' or gets used to Buffy being around, William becomes Spike. You, on the other hand, I believe have created a wonderful representation of what, or who rather, William would have become with the positive influence of Buffy in his life. Spike has his demon, has a history of violence with Angelus, has a million other things that make him Spike. William can't just become Spike once he has confidence. Instead, I think he would very much become the man you've created. Bold, yes. But also funny and kind and with a depth of emotion that you've shown him to have. Yes, we've seen these characteristics in Spike during his quieter moments, but you have successfully pulled out those intangible qualities and made a truly unique character for William that I've not seen in other fics. You've found a middle ground of who he could be without the influence of the demon and he is wonderful.

Thanks so much. AND I can't wait for the next installment! ;-)

Author's Response: Inara, thank you for your thoughtful words. They mean more to me than you would guess, for real. I am so happy that you like the way William has developed, but he's always been the only William I see. I read so many authors who are so much more talented than myself and who see other facets! I have to recommend them to you: Unbridled Brunette and Amy Xaphnia. They both wrote William stories that just blew me away. Hopefully next installment soon. Things are about to change for our couple - long train trip,Dru unleashed and ... (spoiler alert). I hope to update soon tho :) Thank you again for your thoughts and your support.

Had to go back in and also tell you how funny the whole role of Penelope FIngerbottom was. The jealousy was great, but I also love how very true to Buffy she stays and how much fun it is when she comes in such direct contrast to the day and times in which she is trying to live. She will always be the outsider, like she said before, but it is a great and very well displayed dynamic. Update soon!

Author's Response: I almost nuked that bit. Thought it might be over the top. Glad you liked it!

LOL'd at the Mrs. Fingerbottom bit! Very funny and loved William telling her she had a horrible English accent! Of course, the first dream scene with Spike was hot, if cut too short ... :( It was very sweet of William to have the necklace made for her, I'm glad she appreciated it and the light bulb of love finally blinked on. Now we can hope she lets the words come out of her mouth! I do have to wonder, however, with that dream of Spike, if she's getting her memory back; if Warren's spell is wearing off? You'd think she'd be a little freaked by such a dream of Spike given what she remembers of him - but I guess she dismissed it as a horny-drunken side-effect (?). Thanks for the quick update!

Author's Response: Thanks for the help btw, againl I think the next update will be a while. I do think she considered the dream as possibly a memory but since the idea of it being just a dream like every other dream made her feel better, she's going to go with that one! Queen of Denial!

Obviously, Spike got more skilled at cheating at cards over the century of unlife! heehee! Very sweet ending of course, I do hope Buffy will let the walls down and give herself a chance ... as well as William.

Author's Response: I don't think this can go on for much longer! Plus, their (train) carriage awaits!

Man, this chapter brought it. I was teary near the end. You hit the perfect melancholy, funny tone.

Author's Response: Well, I got no words, seriously. Love you Minxy