Thanks for another wonderful update! I can only imagine what kind of sex education Annie will end up receiving once her older sister Bess is there to assist Anya in answering her questions! More soon please.

Author's Response: Hi Melly! LOL! Well, hopefully, Buffy can explain to Bess that sex talk around the kids, or bringing strangers home to the mansion, isn't kosher ... ;-) Annie will be giving Sex-Ed classes to the other students in her school soon! Complete with visual aids! LOL! Thanks Melly! Will have more soon! -p4s 2011.11.27

Glad that Wanda gave them a moment. And I love Bess connecting with "J." Seems like pretty impressive first move, and though it may not be the "right" one, it sure shows how pretty well adjusted she is all things considered. A nice warm boy who snores. Haven't solved all the problems but each little step helps. Update soon.

Author's Response: Hi BuffyRat! I think that Bess is testing out her wings with her new freedom and trying to see just what works and what doesn't ... She's very much caught between a child and an adult - wanting approval and security of a family, but also wanting her freedom. B/S may not be prepared to deal with everything that will bring, but they're going to give it their best shot. We'll find out how it goes soon. Will try to keep the updates coming regularly. Thanks much!!! -p4s 2011.11.27

Any chance that paper currency was hidden within the pages of the books stored in the tunnels? That’s how money used to be hidden before banks could be trusted. Maybe a spell could move the tunnels en masse from England to the tunnels in Sunnydale - Willow, Tara, Anya, the watchers and other witches could lend a hand with that task. With slayers on hand to draw power for a spell from they could transfer tunnels from Sunnydale to the tunnels in England. Bess reminds me of the first slayer, no choice on what was done to her, violated, used and basically forgotten for a while. Her decision to have sex on her own terms was Bess flexing her boundaries of her new found freedom. For all of her insecurities, she really needs the love and acceptance of her family and Spike reassuring her that she will not be discarded is a good step in the right direction. Apparently, Wanda helped by turning the weather so that Spike could leave the pavilion, will she make an appearance any time soon? It would be fitting that she and Bess meet again to begin the healing with the Weckerly’s prodical daughter. The prophecy sounds ominous, your muse really likes riddles.

Author's Response: Hey Vette! Oh, now there's something I hadn't thought of - money hidden in the books. I've went a different direction with them and the other magical doo-dads that were safe to sell later on. Probably moving would've been easier with a spell, and with all that mystical power, it would've likely worked fine, but Giles is moving it the old fashioned way. Bess is definately testing the boundries of her new life and that will become more of an issue as time goes on. Is she a teenager or an adult? She wants to be both, as most teenagers do ... she wants the approval and the safety of family, but also wants her freedom ... we'll see how S/B handle it later. Wanda will try to let the mortals sort it out , I think partly because she wants Bess to fully accept B/S as her parents ... but I think we will see her eventually. My muse has been fiddling with those riddles/prophecies for a while ... I hope he knows what he's doing! :O As far as I know, they won't be an issue for some time (not in this story, for sure) and we'll keep getting more clues about them as time passes and Giles finds more out. Thanks so much for your ideas and thoughts! Love hearing from you! -p4s 2011.11.27 ps - haven't forgotten the prego-pizza ... will find a place to intersperse it, I hope!