“You even have to ask? Of course it’s you. I have no doubt it would have been you even before I ever met you."

Lovely. Such emotion. Always the push pull with them. Glad they tied at the end. :) Thanks for sharing.

luved this story wished there was more

Author's Response: I was thinking about doing a sequel, but I'm pretty sure I've told all there is to tell. I've dealt with the Scoobie issues, had a Dawn/Spike reunion and brought Buffy and Spike together in a way that makes me happy. Plus, I couldn't really use the Mirror anymore and that was the plot (and kind of main character) of this story, so the sequel would have to be something else entirely. I will write other stories, but this one is actually over. Thank you for reviewing! :) Acajou

Very nice ending. I'd be interested to know where you had originally been heading. I know only too well how the characters tend to go off on their own and take you somewhere that you had never envisaged.

Author's Response: Well, I was originally going for a very, very sappy happy ending, where Buffy looks in the Mirror and finds Spike (without Dawn tagging along) and tells him she loves him (in one to three chapters, it was, after all, just a little idea). But that really didn't work out and there was so much more going on there that I needed to deal with. So I eventually gave up and just let the characters do what they wanted. I had really intended to have Buffy tell him she loved him, even in front of the Mirror (I had to bring them back there, because symmetry dictated it, as well as the desire to show that Spike actually sees her in it), but she just wasn't ready, even after I gave her two more chapters and a lot more room for character development than I had intended. But ultimately, I prefer it that way, because lets the story end on a hopeful note and something to look forward to in Spuffy's future and not with the perfect happy ending that's too sappy to be true and can't really be the beginning of anything. :) Thank you so much for reading and for your continuing reviews. I appreciate them very much! :D Acajou