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Could Be You by Abby "It had to be you...." Sweet! Jane 04/21/2014 03:38 pm Chapter Sixteen Great to see a conclusion to this fic, brilliant. Thank you! It's good to be finished. Thanks for giving us closure... and Buffy a better alternative to canon. Blue You're so very welcome! Thank you for reading. so glad you came back to this. Me too, believe me! Thanks :) Amaya 04/17/2014 11:38 pm Chapter Fifteen Please update as soon as you can. I will. Probably tomorrow night :) Are you going to finish this? A very belated answer, but yes. Yes I actually am going to finish. More soon yes? Laura 04/15/2012 01:47 pm Chapter Fourteen Brilliant! I love the story you are telling here!!! The way you started out with all the steaminess in the first few chapters really drew your my interest in to the story at first but then you brought the plot into it and it got even better. I have done a wonderful job at balancing what we know what happened in the TV show during the episodes this takes place and changing things up to keep our interest. I can not wait to read more!!!!! Thank you for your review. I admit the final pieces are slow in coming but coming they are. I'm glad you've enjoyed it so far and I hope you enjoy the rest, whenever that may be. What a wonderful show of support! This is the way the scene should have played out. Jane 07/15/2011 09:14 pm Chapter Fourteen Absolutely perfect, Fantastic writing. So much better than canon.Loving it. I'm glad you're enjoying it! Thanks so much. This story keeps getting better. At first I was thinking... it was mostly about sex, but now, it's about emotion and living and the complications that those bring. I do hope you'll keep updating regularly because I'm very attached. blue It started off with mostly sex, that's true, but it was always going to end up being deeper than that (pun intended). I will update, though "regular" basically means whenever I find time to write that also coincides with having inspiration. That said, I'm glad you've grown attached to it. Thanks so much for taking the time to review. Emma 07/15/2011 09:40 am Chapter Fourteen Great Update, I have been hoping that you would continue this story ^__^ Oh yes, I have every intention of completing this. Thanks for hanging in there! REgrrl 06/14/2011 11:35 am Chapter Thirteen Thanks for sharing the next installment. You've really entered the scene with it's mixed emotions and fear of the surgery. The voice of all characters down pat. This is set in one of the more difficult time periods that Buffy must face in the series. You do a great job of intermixing the concern with the brief respite available to her. Nice chapter. Thanks for reading, and for your review! Yes, this is definitely a challenging time for Buffy, and I'm glad you could feel the emotions of it. Thank you, and I hope you enjoy the rest of the story.
Getting an update on this story makes my day! Glad I could help! Thanks so much for reading and reviewing. Emma S 05/31/2011 08:22 pm Chapter Thirteen I love this story and i follow it hopefully. Please don´t take too long to update, can´t wait to see Buffy grovel ;) Thank you, I'm glad you're enjoying it. I can honestly say I update as soon as I can -- I just can't always do it as quickly as people might like. jane 05/31/2011 06:24 pm Chapter Thirteen Really great update. Enjoyed it lots and lots. Nice to see the Scoobies coming through for Buffy and her mum. She just needs to make things right with Spike now. I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for reading. I hope not to keep you waiting too much longer for more. This chapter is sooooo much better than canon on the whole Riley confrontation. Thanks! Whoa! She did it after all. Very impressed but worried about Spike getting hurt in the blow back. Of course she did! Thanks for reading :) Emma 01/27/2011 07:40 pm Chapter Twelve Please keep writing, we are begging för the next chapter! I haven't stopped writing, believe me! I'm glad you are looking forward to it, and the next chapter will be done when I have the chance to sit down and write it. Thank you :) This was so worth the wait! I love this story! It's so real and strong, and powerful. I'm glad to hear that! Thank you very much for your lovely words. Emma 01/13/2011 09:41 pm Chapter Twelve I think im in love with you, dear author. Please post next chapter soon and make sure she apologizes to spike a lot ;) love it!! Well, I'm glad you like the story! Buffy's as much a victim here as Spike is, with Riley having the questionable behaviour, not Buffy who was just trying to protect her mother. Thank you for reading! Powerful stuff. Not sugar-coating Buffy's confusion and desire to have her normal boyfriend; and her admission to herself that Riley was what he'd always been, and that she had never loved him. I hope Spike doesn't do himself too much damage before she can get to him. Thank you so much :) I'm glad you liked the chapter, especially the parts of Buffy's realization/admissions. Jeleyne 01/13/2011 06:55 am Chapter Twelve Glad to see more of this story. “You love the idea of me” - that's their problem in a nutshell. Buffy loves the idea of "normal" as personified (she thinks) by Riley, and Riley loves some fantasy Buffy that he's dreamed up, and neither one exists. The sooner there is some distance between them, the better, but I don't see Riley meekly giving up and leaving. And that can't bode well for Spike. Could one of Riley's vamp-ho friends decide she's extra hungry and drain him dry? Please? You'll just have to wait and see! Thank you so much for reading and for your comments! Tahkaullus01 01/13/2011 01:00 am Chapter Twelve Its good, liking it. Now, more importantly, where have you been?! I've been enjoying this one so far...I was afraid you'd dumped it. I'm glad you are enjoying this story. Thank you for taking a moment to review. As for where I have been, this is my answer: I work full time, twelve hour shifts that include both days and nights and are hell on creativity, especially as my workplace has recently undergone some significant chances that make it an increasingly stressful place of employment. I also have a family, and don't get many chance to write on my days off. With the holidays there was even less time than usual. I promise you that I will not "dump" this story. It will be completed, but please understand that I usually am unable to update quickly. Thanks in advance for your patience, and I hope you'll stick around for the rest of the story. Buffy set him up and knocked him right back down. Poor Spike... Buffy did no such thing, actually. To "set him up" she would have had to have been dishonest with him, which she wasn't. Riley was the villain here, the one who came in and forced Buffy into a corner. Should Spike be upset? Absolutely! But what choice did Buffy have here? Poor Spike and poor Buffy. Very much looking forward to more! :-) thx 01/12/2011 01:20 am Chapter Eleven Ask, and ye shall receive... eventually. Thanks! no_promises 11/14/2010 05:52 am Chapter Eleven . . . and here comes the angst - oh I so hope that Buffy can grow a set and put Riley in his place. After all Spike has done for her it makes me sad that he feels pushed aside. Just enough time between updates that I have a legitimate excuse to reread the entire thing before I read the new chapter. Wonderful story, just keeps getting better and better. Don't for a minute think that this was something Buffy wanted -- the events of the night have spun out of control and she's just holding on at this point, trying to protect the one who needs it most -- her mother. I'm glad you are enjoying the story, and I hope you like the update. Thank you! ElyseNotElsie 11/13/2010 02:29 am Chapter Eleven Yay! Totally in-no-way-contrived angst! This chap worked so well. Thank you! By your enthusiastic response, I'd say that you got the point of the chapter perfectly. Glad you liked! Jags 11/11/2010 08:35 pm Chapter Eleven As always great job. Hope you update again soon!! Thank you! I'll update as soon as I can! kim 11/11/2010 01:14 am Chapter Eleven Aww, it was so nice before they got back to the house.........Buffy's gotta figure out this problem soon, or it's going to end really, really bad. Thanks for reading, and don't worry. Buffy won't let you down.
Really loved this chapter. You do a fabulous job getting into their heads and showing how they really "get" each other. Thank you -- I do like knowing what works, so the feedback about getting into their heads is very nice to hear. Also, I like to hear what specific things people like, like the jacket thing there. Thanks for reading, glad you enjoyed the chapter. Jags 10/08/2010 09:08 pm Chapter Ten As always you're doing great! Keep it up! Thank you! 10/08/2010 06:24 am Chapter Ten Great update. More please. You got it. Amaya 09/24/2010 05:10 pm Chapter Ten Please try to update sooner. I like this story very much and I want to read more. Glad you're liking it. Thank you :) Jags 09/08/2010 06:16 am Chapter Nine It's going great! I hope you update soon and let me know like before. Thanks, I'm glad you were able to read the updated version! I don't send out update emails -- I sent you an email before because Nocturnal Light sends reviews via email and it was an easy reply to let you know that there were more chapters available (that, and I always answer reviews). But keep checking because I try to update every month or so (yes, I am a slow writer, why do you ask?), or if you have livejournal you can follow it there at abelina.livejournal.com through the tag "fic: could be you". ghostie 08/22/2010 01:01 pm Chapter Nine Just found this, and I'm so hooked!! I really like this, wish it could have gone that way on the show.. but eh, that's what fanfics are for ;) Thanks ghostie 08/22/2010 01:00 pm Chapter Nine Just found this, and I'm so hooked!! I really like this, wish it could have gone that way on the show.. but eh, that's what fanfics are for ;) I'm glad you found it and are enjoying it! Thank goodness we have fanfic, huh? Thanks for reading! ElyseNotElsie 08/01/2010 03:04 am Chapter Nine God, I love this story! Thanks for the update :-) Glad you're liking it! Thanks! Hmm. A drug used to reduce swelling in the brain. That drug was not part of my post tumor removal repertoire. It would have been nice to have. Brain swelling was no fun. Totally enjoying this tale and the interaction of Dawn and Buffy is just priceless. Yeah, we use a lot where I work. It's a steroid stronger than ones like prednisone or hydrocortisone, and has a number of uses besides reducing cerebral edema -- which I can't imagine would be any fun whatsoever. Hope everything's okay now. Glad you're liking the story, and the Summers sisters interaction. Thanks! BloodyHell 07/31/2010 05:54 pm Chapter Nine Love your story! I get the same flutters in the belly like Buffy :D Hope you'll update asap! Thanks, hon! Yay for belly flutters! bellarase 07/12/2010 08:57 am Chapter Eight oooh! Soo enjoying this fic! Please update soon :) I'll update as soon as I can! Glad you're enjoying this, and thank you :) Spike is a total addiction! And I bet Dawn heard... Oh yes, Buffy's totally president of Spikeaholics Anonymous! And Dawn, well, anyone who has younger siblings know that they have a tendency to hear things they aren't supposed to, but we'll see about that. Thanks for reading! ElyseNotElsie 07/04/2010 06:43 pm Chapter Eight So grateful for every update on this story, no matter how long it is in between chapters. So far it feels like it's meshing almost seamlessly with the canon- which I always love in a fic when I can find it. Thank you for the awesome! I'm very glad to hear that. It does take a while sometimes but it helps a lot knowing somebody is waiting for it. I'm glad you're enjoying it, and that it works canon-wise, which I too like to see in a fic. Thank you for the awesome review! 07/03/2010 01:01 am Chapter Eight Love this story. It makes my knees weak. Thank you! What a lovely compliment! Amaya 06/30/2010 11:07 am Chapter Eight Please update as soon as you can, because I like this story and I would like to read more. It may not be right away, but I certainly will update as soon as I can. Thank you! I'm glad you like this story. kim 06/30/2010 08:55 am Chapter Eight First, yay! You updated! Another beautiful chapter. Even knowing what she wants, this isn't easy for Buffy, but thank you for giving us those continued rays of hope with her "can't turn back now" thoughts. Will be messy for a little while, but in the long run, worth it. Of course, he's right about what Dawn will figure out.... I'm glad you like the direction I'm taking with this and thanks for your enthusiasm about the update -- I can't always update often but it's helpful knowing people are out there waiting to read them. Thank you! Tipsytoes 04/25/2010 10:26 am Chapter Seven Bugger. Just realised I've now read everything and I have to wait on updates. sigh. A joy to read, though, so obviously the updates will be worth the waits. Thanks! Alas, yes, you have reached the end (for now). I hope the waiting won't be too unbearable, ;) Thanks again! Tipsytoes 04/25/2010 10:24 am Chapter Seven :-) :) sue 04/14/2010 07:18 pm Chapter Seven Another excellent chapter. I love this Buffy. I'm rather fond of my Buffy, too! Thank you, glad you're enjoying this. calminthechaos 04/14/2010 06:11 am Chapter Seven Wow!!! What a great story, I can't wait for an update!!! So glad you are enjoying it so far! Hope to update soon! That was so completely sweet and emotional. Pure perfection. :) Thank you so much! BloodyHell 04/12/2010 08:36 pm Chapter Seven Yay! New chapter! Awesome as always, my dear friend! ;) Hope we get another fine chapter soon cause I'm not very patient either :D It's really emotional and sweet, but not cheesy. I like that in a Spuffy story! Thanks bunches! Glad you liked it and I'll see what I can do about updating soon! Tipsytoes 04/25/2010 10:18 am Chapter Six :-) :) BloodyHell 03/18/2010 08:57 pm Chapter Six Yay, an update! I love this story, although I'm not a fan of sex chapters. But you can capture with your writing...somehow... ;) Please update asap! That's an interesting thing to say, as there is some sort of sexual activity in every chapter of this story! Thanks doubly, then, for reading and enjoying it! I love the quiet companiable moments like this. Thank you! Sometimes they speak louder than action, don't they? I'm glad you liked it. Thank you. I knew the rest of the world would intrude sooner or later, sigh... Thank you for not letting it be Riley just yet, but I think they will overcome even that. It had to be done, I'm afraid. Joyce's tumor isn't going to go away on its own. But I couldn't do that to them, have it be Riley. It's not quite time for him yet. Thanks for reading. Tipsytoes 04/25/2010 10:13 am Chapter Five :-) :) Angie 02/02/2010 07:02 am Chapter Five What a well written story! Great work! Thank you! Yay! You updated! Tres hot, as I believe I've said before. A great helping of smut, which is just what my day needed! Hope you update soon! I know! I can hardly believe it myself, but there it is, chapter five :D :D Glad you liked! Tipsytoes 04/25/2010 10:06 am Chapter Four :-) :) calminthechaos 04/14/2010 05:23 am Chapter Four Gah! Great chapter, especially the end there! Loved the bit: "He wasn't drowning, he was burning". You write so gracefully and seamlessly! :) calminthechaos 04/14/2010 05:22 am Chapter Four Gah! Great chapter, especially the end there! Loved the bit: "He wasn't drowning, he was burning". You write so gracefully and seamlessly! Thank *you*! Glad you liked the little look into Spike's head :) marstersrules 02/01/2010 09:53 pm Chapter Four thats the way that episode should have ended!!!!!!!!!!!great job!!!!!!!! I agree! Thank you! ElyseNotElsie 01/28/2010 05:04 am Chapter Four Argh, I want more of this story. It's so good and so not finished yet! Please can we have more soon? There's more coming, honest! Had some real life issues going on but this story will be finished, I promise. So glad you are enjoying it so far. Thank you so much! BloodyHell 10/01/2009 06:48 pm Chapter Four More.More.More! :) Soon, I hope! Thanks! All I can say is wow! I don't know where to begin! I loved the line: He wasn't drowning he was burning. I loved every word but more importantly, I love the story that you have created. At first I thought this was just going to smut, but this, this is a work of art! I loved that she and him are incorporating bits of the other, small pieces at a time: the jacket, how she fit perfectly cuddled next to him, how even the strongest fighter needs a shoulder to cry on. I love how uncomfortable he was with her crying! That was just perfect! This is an amazing piece, I hope for many more chapters to come! Thank you SO much for this review! It's a total make-the-author-feel-all-gooey-happy review. Yeah, there's smut, but I really want to show the emotions at play here and the connection growing between them, so thank you for commenting on that. I hope not to keep you waiting too long for more! Absolutely lovin' it hon. :-) It's giving me tingles of anticipation all over for the next chapter - which better be soon. Thank you! I'm working on chapter five right now... I hope I don't keep you waiting too long! Gill Bailey 09/27/2009 11:21 am Chapter Four This is building wonderfully. I love stories that make B realise how much Spike cares so early - and the sexiness doesn't exactly hurt, either - more please! Thank you very much! I hope to have more soon :) Niori 09/26/2009 02:33 am Chapter Four Another great chapter. I really liked this one- it was sweet and sad. As much as I loved your previous tres hot chapters, this was a nice change of pace. Can't wait for more. Thank you. I'm very glad to hear that the sweet and sad was as well received as the tres hot... I hope not to keep you waiting too long. I've reached the end of my fully completed chapters, but chapter five is coming along so *crosses fingers* 09/25/2009 07:32 pm Chapter Four Absolutely wonderful chapter. Spike's thoughts and insecurities and even his awkwardness around Buffy's crying, and Buffy's clear feelings and opening to him, and the soft laughter with the aching sadness... It was a perfect scene and so well-written I really felt in the moment with them. The mention of a roadie at the Bronze and a quickie in the cemetery were a perfect foil for the somber emotions about to be drawn out with the news of Joyce. Great chapter. Thank you very much! I'm glad the emotions and their portrayal worked for you. And the roadie and the quickie were definitely put there for a little lightness in the face of what's a pretty sad chapter, when you think about it, so, yes, you're bang-on again. spikestussi 09/25/2009 02:39 pm Chapter Four made me cry, here. *hands over a box of tissues* I hope it was a good cry? Thanks for reading :) tipsytoes 04/25/2010 09:52 am Chapter Three :-) :) calminthechaos 04/14/2010 02:32 am Chapter Three I like how he knew she was holding back. This chapter was fantastic! Thank you! I'm glad you're liking it. calminthechaos 09/24/2009 04:15 am Chapter Three I hang on every word you write! It's intoxicating, beautiful, and real. Amazing work! Thank you so much! I hope not to keep you hanging too long :) Niori 09/23/2009 06:59 am Chapter Three Continues to be great. Can't wait for more. Thank you so much. I hope to have more soon :) Dreylin 09/23/2009 12:47 am Chapter Three That's some grade-A smut right there! You've managed to make it incredibly hot and sweet at the same time. I'm loving it. Thank you! I'm glad you're enjoying this :) ElyseNotElsie 09/22/2009 05:39 am Chapter Three I am such a junkie for this story now. So good! I think this might just be one addiction that does a body *good*, lol. Thank you! tipsytoes 04/25/2010 09:39 am Chapter Two damn you're good. :-) Really wish I'd read stuff like this (too many) years ago. I think life might have been very different LOL LOL! What we all could have done with a little dose of Spuffy, huh? Glad you liked! Abby, I just wanted to say how much I've fallen in love with your writing style and the stories you choose to write. This is fantastic (aside from being completely hot) in the way it deals with the emotions that are coursing through them. I always look forward to seeing a link to your work in my inbox. Oh wow... thank you! That's such a nice thing to hear and I really appreciate it :) To me, the emotional aspect of Spuffy goes hand in hand with the heat, so I just can't *not* tell their emotional story as well, you know? Thanks again, and I will be updating this fairly soon, I think. Phew! Cold drink please. *hands Lou a tall glass of ice water* Thank you! evangelin 09/19/2009 07:58 pm Chapter Two I'm SO hooked! I almost never start a WIP but I read the first chapter and I just couldn't resist, and am I happy I didn't. This is one of the hottest things I've read. Can't wait for more! Mwahaha, my evil plan is working! Seriously though, I'm so tickled to read that! I'm glad you're enjoying! Thank you so much. tinkerbell 09/19/2009 06:55 am Chapter Two More Please!!!! Soon! calminthechaos 09/19/2009 02:25 am Chapter Two Your attention to detail is amazing! You definitely have a gift, I can't wait to read more! Thank you so much! I hope you like what's coming next! Niori 09/18/2009 10:51 pm Chapter Two Wow. This was extra hot. I may just need a cold shower. lol Thank you! I hope you were able to get your shower :) 09/18/2009 08:31 pm Chapter Two Great writing, wonderful description and use of ideas that are evocative but still fit Buffy. I loved it, and can't wait to see how things move forward. Though I do wonder if we'll hear any of Spike's thoughts about her and her actions next? Thank you very much! I'm glad that this Buffy works for you and I hope you continue to enjoy this story. It's mostly Buffy's POV, but there will be two chapters where we get a look inside Spike's head to see what he thinks of the whole situation - just not quite next. Fangfaceandrea 09/18/2009 06:12 pm Chapter Two well geez! that was hot. Hee! Thank you! Pam S 11/11/2010 02:24 am Chapter One Like this version a little better.. Thank you! So do I :D Okay - I really liked the may not have a soul, but I have a heart line, but this was even better: Bugger Riley heh heh Heh heh is right! Purr. 06/30/2010 03:29 pm Chapter One Wow, this is awesome!! Thank you very much! I'm glad you like. tipsytoes 04/25/2010 09:16 am Chapter One After reading all your other works I gave in and now I'm reading a WIP. Loving it so far and just have to live in hope that 1. you'll finish it one day and 2. I can cope with the wait LOL.
Thanks for the lovely day of reading. Well, I'm glad you joined in! I'm definitely planning on finishing it, and I'm glad that you're enjoying it! I hope the wait isn't too terrible for you -- I'm currently on vacation! Glad to have kept you entertained today! Naughty Buffy cheating on Riley er good. :) Yep, naughty Buffy... Thanks for reading :D calminthechaos 04/14/2010 02:03 am Chapter One OMG. Best line ever! : 'I may not have a soul but I have a heart'. Can't wait to continue! First of all, sorry for the delay in answering! Secondly, welcome to the fic and I hope you continue to enjoy it! something good could possibly come of that. very good beginning, thank you. Oh I'm pretty sure she knows that, she's just still clinging to her good friend denial. Thank you! calminthechaos 09/17/2009 04:53 am Chapter One All I can say is WOW! Thank you! XD. tinkerbell 09/16/2009 02:16 am Chapter One Wow, for the 1st chapter you really got the reader hooked, at least me anyways! Will be looking daily for more updates!!!! Thank you! I'm glad that you're hooked - that makes an author happy to hear! - and I hope to give you an update soon! Frickin' awesome. :-) Can't wait for more. Thank you!! More soonish! romy 09/15/2009 02:21 pm Chapter One I loved this! And I can't wait for more!! The way you write, how much detail you put into this, I'm just captivated ;) Thank you! It's a great thing to hear that you're captivated! More soon. Fangfaceandrea 09/14/2009 06:25 pm Chapter One Now, that's what I call temptation. nice work! Temptation is oh so much fun! Thank you! sin_amatic 09/14/2009 09:46 am Chapter One You're right, we all wanted a fluffy spuffy moment, and here you are, giving us what we so craved. Love the hotness which is all Spike, but I'm hoping you intend to give us a full course of rewritten history and not just an appetizer. Looking forward to your next installment. Ta! I'm very glad I could help with the cravings! And don't worry...while I won't be re-writing season 5 in its entirety, what I do write will be enough to change things for the better! Next chapter soon, and thank you so much! Niori 09/14/2009 05:35 am Chapter One This is great so far. Very hot. Can't wait for more. Thank you so much! More soon :) | |||
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