I’m so glad you’ve decided to keep Gertie around for a while longer! Buffy responded just like I expected her to and I love how wise Annie is for her young years. I am beginning to suffer from the early stages of Spike withdrawal – will need a fix before too much longer!! Thanks for another wonderful chapter, more soon please.

Author's Response: I'm so glad you liked Gertie and weren't disappointed about another Spike-less chapter. Annie is like a sponge, just wanting to learn everything she can, and religion isn't really anything that's been talked about at home, so this is all wondrous to her. Got you a Spike fix posted and will have an even better one next! Thanks so much for reading and stopping in Melly! Appreciate you!